The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-02-22
WILL HAVE AN EXHIBIT
RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED AT BIR-
MINGHAM MEETING.
The Governor Called on to Appoint a
Commission to Have the Mat
ter in Charge-Episcopal
Committee.


Birmingham. Feb H.-(speciai.)-At the
meeting of the Alabama Commercial and
Industrial Association today, the follow
ing resolutions on the subject Of an ex-
hibit at the St. Louis Exposition next
year were adopted:
I'VE, your Committee on Plans, Scope.
Ways and Means, beg leave to make the
following report:
I'VE recommend, first, that 1t is the
sense of this meeting that Alabama
should have an exhibit of all her re-
sources at the Worlds Fair to be held
at St. Louis in 1908. and that the said
exhibit be under the auspices of the De-
partment of Agriculture and Industries OF
the State.
'Second-That the said exhibit be classi-
fed according to the rules and regula-
lions Of the Exposition Company and
placed in a place supplied by them. and
that Alabama do not undertake the ar
duous duty of erecting building, for
that would entail a heavy expense, and.
according to the regulations of the Expo
stion, with her exhibit in a building OF
her own, the State would be denied the
right to enter the contest for any or the
prizes or premiums.
"Third-That His Excellency. the Gov
ernor, be and he Is hereby requested to
appoint a commission consisting Of two
from each Congressional district, to be
known as the Worlds Fair Commission
for Alabama, and that this commission
be clothed with authority to raise money
either by subscription or otherwise. to
defray the expense Of securing and dis
playing the said exhibit, and that the
Commissioner of Agriculture be ex officio
a member of the commission.
"Fourth-That the above commission
also be constituted an Advisory Board.
to advise and confer with the Honorable
Commissioner of Agriculture on all mat
tiers pertaining to the exhibit.
"F'ifth-That each commercial organiza-
ton. county, municipality or citizen be
requested to get up an exhibit and de-
scriptive literature from their own i'm
mediate vicinity and ship same to the
Commissioner Of Agriculture or to any
one designated by the aforesaid commits
sion, and. by so doing. they will secure a
better exhibit from their respective COM
munities and very greatly relieve the bur-
den of expense on the State.
'Sixth-That 1t Is the sense OF this
meeting that the State Of Alabama should
of right furnish the greater part OF the
money necessary for this exhibit. for, by
SO doing, the burdens thereby would be
more evenly distributed over every branch
of industry.
ocNcHtH-l nat the dlOTcSdlo COLuHuS-
sion be authorized to secure from the
State as large sum as possible. for this
purpose, either by legislation or other
wise, and to do such other things as they
| deem expedient for the welfare of the en-
terprise.
.Eighth-Should this report be favorably
received, we recommend that the Secre-
tary of the meeting be requested to sup
| ply copy hereof to His Excellency. the
Governor and the Commissioner of Agri-
| culture, Respectfully submitted,
'W. P. Lay. Chairman.
&C. w. Ashcraft,
az. L. Gilbert.
ID. F. Constantine,
'W. X. Wilson.
&C. H. Estes,
| Committee
A Committee of five has been appoint
ed to communicate the action of the Con-
vention to the Governor. The Commit.
| tee to be named will have the power to
| raise money as 1t sees fit for the exhibit.
A resolution also prevailed pledging
support to the Commission to be named
on the part of all the commercial and
| industrial bodies of the State.
The Alabama State Fair Association's
| fair which will be given In Birmingham
next October was endorsed.