The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-19
MONTGOMERY MADE GOODS
 WAS THEME OF DISCUSSION
On Subject of Home Industries Addresses Were Made at (. & l. Association Last Night-Num-
 Der of Manufacturers Present.

l that he will patronixe Montgomery fac. tories and call for Montgomery made goods on all occasions where the prices are the same. This meets the hearty President, as there is nothing which will so stimulate the location of new factories and encourage new enterprises as tne knowledge that they will receive the full when established. It is taken for granted that every postal card will be signed and returned without an exception"
 Suggestions Called For
 Following Mir Douglass's report. Presl. dent Rice stated that the meeting desired T. anufacturine interests of the city. or
 any complaints of conditions which
 could be removed by concerted action.
 He called on T. w. Tebb. manager or the
 GDHss~m ins ccmpany. Se to S address T the meeting
 Mir. Tebb said that he had no com
 plaints to make-or of such an nsignin-
 clnt character that the Special Commit
 could easily handle them. They were do,
 ing a splendid business, had a pay roil
 of $500 per week and shipping carloads
 ot lumber everywhere. l. D. Coty of the Alabama Hardwood
 and Manufacturing Company said their
 plant was doing all it possibly could and was now behind with it's orders. Their only difficult was securing raw materiai
 
 thought they ought to have same rate on raw materials given wood for fuel pur- poses, and the question will be taken up bv the Special Committee. oil Company said Montgomerians would
 rather take a mortgage or buy real es. tate than 20 into manufacturing. What
 was nededN here was development or
 the manufacturing spirit
 President Abercrombie and Treasurer
 Jackson of the Montgomery Brewery
 stated that the plant represented an in
 yestment of a quarter of million oi
 % lacked home Support. but by persistent
 efforts that difsculty was being removeS
 end they felt greatly encouraged Branch establishments would he located Tn Fior-
 ida Louisisn m snd futre snstead of but four. Home patronage of home factories however, must at all times be empha- sized. ,, tation of the association. some two years ago from Ohio was then called upon. He has a process and plant for making evap- orated okra and most fnterestingiy ue- yeloped it's history to the % msmSers, .nof. rroH. :, able size. MT, Berto Johnson advised | that he would plant seven acres Tn okra | this year for the Bradford plant, as IL ought to be encouraged. ,,.., ,. Herman Ross read little statement ] of what could and should be done in this I citv. which made the hit of the evening. | He said everything was rising Tn Mont | eomery. real estate values, rents, Inter est. taxes-not to mention insurance | which brought a laugh from everyone; Berto Johnson then told Of what ms | soda water mineral plant had done tne | past six weeks and said he. was much pleased. particularly with the home trace | Fred Ball made report of two sugges- | tions discussed by the Special commit | tee for the benefit of manufacturers- one of jointly and continuously adyertls,, l ing their wares in the local papers ana an other of employing man on com l mission to drum this city and immeaiate l territory for Montgomery made goods. | Let him be known as Montgomery l drummer B. B. Smith closed the evenings dascus- | sion in an admirable way by statin6 l that what was neded here was not one | immense factory operated py iorssn | capitau, but dozen small ones owned l by home capital. citing the wonderIuil growth of Louisville, Ky, in the past | fifteen years from city or so:wo 10 | city of 2s0. 900 peopie-all through manu-
 The meeting then adjourned. all feeling that a distinct advance had been made along the line desired of increasing an interest in manufacturing in Montgom- cry.