The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-30
BUY HOME-
 MADE GOODS
 s..-. An Agreement Has Been
 Signed. MONTGOMERY INDUSTRIES Two Hundred and Fifty
 Names on List.
List of Factories in City Will Be Published-Work of Commercial and Industrial
 Association-Credit Bureau.

The agitation started by the Commer- cial and Industrial Association looking to the patronage of home factories by the business community is already resulting in good. Over 23o business men nave signed the following agreement:
 Tn order to encourage the manufac- turing enterprises already established at Montgomery and to stimulate the location of others, the undersigned agree in fu- ture to patronize Montgomery factories and call for Montgomery-mads goods in every case, price and quality of goods be- ing equal
 This is no small influence exerted daily for Montgomery factories and those who purchase brooms beer, baskets. brlck, candy, crackers, cigars, etc.. etc.. should ccu for Montgomery goods and aid to this extent in increasing the industrial growth and influence of the Capital City of Alabama.
 An alphabetical list of the signers of this agreement will be prepared and sent to all the manufacturers of the city as well as all the signers themselves This will make a permanent record Tor future reference.
 The suggestion has also been made and | it. is an excellent one, that the manufac- | turers should jointly share the expense | uf keeping 8 standing advertisement in | the daily papers. setting forth just what
 goods are made in Montgomery. This list | should be arranged alphabetically so that
 it could be readily ascertained just what | goods are made and by whom The prin- | cipal purchasers are the women in each
 household and the purposes of the resolu- | tions can best be carried out by keeping l some daily reminder in the newspapers | of what Is made here.
 conferring with Manufacturers
 The Special Committee appointed at the | last meeting of the Commercial and h. | dustrial Association to investigate any
 complaints that might be made by man ufacturers here as to conditions existing | In Montgomery operating to their detri- | ment have been holding daily sessions | the past week, They have been in con-
 sultation with the representatives of four l different plants and have already started | to work upon some of the difficulties. The l Committee will meet three times week | hereafter and continue their work as long
 as there is anything to be done.
 Bankruptcy Bill. l The Committee on Wholesale Trade of | the Commercial and Industrial Associa- | tion held a meeting last week and took | action upon two important matters. The
 first was the 'tRay Bankruptcy Bill' now l pending in Congress. to which some | amendments have been suggested by the Atlanta Credit Mems Association. After | d full discussion the Committee decided ] to recommend that the Association en- l dorse the amendments suggested to the 1 Ray bill and subcommittee consisting
 of Messrs. C. F. Moritz. M. Kahn and 1 A. Well were appointed to bring in any
 further recommendations upon the sub
 ject.
 | Credit Bureau.
 The Committee also considered the mat
 ter of establishing some local agency for | the better protection of credits, and the | entire matter was referred to sub-com- l mittee consisting of Messrs. Chas. Levy, | Nahan Greil and M. Loeb. The Secretary l of the Association submitted a large ] amount of correspondence had with other cities upon the subject and the plans In vogue therein. all of which will be care | fully examined by the Committee before l a plan is drawn up.