The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-14
AN 1NTERFsTINo REPoRr.


 The Advertiser desires to callsspecial at tention to the report of the meeting of the Commercial and Industrial Assecia- ton of Montgomery. which was printed yesterday morning. It Is an encouraging statement. and there are three points dis cussed which we consider of especial in- terest. The statement that a new wood- working establishment is soon to be To- cated here Is a realization of what this paper has long contended for. Perhaps we have at times been stoo insistent on this point, but as the best writers on in- | dustrial subjects contend that cotton l should be manufactured nearest the point
 where it is raised. so we have con | tended that the wealth of timber
 growing in Alabama, should be worked
 up in Alabama, andSthat Montgomery is
 an ideal place for woodworking estab- | lishments. The announcement that an-
 other establishment is to be added to
 those already here Is gratifying as it will give employment to many skilled
 workmen and wiai be an added argument
 in favor of other industries of like na-
 ture.
 Another conmendabie project referred | to and advocated at the meeting was the proposition for State Fair in this city.
 As Mir. Mohrspointed out, Montgomery is surrounded hy rich agricultural region for which 1t Is the logical market and outlet. A flair should be held here every | year. which would be largely an exhibit
 of domestic and farm products We can not vie with some other sections in min
 eral exhibits. but the products of the
 farm. the orchard and the garden, as
 we'll as of the dairy and the poultry yard,
 would form the main features of Fair which would be attractive, instructive and profitable. We have often noted with
 and especially in New England, not only
 State Fairs are common, hut counties and ! districts have annual exhibitions which bring the rural populations together. where all the people are not only en- tertadned. but are mutually benefited. We used to have agricultural fairs in , Montgomery to which people from all , sections of the State would come as well as those from other .Jtates, and these fairs were attractive and enjoyable. The farmer and the stock-breeder. the house. wife and the poultry producer, and all others could find pleasure and profit in 7 coming together once a year for the pur- lpose of showing what they can do and i,seeing what others have done. Few s would lose anything and many would he 3 benefited and encouraged 10 renewed ef- ll forts. We heartily favor an Agricultural
 State Fair. and that wifi open the way 3 for all the industries of this section. The third point that should meet with 7 the hearty approval of all is what is ! said by President Rice on the subject of an exhibit at St. Louis. The Advertiser , has more than once alluded to the i'm portance of a suitable Alabama Exhibit , at the great Exposition. The State will f have but comparatively small amount . to expend for that purpose, if 1t can spare : any at all, and 1t depends on the people. a the cities and the various commercial
 bodies to get up the amount necessary | sO ChobAO <Atopoaho NO dPPCdh tACie wilH
 credit. It will be little else than dis
 graceful if we have nothing there to show the actualities as Zen as the immense
 possibilities of our State. As MT. Rice - says, we ought to have "a large. thor n ough and appropriate exhibition of the V resources of one of the richest States in p the Union." These are true words and n we sincerely hope they will bear fruit e There are other matters of interest in n the printed report. but we have alluded l, to the three which seem to us most i'm t portant now. More woodworking indus t tries, State Fair and suitable represent o ation at St. Louis-these are vital, and q all citizens of Montgomery should feel a @ personal pride in them. We are getting n the first, but the other two must be - worked for, and all are interested There s are those who are not in a condition tc - be of material help, but all can be of
 use in some way. and all will be helping r Montgomery and Alabama by joining = their efforts to those of the men who l. have in hand the furtherance of the ob- - jects we have alluded to. United effort F can accomplish wonders
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