The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-19
ENDORSE BILL ON
 TRADING STAMPS Board of Directors of Commer- ciaI Club Take Action WILL ADVERTISE THE CITY To Use Columns of the New York Commercial If Suitable Con
 tract Can Be Secured.
 Canal Report.
WILL ADVERTISE THE CITY

The board of directors of the Commer- cial Club yesterday afternoon endorsed the bill in the legislature against trading stamps companies and also the one making Jefferson county water district and giving the county authorities the right to issue bonds for that purpose.
 No action was taken by the board on the proposition of the New York Com merciaI to establish a news bureau here in return for a certain amount of adver- Using taken by the club. This matter was referred back to the press and ad- vertising committee with instructions to sign contract for three or six months on the basis set by c. c. Carpenter rep resentative of the paper.
 The report of the Morgan canal com mittee was not made although Presi- dent Jackson stated that James Bowron had requested him to state that the committee would report adversely on the bill now pending in the legislature to issue s1O,0ooO0O worth of bonds for the purpose of building this canal It was the sense of the committee that the United States government should build and have control of the canal, and that an appropriation from congress should be sought
 MT. Bowron will probably make com plete report at the meeting of the club to be held the first Friday afternoon in next month. This report will show the work of the committee to date and It's plans for the future.
 Concerning Advertising. | The action of the board in regard to the { advertising in the New York Conner cial was taken after a lengthy discussion in which the members of the board were i very much divided. All agreed that 1t would be a good idea to advertise the city, but they differed in their opinions 1 as to how it should be done. Some fa- i vored the plan to advertise in the Com mercial and also to get an abundant news service from the district through ! a correspondent, paying the Commercial : about $500 a year for two inch ad daily Others though that the club had 
 better put this money into pamphlets for the St. Louis exposition. The commit- tee was finally instructed to make contract for three or six months if pos- sible, but not go over that time. | The opinion of the entire board seemed to be that the club should make some ar engagements to secure more money for ad- vertising purposes and several sugges- tions were made but none of them were adopted.
 Trading Stamps.
 The matter of endorsing the bill prohib- 1 ting trading stamps in Alabama was brought up through a communication i from the Montgomery commercial organ i ization. Ross c. Smith stated that trad | Ing stamps worked a hardship on the l merchants and that they were opposed , to having them in the state. He said that i the passage of this bill was desired by , the merchants and that while he could | not speak for thens several of them had 1 stated to him that the bill should be 1 passed. motion was made endorsing the bill and 1t was unanimously passed 1 J. A. Van Hoose was not present to
 
 ter district bill which was drawn up by him as chairman of a joint committee composed of committees from the Com mercial club, Board of Trade and the mayor and board of aldermen President Jackson brought the matter up and the club again endorsed the work.
 President Jackson was authorized to ap. point committees to attend the Four States Immigration league which meets in New Orleans soon, and also the Levee association, if any of the members of the club desired to go.
 The following new members were elect ed: c. w. Mills, A. M. Hobson, F. Ca heen. F. G. Alexander, A. M Taylor. J. | A. Coker. R. E. Collins. w R. Gum, George A. Steele P. B. Matthews, w. D. Tines, H. T. Beggs, Louis Pizitz, George Barber. P. Sid Jones' Ross C. Smith. Robert A. Morris, James Garrison and c. M. Brown.