The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-12
COMMERCIAL CLUB ID HAVE PAMPHLETS Is Getting Up Papers Giving Facts About the District ALSO ADVERTISE THE STATE These Papers Are to Be Used at the St. Louis Exposition to Inform
 the World About the Real
 Resources of Alabama.
ALSO ADVERTISE THE STATE

One of the most important things which will be done for the Birmingham district, and for the state of Alabama at large, by the Commercial club at the St. Louis exposition, will be the distribution of correct and authentic information about all the resources, industries and oppor- tunities which these regions present to capital, to labor and to settlers.
 This literature is now under preparation by J. A. Mcknight, who will collect the information for each pamphlet from the most reliable official and private sources and who will personally supervise the distribution of this literature. at St. | Louis.
 The general plan of these pamphlets is comprehensive and exhaustive. While each particular folder will treat of an important phase of the great subject in hand, certain information of a general character will be found in every one of them, as for example, statistics on the population, distribution of the white and black races, temperature, taxation, rain- fall and transportation facilities.
 Handsomely Illustrated.
 Pamphlet No. 1 will treat of Birming- ham and the Birmingham district and will be handsomely illustrated. In this folder will be given, in a compact form. the facts about the coal measures, iron ore deposits lime stone, building stone, fire clays and other natural mineral re- sources which abound in the mineral district of Alabama, and particularly in Jefferson county.
 All articles manufactured from the iron and steel products of the district. or from 1 any raw material, will be fully set forth. and the pamphlet will conclude with a | brief outline of the opportunities present. ed here for truck and fruit growers, and for many lines of manufacture.
 Pamphlet No will deal with the trans- portation facilities of the state In gem .eral, and of the Birmingham district in particular, and will contain charts show ing all lines of railroad and the rivers and streams which will be used in the near future to carry the products of the Bir- mingham district to the Gulf of Mexico. Further details will also be given in this pamphlet respecting the markets of the district, and the proportion of food stuffs of all kinds which are brought in from other states.
 Information for Settlers.
 Pamphlet No. will contain information | for the especial benefit of intending set tiers. It will embrace data on the soils and climate of each district of the state; the areas of land available for settlement. with facts regarding water supply, timber, | wages and other important details. In this pamphlet an exact statement will be made of the relations borne by the negro population ito the whites in various parts of the state, and some official documents | to prove that the negro question:" as generally understood by persons contem- plating settling in the south, is not the bugaboo which they imagine, that the ne- gro is in no wise detrimental to the white l settler, but quite the contrary. and that he native population of all parts of the |. state extend the glad hand and a genial 1 welcome to all settlers who come here to 1 help develope the country.
 Pamphlet No. 1 will treat of the live stock industry, now in its infancy and will endeavor to show what magnificent
 
 desire to embark in this business. Ex- pert information will be contained in this pamphlet on meadow lands, pasturage. grasses suited to climate, and other stock foods which may be grown here to ad- vantage. The result of actual experience along these lines will be given and 1t will clear up many erroneous ideas regarding | this subject.
 Industries Enumerated. Pamphlet No. will consider the man ufactories which might be located in the Birmingham district with great advan- tage to the district and to those controll- ing the enterprises. A partial list of such industries as are needed here, and which could be made commercial success from their inception, is suggested by the fol- lowing, which will form a part of the pamphlet:
 Shoe factory, hat factory, clothing fac- tory, pick and shovel works. wooden mills, locomotive works. car building plant, wheelbarrow factory, truck growers, f1o- rists, dairymen, vineyardists, railroad switch and frog works, railroad spike mill, speciality stove works, well equipped nov city plant, window glass factory, novelty glass works, crockery works. iron and steel forging plant. structural iron plant, artificial flower works. and silk factory. The list might be greatly extended, and 1t will be shown that all the goods turned out by these concerns would find a ready market in the territory which is dominat- ed by Birmingham, and which now draws its supplies from New England and other distant states, adding greatly to their cost by the high freight rates.
 In this pamphlet also some attention will be given to the raw materials which are available to Birmingham for these and many other industries.
 Pamphlet No. will set forth the opin- ions of experts on "Who Should Settle in Alabama" This pamphlet will compare the rates of taxation here Vsth those of other states, and will show. among other important facts, that an acre of Alabama land at the cost of 5 will produce at least twice as much annual revenue as an acre of Illinois or Iowa land, which costs from s75 to $10O. It will tell of lands and farms which can be bought at bargains through out Alabama, and will explain the req sons for such properties being held at such low prices.
 Alabama Is Not swampy.
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