The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-26

10 secure the apparatus Ter manual | training, after which the city should
 maintain it as 1t does other denart- ments of the public schools. 1t was even hoped by the Committee that
 some wealthy citizen or citizens of
 Montgomery would become interested
 in manual training and donate the ap- | paratus.
 | It was another hope of the Commit
 tee. he said that a full nine months
 school term in the city schools should
 be secured.
 Mir. Kohn felicitated the Association
 on the fact that the President, Captain
 the City Council. It was regrettable.
 he said, that in the past there had not
 always been the warmest feeling of
 sympathy syn and cooperation between
 MT. Kohn spoke of the support the council had given to the city schools.
 The schools. he declared, were better
 sustained and cared for than any other department. The schools of the city.
 he said. had spent last year $51,759 .39 :. | The City Council had appropriated over
 SSo.00O Of that amount. The School
 asked for s54,sS 50. He quoted theso figures, he said, to show that the City council was bravely supporting the
 schools and doing what it could for
 them: There were other plans matur- ing in the School Committee of the City Council, he said. which would ma | terialiy increase the efficiency of the |
 stances which showed the high stand | Ing of Montgomery's schools.
 have no hesitancy in saying" said
 Mir. Kohn, that Montgomery is in ad- vance, or will be in d few years, or l any Southern city jn the matter of ac- !commodations for white children. There | is much to be accomplished in furnish . | ing accommodations for negro children, | but improvements in their schools are | beinA steadily made"
 | The work of the Employment Com | mittee was briefly received by it's chair
 man. Prof. w D. M: simmons. The | it had been able to secure positions for
 q number of applicants
 | The committee, he said, had never Recommended an applicant unless it was
 satisfied of his efficiency. The trouble 1 the committee experienced, he said. was l not for lack of applications for places. l but it was the disinclination of mer : | chants, manufacturers and professional | men to inform the committee when they | had an open place. He urged -his hear | CTS to speak out when they had an open position. He complimented indi- | vidual members of the committee for | their energy.
 Railroad Commissioner Coming.
 Chairman A. R. Smith of the Rail | road Committee, reported that there l were two question which were demand | ing the attention of the committee. The | first was the suitable entertainment of the National Association of Railroad
 Commissioners. which would be in | Montgomery November z. The Asso-
 citation of Railroad Commissioners which would be in session in Birming
 ham would adjourn on the morning of | they would be warmly welcomed and | suitably entertained. The committee
 was also working to have a union tick
 ct office established up town.
 Chairman M. B. Houghton of the Ag-
 ricultural Committee was neatly com | plimented by President Forbes and | called upon to talk on agriculture.
 The prosperity of agriculture in Ala | bama MT Houghton said. could not be doubted. He alluded to the work done
 by the Montgomery Agricultural Asso-
 citation, of which he is President. | Mir. Houghton spoke good word for
 and benefit had been proved in other
 States. The Agricultural Association, | he said was working towards a State
 Fair and when sthe plans were defin- itely formed it Was hoped to have the | cooperation of the Commercial and In- | dustrial Association.
 l Earnest Word On Cotton. | Mir. Houghton had an earnest word | on the cotton situation in Montgomery. | Cotton, he said, was marketed in an an | ttquated way. He deplored the lack of ] competition in prices: Cotton, he said, was too much the subject of monopoly
 monopoly in buying, in handling. in | shipping. On account of competition,
 and better marketing facilities, smaller l | drawing cotton from Montgomery. | There had been an increase he said. in | the cotton receipts of Montgomery, but | the city should receive twice as much
 cotton as was coming here at present. Chairman l.. L. Lassiter, of the En- l tertainment Committee, said two ques- | tions were being considered, the enter 1 tainment of the National Association of l Railroad Commissioners and the annual l banquet of the Commercial and Indus- | trial Association. The plans for the
 banquet to celebrate the birthday of the | Association had not he said, taken l definite shape, but he felt that the en- l tertainment. when it came, would be Eworthy of the Association.
 The State Development Committee. | when President Forbes asked for it's l report. was designated as an "cnthusi- l astic and hard working committee. ," l The report of the committee. presented | by Chairman C. F. Moritz, showed that 1 the praise of the President was well de-
 served. The committee had been encr- | getically at work, and the short report | of the chairman showed the results of ! the work.
 Deepening Alabama River. 1 The committee, Mir. Moritz reported, | had been devoting it's energy towards | the deepening or the channel of the
 Alabama River. The importance of | this work, he said, had been realized | by tho State Commercial and Industrial | Association, the industrial and munich | pal bodies of Selma and Mobile. MT. | MOTllZ eApldlheu lIlG great duNdll ' that would accrue to Montgomery if 1 the Alabama River were made naviga- bIe to the Gulf all the year round. It 1 would put it on the same sort of rate | footing as Mobile, St. Louis, Cincin- natl and other cities which had port rates. It would remove one complaint | that had been made, that Montgomery was the subject of a monopoly in the l handling and shipping of cotton. Com | plaint had been made, he said, that Columbus was invading the freight territory of Montgomery. The charge was to some extent true, but it was true because the merchants had kept the ChattahOochee River navigable and had been able to secure reduced rates. The splendid report of Captain CaVd- naugh of the Engineer Corps of the United States Army recently made Mr. MeritZ said had shown that there were only six sand bars which kept the Ala bama river from being nAvigable, the year around. These sand bars could be removed if the United States Coy erment would appropriate $100,OOO. It was up to Alabama to see that the States Senators and Congressman backed by the industrial bodies of the State should present the matter to Congress in the strongest possible way and secure the required appropria- appoint delegates tu the two Rivers and l Harbors Convention which would meet in Montgomery and Mobile on NoVem- her Ii. and 16 This motion was adopted and President Forbes announced that the delegates would be appointed later It was also stated that fund would be raised for the purpose Of pushing the nroiert and for sending a committee from Montgomery 10 Washington to ap- poar hefore the Rivers and HarborS