The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-25
CAPITAL IS INVITED
IMPORTANT ACTION BY STATE
 COMMERCIAL ASSOCIATION.
CabIegram to England Ask Foreign Spinners to Visit the Cotton Fields-Anniston Meeting
 Was Successful.

Montgomery delegates to the tenth annual convention of the Alabama Commercial and Industrial Association just adjourned in Anniston returned home enthusiastic over the splendid work performed by the State by that body.
 The most important action of the convention was the sending of cable grams to textile operators of England and cotton manufacturers of Europe inviting them to visit the South and make personal observations of the cot ton fields Telegrams were also sent to some of the largest manufacturers in the United States drawing their at tention to the resources of Alabama and inviting them to invest their mon ey in this State.
 The convention represented over 1.500 leading business and profession al men of Alabama and it was the most important meeting in the history of the organiza tion.
 | The following cablegrams were sent l by resolution of the conventions: "Anniston, Ala, Sept. P, 1904. Textile Employers Federation, Man chester, England.
 | Commercial organization Of Ala | bama in annual convention, heartily invites your body visit cotton growing States. The South can produce enough cotton to supply worlds needs Come and see for yourselves.
 labama Commercial and Industrial
 Association"
 The Guardian,
 Manchester, England: l Monumental organization in annual convention extends heartiest invitation to cotton manufacturers of Europe to visit South. With an increase of popu- lation and fair prices, this section can as fast as needed, double it's cotton pro- duction. English manufacturers, in personal study of conditions, may help to overcome wide fluctuations in price to the benefit of planters and manu- lecturers. Alabama officially invites the manufacturers of Europe to come and see
 Alabama Commercial and Industrial
 Association"
 Among the numerous telegrams sent to American manufacturers was the following:
 "Anniston. Ala, Sept 22, 1904, American Locomotive Co.
 New York City;
 The South has over 60.000 miles Of railroads or nearly one-t third the rail- road mileage of the country, but before its mileage is in proportion to that of many Western and Northern States, 1t | It has the greatest natural resources for supplying q dense population with wealth of any equal area in the world and Alabama Is the heart of the South
 Tn all this territory stretching from the Potomac to the Rio Grande there is but one important locomotive plant and that is yours at Richmond. Its remarkable success proves what the South can do in locomotive building
 I've invite you to build a grfat loco motive plant in this, the central State of the south, and the predestincd cen ter of the worlds fro nand steel inter : ests. Here you can find tho highest grades of iron and steel made, and y'' the cheapest. Here you can find per feet climate and every advantage which nature could provide. Moreover, Tn, development of Mexico and Sout, America and the construction of th, Panama Canal, all add to the oppor tunity for business of a locomotive plant in Alabama.
 ''The commercial organizations Oi Alabama, in annual convention assem- hled. invites your fullest investigation