The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-17
BUREAU IS lLAUNCHAD
MONTGOMERY BUSINESS MEN TO
 SECURE BETTER RAIL RATES.
Meeting Last Night Addressed by w. F. vandIver and OtherS--Com- t naittee Named to Draft
 a Charter.

| Montgomery shippers and other bus- iness men held an enthusiastic and de: termined meeting at the Commercial and Industrial Association rooms last night and took preliminary steps tow ard organizing a Freight Bureau in Montgomery. for the adjustment Of freight rates in and out of MontgonG
 The men who attended the meeting I were truly representative of the class es who have tU deal with the traftlc question. There were wholesae gro- cers, wholesale shoe merchants, manu- lecturers. paint supply dealers, hard ware men and men of every vocation who receive large shipments or make | them.
 The meeting was called to order at large wholesale dealer in dry goods and notions. He nominated w.. F. Vandiver for chairman. The nomina- 9s Was unanlmousiy @S SiSEsV eected @ IVY W. r. Black was made secretary of the meeting.
 MT. vandiver, in stating the 2bo % b1sness eotS oI tne men of nS " were aware that discrimination by the rail- roads against Montgomery in freight rates was the cause, of nine-tenths of | the trouble Montgomery business men experienced in making greater profits on their investments. He was urged | some time ago, he said, to take the matter up and had met with prominent railroad men and laid the complaint of the wholesale grocers before them. He met with much encouragement and l would leave Friday to state his case traffic associations in Hot Springs, Va, | more fully.
 Mir. Vandiver said there is no doubt that Montgomery Is discriminated cities have all the best of Montgomery. which should have a lower rate on ac- count of the competition on the Ala | bama River and the time had come ka Of cease submitting to the railroads nulli- fling the city's fine asset. the river. He did not believe in going after the railroads hammer and tongs' and try in going after them in conclliatory manner, stating the case in a frank business-like way and looking for ings. To this end he suggested the organization of a Freight Bureau to be operated under the direction of an ex- perienced traffic man, who knows as much about rates as the railroad men themselves. The organization should be Independent of all else.
 The speaker called for expressions and a number of business men respond ed, endorsing the idea and stating personal experiences as to rate dis- criminations.
 "Resolved: That is the purpose of this meeting to organize a freight bu-
 "Resolved further: That 1t is under stood that the purposes of this Freight Bureau will be to foster and protect the interests of Montgomery, in so far as rates of freight, on traffic both in" coming and outgoing are concerned. and in other ways, render assistance to the merchants, manufacturers. and citizens of the city.
 Further resolved: That, looking rO the perfection of such an organization. a committee consisting of eleven be appointed, for the purpose of drafting a charter, under which the Freight Bu- reau shall operate, said committee to report back to a subsequent called meeting, when the matter of perma-- nont Organization shall be taken up." man, J. W. Huger. c. F. Moritz, Alex Rice H. NJ. Hobble, F. P. Glass, R. M Henderson, J.. P. Ferrall, J. c. Haas and W. F. Vandiver.
 The following firms signihed their organization: Snow Tullis Hardware Co, Greil Bros. Co., Southern Syrup Co, J. c. Haas. & Co, The Kennedy Co., Schloss & K ahn, w. F. Yandiver & Co, Ellis-Grant Furniture Co. G. W. Barnett Hardware Co. Alabama Chemical Co, Winter Loeb & Co., Montgomery Candy Co.,, Alex Rice, Stei- ton, Co, Roman Cotton Co, Nj sabel & Sons. c. F. Moritz, Hobie & Teague Co., Planters Cotton Oil Co., The Ad- Vertiser Co, and Holt and Strauss.
 The committee will meet with Chair man Tullis this afternoon at o'clock in the sQoms of the Commercial and Industrial Association.