The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1905-11-08

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| Report Of Secretary.
The annual report OF Secretary L. L.
Gilbert follows:
| MT. President and Gentlemen:
ne sending OF kilograms direct g
the executive ofI1cers OF some OF the
iargest industrfals concerns IN Ane
United States ut the last annual meet
ing Of this Association proved spien-
did medium of advertisement Tor Ala
bama. The kilograms were sent 70 the
following well-known manufacturing
Draper q Co., Hopedaie. Mass
Champion Thayer Loom Works. Wor-
cester, Mass
American Locomotive Company. New
York City.
International Power Company, New
York City.
FAIRBANKS Scale Works. New York,
City.
British-American MISUNDERSTANDING
Company. Providence. r. l.
Responses were received from every
one OF them, indicating the high ap-
probation of the Information given
them. and expressing In highest terms
their interest and confidence In the
future development of Industrial Ala
concerns has been negotiating for many
months In reference to the establish
ment of q branch In Alabama and
without doubt large Investment In
this State will eventually result.
Several new clubs have been organ,
lied during the past year and have
promptly identified themselves with
this Association. More should be or
ganized and the establishment of new
clubs where they do not now exist
should be emphasized during the forth
coming year.
For Greater Permanency.
Our organization, although growing
from year to year, lacks two things,
permanency of membership and ade-'
quate financial resources. club may
send up an entirely different delega-
tion this year from the one sent last
year, changing entirely again next
year, so that all of these delegates are
without a proper knowledge of the In
creasing scope and purpose Of the or
ganization or experience In its lines OF
work. In the Ohio State Board OF
Commerce provision ID made for two
classes of members. active or individ-
ual memberships and sustaining or club
memberships. Active members might
pay dues Of, say, IS per year. sustaining
members the same dues as at present.
This would give us a permanent list
of Individual members for continuous
work upon standing committees from
year to year and at the same time re-
tain the full influence and interest OF
the various sustaining club members
as organized assistants.
For Increased Income.
For instance, we would have in this
city the Decatur Business Mems
League as a sustaining member, and
in addition at least forty of the repre-
sentative business men, bankers and
manufacturers. as permanent active
members. BY this means we would In
terest them more directly and conttnu-
ously in the work Of the State Assoc
citation and at the same time put 5000
annually into its treasury, with which
to take up a more practical work. Es-
timating conservatively from the score
of clubs Identified with the State Asso-
citation and adding thereto influential
individual members in cities where no
clubs now exist, we should easily Sc
cure an active membership of 500,
which would represent $500 a year in
dues to our treasury. This plan then
would accomplish both permanent
established individual membership and
an adequate promotion fund for practi-
cal work A bank account gives self
respect and secures unanimous atten-
ton and soiicitude from directors and
financial boards. I will ask that this
suggestion be referred to special
COMMITTEES for consideration and report
at this meeting.
II this or some similar plan is put
into operation, we will then be In shape
for aggressive work. I would suggest
that two matters should then have i'm
mediate attention.
alabama Adequately Advertised"
M iaa In adWaFffGfnR camnQtRn
should be inaugurated at once under
the direction of the Advertising Com
mittee. This might include work with
in. as well as without the State. Every
newspaper In Alabama should be asked
to devote at least one entire page
month to exploiting the advantages of
life In Alabama in general and in their
own special locality in particular. The
newspapers, believe. would gladly lead
this campaign in this manner IL 1t were
inaugurated. For outside advertising,
syndicate write-ups. special display ad-
vertisements, representation at agricul-
tural fairs, travelling representatives
giving free illustrated, lectures, are all
mediums worthy of careful investiga-
ton. An Official publication circulated
among the members monthly and scat
tered broadcast generally could be rend-
cred self sustaining and keep all en-
Enthusiastically in touch with each other.
the slogan and every Albanian should
be made to join in the chorus.
Agricultural immigration.
The second suggestion is to work out
a practical plan for bringing thrifty
agriculturists and Intelligent laborers
to Alabama. We need both desperate
ly. Thousands upon thousands of acres
lie Idle in Alabama today, simply for
want of adequate cultivation. Our pro-
ductive capacity is limited immeasurab-
ly to secure competent tenants or farm
operatives. Our agricultural wealth
should be increased four-fold in the
next decade with SUFFICIENT labor. Our
lands would increase in taxable value
and the State Treasury would be annu-
ally enriched. In securing desirable
agricultural immigration the State au-
thorities should and would actively CO.
operate. The immigration Committee
of this Association should take this
matter in hand and with whatever
funds might be available supplemented
by adequate State aid, send native
representative into the agricultural dis
tricts of Norway, Sweden. Germany,
Denmark, Switzerland and Northern
Italy. Another agent might we'll be
sent into the northern sections of our
own country. the expense would not be
great. Some day we may learn that
Southern cotton fields need Chinese la
borers as much as Chinese laborers need
Southern cotton products.
Intelligent LabOrers.
AS for laborers in general our great
demand in the ia ,tories. the mills the
mines, the railroads and public works
are unable to be met by at least one
half and many an enterprise has been
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