The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-10
Annual Meeting of Con- mercial Association. FORBES NEW PRESIDENT I Selected Again to Pilot Active
 Business Body. Secretary Gilbert shows That Organi- xation Has Done Much Work
 Address by Mir. Brown of
 Indiana On Forestry.

Captain A. G. Forbes was last night elected President of the Commercial and Industrial Association of Mont somery to succeed II. c. Davidson, who declined to be candidate for the exec- utive office of the organization.
 Captain Forbes resigned the presi- dency of the Commercial and Indus- trial Association some time ago to be- come candidate for Mayor. The esteem in which he is held by his fell low members of the Commercial and Industrial Association was evidenced by his being elected last night to again preside over their deliberations and direct their policies.
 F. F. Glass, F. P. Chaffee and Jacques Loeb were elected vice-presi- dents of the Association and George w. Ellis, J. c: Haas, N. B. Holt and Hardwick Ruth were chosen as direc- tors of the Associations
 The business men heard the annual report of Secretary L. L. Gilbert and of a number of standing committees and listened to an interesting discourse on Arboriculture by John P. Brown of Corners, Indiana.
 Progress on Every Hand.
 It was the annual meeting of the Association and the reports of the vari- JUS SuLiAiAtlSCS SiOWOu tldt nAOAL6OIh- cry is in condition of more genuine and substantial prosperity than has blessed the Capital City for many years. There has been progress on every hand. Progress along manu- facturing lines, progress along lines of city development, progress everywhere. New buildings have been erected. new public institutions. new streets have been paved, new public utilities have been installed, everything has been for the uplifting of Montgomery.
 S:30 o'clock by President H. c. David son. About fifty members were pres ent. MT. Davidson, in opening the meeting, said that when he consented to Association for the uneXpired term of President Forbes, he had done so with the distinct understanding that he was not to be reelected. He knew that his attention to give the proper thought and time to the affairs of the Associa- tion, and he did not like to occupy any office unless he could do his full duty.
 Report of the Secretary.
 L. L. Gilbert, Secretary of the Asso- ciation, made full and comprehensive report of the work of the Association. He dwelt in detail on every particular Ills report was as follows:
 Montgomery, May 9, 1905. Mir. President and Gentlemen:
 Many people have a mistaken idea tion of this character is to secure ad- Sitional industries for a city. This is not the case. It Is only one of many opportunities of usefulness open and can be successfully employed only al varying intervals. Some years we are able to locate many new industries other years we may not do so well.
 There is popular Illusion abroad that thara hOVRFinR overhead tinually a flock of attractive manufac- turing establishments, ready to alight upon receipt of the most casual invita- tion. We are here to state that this condition of affairs does not exist, and every new factory obtained for Mont gomery is the result of long continued correspondence and extended negotia- tions. The new factory is a 'rara avis and the successful huntsman deserves
 aWhile this has not been an unusual can be noted in the manufacturing en- terprises here. Among them may be noted:
 "Tennessee Fertilizer Company started Sept 10. l9O4; capital. s45Oloooi
 "The National Cotton oil Company started Oct: l, 1904; capital. $125,0oO; e"'HlRe'it aTRe Dixie iie' Cotton oil Company, started Sept. 20, 1904; capital. $56,OO0;
 "The Southern Syrup and Molasses
 ''The Jones Moulded Stone Company; capital, $3,000; employes, 6.
 Box Factory addition to Nixon & Co.'S plant; capital, s15.OOO; employees,
 'The Mattress and Upholstering
 "The grist mill of the National Cot ton oil Company representing adii- blowing 50 hands,
 The Montgomery Mattress Factory with $5,00O invested and about Is hands.
 The American Drug Company and the T. J. Cramton Flaming Mill, repre- senting S5,00O and employing 30 or more persons.
 tablishments have suffered loss through fire, yet as a whole Montgomerys fac tories have had a most successful year, running on full time, with a full force creased output finding a ready market. It is cause for sincere congratulation.
 Tn the mercantile field, we chronicle only slight increase. which inclqdes:
 ''The Noble. Goode & Taylor Shoe Company.
 The Montgomery Heating and Ven tilating Company and Askine & Marine.
 Several Conventions.
 Tn the enterlalnment or important conventions and influential gatherings, the association has played a creditable part. The first one, the Alabama River Convention, was the child of this asso- citation, and in the short but busy day s session there were assembled here in- fluences and facts which resulted in an appropriation by Congress of $10O, 900 for the Alabama River. This conven- ton Is to be credited to our Committee on State Development, c. F. Moritz, Chairman, while the appropriation was secured through a special committee, representing all the cities on the river, of which W, F. Yandiver of this asso- citation was chairman. Their work is especially timely, and when four foot all-the-year navigation is secured on the Alabama River, in the near future, that river will cease to exert a theoret- lea influence upon freight rates but will in reality be a practical and po- tent factor therein for all future time.
 "Other conventions held in our rooms and secured by our Convention Com mittee were the Interstate Cane Crow CTS Association, the Alabama Horti- cultural Society and the Alabama Live Stock Association, all bringing within our gates men of influence and wide