The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-02

done a great injustice In the above figures, . reporter cSiiee upon Joseph Club. and asked him to make a state- ment in regard tc the matter. Mir. f'sTI .srbs s1 Synopsis of the census report on nsaniifacfories and industries inso- far as 1t concerns Birmingham, does tnix city q great wrong. Nearly year ago, when the agent of the cen
 ss pGer Tas the m ias rules or tSe departnibnf Birmingham would not re- dressed MT. Fl. s. D. North. director of the census .sse bureau at "ashinston'
 " Dear sir:--i eg leave to call your Attention to the peculiar condl- ton existing in Birmingham and vi- fths.y fhis yc,tv W1 is a compilation of manu- facfuring statistics should be limited to the -cfty proper Our territorial ssfca is small and there are ntiniber If municipal corporatiuus which are reallv Rirfninghan but which s+- ya- rious reasons maintain their separate entities I. therefore; respectfully urge that our statistics should be compiled for BirniinRhanh asSan Industrial cen- ter. ,..
 ~. B. Babb,
 .secretary Commercial Club s4In renly | received from MT. North a letter stating that 1t was impossible to varv inc rules of his department with reference to Birmingham, but that anyone desiring to ma make e., an s,i,,- in- self Inc industrial situation la Bir- minahain and vicinity. "The .pubiication of the synopsis shows That Rirmingham must must H suIher Ter ldenartfnent. At the time the represen- tative of the census department was in Birmingham he compiained oi the e difficulty he encouhseTea tnas psc m samethins to do with the showing made, as the icensus department never guesses: me difficulty of obtaining information ii Birmingham is well known to all wno deavoring to secure it. This is most unfortunate, as 1t rensers proper showing of the aggregate lnaustriai operations here impossible. .s given by the census report, is consid- erabIy under tho real figures. Ine value of products given by the report pe,i | is likewise woefuily deficient. The rsnort.s utter inadeqnaey Is shown in 1.-the statement that only $5,1Ss,24e ls Invested in manufacturing enteTprises' ]. Two. of our concerns. alone an nave ,e,,,d total capital ot SSI,Quo,ovQ. "Vuat tpat | fbs total amount of capital invested | in the Birmingham district Is $sv.OVo.- 0aO and instead of 4.0Vu wage-eaIhe.rss IF there are ntrrrn,sss in ann'aEsne' aione more than so.ooo. If the term wage-earne.r T were to be extended and appiied k tc I, ali ayOcatious, tho numper would pc swaiied to so'O0o. The value oY ouI ouI lnroducts last year. instead of bsins 1 s7,9s2,56s. was In the neighNorhooo oi '0SispIisTfif Briefly put. therefore the censsui report is chiefly due to the .Ias,.a fact tha, al most of the industriel shte.RiS oi the inc tt city ' limits; and. second. n lesser s degree. number of opr manSfaosasl,ns .o T,Ys isnsorration concerning their business
 IN No report coneerning Blrmingnam which is continued to the ..s narrowS ,0Sathe, fnS icovsrine industries or population, cai fall to do us grave inj'yst,see; I.s <, anS nS the need of q bigger blrmlhshsniII aiI ,n, ' lines that will be aceepraDie to ah .sn, tti terests and with special regard to ln' lennitabia treatment of our lnausSdllssS Sa,, lis becoming more apparent every "~s' '