The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-02-01
PLANS BUSINESS BATTLE
 FOR GREATER MONTGOMERY

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 meeting of the Alabama Commercial and Industrial Association. On com pletion. motion of MT. Chaffee was ,, carried, endorsing the report and the | things that were done at the conven-
 tion in question. according to the re- port.
 | Because the report of the delegates I who attended the Railroad Rate Con vention in. Chicago last year has all ready been given much publicity, the reading was dispensed with and 1t was | ordered received and filed motion was adopted endorsing the contents or | the report. a&
 Reports were read in full from dele | gates who attended tho meetings of | the National Board of Trade in Wash | ington, and the American Forestry | Association in Washington. It was announced that Alfred Gaskell, of the | United States Forestry Bureau. will visit Alabama this month and make several speeches at appointed places and will be in Montgomery for an ad- dress on forest prcservations towards l the latter part of the month. The re- ports were endorsed In separate reso- | lutions.
 Next came series of important re- commendations submitted for approval in the shape of amendments to the constitution and bylaws of the club. They were almost bou44y adopted after nc little discussion. A great portion of the meeting was consumed with q discussion on the question of annual or semi annual meetings for the cleo tion of officers and &.rectors The di- rectors themselves recommended thar meetings be held semi-annualy on the third Tuesday in January and July or each year. In January there should be elected five directors and a prest- vice nrRqi6pntg. all 10 hold office for ono year. In July there should be fcur directors elected. mak- ing nine in all, these to hold office until their successors are elected and qualified year later.
 Many members objected to holding two elections Tn one year. They wished to have ali officers elected at the January meeting and argued that members named in July would not have an opportunity to apply them selves directly after election whereas if all were named in January they go out from an enthusiastic meeting with an aspiration to work. Among those of tn,s idea were at first Alex Rice, c. F. Moritz and Frank Kohn.
 After d motion of MT. Moritz em- bodying this idea failed by close vote the recommendations of the board were adopted without amendment.
 Club Was Rcmnndcd.
 Several other recommendations were read and adopted, including the re- naming the club and one creating new committee to be known as ways and means committee. A list of twelve committees was also read but no names were mentioned as the mem bership Is to be provided within the next few days.
 resolullon of F. .a.eertief thanking all delegates of the club who attended conventions in the past year, was adopted.
 The report of the nominating com mittee was next in order. This con sisted of o. o. Nelson, MT. Meertief and Fred s. Ball. After a recess, during nominations, the report was made and | later the ballots were taken with the result already indicated.
 President Forbes thanked the Club for the honor of once more being placed at the head of the important or ganization. He was willing to serve the community always, but he realized that he was not In the business of basking in the sunshine, or the halo of the of- flee, but was counted on tc do some thing for the citys development and he felt his absolute dependence on the cooperation of each member. He em- phasized the importance of the ways and means committed. which. he said, was the result of about two months careful deliberation on the part of the Board of Directors.
 Mir. Haas responded with short talk. telling of the possibilities Mont gomery is missing without money available to point industries to this city. MT. Glass followed by reviewing the seriousness with which the Direct ors had studied the future of the Clubs work. In looking over the past he said 1t is true that critics are partially just In saying the Club has been oluting" than busy kind It was time for the members to wake up. It has been the lack of funds to carry on the work of lasting usefulness and this money must be obtained, he said, if great good is to be expected Realizing this the Ways and Means Committee had been created with the duty of getting the needed money, an amount that will always be on hand.
 Mir. Glass said that the Directors had endeavored to put new coat on the whole engine of the organization, This was evidenced by the shortening of the name, the cutting down of the commit tee list. and many other things brought and bylaws. It Is now up to the people of Montgomery and the members par ticularly to put coal' in the tender for the steam thas must win the indus tries of which this city Is deserving.
 The Club then adjourned until the next monthly meeting.
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