The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-08
EDITORIAL ASSOCIATION.
Tue,tv.Nr~t Convention at 1ndianap- NafnhIe EYenf.

Twenty-nrst Convention at lndianap- | offs will Re Notable Event. | Indianapolis. Ind. May 7.-indianap- 1 oils is at present preparing to Iece.se l the delegates to the twenty-nrst con yention of the National Editorial As 1 sociation. which is to meet here June l12 to IS, Having a national reputa- : | tion as A convention city" by virtue of l tha hundreds of conventions wnicn have assembled here in the last few years. Indianapolis is well prepared | to receive and entertain the newspaper men who will be here from all parts of the United States. She will give | them every welcome and 1t will be her especial aim that the Association suf- l fer no regrets in its choice of con- vention city for 1906.
 It is indeed an oppportune time for SO representative a body to visit
 the capital of Indiana. Never has In- dianapoIls achieved so great pres tige, never has she been so typical of the great Western metropolis as at the present time. The village of not so many years ago has expanded in- to the greatest inland city in the world. one of the greatest railroad centers and a figure of tho utmost i'm portance in the manufacturing world.
 Statistics show that 1905 was the most prosperous year, from a commer- cial and professional standpoint, in its history It was the city's banner building year. there being something like $7,00O.000 expended in new struc- lures, varying from the humble cot. tage to the mammoth sky -scrapers. About three-quarters of million dol lars was expended in the citys churches.
 That Indianapolis is attracting widespread attention in the world of manufacturing is evidenced by the fact that during 1905 no less than eighty nine different manufacturing plants were established in the city. many of them coming from other cities. At tho present time the city has almost 2.soo manufacturing establishments, in which Approximately 45,000 people are em-s ployed, receiving s15,ooo,oOo in wages annually.
 Indianapolis is one of the greatest railroad centers in the country. At the present time, by means or apout thirty steam railroads and interuroan lines. all of the great cities or the Central West can be reached from in- dianapolis in five hours.
 The growth of the interburban traf- 1ic is perhaps the most interesting of recent phases in the city's develop ment. Indianapolis Is today perhaps the greatest interurban center In the world and her fine Traction Terminal DuIfdtng IS an oDJect or especldl iH- terest to visitors. At this time one and one-half million people are with in two hours ride of Indianapolis. Within a very short time there will not be city within a radius of hum dred miles that can not be reached by traction line.
 Indianapolis's increase in population during the last decade has been nota- ble, and only one city in the country shows so great per cent. of increase. The gain has been 60.4 per cent. The center of population of the United States Is at the very gates of the city. The population of the city has now passed the 225,00O mark.
 Indianapolis is not an old city; she has little of historic interest to offer the visitors, but as a city of today and of tomorrow--she stands pre-emi- nent. Delegates to the National Edi- ,tor,al Association will find Indianapo- lis an excellent example of the thriving Western city, where moral, intellectual and financial life flows at high ebb and whose citizens, all good Americans, not content with present achievements, ara shaping for their city a greater fu- ture.