The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-25


 range of subjects covered, any news paper ever published in the South has excelIed it.
 Those are stout claims. but the req sons for making them will be set forth and these who doubt them may consid- CT the causes that have induced them The splendid literary bill of fare of the Christmas edition of The Advertiser will be partially set forth to prove that SO far as the work is now gone on that paper, it's promise is superior to any other edition issued in the State. The paper will be issued three weeks rom today, but the work has now so far advanced that its excellence may De forecasted with absolute certainty.
 To maintain The Advertisers high standard. to prevent it's being said that The Advertiser has retrograded from the high standard of it's Christmas ii- tions which have become notable Tn Southern journalism. force of writers and editors have been busy for the last three weeks gathering and collecting material which sh s& be of sufficient in- terest and importance to entitle 1t to place in the edition. The work has progressed most satisfactorily.
 The Christmas Advertiser will be a hundred dollars worth of reading matter for cents. That should he re- membered And 1t should be thought of in advance that the edition Is of such value that provisions should be made for filing 1t away for future, ref erence even before 1t is issued. No man or woman interested in Alabama can afford to miss the excellence of this representation of Alabama's industrial and literary life.
 For this edition Senator John T. Morgan has prepared 2 special article outlining his views on the race ques- ton. There isn't a magazine in the entire country that wouldn't be. pleased to publish this article for the Alabama Senator. Senator Morgan has devoted his splendid talents and trained facul- ties to the solution of this great ques- ton which confronts his people He offers solution, which Is out of the beaten paths of race discussion, and one which is certain to attract general attention. The article is among the most important contributions to the discussion of the great problem.
 A special attempt is being made 70 reflect in The Advertiser the Industrial features of Alabama. This effort is not made along trite and conventional lines, lot of glittering generalities fsandwiched In between paid write ups for different towns. That Is not The Advertisers way Nor is such mate rial of any interest to the general pub lie, which has been satlated with it long since. But an effort is made to show what Alabama is doing and what her splendid resources are.
 The Advertiser has succeeded in se- curing men to write of the different in- dustrial lines who know what they are writing about-men who speak of that phase of the industrial life of the State with authority. For instance the arti- cle on Cotton in Alabama" is by Pres ident W. H. Seymour of the Alabama Division of the Cotton Association, whc is not only thoroughly conversant with the production, handling and sale of cotton, but who is also a talented writer
 On the important work of improv- ing the Rivers and Harbors of Ala bama, Hon. W. F. Vandiver, President of the Rivers and Harbors Association of Alabama contributes the article. Mir. Vandiver is also President of the Alabama Agricultural Association which under his direction gave the most successful State Fair ever held in Alabama, and at this Fair and in his different public addresses Mr. Van diver proved himself deep thinker as well as a successful business man.
 Hon. Ross c. Smith, who at the head of the Alabama Immigration Bureau, which has been the pioneer In bring ing in immigration labor to Alabama, contributes a timely and thoughtful article on a question which is now en- gazing the serious consideration of .a- dustrial Alabama. He tells of the successful methods used by the bureau in it's immigration work. This ques- tion of immigration will demand the time and consideration of the Legisla- ture which will assemble in Montgom cry in January.
 President Emil Lesser of the Ala bama German Immigration Society, contributes a strong article on ths problem of inducing the fine citizen ship of Germany and Northern Europe to come to Alabama. MT. Lesser has some definite ideas on this 5ubj0ct and he expresses them strongly
 The development of Baldwin county has been the most remarkable perhaps of any county during the history of Alabama w. C. Dinwiddie of Bay Minette writes the story of Baldwin county. He helped build up the county and he tells why it is better adver. tised and. known in the North and Northwest than any other county of the State. Mr. Dinwiddie is one of the men who helped bring in the de- velopment.
 Every Alabama man. in a general way, knows that his State is peculiar ly rich in iron ore, but he doesn' tknow the nature and the extent of these de- posits, nor does he know the details of their immense development special article gives the details of this splendid source of Alabama wealth. The steel industry of the state is now assuming great propor- tions.
 The steel business is millionaire's business It has begun making million aires in Alabama There will be fine article on Steel Making in Alabama, together with. some information about the three big steel mills in the State.
 Millions of dollars are hidden In the untold riches of the Alabama coal fields. Fortunes are daily being taken from these fields. Secretary J. B; Babb of the Birmingham Commercial Club. an old newspaper man and a nungsnt writer will contribute an ar- tiole to The Advertisers Christmas number on the Alabama coal fields.
 pr. c. A. Cary, of the Alabama Polvtechnic Institute, writes an ex- oelIent article on Live Stock in Ala banaa This form of agriculture-the growing of live stock-has suddenly jumped into great importance in Ala bama pr. Carey contributes an in- structive and thoughtful article upon It's every phrase and no man In Ala bama is better qualified to write U than he.
 After all has been said and done perhaps the most important phase or the industrial life of Alabama is bank inR-for the other enterprises depend upon. the problem of getting the mon ey from the banks. Banking in Ala bama and its progress will therefor9 be one of the most important articles of the paper. It will be contributed