The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-20
COMMERCIAL CLUB
TO MEET TOMORROW
Will Consider Questions of I'M
portanCe
REPORTS TO BE HEARD
Several Committees Will Give an Ac-
count of Work Done Since Last
Meeting-To Call lmnigra-
ton Conference.
REPORTS TO BE HEARD

Lie commercial OiNp "a
will meet in regular session at the club
rooms in the Thomas building ON Twen-
ty-first street tomorrow afternoon at 4
O'Clock. This meeting was postponed from
last Friday on account of the absence OIL
President Robert Jemison. Jr., who has
been in New York and Washington for
two weeks.
Owing to the fact that this will be the
last meeting of the club for the present
year it will be one of Importance, and 1t
is desired that all members attend. The
organization has several matters of more
or less importance under consideration,
and the session will, no doubt, be one oil
much interest.
Committees that have been put IN
charge of making arrangements for the
reception and entertainment of delegates
| and visitors to the convention OF the
Southern Cotton association, which will,
be held in January, will make reports and
will perhaps receive additional instruc-
lions from the club.
| These several committees, appointed
some time ago on different details of the
work. have been busy for several weeks,
and it is said that they are progressing
well with the work. The task of preparing
| for the entertainment of the 5000 people
| who are expected to attend is one of
/ great Importance, and is really one of the
largest undertakings ever attempted by
the club.
| 1t is estimated that something like 5000
people. representing all the cotton inter-
ests of the southern states, will come TO
Birmingham on the occasion of the con-
vention, and the Commercial club will
do all in it's power to give them a royal
entertainment while here. This will posi-
| bly, be one of the largest and most repre-
sentative assemblages of the kind ever
, held in Birmingham.
Want Powder Plant.
The question of securing government
powder plant in the Birmingham district
will also come up for consideration at the
meeting tomorrow and a committee will
| probably be appointed to take up the
matter with the proper authorities.
| The committee on immigration will
have an important report to submit to
the club. This committee held a meet
| ing a few days ago in the office of the
| chairman, Ross c. Smith, in the First
| National Bank building, and prepared a
| bill for Introduction at the next session of
the legislature. This bill will be submitted
to the Commercial club for approval.
| The bill provides for the establishment
o. a state immigration bureau and a state
commissioner of immigration, with other
| necessary provisions.
! There is a movement on foot in the
| Commercial club to hold a conference of
! people of the state interested in the ques-
| tion of immigration in Birmingham about
January l. and it is probable that the bill
prepared by the committee of the club
| will be submitted to this conference for
| final approval.
Interest In immigration.
All business and industrial interests of
| the state are becoming very much in
| terested in the question of more and bet
| ter immigration, and it Is felt certain
that the next legislature will pass some
sort of legislation in reference to the
matter.
The Commercial club tomorrow will
probably make final arrangements for this
! conference, an dit is expected that when
& is held it will be largely attended by
leading business and Industrial men from
| all portions of the state.
| special committee appointed some
\ time ago to take up the matter of legis-
lation on Greater Birmingham will prob
| ably have an important report to make.
| This committee has held one or two
meetings during the past six weeks, and
many propositions have been brought
| under consideration.
| Several other matters Of Importance will
| come up for consideration by the Com
mercial club. among them being the eff
| fort to secure the location of the new
| sub-treasury at Birmingham. A strong
| campaign committee has been appointed
| to take charge of the matter, and a
| strong delegation has spent large part
| OF this week in Washington confering
with congressional representatives, who
will decide the location January 7.
This delegation met with much en-
] enlargement at Washington. and the
| chances for securing the sub-treasury are
/ thought to be good.