The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-03
CommercIaI club Meets.

Commercial Club Meets. A largely attended and enthusiastic meeting of the Commercial Club was held tonight. President Max Hambur- ger in the chair.
 Col D. G. Purse, President of the Southern States Cane Growers Asso- citation, was introduced and made brief but lucid talk on the purposes of the convention, which is to meet here February 7-s. He invited questions and answered many to tho satisfaction Of all present. He spoke of the distin- | guished men who would be in attend ancc and address the convention. | It was the sense of the club that | Probate Judges in Alabama. Florida and Mississippi be asked to name delegates | to come and participate In the conven- | tion for the benefit of the farming irl- I terests.
 President Hamburger called attention l to the movement to secure for Mobile the next annual reunion of the Alabama | Confederate Veterans and on motion a | committee of three was named to take | up the matter with General Harrison. John Craft presented the following resolution, which was unanimously | adopted: Whereas, George W. Taylor has in- | an appropriation of $3o0.000 to enlarge l the Federal Building.
 Therefore, be it resolved, That the | President of this club appoint com ! mittee of ten representative citizens to urge Congressman Taylor to introduce a bill to provide separate postoffice | building so that adequate facilities may | be had to accommodate the increasing | business of the postofilce and other de- partments of the Government at this , port"
 Harry T. Hartwell offered the fol- J lowing which was unanimously adopt i ed:
 whereas. There has been introduced in the Congress of the United States House Bill S763. proposing to place
 sailing vessels carrying American coast wise licenses, under control of Gov
 ernment inspection. and.
 l Whereas We believe that the en- actment of such legislation would im- | pose such penalties on American ves-
 sells as would restrict them from com | peting with foreign bottoms. and would | practically drive them from the high
 seas; therefore, be it
 | Resolved, That the Commercial Club | protests against the passage of the said
 bill and that the Secretary of the Club l be. and is, hereby, authorized and di- rected to hand the Hon. George w. | Taylor, member of Congress from this district a copy of this resolution with the earnest request that he withdrew his
 support from said bill and use his
 best efforts to defeat it's passage. President Hamburger called atten- | tion to the fact that the Southern Bap-
 tist Press Association would soon meet
 in annual convention, and suggested
 that Mobile seek to secure 1t. A mo- | tion was made that the President name a committee of three to invite tho convention to Mobile. which prevailed
 and the chair named H. G. Barclay as
 chairman of the cifnmittee, he to se- | lect the other members.
 | A motion prevailed that a commit | tee be named to arrange for suitable entertainment for the United States
 Passenger Association delegates on | their return through the city from
 Havana. John Craft was named as chairman.
 On motion of Jake Weiss the Score I tary was instructed to take up with
 the Southern Railway the matter of passenger service into and out of Mo- bile on that line.
 The President suggested that the Commercial Club take up the matter
 of inviting the merchants and the
 Commercial Clubs, especially of Hat tiesburs, to come to Mobile in return
 for their kindness the past year.
 General Freight and Passenger Agent ODwyer of the Mobile, Jackson and Kansas City Railroad. stated, for information of the Club. that his road
 had the matter of bringing the mer-
 chants all along the line to Mobile in the near future. He suggested that the club wait and allow the company to get in touch with 1t on the matter in order that It be made grand sue
 cess. His suggestion was accepted.