The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-22

/ selected as the next place of meeting.
Major Anderson said that these meet
ings had proven very effective in arousing
interest in the question of immigration
and was bearing fruit in the way of lead
ing to the establishment of state imm-
grafton bureaus He expressed a conf
dence that such bureau will be author
lied for Alabama at the next session of
| the legislature.
j. Rivers Carter, postmaster of Birming-
ham. offered the following resolution,
which was adopted;
Carriers Resolution.
| Whereas because of the low salaries
paid postoffiee clerks and the greatly In
/ creased cost of living, the records of the
| postonice department show an alarming
! increase in the number of designations
| during the past two years, and
Whereas. it is impossible TO secure and
retain competent and efficient clerks UNI
der these conditions, thereby seriously
| Gripping the postal service to the derti-
ment of the business interests of the
country,
Now, therefore. he il resolved. That it
is the sense of this body, the Commercial
cluo of Birmingham, that the Wilson bills,
House Representatives No. 9753. ca bill to
regulate the hours of work of the first
and second-class clerks in postoffices) and
No. 1854 Ga bill to provide for the classin-
cation of the salaries of the clerks en-
ployed in postoffices Of the first and
second classes). introduced during the last
session of Congress- should be passed;
and.
Further be it resolved That copy
of this resolution be placed in the hands
of the Hon. o. W. Underwood congress-
man from the Ninth district of Alabama,
for his consideration.
Advertising Committee.
c. w. Ufford. chairman of the adver-
,tisng committee. reported that owing 20
the strain on the organization just now
in advertising the meeting of the cotton
convention in January, his committee had
decided to postpone any extensive cam
paign until after the cotton convention
had been held. lie reported, however,
that members of travelling mems associa-
tons in Birmingham had been interest
ed in the matter of talking for Birming
ham anu that they had also promised 20
interest other travelling men with whom
them come in contact
Later on in the meeting, when the mat
ter of advertising Birmingham was up
in another connection, Mr.. Ufford stated
that he would take it upon himself 70
secure a fund of at least $1,000 for immedi-
ate use in printing and circulating litera-
ture on Brmingham's advantages. The
announcement was received with hearty
applause from the members present.
At this juncture President Jemison read
a letter from John W. Gates of New
T., l,
nous prophecy published in an interview
in ,le Baltimore Manufacturers Record
some weeks ago, in which he stated that
Birmingham twenty years from now
would have 100000 inhabitants. In re-
ferring to the amount of money that
would be spent by the Tennessee Repub-
lie companies in the Birmingham district,
Mr.. Gates says in his letter to Mr.. Jem-
ison that If the present programme is
carried out the company will spend $780,,
900 to $4,000, 900 and possibly more. The
reading of the letter was received with
much enthusiasm.
Greater Birmingham Bills.
T.. j. Smyer, chairman of the Greater
Birmingham committee, reported that two
meetings had been held and two bills
bearing on the proposed expansion had
ben prepared. He offered the following
resolution, which was adopted:
Resolved, That the two bills prepared by
the committee making possible Greater
Birmingham be and the same are here
by approved.
Be it further resolved, That the COM
mittee be and it is hereby directed to
request the introduction of said bills in
the legislature by some member of the
! legislature from this county.
BE it further resolved, That the men,
bers of the legislature from this county
are hereby requested to have said bills
enacted into laws.
Mr.. Harding Reports.
w. P. G. Harding, chairman of the
| general committee on entertainment of
! delegates and visitors to the cotton con-
vention in January, reported progress in
the work of the committee. He stated
that several subcommittee have been
appointed and that all ere busy ar
ranging the various details of the under
taking. lie said that the Birmingham
Board of Trade is also taking an interest
in the matter and will assist in the en-
tertainment of the visitors. Mr.. Harding
announced that another meeting of the
! general committee will be held early in
January to complete arrangements.
w. -. Nesbitt, chairman of the sub
committee ON publicity, made a report
of the work of his committee and went
into detail as to the method of newspa-
| per advertising that is being DONE He
| explained that a great deal of the adver-
| Using is being done by means of pictures
of objects of interest in the Birmingham
district. Cuts of these views are being
sent to daily newspapers in all sections
of the south. In the articles accom-
J panying these views the cheap excursion
rates that have been allowed by all the
railroads are being stressed.
Mr.. Nesbitt reported that much effec-
tive advertising for the district is being
secured in this way and he is of the opin-
ion that it will induce a very large at
tendance on the convention.
Free Transportation.
f. Y. Anderson, chairman of the SUBJ
committee on entertainments reported
that arrangements had been made to
give the delegates to the convention free
transportation on the street railway lines
of the city and had also arranged for a
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