The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-01-16
Central Lumber Company.

central lfuHlDeT company, WHICH proposes to conduct lumber business and to deal generally in other materials for building, with central offices in Besse- mer The authorized capital stock of the company is $5ooo, but it will begin business with only s26oo paid in. The officers and directors for the first year are the following; A. c. Kyzer, president and general manager; George E. Whatley vice-president, secretary and treasurer; and Issle Whatley.
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 We can unquestionably find way to change the situation. The Southern Cotton Growers associatio under Harvie Jor- dams splendid leadership, has accomp- lished wonders. l believe 1 am within the bounds in saying that the south Is richer by $2O0 900, 900 than it would have been but for this movement. Now let the good work go on. Let every banker, every merchant and every manufacturer feel that he is just as vitally interested in financially sustaining such an organiza- ton as are the growers themselves. Really every broad business man in America ought to join in such work for the pros perity of the south is matter of national importance.
 Contrast the activity and prosperity of the Birmingham distriQt1 with iron at SIS and over ton, Yisle gloom and des- pondency when rtA Ed at & or 80 ton, and you can then gW an idea of what 12- cent cotton would mean for every part of the south. In fact judge by the ad- vance in iron and labor and in other costs, cotton a 15 cents wuold not be higher than iron at SIS to S20 a ton Nobody is complaining at high priced Iron. Nobody is making any great fight against these figures On the contrary, consumers are eagerly buying for six and fnine months ahead.
 Iron and Cotton.
 "Within the last few years the world has suddenly awakened to the value of iron ores and men are saying that the owners of great iron ore properties have A call on the worlds wealth. Grant the truth of this. but remember that the south has monopoly on cotton. practically as important as iron ore, and every acre of well tiled cotton land should also have a call on the worlds wealth. Not only must the south stand together in such an organization as the Southern Cotton asso- cfation but 1t must back up it's officers with money to wage a ceaseless campaign.
 "Eternal vigilance and eternal activity are the price of the south's freedom from the old time starvation prices Of cotton. Birmingham as the iron center of the south. is vitally interested in this ques- ton for increasing prosperity of the whole south is essential to the growth and pros perity of the iron and coal interests of Alabama Here should be made much of the vast machinery needed fn the better compresslng of cotton and in the spin ming and weaving of cotton.
 why should Alabama be compelled to ship it's iron to New England and else where and buy back the finished product fin shape of engines and textile machinery? Surely Birmingham has wisely shown that if appreciates the tremendous importance of the cotton crop by the work which 1t has done to make the cotton convention the most important ever held"