The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-04
COMMERCIAL CLUBS CONVENE IN SELMA Wilson Talks on Foreign Loan
 Tax CONGRESSMAN FAY 0 R In His Address He Deplores the Radi- oalism That Has Swept the State
 Like Mississippi
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CONGRESSMAN FAY L0R

l annual convention of the State Conner cial and Industrial associations convened ! in Selma today at noon at the Y. M. c. A. hall The attendance is not large, but it is composed of representative busi- ness men of Alabama.
 The keynote of the meeting is distinctly a return to conservatism envlroned by | progressiveness in contradlstincton to radicalism that has amounted to almost fanatcsm Such is the tenor of the an- nual addresses of the officers of the asso- citation and such was the thread running through the very entertaining speech made by Congressman George W. Taylor.
 The morning session was occupied with ] the preliminary work of the meeting, the reading of the addresses of the president and secretary, the welcome address and response and the speech by invitation of Congressman Taylor, after which was named the committees on resolution and | on nomination of officers.
 Forbes Presides. 1 At noon President A. c. Forbes of the Alabama Commercial and Industrial as- sociation called the meeting to order and presented Rev. J. l.. Rosser of the First Baptist church, who invoked the divine blessing upon the meeting. Mayor V. B. Atkins then delivered short ad- dress of welcome, which was responded to by Hon. John c. Eyester representing the Commercial club of New Decatur. l MT. Eyester declared that even the rays of the monday sun in the midst of sum mer were no less warm than were the l of qa1 hxr bo representing this gracious and noble peo- l pie and on behalf of the delegates pres l ent it gave him great pleasure to return l sincere thanks for the cordial welcome that had been given.
 Congressman Taylor Talks. President Forbes then delivered his an- l nual address It was full of strong thoughs for Alabamas S good and for Ala bama's future prosperity. President Forbes deplored for the good of the state | the wave of radicalism that had amounted almost to fanaticism lately where the ad- l vancement of Alabama had been greatly retarded. His address was concluded l amid great applause.
 Secretary Gilbert gave a review of the progress of the state during the past year. 1 recalling the industrial and other devel- 1 opment that had come to the different sections of the state. He reviewed the efforts of the state association members l for the establishment of an immigration bureau and reioiced over the return of the states commissioner with a number | of desirable immigrants.
 l President Forbes then noted the pres ence of Congressman G. w. Taylor of Demopolis In the hall and expressed the l delight the association would feel in hear l ing from him. MT. Taylor was at his l best, and for half an hour delighted and 1 aata To a 1 glowing tribute to Senator Morgan, de- nominating him a man who had done things by talking. thereby controverting the popular notion that to accomplish anything a man had to be doer thereof. He concluded his remarks by advising the association nto to attempt to please everybody and cited Aesop's well known l fable of the man. the boy and the ass. l He declared he did not take any stock 1 in this wave that swept over Alabama at the last election, sweeping everything be- l fore it like the Mississippi river in food l He declared he was not going to make railroad or an anti-ralroad speech, that it required too much feeling to make an anti-railroad speech and too much labor 1 to make a railroad speech. He had no patience with the project to l take the railroads away from those who l had, through their brains. energy and wealth. built them and give them to those i them if they had them. He believed that 1 the lesson given the railroads in the last election was a needed one and that 1t | would be wholesome one. He would never be in favor of turning the railroads l loose again and that he believed the per son entrusted with the management of a great public corporation like a railroad was like the holder of a public office which was a public trust.
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 At the conclusion of MT. Taylor's ad- dress the following committees were an- l nounced
 ] On Resolutons F. P. Glass, John Craft, | B. Ellis. T. II. Motion, w. H. Sexton, John C. Eyester, F. J. Thompson and E. G. Caldwell.
 On Nomination of officers; J. B. Babb, 1 John c. Eyester, w. l.. McCaa, F. J. l Thompson, F. c. Melvin, J. V. Smith, Da- l Vid Holt and F. G. Caldwell.
 The following are the enrolled delegates pro -ent at the meeting:
 Montgomery-A. G. Forbes, l.. l.. Gill bert, J V smith. F. F. Glass, G. G. Miles, Massey Wilson. F. L. Woodruff, B. J. Well and II. C. Jones'
 Birmingham--I B. Babb, J. o. Thomp- son and T. II. Motion.
 Anniston-W L. McCaa and H. w. Sex ton.
 Mobile-John Craft, David Holt and W. 1 K F. Wilson.
 New Decatur-John C. Eyester. 1 Iuntsville-F. ]. Thompson.
 acksonvllle-Edward c. Caldwell.
 Selma-E. :. Melvin, w. c. Agee, W.
 R. Peacock and J. T. Slater. | A. Wilkerson. commissioner of agri- culture and industries.
 e,. l.. Henderson, land and immigration l department Southern railway.
 George w. Taylor, member of Congress First district
 Afternoon Session. ' inc afternoon session of the Commer- l cial and Industrial association was taken 1 up with the two subjects of most im- portance to the state at present. Ex- | Attorney General Massey Wilson read a l strong paper giving reasons why the tax 1 on foreign loan corporations should be | repealed and a general discussion fol- | lowed heartily commenting the position taken by MT. Wilson Joseph Babb of Birmingham, John Y. Smith of Mont | gomery and w. K. P. Wilson of Mobile, | entered in the discussion of the subject. | At the conclusion the address was or dercd printed in pamphlet form with the 1 resolutions on the subject to be brought 1 in the resolutions committee tomor- l row and sent at once to every member | of both houses of the legislature. l A. R Dearborn of Birmingham read