The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-03
B|RM|NCHAM'S GLORIOUS
 THEREFORE"

Therefore" is one of the really eloquent words in the English language It follows the toll of demonstration ana heralds the triumphant conclusion.
 This is the ''Thereore" period in the history of Blrmng ham, the time when faith has crystazed into belief and the future longer riddle but grand certainty For to every question to her pemanency o the cities o the world and as to guarantees she offers of continued and unnte rupted growth Birmingham is able to respond With the convincing ''Therefore-l have proved IL
 The labor of this proof has been great greater perhaps than any have houghtbut it all done and fused into that glowing Therefore" Let us briefly review some stages of this progress.
 Birmingham had to show that the materials for the manufacture of iron found closer together here than any earth The scientific and industrial thought of the world slow to accept the fact Bnt the proof now absolute
 Then the question to the adequacy of the supply of these materials We had prove that to ourselves as well to the world But have done it, and stamped upon hills and fields of and coal three words amanc as Solomon seal-' Enough for Centuries
 We said could make iron here cheaper than 1t could be produced elsewhere the two hemspheres The consumer as cold and nyedng the metal itself demanded the proof He has it and will hold to it, for spells prosperity for him
 Upon the heels of that the contention that Bl1nng ham iron fit only for the baser of industry Stubborn preudce tried to face us down Manufacturers when counseled by sefnteres to making tests But continued to thrust the proofs upon them and the strength and ue of Birmingham iron are atested massive castings of all kinds in nearly to which men put the great meta ponderous bridges and towering buildings all over the face of the earth and in myrads of miles of pipe under heath it.
 And so it was with coal We had to prove it as coke maker steam generator, and warmer of the domestic hearth and cch that proof with the assertion that we the only fields of coal exceently adapted to each o these separate and distinct purposes.
 
 itself and surrounded with dsheartenlng conditions The men who essayed it had not the stimulus of powerful influences the patronage of government Instead of millions, allowed few thousands of dollars to eXpend m new and comparatively mtIed process But they PROVED that Birmingham iron would make steel and that this basic open hearth better and could be produced cheaper than Bessemer steel which had held industry in its remolseess grip for many years.
 And hereupon the Birmingham steel rail had to PROVE ITSELF the presidents and general and supern tendents of the railways With spokesman except its own merit is coming into universal Some day the traveller will the echo of Birmingham whenever his flying engine smites full length of its highway And the Birmingham ra you only of the fruits of this magnificent steel victory of ours - -
 If space permitted we might show how TONNAGEPROOF bringing in railroads here two at the me and PROFITS PROOF drawing the trade of the merchants of Alabama and Mississippi other states to this city until had touched upon all of the complex elements the growth of Birmingham and that each and every of them rested upon PROVEN FACTS of superiority advantages but the larger things cited give Birmingham the right to cry There ore with the proud of Archmedes when he shout ed ''Eureka!'
 Our own Therefore shall be plthy and practical Real estate values in city of the PROVEDUP POWER of Br- mingham will advance all the time. They beyond tho influence temporary conditions Weocated real estate in or near city lower than 1t will be again.