The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-24
CALL TO THE
 QTY'S PRIDE State Fair Committee Held a Meeting. ONE-THIRD IS SUBSCRIBED Some Wealthy Firms Have Not
 Subscribed. Chairman Kohn and His Committee Issues Stirring Call to the cft- ixens to Come Forward and
 Make Certain the Next Fair.

There was a meeting Of the special committee charged with raising funds for fair this fall at the rooms of the Commercial Club yesterday morning and the progress and further plans of the movement were fully discussed.
 It was the deliberate sense of the meeting that Montgomery has an un- usual opportunity before her in a fair this fall and to make the best of 1t 1t is quick smart case of do or not do, and the meeting said do.
 To tell the story without headlines or trimmings 1t was a meeting of bust ness men on business bent who have carefully canvassed the situation and decided that the inducements for q fair this fall are greater than ever be- fore, that 1t will be a paying invest nent to Montgomery from every standpoint it can be considered. and who are, determined not to let the op- portunity get away from them.
 They checked up the progress of the canvassing committee so far and found that . number of the leading business houses had caught the idea and the spirit and some have not. Those at the meeting did not believe that the lack of support and interest on the part of those who have so far with held their subscriptions is found cd on a clear understanding of the sit- uation and good business judgement and decided to hold meeting next Tuesday night to explain the pros poets of proAt fully and intelligently to all.
 Enthusiastic speeches were made by Chairman F. M. Kohn of the soliciting committee who has gone over the ground carefully and weighed the sit- uation thoroughly, Alex, Rice. Nathan Griel, A. G. Forbes and others.
 It was reported at the meeting that the sum of $5.372 has been subscribed. a little more than one-third of the Tiecs cessary amount to put the fair on a firm financial basis and insure its sue- cess.
 Chairman Kohn said that the city could buy a clean half million dollars worth of fall business for $15.000 in- vested in promoting a fair right now and this is a bargain that Montgomery would be very foolish to throw down.
 The following address and call was issued by the meeting:
 There Is a sentiment in the heart Of every man in Montgomery that when this city has once taken a step forward 1t should never retrace. Who now would wish the pavements torn up and mud streets again In. evidence? Who
  moveaa piece by piece and snbstitutea with crowded. .ill.ventilated buildings of small stze7 In other words, the Montgonlery Spirit declares that q step forward here shall never be followed by a step backward.
 "Evefy effort should be made, to en- courage visitors to Montgomery this fan, The fair is the greatest drawing card for visitors to Montgomery.
 We have had two great fairs in this city. The first was attended by nearly 50, 900 people and had to bear much Of the burden of new buildings and devel- opment The second was attended by 30. 900 as it came just at the time or the panic's influence. It made It's ex- leaving In Montgomery on the lowest calculation S250,000 more than was here the first day of the fair.
 "The question up to Montgomery and every person in 1t is this: Shall we take a step backward and abandon q fair whose business getting qualities have been proved by two yeafs' work and whose valuation as property alone is already nearly worth s100,0eo and will rapidly increase in value as Mont gomery spreads in it's direction? The officers of the fair require $15,o00 in order to successfully open the gates of the fair next October, They will issue fair stock certificates Tor money sup scribed In view of there being no other fair in this state during the year 1908. except that of Birmingham. 1t Is a positively sure fact that tens of thousahds of people will come to Mont gomery for the state fair to be held here. All the circumstances of re. stored confidence and of absence of rivalry justify us in expecting fifty thousand visitors at least, and on tha ordinary basis of reckoning the valua- tion of a visitor to a city we look for $500.000 to be left in Montgomery.
 Can Montgomery afford to invest $15,000 scattered through the conn munity? The committee whose names are subjoined have already raised $5. 300, and take this public form of urg- ing subscriptions since the fate of the fair of 1908 must be positively decided by Tuesday the 18th of May. Let every property owner and business house re- spond to this appeal to sentiment and common sense. The motive that aetu- ates can be purely selfish and yet do public good. Every person will be directly benefited"
 Frank D. Kohn, Chairman; B. J. Baldwin, C. F. MoritZ, Julian GIDian, Harry Danziger, Victor Hanson, N B, Holt. W. A. Saffold. John W. Durr, IT.. George P, Haardt. I. Levystein. Dan Mccall, B. Wolff J. E. Hickey, E. B. Joseph. J. Kirk Jackson, D. May, C. T. Fitzpatrick, George T. Key. Alex Rice.
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