The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-09-23
GOVERNOR NAMES
COMMISSIONERS
To Represent Alabama At Con-
servation Congress
SHIPPERS ARE PLEASED
Action of Interstate Commerce Com
mission In Atlanta Is Watched
With Interest BY Alabama
Business Men.

Montgomery, September 22.-(Special.)-
The Alabama commissioners of the Ma
tional Conservation Congress, which is to
again assemble in Washington in De-
cember, have been announced by Governor
Conner as follows: W. P. Lay, Gadsden;
Eugene A. Smith, Tuscaloosa; w. H. Sey-
mour Montgomery; f. H. Lathrop, Biz
mingham J. B. Powell, Greenville.
Blank forms will be secured from Ma
tonal Forester Clifford Pinchot at Wash
ington, upon which the reports will be
made. This work is to be done by the
first week in December, at which time,
at the reassembling of the conference IN
Washington, actual work along the lines
indicated at the meeting of governors in
May will begin.
Governor Conner has been very much
interested in this work. At the confer
ence of governors in Washington he made
a speech in which he showed his belief
in the future of the country along this
line 1t was also brought out that the
governor has for many years been at
work along this line.
Registering Fertilizer Brands.
Registration of brands of fertilizers Is
very active at the capitol at this time.
By new law each brand has to be reg
istered with the department of agriculture
between October 1 and December l, there
being a penalty for failure to do so.
Commissioner j. A. Wilkinson is having
a lot of work, as result, getting the
lists made up and receiving the reports
from the factories over the state.
The question of fertilizers Is receiving
much attention now at the office of the
commissioner of agriculture. Some time
ago Mr.. Wilkinson made speech to the
cotton seed oil men at Blount Springs,
In which he not only pointed out the
value of the seed but gave them much
instruction as to how to use them. He
has recently sent out a bulletin on ferti-
detailed information as to the best use
of the different kinds of fertilizers.
Shippers Pleased.
The action of the interstate commerce
commission at Atlanta in calling upon the
railroads to make public the correspon-
Qenc6 ledulHB up W tle leCeHl iuCicdSe III
rates to the territory of the southeast is
taken by local shippers to be encourage
ment for the belief that they are to win
out in their fight against the new sched-
ules. 1t is also taken to mean a posi-
blity for suit on the Sherman antitrust
law.
Montgomery shippers have been very
anxious to get full and free discussion
of the whole rate question as related to
the SOUTH This movement is expected to
of the Montgomery freight bureau, dis
cussed some time ago before the COM
merce commission, at a special sitting in
Montgomery, wiz be up for further hear
ing in Washington the third week in
October Manager Kealhofer thinks that
the city is to get good out of the meeting.
Vote Is Canvased.
At session of the democratic commit
tee of the Second congressional district.
held in Montgomery today, presided over
by Chairman w. A. Henderson, 1t was
shown that the plurality of S. H. Dent of
Montgomery over his next opponent, w.
H. Sanford of Troy, was 423, the totals
being as follows:\ Dent, 4104; Sanford.
1851 Thomas j. Hall got 623, C. R.
Bricken 1922, and A. C. Sanders Ala.
A peculiar thing is the fact that Dent
carried only one county, his own. Sam
ford carried Covington, Conecuh, But
Ter, Baldwin, Wilcox and Pike. Bricken
carried Escambia and Crenshaw. There
being no opposition to o. G. Wiley for