The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-03
Commercial Club Men
 Plan for NetD Year

ciub, I am convinced that we have neg 1ectsd the unofl1ciai members ana es- have we lost their work, but we have failed to train taon to take the places of ofzzcials who retire We do not want an old mans club. We want the old men, but # re have no young men. the day will come when we will have no men. There is a spontaniety and snthusiasm in young men which loses its sparkle long before the race of life fs ran. With restless and reckless en- cray and ambition they rush in and ac- complish tasks while older men stand and the Commercial Club needs more patriotic young men. To Ali this need wiii be one Of the objects of this ad- ministratfon.
 More Meetings.
 sIncidentai to this object and to pop uiarize the club rooms, shall recozn- mend the holding of more frequent meetings for members. We cannot ex- poet every man Co attend every meet ing, nor to he interested in every ac- tivity of the clubSs but meetings espe- cialiy devoted to specific subjects ans nounced In advance win doubtless at- tract congenial groups and prove both pleasant and profitable.
 "0ur most annoying problem Is the financial one. Our usefulness Is ham pered every day by want of funds. Our demands are greater than our re- quAte. The board of directors is seek ing a solution of the difficulty and swln give grateful consideration te all sukgestions thst may, be made. 4 p<ompt paying membership Of 500 would work wonders. and to the Mem- bership Cohmittse we shall commit the stask of adding the necessary 900.
 q hope nothing extraordinary has been expected from me tonight. am simply suggestIng few of the many matters that will demand everyday conslderation during the coming year to raise the club to . higher efficiency. As ! shah faithfully perform the task you have assigned to me, I shall rely upon the cordial co-operatlon of avery
 member of the club In our united ef- forts for greater and better Mont gonery."
 Thaf Dsllnr Dinner.
 It was the Secretary after the President, that held forth. when Mfs Dave told of the good things that were to c0Fne at the "dollaf' dinner to be given at the Exchange Hotel by the Commercial Club on Feb. 22. He read the menu while standing the target for wistfuf giances from the forty members present. He stumbled now and then st the deilcacies as spoken in French, but got through 1t all, and then told them about t.
 It is the object ofs the club to give the dinner. charging q a plate, so that visitors and guests may be invited. It Is thought that 200 will be seated. He followed, too, the line of President Balls address. calling for young men, and the need of Q reserve for the club.
 Adverse IeGislatfon Hurts.
 And then c. F Mortiz. fresh from a trip through the East. bringing with him the redolence of the bigger places, and the wisdom there acquired. He spoke of adverse leRislation.
 Adverse iegislation hurts the South. .g said Mr. Moritx. ''as have gathered in my trip East It hufts the sale of Southern bonds, and prevents to large extent the free tnflux of Northern capital into the section.
 And. by adverse IeRfslation. mean. in two tnstancess the low maximum tax rate. which isiixed by law, and which prevents any excess when an extra revenae is neededi and the iegislation It4 E0k AbAfA "a hAAAA9e tN tAAF F ,Arst that hurts the sale oy Southern bonds. Ri5d the second that prevents the influx of the foreign capital that is so necessary to the development of the South."
 Mir. Moritz declared he believed that the club, with other influential bodies, should work for sarer legisiation.
 cnsnDaa8n of Education. ~
 It was S. c. starke who brought out the Campaign of Education" Idea, to dispei. as he Intended, any prejudice against the club, He advanced the Idea of publishing in newspapers the purpose and advantages of the club. ana personal solicitation. and Of fur ther advertising the Commercial Club as 1t really is, and what 1t really stands for.
 There were gcofes of euggestiona. all. of them good. that were aEvanced. Judge w. Fl Thonaas told of ansethod of Increasing the membership: Duncan May, who admitted mat he shad not made d speech la twelve years. but that lie felt it necessary to talk about thia matter ofedues r He asked for a. paymbnt of dues. toldlo how the pay Tnent could be guaranteed from all right-minded members, and decfayed that "twenty-five members who pay tnetr onek lreBulaEiyeWltl 0o more 80Ou than 500 who pay n9things and do, nothing but stand around and talk = Mir. May had already remarked Of his talking proclivities.
 R. D. Quisenberry put In a plea for home patronage.s He condemned the method of sending away from Montgomery. for clothes, and articles that could be had in Montgomery as easl4y as away. 'Patronize home in- dustry." was his cry. And the mer- chants about him smiled.
 Mr.. c, G. Miles was the foremost