The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-08-09
BALTIMORE AND THE SOUTH.
Haltlmore's Business Can BE Extended
In the south by Proper Effort.


BaItimere's Business Can BE Extended
In the south by Proper Effort.
star Correspondence Baltimore Sun.
MONTGOMERY, July 2e--'"rhe trouble
with Baltimore and the Southern
trade" said his exceliency b. b. Conner,
Governor OF Alabama. to The Sun cor
respondent today, lis that Baltimore Is
sleepy and the way to get the Southern
trade 10 to wake up"
= But, Governor" the correspondent
began.
Eyes. know all about it, his excel-
lency interrupted: II have been in Ball
timore great deal and have sold large
quantities of cotton goods there. You
have o delightful city. with the best
looking people In 1t, but they are fast
asleep. They have permitted opportu-
nifty to pass them by. They have per-
mitted other cities to take from them
their best branches OF trade. And now.
IL you want the Southern trade. YOU
must wake up and so after It.
Then the Governor walked OF to talk
to some politicians about the special
session OF the Legislature which he had
called to convene.
and IL still pursuing the railroads, al
together uniniudful Of the fate OF his
neighbor the Hon. Hoke Smith Of
Georgia, a fate which, according 10
some OF tho wise men Of Birmingham,
IL awaiting bize excellency of Alaba ma
En- his proeiamation converting the Leg
islature into extraordinary session the
doysrnor SPECIFIES no less than sixty
Ave subjects upon which he desires
action. Among these are two enabling
acts TO change the Consultation, the
first being to have biennial Instead OF
quadrennial sessions of the Legisla-
ture, and the second to put prohibitions
into the Constitution after the manner
of Maine. The prohibition law enacted
with so much pageantry at the last ses-
sion has not been enforced and the
Governor wants 1t strengthened and
also 10 prohibit the receiving for stor-
age or ON consignment or for transport
alton Of any intoxicating liquor. The
Governor further desires legislation
regulating stili more the railroads
Kind Word for This City.
Governor Corners private secretary,
Mr.. John D. McNeal. is Hopkins man
ana thinks very well OF Baltimore.
Major w. w. Screws, president OF
the Montgomery Advertiser Company
and editor in -chief Of that excellent
paper, as well as Mr.. b. p, Glass. the
secretary. spoke in the kindest terms
of Baltimore. Both said that while
that city has an excellent trade here
It can be Increased by energetic work,
and especially by sending more. sales
men here to keep the Monumental City
always to the front. Major Screws is a
Confederate veteran and at the close
of the Civil War was associated in
work on The Advertiser, with Mr. Nell
son Poe, of Baltimore.
baltimore years ago, 1t Is said here,
had almost a monopoly of the trade OF
Montgomery Perhaps in amount II IL
an large now as ever, and the pro-
prtetor of the new Exchange Hotel
saws that many statesmen from Balti-
more visit here and seem to be doing
an excellent business. But the NUM-
her ia far short of the aggregate that
New York. Chicago and st. Louis send,
and the larger portion Of the trade has
gone to New York.
Mr.. ii. Danziger, manager Of the
Montgomery Fair. largo department
store owned by the proprietor or the
stewart q Company department store
in baltimore says he visits that city
frequently and buys extensively there
in various lines. mainly from the man
ufaoturers In many classes Of goods
Mr.. DanziRer says Baltimore can I'M
dersell all competitors. and her goods
are first class. Perhaps the Baltimore
neonle. he added, do not exert them
selves sufficiently in informing the
country at large, Of these facts. Bal
timore, he says, has large trade mere
fort. Freight rates are favorable and
baltimore has, in fact. the advantage.
Goods from the East come largely by
sea TO Savannah and thence by rail.
Bankers View.
mot many years ago" said MT. +.
StollenWerck. vice president OF the
FIRST National Bank, of Montgomery,
Ala, "nearly the entire trade of this
city went to Baltimore. Baltimore
still retains a large business here. but
not as much as 1t ought to. Much OF
II. and especially In dry goods, goes to
New York and Chicago. The latter
city is making a persistent fight for
this trade, but merchants complain
that freight rates favor the East
Mr.. StoIlenwerck's bank has a capital
stock of 81, 0O0,0 and a magnificent
marble banking room In a twelve-story
ONCE building. which is owned by the
bank He says that q few years ago
IL was the rule for the cotton planters
in this section of the state to mort
gage their crops In advance Now 1t Is
the exception, and very few planters
apply for loans at the banks. This, he
SAYS, indicates substantial prosperity
and the value OF cotton plantations has
greatly advanced. Mr.. Stollenwerck
has a brother, Mr.. A. q. Stollenwerck,
in Baltimore as a member of the Bur-
rough Bros Manufacturing Company.
Business Men Have Made city.
Approaching Montgomery on the
railroad, almost the first object to at
tract attention is a pPodigious electric
sign erected In the public interest by
the Montgomery Light and Power Com
pany The cost of this sign, 1t Is said
was more than $4,000, 1t has upon 1t
a gigantic key. Above the key is the
word Montgomery and below 1t the
words your Opportunity" This is an
Illustration of the pushing enterprise
OF the Montgomery business men, who
have made this city place Of hustling
trade 1t has q population of some