The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-12

ford, A. W. B. Johnson, Leo Loeb, A. Robin, George McCleery, Sol Caheen, (. l W. Ufford, c. H. Nabb.
 1 The committee appointed to formulate l the plans aforesaid met at the office of 1 the Birmingham Railway, Light and
 Power company on February g, at which
 were present M. V. Joseph, chairman H. J. Porter. John L. Parker, R. D. Bur nett, J. Burger, A. H. Ford, C. w. Ufford l and George McCleery, secretary 1 The following resolution was adopted: | That an organization of business men be ] formed along the following lines, the purpose being to bring trade to Birming ham, The organization to be named "fne
 Business Mems League of Birmingham h ] The preamble, "The purpose and object 1 of this association is to bring trade to 1 Birmingham
 10 Be Officers-The officers of the as 1 sociation shall be a president, first and second vice presidents, secretary and
 treasurer There shall be board of di-
 rectors of 19, who shall elect an executive 1 committee of five from this number. 1 Paid Secretary-The secretary shall be 1 a paid officer who shall beyelected by the
 board of directors.
 Funds-To carry out the purposes of I this association it will be necessary to
 raise an annual fund of s60OO to pay the 1 secretary, office expenses and to provide
 ways and means to advertise and to bring trade to Birmingham and all other neces- l sary expenses connected with the associa-
 tion.
 This committee recommends that the members for this association be enrolled 1 tonight and the adoption of the above re- 1 port
 Members Express Views. When the report of the committee was l up for adoption, John L. Parker was | lad x...tI 1 with one simple idea, and leave politics
 and local issues alone we can get what l is coming to us in the contignuous terri 1 tory. We all know that when Brming-
 ham wants anything 1t can get it."
 Hugo Marx said While we have many l organizations in Birmingham this answers
 a long felt need. We must put our
 shoulders to the wheel and get all this l business to which we are entitled
 Rufus N. Rhodes said: This is a ] specializing age. Every organzat ton has | it's place. There was never such sim pie declaration of purpose and that we
 need 1t is automatic. It is our fault that 1 we have hitherto concentrated our ener- gies on our industrial forces but we must
 rally under the single standard of more
 trade and every dollar that comes will
 benefit every man, woman and child In 1 the city"
 A. H. Ford said that he wah heartily in | favor of bringing trade to Birmingham, | that he has the greatest confidence in
 Birmingham. within five years we will | have ten stores the size of Loveman Jo- 1 seph & Loeb if we make the effort to bring people here. We can't do it if we | do not pull together. Let us put aside
 the pickering of the past, move on com
 mon line and our success is assured '
 w. w. Crawford said: We have been
 so busy shuffling dollars among our
 selves that we have forgotten the fact l that fresh meat Is out 50 miles. We must
 not depend upon our corporation trade. | William Ryan said ''Brmingham's
 public spirit is constantly improving. Ev- l erybody is practically agreed on the ne- cessity of this proposition, and it seems 1 to me that we need more attractions. The
 fair has been the greatest thing of late years. Music festivals, and tangible | things will draw the crowds"
 Colman Blach said Let us look en-
 tirely to the future, forget past differ ] ences and see what great things can be
 done. The movement has my hearty sup port.'
 1 J. J. Smith said: "I fully believe that if I this organization becomes effective tho
 panic will not have been in vain. In l these times of diversity men are tried out | and they discover their weakness. Bir- | minghams greatest need Is more trade" 1 MT. Forbes suggested that man travel 
 through the east and try to locate new 1 small industries.
 Ufford Takes Chair. 1 The nominating committee composed of J. J. Smith, John L. Parker and R. w l Ewing then reported, the officers were
 unanimously elected and Mr Ufford took | the chair. He thanked the league for the
 honor. Tt is now high time that we 1 look out for ourselves,' he said. We have been toying with our corporations 1 as a gold spoon for too long. This trade l improvement can be improved by giving 1 fairs, entertainments. festivals, getting l schedules on railroads so people can come | in the morning and go back home at night, bring excursions from many miles around and brand as a lie this story that | we can't get together"
 | The meeting adjourned subject to the | call of the president, who will imme- diately take steps toward the organiza- l ton of the directors and the selection of an executive committee.