The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-02

the aid of yourselves by your becoming of and "boosting" for natural gas and Birmingham
 To the ministers of Birmingham and elsewhere: Do you know that Alabama has natural gas field at Fay cite, only sixty miles from Birmingham? If you do not know it would it not be wise for you to go and if 1t is there the spiritual advisor of your people, is it not your duty to help to bring it to Birmingham, cupying you do the position of adviser such large number of ctzens Is it not the proper thing for you to study carefully how best to them spiritually well temporarily? Our position is this: Help bring natural gas to Birmingham and when here will to it that the poorest householder has it to and by the use of it will save much labor and money that everyone of them will have time for worship and leisure. Emancipate the housekeeper from the large of labor in providing heat for the house and to cook with and to light the house with and the labor and money for servants to handle fuel and ashes and dirt. Make Birmingham clean and free from dust and dirt, and you will elevate her to higher moral plane
 If this is rue and say 1t IS, examine plans and help by saying and refleXy you will be rewarded by larger and better satisfied citizenship to listen to and adopt your teachings.
 To the established professional We want to say, double the population of your city and you will double your practice either of law medicine Now you will agree with that such thing is desirable Now know that if Birmingham had natural gas her population would grow fast that your widest dreams of development would look tame by the realization The time has for you gentlemen to realize that each of you should be doing your share of the work Tn de- veloping the south Join with in securing natural gas for Birmingham and you thus helping the south to come into her Help us to get ready for the opening of the Panama Canal help to be ready to reap share of the reward by being ready when the time comes and the feast is the table. You the legal physical and moral advisers of your clients. Look us up and who and what are, examine proposition then if you satisfied right and proposition is right and should be supported, prove it by joining with in getting the pipe line built and in ''boosting'' for Birmingham and the south. 'The chain is stronger than it's weakest link" Are you willing to strengthen our chain?
 To the Chamber of Commerce and the Board of Trade of Birmingham: If you have not read ads want to ask you to do so if you want your city to grow Study up natural gas and what 1t has done for other cities Go out to Fayette examine the gas wells there satisfy yourself that it is what claim, that wrong. If you satisfy yourself that get the bonds sold to build the pipe line with We know that you know all about how certain occult influences want to keep gas from coming here and know that you know that going to be fought bitterly by certain methods won't mention unless necessary Yet the fact is patent to you merely mention it in cideny. Now the situation, you are nearly all of you of intelligence and a point answer this questions Is there natural gas Fayete If so, does Birmingham need it? If so what are you doing collectively individually to help get it here7 Are your organizations in earnest simply for show7 Get busy and be builders, not dummies
 To the small manufacturers: Do you know that you produce horse power hour with ten feet of natural gas in a modern gas engine What would this to you if you could buy natural gas for twenty per thousand feet Study it and help us to get the pipe lne
 To the merchant, large small If this ad appeals to you, you help Will you do itg Are you in terested in getting cheaper power, fuel and lights! Would natural gas in your stores at 30 cents thousand feet you money your fuel light bill? We say 1t will. If right you need gas, need your help. Think it What helps us helps Birmingham Will it not help you? We know will hurt the coal dealer when gas to town this sorHy to do but the coal dealer and the other industries that may be hurt ought to be willing to sacrifice little for the gen oral nf fhn hnI 0nr,p po11n1fx