The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-07-09
FINE SPIRIT SHOWN
 AT BIG RECEPTION
 HELD BY CHAMBER
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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 5) ~~---~--~----------- 1 Chamber of Commerce and It's mem- l bers if we expect to control to Bir-
 mingham the smaller industries to di- versify the manufacturing interests O. | this district. As a suggestion, with | the hope that some relief may be se- l cured In this way, l would urge CO., l operation on the part Of the nnance l committee with the committee on To- | cation of new industries to see if some thing. cannot be accomplish ed in this | way, assuming that the finance com | mittee would be prepared to say Wheth- | CT or not it Is feasible to finance such industries that are seeking locations | here which need aid.
 Acting on the suggestion made at | the last meeting of the Chamber oi l Commerce that application be made tc | the City Council to relieve new in-
 dustries locating In the Birmingham l district from taxation for 10 years with view of offering this as an In ducement, this question has had con- sideration on the part of your com
 mittee and upon investigation we find
 the necessity for legal opinion as to | whether or not this is constitutional
 and quote the following from the con
 stitution of the state of Alabama: The property of private corpora | tions. associations and individuals in | this state shall forever be taxed al the same rate: provided this section shall not be applied to institutions de- voted exclusively to religious, educa- tional or charitable purposes 'All of which Is respectfully sub mitted. Yours very truly,
 | ''L SEWER, Chairman
 
 | Secretary Babb then read the report of | the convention's committees:
 Your committee on conventions would report that they are cooperating with the | local committee of the -Philathea to secure the next convention of that body for Birmingham, and the prospects of success are good. This convention will bring about 2000 persons A conference was held with a committee from the Daunghters of the Confederacy in refer ence to inviting the Daughters of the Confectionery to hold their next meeting in Birmingham. After a conference 1t was decided to let this matter go over until | a later date.
 | 'The committee secured information to assist local committee endeavorng to get the Electrical Supply Jobbers and Sons of love to meet in Birmingham in | October
 | MT. Carl Peterson, who was a dele gate to the National Association of Comp | trollers and Accounting officers. succeed | ed in landing that convention for Bir- mingham, and it will meet here June 10, | Il and IF, 1911.
 Your committee replied to communi- cation from the Southern Commercial Congress in reference to holding It's next convention in Birmingham with dele gated attendance of 2J00. On nsaccount of auditorium facilities, Birmingham will not be able to entertain the convention, in- asmuch as the theatres would be en- gagged for the time proposed for the con- ventlon.
 Your committee desires to take ad- l vantage of this opportunity to emphasize ! two pressing needs that must be filled in order to enable Birmingham to sustain l the reputation as a convention city. 'The first of these is modern, fire- proof hotel with facilities for taking care | of large number of guests. The second | ls an auditorium with two halls, one ac-
 commodating not less than 5000 people and
 the other from 1000 to 1500 people. The
 auditorium could be built. and should be built, in connection with an armory that Is badly needed by our national guard. This should be city project. and should
 be owned by the city, so that 1t could
 never be alienated for any other purpose other than that for which it was erected. | carry an amount to cover the cost of a first-class combined armory and auditor | ium for Birmingham. and we urge this upon the attention of the members of the Chamber of Commerce and public gener- ally. Respectfully submitted.
 | HENRY HIDDEN. Chairman"
 Report on Home Trade
 R. w. Ewing, for the committee on
 home trade, reported that Mrs. c. P. Orr, l president of the Women's clubs of Bir- mingham. had joined with the commit | tee in a plan to introduce through the
 womens clubs of the city campaign to impress upon the ladies the importance of patronizins home merchants and buying homemade products. He said that sta tistics show that over 250 articles for use are made here in Birmingham. and he attributed the fact that a great deal of l trade is going out of Birmingham, more
 to ignorance than to intention. He blamed the manufacturer for not advertising
 here as he should. His statement that the enormous sign. Trade in Birming- ham," will soon appear on the top of
 the Chamber of Commerce building,
 through the courtesy of President Ford
 and the Birmingham Railway, Light and
 Power company, was greeted with ap- plause MT Ewing closed with the sug- gestion that Birmingham merchants and
 advertisers adopt a slogan to be painted
 uniformly on all the signs in the dis trict 44eas I. I A motion that the members of the
 chamber trade in Birmingham and buy
 home manufactured products was carried
 by unanimous standing vote. MT. Ford
 said he wanted to make 1t as impressive
 as possible.
 Weather Question Taken Up
 The following resolution was then adopted:
 "Whereas. The weather bureau has dis continued the publication of tho weather I map and cotton region, bulletin. and dis- continued telegraphic weather reports to
 and from Birmingham: ana.
 "Whereas. Our truck and fruit growera
 and farmers generally, as we'll as the , building and engineering interests of the district, are seriously affected thereby; and.
 .Whereas. This service has been deep- ly appreciated by our people. who dc plore It's discontinuance; and, Whereas. The very widest and prompt est publicity should be given to tho weather reports for the welfare of those , interests aforementIone4;s therpfore. be fl ,I rResolveds. by etpf hnhef of Com . mercc of Hirminghdna That tlie chief .ol Fl the weather>bpreail ia< <daYnestly petitioned lt to rcstore the weather eervice to Birming. l ham:. and De 1t further } "ReSolved. That the Ghamber Of Com nneroo jnvlteo the co5opetntion o3 tho pfoDl