The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-11

the south Those who were the bitterest opponents of the greater city are now the best workers.
 T am glad to see that in the report of your secretary you are coming to ap- preciate the two great prime factors in the upbuiiding of any city-the railroads and the newspapers. The railroads have had their troubles, too.
 A Newspaper Comparison. q want to tell you a little incident The other day I was coming down on a street car with Nose Joseph. mo- ticed that he had very fine advertise ment in the morning Age-Herald and remarked to him that I had a curiosity to know what he paid for It. His answer staggered me- I said: You are paying the Age-Herald more for your adver- tisements in a month than you paid in a year when I owned the paper. and his reply was Yes; and I can better afford to pay The Age-Herald double what I do now than could have afforded to pay you what I did when you were run ming it. "
 Mayor O'Brien said that he could see no reason why the league should not become the greatest organization of the kind in the south and make Birmingham what II should De-
 Joseph Very Optimistic. M. V. Joseph spoke of his deep in- terest in the league, which he knew was equally shared by all the other mem- bers. "This organization is a basis for a world of good We should make Bir- mingham the trading point not only for Alabama, but for the tributary states that lie on all sides We have great oha fo nd to hou va merchants. We are just beginning. We have, in the work which Judge Gary has laid out, in the plans of the rail- roads and other industries, a develop ment which bespeaks for the future a stability that we have been long look l ing for, upon which we cannot build 1 big enough We should make our bus l mess increase a million dollars.
 Never in the history of the world has :, there been a higher type of business men 1 than today. We build-we do not pull 1 down. Nowhere on the face of the earth 1 Is there a cleaner or better set of busl- ness men than right here in Birming ham. They are looking higher than their l personal interests. They respond to their l full limit to every call.
 l "rhe railroads have done more than we had a reasonable right to expect at 1 the start. The railroads, the newspa- l pers and the business men stand on | common ground. They cannot live without each other.''
 Southern to Cooperate. L. Sevier was asked to speak. He 1 said that he came to Birmingham talk l ing and he would stay if he might keep l on talking. "The interests I repersent l stand ready to cooperate with your Mayor and this league to build up a l great Birmingham. We haven't given l everything you have asked, but we will l see that you are not neglected 1 Speaking of the 500 club he said that it is for the purpose of brin sing money to Birmingham. holding what we've got, and letting nothing go-to help l everybody.
 Today we haven't enough office 1 buildings to hold the agencies which i will come here when you advertise the fact that this is a city of 140.e00 peo- pie. Our spirit outclasses Atlanta 300
 to l."
 Vote Thanks For Ufford. On motion of M. V. Joseph the re-
 tiring president, C., W. Ufford. was
 given a vote of thanks, and was called
 upon to tell something of the Alabama
 State Fair. l am a great believer in
 the fair. It has had a varied. tempes-
 tuous career. We got through last
 year little better than usual, but we
 didn't come up to my expectations.
 "The fair was trade bringer, and l a pleasure bringer. It gave the peo-
 pie of Alabama 10 days of real good
 wholesome fun. We must drag them | here at least once year to show them a good time. To make it a success the fair must have the cooperation of the 1 whole community.
 The fair is also a great educational
 factor. It is often the first inspiration
 to the farmer to grow something be-
 side cotton. We must make it worth l while to the farmer to bring his ex- l hibits.
 Now, I want to say that there Is | some question about the grounds be-
 ing lost. They should not be lost, for
 1t would be disgrace to our communi- l ty. If there are any interested in tn @ l future of our city they should stand | by the legaue in its effort to hold this
 tract of land for park and fair uses.
 I hope if there is any effort to wrest
 1t away for other uses you will get
 busy and stop it at once.
 The league should decide imme-
 diately to put on a fair. and should
 give the best fair in the southern
 states"
 Parker Closes Meeting..
 John L. Parker made the closing } speech referring to the power gen
 erated in the league and re-enforced by the papers and railroads, as so strong
 that 1t cannot be estimat tied. He said
 that Birmingham is going to accom-
 plish greater things than the most op-
 timistic realize. Referring to the Ala bama educational convention which
 meets in Birmingham this spring, he said that the city is being sought, that
 people would prefer to visit Birming-
 ham than any other city in the south.
 A buffet supper was served after ad- jurnment and the annual meeting pro- nounced great succeea