The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-23
START CAMPAIGN ID ADVERTISE STATE
 0N LARGE SCALE Big Meeting Called for Mont gomery Nov. 22 and 23
 Address Issued THINK TIME IS RIPE TO BRING IMMIGRANTS Leading Men Believe That the Tide to Canada Has Been Checked and is
 Now Ready to Start the
 Other Way

Issuing an address to the people of Ala bama calling for an all Alabama move ment to be led by the business men of the state, the officers of the Alabama Commercial and Industrial association held an enthusiastic meeting at the Chamber of Commerce yesterday.
 convention was called to be held in Montgomery, November 22 and 23, and the invitation is extended to "every man who feels in his being a desire to do something for his state' At the meet ing were President T. H. Motion, Secre- tary J. B. Babb. Treasurer F. V. Evans of Jasper and Bruce Kennedy. secretary Of the Montgomery Business Mems league.
 They felt that the time was opportune for the greatest forward movement in the history of the south, and that with the incoming administration friendly to the business interests, and the agricul- tural classes, this state should take the lead. Here Is the address:
 To the People of Alabama
 The time is ripe for an all-Alabama movement to quicken the activities of our own people and to attract desirable set tiers and investors from other states.
 The resources of Alabama, agricul- tural and mineral, are incalculab ble. Much has been done in the way of de- velopment, but vastly more remains to be done
 The first step in development is self Knowledge. Our own people can and should learn more of the possibilities of the state that they themselves may util- ize the riches lying at their hands.
 There are thousands of farmers and small manufacturers in the north and northwest seeking for location. The hegira to Canada from the northwest has ceased since the fancied Fl Dorado failed of expectation
 ''The south has the soil, the climate, the waterways, and the untouched re- sources. It is the treasure house of the nation. Foremost in possibility of agri- cultural and manufacturing development Is Alabama. It is to the south and Ala bama that the people of the north and west are looking with inquiring gaze.
 Let Alabama sound an invitation to these good people to come and dwell in the most favored state in the nation.
 For the purpose of getting the pro- gressive men of Alabama together to unite in a concerted movement, state wide in its scope, to promote the business welfare and prosperity of every section, a meeting is hereby called for Montgom- cry. Ala, on November 22 and 23, 1910.
 "To every man who feels in his being a desire to do something in a material way for his state, a cordial invitation is extended.
 Commercial organizations, mayors of cities, judges of probate courts and chair men of boards of county commissioners are requested to appoint delegates to the meeting.
 This call is made under authority granted at meeting held in Birmingham October IS. 1911, for the purpose of reor- ganizing the Alabama Commercial and Industrial association"
 Signed T. H. Motion. president; F. G. Blair, vice president; J. B. Babb, secre- tary; F. V. Evans, treasurer
 The following resolution was adopted:
 Resolved. That the secretary of this association be and is hereby instruct ed to prepare an address to the Com mercial and Industrial association, the Farmers union, the Judges of probate of the counties and the mayors of the cities to appoint delegates to a con vention to be held in Montgomery, Ala, on November 22-23, 1910, for the pur- pose of definitely organizing an Ala bama association for the promotion of the following:
 Advertising Alabama, improved methods of agriculture and diversif- cation of crops, increasing Alabama s market, encouragement of manufacture and use of an Alabama label securing labor for farm, factory and mine, dairy possibilities of the state, commerce and transportation, cooperation of business and professional men, relation of the negro to immigration.
 And that the said secretary shall prepare a complete programme for the discussion of these subjects, the object of the meeting being to organize the state association for the promotion of these ends"
 During the meeting Secretary Frank