The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-19
TILL THE LAkDS AND SAVE
 MCNEY FOR BIRMINGHAM
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 -------~-~-~--~,--~>--->--- has had meetings during the month and discussed the work. We have Il conven- | lions listed as follows: It has not been | thought desirable to invite all the as- sociations we have had knowledge of, but but hope to aid in sending the delegates attending home with pleasant feelings to- ward Birmingham. Following is a list of conventions secured:
 Alabama Educational associdlioh' March 24 and 26.
 Alabama Conference or Charities ana Corrections, March 1922. Alabama Retail Hardware association, May 3, and 5.
 Alabama Bankers association, May | Ia and IA.
 Kappa Psi Medical fraternity in No vember.
 | Seaboard Surgeons in fall. International Association of Chiefs of Police, May 1G14. | The Great Council of Alabama Red Men, May 24-26.
 The Degree of Pocahontas, May 24-26. The Atlanta, Birmingham and Allan tic surgeons have written for date, probably in April.
 Alabama Good Roads association in October.
 1 Secretary Babb reported for Chair man Culpepper Exum of the misce!- laneous committee that the necessary steps had been taken in regard to q memorial tablet for Col. R. N. Rh odes. Report ou Manufacturing Chairman John w. Sibley of the com mittee on manufacturing made this re- port. which was adopted unanimously: Your committee on manufacturing begs to report that at very full meet C I,o "a tI. r4l- inst, Sae question of patronizing home products was carefully discussed and considered.
 We had before us a letter from the secretary of the Merchants and Manu- featuring association of Los Angeles, | Cal, giving us an outline of a law passed by the legislature of California in 1899, at the request of said asso- ciation, compelling all city, county and state institutions to favor home prod cts. and to state in the advertisements calling for bids for supplies that home products will be given the preference, price and quality being equal | Tt also provides that in the specified | tions and lists of supplies required, no special brand must be mentioned; but that the article must be mentione< with any reference to any particular label or brand, although it is allowed to | state that a certain article must be equal to certain well-known brand | For example, in asking for bids for | baking powder, that article must be mentioned as baking powder, to 1t may be stated that 1t must be equal to Royal Baking Powder or any other brand, to fix the standard of the prod uct.
 The act further provides that if any city, county or state violates any pro- visions of the act, all bids must be rejected and new specifications or new advertisements printed.
 The secretary of the Los Anpe1es association states that the law has beer of tremendous benefit to the home man. ufacturers and merchants, and tbat while at first some violations were noted, watchful and persistent effort. on the assoclat1on's part in each case resulted In the bids being rejected anc new advertisements and specification, printed to conform with provision o the act.
 Believing that such a law would b,
 or similar benefit to Alabama manufac
 turers and merchants, this committee re spectfully recommends that the judiciar,
 committee of the Chamber of Commerc,
 be Instructed to prepare bill patterned
 after the California law, and use ever,
 effort to have the same passed by tn,
 next session of the Alabama legislature
 and that candidates for the legislatur,
 be requested to state whether they would
 favor the passage of such a law; and tha
 the secretary of the Chamber of Com nerce be instructed to send a copy O
 this proposed bill to the other industria organizations fin the state of Alabama
 asking them to cooperate with us il
 securing the passage of the bill Respect
 fully submitted.
 JOHN w. SHELBY, Chm'n. , "B. B. MARTIN,
 w. D. TINES,
 JAMES WEISEL. '.J. D. ROSENBERGER."
 After a discussion of the work on "Coa and Iron in Alabama" Chairman H. w ] Coffin of the committee on the emblem
 made his report and announced the win
 ner, Silvlo Paini an artist of Columbus
 Ohio.
 Resolutions on POsfOfice
 Nathan L. Miller rose to urge the mem bers of the chamber to get busy witt the members of Congress. He said tha
 it will require great deal of work t
 secure >the site for Birmngham's post office and thought 1t well to make al } appeal to the whole Alabama delegation CHICHESTER q PILLS