The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-08-05
FUNDS AVAILABLE ! IN FARM MOVEMENT Chamber Directors Appropri-
 ate 5000 for Work BIG MEETING YESTERDAY Chairman Adams Says They Can Now Go Ahead and He Believes Many
 Truck Growers Will Come
 to the County
 
BIG MEETING YESTERDAY


 of Commerce held a special meeting yes terday afternoon at o'clock and began the work which the success of the special public spirit fund has made possible. One thousand dollars was appropriated for the farm movement department. This will put the department on it's feet and in- sure the success of its plans. This is the prime object and goal which was set by President A. H. Ford for his admins tration 'I consider it. he said, 'the so- lution of both the high cost of living and
 the scarcity of labor in this district.
 am glad to see that the people are behind it, and I believe that with a perfect organization much good can come from it"
 Five hundred dollars was also appropri-
 ated, and Secretary Babb instructed to
 expend one~third the amount contributed by all the other commercial organizations of the city for the entertainment of the
 Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers,
 which meets here In October.
 Another appropriation of $500 was made,
 but out of the general funds of the cham
 Der, for the purchase of the Rhodes me-
 morial tablet, which will be ready, ac-
 cording to Chairman Culpepper Exum of
 the special committee, in about 60 days.
 But for making appropriations, the
 board transacted no other business At
 the close of the meeting H. M. Beck point ed out that the action had exemplified
 the fact that the creation of the $25,0O0 special fund would take soliciting com
 r1ittees off the streets. "The business
 men who have contributed to this special
 fund should turn down all soliciting com-
 mittees. and refer them to the chamber, for they are not liable for any more calls
 of that character" he said.
 According to Secretary Babb the at
 tendance was the largest in the history of
 the chamber Those present included A.
 H. Ford, w. c. Agee, s. J. Bowie, J. l.. Yancey, Hill Ferguson, Richard w. Mas sey, W. H. Kettig, R. M Goodall, J. w. Sibley, T. o. Smith, Sterling A. Wood,
 J. B. Gibson, Culpepper Exum, H. J.
 Coffin, H. M. Beck, R. J. Hiden, M. N.
 Malone. L. Sevier, J. w. Mcqueen, John
 l.. Parker, W. D. Jelks, M. V. Joseph and J. H. Adams.
 Here is the resolution adopted which provides for the handling of the special fund:
 Be 1t resolved by the board of directors
 of the Chamber of Commerce That money paid on subscriptions to
 the special fund raised for the purposes
 of the Chamber of Commerce be deposited with the treasurer of the Chamber of Commerce to be kept by him as special fund apart and separate from the general | revenues of the chamber. That the treasurer is authorized to pay | out of said fund, where subscriptions l have been paid in advance of October l | on vouchers approved by the chairman
 and secretary of the farm moveme mt de- partment. an amount not exceeding $1000.'' with the appropriation said Chair
 man John H. Adams, the farm move-
 ment committee may now go ahead with It's work and map out it's plans for the
 year so as to insure our locating a great many truck farmers and gardeners in Jeff
 ferson county, bringing them from com
 munities where there is a congestion of
 that sort of people.
 Already we have secured great deal of publicity for the movement, but we propose to have articles appear in the large papers of the north fl om New York to Nebraska, with cuts and illustrations showing the attractive features Of Ala
 
 ready market right here in Birming- ham.
 ''To follow this up, we are preparing a beautifully illustrated bool. Views are
 now being taken of actual growing gar dens, truck farming, floral gardening,
 chicken and dairy farming. These will be distributed in answer to inquiries and the third fellow will be in the person of our representative, who will visit the field when the matter has been thorough ly presented to the people of that crowded section.
 'In the meantime we are fast com pleting a very fine list of lands We al- ready have 100000 acres ava liable which can be rented on long time leases for a few dollars an acde. We propose to bring the settlers and land owners together and let them make their c wn trades. "Of course, we do not expect to get re- suits in a few days. or months. When
 the committee. composed of G. B. McCor-
 mack, James Bonnyman, Sid Lee and my self, undertook this work we knew that there would be much criticism Spas modic effort will do nothing, but with the continual plugging which we propose to do we should double the value of the money expended in time"