The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-27
Invite Iron and Steel Men

Invite Iron and Steel Men
The Manufacturers Record of Balti
more suggests that Birmingham be added
to the itinerary of the American Iron and
Steel institute which holds its first for
NAL meeting in New York in October.
It is a good suggestion and one that
should be promptly acted upon by local
commercial bodies
The American institute represents prac-
tically the entire iron and steel industry
OF this country. 1t will not only bring
together prominent American iron pro-
dueers. but many of the distinguished
ironmasters and metallurgical engineers
of the world will be in attendance, and
district would be, it should be needless
to say. of mutual advantage. Brming
ham certainly wants them TO come and
II necessary the governor of the state
would doubtless be glad to join the mayor
of the city in sending the institute
formal invitation
After business session and banquet
in New York on October IA. the institute
and its foreign guests will take trip
spect some of the large plants situated
thereabouts. And following the harbor
outing there will be an itinerary to in
clude Buffalo, Chicago. Pittsburg and
Washington.
The Manufacturers Record we'll says
I'm view of the very great Importance
of this meeting as marking the formal
beginning of the work of the American
Iron and Steel institute, which is ex-
pected to be to this country what the
British Iron and Steel institute has been
to Europe the Manufacturers Record be-
lieves that it would be very great mis-
excursion"
Mr. Edmonds. the editor of the Record
has with his characteristic fJrethought
and enterprise sent letters Of suggestion
and inquiry to leading members of the
institute and among the replies is this
from the chairman of a large iron and
steel company who has asked that his
name be not printed:
The greatest obstacle to the adoption OF
your suggestion to include Birmingham in
the itinerary of the trip proposed by the
Iron and Steel institute as the writer
sees it, would be for rack of time. II
was thought that the foreign visitors
would be more interested in looking over
the development at Gary, Pittsburg and
Buffalo particularly inasmuch as these
points could be touched on the way to
Chicago without any great loss of time l
doubt very much whether it could now be
arranged to make the Birmingham trip,
although your suggestion is entitled to
consideration, and probably will be
discussed at the meeting and the change
can then be made if circumstances will
Permit it.
And here are extracts from other let
tiers to the editor of the Record:
From Willis L. King, vice president
Jones & Laughan Steel Co: think It is
perhaps too early to determine the exact
scope of this tour, as It Will doubtless de-
pend somewhat on the wishes and the
time at the disposal of the institutes
guests. I hardly think the exact itinerary
will be decided on until Judge Gary's
return, which | believe will be about
the middle of September. 1 note you have
written to the officers and directors of
the institute so that this matter will be
brought before all of them and in good
shape to be determined at the meeting
to finally decide the tour
From Powell Stackhouse of WaIling-
ford, Pa: There is no doubt but that
visit to the growing city of Birmingham
would be of great interest to the men,
bers of the institute and their guests.
Whether the time allotted will permit of
this extension to the proposed trip | am
unable to say.
From William A. Rogers of Buffalo:
"A visit to Birmingham would be extreme
~ interesting, and take them into sec
ton of the country sufficiently different
from those parts which it ~ proposed
to visit, to give them a much more COM
prehensive idea of our country. | shall be
pleased to carry this in mind at the next
r1eeting of the directors, and for one,
would be pleased to see the excursion ex-
tended TO Birmingham. out whether the
additional distance and extra time con-
8surned would make the p.an-impracticable
= am unable to say without a better
91ovvledge Of the situation than I now
rosidsnt W. E. Corey of the Ueited
n st6ol evaporation. writes that he