The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-04
BIRMINGHAM

Birmingham is getting no end of adj
vertising through the contest started
by the Business Mems league for the
best written editorial in county news
paper on why Birmingham Is an ideal
trade center. The newspapers through
out the state are entering the con-
test and are writing not only for the
prize but from conviction, while the
best talent is, of course, put into the
composition. Here is that entered by the
Selma Journal, appearing in the pa
per of July 81:
Birmingham
Birmingham is a magnificent trade
center. For many reasons this is true.
It is really the best retail trade cen
ter in the northern half of Alabama.
We see this in fact that merchants of
Birmingham use freely their daily pa
pers for putting their wares before
the people of that city and section
of the state 1t is often the case that
we find double-page advertisements or
single firms in the papers. Such de-
termination and perseverance is bound
to bring alertness of the business men
of that great and growing southern
metropolis.
Another thing which makes it the
best retail center of that section are
the facilities for handling the people.
Shop people who pass that way go
through what is perhaps the most
beautiful and perfectly equipped de-
pot in the south. They go there on
trains from every direction. There g
hardly a town of any consequence in
all north Alabama where tradespeople
may not go to Birmin CHAM and re-
turn the same day. Such agencies work
ing together with others are bound
to bring great results.
Another thing which must be con-
sidered and which is no small factor
is the immense volume of trade
which makes 1t possible for dealers
in the Magic City to get their stocks
of merchandise at good Prices, thus
enabling them to sell the same way.
There is no use talking about any
tn ing else, so long as the price of
goods is not reasonable. Patriotism
is good, but it will stand equally with
O mans pocketbook-nor with a wom-
an who goes bargain hunting.
Another thing which makes Biz
n1ingham the logical retail trade center
of her section of the state Is the size
of the city and it's cosmopolitan pcpu-
lation. These factors enable the mer-
C1ldnIS 10 Keep dny thlh6 tbc pupllS
NAV call for, from an automobile or
freight car to a paper of cambria
needles. A shopper need never fear that
he or she will not be able to find what
they go or send after when going
to Birmingham. That Is a good fea-
ture with any town or city-furnish :
ing what the people want, whether 1t
be large or small
These things combined should
make the metropolis of Alabama and
the fast coming metropolis of the
south great retail trade center.
especially do these things-persistent
advertising, transportation facilities,
good prices. and furnishing the peo-
pie what they want, easily make the
Magic City the queen city of retail
trade in north Alabama. The state
should be and is proud of that great
city.
OF course added to the material
things, must be considered the moral
stamina which has heretofore been
shown by officers of the city and coun-
ty. Birmingham seems to desire to
lead the south in growth, in trade. in
going forward commercially, and ii
must be sure to give the moral side
of things a good hand and an earnest
endeavor in the right direction. With
these principles embodied in action,
nothing in the world can keep it from
being the real metropolis of the
south.