The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-09

button of illumination and continuity oi ornamentation, and
 'sWhereasa This step in the citys de. velopment is possible at reasonable cosi to the business men and property owner: for installation, and to the city for pro viding the current necessary to maintain these lights; therefore, be 1t
 "Resolved, That the Birmingham Cham Der of Commerce hereby heartily indorses the proposed plan for a modern sys- tenn of street lighting, and pledges itself to render every assistance within its power 10 further the movement. Be il further
 Resolved, That we cordially commend the proposed plan to the board of com missioners of Birmingham and urge that body to take up at Its earliest conven- fence the consideration of the advisability of the eitys providing the current neees- sary for the maintenance of such sys- tenn"
 James A. Bailey called attention to the fact that he had found it impossible to secure an auditorium large enough to accommodate the Sunday School Teachers Training institute and suggested that good line of work for the chamber to take up would be the erection of large auditorium in the city.
 President Massey. in opening the ses- sion, called attention to the fact that the summer was practically over and that the fall activities of the chamber would be renewed. He urged that all the members of the chamber get together and work for the betterment of Greater Birmingham
 Upon the adjournment of the chamber, the members repaired to the reading room. where dainty refreshments were served and a very enjoyable social ses- sion held.
 The reports of the farm movement com mittee the industrial bureau and the good roads committee were read and filed for information. The reports were as 
 Farm Movement Report ''To the President and Members, Cham ber of Commerce. Birmingham, Ala.
 ',Gentemen: Your committee on farm movement begs leave to report that as result of its work among the people of the north and northwest settlers who are ieslrous of moving to the south have begun to arrive here to look into the so called advantages of the Birmingham district and state of Alabama. After sending our secretary to Illinois to. sec l large number of the people, and to canvass by personal contact the real ruth of the situation, it became neces- sary for your committee to order his return to Birmingham for the purpose of taking care of the people already com ing into our city, and showing such of them as really wanted farms and truck garden locations over the ground.
 We can move into this section and the state of Alabama as many people as any other state has secured, including Mississippi with it's COCO immigrants, If your body desires to continue the work to that end, and in far less time than it has taken them to accomplish their re- suits, and at much less expense. While the committee has always in sisted on confining it's work to secur ing Americans, native or naturalized, it has numerous inquiries from Great Brit ain and requests for Birmingham Cham Der of Commerce literature. and several settlers have been secured who will move here during the coming winter. We re- spectfully call your attention to the fol- lowing facts:
 There are less farming families In Alabama now than when Jefferson county had only population of 5000
 During the last ten years the Uni ted States furnished Canada 750,00o immigrants: other countries furnished Canada 1,25O,OO0. In that time Eng land and Wales gave Canada 50O,00O people Scotland 150,000 and Ireland 45, 900, and these were mostly farmers or farm laborers, speaking the English language and carrying enough money with them to be of material help in the upbuilding of Canada, while the state of Alabama secured less than two hun dred of such people to settle here, and gave far more than that of its own good people to leaven the Canadian mass of people. who in spite of long winters are making that country the most progressive in agricultural wealth in the world.
 Many German families are preparing to move south from the older and more northern states. Your committee this week accompanied the representative of a number of people living in Ohio, who was examining large tracts of land and who stated when leaving that he had secured satisfactory location and would begin moving his people not later than December l.
 Yours truly,
 JOHN H. DAMS,
 Chairman"
 Industrial Bureau