The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-02
ROBT. JEM|SON, JR., BACK FROM OUTING . UP IN NEW ENGLAND Says Everyone in East Is Asking About Birming-
 ham District WE MUST NOW PLAN
 TO BRING TOURISTS Says Good Roads and Hotel Facilities Take Thousands of Dollars to
 New England Every
 Summer

Robert Jemison, Jr., returned from his summer outing in New England yester- day. looking the picture of health. Much of his time was spent on the east coast at Magnolia, Mass. Mr. Jemison, who is head of the Jemison companies, which are among the largest developers in the Birmingham district, says he comes back convinced that we have advantages here which are possessed by no other part of i the country.
 You would be surprised at the way people are now induirng about Birming- ham and the south,' he said. They are now showing the interest in this section that a few years ago was shown to the west. Even the papers are full of it, and in numerous ways we are being brought to the attention of investors and others
 New England. however is ahead of us in one thing, and that isgood roads They built their roads as an investment and they pay handsomely. Every section of the country pays tribute to New Eng land during the summer season, because tourists from everywhere go there to get the benefit of the fine road system and automobiists pour in there by the thou sands, leaving a trail of money spent with the hotels and for the things which tour ists buy freely everywhere.
 we must do more for our roads and we must build big tourist hotel in Bir- mingham. These two things will bring in thousands and thousands of dollars an- nually because we have more natural ad yantages than New England. Our win ter tourist season is long, while the sum mer tourist season up there is short.
 And you may say what you please but tourists are good people to have any time. The men who are touring about the country in automobiles are men who have been successful. They are men who can afford to get away from home while others are working And when they visit new territory they are men who quickly see good investment. We have the things here that will interest them, so >hy shouldn't we do everything in our power to bring as many of them as we can?
 Locally. the outlook is fine. People I talked with up east all say the south is
 
 any other section of the country This condition is brought about by the big crop and natural industrial advantages. All eyes are upon us. While the Stanley investigation may have caused uneasiness in one sense. in another it has reacted in Birminghams favor, because it has given us such favorable and such widespread advertising.
 "The announcement of the new s3O0, 900 plant to be located at Corey Is very grat- flying and shows that capital is not timid when it comes to propositions of real merit. and l regard the announcement of this plant as only the forerunner of other big things before the first of Jan uary. We have an immense advantage in Birmingham by having settled the liquor question for some time to come. This would have been true whatever the result, for the uncertainty would have been over no matter what the outcome just so it was brought about by a de- cisive majority
 We should have good times this fall and winter and after the adjustment of national affairs next year l believe we may look for the best times we have ever had.
 "It is good to be back home feeling in ing and have enjoyed every minute of it, but after all there is no place like Bir mingham."