The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-15
bOARDO OF TRADE
 ENTERS PROTEST  Will Fight the Proposed
 State Revenue Bill
WOULD CAUSE PANIC
Measure Now Pending Is Denounced sa .Inimica1 to Every Interest of the State-ResOlutions
 Are Adopted

At a meeting of the Birmingham Board of Trade yesterday afternoon in the First National bank building steps were taken for making the most strenuous of efforts to defeat the passage of the proposed state revenue bill. Jacob Burger presided over the meeting in the absence of Pres- dent Cooper.
 To this end the board adopted resolu- tion setting forth their opposition to such bills, and on the motion of R. w. Ewing it was voted that signed copies of the resolutions be sent the Jefferson county members of the legislature as an official protest from the Board of Trade.
 The following is a copy of the resolu- tions:
 Whereas, the Birmingham Board of Trade believes that the proposed reve- nue bill now pending before the legisla- ture is inimicable to every interest of the state; that 1t will be oppressive and injurious to the agricultural industrial and mercantile interests of the state; that it's enactment into law would result in a calamity from which the state would not recover for 25 years; that it would keep out new capital and cause invested capital to be withdrawn from the state; therefore be it
 Resolved, That the Birmingham Board of Trade go on record as opposing said bill in it's entirety and that all commer- cial bodies of the state and our represen- tatives in the house and senate be re- quested and urged to use all means In their power to defeat said bill"
 In addition 1t was decided that letter. grams be sent out last night to every commercial organization in the state, soliciting their aid in defeating the new revenue bills, and to this end the com nittee composed of B. B. Burton, Sol Caheen and Sam Blach, who drafted the resolutions, were also instructed to com pose the form of letter to be 6sed, which is as follows:
 Revenue bill pending before legisla : ture Is such that if passed would throw state back 20 years and put such bur- dens upon the mercantile interests that panic would be created. We ask you to request your representatives and senator to defeat bill: also take action by resolution Send committees to Mont gomery.
 BIRMINGHAM BOARD OF TRADE
 The board took immediate action in making their protest to the bill, which if passed. it Is claimed. would bring about a panic withinHthree years. The contents of the bills were not gen. orally known yesterday and the mem bers of the local associations admit that they were almost taken by sur prise.
 The action of the mayor in refusing to sign the ordinance for opening Bel gian blocks was also taken up for dis cussion yesterday, and the attorney fo: the board, Roy Mccullough, was in- structed to cooperate with the commit. tee on highways in effecting the pas age of the ordinance.
 Upon the suggestion of Sam Blach committee will be appointed by the board to look after the crowds who are expected to attend the national child labor conference. to be held in Birmingham on March g, 10 and II. MT. Blach will be the chairman of that committee as appointed by the acting chairman.
 Before adjourning the board adopted a plan of holding a joint meeting of all the organizations, if possible, with rep resentatives from the Farmers union. for the purpose of making an official and unanimous protest against the passage of the revenue bills, and an effort will be started today in this di- roctioD