The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-25
SMOKE NUISANCE
 UNDER DISCUSSION
Methods Explained at Cham
 Der Luncheon Yesterday
MORRIS BUSH SPEAKS
Dr. Parke Speaks From Health Stand point-Commissio Weatherly Assures Support of Commis-
 sion in Stopping Nuisance

..The Smoke Nuisance" was the subject up for discussion at the Chamber of Commerce luncheon yesterday noon at the Gold Lion tea room. About 50 members were present for the feast and the ad- dresses were especially good. Dr. Thomas D. Parke addressed the meeting from the health standpoint of the smoke evil Dr. Parke told of the meth ods employed in Montreal, London and Cincinnati toward ridding the city of ex- cessive smoke.
 When l was in London about b years ago." he said, the city was full of smoke but when I returned several years ago, II was much cleaner. The reason for it was that the law was enforced. There were laws against smoke and the people com piled with them. l stood on a high hill above the city of Montreal and there was only thin haze coming from the chim- news. The law was enforced there also. It is the enforcement of the law that counts
 There are many ways of getting rid of smoke. In Cincinnati there is n smoke abatement league. The way they get at it is to see every offender and try to help him. If he is not susceptible to help they fine him. but they first try to help him fix things up. It is public sentiment that counts, and you can do nothing with the smoke abatement matter here unless you first have public senti- ment and lots of it.'
 Morris Bush was called on by Presi- tp bA {o ilo of the smoke abatement question. Mir. Bush gave an excellent talk, carefully ex- blaming the different ways to get rid of smoke, telling of numerous smoke con sumers and their defects and good points and also discussing the causes of so much smoke.
 There are three chief causes for the smoke here in Birmingham" he said. They are the coke ovens, the indi- by-product ovens are fast doing away with the smoke from the coke ovens. A great deal of money goes up in the smoke from the coke ovens and new methods are telling how to get the by-products from the smoke. The Dutch oven is an excellent smoke consumer.
 "One drawback in getting rid of smoke would be the expense that the smaller manufacturers would be put to to obtain smoke consumers. The way to get around that would be to have the city get prac- tical and expert men on the subject to help the owners out
 MT. Bush told of the great advantage of having a good fireman in a plant and how poor fireman kept up a continual outpour of smoke His address was very beneficial and scientific, but very easy to understand.
 President Sibley called on Commissioner Weatherly, who said that the city com missoners were heartily in favor of the campaign and would do all in their power to help it along.
 You can't do thing unless you have public sentiment, however" he said. and we must work to that end at present."
 Mir Weatherly told how he introduced a resolution some time ago in favor of the abatement of smoke. but nothing had been done on the matter. You will find the city commissioners right with you in this matter whenever you wish to carry 1t out" concluded the commits sioner.
 The next luncheon will be held next Wednesday noon at 1 o'clock. It was de- cided at the meeting yesterday that o'clock would be more preferable hour to meet than 12:30. The subject of next weeks luncheon discussion will be an- nounced in few days.