The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-13

mdnd for information rom these great magazines and newspapers with regard to Birmingham goes to show that the growth of our city is attracting the at tention of the whole country, and should ] be matter of pride and satisfaction to all who are Interested in our growth and continued prosperity
 l sixth. It was a pleasure to your cont mittee that the design for the civic elee- tric sign has been approved by the board and ordered erected as soon as the funds l were in hand to do so. and while it was Ithe desire of this committee that this l sign be completed during it's admlnistra- 1 ton, the lack of funds prevented it's erection at this time. While your commit tee is somewhat disappointed in this, it will feel satisfied if at some future date this civic sign can be erected. We be- lieve that there could not be a better form of advertisement than the erection of this sign, as it will tell to the stranger within our gates that we have local pride and patriotism. There can be no better form of advertisement than local patriot ism. It was the ambition of your com mittee that the lights of this sign be turned on on post card day which we are to have on January D, and we are glad that we will be able to carry out at least one of these plans for adYer- Using the city
 Post Card Day
 Seventh Post Card Day-Some time ago your committee was authorized to purchase 50,00O post cards containng tab ulated figures and statistics for the past 10 years. of population, new buildings, bank ciearings. annual pay roll. etc, etc, and on January p your committee will endeaVor, by the cooperation of the cit izens. to mail out these 50,000 post cards to all parts of the United States. The statement showing the growth In figures for each year under the different head ings are extremely interesting to tho cit izens of Birmingham.' 1t is the first time in the history of this city that these figures have been compiled in this form and should be read with great pride by every citizen. They will be read with great interest by the citizens who reside in other states and will result, it is hoped, in bringing to our doors many stranger, who will come here to stay.
 Many plans have been considered by your committee as to the best method of distributing these cards on the day set, so as to get the best results from this advertising effort. On Monday this com mittee will meet to definitely decide upon what plans to pursue. It is a matter of great pleasure to your committee to note the interest already displayed by the cit izens in this post card day, and It IS be-
  show everyone of these 50,000 post cards mailed out and on their way to adver- tise the city. Respectfully submitted, --eat..s't'st' ''r. A. WELLER, ss "Charrnan of Advertising Committee"
 The industrial bureau announced Its progress through it's chairman, M. F.. Messer.
 MT. Richard w. Massey President,
 Chamber of Commerce.
 haS bnan pORrRatiPa1lN at work seeking new industries for Bir- mingham. Some months ago we began systematic campaign of letter writing to the manufacturers and wholesale dealers throughout the United States, ad- vertsing for southern trade, and followed up these letters with literature giving in formation concerning the advantages Bir- mingham offers. I am glad to report that we are meeting with decided sue cess.
 For an instance: Through this cor respondence, we induced the Diamond Rubber company to send it's representa- tive to Birmingham and we located them. They have already established Birming- ham as a distributing point and one of our ente"prising companies are building for them a permanent building, which they will occupy for q number of years The bureau will continue this specific and particular work, being much encouraged by the tangible results of it's efforts.
 "To give you an idea of how much in earnest your committee is and the interest manifested by the representa- tives of the various railroads who are members of the industrial bureau all were present at a recent called meeting. Yours very truly,
 Yours very truly, M. r. MESSER,
 Chairman Industrial Bureau
 Convention Report
 Oscar C. Turner, chairman of the con venton committee and also the special committee appointed to arrange the in dustrial excursions for the Chamber of Commerce, read the following reports for each committee. respectively:
 MT. Richard w. Massey, President,
 Chamber of Commerce, Birmingham.
 Dear Sir-Your convention committee desires to report as follows:
 We have had up the matter of the next annual convention of the Bricl<layers' union of America. They will hold their annual meeting in St. Joseph, Mo, this week, and representatives of the local union have been instructed by their union to present our official invitation for the next convention.
 Your committee has bad conference with Professor Ross Of Auburn and also with Dr. w. L. Dudley of Vanderbilt university, and have presented an invita- tion to the foreign members of the Inter national Congress of Applied Chemistry to include Birmingham in their southern itinerary. We believe this will be done. This will bring some of the best educated scientists from the old country to our door. and we believe that visit would not only be interesting to them, but of great deal of benefit to us.
 We also have been notified through pr. G. l.. Swiggett of Sewanee university that a conference will be held in Bir- mlngham on March 12, attended by a small but select number of representa- tiyes from southern states to discuss the advisability of establishing a school to acauaint their pupils with the method of South American trade. Yours very truly, OSCAR c. TURNER,
 Chairman Convention Committed"
 New Industries
 Your committee appointed to arrange Tor industrial excursions of your chamber desire to report as follows:
 We have arranged for a visit of the members of the Chamber of Commerce to the three plants of the American Bakeries Candy company on Tuesday afternoon January 16. It is our purpose to leave the Chamber of Commerce in body at 2:3o Tuesday afternoon and walk to their Ave nue A plant. After being there practically an hour we will be conducted by street