The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-22

anu Pllde III Out dCiiicNtiltntS lhC Idea should appeal to us If held it will be the most momentous event in the history of the state and more than anything else will accentuate the progress we have made and the de- velopment we have passed. through in the last hundred years. It will give us all, the busy business and profes- sional man, the politician and the statesman and everybody in this age of whirl and activity a chance to stop and look back and see how big we are.
 "2. The reason 1t should be held in Birmingham is that Birmingham never does things by halves. Birmingham is the center of all the trunk railroad lines in this part of the country, giv- ing one of the most important features of such an exposition, easy accessibility. By that time we will have ample hotel and other facilities that would make the exposition a source of pride to the state and to the south for years to come. More than that, such an expo sition is going to cost a lot of money. The larger part of the wealth of Ala bama is contained in the commercial and industrial activities of men living in the Birmingham district and these men will naturally give more fnan- cial aid to the undertaking if they can feel that it is Birmingham event" John l.. Parker
 q. It would be the biggest advertise ment it could be possible to arrange for the state and for the south. That is what we need something to show our advancement and progress in 100 years. It would give us renewed i'm petus to do still bigger things in the future for 1t would awaken our pride in what we have done in the past.
 "2. The big show should be held in Birmingham because this is the natural and logical place. Birmingham is the financial, social and industrial center of the state as well as the geographi- cal center and to place the exposition in Birmingham would be to more than double its success"
 Sol Caheen
 T. Of course the centennial should be held, but first of all 1t should be de-
 
 it's kind ever held in the south This is not to be a county or h state fair. It's going to cost money and lots of it. The only way to do 1t is for the state legis- lature to appropriate two or three million dollars, make an appeal to the federal government for as much or more, and raise the rest in Alabama and Birming- ham. There is no use to do it unless we do it right, and we can't do that for less than at least ten million dollars, accord ing to my idea.
 "2. Birmingham is the largest and best town in the state and, of course, the ex- position should be held here. With as much money back of it as I have sug- gested, we people in Alabama could get together and not make an Alabama or a southern exposition, but one that would draw people from the entire American continent and other countries. l don't be- lieve in doing anything unless we do some thing big and mighty big at that l would not insist on Birmingham to a degree of stubborrness Montgomery and Mobile have good claims, Mobile especial ly. Mobile has the water front. where many of the buildings could be built over the water and other features secured for which plenty of water is necessary A lake of some kind would be almost neces- sary, and this would be a source of a great deal of work in the Birmingham district but an easy matter at Mobile"
 K. D. Burnett
 T. We should hold the centennial in the next seven years, because it would show our progress. Everybody Is so busy and buried in their private affairs nowadays that little rest during which they could prepare for and attend such an exposition would do them good and bring home to them facts and proofs of the greatness of this state and country which they otherwise would probably never realize.
 '2. Birmingham is the greatest town for it's size in the country. That's hon. est: I really believe it. No town eouals it and of course the centennial should be held here This is tho railroad center of the state, easily accessible from all points and is the logical place for the celebration. We have better facilities for such a show now and by the time seven more years have passed and 1919 arrives we will have still more Hold it in Birmingham if it is hold at all"
 Leo Loeb
 T. Advertisement. That is the key to all modern success. Nothing is truer than the old saw: Tt pays to advertise' That's what state centennial would do for Alabama. and that is what Alabama and Birmingham need. Place our great ness and our development before the world. and it will draw more capital and more talent to our midst. That's what has made us what we are and the more we have in the future the greater we will be in the future.
 '2. Birmingham is the largest and best town in the state. For that reason 1 think of course the centennial should be held here. I think there is little need for argument oA that line, for l have lit- tie doubt but what if the centennial is Held it will be in Birmingham- The great ness of Birmingham would lend addi- tional fars to the exposition and il would easily be an enormous success"