The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-06
HOME TRADE CLUB
 PLANS OUTLINED J. H. Finder Reports At
 Meeting of Board TO ASK COOPERATION Every Firm and Individual In City Will Be Asked to Assist Move ment-To Invite Alabami Bank
 CTS Here for 1915
TO ASK COOPERATION

l. H. Finder. chairman of the executive committee of the Board of Trade. pre- sented to the board yesterday at it's regu- lar monthly meeting, a detailed plan Tor the operation of the ''rrade-in- Birming ham" club, to be fostered hy the Board Of Trade The plan is the result of some weeks work on the part of the commit tee and embraces every firm and in dividual in the city in It's workings.
 The Chamber of Commerce. the Busi- ness Mems League, the Rotary club, the
 Ad club and all other civic, literary and social organizations In the city are to be asked to assist in distributing "Trade-n-
 Birmingham literature to the end that the people be educated up to the idea
 that Birmingham is no longer a provincial
 hamlet. but q place where everyone who
 resides within it's borders can secure what he or she wants without having to send outside to get it.
 The plan of the "Trade-in- Birmingham
 club does not provide that members of the club shall purchase everything they
 use in the city. It provides that before making purchases out of the city they
 Investigate carefully and fully to see if
 needed items can be bought satisfactorily of a Birmingham merchant or manufac- turer.'
 Every business concern in the city will
 be asked to see that "Trade-in- Birming-
 ham literature Is given to it's employees,
 Dr. J. H. Phillips will be asked to CO., operate and to ask the cooperation of the school teachers to the end that the
 ,,e.l,t Is. at home; the city commission will be requested to ask the people to trade here by proclamation: banks will be asked to send the "Trade-in- Birmingham lit- erature to their customers, the women s clubs will be asked to include the Trade
 in- Birmingham idea in their work for
 next fall. and all civic and semi-civic
 organizations wIii he asked to devote at
 least one day in the year to a discus
 sion of how best to foster the trade at
 home spirit
 The plans submitted by the executive
 committee apparently made deep im-
 pression on the large attendance yester-
 day afternoon and they were unanimously accepted and referred back to the com mittee to oe carried out.
 The Board of Trade will extend its oongratulation to w. F. G. Harding on his appointment as member or the federal reserve board and will today send a letter to President Wilson thanking him for the honor he has conferred not only upon a citizen of Birmingham, but upon the city the district and the state. Joe Saks brought up the matter and he was appointed chairman of commit tee to draft suitable letter. Associated with him are: l.. Block. George Mo Cleery, ]. D. Collins. ]. II. Finder and w. C. Radcliffe.
 The matter of increasing the weight of parcel post packages. proposed by the attorney general sometime ago. was up for discussion again and Attorney R. V. Evans submitted report on it. The sense of his report was that the board recommend that the weight of the parcel post packages be not lncrea sed. After some discussion. the matter was referred buck to the legislative committee for fur ther deliberation.
 The Board of Trade will cooperate with the Birmingham clearing house in inyit- ing the Alabama bankers to hold their 1915 convention in Birmingham, and Presi- dent Ewing has been appointed to de- | liver the invitation to the bankers in person.
 | A new standing committee was appoint l ed by President Ewing It is known as | the finance committee and Is made up I as follows: J. N. Rose, chairman; w.. | J. Adams. treasurer: W. D. Colby, R. N l Wheeler and J. w. Beasley.