The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-02
BOARD OF TRADE
 IS PREPARING ID
 FIGHT TRASH CANS
Ewing Says Merchants Will Not Use Advertising-To Consider Parcel Post
 Innovation

At the regular monthly meeting of the Board of Trade to be held next Tues day, the matter of trash cans will again be brought up for discussion. The board has gone on record officially as unal- terably opposed to the trash can adorned with advertisements, and a committee has been appointed to carry the protest of the board before the commissioners. Among other arguments advanced against the advertising trash can Is that certain firms might be persuaded" to take ad- vertising space on the cans by the fear that competitors advertisement might appear on can placed in front of their place of business.
 The city commissioners. however, will regulate this if the cans are used.
 President Ewing of the Board of Trade yesterday issued an interview on the trash can matter, indicting the trash can on several counts He said that the merchants of the city were opposed to
 it. that its advertising value would be lost because it would be undignifed; that it would not hold more than half as much trash as the old cans that 1t would be- come battered up and soiled in a very short while, and become unsightly and not in accordance with city beautiful ideas
 Mir. Ewing closed thus:
 q believe that the members of our city commission are most capable men, hav- ing the best interest of our city and the merchants at heart, and they, l am sure, upon further consideration, will not even consider the proposition of advertising trash cans, but if they should go against the wishes of the business men of the city and do so, l do not think the pro- motors of the advertising trash can idea will find it very valuable commission be- cause so far as I have talked to the mer- chants and advertisers, they do not want to take space, not only because they are not willing to be taxed the additional charge for advertising expenditure in- volved, but because they do not believe in it or care for it as advertising
 Another matter to be taken up at Tues days meeting is the part the Board Of Trade will take in the membership cam paign to be conducted jointly by this organization and the Chamber of Con- merce, beginning April IA and lasting five days.
 The matter of the extension of the par eel post so as to include packages weigh ing 100 pounds will also be taken up. It IS understood that the merchants organ ization in New York has reported unfav- orably on the proposed extension giving as reasons that it would cripple the ex- press companies and might in time force them out of business, and that the gov ernment would not give as good service on large packages as does the express people. The Louisville Board of Trade recently passed resolutions regarding the proposed extension and Secretary William ~ 1a1t q that body asking for copy of the res olutions.
 The following committee has been ap- pointed by President Ewing to aid in any way possible in the furtherance of the city beautiful idea being propagated by the city commission: l.. Block, chairman; Colman Blach, James H. Timer, Morris Berk H. J. Porter c. B. McVay, John w ONeill, Oscar c. Turner and J. H. P. DeWindt.