The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-02
MIR. FARRELL GIVES AN INITIATION OF
 FUTURE MILLS HERE
Export Business
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Exp0rt Business
 l President Farrell disucsses the prob- abilities of the development of export hmm and suggests that there is ma reason why tho market should not be worked up and taken full advantage of He says fin his statement that the Bir- mineham Chamber of Commerce would be asked by the National Foreign Trade Council. of which he is chairman, to n member of the council. "we want . worker. howevcr,e he added, and a man that is interested in the great probIem.r
 Mir. Farrell attended services yester- day nit St. Pauls, as did Mrs. Farrell and Miss Farrell. After the services l MT. Farrell. Mrs. Farrell and their daug hter left for Memphis over the Frisco lines.
 Lasting Impression '"rhe members of the American Iron
 and Steel institute will carry back
 with them lasting impression of their visit to Birmingham" said President Farrell. They should congratulate
 themselves for their wisdom of having
 selected this beautiful city for their
 meeting. The success of the meeting is apparent on all sides. We are l greatly indebted to the people of Bir- mingham for their cordiality to all of l us and for their unbounded hospitality. ] The meeting will rank as one of the
 most notable occasions In the annals
 of the American Iron and Steel insti- tute. since aside from its benefits to i its membership it should prove a fu- l ture asset for Birmingham
 The developments of the iron and
 steel industry in the Birmingham dis
 trict has shown marked progress in l the last decade, and augurs well for
 the future if the necessary equipment
 Is installed to further diversity its products. Ores, coal and limestone abound in great quantities. and with
 further extensions of finishing mills in Volving large capital expenditures this
 district should become a producer of
 wide range of iron and steel prod
 S
 than pig Iron producer with a mar
 ket of limited area
 Much Accomplished Already l Already much has been accom- l plished in widening the scope of your industries. The Fairfield plant of the
 American Steel and Wire company is
 an example. That plant is highly eff ficient The coal, ors Gaps r,nueact,,ine
 p'"i'.S s.se 11 1siig' Tennessee Coal, Iron and ] tf'nlroad company In high state
 of efficiency, and tile officials of the United States Steel corporation were
 pleased to observe that the large sum of money. approximating s25, GOO 0o0. l which the Steel corporation has put into the improvements or the property I since it was purchased in 1907, has T been wisely expended by President George Gordon Crawford, Vice Presi- I dent Frank H. Crockard and their able staff of operating and commer- 1 cial officials. In making these large expenditures the welfare of the com-
 pany employees has been given careful consideration.
 We are greatly impressed to note
 that side by side with the progress made by the Tennessee Coal Iron and Railroad company similar evidence is apparent that other great properties in this district are modernzng and in- , creasng the efficiency of their plants , Our visits to the works of the Wood | ward Iron company, the Republic | Steel and Iron company and the
 Sloss-Sheffied Steel and Iron com pany impressed upon all the members of the institute that the plants of Bir- nlingham as a whole are progressive r and are keeping up with the economical march of Industry and are fully abreast of all that is being done in II other iron and steel producing dis tricts.
 Birmingham as Place to Live Birmingham as place of residence is a great surprise to the first vis- r itors. l have rarely seen a more beautiful place. The peoeple are un- , surpassably kind and their homes are 9 places where abound the true and much discussed southern hospitality. The streets and home sections of Bir-
 mingham greatly impressed all mem-
 bers of the American Iron and Steel n institute.
 = Birmingham should be adver- T tised as resort in all seasons t of the year. A holiday spent here, g it seems to me, would be much e more pleasant than any other }. place in the south.'
 t "One of the most pleasant affairs = that we attended while here was the O magnificent banquet given Chairman e Ebert H. Gary by the Newspaper l fn