The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-14
PERMANENT EXHIBIT. OF LOCAL PRODUCTS. IS ID BE MADE HERE Association for This Pur- pose-Rent Building Ad-
 joining Civic Chamber COMPANY HEADED
 BY JOHN E. SHELBY U. H. Edmondson Is Secretary ana General Manager-Talks Interest,"
 estingly of What Company
 Proposes to Do

The formation or the birhihiS ""
 lecturers Permanent Exhibit assoela''o", with John F. Shelby as president anu I H Edmondson as secretary ana mar .ar yas announced yesterday The pur- nose of the organization will be to bring nronerlv before the people and visitors 'o the city the products of the Birminshan' district
 I, is the nroposal of the association to nresent elorifed home products sno" all the time for the purpose or pusn."e the trade in Birmingham idea ihe 'ue" Is advanced that the only reason there is not greater recognition of Birmingha'i nroducts is ignorance. and this ignorance the association proposes to remove.
 The project has been indorsed by all the civic bodies and will be operated as semi-civic body. It was felt that "niie ii was an enterprise for the beneft or the city an operating company was absolutely necessary to concentrate and coordinate the efforts Consequently the association was formed with the following oiiicers and directors:
 John E. Shelby president, J. H. Ed mondson. secretary and manager; Ii. D. 1 Wheelock treasurer; Crawford Johnson I Frank Rushton. R. D. Burnett, J. D. Rosenberger, T. R. Mcsarty, John E. Shelby. l. H. Edmondson and H. B Wheelock, directors.
 The association has rented the building adjoining the Chamber of Commerce al 1921 -s-b First avenue, and ample provision for proper displaying of exhibits will be made. Suitable and impartial regulations as to character, height placarding ane decora ton of exhibits will be made. Th'
 exhibition building will be open at al
 req sonable hours and at all times wil
 be in charge of the manager or his assis
 tants A blanket insurance policy will b'
 carried on all exhibits to protect the ex
 hbitor from loss by fire.
 Conyeniences for Exhibitors
 Among the conveniences for exhibitor
 will be visitors register showing thu
 name, location and business of each. Rep
 resentatives of exhibitors will be ire
 to accompany prospective customers an'
 promote sales from the floor. A cozy cor
 ner with all necessary convenienees wi
 be provided for their use.
 Exhibitors will be immediately ad
 yised of the presence in the city O of any prominent visitor or prospectiv
 customer who expresses an interest l ttheir displays The exhibition walls an
 business office will be hung with birds
 eye views of the city and its leadin
 institutions, physical maps of the dis
 trict and statistical charts of Birming
 hams natural resources.
 Telephones. city directors and al classes of information literature will b gratuitously provided for visitors. separate floor properly equipped, vii , be maintained for use of ladies churc , dinners, bazaars, club meetings, busi . ness Smens gatherings committee use land similar meetings. A suitable in vitation form inviting attention to tn l exhibit and requesting visit will b placed by permission in the keybox c
 all hotel arrivals every 24 hours n J. H. Edmonson, who has resigne , from the advertising staff of the Bir mingham Ledger, effective June 1, { : accept the position of manager of tn : association, had the following to say i I exclamation of the new enterprise. 8 EdmondsOn Explains ] "The most effective method of check 8 ing the steady flow of laborers earning = out of Birmingham and into the coffer of the factors of rival cities is by mean I :. operative effort by the manufacture and retailer to impress the advantage f of patronizing home industries frs 8 when quality, price and service ar e equal and the disadvantage of practic Q Ing the opposite.
 Tn many other southern cities thi . l education has been under way for sev : eral years through permanent exhibit h of the local products conveniently lo d cated and attractively displayed In Q suitable building. Investigation prove that splended results have justified tn
 means in every instance.
 That Birmingham should have sue ! an exhibit is admitted on every han, . The reason that one has not been es . tablished seems to be a lack of organ ? ization among manufacturers. the nee z of someone having the time and ablit :, to promote the enterprise and sym V pathetic cooperation by the leader : among the various civic and bushes . bodies The formation of the Birmn g e ham Manufacturers Permanent Exhib :, association has been the result of tn # recognition of these facts
 yi "we propose to inaugurate the ey f hibit with fully prepared and well ad
 vertised opening event at which sue
 exhibitors can do so will be invite
 to make demonstrations of their good
 distribute samples. souvenirs and Iii . erature and several prize contests ma '- be conducted during the opening weel
 These and similar features will be r, a peated at frequent intervals.
 Similar organization have bee
 highly successful in other cities ar II there Is no reason to doubt that tn
 Association will not be equally so." -e -------s.--------------