The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-23
Dr. Thach and John Gamble Pass Through En Route
 to Florence
TEACH IS INTERESTED
Thinks It the Biggest Undertaking in the South TOday-Stephenson to Collect Delinquent Licenses in
 Montgomery County

pr. c. C. Thach. president of the Ala bama Polytechnical institute. and John Gamble, well known citizen of Troy passed through Birmingham yesterday noon en route to Florence, where today zens' and legislative committee which 1 is planning to visit Washington In the 1 interest of the Muscle Shoals project l During the latter days of the legislative session, is recalled. Representative Johnston of Madison offered a resolution l that a committee of members and non | members be named by the governor to visit Washington in an effort to persuade l the Congress to act favorable on the ! report of government engineers regard l ing the development of Muscle Shoals. This committee was appointed and will
 hold a preliminary meeting in Florence today.
 l It is generally understood that the
 committee In its session today will name subcommittee to visit Washington the
 middle of November for the purpose of
 accomplishing certain work with the
 various departments The committee as a whole will go to Washington, according l to the plans. about the date of the recon vening of Congress and will remain in
 the Capital City for several days, per
 haps a week more.
 1 As is known. the plans involves the
 improvement of Muscle Shoals prepara-
 tory to the generation and dispensation 1 of electric current jointly by the gov ernment and the Muscle Shoals Hydro 1 Electrical company at cost of about $40. = 000.e00 The government will invest half l that amount after the company has made loY, ts,it; t;aJ awn of ovrd the company will repay the government it's appropriation plus interest in the
 course of 100 years.
 'T am very much interested in the project said pr. Thach.
 | "It Is the biggest undertaking In the south today. It means that an opportun- ity Is extended to Alabama to get out
 of the primal state of manufacturing and developing At the present time. we manufacture steel and send billets to the east in that they might be made into shells. We do not make finished pro- ducts derive the profits that come from tion that high priced skilled labor which the manufacture of implements of actual and immediate necessity requires.
 If the Muscle Shoals project Is com pleted, We will manufacture in Alabama fertilizer and gunpowder out of the air
 
 ing pig iron into steel and steel into finished products by electrical applica- ton.
 "Germany is able to fight the world and will continue to be able to flgh
 the world for some years to come. simply because Germany Is able to produce. Ger many derives $3O0.0O0000 each year in the
 manufacture of finished materials out O.
 nothing. Money is essential much al
 money Is scoffed at. 1t is money whicf
 gives Germany Its power.
 "In the south we have every raw ma
 terial, but we have no money with whicl
 to convert the raw material into finished products. We must begin to acquire tn,
 necessary capital. It is best acquired b, importation.
 Paul Stephenson. political writer of th Montgomery Advertiser. will he appointe, l collector of delinquent licenses for thu !, county of Montgomery and several ad journng counties. Under the terms o the newly enacted revenue bill, such al 1 appointment is made necessary. In con ! nection with this work Mir. Stephenson will continue to write for the Advertiser Mir Stephenson was a visitor to Sir
 mingham yesterday He is one of tn l best known newspaper men of the state Fl and in addition to being able to writ 5 politics, he can entertain with verse p humor and fiction. Ills interview printe some months ago with fictitious charac : | ter, Rob W. Huberts. on the eccentricitie of newspaper men of the state. made hin famous.
 II Yesterday he received the congratula tions of all his friends on his appoint
 ment soon to be announced.