The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-11
Editor of Manufacturers Record Sees Wonderful
 Benefits to Nation
 to Follow JOSEPH LOVEMAN AND HILL FERGUSON MAKE COMMENTS ON FUTURE Local Business Has Re ceived a Stimulant That Has Already Caused
 Reaction

nIc Aihudha uhu tAN sOutn
 are to be congratulated, our coun-
 try and our allies also to be congratulated, for every addition
 aI ton of steel produced by Us
 and turned into rails, or ships, or
 guns, or shells Is hnstening the
 day of the death of German autoc-
 racy and hastening the day when
 peace shall once more reign
 throughout the world," said Rich-
 ard H. Edmonds, editor of the
 Manufacturers Record in a tele-
 gram to the editor of The Age
 Herald last night.
 MT. Edmonds further stated: "The enlargement of the operations of the Steel corporation in Alabama will prove even more important than the purchase by the corporation of the Tennessee company 10 years ago, It will stimulate every industry and give new proof of the future of the souths S iron and steel interests"
  for an opinion on the announcement of the recommendation of the finance committee of the Steel corporation which was made public in Birmingham Saturday by Judge E. H. Gary, chair man. were. elated over the prospects for immediate improvement in local business conditions, as well as more than optimistic over the future of the district, following such expenditures which will be handled under the su- pervision of George Gordon Crawford, president of the Tennessee company. who is on the ground and knows local needs best.
 Joseph H. Loveman said: "The butch CT, the baker and the candlesticll maker will feel the effects of the ex- penditures of this gigantic corporation in this district"
 Hill Ferguson immediately felt thankful to Richard M Edmonds, ed itor of the Manufacturers Record who has done so much to aid Birmingham in her fight to get the Steel corpor ation to enlarge it's operations in this district. through open letters in the Manufacturers record, along this line and by personal work. Birmingham owes MT. Edmonds a debt of grati- tude for the interest he has shown in Birmingham said Mir Ferguson to The Herald last night.
 EDMONDS' TELEGRAM
 MT. Edmonds' telegram to The Age Herald in full follows:
 Baltimore, Md, June 10, 1917.
 Editor Age-Herald, Birmingham, Ala.s
 The enlargement of the opera
 tions of the Steel corporation in
 Alabama will prove even more im-
 portant than the purchase by the corporation of the Tennessee com pany 10 years ago. It will stimu- proof of the sOuth's iron and steel interests. It is. however. of infi- nftely greater importance than merely for its local effect or for its influence upon the south. The whole world is scrambling for iron and steel and ships. Civilization ia at stake unless the output of iron and steel and ships can be enor- mousIy and rapidly increased and with this advance in Alabama to be made by the Steel corporation. the whole south will be stimulated to larger things in shipbuilding and in steel production, to the ben eft of our whole country and of the worlds civilization. While Alabama and the south are to be congratulated our country and our allies are also to he con- graduated for every additional ton of steel produced by us and turned into rails, or ships, or guns, or shells, is hasteninE the day of the death of German autocracy and hastening the day when peace shall once more reign throughout the world.
 Every man who now mines the ore the coal or helps to run the plant whose final output Ia a ship
 or gun or a locomotive or n