The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-10
MANY VISITORS COMING

MANY VISITORS COMING Besides the members of the government party, and those who will take active part in the presentation of the claims, between 50 and 100 members of the Muscle Shoals association are expected to be present at the hearing, which will be pub lie.
 The members of tue government party will have breakfast on their private car after arriving in Birmingham. At S:30 o'clock they will be escorted from the train by Eugene l.. Brown, a friend of | Secretary Houston, to the Tutwiler hotel. There they will be welcomed by the spe- cial committee of 50 from the Chamber of Commerce, with pr. J. H. Finder as chairman.
 | The hearing will begin at 10 O clock, and 1 is expected to be completed in two hours. | The formal brief, which has been sub mitted to the war department and to the President will be briefly outlined by Prof. w. G. Waldo, who supervised it's compilation. Professor Waldo will supple ment the brief with additional informa- 1 tion, and will illustrate his remarks with the large maps, used by him when the Muscle Shoals dinner was held in Bir- mngham several months ago. WELCOMED BY GOVERNOR The hearing will be opened with a welcome address by Gov. Charles Hen derson. This will be followed by a few introductory remarks by J. W. Worth ington, and then MT. Waldo will make his presentation of the claims. It is un- derstood that since the brief was printed, much additional information has been gathered to substantiate the Muscle l Shoals claims, and all of this informa- ton will be presented by Professor Wal do. R. F. Brewer of the National Farm CTS union will make a short talk in fa- vor of Muscle Shoals and the hearing will come to close with talk by Gov. I Emmet O'Neal.
 1 The brief, which was released several months ago, and has been published pre- viously, contains 63 pages of information and maps, touching Epon every phase or I the Muscle Shoals location. The book is subdivided into seven parts, under the following heads:
 "On this we rest our case;'' "A serious situation and the way out Our power { less prowess;'' New light on an old sub ject; "A phantom opponent The of- I fering of the south;" and Our national l treasure house.
 1 In addition to the maps and pictures relative to the Muscle Shoals location, the brief contains an elaborate resource map of the Unit,d States.
 PURPOSES OF PLANT It is sought by the brief to show That | a primary purpose of the section or the flaw appropriating $90,0O0,00O for a nitrate iHn q fyll a | able supply of cheap, high grade fertili- ger for increasing the crop production l of the country, and that the nation, de- pending upon present resources, might pc brought to serious straights in the event of war for lack of nitric acid for the i manufacture of explosives
 | It Is submitted in this connec- l tion that these two essential de-
 yelOpments in the field of agrf-
 culture and military preparedness
 will carry with them another great
 public benefit, If the plants be
 worked out Muscle Shoals, i namely, the opening of the Ten- nessee river to navigation. It IS fupther submitted that "Muscle shoals offers the most suitable site for the plant which Is to afford far-reaching benefit to the nation
 through the production of a cheap
 effective fertilizer in time of peace an an equally surpass1ng lOcauOh
 for the plant, which. through the
 production of nitric acid for mili- 1 tary purposes, Is to become a na-
 tiOnaI bulwark in time of war;"
 .sIn all our broad land there Is
 no other locality save the central
 south which can offer to the na-
 tion's chief executive. who fs to make the selection. the cOmbina-
 tion of the necessary safe and cen
 trnl site. the abundance of power, the wealth of closely associated 4 resources, the proximity to com
 manding markets. the favorable
 climate, and the benefits to navi- gation which characterize the pro- posed location at Muscle Shoals." l NAVIGATION ON RIVER One of the chief features of the brief consists of several pages devoted to
 the question of navigation of the
 Tennessee river and what the devel- opment of Muscle Shoals will do for it.'
 The contention of by-product coke
 ovens cover the requirements of the
 county for it's supply of nitrogen is
 dealt with in detail and facts and fig ures submitted to show that such con- dition Is not possible.
 Much information is submitted in
 the brief to show that Muscle Shoals