The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-11
AYERS SAYS SPIRIT. .OF COOPERATION IS. STRONG IN ANN|STON People Rallied to Support of Other Cities of State Seek
 ing Government Plants CITY BEHIND KILBY IN RACE FOR GOVERNOR Has Made Exceptional Official Rec Ord-Would Veto Any Appropria-
 ton Bill Exceeding Income
 Under Budget System

When it comes to the question of ad- vancing the larger interests of the state | of Alabama. l believe that the people of Ann1ston are the most unselfish, the most cooperative in the state said H. NJ.
 Ayers, editor of the Anniston Star, at the Tutwiler hotel yesterday evening. T think our people have a broad vision,
 realizing that what helps one section of the state will eventually rebound to the betterment of all other sections he ! said.
 For instance, when the people of Bir- mineham and Montgomery were after the federal reserve bank, the farm loan bank and the armor plate plant, Annis- tonians wished them well and used their influence to bring these two institu- tions to the. state. It has been the same
 with the Muscle Shoals project. Anniston has no direct interest in this proposi- tion yet our people have been very active in it's behalf for several years, and An niston was well represented at the hear ing yesterday
 We also saw at this meeting,' MT. Ayers continued, "a practical working out of the law of solidarity, or commun- ity of interest, on which Annstonians op- peculiar benefits to accrue to Anniston from the industry at first we did see yesterday that the Muscle Shoals indus try is not unrelated to steel furnaces and the manufacture of munitions of war, two of our chief industries today. l might also say that if Birmingham gets the armor plate plant Annston will get it's share of the emoluments by selling you this high grade of Heroult furnace steel.
 FOUGHT BATTLES ALONE But while Anniston has always been willing to cooperate with the other cities of the state in any movement that looked to the betterment of all, Anniston itself has had to fight it's battles alone Prac- tically all of our industries have been built, in the main, with Annston money, and while the railroads make about s5OO0 a day out of Ann!ston- made pipe alone, am informed, they have rendered us little assistance in our city building &C., tivities. True, one of these roads has shown a spirit of reciprocity recently, but the other continues it's parasitic policy toward
 
 Anniston are working for the army maneuver camp, and have raised about slO0,00O toward that end in the past few weeks. We haven't said much about this but you may as well count it landed, for We have habit of getting what we go after. For instance, we raised $1000O0 in one day to get the munitions plant, and got it.
 You will also find this Anniston spirit ay sad in Ayers continued, when the next state election opens up. We have helped nearly every prominent county in the state ele- vate it's favorite sons, at one time and another, and now we people over in Celestial Calhoun are going to put over our favorite, Tom Kilby, for governor MT. Kilby has given good account of ! his stewardship as mayor of Anniston, | state senator and lieutenant governor, hand having seen him tried n the fiery furnace of many hot campaigns, we know he is made of mettle that will stand the test of gubernatorial trials.
 WOULD NOT EXCEED INCOME 1 "Mr Kilby's campaign is already well organized in every section of the state,
 and we are confident of his success. He
 is man of remarkable moral courage. and you may rest assured that he will never affix his signature to any appro- pria tion bill that would exceed the state s
 revenues. TO do this he said to me re-
 gently is, to my way of thinking, equiya- lent to signing your name to check
 when you know you have no money in the bank Under the operation of his budget plan, MT. Kilby will also know when the state has money for fixed pur- poses and when it has not, and he has ] backbone enough to use the veto when necessary.
 AS matter of fact, declared Mir. Ayers, 'Kilbys plan will get around one of the fundamental weaknesses of Ala bama's state government. The governor should have at least six months to get acquainted with the state departments, and state finances. before the legislature convenes. Under our constitution, this
 cannot be done; but MT. Kilby states l that he will employ accountants at his
 own expense to get the necessary infor- nation to make up his budget recom- mendations to the legislature, if he is elected He is business man running on business platform, and I think that's what Alabama needs today. along with law enforcement"
 l MT. Ayers as president of the Alabams Press association came over to attend an executive committee meeting of that or ganization and remained in the city fol l the Muscle Shoals hearing yesterday He lreturns to Anniston today.
 lWHJ. CEE HOW MEN