The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-19
STATE COMMERCIAL
 ASSOCIATION NOW
 IS STARTING WORK
District Representatives Chosen-Organization to Function as Common
 wealth Factor

The Alabama Commercial Association
 is on it's feet
 Twenty representative citizens of th' state. two from each district, have beer l chosen to act as the executive board. 1 Ins the near future an executive man | ager or secretary is to be chosen. He i:
 to be a man of ability and experience To secure such man a liberal salary will be paid, because the association In tends to be a permanent instrument o' Alabama development
 Headquarters may be in Birmingham | they may be in Montgomery. They wil be where the executive board thinks best for the interests of all Alabama. | After the general manager or secre. tary is chosen and offices are located a field secretary will be named to worH
 under the general manager in the or. l ganization of the different county units The plan of the association is to organize ] these county units in utilization with the parent body. These units will stand in the name of the counties for what cham bers of commerce stand in the name of cities. Chambers of commerce will also be asked to become members. Funds for the work are to be raised through the county organizations. Just what the quota will be has not been de- cided, but it is probable that the tax val nations may figure as the basis In other words. counties will be expected to con tribute to the general fund according to financial ability.
 ITS PURPOSE Purpose of the association is to unite all Alabamians in permanent and persis- tent advertising and development work. 1 Among the ambitious plans is the pub lication of the Alabama Gazetteer" Un- like prior publications, this is to be di- vided into a number of volumes, so tha, the inquirer seeking one kind of infor- l nation will get that without going | through lot of matter in which he is lnot interested. One of these books will be on Alabama industries, another will 1 treat of the state agriculturally and still another will deal with occupations in the state.
 The last-named will show the inquirer
 where in the state it is most profitable tt
 raise early vegetables, where the cattl, and hog industry find their highest de lvelopment, where the best orchard land
 are located, where dairying holds out thu
 best prospects, where there is the bes
 peanut land and the like.
 Another special effort of the associa ton will be in connection with farms 70 l SOlul6TS- AldDdV1t ifdS ttiiS Ol lllOus6liu | of acres of cut-over lands available fo 1 cultivation and home building. The as sociation will try to establish a connec
 tion between these lands and soldie home building aid.
 1 vast amount of data Is already il
 hand. This is being gone over careful! so that when the books are published | they will be accurate. Extensive adver Using in magazines and newspapers i
 also contemplated.
 WANT TO JOIN
 w. R. Mabry, one of the organizers o the association, is enthusiastic over tn prospects. He reports that business mel in a number of counties have writer
 letters expressing their desire to hay their county participate in the movement
 MT. Mabry says Vice Chairman Dr, R H. McCaslin of Montgomery is actini
 chairman for the present, and he ant the executive board are hard at worl
 thrashing out the concrete details.
 The movement had it's origin in th Travellers Protective Association, bu every class of business man has sine l become interested, and it is now an all
 Alabama affair, representing every Ala bama interest
 l The Alabama Commercial Association il intended to be the Chamber of Commerc'
 of the state, That is the end to whici the organizers are driving.