The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-31
For Good of
 the Community

D is done well, the act is more elo- quent than all the words there are.
 Do and they" find it out of their own motion. They come automatically to see, to ponder, to admire and carry afar de- scription of what they have seen. Those who cannot come in person, get friends or relatives to write them all about 1t.
 Strike an oil gusher It is known throughout the land almost before the earth is slippery with the yellowish fluid. Things less spectacular take more time, but, if worth while, they travel just as far afield.
 The January 10th issue of Builders and Building Management devoted it's frontis- piece to birds view of Birmingham, besides giving Birmingham a free read ing notice on an inside page. That is high class magazine in the real estate and investment world It took the trouble and went to the expense to advertise Blr- mingham because Birmingham is some thing in the nation.
 The current issue of the Manufacturers Record, which never misses an issue without correspondence from Birming- ham covering it's industrial and commer- cial activities, has three pages of lavishly illustrated space devoted to descrip- tion of the port of Mobile, with special reference to it's connection with the War rior river.
 There are pictures of the steamship Tuscaloosa City, latest product of Bir- mingham steel put together at the Chick asaw yards, pictures of the self-propell- ing barge Birmingham, of the new power boat Cordova of the old style self-pro- pellers still in use and picture of the launching of ship at Chickasaw.
 The Manufacturers Record goes into counting houses and offices of the prin- cipal industrial concerns, bankers, con- tractors and manufacturers throughout the country The Record paid skilled man to prepare the data, get the photo graphs and whip the whole into splen- did free advertisement for Birmingham and Mobile and their connecting link, the Warrior river.
 Not long ago, in November, in fact, the Old Colony Magazine was Birmingham number. It was replete with Birming- ham data, bristling with the latest devel- opments in iron, steel, coke, Shipbuilding and hydroelectricity The Old Colony Magazine sought out Birmingham eX- pert to gather this data and the numerous up-to-the-minute illustrations, paid the engraver and the printer and placed the finished product on tables in its every club throughout the country.
 This cost Birmingham nothing; nothing at all. It was done because magazines are looking out for 'good stuff" about live places; places where they keep doing things instead of shouting about what has been doney
 The work of the Port of Birmingham corporation, which is now of the past ex- cept it's legal existence for certain pur- poses, is complete. A wondrous thing it was when we realize that this company was organized as late as October, 1919, yet by December 31 it had placed der rick at Port of Birmingham, was receiv- ing and delivering freight and shippers were reaping the benefit of 20 cents saw ing on each dollar of freight handled that way.
 Best part of it all is that there 419 stock holders, all Birmingham folk Many of us were pikers with our little S10 and SEQ, but just as welcome as the big boy who planked down 1000 of the $250,000.
 When whole city does thing it is much better ...I- I~A hyn nf fkn nofy hnan