The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-11-01
COMMON BUILDING
 FOR CITY'S CLUBS
 AGAIN ADVOCATED
Want Chamber of Commerce as Clearing House for All of Them-Permanent EX-
 hibits of City's Output

Dominant thought expressed by members of the Chamber of Com merce at the Monday luncheon held yesterday in the Southern club was that the dozen dinner clubs and other organizations seeking to do their part for the community be correlated in some manner with the chamber as the clearing house and general di- rector of community activities.
 Mercer Barnett, former president of the Kiwanis club and president of the international organization of Ki- wauis, voiced this sentiment in short talk and Frank Stevens and others indorsed what he said.
 MT. Barnett earnestly advocated permanent exhibit of Birmingham manufactures and this. he declared. should be housed In tho permanent home of the Chamber of Commerce. He thought the chamber membership eouids easily finance the permanent home proposition and that it would be self-sustaining here as well as In Chattanooga and other cities, where they had been eStaDHsned.
 General AcOmmoda tions
 MT Barnett referred to the con venience and economy of having com mon lunch rooms, common offices. and place where all the dinner clubs and other civic organizations would come in elbow touch with one another and receive real community inspiration by passing through the exhibit of Birmingham manufactures as they went to their weekly lunch cons.
 By association with the chamber, he said, each club would be In closer contact with the others and In a DO. sition to do the work allotted to each by the chamber acting as a common director of all.
 The luncheon was presided over by NJ P. Northington, former president and now member of the board of di rectors.
 W. s. Stallings. of the Young Mems Christian association, paid high tri- bute to the chamber as an institu- ton that had developed the man power of the community and put real men at service for the city and dis trict.
 E. F. Stovall, general agent of the Central of Georgia and Illinois Gen. tral railroads, expressed appreciation of the traffic bureau. one of the af- filiated organizations of the chamber He declared that the railroads and the traffic bureau did not always agree, but that their relations were harmonious and that they transacted business together without friction.
 Saving Cotton Price
 J. c. Thompson spoke of tho work of the American Cotton association and declared that It's efforts had pre- vented the dumping of 13,000.0 900 bales of cotton on the market and that it's acreage control policy was responsible for the added value of S50O.00O,00 to S75O,O00.00o that came to present and carry-over. The asso- citation was pledged 10 continuity of acreage control and now was exert ing utmost effort. with every indica- tion of success, to control spot cot ton through cooperative marketing and thus complete its work for the south.
 Other talks were made by R. IT.. Trilick. Leo K Steiner. H. w Fay Tor. II. E. Well. II. G. West, Charles Wegelin, pr. Walter A. Weed and others.
 Dr. Weed referred to the magnifl- cent work done by the Los Angeiet chamber of commerce after 1t had it's own home.
 Crawford Next Host
 George Gordon Crawford, presi- dent of the Tennessee company. will be host at next Mondays luncheon, which will be attended by manufac- tureTs of the district.