The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-11-04
WAREHOUSE NEED
 IS AGAIN CITED
 BY THE REALTORS
Office Space Also in Great Demand-Move Started to Bring in Manufacturers.
 More Room Needed

Birmingham Is entitled to reap
 the beneht of her buying power
 by having manufacturers estnb-
 fish offices and warehouses here,
 in the opinion of J. C. Hodges,
 vice president of the ". NJ. Cosby
 Grain company, who spoke yes-
 terday at the weekly luncheon of
 the real estate board.
 Tt has come to be understood that the building of city is especially the newspapers, but 1t is really the duty of every citizen" MT. Hodges said. Every citizen should be interested in trying to have warehouses and stocks of goods assembled in the city.
 Birmingham and the surrounding territory is one of the largest con suming markets in the country, but 1t does not have It's just share of the warehouses and large stocks of goods. We should invite the manufacturers to como here. and our buying power should be organized so as to bring the manufacturers here"
 Need Warehouses
 Mir. Hodges said he understood that ihEIt WdS Hdlnly dAJ " di EAlOuoI NA office space available in Birming- ham. and pointed out the necessity Of having this space in order to get these outside firms to establish ware houses and distributing centers in Birmingham.
 He said the real estate board should interest itself In seeing that office space is made available, and operate in organizing the buying interests to go to the manufacturing interests and ask them to establish plants and distributing offices in Birmingham.
 H. K. Milner of the Miner Land company discussed the activities Of the Warrant Warehouse company, Of which he is secretary. He said that since the organization of the Warrant Discount and Export corporation, which is closely allied with the ware house company, the firm has been re- ceiving flood of letters from all parts of the south concerning export ing cotton abroad He declared that this was due to the fact that Bir- mingham has the physical and finan- cial facilities for handling the prod ucts
 Charles r. Marks, treasurer of the Jemison Real Estate and Insurance company, in the general discussion which followed the address of MT. Hodges. said that while there was not much office space available in large amounts, that 1t was possible to get small offices.
 SpiiInne Speaks
 Richard Spillane of Pittsburg, au- thorlty upon economies. who was Tn Birmingham yesterday, declared that business men must practice the doc trine of small profits during the next six years until the European market is opened up. He said he did not be- lieve the United States will have broad foreign market until the eX- change rates become adjusted again In the meantime, he said, America must make the domestic machine ht the domestic pattern.
 The attendance prize at the lunch donated by Nat Barker, was won by Maj. C. k. Knox.
 R. Mcconnell. in short adddess, eulogized l.. J. Pettyjohn, member or the board. who died last week, and committee was appointed to dratt resolutions in memory of him,
 Douglas Brothers and the Tltie Guarantee and Loan company were elected to associate membership Tn the organization at the meeting yes terday.