The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-14
For Good of the
 Community

THEY will all come to Birmingham in \ the long run and the long run Will not be stretched out affair.
 Birmingham as freight producer and point of distribution with adequate terml- nal equipment continuously available IS loadstone dWhose beck and call they must all obey.
 It is to be year of record in develop ment based on recognition of the funda- mentals The newest conner IS the Pacltlc coast, which, having done large business with Birmingham via the port of Moblle wishes to do still more.
 Page and Jones, Mobile shipping agents, have engaged the services of an experienced transportation man and will shortly open an agency III Blrmlngnam. This agency is to be for the purpose of getting business for the Pacific coast and seeing to the promotion of a return busl- ness from the coast. It will act both ways for the benefit of Birmingham shippers.
 Page and Jones have already sent ships to the Pacific coast with great cargoes of Birmingham pipe and pig iron. A ship is now loading at Mobile for the coast So satisfactory has been this business that the firm has decided on regular monthly sail ings between the coast and Mobile and 1t is to get cargo for these monthly sailings going and coming that the Birmingham office is to be opened.
 The same concern is arranging for the operation of regular line of steamers be- tween Mobile and ports in France and Belgium. This will add that much to the prestige of Alabama's port among those of the world.
 The forward step taken by Page and Jones has the Warrior river in the fore ground. The Warrior will send Birming- ham stuff to Mobile at 20 per cent under the all-rail rate and it will bring stuff back from Mobile at 20 per cent under the all rail rate. Both going and coming the busi- ness worked up by the Page and Jones agency will have this advantage as a starter.
 Plates and structural steel can load on the Warrior and go to Havre and BOr- deaux in France and to Antwerp and Ghent in Belgium without leaving the water and to the Pacific coast at San Pedro and San Francisco without leaving the water Return cargoes can come to Birmingham without leaving the water.
 In tine as the Pacific coast business grows, the Mobile sailings will be extend ed as far north as Seattle. When that oc CUTS Birmingham shippers of steel prod ucts will havean all-water route connect ing with the steamships from the orient. It will be we'll on the way to conquest of the world through the Warrior and the port of Mobile
 As soon as the monthly sailings to the Pacific coast become insufficient for the developing business, they will be made semi-monthly. Golden opportunity is held out to Birmingham to push forward her trade territorial lines. The foundation has been laid by the pipe shops. If others cooperate, the ultimate of success will be soon obtained.
 A great advantage of local agency of Mobile-Pacific coast shipping line in Birmingham will be the facilities afford ed by it of quick communication and ready touch with the Pacific coast by those who wish to do business there It ought to serve as splendid vehicle for the development of return cargoes from the coast, Birmingham shippers will have l c.. h1o of fhnir