The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-19
THE RETIREMENT OF COMMERCIAL LIFE
 OF STATE IS OBJECT
 OF MANUFACTURERS
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OF MANUFACTURERS (Continued from Page Five) | session, and their report was adopted. l The members of the committee were
 E. M. Kilby, chairman; Harold McDer> mott and w. E. Glenn The committee
 on resolutions, of which D. II. Mar l bury was chairman, and Herber,
 Smith, Julius Goslin, W. k. Spencer and B. E. kenney members, reported | at the afternoon session a number pr 1 important resolutions, all of which were adopted.
 ! The nominations for office were
 made by committee consisting of J. Ii. Eddy. chairman; E. l.. Moore, w. E. Lewis, R. l. Ingalls, and w. T. Tynss No additional nominations were made from the floor, although the meetna was thrown open for that purpose
 The address of Louis H. Bell, indus l trial agent of the Atlanta & West | Point route, who discussed the plans sof the Southern Tariff congress, fea- tured the morning session. Br. Bell declared that there had been a marked change in sentiment regarding the
 need for a protective tariff in the ;n> l terests of agricultural and manufac> ! tured products of the south during tht P@tSb iSW years. lie cited the inNa- sion of this country by Japanese pea nuts to the serious detriment of .outh-
 ern growers, and showed how the free grazing land of Mexico and soma south American countries made it i'm possible for Texas to compete with
 them in live stock raising.
 l The graphite and certain other
 industries which had remarlSa-
 ble growth during the war and were
 fostered by the government, were r W in serious condition since the govern>
 ment had made no plans for their pro- 1 lection, he said.
 TARIFF ASSOCIATION Regarding the coming meeting ot the Southern Tariff association which will be held in Atlanta this month he declared that many of the leading men Iof the nation would attend, and that the senators and congressman were watching the result of the gathe e'inN | to see just what attitude the south would take in this matter MT. Ren declared that the south must make a fight if it desired protection for its industries and for its agriculture. The report of J. K. Jackson, treas, urer. showed the organization to be in good financial condition, despite the expenses incident to organization and the fact that its work had been vigor- ously prosecuted during the first year. LATIN-AMERICAN TRADE The feature of the session yesterday afternoon was the address of Courtney Dekalb, special representative of the Manufacturers Record who discussed trade possibilities with Latin-Ameri- can countries. MT. DeKalb is consid- cred an authority on this subject, lav> ing spent much time in Central and
 South America studying conditions
 there. He pointed out the difficulties
 which were in the way of rapid trade
 extension. and declared that one of
 fort of Americans to make over South
 America to suit American ideas rather | than catering to the desires of the business men in the countries to the
 south.
 1 The unlimited possibilities in tn ose countries were cited by MT DeKalb, who urged Alabama manufacturers to itake the necessary steps to secure
 their full share of this trade. The
 possibilities of short and all water
 haul were especially emphasized. He declared that a perfect Knowledge of
 Spanish and Portugese were essential
 in developing trade in South America. Foreign trade lives by the golden
 rule of reciprocity" he declared after
 showing the growth of business in
 countries where American capital had
 taken it's place in developing the re- sources of South American countries. l A committee was named to consid- l CT the matter of promiscuous breaking | of contracts which had become rather prevalent in certain lines of industry | in the past year. Those named were | J. H. Eddy, chairman; w. D. Tynes,
 MT. Stevenson. T. H. Benners and J.
 A. Norman.
 | The meeting came to a close with
 the dinner at the Southern club last
 night, at which pr. Charles Aubrey Eaton was the chief speaker.
 CLOSING BANQUET l Advocating the open shop, opposing immigration, urging the finding of a
 way whereby the savings of employees
 may be diverted from the savings
 banks back into the capital stock of
 the corporations for which they work, Vigorously asserting that the employ Fers must become the real leaders of 1 their men, stressing the need of edu> lcation and character building, pr. I Charles Aubrey Eaton, associate edi- | tor of Leslies Weekly. brought the an>
 nual meeting of the Alabama Manufac- turers' association to close last nigat at a banquet held at the South.
 ern club.
 l At the conclusion of the address, l.. ISevier, president of the association, nominated pr. Eaton for Secretary o1
 Labor in the cabinet of Presid snt
 Harding, stating that there was no
 doubt he would receive the unani-
 nous vote of the 125 men present. who included a large number of Headers in
 the Birmingham district other than
 
 ] The nomination was inspired by Dr.
 Eaton's plea for labor buraeu in the federal government that was not
 headed by class man, but by one of broad vision who could see the best interests of all classes and bring about the solution of the problem.
 Tie speaker was introduced by
 Hugh Morrow of the local bar. who re- ferred to the service that Dr. Eaton had rendered the government during the World war. when he visited the shipyards and had spoken to more than 1,000.000 men.
 INDUSTRIAL PROBLEM After few pleasantries, Dr. Eaton launched into his subject, ''The Real Industrial Problem" He began by as- sorting that progress means the up- lifting of the masses into the sunlight. What he is makes the man; not what he owns" he declared. In part, the speaker said:
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