The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-12
COMMERCE BOARD
 | COMPLIES ANNUAL REPORT OF WORK
Secretary Bum Enumerates Various Achievements of
 Organization During Fiscal Year

of directors on Tuesday next will be: I'd That the organization purchase Mot and build it's own home. in which Athere shall be a permanent exhibit .tpf Birmingham manufactures, offices Nor the Rotarians, Kiwanis and other ncivic luncheon clubs and a dining Broom suitable for the weekly gath feerings of these bodies and the \, ,,chamber.
 .n Among the features of the past 4syears work noted in Mir. Bunn's re- Aport are these:
 & A membership of 2,25s.
 as A balance in bank after all ex- tpenses of $14,70o.
 'p The holding of Tss meetings at- Ftended by 29,176 persons in the diff Hferent quarters of the chamber.
 Street Markers .% Placing of street markers in the rbusiness section of the city, the Ichamber purchasing the markers and
 the Community club doing the
 erecting.
 M Establishment of an agricultural Edepartment in close cooperation with Estate and county farm agents, this fdepartment. in turn, leading to tho UOTBdnIZdLfOu or the lTuChtIS Ol bhS Xcounty, the organization of the first Registered Jersey calf club in the
 state with 33 registered calves bought &by the chamber and placed among N the farm boys of the county, estab- Nlishment of city market operated by Hand for truckers, cooperative pur- MI chase of fertilizers and containers I for farmers for cash at low cost, Hand terracing and settlement of the milk controversy between the dairy men and the city on terms calcu- lated to eventuate in larger ana Ibetter milk supply.
 J Establishment of the Junior Cham ber of Commerce, which now has I $50 members from among the live fyoung business and professional men of tho city, brought together for work for the community.
 Italian Branch
 E Orgapization of the Italian branch of the chamber, one of the first re- ! suits of which was enlistment of the Italian truckers in the establish
 ment of the city market.
 X Continued and successful operation ! of the Birmingham Grain Exchange J with 8 government licensed inspec-
 tor to grade hay, oats, corn ana ! other feed stuffs coming to the com E munity.
 Continued operation of the Bir- ! mingham Traffic association, whieh I saves shipper members $l54,OoO by Il collecting claims for oyercharges ln II freight bills last year, which se- \ cured or helped secure Warrior river I rates and other rates Of benefit to Birmingham shippers, etc.
 I Held one of the first own Your Il Own Home" expositions now so pop Il ular throughout the country The eA- ! position served to acquaint Blrmlng ham householders with home makes \ of building materials and with modes \ and means of building and led to large amount of building.
 Balloon Race
 Held the international balloon Il race. which advertised Alabama ana Il Birminghams by-product gas the fl world over.
 Il Z Printing and circulating of book on "Why Birmingham? giving valu- I able data about the city for the use of the daily inquiry coming into the l chamber offices from all over the country. Industrial Birmingham. with A complete list of the industries of the district is soon to follow ana Birmingham Views containing pc lures that will reflect every actiVlty of the city and its home lire IS 10 come next. The Junior Chamber of Commerce reports in detail its organization No l yemher 80, 1920, with 20 members | and it's present membership or oao' The junior chamber attracted nation- al attention by it's stand on lynchings' | conducted a successful campaign TOT lower cafe prices, and one to riu tnc central part of the city or peeeals' s' The junior chamber has study oi- vision for young men wno "isn .o know about selling and advertising ,t has just entertained the third an nu.I convention of the Business ana profeasional Women's association or Alabama and it has stimulated the Rov Scouts of Birmingham to learn thir city by presenting medals to inc scouts standing competitive eA- .rinations on knowledge of the city.
 it's industries, climate ana the iihe'
 New Association
 rbe Wholesale Merchants and Man
 ufacturers association of the Cham
 har of Commerce was organized Octo-
 ber K. 1920. and has 59 members
 This association has instituted Ire
 custom of refunding fares to anu
 from the city to out-of-toWn mer-
 chants visiting here ana puyihs
 goods. It is preparing In con1anction
 with the Retail Merchants assocla-
 
 merchants of northern and centra.
 Alabama at convention August za'
 24 and 25. Three thousand visitors
 are expected.
 Tn addition to other activities or
 the agricultural department, or
 which county agent c. l.. Brown IS
 secretary. the department has cor
 ducted a tuberculosis eradication
 campaign in the dairies of the county
 It has given 34 movie picture shows
 affording instruction in farming methods with an attendance of 3,3to persons. It bought the registered Jersey calves that were distributed
 among the farm boys of the county
 and 1t caused dairymen of the county
 10 purchase 25 steam boilers to keei
 their milk containers clean and san
 itary.
 The statistical report shows the
 data heretofore presented in the col
 umns of the Age-Herald and much
 additional data showing the growth
 of Birmingham in every direction
 Beehive Plant Among other recommendations 1f
 the manager is that of Beehive man ufacturing plant, whose ground floor could be rented to firms using Bir-
 mingham as a point of distribution
 with space above for lease to small factories. This has proven great success in other cities and Mir. Bum feels certain that it can be made one In Birmingham. He believes It would
 bring to the city many small indus tYiss that cannot afford to build plants.
 The plan for a home for the cham Tor to be used also for A permanent exhibit of Birmingham Manufactures incluGes these features:
 | lot not less than 75 by LAO feet. q building, whose ground floor