The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-07-12
EAST TAKES MERGER TALK SERIOUSLY

Birmingham does not seem to take reports of mergers of Alabama industrial properties as seriously as Wall street does. That east ern financial and industrial circles are inter- ested in the consolidation projects is proved by the attention which is being given them by such authorities as the Wall Street Jour nal, which declares that progress is reported' by men in a position to know.
 The east is keenly alive to the progress which the south has made in the past 10 years, and the recent census has opened the eyes of the rest of the country to what lies dormant here.
 Fairfax Harrison, president of the Southern railway, recently pointed out that from 1911 to 1920 the south had made gains in iron making, mining, cotton manufacturing, bank. ing and capital invested in manufactures far greater in percentage than had been made by the nation at large in the same period. Development in the south is ahead of the rest of the country.
 Southern iron, coal and steel industries are now in full operation, while the east is handi- capped by the coal strike. Southern industrial properties and the southern railroads have been first to show net earnings.
 The east appreciates the increasing value of southern industrial properties, and that is why it treats seriously the projects on foot for mergers and consultations.
 
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