The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-11-05
25,OOO VOTES ID BE. PORT BILL MAJORITY. COMMITTEE SAY s.
Even Seventh District Has Re- tented and Small 0ppoSi- tion Is Now Expect
 ed There

Ratification by more than 25.0oO Sotes was predicted for the Alabama seaport amendment by the state com snfttee Saturday sydney J. Bowie and H. K. Milner, chairmen, said they were confident of this al the close of an aggressive campaign to Hdueate the public.
 More than two-thirds of the coun- kies, according to advices received 4t>. committee headquarters at Bir- sninsham during the last few days, Will return substantial majorties in flavor of the amendment. Counties that registered heavily against the hmendment two years ago will either give jorities for it this time or the adverse majorities will be re- ! Huced to small figures.
 Reports from the Seventh district. 1 (which gave more than 10000 ma sority against the amendment two gears ago, which was approximately ] Hhe total adverse majority in the l state, indicate that all but one or two of the counties making up this :. district will come up With majorities 1 for the amendment this time. This is ' fhe only district in which there is a ! close political fight on between the Ssnlajor parties, and the prospects are fMhat large vote will be boiled. The voters of these counties have 53earned the merits of the seaport h hhmendment and what it's adoption peans to the entire state of Alabama and members of the county commit Bees report to state headquarters that b great majority of the voters, hay ang been convinced that the adoption pf the amendment will tend to pro- mote the material interests of the State and not increase the burden of Nhe tax payers, are willing to sup Bort 1t at this time.
 Women Work Hard The women of Alabama have been hn important and, possibly, a decid- i Ing factor in the campaign. Through fheir clubs and other organizations | they have made an aggressive and dntelligent campaign for the ratifica- ] fion of the amendment, and their in- i, fluence is being felt not only among | Nhe women voters but among the men Bs we'll.
 From Randolph county the report ! fomes to state headquarters that of | 3d3 women registered in that county. ab0 have declared themselves In favor pf the amendment. Similar reports have been received from other coun- tres and it is confidently predicted that 90 per cent of the women of the state will vote for the amendment.
 Information Sought
 The seaport committee has had printed and distributed through the State more than 100000 pieces of literature, which have gone into every nook and corner of the state and some of it has been placed in the hands of practically every voter.
 That the people have read this literature is evidenced by the fact that large number have written to committee headquarters for aditional literature, stating that they wanted to be thoroughly familiar with the amendment proposition when they go to the polls November T.
 John w. Abercrombie, superintend- ent of education, in q letter to MT. Bowie sets forth his own views on the amendment and advances many reasons for its adoption.
 Ills letter:
 "Replying to your inquiry, permit me to say that I am heartily in favor of the adoption of the proposed sea- port amendment. In the port of Mo- bile the people of Alabama possess a potential economic asset of incal- cuable value and it behooves us to make the most of that asset through its complete development.
 development Possible
 Tn natural resources, l4abama is Unsurpassed. In fact in the opinion of experts, our natural advantages are unequaled elsewhere. One of the most important. if, not the most i'm portant material factor In the eco homie development of e state Is ade- quate transportation or shipping fa- cilities. Alabama Is suffering for lack of such facilities. Such facilities can be provided through a develop ment of the. port at Mobile. The adop- tion of the proposed amendment will render possible development of that port which otherwise would be i'm possible.
 .Furthermore, until Alabama's only seaport is equipped with adequate shipping facilities our people will not enjoy their share of the benefits to accrue from the building of the Pan anna canal. It's equipment, with such facilities, will result in better and cheaper transportation rates for the I3roducts of our farms. forests, fac