The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-17
USE MOBILE PORT TO DEVELOP TRADE VAUCLA|N' ADVICE
Foreign Business Better Than Domestic Competition,
 Says IndustriaIist

| Development of Birmingham and ] Alabama's opportunities of trade
 through the states outlet at Mobile president of the Baldwin Locomotive l Works, who addressed an overflow audience at the Civic Forum of the Chamber of Commerce Monday at the Tutwiler hotel
 MT. Vauclain emphasized the wis dom of full employment of this na- tural advantage. declaring develop ment of foreign trade through the
 exceptional facilities afforded in Alabama was to be preferred to sole effort to compete with northern man ! ufacturers and producers for north !, ern trade.
 | Cuba Is at your back door," he said. Do not wait for Cuba to come to you. Go to Cuba. Realize that trade is feacible with foreign coun- tries and that other peoples are as honest as we are.'
 1 MT. Vauclain said Birmingham was a good plant site, but that he was 1 not contemplating plant expansion now.
 Makes Appeal For Boys.
 An appeal for the boys of the Ala bama Boys Industrial school, whom he addressed during the day was a feature of his talk at the forum.
 stick to these boys" he said T never sent wayward boy to jail and never will. We have in our shops scores and scores of boys who were guilty of youthful indiscretions, but are now among our mainstays" Another vigorous message was
 this; You can't make money by
 
 the highest wages possible as a basis l for that efficiency which produces the best results. We are paving out more for labor in our shops than we ever paid, yet our labor cost is lower in percentage of total costs than 1t has been in my 40 years of business experience. The Baldwin Locomotive l Works is more prosperous than ever before in it's history because it recog- nizes the right of labor to be com- pensated fully for its services 1 Music by the Boys Industrial school band was feature of the ! forum meeting. MT. Vauclain was introduced by Gov. W. W. Brandon, who was introduced by J. D. Moore, i president of the Chamber of Com merce. Mir. Moore was introduced by pr. R. G. Hershey, president of the forum.
 Brandon Invites Capital. Governor Brandon issued a sweep Ing invitation to foreign capital to enter Alabama to develop the rich re- sources of the state.
 The Alabama legislature is not going to pass any law nor Is any thing else going to be done to keep capital out of Alabama while I am governor" was the declaration greeted with loud applause. MT. Vauclain plunged into his ad- dress after a brief reference to the flower of the land" being in the south. He said his trip and that of associates was to renew old friend ships and make new ones and to i'm press on the country the necessity for solving the transportation prob lem. He declared he believed Poland had been saved from relapsng Into bolshevism and returning to Russian control through early help in her transportation difficulties. He men toned pridefully that Poland had voted medal to a representative of the Baldwin works, which furnished the country with 50 locomotives.
 Mobile is gateway to the nation of which every Alabamian should be proud" MT. Vauclaih declared, Where does this outlet lead? To the big, big world That Is the marke ct for Alabama to cultivate while we in the north work out our local trade destiny. If you build up your for eign trade down here as you can build 1t you will have all the north ern capital desired coming here to invest and take hand in your de- velopment."
 Efficiency of transportation service
 is more to be desired than lower rates, he said. Transportation is necessary regardless of cost, MT Vauclain declared. He touched on his non-belief in labor unions. but stressed his stand on paying labor the highest possible wage.
 MT. Vauclain was the guest at a banquet at the Country club Monday night. He was. taken on a tour of the industrial district during the day. His family and officials of the Bald win works accompanied him to Bir- mingham.