The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-10-22
"BRUMnAcEN JOE"
The English Statesman and His Re-
uarkabIe Home Clty.


mRrLabIe Home City.
From the New York Pres
The Right Honorable Joseph Chamber
lain seems 20 have outgrown hts eplthet
OF "Brummagem Joe" though the Brit
tish papers continue 20 afsert that he ls
soD-in-law Of the late william C Eni-
ieott. Judge Of the Supreme Court. 4.
s. New York" Tho British mind can
never understand that We have not only
national Supreme Court. but a Suprem
Court In every State Mr. Chamberlain
vindication r. complete and his third
wife is one % the lovClier Amer can
women. Hts ability we recognize and h
his higher elevation many friends on
this side Of the water will take pride. lie
has proved himself anything but colo
quiallsm from Birmingham. and Is sup
posed to mean rubbish.
Birmingham n a city Of little thing.
The popular idea over here h that II Is
famed for the manufacture o. iron and
steel. which ia altogether wrong is
claim 10 greatness resting upon the enor-
nous output OF small useful and useless
articles made from the staple metals. Ite
population IL about moon Araft from
the few leading thfouRhfares, the streets
which have melancholy and polr ap-
pearance. II Ia the true provincial town.
shabby and characteriess The only sttrac-
live part Of Il II EdRbaxton. tho fashion.
able suburb. where the upper middle class
have their homes. II ie situated IN the
heart % the BLACK Country" and g.
connected by railway and canal with
every part OF England.
Edmund Burke called Birmingham he
VIA.
It's lndustries7 They make everything
there and . thousand things bealdsH.
BrummaEem goods" have a reputation
the world over Whence come the eo-cal-
led Egyptian antiquities which the feeia-
lien sell to the supplemented traveller who
makes the ascent OF the great pyramid Or
visits the museum OF Boulak? From
birmingham. And those gigantic spurs
which adorn the heela OF the gauchoz Of
South America And the machetes Of the
Mexican and Cuban7 And the German
finder boxes7 And the metal trays which
are 20 easily sold IN Eastern baxaarS7 AL
come from Birmingham In the seven
tenth century whence came the steel
buckles and buttons. the fancy scabbsrds
and the multitude OF metal ornaments
with which our forefathers and the ma
tions Of Holland. Germany. France and
Italy loved 20 adorn themselveH7 From
birmingham
Perry made the hrst steel pens ~ Bir-
mingham IN 1874 selling them a. ninsty
cents apiece The weekly output Of that
city Just now IL e9.o0eooo. and some are
sold for 1--WE cents a gross After pens come
pins. iron and steel wire, metallic strings
Tor pianos. one house alone makes eight
tons OF these q week Fifty thousand we'd
ding rings are made there every year. All
the canaries In England live In cages made
IN Birmingham. and ali the bronze money
Is turned out there. the coinage amount
Ing 20 5000 penny pieces every twenty
four hours. Twelve tors Of pins are manu-
featured every week. screw-making IL one
OF the important industries. and that which
made Mr. Chamberlain a millionaire. Amer
lean automatic machines are used. and
one woman IL sufficient 20 attend 10 ten.
which spit out millions daily.
The Royal Small Arms factory Is at
birmingham. Between 1904 and 1915 800 90
frearms were made. In the Crimean War
5000 muskets were completed weekly, one
firm supplied i5.0aO Habres for the Parlia
meniary tr ops fish irg aga ms the Royal
lists. The quantity OF gold and silver
plated gco3s--tea pots. coffee pots salvers'
opergnes. eandlestieks. sugar bowls. fcrks
spoons. etc.-produceo l. simply incalcu-
liable. The magnificent iastres Of cut glass