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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-07-12

to serve as an administration and Re
publican measure on the stump and
before the people!
It provides that all corporations do
ing an interstate business shall make
monthly returns of their business to
the treasury department, and shall
keep their books open to inspection By
government officers as national banks
are required to do. IN addition to
this there are penalties for all who
form trusts. Any person harmed by
them may sue them. and any railroad
that carries their goods Is to be pun
ished. In civil or criminal proceedings
under the Littlefield act no one Is to
be excused from testifying.
All this is very plausible. but 1t Is
very futile. The only remedy consists
in the repeal of tariff duties that en-
able the trusts to exploit home con-
sumers remorselessly. They were
formed for the purpose of
bleeding the home consumer up
to the tariff point. They breathe.
move and have their being IN
the Dingley tariff. It created them
and it fosters and fattens them. and
any real, genuine antitrust bill will be
a bill to repeal all duties on trust-made
articles. When such a bill is made
law trusts will become impossible,
while a hundred Littleheld bills would
not hurt them. The Republicans will
not pass an anti-Dingley bill, and the
extortions and outrages of the trusts
must go on until the people become
aroused and drive the Republicans out
of power. The trusts and the Repub-
licans are and long have been work
ing partners.
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THE NEXT HOUSE.

From the Boston Herald.
The Republicans who are expressing a
secure sense that their party is to have
the majority in the next national House
of Representatives reason about in this
way: In the first place, the party has
now-five majority in that body. The next
House Is to be made considerably larger
in its numbers, and in the increase the
Republicans estimate that their prepon-
derance over the Democrats will amount
to about twenty members. This is prob
ably rather high, but 1t may reach flf-
teen in amount. Thus, the Republican
preponderance to be overcome amounts
to about sixty votes There is another
element of gain to be taken into ac-
count in the new districtng. This Con-
gress is to be the first elected under it,
and number of the northern states have
so changed their districts as to make
1t probable that there will be more Re-
publicans chosen as the result. The more
sanguine of those who view the national
situation think that practically there is
a majority of nearly eighty to overcome
in order to give the Democrats control
of the House. tidal wave might
achieve this but such a phenomenon is
not anticipated the present year.
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Cotton and the Weather.

The governments weekly crop re-
port certainly presents the truth as to
Alabama and Mississippi. 1t says:
Nlssissippi-High temperatures; few
scattered showers. Crops are promising
In the extreme north portion, where cot
ton is growing and fruiting well; else
where 1t Is failing fast; drouth is be-
coming very severe in east and south
portions; cotton is not growing; contin-
ues to bloom to top. Early corn is being
cut for fodder; late corn is deteriorating.
ma-Excessively hot, with pro-
tracted drouth practically unbroken,
though few favorable showers in south
east portion Cotton is small, making
no growth. and deteriorating steadily, but
is clean and fruiting we'll considering
the size. Early corn failure. and will
hardly make fodder; late planted I'M
promising.
These two States are the dry States
of the union today, and despite local
showers they are very dry to this hour.
There is no lack of moisture in Texas,
Arkansas, Oklahoma, Tennessee or
Georgia. Portions of Louisiana and
nearly all of Mississippi and Alabama
are exceedingly dry, and cotton is not
growing. The little sun plants are
fruiting well, but their growth is
checked, and there is danger to the
crops in the two States at least unless
soaking general rain occurs soon.
with the reserve supply at very low
figures and with the crop deteriorating
daily In at least Louisiana, Missis
sippi and Alabama, where one-third
of the crop is grown, 1t will be strange
indeed IL prices do not begin to go up
Heavy rains in the three States would
change the situation, but at this writ
ing there are no signs of either less
ened heat or more moisture.
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A Bibb County Paradise.

IF you would enjoy the most beautiful
woods and fields in Alabama. fish and
swim in the clearest and loveliest waters
in the world, and drink from springs
which flow natures nectar in its rarest
quality, come with me to my place In the
hills of Bibb County," said DR.. Grattan
B. Grove, who long since eschewed poll
tics for the work of a developer of ma
tural resources and who is come now
to dwell in the midst of some thousands
of Bibb County acres. monarch of all he
surveys.
DR.. Grove owns some six thousand
acres In upper Bib. under the surface of
which are rich deposits of coal, two of
the famous seams of the Birmingham
district outcropping on his heavily-tim-
bered land. This land is in the form of
a peninsular made by two hold streams
that never grow muddy, and altogether
II is said to form one of the most val
liable and attractive bodies of land in
the country. DIR. Grove is thoroughly in
love with his beautiful possession, and
when he discusses it his scholarly fancies
and tastes run to music and poetry.
1.-THE largest creek that bounds my
place is the most beautiful stream
ever saw he said. 1.-The water is clear
to an extraordinary degree, and there
are many noble pools holes as we
called them when as boys we used to go
in swimming on Saturday afternoons
after the weeks work was done. These
pools TEEN with fish. among which trout
are most abundant Lately a boy there
has been trapping large numbers of
trout. many of them weighing each well
up in the pounds. doubt If there is any
other stream In the state that now af-
fords such fine fishing and I know there
couldn't be anywhere a stream more at
tractive to look upon. The water is cool
and sweet and the sun strikes 1t In spots
only. the banks being SO heavily wooded.
MY drinking water comes from no
BILE spring close to the house. and 1t is
as cool as IL it had been iced.i There
are many such springs on the place. and
they are neyer-failing In their abundant
flow of pure water
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-07-12
CLOTHES MAKERS IN ALABAMA.
Census Report Shows Seven Concerns,
With a Capital OF 100000.

Washington, July 11.-(Special 1.-The
Census bureau today issued bulletin
of the manufacturers of clothing for the
year 1900. The figures for the state of
Alabama are as follows: Number of es-
Establishments Z; capital invested 500, 004;
number of wage earners 1911. of whom
sixteen are males over 16 years of age
and 165 females and 10 children under 16
Value of products $500, 454.
The Treasury Department is preparing
to send to the treasury of the state of
Alabama warrant for $4,000 under au-
thority of the Morrell act of 1890 which
provides for an appropriation of this
sum to be expended for Agricultural and
Mechanical colleges in each state.
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From the New York Times
Washington. July s.-The Presidents
recent declaration on the trust question
continues to be the chief topic of inter-
est eE,ong the few politicians IT. town.
The Democrats ridicule it. They say that
the President knows perfectly well that
the anti-trust Till. which Mr.. Littlefeld
Is to prepare cannot go through the next
session of Congress, tnat the President
knows it. and that he is simply adopting
this expedient to weaken the force of the
Democratic declaration against trusts.
They also assert that It is useless to ex-
pect real antitrust legislation from an
administration which would not let the
Cuban reciprocity bill pass because an.
amendment haG been tackled on 1t which
would injurc the sugar trust.
Chairmen James NJ. Griggs of the Dem
ocratic Congressional committee, said to-
day:
Il am somewhat surprised that the
President should have waited until after
Congress had adjourned to deliver his
message on regulating the trusts. The
constitutions requires the President to-
advise Congress as TO legislation on any
subject considered necessary by him, and
this failure to advise Congress on this
question is andeed strange, considering
the fact That he thought 1t necessary to
say something en- the question two days
after the adjournment of the session.
Evidently the Republicans intend to
make the coming campaign one huge Joke,
for I can imagine nothing so amusing as
that party assuming position antagonis-
tic to the trusts. A fight conducted by
the Republican party against these mon
opolies would be nothing more than a
sham battle, and have too much conf
dence in the good Judgment and common
sense of the American people to believe
that they will be fooled by this sort of
campaign bluff.
six years the Republican party has
been in absolute power. 1t has controlled
the Senate. the House of Representatives,
and the Presidency; for seven months a
Congress Republican in both branches
has been in session, yet not one sentence,
not one word, not one syllable of legis-
lation has been undertaken for the sup
preston of the trusts
Now four days after the adjournment
of Congress and five months before It is
to meet again, with great National cam
paign coming on In which the people are
to decide who are the friends of the
trusts, the President sallies forth, armed
you, he did not send message to Con-
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-07-12
TO sTRAIeHTEN TURKISH DEBT
j. P. Morgan Has Gigantic Financial
Deal on His Hands.

New York, July 11.-Although J. p. Nor
gan went to London Wednesday night
says Paris disptach to the New York
American, the Bourse, the clubs, the
banks, the Chamber of Deputies, the
Senate, the fashionable cafes, every place
where men of money and those DESTROYS
of having it congregate, still resound
with the name of the American financier.
The cause Of the fresh outburst is the
belief that Mr.. Morgan is planning a
financial scheme more far reaching than
anything he has yet achieved. Rumor
has it that he is considering the unifica-
ton of the Turkish debit The Sultan
knows that he who unifies his debt will
Have Turkey in the hollow of his hand,
hence he thinks the safe hands are those
of the Americans whose country has no
designs upon the Ottoman Empire
The Ottoman's debt is 1,1O0, 0OO, 900 francs.
Turkey proposes to have five per cent
bonds of 1886 converted into tours. pay
able not at 525, as now, but at 800; to
contract for the construction of fourteen
ships from 500 to 1900 tons. and will guar
antee it by concessions on the Bosphorus.
Preference will be given for the ex-
ploitation of the mines, the forests, the
tramway. the waterways. electricity
and transports.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-07-12
IN HOTEL LoBBIEs
AND ELSEWHERE
The Trolley Habit.


Did you ever become addicted to the
trolley habit?" asked man with rubi-
cund and plaeidly smiling countenanee Of
saturnine fellow-passenger on a trolley
car sweeping down Twentieth street hin
last night.
mo; have acquired the swearing
habit this hot weather, or rather the old
habit has grown stronger. and am sleep
less and dyspeptle. and don't care enough
to be civil to even the men who work
with me" i.
That's the hog habit. and you ought
to shake 1t off or get yourself murdered,
rejoined the rubicund person.
TRY the trolley habit; 1t will tide you
over your hoggishness. It Is better than
a stay at silly summer resort. Every
man has at least one good habit, and ev-
cry man outside the clergy had bad
habits. Now. the trolley habit begets
other good habits. and therefore it Is
strong moral force-tends to moral re-
generation in desperate cases. 1t has the
saving quality of practical grace.
"Once every twenty-four hours 1 take
a pleasure trip on a trolley car. This is
entirely independent of and apart from
my daily duties; 1t is undertaken ex-
clusively for my own comfort, and I will
have the pleasure even though l have
previously during tNe day made half
dozen trolley trips on business. II l have
time I take a long tide; l make time to
take one of half-hours duration; the
longer the better. Once On the car, care
drops from me as a f1msy cloak blown
away by the rushing wind made by the
thrilling speed of my five-eent carriage,
which for the moment l would not ex-
change for the chaiiot of an emperor.
am happy. I smile at the babies and
please the mothers, and am benignly civil
to everybody in my carriage, though |
prefer not to engage IN talk that amounts
to conversation. Night is my time.
love the cool, mysterious, unknowable
night on suburban trolley car. The
electric lights opening long corridors In
the blaclxness and giving weird shapes
to the shadows fascinate me. The ride
refreshes me. gives me the repose of new
life, and l return from 1t ready for sound
sleep, and better work on the morrow.
Don't take my word for It, but try it,
and you will find the trolley habit to be
almost a cure-all 1t gives you peace,
comfort and reflection, charitable
thoughts, excellent digestion, and all
I. enner CT good things"
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PRESIDENTS ATTACK
ON TRUSTS RIDICULED

gress, but instead took occasion to go to
Pittsburg and deliver his pronunciamento
In that city
Why this sudden awakening of the
Republican party to the interests of the
people upon this great question of trusts?
The Democratic party sent message to
Congress while that body was in session.
although we had no authority to do so.
We sent it, from our caucus and upon
this same question of trusts Every DEM
ocrat in the House voted against adj
lourning until some legislation was en-
acted which would curtail the power
VI THESE gigantic monopolies, and every
republican voted to go home without
taxing any such action leaving them to
piunder the people for time longer.
For how long? For just as long as the
Republican party remains in power. We
voted to remain here, if it should be all
summer, for the purpose of enactfng an
ANTITRUST law. But now. after Congress.
has adjourned, the President buckles on
his armor and starts out to fight the
trusts. 1t is all a big buff As they say
in poker-parlance. It is four hush.
and 1 do not believe that any one win
be deceived by It,
And what is the remedy which the
President suggests? Why, it is publicity.
Publicity is nothing more than moral
sus sion, which would have about as much
effect upon trust as it would have upon
4 highwayman. 1 never knew of moral
sue sion causing a robber to desist from
holding up his victim, and l cannot see
where it would be any mere effective
with the trusts. What is needed is the
strong arm of the law in both cases.
I'VE have the Republican party On the
run upon this great question of trusts
and we propose to keep them running,
and see that they do not hide behind any
such flimsy shelter as the President put
up in his Pittsburg speech"
Mr.. Griggs was asked what he thought
might be the future attitude of the trusts
toward the Republican party should
Republican programme.
Il will not charge that the Republican
leaders are in collision with the trusts"
he replied. But these institutions know
perfectly well that they have not been
hurt so far by the Republicans. and they
know also the result IL the Democratic
idea to regulate them through tariff re-
form be carried out.
For this reason they may not with
hold their support from the Republican
party, in the belief that Republican
threats end no action is far preferable to
Democratic regulation"
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About Persons.

Rabbi Newfield and Mrs. Newfield are
spending a week or two in Cullman.
Mr. Stockton Cooke of Sheffield is at
the Norris
Mr.. Tyler Goodwin Of Montgomery was
in Birmingham yesterday.
Mr.. 5ames B. Jones Of Fayette is at
the Metropolitan.
Hon. John Pelham of Admission, the
distinguished young Judge of the ITALIA
dega circuit is at the Norris.
Prominent leaders of the State Demo-
eracy registered at the Metropolitan are
Hon. James Crook of Jacksonville. former
president of the railroad commission;
Hon. A. p Smith, probate judge of
Greene County; Hon. Frank Julian of
Tuscumbia; Hon. Wiley c. Tunstall Jr.,
of Admission; Hon. r. A. Mitchell of Gads-
dem Hon. W. w. HARRISON of FIT. Payne
and Hon. Steve Smith of Livingston.
Hon. John w. A. Sanford, Jr, of Mont
gomery arrived in Birmingham last night
Major John c. Webb of Demopolis and
Mr. G. b. johnson of Uniontown are at
the Morris.
Mr.. w. ]. Thackston,. one Of the most
influential young men of Greenville, s. c.,
Is at the Morris.
Mr.. William B. Reynolds Of Montevallo
is at the Morris.
Mr. R. G. Hardness of Epes is at the
Florence.
Hon. j. F. Webb of Talladega and Hon.
A. C. Miller of Dadeville are at the Flor
ence.
Mr. ]. B. wadsworth of siocton is at
the Florence
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HOW HOT is HELLs


From the Centrevlle Press.
A colored preacher was expounding the
gospel to his flock in certain town in
Georgia the other day. and after wildly
describing the place of the damned con-
cluded The service with the following:
Brethren. I have been asked how hot is
hell, and l would say that if you took
all the wood in this state and the state
of New York. together with all the coal
in Pennsylvania, piled 'em in heap and
poured on all de IL, In de world. den sot
dat on fire, and den took man out of
hell and put him in dat burnin' mass.
he would freeze to death. OATS how hot
hell is
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-07-12
CAN'T TEACH GRANDMOTHER.

From Pearson's Weekly.
Here Is q way in which imitation new
potatoes are made: Late in the season,
after other CROPS are out of the way, the
gardener plants crop of late and good
keeping potatoes. These potatoes are
dug and buried in heaps in the open field
and left until spring opens and the new
potato season arrives. At the proper
time the heaps are opened and the pota-
toes diI ped into boiling solution to
curl the Skin. The effect of dipping any
potato. no matter how old, into this boil
ing I've solution is to crack and curl the
skin, and at the same time it hardens or
makes the potato much more firm, so
that its resemblance to new potato is
so near that it would be hard to pick
cut the impostcr, from appearance alone.
from basket Of the genuine article.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-07-12
BAILEY AND PENFIELD.
Friends of the Senator Fear Blood.
shed.

New York-A special to the Herald
from Washington says: In an effort to
preserve his political prestige. which they
believed to be -tottering in Texas. the
friends Of Senator Bailey are endeavor-
ing to secure an amicable settlement OF
the trouble growing out of the attack
on Senator Bailey by Solicitor Penfield,
of the State Department.
The friends Of Senator Bailey say that
the Texan is furious over the matter
They fear that bloodshed would ensue
should Senator Bailey encounter Mr. PEN
field.
They have consequently turned to arbi-
tration, and propose that Senator Bailey
select a friend and that Mr.. Penfeld
select friend, and that the two meet to
discuss the situation and endeavor to de-
eide on some method which will afford a
way for each to close the incident with
out loss of honor.
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courthouse was the ocs aston OF the great
est non-politica; gathering and celebra-
tion Sumter has enjoyed since the good
old days before the civil war DR.. r. NJ
Cunningham delivered a grand speech
there was the biggest Of barbecues of the
old time southern style, and at night the
young folks enjoyed tho finest ball in
tho histoiy of the town. Livingston is
delightful town. with refined and charm
Ing people, and it has promising fu-
pleasure resort. Sumter Is ono Of the
most fertile counties in the SOUTH and
its white population is amongst the most
enlightened"
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ENGLAND MUST PAY EXPENSES.
Young Men Who Were Taken From
New Orleans Sent to New York.

New York. July 11.-Aid of the State
Department at Washington is to be in
voked in getting the British govern
ment to reimburse the state of New
York for expenses incurred in transport
Ing to New Orleans muleteers who had
been employed aboard British transports.
For months past young men have been
appealing to Superintendent Merwin of
the outdoor poor department for trans
portation to New Orleans from which
city they said they had sailed for South
Africa aboard British ships engaged in
carrying mules to South Africa Their
contracts called for return passage to
an American port and they were ship
ped to New York instead of New Or
leans, most of them landing without
funos. Nine men were in the last party
and have just been furnished by authori.
ties with transportation to New Orleans.
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WILL BEGIN AT REVERE.
National Cycling Association Issues
Bulletin Concerning Race.

New York, July 1.-THE following Off
cial bulletin was issued today from the
office of the N. C. A. board of control,
New York city, The grand circuit, on
which by a system of point scoring will
be decided the professional short dis
lance championship of America will be-
gin at Revere, Mass, July II and con-
clude on or about September 10. Follow
ing are the July date:
July u, Revere Mass; July IA, New
Haven, Conn.,. IS, Providence. r. l. 10,
Atlantic City, N. j.; 81. Pittsburg, Pa. !;
30 Washington, D. c.; "a, Baltimore, 26,
Vailsburg, N. j.; 20. New Haven, Conn.
At the Atlantic City meet, July 10 the
one mile championship of America will
be decided with the point scoring double.
This will be the closing date of the an
nnai L. A. W. gathering. All the lead
ing sprinters, including Champion Frank
L. Kramer, have entered for the entire
circuit, which promises to excel in in
terest the meets of a year ago.
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Settlement OF the Strike.

Patriotism and good sense have pre-
vailed, and the United Mine Workers
and coal operators have come to-
gether" and scale has been signed,
which ensures peace and prosperity in
this district throughout year to
come. The concessions were mutual,
and neither side attempted the mule
act. Messers. Farley, Flynn, Stewart
and Sullivan, representing the miners.
met a committee from the operators,
in a fair-minded, business-like man.
ner, and the result was settlement.
So just a settlement is due alike to
the moderation of the union and to
the business sense of the operators.
Neither side desired to interrupt the
prevailing activity and prosperity In
the coal industry, and so both were
willing to make needful concessions.
This settlement enures to the entire
community A rest of a week was
needed anyway, and all will go to
work determined to make the coming
year a record-breaker in coal produc-
ton. The furnaces will be unbanked,
credit will be restored, and all signs
now point to a renewal of activity
throughout the district. The miners
will take no further vacation until
Labor Day, which they will celebrate
with pockets filed by their own good
sausa and industry