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The age-herald., 1902-03-15
Suaar Facts Briefly Stated.

Between the Oxnardites and the Sacred Dlngleyites the facts in the sugar case are obscured and lost. They are simple, plain and unQuestioned, and it is well to go over them while the Republican factions are contend ing over Cuban reciprocity.
 Last year this country consumed 2,372,316 tons of sugar, or sixty-five pounds a head. It is estimated that we will need this year 2,495,454 tons. In 1907 we will need 3,090,144 tons, and in 1912 the consumption will be 3,7O5, ,S34 tons. Where will we get 1t?
 Last year We obtained from Hawaii, Porto Rico and the Philippines 434,490 tons. Louisiana added 250,000 tons, and our beet sugar growers made IT, 900 tons-a total from domestic sources of 755,499 tons! From Cuba we imported 651 ,430 tons, and we bought from other countries, chiefly from Germany, 965,387 tons. These are the exact facts of the case gath cred from official statistics.
 If this year we credit the beet sugar growers with all they promise and Cuba with S00,O00 tons under a gener- ous reciprocity plan, We must still buy from Germany 725,000 tons. How then can Cuban reciprocity affect the price of either Louisiana or beet sugar? It is all moonshine. The consumptive demands of the country are rising faster than the supply from domestic sources. The Louisiana field Is limited and fully occupied. The beet sugar fields cannot supply the rising demand. No one claims they can in the next ten years at least. There Is plenty of room in this market for both Cuban and domestic sugars, and the chances are that both will not be able to drive out German beet sugar.
 Why not then help Cuba? Why not help ourselves to Cuba's great trade by offering her a generous reduction in sugar duty? The answer must be sought not so much in the Oxnard lobby, vicious as 1t is, as in the inborn robber Dingleyite who rises up on his hind legs to howl out that the sacred tariff must not be touched.
The age-herald., 1902-03-15
Truck Farming.

''In southern Alabama, especially near Mobile the trucking interest has always been large. and in northern Alabama small farmers who raise fruits and vege- tables for market are on the increase" said a produce merchant.
 Trucking Is usually profitable, and 1t is a wonder that there are not more truck farmers in Jefferson County than we find here now. The thirty or forty Italians engaged in small farming are getting rich, and the few Germans and others who cultivate truck patches near Birmingham are very thrifty.
 ''The German colony in Cullman Coun- ty has been eminently successful. Ask the bankers of Culman about the Ger man-Americans in that section and the answer will be: Every German is &C., cumulating money
 ''The Cullman truckers produce the best strawberries and the best sweet potatoes in the state, and the Germans are now paying a good deal of attention to poul- try raising
The age-herald., 1902-03-15
Seaboard Air Line.

"The Seaboard Air Line will run its trains to Birmingham some day but that some day will not be this year. said one of the Baltimoreans of the Alabama Consolidated party. known to be in close touch with the Seaboard Air Line people.
 'I have talked with directors of the Seaboard Air Line recently about Birm- ingham and about the prospects of the company building to this city. They fully appreciate the importance of having their own tracks here, but l am sure no move will be made in this direction for year or more In short, the whole question of the Seaboard Air Line extending to Birmingham will be indefinitely post poned until certain improvements and heavy work on the main line, now under way or planned, are completed.
 'It seems to be like this: No one can say when the Birmingham district will have two or three new steel plants, yet every one must believe that in the course of time there will be a number of steel mills hereabouts. So, with the Seaboard Air Line. Birmingham is too strong a traffic point for that road to stay away. But whether 1t will come here within the next two, three or four years no one can say.
 Tn the meantime the Seaboard Air Line is handling a large volume of freight from this city. 1t has satisfactory ar engagements with the Louisville and Nashville to deliver Birmingham freight to it's road at Montgomery and with the Southern Railway to handle its traffic between here and Atlanta.
The age-herald., 1902-03-15
Chinese Exclusion in Two Countries.

Canada Is also beginning to advo- cate Chinese exclusion. A report just submitted to the Dominion Parliament recommends the exclusion of the Chin csc from Canada, and pending a treaty to that effect head tax of $500 is rec commended to be laid on Chinese i'm migrants. This will bring Canada in line with Australia, and widen the gulf between colonial and imperial policies.
 John Chinaman is welcome nowhere mot because he has a yellow skin, but because he works for lower wages. and does not propose to stay long. He is not assimilable, benevolently or otherwise. He is ever a Chinaman, and this does not render him a desir- able immigrant anywhere. He is as distasteful in Australia as in Canada, and as much so in this country as in Canada. No country wants him, and he alone is to blame. He refuses to be assimilated, and he is therefore re- jected.
 The Australian legislation was ye- toed by the home government, and
The age-herald., 1902-03-15
AMBASSADOR CLAYTON ABSENT.
Reply to the Charges Against Him Can
 Not Be Gotten.

Mexico City, March 4.-Ambassador Clayton is now out of the city, and his reply to the charges against him in con- nection with the Mealy case cannot be had.
 The Mexican Herald says the charge that General Clayton is interested in Mexican mines Is simply puerile, and can only have been introduced to throw doubt in the eyes of the public who may fail to see the absolute lack Of connection be- tween the fact in question and the act of which MT. Mealy complains. It Is not true, the papers continue. that Mexico of ficials are interested in these mines with General Clayton.
The age-herald., 1902-03-15
A PROSPEROUS MARKET.
From the Pittsburg Dispatch.

From the Pittsburg Dispatch.
 From all branches of the iron and steel market the reports show excellent con ditions, with prices firm and an ad- vancing tendency. The mills and fur naces are we'll sold up for the first half of the year and structural material and rails for almost the entire year. The ad- vances ordered have simply followed the natural evolution of trade, and buyers, having ordered ahead, the effect will not seriously be felt in the present market. The most notable feature of the stua- tion is the effort made to keep prices within reasonable bounds. the larger in- terests endeayoring to restrain custom CTS from buying too heavily thus hold ing down prices. A quieter market has resulted but it compensates in stability and soundness.
 The condition of the trade reflects the commercial conditions of the country, in which steady progress is the keynote There Is an absence of the speculative, comparatively speaking, which gives greater hope for the permanence of pros- perity than would a less carefully poised market The outlook therefore con- tinues bright and with satisfactory con ditions prevailing there Is every incen- tive to prolong the present situation,
The age-herald., 1902-03-15
c. H. Ackert General Manaqer.

New York, March 14.-Official announce ment was made today of the appoint ment of c. II. Ackert as general man. ager of all the lines of the Southern Rail- way Company, except the St. Louis Louisville lines. with offices at Washing ton, D. C.. and of J. M. Culp as fourth vice president of the Southern Railway. in charge of the traffic departments Charles S. Clarke was appointed general manager of the Mobile and Ohio Rail- road, vice c. H. Ackert resigned. All of these appointments become effective on March 15
The age-herald., 1902-03-15
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
chean Strawberries.

Cheap strawberries made their appear ance on Morris avenue sooner than was expected" said a well-known produce merchant yesterday.
 "They sold today for 10 cents quart That was the lowest wholesale price, and the highest was 121s cents. The berries came from Florida and were the best have seen. The cool rainy weather brought the price down.
 Next week. if the weather be warm strawberries will command IS cents a quart here If the crop is as large as it promises to be, the price will be low enough in May to suit all consumers. Berries will drop to cents by the middle of May, but until then they will hold up as a rule to figures ranging from 10 to IS cents a quart"
The age-herald., 1902-03-15
week will be Palm Sunday, which Is the Sunday before Easter.

week will be Palm sunday which IS the Sunday before Easter.
 About Persons. The Very Rev. Father Ambrose, o. 8. B., prior of St. Bernards Abbey, was in Birmingham yesterday. W. W. Baton If Anniston Is at the Florence.
 !. B. Gibson of New Orleans Is at the Florence.
 L. W. Caffee of Chicago is at the Flor ence.
 George Becker of Louisville is at the Florence.
 selden of Eutaw Is at the Metro politan.
 A. W. Glover of Montgomery Is at the Metropolitan.
 s. A. Hobson of Tuscaloosa is at the Metropolitan.
 Dr. A. B. Hoon of Montevallo is at the Metropolitan.
 J. D. Patterson, Jr., of Washington D. C., is at the Metropolitan
 
 L. Bartoh of Atlanta Is at the Metro politan.
 E. Pomeroy of Newark, N. J., Is at the Metropolitan.
 J. B. Paisley of Selma is at the Metro politan.
 w. D. Alexander of Atlanta, II. S. Neustader of New York. W. G. Hill of New York, c. Shlesinger of New York, b. B. Nuzum of Tuscaloosa, and B. J. Mccarthy of Nashville were among the late arrivals at the Hillman.
The age-herald., 1902-03-15
SIX BODIES RECOVERED.
Wreckers Have Riehted the Hull of
 Sunken Steamer Providence.

Vickspurg, Miss, March 14-The bodies of six of the twenty victims of the steam CT Providence disaster, have been recov- cred. They are:
 Engineer Roup
 George Lamb, cook.
 Will Harrison, cabin boy.
 Walt Burnes, passenger.
 Two negro roustabouts.
 All except Burnes were found in the engine room of the wrecked steamer. Wreckers have succeeded in fighting the hull and towing it to the bank. The cabin and upper works of the boat are gone completely.
 The lake is being dragged and dynamit- cd with the hope of recovering the other bodies.
The age-herald., 1902-03-15
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.
ors the New York Press

FTOIIt IIlt 4NtW UTk 1TtSS.
 Generally the new woman is old.
 It is the things man doesn't say that women construe into declaration of love.
 No woman fec's that she is in society unless she has monthly account at the jewellers.
 Fluffy frils md things have held more men to their allegiance to a woman than all the sermons that. ever were preached.
 When a woEian's mother Is coming to visit her the first thing she does is to put the family Bib.e on the sitting room table and invite the minister to dinner to show what good man she has made of her husband
The age-herald., 1902-03-15
THE BREViTY OF LIFE.

By Francis Quarles.
 How short span
 Was long enough of old, To measure out the life of man In these wel-tempered days! His time was then Surveyed, cast up and found but three score years and ten.
 Alas!
 And what is that? They come, and slide, and pass, Before my pen can tell thee what. The posts of time are swift, which, hav- ing run Their seven short stages OCT, their short- lived task Is done.
 -.--------s Our days
 Begun, we lend .
 To sleep to antio plays And toys until the first stage ends: Twelve waning moons, twice five times told. we give To uncover'd loss; we rather breathe than live.
 We spend
 A ten-years' breath
 Before we apprehend What 'tis to live, or fear death; Our childish dreams are filrd with painted joys, Which please our sense a while. ands waking, prove but toys. V
 How soon
 Our newborn light
 Attains to full-aged nooni And this how soon to gray-haired night! We spring, we bud, We blossom and we blast, | Ere we can count our days, our days4Ehey flee so fast. '
 They end tt,
 When scarce begun:
 And, ere we apprehend That we. begin to live, our life Is done Man, count thy days; and if they fly too fast For thy dull thoughts to count count every day the last. --- ~--- =.
The age-herald., 1902-03-15
KILLED WIFE AND HIMSELF.
Grained Her With Hatchet and Then
 Cut His Own Throat.

Parkersburg, W. Va. March 14.-Seized with sudden insanity, Lafe Yerkey of Flint, Doddridge County, last night buried hatchet in his wife's head and shoul- ders and then beat her brains out with a poker.
 After killing her he cut his own throat with a razor and although still alive, he will die. He Is violent in spite of his injuries and has to be held with ropes
The age-herald., 1902-03-15
Growinu EnsIey.

"I visited Ensley today for the first time in 12 months and I marveled at its city like appearance, said an investor yesterday.
 q do not wonder that Ensley real estate is advancing rapidly. I paid $500 for two lots there two years ago when the population was less than three thous- and, and I could sell them now for s25OO
 "Ensley has population today of about 1000. Some claims are for 5000. In two or three years it will have from fifteen to twenty thousand"
The age-herald., 1902-03-15
RESPONSIBILITY FOR CUBA.

From the Boston Herald.
 Cuba's present forlorn and suffering condition Is partially brought upon her by our interference in her affairs and our insistance upon protecting her from everybody but ourselves
The age-herald., 1902-03-15
pr. Little Will Resian.

Chicago, March 14.-Dr. c. J. Little, president of the Garrett Biblical institute, the leading Methodist school of the west, is believed to be contemplating the reslg- nation of his position according to the Post today. Dr. Little has been at the head of the Garrett institute for eleven years and is regarded as the highest au- thority on matters pertaining to the edu- cation of Methodist ministers.
The age-herald., 1902-03-15
Passion Sunday.

Tommorw will be Passion Sunday. With that begins the more serious part of Lent The images in the Catholic churches are supposed to be yelled and remain yelled until Easter
 The observance of Passion Sunday is very ancient but the yelling is said to be somewhat Q modern. Next Sunday
The age-herald., 1902-03-15
A ADoUBLE-AcTING RULE.

From the Kansas City Journal.
 Mrs. Astor says that only men who have college educatons can be gentlemen. That is rather sweeping. However, not even women who have college educations can be gentlemen. Had Mrs. Astor thought of that?
The age-herald., 1902-03-15
General Washington Hanqed.

. Mansfield, La., March 14.-General Washington. the negro who was convict ed of conspiring with his younger broth CT to kill the wife of R. L. Taylor. a white man, was hanged in the jail yard here this afternoon. Washington's neck was broken by the fall.
The age-herald., 1902-03-15

District Attorney Jerome of New York is a remarkable man. He openly admits that he was never in the news paper business, and that he does not know how to run newspaper. There are few like him.
The age-herald., 1902-03-15
From the Tuscumbia Dispatch.

Captain Hobson has decided not to en- ter the race for Congress in the Sixth diotrict-Bankheads district. but go after Congressman Undcrwood's scalp In the Birmingham district. It seems that the man of Merrimac fame don't care whose Congressional chair he takes. Judge Richardson had better keep an eye on this gentleman.
The age-herald., 1902-03-15
MENELlk, APPROACH

From the Chicago Record-Herald.
 King Menelik of Abyssinia wants to visit the St. Louis exposition. Come on, King We're getting so used to enter tainlng royalty that we'll know how to give you the time of your life.
The age-herald., 1902-03-15
ABOUT BIRMINGHAM.

From the Pell City Coosa Valleyan.
 Thr Age-Herald's department About Birmingham is necessarily very small, as thc,e is nothing to say about that city since Prince Henry is not going to visit 1t.
The age-herald., 1902-03-15
PrnPressiva Era.

From the Wilcox Progressive Era.
 Miss Alice Roosevelt has found out by this time that she can not play in the Queens back yard Her fortunate birth will not permit 1t.
The age-herald., 1902-03-15

Prince Henry's snap shots will inter- est his children at any rate, and his scrapbook of cartoons will induce the Emperor to exercise his gray matter.
The age-herald., 1902-03-15

The Boston strike and the Robinson Schuler row, each can be and have been settled, but the Third Regiment is not built that way.
The age-herald., 1902-03-15
ALABAMA EDITORS.

From the Mobile Daily Item
 And now it Is said that the German Emperor had no intention of inviting Miss Roosevelt to Berlin. So Miss Alice might just as well have had her trip.
The age-herald., 1902-03-15

The Third Regiment muddle Is now too thick for amateurs to see through. Only veterans can hope to fathom that sea of trouble.
The age-herald., 1902-03-15

The battleship Oregon is again ready for war, but she will have to go on the waiting list. Uncle Sam was never less belligerent.
The age-herald., 1902-03-15

Senator Morgan's courage and per. sistence will yet build the Nicaragua canal.
The age-herald., 1902-03-15

From the Greenville Living Truth.
 Governor Hogg of Texas refuses to at- tend the coronation of King Edward in knee pants. Who can blame him? How would Hogg look in knee brooches?
The age-herald., 1902-03-15

The removal of inartistic statues from the central portions of New York to its suburbs goes on steadily but resolutely.
The age-herald., 1902-03-15
THE SPIRIT OF HUSTLE.

From the Seattle Post Int ntelligencer
 Prince Hsnry will have learned that 1t is the spirit of hustle which has brought to pass all that he has seen, and made of his hosts a people who have compelled the respect and admiration of the world
The age-herald., 1902-03-15

Dr. Mary Walker is not, it seems, a gentleman, because she did not go to college.
The age-herald., 1902-03-15
From the columbiana Shelby Chronicle.

A New York jury had four men to play poker in their presence so they could get an idea of what sort of game 1t was. Southern jurors will regard that as most inexcusible ignorance.
The age-herald., 1902-03-15

Mrs. Astor does not consider the manner in which some young men go through college. She may not know.
The age-herald., 1902-03-15

Missouri proposes to raise putting goats as we'll as kicking mules. She proposes to work both ends.
The age-herald., 1902-03-15

William Jennings Bryan is still com pelled to hold reception whenever he appears in Washington.
The age-herald., 1902-03-15

General Funston is serving at pres ent without his appendix.
The age-herald., 1902-03-15

Admiral Bob Evans was an admir- able chaperone. or rather cicerone. !,
The age-herald., 1902-03-15

France Is about to put its Panama ditch back on the bargain counter, for Uncle Sam has rejected the job lot.
The age-herald., 1902-03-15

Now that Lord Methuen has been released he should be placed in a box and locked up.
The age-herald., 1902-03-15

It is strange the Beet Rooters did not object to the going of Miss Alice Roosevelt to the hated island of Cuba.
The age-herald., 1902-03-15
From the selrne Times.

The Jefferson county board of regis trars held its nnal session in Birming- han: Monday night. During the three wee<s sitting only seventy-six negroes were registered out of total registra- were of 5240. Those registrars were the rigl;t men In the right place and under stoo6 :heir business.
The age-herald., 1902-03-15

Senator Morgan and Senator Mark Hanna will soon be face to face over the Nicaragua canal bill.
The age-herald., 1902-03-15

Secretary Hitchcock will probably be the next Cabinet officer to say good bye.
The age-herald., 1902-03-15
rom the Anniston Hot Blast.

From the Anniston Hot Blast.
 Kipling says the Americans are as pig headed as the British. If Rudyard will stop at that, without dropping into verse about us, we will forgive him.
The age-herald., 1902-03-15
Fror, .he Mdntevallo Sentinel.

Atlanta has five-legged purp. It Is now np to Birmingham to go looking for cauines of the freak variety.
The age-herald., 1902-03-15
rom the Greensboro watchman.

From the Greensboro Watchman.
 Dr. ]. II. Phillips of Birmingham has been elected to deliver the address before the literary Societies of the Southern University next commencement
The age-herald., 1902-03-15

King Edwards coronation will now try to outdo Prince Henry's reception.
The age-herald., 1902-03-15
From inc Marion Standard.

According to Hon. Alex London Jeffer- son county pa.'s more salaries to three officials than to her entire public schools. There must be some inequality in the laws of that county.
The age-herald., 1902-03-15

Why is it that women are incapable of learning the Chinese languagef
The age-herald., 1902-03-15

This is the season of strikes and cyclones.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-16
JAMES WILSON,
"secretary of Agriculture"

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Chairman House District Committee.

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