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The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-04-25
Omen Hearth Steel and Scraps.

The Iron Trade Review calls atten-
ton to the growing scarcity of steel
making scrap. 1t considers the situa-
ton very serious. A scrap famine is
impending. Not only is a high per-
centage of scrap consumed in the
making of open-hearth steel, but that
percentage is increasing, as well as
the output of such steel. Last year
the production of basic iron in this
country stood at 1,44S,S5O tons, and
yet 3,61S,993 tons of basic open.hearth
steel were turned out. This became
possible through the greater use OF
scrap, and the Iron Trade Review
shows that the percentage of pig iron
in such steel fell from 52.7 in 1897 to
400 in 1901. Every year since 1897
shows greater use of scrap, both
on account of the increasing product,
and the increasing percentage of scrap
in that product.
Higher prices for scrap have come,
but higher prices will not suffice. A
downright scarcity will soon prevail.
1t Is estimated that two million tons
of scrap were consumed last year,
and that three million tons will be
needed this year. AS the making of
open-hearth steel promises to be near
ly doubled next year by the addition
Of new plants, where is the scrap they
will need to come from? This is a
serious question.
The remedy may be an all-pig charge,
but the ordinary open-hearth furnace
cannot use such processes. Only the
large producers can then make steel,
but If the large producers resort to
all-pig charges, there will be scrap
enough for the lesser makers. The
large producers will not, however, do
this while scrap can be procured al
reasonable rates, and then they will
do SO unwillingly. The scrap dealers
are at any rate in luck, and the gath
erihg of scrap promises to be activ
many years to come, chiefly becaus,
the production of open-hearth stee
is to be largely increased.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-04-25
FIGHT ON TELLER.
Republican Senators Map Out Cam
paign Against His Resolution.

washington, April 24-The Republican
members of the committee on relations
with Cuba today considered the course
to be pursued on the resolution introduce
ed by Senator Teller directing the Cuban
committee to investigate the report that
the present crop of Cuban sugar is held
by the sugar trust. From the exchange
of opinions 1t was made evident that a
majority of the Republican members are
disposed to accept theFfirst part of the
resolution. while nsfe of them will stand
with the opposition members In support
ing the second part of It. The portion
favorably considered is that directing an
inquiry into present sugar holdings. The
other portion directs an Investigation of
the entire question of reciprocity with
Cuba and it is to this portion of the
resolution that special objection is made.
Senator Platt of Connecticut, chair
man of the com mittee, announced that a
meeting of the committee would be call
ed for tomorrow to consider the Teller
proposition.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-04-25

in Kansas, Nebraska and Missouri will
soon be beyond ruin" If not damage.
Spring rains rarely fail to fall in
the Northwest, and the apprehension
of serious drouth in April was with
out foundation. Since the winter
wheat States were settled this has
never occurred, and the scare of the
early days of this week In Kansas,
where hot winds were blowing, was
uncalled for. The spring rains have
come. and the farmers of the North
west are happy.
They should in return reduce the
prices of butter and cattle to reason
able figures. The price of butter has
been advanced cents pound since
the oleomargarine bill was passed by
the House, and the price of the best
cattle on foot has reached in Chicago
$3.50 a hundred. These are famine
prices, when there is no famine. The
land Is full of butter and beef. These
are drouth prices when rains are fall
ing in all the States.
Congress, at the dictation of the
dairy farmers, created the butter cor
ner. 1t practically levied, in other
words, an extra tax upon the con-
sumers of butter of cents a pound
in order to win votes in the dairy dis
tricts. The oleomargarine bill is still
hanging fire in the House, and 1t re-
mains to be seen what its fate will be
in the face of a rise in the price Of
butter that is almost unprecedented.
Between the proposed destruction
Of the oleomargarine interests and the
extortions of the beef trust, made pos
sible by the Dingley tariff, the con-
| sumner whose purse is as light as his
appetite is strong will have something
to say in November, and he will not
fail to put his sentiments into con-
crete form. Both Dingleyism and the
oleomargarine bill are Republican
measures, and the consumer who has
to pay cents more a pound for pro-
tected meats and cents pound more
for protected butter will in November
go to the polls and express his indig-
nation in very telling manner.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-04-25
Beer.

Few branches of business are 50 much
affected by summer weather conditions as
the beer trade" said a representative OF
one of the Birmingham brewries.
When we have hot summer our sales
are large, but when we have cool sum-
mer there Is a great falling off. 1 am
hoping for hot weather from now on,
but there is no way of knowing now how
1t will be.
"Some men want beer all the year
round. Others drink 1t only in summer,
and the hotter the weather the more of it
they drink. Many people who are tenn
perate in their habits have an idea that
beer is more wholesome than hydrant
water. I believe it quenches thirst better
than water.
"The large increase in the consumption
of malt liquor is due to the fact that
many families have 1t on their tables.
This was not the case twenty years ago.
All the beer-drinking then was done at
bar counters; but hundreds of people
here in Birmingham drink beer now who
never saw inside of a saloon
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-04-25
Beef and the Tariff.

Instead of crying out, Stop eating
meat" as an orator in the Chicago
Federation of Labor recently did, he
should have shouted, Pull down the
-for-trusts, the sacred tariff writ
ten on the Dingley tables that are
now preserved in the Republican
temple"
The meat trust is protected from
cheap Mexican cattle, from dressed
meat of the Canadian packers, from
all substitutes for beef from New
Zealand or elsewhere. The duty is
1915 head on cattle not worth more
than $14 head, and 271a per cent on
better cattle. This prevents the re-
stocking of ranches with Mexican cat
tie. 1t keeps off meat from all quar-
ters, and the meat trust Is simply put
ting prices up to the tariff point some
thing all other trusts will do sooner
or later. One of the Federation speak
ers did say that the true plan con-
sisted in petitioning Congress to take
the duty off of Australian cattle so
that competition could get in its work,
but the majority seemed to prefer to
boycott meat, chiefly perhaps because
the five allied packers refuse to en-
ploy union labor.
The five allied concerns-Armour,
Swift, Hammond, Nelson Morris and
rzschild-Sulzberger slaughter
100000 cattle a year, or about one
third of the entire number killed in
the country, but they do the slaugh-
tering at Chicago and Kansas City,
which are the two chief sources of
supply. These two cities distribute
dressed beef more widely than any
other two cities, and this gives the
five allied concerns their great power
and control of the meat trade.
If the packers are not reaping a
great harvest, the Western farmers
are, and the consumers everywhere
pay the freight. The whole matter is
beautiful object lesson of the tariff
for-trusts, and as meat may go higher
still the mass of the people are in a
| fair way to understand the tariff bet
ter than they ever have in the past
This is one gain to come from the
prevailing prices of meats.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-04-25
Farmers and Farm Tenures.

All who manage farms are farmers
in the census view. Farmers and
farm laborers differ in the respect that
the one Is a manager and the other is
not. In the census year the 223,220
farms of the State were operated by
94,346 owners, 74,33O cash tenants, and
54,544 share tenants. The cash ten
ant is increasing faster than any other
class Of farmers.
OF the farms of the State 129, 137
are operated by white farmers, and
94,0S3 by negro farmers. The farm
of the white farmer is, however, more
than twice as large as the farm of
the negro farmer, and is about three
times more valuable. The average
gross income of a farmer in this
State is but 1854. The white farmers
gross income is s421. The negro
farmers gross income is put at $2S6.
OF the farms of the State $40 per
cent are operated by white farmers,
and AL per cent by negro farmers.
OF the white farmers 61.5 per cent
own the farms they operate, and 37.9
are tenants. OF the negro farmers,
Is per cent are owners, and SIS per
cent tenants. No comparison can be
made with former years, because nc
previous census gathered such stats
tics. But 1t is plain that the number
of negro owners and negro tenants is
rapidly increasing, outrunning in per
centage the increase in negro popula
ton.
The occupation tables for 1910 have
not been completed. OF every 1000
males engaged in 1880 in agriculture
248 operated farms as owners; 21S
rs tenants; $40 worked as farm labor.
ers, and IA worked for wages at spe-
cial occupations. In 1890 there were
in every 1000 persons 281 owners, 265
tenants, All farm laborers, and 40
special wage laborers. The owners
were more numerous In 1890 than they
were in 1880, and the farm laborers
less proportionately, and it is believed
the occupation tables for 1900 will
show a like tendency.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-04-25
EeesHELL FARM FOR CHILDREN

From the Buffalo Express.
An eggshell farm is a part of one of the
primary school departments Of study in
this city. Each child takes an eggshell
about two-thirds whole. The child
name is written on the shell and after a
lesson on soils sufficient earth is placed
in the shell to fill 1t. Each one In room
is given the same kind of seed to plant.
After the plant becomes too large for the
shell the child Is encouraged to take 1t
home and plant In a garden. The teach
ers aim to teach the complete life history
of the plant from seed to seed.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-04-25
JEFFERSON DAVIS ApMoNITIoN

From the New Orleans Times-Democrat.
In welcoming the Confederate Veterans
yesterday at Dallas, Governor Sayers of
Texas quoted these words, spoken late
In life by the ex-President Of the Con-
federacy:
Men in whose hands the destiny Of our
Southland lies, for love of her, I break
my silence and speak now these words
of respected admonition. The past Is
dead, let 1t bury its dead with its hopes
and aspirations. Let me beseech you to
lay aside all rancor, all bitter sectional
feeling and take your place in the ranks
of those who will bring a contamination
devoutly to be wished-a reunited peo-
pie"
How witheringly do these words rebuke
certain critics at the North who have
told their countrymen that Jefferson Da-
Wis, when the civil war was over, preach
ed the gospel of sectional hate and sought
thereby to prevent the reconciliation of
the North and South!
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-04-25
WAGES and the Cost of Living.

"Those wage-workers who have con-
tended that the working man was better
off when wages were high, even If the
cost of living was high in proportion, did
not have in mind such prices as they are
paving for provisions now" said a brick
layer yesterday.
"a year ago mechanics could save a
good deal of money out Of their earnings,
but 1t is hard to save anything now.
Everything has gone so high that the
msn with a family finds 1t is as
much as he can do to make both ends
meet.
mo matter what causes the jump In
prices, the Republican party is going to
suffer next fall. used to be q staunch
Democrat, but since 1892 have not voted
the Democrat ticket outside Of local cleo
tions. 1 nave many friends who turned
from the Democratic to the Republican
party, but who are ready now to help
put the Republicans out of power"
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-04-25
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
AND ELSEWHERE
A Noble Example.

THE more I think of 1t the more i'm
pressed am with the remarkable career
of DR.. Munhall," remarked prominent
man OF culture who attended the revival
meetings and who came in close personal
contact with the evangelist.
"Munhall was blacksmith by trade
but he became a scholar, an editor ana
great preacher. He was suffering with a
severe cold all the time he was here
which tut him at disadvantage. An
ordinary man would have given up anu
gone to bed. but Dr. Munhalrs poweriu'
constitution and win enabled him TO 80
on without tagging. In thirty years III
Munhall has not laid Off day Tor III
ness. Take him any way you WILL ne Is
a noble example"
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-04-25
AGAINST ROUND BALE MEN.
Supreme Court Thinks They Are Not
Entitled to Lower Rates.

Austin. Tex. April 24.-The third Court
of Appeals has just rendered decision
that IS somewhat peculiar. Recently
Weld and Neville, the agents for
round-bale cotton process, applied to the
district court of Travis County for man
damus against the railroad commission.
urging that their process Of putting up
cotton had points about it which entitled
1t to lower rate than the square-bale
process enjoyed. The district court re-
fused the mandate, but decided that
compliments were entitled to a lower
rate, holding that the court had no au-
thority to order the railroad commission
to make such lower rate. as the commits
sion was the only recognized rate-making
body in Texas.
The Court of Appeals on orders from
the Supreme Court has Just affirmed this
decision without giving any method Sc
curing the relief adjudged as due.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-04-25
OLD FEUD RENEWED.
Several Men Shot as Result Of Trouble
In Tennessee.

Knoxville, Tenn, April PA special to
the Sentinel from Sneedville, Tenn, says
the terrible feud in the Sixt district
of Hancock county Tenn, which original
ed in August. 1900. in which four men
were killed has been renewed. Isadil and
Pettibone Collins and Mcdaniel and Will
liam Mullins were passing the home of
Wiley Brewer about p. n and 1t is
said shot at Brewers house.
The fire was returned by party or
parties at the house, Pettibone Collins
was shot through one shoulder and in
both legs. Isadil Collins was shot In
one ankle and both legs The Mullins
men ran and were unhurt. Both Collins
are dangerously wounded. This is the
outgrowth of the election feud nearly two
years ago, when John Lamb, a deputy
sheriff, Tillman and Lucas Collins and
Whitton Gibson were killed and Wiley
Brewer badly wounded. The men shot
this time were parties to the original
fCud.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-04-25
cRoss.cur SAWS.
q New York Tribune.

From the New York Tribune.
l. A fool and his money are hard to
find.
2. Never put off Ill tomorrow what
some one will do for you today.
8. A rolling stone gathers no JOY from
the scenery.
4. It's an i'll wind that dies before 1t
gets up.
5. A miss Is as good as a mystery.
G. One swallow doesn't make q spring
hat.
Z. Uneasy lies the head that needs no
hair cut.
8. The longest way round is the most
saving on the garden gate.
8. Enough is as good as controlling in
tarest in a trust.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-04-25
ATTORNEY ARRESTED.
Gave Woman Paper PurportIng to Be
Decree of Divorce.

Norfolk, Va, April PAP. j. Morris.
who was candidate for city attorney at
Tuesdays election, was arrested today on
warrant sworn out by Mrs Julia An
derson, who alleges that Morris, who had
been retained by her to secure a divorce
from her husband, gave her paper pur-
porting to be a decree of divorce from
the state Of Dakota. Records show that
no attempt was made to secure divorce
in this city. The case will be fully In
vestigated tomorrow.
The bar association, of which Morris is
member, will meet In special session
Saturday, at which meeting Morris has
been summoned to appear and show cause
why he should not be debarred from fur
Their practice.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-04-25
TO LOWER ALCOHOL TAX.
Internal Revenue Commissioner Is In.
clined to Favor Decrease.

Washington, April 24.-Thc ways and
means subcommittee, having charge of
internal revenue affairs, gave hearings
today on the proposition to reduce the
tax on alcohol and spirits from S1.1O to
70 cents per gallon as embodied in a bill
introduced by Representative Joye Of
Missouri. Commissioner of Internal Rev
enue Yerkes expressed the belief that the
rate should be somewhere between 81
and $1.10. Vice-President Bradley of the
American Distillers' Association was ia
vorable 20 the decrease, saying that many
articles having alcohol as an ingredient
had to be imported from foreign countries
because of the high price of alcohol
John Thompson. representing Kentucky
distillers' interests, also supported the
measure
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-04-25
Cotton Planting.

Cotton planting has been gong Oh
rapidly this month and the weather con
ditions have been just like those of lSsS'
when the South raised its recoru-oi can
ing crop" said Mr.. w. S. Brown 'he
well-known cotton factor.
This perfect weather will give 'he Nc"
crop a fine start. A large acreage Is De
ing planted, and If good weather con
tinues Alabama will produce considerably
ever million bales"
Cotton is now bringing ga cents III On
mingham, but there is very little iei' ~
planters hands. There are perhaps nv
over 300 bales in the country tributary &c
this market.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-04-25
FATE.

By Susan Mari Spalding.
Two shall be born, the whole, wide world
apart,
And speak in different tongues, and have
no thought
Each of the others being; and have no
heed; rf
And these. DER unknown seas to Unknown
lands
Shall cross, escaping wreck; defying
death;
And, all unconsc.ously, shape every act
to this one end
That, one day, out OF darkness, they
shall meet
And read iife's meaning in each others
eyes.
And two shall walk some narrow way Of
life
So nearly side by side that. should one
turn
Ever so little space to right or left,
They needs must stand Acknowledged
face to face.
And yet. with wistful eyes that never
meet.
with cropping hands that mover clasp:
and lips
Calling in vein to ears that never hear:
They seek each other all their weary
days
And die unsatisfed-aEd that is fate.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-04-25
NEW STEEL COMBINATION,
Corporation Formed In Arizona With
$t5,o0o,ooo Capital.

Phoenix, Ari., April 24.-Articles of In
corporation have been filed with the
county recorder here Of the Western Iron
and Steel Company with a capital stock
Of s15,0o0,000, divided into shares of 800
each. The incorporators and directors
are: B. F. Brening. Marcus Pollasky,
James II. Bridges, William G. Bussey,
Henry w. Hodge, Irwin C. Stump, Jo-
serh w. Stanford. Seymour r, Thomas,
A. e. Pierkowski. Acknowledgment were
taken IN New York.
The articles named Phoenix as the
principal point of business, with the ex-
ecutive and bug mess office in San Fran
cisco.
The business proposed is the smelling
and working Of steel and iron in any
form, making armor plate, building
ships, railroads, locomotives etc.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-04-25
Senator Money and His Fare.

ar am we'll acquainted with Oni1eo
states Senator Money of MISSISSIPPI anu
was sorry to read of his diirlcuity WIN
a street car conductor in washington
said a Birmingham politician.
conductors everywhere WORK uiiuei
strict rules, and when this Particu-
lar conductor in whose car the oeHd'oi
was riding told him that he must sho"
transfer or pay his fare or get OIL
there was nothing left for MN u uo
but obey. He was entitled TO traiisiei'
1t seems, but In the haste OF leaViiis an
other car in order to catch one bound
for the Baltimore and Ohio station, ne
had failed to secure the necessary slip
Tho conductor refused to take his woro'
This angered the ordinarily amiable Sen
ator. and when the conductor proceeoeo
to carry out his threat the senator re-
sisted. A nickel would have saved all
unpleasantness, but Mr.. Money was ACT
ing on what he conceived to be prlnciple'
similar cases happen right mere III
Birmingham. The Birmingham Railway
Light and Power Company, like every
company of the kind, finds 1t necessary
to maintain discipline, and the hrst re-
ouirement of discipline is obedience TO or
ders on the part of subordinates. M
conductor is allowed to pass any one VINO
does not pay fare. Little rows occur
sometimes but the conductors have to be
firm.
Last summer I started to Gate City on
a trolley car. l thought l had the price
of a ride in my pocket but when the
conductor came to me for fare l felt In
my pocket and to my great embarrass'
ment I found that l was moneyless. The
conductor simply said: You will have tc
get off. Those are my orders and witt
that the car was stopped and L got OH
| had to walk back almost mile to my
starting point. I knew very well that II
would be a waste of time to parley witt
the conductor.
But the severest test OF the 'pay-or'
get-off' rule that ever came to my knowl-
edge was when the conductor made q
nurse with two little children of one OF
the high officials of the company leave
the car after dark. several miles from
Birmingham, because she failed to pro-
duce a ticket or money. Carrying one OF
the children and leading the other the
nurse trudged to town.
In my case the conductor would have
been inexcusable had he not made me
get off, but I thought the conductor who
refused to pass the nurse with the chill
straining discipline. But the company
when the case was reported upheld the
man because he obeyed orders"
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-04-25
Beef, Butter and the Weather

The hot, dry weather that over
spread the grassy regions of the North
west has been suddenly ended, and
copious rains have fallen, and the
temperature has also fallen to nor
NAL point. No damage was really
done in the short drouth to crops, and
the recent rains will push all yegeta-
ton forward rapidly. Winter wheat
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-04-25
LEAVE 1T TO THE PEOPLE.

From the Eufaula Times.
The friends of the primary for nominal
lions have righteous cause, notwith-
standing there are the many who raise
the "scarecrow" that it is only those VINO
have dollars can make nomination.
Leave 1t to the people and they Will de-
eide that merit will win a part of the
time They now feel that 1t Is ABOUT
time to shelve the politician and middle
men so that they can have some voice in
making nominations. They want to be-
gin now to clean the political cess pool
by starting in with doing away with the
convention.