The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-03-11
'HE leading article in Munsey for
 the current month is "The Fight
 fnr Atlantic r-nrnrnerce, by Win


 for Atlantic Commerce" by Win throp L. Marvin. One of the most stu pendous pieces of financial engineering IS that known as the Morgan Combine, . which seeks to control the north Atlantic ocean carrying trade. In business circles It is known as the international Mercantile Marine company and of it the author says, 'ft, is upon the sea what the United States Steel corporation is upon the land. It is the most audacious example of the modern genius for industrial combination. It was formed by powerful interests su- perbly conscious of their strength, and yet harassed by the pressure of an ex- eessive and wasteful competition" It's huge fleet of a hundred and forty odd vessels flies the colors of Great Britain, Belgium and America; not in the combine, but in alliance with 1t are the two large German companies, the North German Lloyd and the Hamburg-American line, to which latter belongs the "Deutsch, land,e which holds the record between New York and Plymouth.
 There are still some good companies outside the combine" which will make competition interesting. In England be- fore the house of commons recently, Hon. w. j. Virrie, formally announced that the British ships of the combine are to remain British and retain their flag and registry. There was an enormous amount of enmity and bitterness aroused in England on account of tho ocean com bine, and MT Morgan was of course, blamed for the whole affair remember an amusing instance of this while visiting in London the past summer. The custo- dian at the middle temple dining hall told US that J. P Morgan offered them sl40, GOO for their beautifully carved old English screen; of course we were inter ested and the conversation turned on MT. Morgan and the recent combine" In a moment the custodian drew from his pocket card which he had evidently had printed for his own satisfaction ana handed it to us with an unmistakable air of injured British pride: 1t read-Permit bearer to walk the earth. (Signed) J. Pier pont Morgan
 In the Century a timely and interest," ing article is about "The Great North west" by Ray Staunard Baker. The au- thor says, "A western town that be- grudges an appropriation of a hundred dollars for repairing the pavement of the main street, will cheerfully empty it's pockets of thousand dollars for herald .F ' o4f- they say never mind the patches-a youthfulness that we can't help liking. So the chamber circulates broadcast ad- vertising matter showing the superiority of it's town over all rivals, the purity of it's waters, the sweetness of it's air, it's unequaled business opportunities. until the fluttering visitor, dazzled by this dis play of charms, casts here his fortunes D
 The article is fully illustrated which gives an enhanced value to the text. The wonderful progress of the south is more like an awakening and rejuvenation while in the great west the irresistible spirit Is Youth, enthusiasm, health. hospitality. For you never go amiss for a friend Tn a western town
 what cldii we De! Dy GuSt3Ne Michand, is the first of series of vaiu- able contributions upon "The coming race in America" The author considers the ethnic origin of our immigrants-thelr mental and physical characteristics, idiocyncrasies and tendencies not only of the individual who lands upon our shores. but also his posterlty, that is to say, the future American people.
 Many pictures giving the approximate ethnie composition" of immigrants who have landed on our Baltic, AL pine and Mediterranean, with accom- panying maps, add to the completeness of the article. The frontispiece is portrait gent. and is interesting not merely as a portrait of one American artist Of dis tinction by another but as a testimony of the appreciation by artists of MT. Chase as an crtist and teacher. The DOT trait was painted as a permanent testi- monial to Mir. Chase, lon account of his increasing devotion to American students and American art" and will be presented to the Metropolitan Museum of Art
 
 The initial article in Harper's is a crit ical comment of King Richard II'' by Algernon Charles Swinburne, with pie lures of special interest by Edwin A. Abbey. R. A. The author says. 'erhe legendary choice of Hercules was of less moment than the actual choice of Shakes peare between the influence of Robert {
 Marlowe.' Our Tyrol and it's Types by Julian Ralph is of special interest. The author says. Our Tyrol--.especiaIly the Green Mountain portion of it--is peopled with queer characters.
 ''The orlginol heroic Yankee stock was sufficiently strong to bequeath intense in- dividualism even to the meakest of its descendants, so that crank in those parts is more of q crank, and a loafer can loaf harder, than almost anywhere else that l have been." There are q number of illustrations giving typical "Curios'' of the Vermont woods.
 There Is a characteristic story by Ruth McEnery Stuart entitled "Milady.' of whom we read When she and her com panions played together in the barn. she often played lady by strutting before them with various steps which she would name in this way:
 I" Dis heah's my bo'quet-frock walkp or
 Watch my pa'sol gaitr or
 Now see me work my fan? All done empty-handed, of course"
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