The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-04-06
COMMENTS ON MEN AND
MATTERS OF THE WORLD

into nodding timesi But hold The end
is not yet. When win Harry" and Eve
Ign HE themselves to the divorce court2
That pro1ongs the argument.
j. II. Morgan, state inspector of work.
shops and factories in Ohio. has made
a sensible suggestion in regard to thea
tres which is sound in principle but diff
tcult Of achievement. He thinks that all
such places of amusement should be erect
ed on an open lot and with the auditor
ium on the ground floor, so that egress
and ingress would be comparatively easy.
Such scheme would be favored by the
public but space is at a premium in
cities and such enormous expense for a
site does not appeal to managers.
1t is rather remarkable that after all
the agitation in the state over decreas-
ing the amount of fertilizer to be used
by the farmers this year an increase OF
1000 tons in the amount of fertilizer sold
in Alabama for 1904-5 is shown over the
sales for 1884. In this case talking seems
to have accomplished but little.
Messrs. Harrington, Churchill and Par
ker-respectfully designated as Booth.
Winston and Gilbert are pointed out as
writers who have waxed opulent by their
craft, and are still collecting coins. 1t
would be painful to point out the individ-
uals who have failed to follow the Illus
trious examples of Messrs. Harrington.
Churchill and Parker.
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world owes them a living spend all their
lives trying to collect it and leave be-
hind a monument of debts.
The frequency with which our men OF
genius fall into money entanglcments Is
not only painful for their friends but a
serious handicap to those savants in thei-
pursuit of scientific data. 1t is a great
pity that all our men of learning cannot
be subsidized. The danger of such a
practice would be the astonishing num-
Der of astute professors who would de-
velop as a result of desire to live COM
fortably without working.
Kansas trembles before the advance of
Commissioner Garfeld-at least that part
of the state which is owned by the
STANDARD Oil trust With his mighty
probe and his eagle eye Mr.. Garfield will
accomplish wonders in the matter of in
vestigating. He says he will, and OF
course he will. The bruised and LAGER
ated beef trust is cen now quivering
from the pitiless onslaughts of Commits
sioner Garfield
There is nothing fguratiye about the
way in which the bears of Colorado are
taking to the tall and uucut timber. A
Colorado bear will be the poorest rise
in the world until .ireless THEODORE goes
back home again.
THE TRUSTS.
The sugar trust, the beef trust,
The trust of Standard Oil,
The coal trust, the coffee trust
They own the very soil!
TIL. bread t. st, the tin trust,
The trust of U. S. steel,
The drug trust, the tobacco trust
How oft they make us squeall
The whisky trust, the railway trust,
Trusts on land and sea.
The peanut trust, the candy trust
All squeezing you and me!
The paper trust, the thread trust.
The trust of hides and leather,
The copper trust, the lead trus;
All feeling in fae ieatherI
The gum trust, the paint trust,
And the paper trust quite new,
The rope trust, the cable trust
Oh the trusts are far from few
There are other trusts. and other tru4s
One hears they can't be trusted
But hearkl the rumor's out-way oAt-
That they will soon be busted.
PAUL COOK