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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-01-29
Race Suicide the Chief Issue.

Bishop Doane, at the head of a COM
mittee of the inter-church conference
on marriage and divorce, called on
the President, and they drew out from
our Chief Executive a very striking
speech on the subject of race suicide.
"Questions like the tariff and the cur
rency are of literally no consequence
whatsoever compared with the vital
question of having the unit of our
social life, the home, preserved" The
family must, he says, be put upon the
proper basis. at goes without say
ing" he added, that for the race, as
for the individual, no material pros.
perity. no business growth, no artistic
or scientific development will count II
the race commits suicide"
Mr.. Roosevelt has never made a
upeech fuller of vigor and terseness,
touching a subject that goes to the
very foundations of the American
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-01-29
in HOTEL LOB8IES
Old Virginia.

Virginias agricultural exhibit at the
81 Louis exposition carried off one of
the four grand prizes given for such dis
plays and so she is pluming herself
among the southern states" said mem
Der of the Virginia colony.
The commissioner of agriculture of
Canada even went so far as to write that
virginia has opened the eyes of the
world-whieh is certainly a tropical com
pliment to come from the cold regions of
the north 1t is further boosted that the
Old Dominion had only $4,000 to spend,
while two of those states she equaled
spent S25OOo0 each, and the third had
$1,000 900. While there is a new Industrial
SOUTH 1t is interesting to note how much
interest is shown in all the states of that
section in matters relating to progressive
agriculture. The cotton interest leads, of
course and tobacco is important. but in
ereasing attention goes to considering
diversfication of crops.n
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-01-29
War and the Price of Cotton.

The latest figures for the ginning
up to January 16 point to crop of
about thirteen million bales. Two
hundred and eighty four ginners have
refused to report, and their foolish eff
forts will operate to make the crop
seem larger than it really is. The Cot
ton Growers convention at New Or
leans endorsed the census bureau re-
ports, asking the government to con-
tinue them. The desire of the con.
vention should be the desire of every
person who prefers truth to fiction.
The two hundred and eighty-four re-
calcitrants will harm the cotton grow
ers more than anyone else.
Thirteen million bales is more than
the world needs when consumption in
the Far East is disturbed by a great
war. Capt. Richmond Pearson Hob
sons theory is based on fact. He at
tributes the low price of cotton to I'M
derconsumption on account of the
Far Eastern war. He goes too far in
demanding big navy for the double
purpose of ending the war in the Far
East and preventing the partition of
China among the western powers OF
Europe. But he is right in asserting
that the present war is affecting the
price of cotton, and that a partition
of China in the future would be a
blow that would be felt by every
southern farmer Japanese skill and
grit will, however, save us from the
latter calamity. Japan proposes to
see that China is not partitioned
among the western robber powers.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-01-29
MAY BECOME DIRECTOR.
Talk of Samuel Spencer Entering T.
c., |. G. r. r. Board.
From the Wall Street Journal.

From the Wall Street Journal.
Samuel Spencer, president of the South
ern railway, will probably become a direc-
tor of the Tennessee Coal, Iron and
Railroad company at the annual meeting
in May or sooner.
1t is understood that arrangements
have been concluded for the Southern
railways representation In the Tennes-
see Coal, Iron and Railroad company's
board and that the change will be an
nounced soon.
Mr.. Spencer is expected to take the
place now held by H. l.. Leroy, the con-
fidental representative Of James Henry
Smith, who is also director. Mr.. Leroy
entered the board to fill the vacancy oc-
casioned by the resignation of Director
Walker Percy. 1t was understood at
the time that Mr.. Leroy was to serve
temporarily.
At the annual meeting of the 7. c. I.
Co. in May the terms of directors Cord
Meyer, s l.. Schoonmaker. Benjamin f.
Tracy and James T. Woodward. expires
All four are to be reelected.
The entrance of Samuel Spencer into
the I. C. L. board will mean much to
the company. 1t is understood that inter-
cts associated with Mr.. Spencer in the
Southern railway have acquired a sub
stnatial interest In the Tennessee COM
pany In addition to this T. C. I. in 1889
sold the Birmingham Southern railroad
Al miles, connecting its various plants to
the Southern Railway company and the
Louisville and Nashville jointly
Since then, the Seaboard has secured an
entry into Birmingham and has been pre-
pairing to make a vigorous fight for all
the T. C. I. tonnage it can get. This is
particularly displeasing to the dominant
interests in Southern railway and the
new move may be regarded as the serv-
ing of official notice by the Southern
railway that 1t intends to look after its
own traffic interests.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-01-29
Ore Wealth of Red Mountain.

No engineer has been daring
enough to attempt to estimate the
quantity of iron ore in Red mountain.
1t extends ten miles to the northeast,
and thirteen miles towards the south
west 1t is twenty-five feet thick. But
low deep in the earth does it go?
Aye, there's the rub How far towards
China does 1t extend? Are we never
to know? MUS we simply content
ourselves with the remark-it is in.
exhaustible?
We may never know how much
iron ore we have simply because it IS
less expensive to start new slopes
than to extend deep in the earth old
ones. It is not economical mining, in
other words, to go deep into the
bowels of the earth, and our big vein
OF red fossiliferous ore dips down
ward.
If tho engineers would, however,
say what the depth or distance of
economical mining il we could multi
ply that by the known length and
thickness of the vein, and in that way
computation could be readily made
of our available ore resources. But
Dur engineers are too busy to set
down to the computation in question.
They are content to say, as do the
rest of us, 1t is simply inexhaustible,
and that is probably all that will ever
be known about the extent of the
great ore body in Red mountain.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-01-29
He Had the "symptoms.u

well-known young man of this
town. said a prominent physician at the
Hiliman last night, came into my office
this morning at 10 o'clock and said he
thought he had the smallpox. He told
me ne had all the symptoms.
i asked him how he felt He said he
went into cafe at 6 o'clock Friday night
and drank three Scotch high balls in swift
succession Then he had dinner starting
out with a Manhattan cocktail, and
sprinkling five courses with Rhine wine
and champagne and tappering it off with
glass of benedictine. After that he went
to the theatre, not forgetting to tank up
between acts. AT midnight he had a little
luncheon, with more cocktails wine and
liquors. lie tumbled into bed at o'clock
this morning, he said, awoke at and
managed to get into his clothes.
He said he was afraid he had SMALLPOX.
lie was sure he had all the symptoms
pain in the front and back of the head,
fever, heated eyeballs. sore throat and a
disagreeable feeling all over his body. He
wanted to know If he hadn't better go
to the hospital. 1 told him TO go to a
lunatic asylum and take dose of salts"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-01-29
Substantial Men Modest.

I'm Birmingham we have many men
VINO have achieved something worthy and
have accumulated considerable wealth."
remarked professional man. 1.-THE solid
men are as rule modest. One never hears
them brag of what they have done On
the other hand we run across a fellow
now and then who has accum ulated a few
thousands, and who Is always boring his
friends by telling them how much money
day and took him down peg by remark
ing; Why my friend, Andrew Carnegie
gives away more money every day than
you have accumulated or ever will ac-
emulate "
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-01-29
PAYMENT of Poll Taxes.

Up to and including Wednesday
next voters between the ages of Il
and As can qualify themselves as
voters by paying the poll tax assessed
for this year. This tax must be paid
at some time unless a man is willing
to become permanently disqualified
unless the citizen is willing to cease
being an elector. All poll taxes In
this state are cumulative. So runs
the constitution of 1901, and 1t Is no
easy task to amend constitution.
AS electoral matters stand only
700 men have become qualified cleo
tors in this city. Seven hundred out
of 1000 white voters. There are, 1t is
true. some old men in this city, but
oxen could not draw some of them TO
the polls. AS things stand 700 men
below the age of As years will control
the city election in May. Is 1t deslra-
Bile that our active electorate should
be reduced to 700 men? Has patriot
ism fallen SO low that in this town
only one elector in about five qualify
by paying to the public schools the
modest sum of $3.50 Every citizen
should pay that much to the public
schools at any rate, and it Is absolute
" his duty to become qualified cleo
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-01-29
Sidewalks Needing Attention.

"All of the sidewalks in the business
section of the city should be carefully
overhauled and repaired" said Second
avenue merchant yesterday. "For in
stance out there in front of this store
the big blocks which form the paving
are very unevenly laid, and l notice that
many people trip over them. 1t is a NUS
ance and a great drawback to the city.
Several days ago I was standing in
front of that store across the street and
in half an hour no less than dozen
ladies' tripped over rough place in the
pavement. These rough spots are caused
by the pavements being dug up to lay
pipes and such things. and not being re-
laid properly.
what is true of the pavements is true
of the streets in many places, especial
Nv sections of this new paving which
was laid on several of the streets. 1t
has been dug up and not properly re-
placed"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-01-29
THE JAP IMMACULATE.

From Puck.
besides food and ammunition, Japa-
nese knapsacks contains a toothbrush,
comb, a towel and a map of Southern
Manchuria.-War Lottery
All, neat Japan Each week we hear
New reasons why your hosts are strong.
One secret of their strength Is clear;
They never start the day awrong.
When bugles wake at break of day.
And morning gilds the eastern lands,
Your troopers hasten, straightaway,
To some sweet stream and wash their
hands.
That done, before the cannons boom,
And sword and bayonetl leave the
sheath.
Possessed of ample elbow room,
They kneel in files and brush their
teeth.
Then crash. The sounds of war begin,
To give his foe an early scare
The Cossack tries. but midst the din
The Jap, unfustered, combs his hair.
And last before he bangs reply,
Ere bullets. shot and shrapnel whiz.
He spreads his map where'er It's dry
And finds exactly where he h
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-01-29
To Hear Ben Hur slna.

Coming , Birmingham is becoming
quite fad with theatre parties organized
in the different towns in the state, which
do not secure the high priced entertain
ments," said a hardware travelling sales
man last night In the lobby of the St
Nicholas hotel.
While travelling through different por-
tions of the state recently l heard on
all sides of parties being organized to
come to rmingham to see Ben Hur and
to hear Tannhauser sung at the Jeffer-
son theatre.
ION the morning before Tannhauser was
presented In Birmingham l was travelling
northward on the Alabama Great South
ern railroad. At a point about sixty miles
south of here several young ladies and
men got aboard the train. l recognized
one of the young ladies in the party, and
after shaking hands with her asked where
she was going. She replied innocently, I
am going to Birmingham to hear Ben
Hur sing Tannhauser.' For some time
gazed out of the window at the land
scape. just then the conductor said
'Bessemer Is the next stop "
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-01-29

people and American society, and It
should be read in every American
home. Race suicide is no myth. The
birth rate amon5 the old native
American families" has fallen as low
as it has in France. 1t is especially
low in New England, but in North
Carolina, for example, this is not the
case. But wherever or whatever the
rate be, 1t Is confessedly falling in
this country among the old native
American families, to use again Mr..
Rooseyelt's phrase.
The subject is one or should be
one of deep and pervading interest,
for If the birth rate in the old Amer
lean families falls off, the control OF
this country will soon pass out OF the
hands of the descendants of the first
300 900 of early English settlers-set-
tiers who came to this country long
before the present tide of immigra-
ton set in about seventy years ago.
These descendants have been the
backbone of this country, and If the
people desire to keep the control UNI
changed they will see to it that race
suicide is checked and finally abol-
ished,
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-01-29
YOUTH AND AGE.

Hand in hand glad youth and sober age
are journeying;
ono bravely facing forward, the other
looking bravely back;
40 morrows fair that are to be- cries
youth;
at dream of tender yesterdays" says age;
To youth the white peaks glisten In the
morning sun;
Age sees beyond the hoary mount wner9
peaceful meadows lie;
.I'u climb, I'll leap, where glory ieaos
the way" saith youth;
Are longs to 1oiter in the restful vale;
So, hand in hand they fare, one eager
and on bent,
One wild with rapture rare the o'her
calm. content.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-01-29
THEY LAUGHED TOO SOON.

Washington Correspondent of New York
World.
Representative Clayton of Alabama,
was talking on the Swayne case. THE
tree Is known by his fruit" he quoted
from the Bible.
There was some sneering laughter on
the republican side. II knew IT." said
Clayton. ~ 4new 1t. You people think
/. Is wrong to say his fruit have
quoted that before and have been laugh
ed at.
"Now, II you scoffers on the other side
will take your Bibles you will see that
the quotation is CORES. You laughed too
soon over there. You ought to study the
Bible more and laugh less. There Is
more wisdom in it than can be found
in any other book"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-01-29
Rivers and Harbors.

Il was very much surprised and graf
ifled at the large appropriation for Ala
bama recommended by the rivers and
harbors committee, and 1t speaks well
for the committee which went to WASH
ington to urge the deepening of the
harbor at Mobile said b. NJ. Allen
yesterday.
The committee that appeared before
the rivers and harbors committee in
Washington was hastily gotten together
and only had a short time In which to
talk the matter over with the commit
tee in Washington. However, we were
able to get a nice slice of the appropria-
tons recommended and that will be of
great benefit to the Alabama rivers and
harbors."
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-01-29
Building Trade Active.

THE building and lumber business in
Birmingham promises to be larger this
year than 1 have known it for seven or
eight years." said A. J. Krebs last night.
There is an immense amount of build
ing projected in Birmingham and es-
pecially In the immediate suburbs Build
ing is going on rapidly now and the
prospects are that 1t will increase as the
year progresses.
The lumber business In the south is
also very good now and the prospects
for bright year in the lumber trade
are very bright. From all sections
hear reports of good orders on the books
and prospects for good orders to come"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-01-29
All the Worlds a Stage.

went into the basement under the
stage. Invested myself of my ciotnes'
handed the outfit to fellow, who passed
mo ont an armful of plush robes, silken
hose and full regalia. In the course OF
human events, and with much first aid TO
the injured from the attendants
emerged a full blown duke, lord or cav
alier know not which.
The NAV was more Than. Queen the
star was Julia Arthur, the place tne
Broadway theatre.
Stage experience was all that nesnen
lust then to fill my cup Of bliss TO over
flowing. so I sought and got 1t.
The theatre subway was filled with
nondescript array of supers In all de-
grees of robedom. and we were soon &C.
inc nainted to the queens taste. After
waiting an hour or so-we came on in the
second active march bravely upstairs
to the stage, stood for moment yelleo
Long live the King"-then cellarward
again.
At about II o'clock we lined up for the
last act, went heavenward and Justify
yelled our 'Hail!' again.
The stage was filled with red fire, smoke
and lava, and the gorgeous Julia was the
center of it ALL
| should have had to walt longer Tor
my street raiment. after we were again
downstairs, but I pleaded a SICK wire
and crying babes, so the boys let ne set
to the head of the procession ana secure
my outfit and retreat.
Pshaw, play actin Is not what IL seem
eth in front of the curtain. did not fol-
low directions implicitly in the last scene
but out of a bosom deep. surcharged with
much emotion, l cried:
BLANK, blank, the blankety, blank
King!''
pEuIND TIE SCENES
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-01-29
MOODS AND MEMORIES
SONG.

why shouldn't song
Be CHEEKY and bright
If you love it along
All the day and the night?
II you cuddle 1t close
Ere it taketh its flight
And joyously goes
On the wings Of delight.
Why shouldn't a life
Be free as song,
Tnembittered by strife
And unclouded by wrong?
o my heart be thou pure,
n nv soul be thou strong
AS the hills that endure,
AS the mountains that throng!
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-01-29
From the New York Herald.

EIN OSCOW is not only the Holy
H\Vb City of Russia and the national
l = l center of the Moscovite race.
but is its commercial heart and one
OF the great manufacturing cities of the
world.
All around Moscow, at distances vary
ing from two to six hours by train. are
printing mills. In recent years the cotton
Industry has increased with astonishing
strides. It's population is now about L.
200, 000 There are 1850 factories in Moscow
and its district, employing some 10000
workmen and producing goods valued at
nearly $4,000, 000 The town of Moscow
itself has S39 factories. 90 per cent of the
artisans come from the country as mere
agricultural peasants, and, under an old
established system, are lodged In the fac
tories themselves.
A workman of average capacity earns
about Sc a month. He is kept under strict
supervision by the police, and at the be-
ginning of the war police circulars were
sent to the manufacturers for informa-
ton about all the workmen likely to
be dismissed through want of employ
ment, with a view to enabling the au-
tborisies to keep an eye on the unepnploy-
ed and send them to their homes in the
country. or even arrest them If it was
thought desirable.
Moscow has been largely depleted of
troops, owing to the drafts sent to Cen
eral Kuropatkin in Manchuria' and IN
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-01-29
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR
rnm the New YORK; Press.

From the New York Press.
1t would be the easiest thing in the
world to be virtuous if you wanted to be
it.
Where a widow has a big advantage Is
she has got so much to learn and is will
ing to learn 1t.
It's funny when a girl is engaged she
thinks that everybody she meets in the
street knows 1t.
woman can feel sure her husband is
safe from temptation when he is bed with
pneumonia.
Men buy lots of flowers when they are
engaged. and try to make 1t up all the
rest of their married lives.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-01-29
When the South viii Be Rich.

In endeavoring to ascertain when
the south will be rich and powerful
the New Orleans Picayune says:
VERY little, comparatively, of iron
from the Birmingham district is man
ufactured there, but is sen away to
other states and foreign countries to be
made into articles of daily use showing
how little wealth we extract from such
an extraordinary natural endowment
When the south shall spin and weave its
own cotton with machinery of its own
manufacture out of its own iron and
steel and provide for its own wants out
of its own material resources, then will
Ii become the richest country on the
gcbe."
There Is some truth in the Plea
yune's paragraph. This district does
not consume as much of its own iron
as it should, for 1t should consume
every pound. But it is not quite just
to this district to say that very little"
of its iron is turned into merchanta-
BILE forms on the spot Let us look at
the real figures, which are much bet
ter than vague general statements.
In round numbers this district turns
out 100000 tons of pig iron year.
One-third of that output is turned into
manufactured forms in this district.
We have just about 70 cupalos in this
district, and at present they are
nusbed with orders. Our consump-
ton of iron may be summed as fol-
lows:
Consumption of meters. 100000
CONSUMPTION of rail mill .1bo,OOi
Consumption of other steelworkers 100000
Total. -. 500. $3.50. ....... .55oo oc
district that puts into final forms
100000 tons of pig iron deserves more
praise than is expressed in the two
words every little" We have made
a good beginning, and we are adding
to our industries about dozen cupa-
los a year, and if we keep up that
mace. throwing in steel mill, or ad-
ditional rolling mills now and then,
we will yet arrive at the milion-ton
line to say the least. We are doing
our best to attain to the Picayunes
standard. We know our duty and,
like Jim Bludsoe, we are trying to
do it.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-01-29
OF and On.

From the Dallas News.
whats become Of your friend chump-
leigh?"
Hes gone off for week.
.That so? What did he go off on?'
"on the train. Of course; what else did
you expect?" .,
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-01-29

pabiedonastseff says the Holy Vir-
Gin intercedes for the Russians, and
Oyama rises to remark, providence
is with u.s." There is a mistake out
somewhere.