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The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-01-21

mill just organized, "The Mammoth" will have when completed 25OOOO spindles.
 About 90 per cent of the total of British spindles and looms are embraced in the Lancashire district, and at the rate new spinning corporations are still being or ganized England will in all probability have very close to 60,0OO,OOO spindles with in the next twelve months. For some two and a half years every branch of the British cotton trade has led to an unprec- edented activity in mill building. In the opinion of our consul, this is bound to intensity competition in foreign markets. and when all the new machinery is In op- eration American manufacturers will have to fight more strenuously than ever be- fore if our export trade is to increase to any appreciable extent"
 As worldwide trader in cotton cloths the United Kingdom is certainly prosper ing. Statistics covering the values of all kinds of cotton pieces exported by 1t show that the total for gray, bleached, printed and dyed goods for the year 1905 was 970,S17o32, a steady increase ovef 19O4, when the total value was e64.O7S2 237. and Q notable increase also over 1903. when the total was e55,267,273.
 The total value of all kinds Of cotton manufactures exported for the twelve months of 1905 was e91, ,9s7, ,4sS, equivalent to SAT, ,6572S5 in American currency. Ger many, Holland. Turkey, India, Egypt, China, Japan, Brazil, Argentina and Aus tralia are Britain's best customers, and gray goods form the largest class both as to yardage and value. On the other hand, the exports of cotton cloth from the United States to the list of countries covered by the e91, ,9S7, ,4sS was only s43,- 1S1, ,S6O.
 The success of the cotton industry in Lancashire, 1t Is claimed, is due chiefly to the fact that it Is highly specialized Generally the operations of spinning and weaving are conducted in separate estab- lishments. This makes each manager a specialist. Repairs are done by outside machine shops, which does away with todd hands," Printing and bleaching such cloths as are sold in the gray is also carried on separately, the manufacturer seldom coming in business contact with either Manchester is the business cen ter, and the work of manufacturing and are divorced completely, the '1home trading houses'' standing between the maker and the retailer, while ship ping house5," so called, act in like man ner as middlemen between the mills and foreign purchaser.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-01-21
IN BIRMINGHAM.

From the Nashville American. The railroads arrive from most every old place,
 In Birmingham; Of most every industry irons the base
 In Birmingham; Everythings done on very big scale, Real estate has a very large sale, And they don't know the meaning Of the very ito fail"
 In Birmingham. They've very big banks and skyscrapers high,
 In Birmingham; They'll show you the town 1T you want to buy,
 In Birmingham The crowds on the street are sight to see, The merchants are busy as they can be, And most of the folks are from Tennes- see,
 In Birmingham. The people push with a mighty vim,
 In Birmingham; And the furnace lights are never dim,
 In Birmingham; The papers boost-they keep things hot. The Commercial club she shoves lot, But don't say Vulcan" unless you want to get shot
 In Birmingham.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-01-21
EARTHQUAKES OF WORLD

was estimated that 6o,0o0 persons were Saints Day and the churches were filled with worshipers when the rumbling notes preceding the earthquake were heard. A few moments passed and then came a great shock which threw down most of the city before the people had chance to escape from the buildings
 The sea retired, leaving the bar dry. and high, engulflng part of the city perma- nently. The shock was felt in the Alps and on the coast of Sweden. The waves of the shock were observed in the north ern part of Scotland
 South America is another part of the world that has been subjected to numer- ous severe earthquakes The most recent August, when Valparaiso, Chile, was de- vastated by q series of shocks Many of the chief cities of Chile were greatly dam aged, while the loss of life was placed at 2Ooo and the property loss at s25O,Ooo, coo.
 In 1872 the city of Caracas, Venezuela, was destroyed by three shocks within a minute. Quito, Ecuador, was almost ob- liberated by an earthquake in 1859, while Lima, Peru. was destroyed by a quake In l746 In 1868 there was a tremendous seismic disturbance in South America. covering Chile, Ecuador and Peru. The shock extended over an area 1000 miles long, cities being engulfed and thousands of lives being lost.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-01-21
Reciprocal Demurrages

The papers are full of demands for reciprocal demurrages, and some Of the states have already by legislation established it. Where the railroads de- mand penalties for delays in unloading a car the reciprocal plan gives a con signee demurrage for every day of un- necessary delay in the hauling and delivery of a car. The bill of lading shows when a railroad received car and the notice of the arrival Of the same, sent to the consignee, renders a computation of the demurrage the rail road should pay easy and plain.
 But should not reciprocal demurrage extend from the time car is ordered? This would certainly induce railroads to produce a sufficiency of cars, whereas now some of them are indifferent to orders for cars. Too rigid a rule would be unjust to the railroads, but a req sonable rule can certainly be devised that would be satisfactory to all we'll equipped railroads and yet would meet the just expectations of shippers
 The subject is one that will receive attention at Montgomery this winter, and action upon it is more than prob able. It should be considered in a spirit of fairness, with view solely to the transaction of the business in the country in the most expeditions man
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-01-21
Foreign Trade.

"The conference of business men from all parts of the United States, held in Washington last week for the purpose of considering various methods by which our foreign trade might be expanded, was of decided interest" said a manufacturer. "Yet little was said about what strikes me as the most important feature of the export question, namely the fact that we have no well defined foreign trade policy.
 While we have large assortment of official machinery intended for the ad- vancement of our commercial interests, it works in many ways crosswise. The departments at Washington have their respective bureaus and their particular agencies. To some extent they work to- gether, but in many ways they operate in dependently of each other. There should he no conflict"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-01-21
PRESS POINTS

Columbia State: An Iowan has discov- So there was a knocker before Cummins.
 Charleston News and Courier: Senator Spooners attack on Senator Tillman at least proves that he, MT. Spooner. is the bravest man in the Senate.
 Pensacola Journal: The new governor of Alabama advocates the establishment of sub-treasuries for loaning the surplus funds of the state. This is an institution that very few states will have need of.
 Washington Herald: MT Andrew Car negie thinks that Fin the coming day, brains will be rated above dollars" That will be sad day, for then we shall have no Uncle Andrew to make optimistic speeches.
 Atlanta Journal: Mrs. Carrie Nation says that if the devil were in Washing ton he would vote the republican ticket. But they don't allow a black man to vote there any more than a white. The whole business is disfranchsed
 Richmond Dispatch: At nst! A distinguished Egyptologist has discovered the tomb of Queen Thi of Luxor, the famous consort of Amen Hotep III. Paste this in your hat, and read it when every thing else seems to be going against you.
 Louisville Post: A Missouri doctor has found an anaesthetlc by the use of which a patient can watch himself being cut to pieces by the surgeon and suffer no pain. t remains, however, for somebody to find a way to enable humanity to glance at the doctors bill after the oper- ation and not suffer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-01-21
outorowina Public Buildings.

'',rhe plan to exchange the Jefferson county court house for Capitol park in order that temple of justice of adequate proportions may be erected, impresses the citizens of Birmingham with the fact that no public or semi-public structure built here within the past twenty years has been large enough for this rapidly grow ing town" said a pioneer. "The union passenger station, now going up on Fifth avenue, will be large enough, 1t is thought, to serve Birmingham until its population exceeds 900, GOO, but that will be the only one good enough and big enough for us ten years hence. When the present court house was erected at a cost of about $35O, 600, many old fogies thought the coun- ty was squanderlng money. It was con- tended by many that a $S5,00O court house would be large enough to accommodate Jefferson county for some time to come. The old union passenger station, it was believed, would be adequate for Birming
 ham for at least fifty years. The gov
 ernment building has long since been congested and before many years Birming- ham will need a larger city hall. The Y. M. c. A Is about to erect large and handsome home for itself, but at the rate this city is growing the plans now projected will not give us an association building that will be large enough twenty years from now. About eighteen years ago the Y. M. c. A. of Richmond, Va, erected what was then regarded as very spacious edifce at a cost of about $4O,OOO. Today a fund of s2O0,0Oo is being raised In Richmond for a new and larger building. Let us profit by the experi- ence of other cities and by our own ex- perience and when we do erect a Y. M. c. A. structure make it adequate for city of at least a quarter of a million"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-01-21
THINKING OF WILLIE.
From the Detroit News.

From the Detroit News.
 She had been out late.
 For about an hour she had been dream ing beneath the draperies of her couch.
 Suddenly she sprang up and rushed along the chilly hall, down the stairway, and into papa's office
 Grasping the telephone receiver, she sweetly gurgled:
 Hello. Is that you, Willie? Helio!'
 Just then the other girl, who had pur- sued her, grabbed her by the shoulder.
 Wake up!" she said. Tt was my alarm clock you heard. Willie isn't calling you up by phone at clock in the morn ing. you sillyi''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-01-21
BRYAN'S LUCK.
e Boston Herald.

From the Boston Herald.
 Mir. Bryan must be a man of destiny. or when thrown out of his sleigh in Spo- kane he would have struck stone wall instead of a snow drift. Twice defeated for the presidency. and hailed by his party as the candidate for a third trial returning scatheless from journey round the world, last week coming out unn- jured from railroad smash-up, and now emerging from a snow bank with his ar dor uncooled-truly MT. Bryan has ex cuse for faith in his star"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-01-21
HE KEPT EVEN WITH MANSFIELD.
m tbe sChicago Evening Post.

From the Chicago Evening Post.
 In Ithaca, N. T., 1t is related that MT. Mansfield chanced to strike his foot against portion of scenery on the stage of the Lyceum theatre with such force that a doctor was called to attend him. A young physician who is known for his lack of neatness and horse sense was the one summoned.
 MT. Mansfield was reclining in a Nor rls chair In the managers office when the young doctor rushed in, his shoes covered with mud and his cap pulled over his head. MT. Mansfeld's sense of artis- tic refinement was disturbed. and he calculated between his teeth, clenched tightly on account of the pain
 'Take your damned hat of"
 The practitioner hesitated not moment, but replied:
 stick your damned foot up here.'
 Mansfield capitulated.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-01-21
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
 Cupid pushes the button; Lucifer does the rest.
 It seems to make girl tired to do any thing but enjoy herself.
 A man could save a lot of money not letting his family spend all he earns.
 A nice thing about rainy day is the excuse you can have for not being shaved.
 No woman ought to be so good that it seems to her husband like being mar ried to prayer meeting
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-01-21
ALABAMA PRESS

Brewton Standard; No one is in doubt as to where our governor stands on the issues that affect the people of the state Political frankness is one of his strong est characteristics.
 Annlston Hot Blast: A Harvard pro- lessor who had always been known as a woman hater, has been sued for s2O,OCo for breach of promise. Now he'll hate em worse than ever.
 Eufaula Times: An Iowa politician who was recently defeated for a certain of- flee. picked himself up and moved to Texas, telling his constituents, in the meantime, to go to Hades.
 Marion County News: Hon. H. B. Gray promised the people in his canvass for lieutenant governor that he would en- deavor to give them two-cent passenger rate, and he will keep his word.
 Leighton News: At last the dear peo- pie have what they want and Bro. Conner sits in the governors chair. We shall watch with interest the great reforms so repeatedly promised
 Baldwin Times: An exchange tells Of a Kansas man who is a doctor, a min ister, an undertaken and a tombstone dealer all combined. This fellow should buy some outside property and go to digging graves.
 Florence Times: Up in Waterloo, la, the other day a mob lynched a lufatic There is no telling what a mob will do when It gets it's blood hot. Lynching ia all wrong. It Is a crime-a debauchery of law and a defiance to peace and order
 Franklin Times: A full car load of Alabama grown tobacco was shipped out of the state a few days ago. The tobac- co industry Is one that has made North and South Carolina farmers rich, and there Is no reason why the farmers of Alabama cannot make money out of It.
 Tuscumbia North Alabamian: Poor old Kentucky the fueds there has been a blot on her escutchen for years, but we believe that men will rise to the emerg- ency of the occasion and stamp out the wild border' idea that human life is no more than the sands of the sea. Hargis if guilty, as has been charged should be executed as the lowest criminal.
 Florence Herald Among the most meritorous bills that have been intro duced in the Alabama legislature is the one asking for an appropriation of s5O,- 900 per annum to be given as premiums on agricultural products and livestock placed on exhibition at the annual state fairs to be held at the state capital. Such a measure would encourage and stiniu- late agriculture Tn the state, and place farming and farmers where they proper ly belong-at the top. It is to be hoped that the bill will speedily become a law
 Andalusa News: If Governor Jelks did nothing else for Alabama, his last message alone will stand as a monument to his memory. But he did much else that was commendable When the old capitol building at Montgomery has crumbled into decay, the name of Gov ernor Jeks will be gratefully remem- bered by admirers of clean, careful and successful administration. But we have come to the parting of the ways. A new governor has been ushered in with great some misgivings, but withal many. very many good wishes for the success of the new administrations
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-01-21
THE scAPEGoAT.

Frcm the Philadelphia Ledger.
 After the accident there was necessity, of course, for fixing the blame.
 Its a delicate matter" said the man. ager. Was anybody killed?"
 ''Yes, the engineer
 Poor fellow. Well, little blame won't hurt him any now"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-01-21
Italians Are Better Farmers.


 Col. F. L. Maxwell of Mound, La, dis cussed the labor question in his section of the south before leaving Birmingham for home He is one of the members of the executive committee of the Southern Cotton association and a large planter.
 We have found the Italian laborer on the farm to be more valuable than the negro" said Colonel Maxwell. "There is but one trouble with the Italian farmer. He is restless and moves around too much. At the end of the year when the planter settles up with the Italian the latter immediately begins to look around to see if there Is anything better for him. He visits all the neighboring plantations, and if any of them offer him anything he will pack up and move
 However I greatly prefer the Italian to the negro as laborer on farm. find them more thrifty and industrious, and many of them are better farmers than the negro.
 Another objection I have to the Italian is that you cannot talk to them and direct them in their work as you can negro. This makes it difficult to deal with them sometimes, but that is of small consequence. I would like to get many more of them than I now have, and like to see them come south to the farms to replace the negro.
 'tThe labor situation with us Is serious, as 1t Is everywhere else In the south. We need more labor, and if I could get more I would enlarge my plantation. I have 1000 acres already under cultivation, and a large tract of timber land which would clear and plant next year if could get the labor'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-01-21
|. o. Q. F. Election.

Huntsville, January 2o.-(Special.) )-Pil- grim Encampment No. 13. I o. o. F., has elected officers as follows: Hugh Blair. chief patriot; A. M. Nail, senior warden; J. s. Brooks. junior warden: A. P. Bean, serbia and c. E. Williams. secretary.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-01-21

The Congressional Record may catch from President Roosevelt the spirit of illustrative enterprise, and proceed to make even a congressional speech at tractiye.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-01-21

B. H. Hartman denies that he owns all the railroads of the country, but he neglects to furnish bond that he will not try to gather them in.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-01-21
cHARLEsToNs 3 O'CLOCK DINNER

From the Charleston News and Courier.
 Most of the people in Washington dine between and o'clock This Is called an early dinner, but the Washington peo- pie always were slow set The usual hour of dining in Charleston Is o'clock. It Is an old English custom, we be- lieve. At any rate we fancy it is some thing of that sort because we cling to it so tenaciously. It Is a very inconvenent hour to most people who are engaged in business, but it Is the habit and very hard to break. We have the advantage of from two to four hours over the peo- pie of Washington, at any rate, because we are just that much ahead of them on the principal feast of the day.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-01-21

Indiana promptly claims William J. Oliver, who is to dig the canal aided by a New York partner, and Knoxville should either crow more or else roost lower.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-01-21

The Honk! honk! of the New York machine no longer vexes the air of that state, and the people are happy. Charles Evans Hughes is making good. Keep an eye on him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-01-21
A PRETTY PARADOX.
,altimore American.

From the Baltimore American.
 '"The charming debutante upsets all received maxims.
 How so?"
 By proving that miss can also be a hit"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-01-21

The corporations will not be wholly unrepresented in the senate, for West Virginia, that machine-ruled state, has reelected Steve Elkins.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-01-21

The Colorado river goes right on fill ing up the Salton sink regardless or presidential messages. It flows on and says nothin.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-01-21

Senator elect Jeff Davis will have the opportunity he has long coveted on March 5. He can shake the old body up when it meets in special session.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-01-21

William Jennings Bryan's running mate will be southern man, and he may create vacancy in the Sixth Alabama congressional district.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-01-21

The baseball peons are being rapidly placed. Some are bought, some sold, and some merely rented with a string tied to them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-01-21

New Hampshire has granite to cut, and she has decided to cut lot of it and build statehouse.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-01-21

The doctors are increasing their fees, and the cost of dying is thus keeping step with the cost of living.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-01-21

Connecticut is at loss to know how to label it's wooden nutmegs under the pure food law.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-01-21

Russias best plan for keeping her new navy afioat consists in securing the services of one MT. Togo.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-01-21

Winter declines to strike it's gait, and Old Sol may drive 1t off the course altogether.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-01-21

The late shah was a sad-eyed man although he had 800 wives to comfort him, and he never indulged in trial marriages.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-01-21

Chancellor Day weeps when he thinks of those 967 Ohio indictment against his beloved Archibald.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-01-21

San Francisco, Valparaiso and Ja- maica, all in single twelve month, and all American!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-01-21

Every move Senator Tillman makes is called performance.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-01-21
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Second onIv to New Orleans.


 'I like Birmingham and consider 1t one of the best of southern oities,' said pr. C. H. Irion, president of the state board of health of Louisiana, before leaving Birmingham for home. He is a member of the executive committee of the Southern Immigration and Industrial association, which met in Birmingham Saturday morning. T do not believe that Birming- ham will ever catch New Orleans in the race for the largest and most important southern city, and in population, but 1 look upon Birmingham as second only to New Orleans.
 "The city is well laid out, the streets are wide and Birmingham certainly has ample foundation on which to base future greatness. She has wonderful resources which make her the center Of the south in many things I am very much i'm pressed with Birmingham in every way.
 But I will tell you why Birmingham will never catch New Orleans. Our cit izens are beginning to invest their money in large quantities in New Orleans and make great Improvements of all kinds. They no longer fear an epidemic of yell low fever, which fear retarded the growth of New Orleans for many years. Our cit izens feared a yearly visit of the yellow fever, which naturally had a tendency to restrain them from building and risk ing their money in various ways. The fever might depopulate the city any time, and make their investments failures. Now they have no fear of the fever, for we can control it easily. and prevent 1t from getting a hold in this country, although there might at any time be one or more cases imported to the states from Cuba or the Spanish-American states.
 Another thing of interest. Outside cap ital is investing heavily in New Or leans. railroad Improvements are being made and the city is growing rapidly in every way. Our being practically on the gulf gives us a great advantage over Birmingham, for we are a port, which in itself is a great advantage, and one that do not believe Birmingham. with all her resources, can overcome.
 "They tell me that Atlanta is a good city, and she seems to be, but she has no such basis for greatness as Birmng- ham has.
 T join others in saying that Birming ham is destined to be the big inland city of the south. the biggest southern city except New Orleans"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-01-21

William Waldorf Astor blushingly denies his engagement, but that is an inevitable feature of the business.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-01-21

Grip Is rayaging in Japan, and that warlike country feels more and more westernish every day.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-01-21

Corey and Miss Gilman have both reached the age of discretion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-01-21

Between Bailey and Brownsville Texas is keeping the country in hot water.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-01-21

Hartman finds he cannot control the Colorado river by buying stock in it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-01-21

The Frisco Japanese war was ended before it was fairly begun.