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The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-11
THE MAN WHO WAITS.

From the New York Press. Longfelow said: "All things come round to him who will but wait"
 Disraeli said: "Everything comes if a man will only wait James R. Keene said: "sit tight and you'll win out" Sherman said: Hold the fort for l am coming Cervantes said: Patience. and shuffie the cards Earl Harcourt said: "Le bon temps viendra" (The good time will come). St. Paul said: "But if we hope for that we see not then do we with patience wait for it.
 Daniel said: Blessed is he that wait eth.''
 Job said: ''rhey waited for me as for
 the rain, and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain" Micah said: T will wait for the God of ny salvation. my God will hear me-"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-11
Foreign Loan Companies.

That clause in the revenue bill which was enacted into law increasing the tax on foreign loans in Alabama, hurts Bir- mingham and other progressive cities in the state, said banker and broker T hope the law will be amended at the ad- journed session of the legislature.
 Our law makers thought that the clause referred to would help local bank CTS, but 1t does nothing of the kind. Banks cannot make long loans on real estate and they cannot afford to lend money at , per cent. But insurance companies and various foreign loan companies were glad to lend money here at that low rate of interest Since the bill was passed they are charging 5h and 6 per cent and some of them are staying away from Birming- ham altogether. What every city needs, and especially every new and growing city, Is cheap money for building purposes. A new city lacks accuDrulated capital and but for cheap foreign capital it would be next to impossible to have sky-scrapers and the like. Let the law be changed"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-11
Peary's Sixth Expedition
God speed.

Commander Peary held a leave of absence of three years, and it expired last Sunday. In that time he went within three degrees of the pole, nearer it than any one else had gone, and now he has been granted another leave of absence covering three years more. It is stipulated that he shall devote the three years to Arctic ex- ploration, but the work is to be done in his own way and time outside gov ernmental supervision. The navy de- partment will have in those three years nothing to do with him except to send him his pay each month.
 When he starts in June he will start with the experience gained in five previous expeditions. He has spent many years in the heart of the frozen north. He is well-equipped for the task, and he goes in the Roosevelt, which is as staunch against the ice troubles as a ship can be. He goes, too well sup piled with funds, and the general be- lief is that he will in the coming ex- petition stand on the mathematical point called the north pole. Ever since 1886 he has been engaged in efforts to get there, and each expedition has been more promising than its predecessor. This is certainly the case now, for the sixth expedition will go out better equipped than any exploring expedition ever has been.
 He goes this year hoping to get into the ice we'll to the west, and he hopes to drift near the pole. He accepts Nansen's theory. He hopes to drift to- a point so near to the pole that a sledge journey of comparatively short length will be involved. He does not fear Walter Wellman's balloon, but he has very healthy respect for ice floes and the various vicissitudes of Arctic weather.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-11
Gas at Huntsville

Alabama has no productive oil wells, but she seems to be in the gas belt in the natural gas belt, and one of it's prosperous cities is soon to use nat ural gas as it's chief fuel A big 'gaser" has just been brought in near Huntsville itself and the prediction is made that the entire city will soon be supplied with fuel that entails no labor either before or after taking. Cities in the north that consume nat ural gas have no servant problem and of course no coal shortages. Every body covets their fuel advantages, and so no doubt it will happen that all the rest of Alabama will soon wish it had [, gasser that affords pressure of two hundred pounds.
 Huntsville should not, however, mt too profoundly on its gassers
 ng fuel for an indefinite period of
 for gassers are proverbially n. le. They do not begin to spout gas with any assurance of continuity. The life of a gas district does not greatly exceed ten years, but ten years of gas is blessing, and Huntsville will no doubt enjoy the term and profit by it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-11
HIRMINcHAM,s BRIGHT BANQUET

From tho Atlanta Georgian and News.
 From the accounts which come to us 1t seems quite evident that our bright brethren of the Fourth Estate of Ala bama have pulled off in Birmingham one in the south.
 South of the Gridiron club, in Wash ington, it is doubtful if anything moro bright, humorous. more hearty in fellow ship, suggestive in fun and more perfect in arrangement, has occurred in the south.
 We had such a banquet some years ago given by the authorities of Cox col lege to the bench, bar and press of At lanta that holds the record in fun and frolic, and wit anu wisdom in our part of the country.
 But that event was purely impromptu, born of the hour and holding it's crudi- ties, while the Birmingham banquet was carefully prepared, diligently thought out anc brilliantly executed.
 We congratulate our brethren of Ala bama's Magic City upon the rare success of their entertainment and we acknowl- edge with a freedom which is all the more generous in view of Birminghams s audacious ambitions. that our sister of the slag piles does almost everything well and is working out it's own great future with genius and energy of the highest order.
 When we finally succeed in locating tho sub-treasury in Atlanta, it will give us unusual pleasure to establish those closer relations with Birmingham which this great national depository will permit.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-11
lmmiupation Problems

The official paper of the Farmers union of Georgia, the Union News, assails immigration. In an editorial published this week it says:
 Tt is well that the southern farmer is organizing, for he has a problem con- fronting him that he can only handle by organization. The farmers demands are giving the cotton speculators trouble, and they have decided that there Is but one course for them to pursue to escape de- feat. Their plan now is to buy up large tracts Of land, bring in cheap labor from other countries, and raise their own cot ton; reduce the price Of goods; reduce the price of cotton, and keep the farmers dependent. There could be dozen eonl- panies organized in the United States without foreign capital, that could buy out lock, stock and barrel, twelve cotton producing states"
 The News goes on to urge the farm ars to defeat this plan by opposing
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-11
ALABAMA PRESS

Dothan Eagle: Roosevelts Ananias club is badly crowded. It is the second cab met.
 talked too-much" said the badly battered parrot. Respectfully referred to one T. R.
 Sumter County Call: Professor Picker ing thinks the earth is 1,oO0,0oO,O0O years oll An old rounder, to be sure.
 Montgomery Times: Alabama's game law seems to have as many loopholes as the forty-acres and mule proposition.
 Cullman Tribune: It Is charged that the Huntsville officials win1ed at the blind tigers of that city. They shouldn't t haze taken advantage of blind tigers that couldn't wink back.
 Noble Item: Senator Lusk explains that the mix-up in the matter of hold ing courts in the Thirteenth circuit was ca Ased by a clerical error. The state legislature appears to be badly in need of a proofreader and copyholder.
 New Decatur Advertiser: In spite of . the opposition of Charley Lane of the Huntsville bar and of high and mighty personages in Alabama, Oscar Eundley has about secured the judgeship. In this do we see the fine Italian hand of Prof. Booker Washington.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-11
AGE-HERALD ECHOES

Ensley Sun: The Age-Herald says the Wall street Hurry didn't frighten any body. That's right; we didn't lose any sleep over it, for we knew we had 'en
 Austin Statesman: Wonders never cease. The spectacle of railroad mag mates taking refuge under President Roosevelt's big stick. is so wonderful in indeed. that the Birmingham Age-Herald says it should be transferred to canvas and perpetuated in marble.
 Charleston Post: "President Roosevelt, says the Birmingham Age-Herald, "has decided not to have anything to say at this time with reference to the railway situation" The fact is that he has made a declaration of some 5000 words, saying that he will not say anything on the subject
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-11
immigration, or as it phrases influx of foreign labor to the

immigration, or as it phrases influx of foreign labor to the
 The News is unduly alarmed. The cotton speculators will never grow any considerable amount of cotton he method would be too slow and tedious to suit them. They want some thing quick and full of fluctuations. They thrive on fluctuations, and not one of them can be induced to culti- vate anything except lambs and fluc- tuations.
 The News fails to grasp the situa- tion. It fails to provide way for the industrial growth of the south, in addi- ton to agricultural development The world will very soon demand an Amer ican crop of fifteen million bales, and in less than ten years 1t will cry aloud for an American crop of twenty mil lion bales. Can the south make such crops and maintain industrlal sro" LII without outside assistance?
 Other sections of the country call for more white men. Other sections of the country maintain high degree of prosperity in that way, and the News fails to show how the south can procure needful labor outside of white immigration. The north grows rich and powerful from "an influx of for eign labor" and the News can make out no case unless 1t can show that the south does not need more labor and would grow poor and weak in con sequence.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-11
IT, or something over ten per cent

IT, or something over ten per cent.
 -sven loans of the Erie sort would become impossible if speculative op- erations induced by big crops should spring back into former proportions, and no one therefore feels that an easy money market throughout the year is assured.
 Wall street is still wondering why general trade does not suffer reac- tion as a result of it's own troubles. Instead of a reaction in the rest of the country all expert observers agree in saying that this springs business is in excess of last years, and the fall show ing is more promising than that of 1906. Collections are good, failures few in number, orders for manufac- tured goods overwhelming, and all goods closely sold up.
 Wall street may be disappointed be- cause the country dI idi SS hoo SO"SS" to follow in it's footsteps, and if crops are good and speculative operations can be kept down to present limits, Wall street may continue to watch for mercantile and manufacturing reac- tion without seeing one.
 There are some outside of Wall street who think another year of pros perity Is improbable because it would upset the financial equilibrium of the world. But all theorists and all Wall street pessimists may be mistaken, and a combination of big crops and Of lessened degree of speculation would assuredly lead up to an outcome or that nature. It is, in fact, more prob' able than the opposite theory.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-11
HELEN KELLER AS A SPEAKER

From the April Putnams.
 At the second meeting of the Associa- tion for the Blind, Bishop Greer presided and Dr. Lyman Abbott and others spoke; yet if the honors of the occasion were not carried off by Miss Keller it was only because of the defective delivery of an address which in matter and manner left nothing to be desired. The speakers friend and alter ego, Mrs. Macy nee Sul- livan), was too hoarse to repeat to the audience the words that fell from her former pupils lips; so that thes task of acting as her interpreter was assumed by no less eminent an expert than Alex ander Graham Bell, who cancelled an en- gagement in Ohio in order to be present. As the broken sentences came faintly forth Dr. Bell, holding one of the speak CTS hands in his own, and with eyes fixed upon her lips In eager and anxious scrutiny, echoed them in tones easily audible throughout the hall. Ills fath- erly, affectionat te manner in encouraging an orator to whom the use of her voice. |. even in private, is still something of a novelty, was beautiful to see: and the picture was completed by Mrs. Macy's readiness in helping him out when any phrase proved specially difficult to catch. Miss Kellers charming appearance, her graceful yet emphatic little gestures, and the sympathetic personality that found expression equally in face and bearing, went far to atone for the ineffectiveness of her elocuton. l5efore her turn came to speak she was kept informed by the fingers of her former teacher, seated be- side her on the platform, of all that was done or said; only when some compH- ment was being paid her the two hands drew apart.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-11
Cotton Trading in New York

The commissioner of corporations was ordered by Congress to make an investigation of the rules and methods and policies of the New York cotton exchange. and as the time approaches for that investigation the members of that exchange begin to sit up and take notice. The New York Journal Of Commerce comes to their defense. It even threatens retaliation, for it says "there is good reason to believe that when the New York and New Orleans exchanges have been examined the in- vestigators will find themselves we'll equipped to inquire into the influence exerted by the growers through their associations upon the gathering of in formation for government statistical and other work. In other words, so long as an investigation is to be under taken there is every disposition to see that it shall be thorough, and that all interests-those of the growers, deal CTS and spinners-shall be fully safe- guarded"
 The plain meaning of this is, the spinners of New England will fight back, and they will fight for reten- ton of the practices and methods or the New York cotton exchange by means of which cotton is depressed 1 price. Let no one imagine, therefor that the comminsiener pf corporation
 riia be permitted to uncover the mel ods of the New York cotton exchar
 if concerted effort on the part ol New England and the New York cot ton exchange can prevent a report ot that nature.
 It is to be battle, and the Journal of Commerce plainly shows that the spinners of New England will contest every inch of the ground. A thick coat of whitewash will be applied to the New York cotton exchange, and the efforts of cotton growers in build ing warehouses and in holding conven- tions will be held up to public repro bation if political pull and financial Influence can bring it about. The eastern spinners and New York spec ulators are lining up for the fray.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-11
Trade and Speculation

Money is easier in New York, and the price of call money is about nor. mal The prices of stocks are again those of the pre-panic period, but they are about twenty points below those of the booming days of last fall, and there are no indications that the di ference will soon be regained. Tn high level that followed last falls bi crops promises to stand unsurpassed good while. It was too high to last.
 Some of the railroads are pluckir ID courage and are selling short not 10 tide over the period of unrest. TT Erie has sold $5,5O0, ,OOO of short not, These notes go to the bankers r 4 The company
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-11
A Fine City.

F. H. Weed of Philadelphia, who repre- sents the Prevalent Life and Trust com pany, after spending several days in Bir- mingham, left yesterday. He makes in- vestment loans for his company, and has placed many loans in this city.
 My business takes me to various sec tions of the country. and am impressed with the idea that Birmingham is the best city in the south. I travel extensively in the west and I do not find any town in that part of the country that seems so attractive as Birmingham" said MT. Weed.
 "I began placing loans here years ago when the streets were unpaved. I used to say, Birmingham has only mud roads now, but wait a little while and 1t will be a great city. Birmingham is a fine city today and still 1t is only in its in fancy. It Is destined to be one of the largest and wealthiest industrial centers of the United States"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-11
Sunday School Workers

The state convention of Sunday school workers now in session in Bir- mingham is a notable gathering. The attendance is unusually large, num- bering more than two thousand, and it is not often that so intelligent and earnest a body of Christian men and women is assembled in any section of the country.
 Sunday school instruction has come to be almost a science, and as de- partment of pedagogy it has the ad- vantage over secular education in the fact that religion is the motive and that divine law is reverently studied and applied to human conduct. The addresses and discussions in this con- vention have been animating, in structive and helpful in every way and so many people coming together in the name of the Master for the sole purpose of stimulating interest in His work, is pretty good sign that re- ligious faith is still strong and quick ening. The Sunday school convention Is a mighty center of influence. It Is a potential auxiliary of the pulpit and as result of organization it is more
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-11
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
MT. R. c. chappIe Gill.

R. c. Chapple Gill of Liverpool, is visit ing friends in Birmingham. He is a known cotton firms in England. having branches in New York, Savannah, Au- gusta and New Orleans; and an agency will probably be established in this city.
 MT. Chapple Gill is greatly impressed with Birmingham and predicts that it will in time occupy the same relative position in the industrial trade of the United States that it's model in England bears to the manufacturing interests of Great Britain.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-11
The Phoenix Club.

'The Phoenix club will soon have a handsome building of it's own said one of the club members.
 At meeting held a few nights ago it was pretty well understood that ground would be broken within ninety days. Several designs have beeen submitted and all of them present an artistic appearance. A selection will soon be made and then the contract will be let Our club site is on Highland avenue and Twenty first street-one of the best locations in Bir- mingham"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-11
THE BORDER TROOPER;
 SIR WILLIAM OF DELORAINE.

From ''The Lay of the Last Minstrel" A stark moss dropping Scot was he, As e'er couched border lance by knee; Through Solway sands, through TarrA
 moss,
 Blindfold he knew the paths to cross: By willy turns, by desperate bounds, Had baffied Percys best bloodhounds; In Eske, or Liddel, lords were none, But he would ride them, one by one; Alike to him was time, or tide. December's snow. or July's pride; Alike to him was tide. or time, Moonless midnight or natin prime: Steady of heart and stout of hand. As e'er drove prey from Cumberland; Five times outlawed had he been. By England's kings and ScotIands aueed
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-11
LINCOLN AS A GROCER.

Judge J.. V. Quarles in April Putnam's.
 A giant in stature he was as awkward as he was strong. His rustic appearance was enhanced by an ill-ftting. suit of homespun. Thus at the head of the OK team he made his debut In the outer world, without means, without education, without influence. This may seem a sorry beginning, but let it be remembered that if on that day he had graduated from Harvard in fashionable coat the gates closed against him.
 MT. Lincoln's first business venture re- suited in downright failure. He formed a partnership with one Berry, under the firm name of Berry & Lincoln, to carry on a grocery. for the purchase price of which the firm note was given. Berry was a jolly irresponsible soul, who was born thirsty and who gave his undivided attention to that part of the stock known as wet groceries" Mir. Lincoln. on the other hand, having a keen appetite, de- voted himself to the crackers and cheese, smoked herrngs and other edibles at the dry end of the shop. This happy ad- iustment rivalled the familiar case of Jack Sprst and his congenial spouse: but the meagre stock could not long with stand the inroads of hunger at the one end, and thirst at the other, and a crisis came which required the sale of the rem nant stock. The purchaser defaulted, and MT. Lincoln was left to pay all the .lia- I blities-a task which plagued him for several years. Thereby he had impressed upon him legal proposition that part ner is liable in solido.
 It is related that Mir. Lincoln bought l a barrel of a customer. in the bottom of which. among other rubbish. was found a copy of "Blackstone's Commentaries. 1" | This was a great find for the law student but. as the books thereafter engrossed his attention, the grocery business collapsed l Thus ended the first lesson.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-11
SOCIAL LIFE IN WYOMING

thoughtfully and observed demurely that it might be cornmeal and 1t might be gold dust. Presently the music paused, the gentleman from Wyoming made a speech, then the band wagon coach appeared, again we galloped down into the canyon and out again and while the lights still blinked from the town across the gulch trailed away, down the Shoshone toward the Big Horn and Crow country.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-11

While The Hague conference is con ferring the nations will be busy in lay ing keels of battleships. The Mikado is preparing to build a s11 100000 bat tleship that can whip it's weight in wildcats.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-11

CLEANING TIME. Fathers camping out at night, Mothers cleaning house. All the children arc sight, Mothers cleaning house. Dust Is flying in the air, Soap and waters everywhere. In the parlor. on the stair Mothers cleaning house. Pandemonium reigns supreme, Mothers cleaning house. Home is comfortless, 'twould seem, Mothers cleaning house. Gee, we'll all be mighty glad When it's over. Poor old dad Has the tantrums pretty bad Mothers cleaning house. Haven't had a meal this week. Mothers cleaning house, That we didn't have to seek, Mothers cleaning house, In some noisy, cheap cafe. Sweeping. sweeping night and day, Lifes a nightmare lived this way Mothers cleaning house.
 PAUL COOK
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-11
Goinu to Mexico.

w. H. Kettig, Robert Jemison and several other Birmingham men are going to Mexico the latter part of this week. MT. Kettig and Mir Mccormack left yes terday at noon, and MT. Jemisop will leave today.
 The party leaves Kansas City Saturday on a special train, and will be gone about ten days or two weeks. It is practically the same trip which was taken recently by Major Tutwiler, Erskine Ramsay, w. P. G. Harding and others from Birming- ham.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-11

Major Fremont is to be courtmar- tialed because he is a true financier When he failed his liabilities were $11 1,297, and his assets $29. He be- longs to the circles of high finance.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-11

MT. Hartman says he has no time to be a United States Senator. Whats the use of being a Senator when you can own several Senators?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-11

Judge Parker emerges from obscur- ity now and then, but Esopus will never become a storm center again. Ite olorv Is gone forever.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-11

Stanford Whites art collec- under the hammer. his char having the same experience
 of Delmas.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-11
SAM THING.

,e Baltimore Sun.
 ou mean" thundered the flowery by your recent statement that " was not impregnahle to the categorical verification?? mt" replied the plain citizen.
 liar"