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The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-16
Oklahoma's Election

Speaker Cannon and the rest of the republican national leaders have long given indications of desire to post pone the Oklahoma constitutional elec- ton to 1908. They had filled all the territorial offices, and they do not want to see the,r men busted this year. But the chief contention relates, however, more to seven new electoral votes than to anything else. If Oklahoma is per mitted to vote herself into the union on August she will be entitled to seven electoral votes next year, and all the world knows those seven votes would be cast for the democratic can didates. This Is what's the matter. This is why steps have been taken to procure injunctions restraining the governor the constitutional convention and the county officers from calling an election prior to November, 1908.
 This conspiracy against the people of Oklahoma is not bit surprising. It is characteristic. It is natural act on the part of party leaders who are noth- ing if not audacious. The republican national committee is necessarily party to these efforts to keep Okla homa out of the union until 1908. The complications and judicial proceedings are not a bit creditable, but the repub- lican party cares little about this so long as it can shut out seven adverse electoral votes, and this is the real nub of the disgraceful conspiracy against the people of Oklahoma.
 The democrats controlled the consti- (tutlonal convention of Oklahoma, and they inserted in the new instrument many democratic ideas, but those ideas are not so objectionable to the republi- can leaders as are seven adverse cleo toral votes. =
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-16
Tweniy.six Years in the South

The busy men of this section of the country-of the entire south-are in. debted to Richard H. Edmonds, editor of the Manufacturers' Record, for a compact story of southern accomplish ments in the past twenty-six years in agriculture, in manufacturing. in min. ing, in transportation, in trade and in commerce. The busy man has no time in which to survey and sum up the past, and MT. Edmonds, who is an ex- pert in southern facts and figures. has done the work for him in fine style. without at any point overstepping the bounds of truth.
 MT. Edmonds deals first with facts relating to the last decade. He com pares these facts with those of the preceding decade, and then he surveys in a broad but detailed manner the work done in the south since 1880. Not content with this magnificent story MT Edmonds turns back to the leaders of generation ago and even to1those of the Old South. and he shows that We are today doing what they pre-, dicted and prepared the way for.
 This story of the south was first printed in the Manufacturers Record | but it has also been put in pamphlet form for general use and circulation. In this form it should be in the hands of every leader of thought or business in the south. The pamphlet is pub lished by the Manufacturers Record Publishing company, and the price of
 in paper is 25 cents--in cloth, 50
 In this pamphlet the interests
 $ district receive due attention d its growth and development are demonstrated or at least indicated.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-16

step to federation. If he can be driven out Honduras and Salvador would fall into line, and Nicaragua and Costa Rica would probably accept federation as the best cure for their ills. The revolutionists are buying machine guns knowing full well that Cabrera has plenty of them, and that he will fight to the bitter end. In case of de- feat he cannot cross into Mexico, and he will either win victories or else he will sail away to any land he can reach. Activity and turmoil will probably be the net result until federation is ac- complished, and there is no guarantee that peace will reign in Central Amer iea even then.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-16
Central American Politics

President Diaz of Mexico denies that he has suggested an amalgamaiion of the Central American states under joint protectoratae of Mexico and the United States. He says the interpreter did not correctly interpret his re- marks.
 But while Mexico is unwilling to take steps to bring about a new federa- tion, yet events point in that direction. The five Central American republics stretch from the Mexican line to Pan anna, distance of eight hundred miles. They lie on both seas, and yet they contain all told only four millions of people. They are undeveloped, and they will remain undeveloped while revolutions continue to spring up. In the first half of the last century these five republics constituted the Confed- eration of Central America, but dis sensions arose, and the result became five republics, not one of which is cap able of self-defense. One strong re- public would be preferable.
 Just at present revolution is form ing that proposes to upset President Cahrera of Guatemala as a preliminary
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-16
THE WORLD IS TOO MUCH WITH
 uS

By William Wordsworth. The world Is too much with us; late and
 soon, Getting and spending. we lay waste our
 powers Little we see in Nature that is ours; We have given our hearts away, sordid
 boon The sea that bears her bosom to the
 moon; The winds that will be bowling at all
 hours, And are up-gathered now like sleeping
 flowers; For this. for everything, we are out of
 tune; It moves us not, Great Godi> I'd rather
 be pagan suckled in a creed outworn; So might I, standing .on this pleasant
 lea, Have glimpses that would make me less
 forlorn; ssss,s s&<s Have sight of Proteus rising. from the Or hear old Triton blow his, wretched horn
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-16
Is the very error of the moon;
Wheat and Cotton
.othello.

Between the green bugs and abnor- nal weather wheat has been pushed up to nearly dollar. Some of the bulls are proclaiming the coming of SIPS wheat, but dollar wheat is quite as high as the south desires. The ad- vance has been about fifteen cents a bushel, or seventy cents a barrel of flour. No doubt the crop of winter wheat has been damaged, and the crop of spring wheat delayed, by unseason- able weather. The weather is still 6ald and unfavorable, and the price of q is still at stake.
 long with dollar wheat goes twelve
 cotton, for spot middlings are
 Fw worth just about twelve cents, an
 vance of about one cent a pound. A
 Id April was damaging, and a cold lay is serious indeed, but the cotton Top is one that few days of fine eather can materially better, and per haps the world will not be called upon to face both dear bread and a cotton famine. Both coming together would be a calamity, and our farmers should plant more corn and they should cul. tivate to the utmost all the cotton that does outlive late cold season.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-16
Fame of Birmingham Engines.

The future supremacy of Birmingham as a manufacturing centre is underwrit- ten by the appreciation which other prod ucts of our mills and foundries are win- hing step by step with the famous steel rail-" said the retired newspaper man last night. Flake engines, for instance
 I understand that the Hardie-Tynes Man ufacturing company has just booked an other order for Corllss engine from Yokohama, Japan, making the second received from that source this year. This fact is significant to the thinking mind
 It shows that the thin end of Birmng- hams industrial wedge has been inserted into the far east and every stroke Of work done on the Panama canal will help to drive it home. Now, turn to en- zine castings. It is well known fact that the Alice Chalmers company. prob ably the largest engine building company in the United States, are having great many of their heaviest castings made in Birmingham. and the same is true of the Corliss engine builders of Hamilton, Ohio. Doesn't this presage the ultimate turning of the scale in favor of the en- zine built altogether in Birmingham? ?'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-16
CONDITIONS IN JAPAN.

From the Washington Post.
 The visit of General KurolSi and his staff to Washington has stirred up much inter- est in the Flowery Kingdom. At the Eb- bitt last night George R. Braun, for merly in the diplomatic service in Japan, now business man of Kansas City. talked of that country.
 Tt must not be supposed because the Japanese have displayed extraordinary military prowess that enjoy good econic conditions, or that there has been any great improvement in the state of the common people since the abolition of the feudal system, some thirty-five years ago." said MT. Braun. "The masses still subsist on meals costing from to 5 cents. and the man over there who Is able to eat a 5o-cent dinner is a grandee of the first magnitude Any very great change for the better is impossible in a country that has only 14s,0Oo square miles and a population of at least 45,O0o, 900. There Is only Il per cent of arabe land in Japan, and 1t is obvious that for the mul- titude there is no escape from grinding poverty and from the hours of poorly paid toll. Modern methods copied from the east have brought to Japan many newly established industries. but the poor people who crowd the factories work for wages that the meanest laborer in Eng land or the United States would scorn. Is it any wonder, therefore, that there is q large migration of Japanese coolies to this country?
 ''The United States appears to them as paradise, where they can become rich in few years and where they will be the equal of any citizens in the country. Personally, I think it is a mistake to ex- clude the Japanese. They could be used on the fruit farms of California to great advantage. There are no white men who can do the work required on the large fruit plantations with the celerity or the thoroushness the Japanese can. They are not afraid to get down on their knees and work. but that is too undgnhed for your native American. Thousands of Japanese laborers could be employed in California alope.f and. there are many
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-16
THE ITALIAN IMMIGRANT

It IS charged at times in some cities that the Italian is not a peaceahle eff. zen, but this criticism does not apnlv to the educated ones who come here. And so far as the poorer and uneducated class is concerned it is conceded by those fa miliar with their customs that although they have hot temper and are quick to resent an insult. they are. as body, law abiding and peaceable as soon as they learn the customs of America Like all other races, they appreciate kindness, one of their proverbs being Pleasant words are valued and do not cost mueh.'
 As to the educational qualifications of the Italians who come to America from northern Italy it is claimed by the Italian ambassador at Washington that they are on par with the best immigrants from other countries. Concerning the illlteraey of the southern Italians, that defect, tue same authority thinks, is offset by his love of home and family. his loyalty to employer, his honesty in his business deal- ings his natural genius and adaptability, his joy in his work and his splendid health, strength and physical endurance.
 The Italian laborer is useful in this country Tor certain classes or work which other immigrants will not undertake He can be found digging tunnels ditehes. sewers and many tasks which other new corners consider too menal for them. The United States has many vast enterprises on hand, such new railroads that must be built as soon as possible, and on these enterprises 1t will be difficult to employ laboring men. Some one must do the pick and shovel work in this country for many years to come. Hence, there would seem to be enough work ahead in this line for the willing Italian and for any other foreigners who want it.
 All the government asks of Italians and of all other immigrants admitted to the country Is that they will continue to assist in the development of the indus tries they are now engaged in, and re- spect and obey the laws of the land.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-16
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Atlanta. elen,lnaham snd Atlantic.

Faanta, zifniH9nam anu FtdHtiSs
 II. M. Atkinson and P. s. Arkwright of Atlanta are registered at the Hillman. MT. Atkinson is president of the Atlanta. Birmingham and Atlantic railroad and president of the Birmingham Iron com pany, and MT. Arkwright is vice president of each of those companies.
 The Birmingham Iron company, for merly the Tutwiler company. owns ore on Red mountain and nearly 10000 acres of rich coal land in the district and is developing 1t on large. up-to-date lines. It also owns and operates the Vanderbilt furnaces and has about completed sec ond furnace at Vanderbilt. The Birming- ham Iron company and the Atlanta, Bir- mingham and Atlantic railroad are owned by the syndicate and the former will not only supply the road with fuel but good volume of traffic as well.
 Work on the railroad is being pushed rapidly said MT. Arkwright, and our engineers say we will be running trains into Birmingham by the spring of next year. In the meantime OUT coal develop ment is progressing satisfactorily. and when the Atlanta, Birmingham and Att lantic reaches the district the daily output of our mines will be we'll up in the thous- ands of tons.Y
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-16
Able Younn Attorney.

"The Alabama friends and relatives of Ligon Johnson of Atlanta are naturally proud of the record that this able young attorney is making" said a prominent citizen.
 Tn the notable victory won by the state of Georgia In the suit against the Ten nessee Copper company and the Duck town Sulphur and Copper company, MT Johnson assisted Georgia's attorney gen. eral, John c. Hart He it was who, as special counsel, prepared the voluminous records in the case and handled the states interests in the United States supreme court. Duektown, Tenn, Is just across the Georgia line, and the object of the litigation was to put ,an end to the sys- tenn the companies inaugurated of smelt- ing copper ore, the result of which, 1t was alleged, disseminated large quanti- ties of sulphur gases detrimental to health and vegetation and forestry within a radius of sixty miles. The United States supreme court decided this week in favor of Georgia.
 Few young lawyers have had such op- portunities to distinguish themselves as Ligon Johnson, and the best of 1t is Johnson has measured up to the occa- sion ''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-16
From the Boston Globe.

From the Boston Globe.
 1HE Italian immigrant is in Amer ~ ica evidently to Stay. Instead of
 returning to their native land the hardy sons of Italy, as rule, become American citizens. They are gradually becoming prosperous, which makes them quite contented with their new home.
 The value of the Italian in certain in dustrial lines has long since been recog- nized by American employers dn the first place, 1t has been ascertaned that the Italian is thrifty; second, he is honest, and third, he is a hard worker.
 If the savings banks deposits are ex- amined in any of the prominent cities where the Italians have been increasing in population for the past decade 1t will be learned that these people have been saving their money since coming here Not only have they been thrifty, but they avoid lawsuits over property following the advice of the Italian proverb: Fool ish persons enrich the lawyers"
 That these immigrants are generally honest is attested by those who have em- ployed them on contract work And that they are not very suspicious of being wronged is proved by the frequency with which they have been swinded by un- scrupulous men.
 The Italian also usually possesses the virtue of sobriety. This makes him val uable workman, because the sober. man is the reliable one in all employments. The habits of the Italian workman at home are such that he has never had much incentive to become a drunkard Not that he does not like B stimulant, but, as rule, he indulges in very mild one. consisting of very weak wine, which aids digestion without causing intoxica- ton. This beverage is made mostly from cheap grapes and satisfies any desire he may have for stimulant. The Italians are sturdy race and believe that eHe who has good health is rich though ,he may not know it." -.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-16
NEGRO IS KILLED
 BY M. R. |. WATSON

Selma, May 15-(special.) )-News reached the city today of the killing of a negro on the plantation in west Dallas of Hon, J. Craig Smith, president of the state convict board.
 The negro had been off on one of the mules of the plantation. and upon being remonstrated with by M R. L. Watson, the overseer, he showed fight, and had MT. Watson down and gwas gouging into his eyes when Mr. Watson managed to get hold of his pistol and fired.
 One ball went through the negro's arm and the other into his abdomen. Even after being shot the negro was made to stop his assault on the overseer with the greatest difficulty.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-16
o. R. c.'s IN MEMPHIS
Addressed by Interstate Commissioner
 Clark.

Memphis. May 15.--The grand division Of the Order of Railway Conductors, meet ing in convention here today heard tho report of the grand chief conductor and was addressed by Interstate Commerce Commissioner E. E. Clark who is a past grand chief conductor of the order The only other matter to be brought before the convention, other than of a routine character, was the introduction of a res- olution increasing the relief assessment from s1 to g.
 Today's session of the ladies' auxiliary was also devoted to reading of reports and the disposing of routine matters.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-16
Sees Prosperity in the South.

Thomas R. Tanner. d prominent cigar salesmen of Providence, R. l., is in the city and reports that his business through out the south shows little or no effect from the backwardness of crops. MT. Tanner has travelled In the south for years and says business conditions have shown constant improvement for several years and his observations lead him to believe that the backward spring will have very little effect upon trade in gen eral
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-16
Indlct Cumberland Phone.

Jackson, Miss, May 15.-The federal grand jury today returned indictments against the Cumberland Telephone company and it's manager here, charged with taking orders for whisky to be shipped from Vicksburg and receiving the pay for the same. The company Is charged with afterwards transmitting this money to liquor houses. The Cum berland company and it's manager are charged with unlawful retailing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-16
Cooper Charged With Peonaoe.

Mobile. May 5.-(special. )--It was learn ed from a reliable source here tonight that J. W. Cooper, wealthy planter of Lower Peachtree, was arrested today at his home on warrant charging peonag ge The indictment was returned by the fed eral grand jury which adjourned at Selma Saturday last. MT. Cooper is alleged to have held negro woman on his plsnta- tion, against her will, for a period of twelve years.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-16
Grants Strikers Demands.

San Francisco. May i5.--The Gary street road has granted the demand of the strik-
 ing street ear men and will resume oper- ations on a basis of s for an eight hour day. The board of supervisors notified the officials of this line today that unless the company started its cars the city would take over the road and operate 1t. The line runs from the junction of Gary, Kearney and Market streets to Golden Gate park.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-16
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the NeW fOTk Press.
 Every man gets mighty proud of his own vices when clergyman goes wrong.
 Enthusiasm is shouting for something you don't understand because the crowd is.
 When woman buys bunch of flowers it's a sign she will let people think a man sent them to her.
 There is no use knowing so much that it makes other peoples head ache for you to explain 1t to them.
 A woman lies about how smart her hus- band is at making money just the way he does about the wonderful things the children say. K
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-16
Cyclone In Tennessee.

Nashville, May 15.--A cyclone struck Mt. Pelia, near Martin, Weakley coun- ty, last night, doing much damage. The Baptist church, several residences, one business house and number of barns were wrecked The wife of Pat Gard ner, who was sick of measles, was frightened to death by the limb of a tree falling on the house.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-16
Cotton Seed oil for consumotion.

Atlanta, May 5.-(Speeial)--Dr, George Brown, president of the Anti-Tuberculo- sis League of America. and who is d recognized authority on consumption and the treatment of the Great White Plague has just made public remedy whlc his bound to revolutionize the treat nent of this dread disease. It Is the sub stitution of cotton seed oil for cod liver oil in the en1ulsions.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-16
Aswell wants to He Released.

Jackson, Miss, May 15.-Prof. J. B. As we'll, state superintendent of education Of Louisiana, who was two months ago electd chancellor of the University of Mississippi and who promptly accepted the position. has today asked the board of trustees to release him, stating that he has been appealed to by the people from all over his own state, and of every class and calling, to remain with them
 The matter of money, says Professor Asweli. does not cut any figure in the case. ~
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-16
Mills Increase Wages.

Providence, R. l., May 15.-The cotton manufacturers of Rhode Island tonight ordered notices posted tomorrow in all their mills in this state Eastern Con- necticnt and several points in Massachu- setts. where they ownSplants, announcing a wage increase approximately of 10 per cent on May 27 The advance will affect about 25000 operatives.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-16

EVERYDAY LIFE. lis a rainy afternoon Sprinting for the cars. Ladies lose their wraps and things, Gentlemen cigars. Everybody's after the Trolleys in a rush, Dignity is quite forgot Flowing through the slush. Really Is lot of fun Sprinting for the cars, 'Tis most exciting sport Nothing ever mars. But, somehow, we must confess Running half a block After one we didn't want Gives us quite a shock. household writer explains at som,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-16

! The Atlanta Georgian's query, Can newspaper paragrapher expect to en. ter heayen?" is still going the rounds, and the consensus of opinion is that he needn't expect to go there on his merits
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-16

The New York Mail thinks that if peek-a-boo waist were put in a pianola it would play ragtime. Not on your life; it would play something senti. mental!