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The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-23
Naval stores

Savannah, May 22-Turpentine firm, 601sc; sales, 5.9O; receipts. 123s; shipments, s4.6o. Resin firm; sales, 14es; receipts, 274S; shipments; 4O9; stock. 33.522. Quote, A, B, c, s4.3Od4. 40; D, s4.5od4.55; E. s4.72@ 4.75; F, s4sO; c, $4.S71s64. 90; H, s495; l, s5.2O; K, s5.45; M, $5.55; N, s5.65; VIC, S5.7) wv, $5.S0@65.
 Charleston, May 22-Turpentine and ros!n, nothing doing
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Metal Market.

New York, May 22.-There was a de- c-l,ie in the London tin market, spot closing at E1S9 los and futures at f1S5. Locally the market was dull and unset tied. Spot is quoted at $43 3.50044
 Copper was lower in the London mar ket, spot declining to e101 los and fti- lures R9S los. Locally dull and nominal. Lake, SPA. .50Q25.5O; electrolytic, S22. 45; casting, s22 .5O@22.75.
 Lead unchanged in both markets.
 Spelter lower, at e25 12s in London, but was unchanged locally.
 Iron was lower in the English market; standard foundry, Cos Id and Cleveland warrants at Cos ad. Locally the market was unchanged.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-23
ErIsco Pratt citv.EnsIev rraIn.

The Frisco railroad will run trains be- tween Birmingham Pratt City and Ensley every two hours, beginning at o'clock. a. m., May 21. 5-21-tf
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Cotton Seed oil.

Memphis, May 22.-Prime crude. Ss; choice meal, $2350.
 New Orleans, May 22.-Cotton seed oil, prime 46c
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Treasurv Statement.

Washington, May 22-Today's treasury balance: Available cash balance, $252, ,622,- 912; gold coin and bullion, s95, ,293 99S.
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A N c HOR LIN

GLASGOW and LONDONDERRY Sailing from New York every Saturday
 New twin screw steamships aCALEDONIA" and "COLUMBIAo
 Average passage 7is days.
 AND FAVORITE STEAMSHIPS
 "Astoria" and "Furnessia.' For tours and information apply to HENDERSON BROTHERS. New York. STEINER BROTHERS, Bankers. R. w LUCkET. Union Station, Bir- mingham.
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Dry Goods.

New York, May 2.-The dif goods mar ket was steady for the day Jobbers re- port a more active trade on ummer wash
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RAILWAY SCHEDULES

Showing the arrival and departure ol passenger trains at the Union station. Birmingham;
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Interior Movement.

Houston-Steady; midding, 12sse; net receipts, 1771; gross receipts, 1771 ship ments, 1762; sales, 227; sock, 24,804
 Augusta-Steady; midlling, 12s4c; net receipts, PA; gross receipts, 24; ship ments, 105; sales, 92; stodS. 2O.15o.
 Memphis--Cteady; midiling, 111sc; net receipts, S20; gross receipts, III; ship ments, 22O3; sales, 175o sock, 11S,176
 St. Louis-Quiet; mddlng, 12c; net re- ceipts, 334; gross receipts 163O; shipments, 1899; stock, 33,746.
 Cincinnati-Net receipt, 69: gross re- celpts 69; shipments, 165; stock, 1928.
 Louisvile-F'lrm; middlng, 12N4c
 Total today-Net receips, 27l8; gross re- ceipts 4s65; shipments, S34; sales, 2069; stock. 2D5,S04.
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as foIlows:

Cash quotations were as follows
 Flour-Firm; standard hard patents. s6 Wheat-No g. 95qs1.O2; No. red, sl9 1011a.
 Corn-No. ?, 551Aa55s4c; No. ? yellow 55%c.
 Oats-No. 2, 4s1Ac; No. white. 47sc; No. 3 white, 44@47c.
 Rye-No. 2, S39S5c.
 Bariey-Fair to choice malting, soc. Flax Seed-No. 1, $l.261k; No. 1 north- western, s1.27ls.
 Prime timothy seed, s4.60.
 Clover-Contract grades, s15.25. hort Ribs Sides-Loose, $S. .75QS. .95. Mess Pork-Per barrel. SIS. 5Oa16. .621a. Lard-Per 100 pounds $9.12h
 Short Clear Sides-Boxed, s91z
 Whisky-Basis of high wines, $1 .29 On the produce exchange today the but ter market was steady. Creameries, 1S0D PC; dairies. 17a201zc; eggs weak, at mark cases included, 151ac; firsts, 141ac; prime frsts, 1519c; extras steady. Cheese, 13Gf 1fAc
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Live Stock Market.

Chicago, May 22.-Cattle: Receipts, about 24,000; steady to 10c lower; medium to good sters, A.5o@e. 30; heifery. s3a425; i;
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THE LOCAL MARKETS
Local Iron Market.
Local Cotton Market.
E,al Securities,
Banks and Trust Companies

Corrected by Otto Marx X Co.,, Brown
 Marx BuildinR.l
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Hides and Wool. Green salt hides. 71zQSc. Green hides, 6@7c. Dry flint hides. 15q16c. Dry salt hides, 1sq15c. Sheep skins, 25475c. Goat skins. 10Q25c. Tallow 4lzq5c. Beeswax, 25q26c. Washed wool. BOG. Clear unwashed wool, 19020c. Bury wool, 9010c. Ginseng. s250@4.50 per pound
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-08
An Eccentric Appointment

The new collector of the port in New York, Edward s. Fowler, is a Roosevelt democrat. He never has been a regular. republican, and both of the New York senators were ig- nored when he was appointed collec. tor, although he is to be master of 2500 employees.
 Major Fowler is peculiarly product of the Roosevelt regime. In 1904 he was pitchforked into the army as a major, but the Senate would not con firm the nomination. Thereupon he was made general appraiser of the port of New York, and when MT. Stran. ahan resigned on account of i'll health he was made collector of the port. He is a personal friend of Theodore Roosevelt and George B. Cortelyou, and that is all there is of the appoint ment. It is personal and decidedly Rooseveltian.
 Possibly, the appointment is to be
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regarded as a blow aimed at the boom of Governor Hughes, for it is plain that no love is lost between the Roosevelt Cortelyou crowd and the Hughes boomers. Fowler and Governor Odell, a Hughes leader, live in Newburg, a small city on the Hudson, and the existing between them is not notable for warmth and fullness. The truth is, the Fowler appointment is not political in the old sense of the word. It is personal, but what it means so far as the coming presiden- tial campaign is concerned it is diff cult to say. Fowler is in fact and in truth more of a Tammany democrat than he is 8 machine republican, and no one knows whom he will favor during the coming campaign. This is an odd and eccentric administration, and by far the oldest and most eccen-
 tric of it's appointments is that of Ed
 ward S. Fowler to the collectorship
 of the country's chief port.
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Troops and Scrip

Although Goldfield correspondents say there 'is not the least semblance of disturbance" in the mining camps or in the city of Goldffeld, yet Presi- dent Roosevelt has ordered General Funston to dispatch troops to Gold field, and five companies of the Twen- ty-second infantry are in Goldfield to- day. Governor Sparks of Nevada in- cited this movement, and he found a ready second in the White House.
 The country has become familiar with the use of troops for the suppress sion of miners movements, but the Nevada campaign is the first one in our history, from Pullman to Colorado, based on scrip. William D. Haywood, secretary-treasurer of the Western Federation of Miners, defines the issue in Nevada as follows:
 "The miners at Goldfield have been fair with the mine owners, and I cannot con- ceive how federal troops could be neces- sary unless capitalists have become un- scrupulous. I have just returned from Goldfield, where l investigated the dis putes between miner and mine owner. The miners were dissatisfied at the cash ier's check system. They were willing to put up with the panic. however, and of- fered to accept half of the wages in cashiers checks and the other half in gold"
 Scrip has proven useful in nearly every state, but scrip on the voluntary plan and scrip at the mouth of United States rifles are two differing proposi- tions. Voluntary scrip is defensible, but involuntary scrip is a novel prop osition. It is a new departure. The essence of the Nevada trouble is scrip, and when troops are sent by the Pres ident to suppress 3200 miners, the plain object of their presence in Ne vada is to ram scrip into the pockets of the miners. The circulation of scrip at the point of the bayonet is a new proposition, and it calls for resump- tion at the earliest possible moment. The gold diggers naturally want some gold, and their proposition to accept one-half of their pay in scrip does not seem to have much injustice in it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-08
Long Messages Unpopular

Only one New York paper printed the Presidents recent message in full, and the most of them cut it down to a single page. The truth is, our sys- tenn of presidential messages needs revision. No other country is afflicted with such messages, not one. As a rule the throne or it's representative, or the president in a republic sends in an address not exceeding column in length, and sometimes two or three paragraphs cover all needful recon. mendations.
 The tendency towards a multiplicity of recommendations weakens all of them. Instead of letting the depart ments make most of the recommends tions, or Congress do some things of it's own motion, the president attempts to cover the entire field, and the result is that most of his recommendations go unheeded.
 Multiplicity of recommendations and verbosity in general should be eliminated from presidential messages, and the nearer the message of the fu- ture comes to single column, or at the most to single page, the more readers it will secure. The recent message contained 30,O00 words. It filld in many newspapers four pages, and comparatively few read it. Some skinned it. Some read a sum. mary of it, but few indeed waded through mass of recommendations covering nearly all of Our activities, private as well as public.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-08
lGRIDlRON CLUB BRISTLES WITH WIT AND
 LAST NIGHTS DINNER WAS BEST OF ALL

clearing house certificates issued by au- thority of the Gridiron club clearing house associttion for use at the annual fall dinner of the Gridiron club" There was a certincate for each course, the eertifi- cates being alike, except as to the item of food and a bit of humorous com ment. Here is the way the certificate for the first course reads:
 No 1.-Oysters Committee of the Gridiron club clearing house assiciation-
 This certifes that the Gridiron club has deposited with the menu committee se- curities in accordance with the pro- ceedings of meeting of the Gridiron club clearing house association, held this day, upon which this certificate is issued. This certificate entities the bearer to one portion of oysters, which will be de- livered at once, in accordance with the rules of the association.
 The oyster is popular just now.
 It never says word. / The remarks upon the other certificates Were as follows:
 Why is our chicken gumbo like the relations between Roosevelt and Hughes? Strained. Grlmsby English sole looks will on tho
 bill;
 But any other fish makes Hartman i'll. 
 You take care of the fowl and Uncle Joe will take care of tile fowler.
 What Is the difference between terrapin Justice?
 The terrapin has been relieved of it's bony part, and the department has not
 Gridiron punch is an institution for the benefit of those who have political scruples against taking a real drink.
 This game is guaranteed not to be as tough as the one Cortelyou is up against. Why is this coffee like the 5000, ,OO0o con- spiracy?
 It has no grounds.
 The certificates which were issued for the sauterne and the champagne were of generous character They did not restrict the bearer to one portion, but allowed him to partake his full share.
 There were TO certificates for the speeches. They were served ad libitum, being sandwichd in during the other proceedings.
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am as mad as he, If sad and merry madness equal be-
 Twelfth Night.
Beer and River improvements

The bill of Representative Acheson of pennsvlvania will in the ordinary course of taxation Legislation com mand the support of Alabama, for after January 1, 1909, it would not touch our pockets. Every locality, Alabama included, is ever willing to let other sections pay the taxes, and the Alabama members will have to be uniquely patriotic if they oppose MT. Acheson's bill.
 MT. Acheson finds from the internal revenue returns that we as people pour into our midst 52,000000 barrels of beer a year. The tax at present is $1 a barrel The Acheson bill pro- poses to increase the tax to $2 bal rel. thus enabling the beer drinker as he stores away the foaming fluid to deepen our harbors and to improve our rivers to the limit of $52,000,000 a year. He might not know when he lifts a beaker of froth and some beer that he is carrying out a'great national policy, but it is not necessary he should know it. It is sufficient if he does the work consciously or uncon- sciously.
 But the real inherent beauty of the Acheson plan will come home to Ala bamians after January 1, 1909, when they can watch the improvement of their rivers at the expense of Penn sylvania and othr wet" states. The patriotism of the "wet" states may, however, wane before the task is completed, and MT. Acheson should be asked to offer some guaranty that the wet forces behind his bill will not balll at a crucial stage of the wa. terways enterprise.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-08
Ownership of the Central

Although E. H.. Hartman undoubt- edly holds in his own name the stock of the Central Railroad of Georgia, formerly held in the interest of the Southern railway, yet that fact and the transfer of his individual holding to the Illinois Central have never been admitted. Possibly the transfer of the stock has not been completed-has not become, in other words, matter of record. It is believed, however, that tne entire business will be explained and approved at the postponed meeting of the Illinois Central stockholders to be held in Chicago on December IS. This meeting is therefore looked for ward to with interest both in this city and throughout Georgia
 This piece of business renders the pending Fish-Harriman struggle doub- ly interesting, for if the Fishites se- cure control of the Illinois Central they would undoubtedly refuse to take over the Central of Georgia. It is much more pro2Rble, however, that Harri- man will be able to retain control of the Illinois Central. and that the plan of adding the Central of Georgia to the Illinois Central system will be con- summated.
 It is believed the interests of this city and district would be better served by MT. Hartman than by MT. Fish. This district has no Illinois Cen tral stock to vote, but that fact need not deter it from having an opinion as to the outcome of the struggle. The fact that the Hartman policy has al- ways looked to liberal betterments and to development is enough to con- vince any one that the interests of this district would be we'll served by an accession at this point of the Gen. tral of Georgia to the Illinois Central system-better served perhaps than by a Fish policy, which would make this but one terminal out of many of the great Illinois Central system.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-08
IN HOTEL LOBBIES.
Douglas For Vice President.

T was much pleased at the mention in the columns of The Age-Herald of for mer Governor W. L. Douglas of Massa- chusetts for William J. Bryan's running mate," said an enthusiastic democrat.
 Douglas represents the tariff reform idea along practical lines The tariff issue must necessarily be not only plank of the democratic party's platform, but 1t will be a slogan in the next campaign, if democrats are not to have most of their former declarations adopted by the republicans, as they apparently are coming to be. The next republican con vention will be dominated by Roose- welt, who is streaked with democracy to- day, according to his utterances. He has asked in his message for free wood pulp.
 Now, Douglas stands for free raw material. and was elected governor of g. strong republican state on that platform. His selection for the second place on the democratic ticket would carry with it much of the prestige of success, on both practical and political lines, for he Is a self-made man, large manufacturer and straight-from-the-s shoulder democrat. His nomination would be clean, clear-cut politics of the winning type, for with the west and New England on the right and left of the line and the south bring ing up the center the intrenched republi- cans could be driven from powcr."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-08
A LITTLEL LAME BOYS VIEWS.

By James Whitcomb Riley, Morning On Scursion days-an Shows-an' Fairs They aint no bad folks anywhere:
 On street cars-same as you Seems like somebody allus sees I'm lame. an takes me on their knees,
 An holds my crutches, too An asts me what's my name, an pays My fare theirse'f-on all Big Days! The mob all scrowdges you an makes Enough O bluffs, fer goodness sakes!
 But none of 'em ain't mad They're only lettin' on,--I knew An I can tell you why it's so: They're ever one. jes glad as me To be there, CT they wouldn't be! The man that sells the tickets snoops My "one-er in, but torto' stoops
 An erins out at me-then Looks mean an business-like an SUCKS His big fnoustache at me an chucks
 Too much change out again He's smooth citizen, an yit He don't fool me one little bit. An then. inside--fer all the jam Folks, seem-like. all knows who am,
 An tips me nods an winks: An even country folks has made Me hep eat pie an marmalade, With bottled milk fer ''drinksv'- Folks all's so good to me that r. Sometimes-I nearly purt' '-near cry. An all the kids high-toned CT pore, Seems better than they WIZ before,
 An wants to kindo stand In with a feller-see him through The free layout an sideshows, too
 An do the bloomin' ''grandr' On 'Scursion days-an Shows-an Fairs< They air't no bad folks anywherel
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-08
Masonic Home Assured.

Ben M. Jacobs. past grand( master of Masons in Alabama, and chairman of the committee on the Masonic Widows and Orphans Home project, is greatly encouraged over the outlook for estab- fishing at an early day an institution which has long been uppermost in his mind.
 ''The grand lodge which met in Mont gomery this week committed itself most enthusiastically to the Widows and Or phans' Home movement" said Mir. Ja- cobs. It raised the per capita assess ment from 50 cents to $1 the additional 50 cents to go to the home fund. As there are 10000 Masons in Alabama we will have to start with $10,000 a year. The membership will naturally increase and it will not be many years before the per capita will yield at the rate of $l5,o0O per annum. After the current bills of the grand lodge are paid there will be a surplus of about $6000 in the treasury and S5000 of that amount will be donated to the home.
 'Offers of sites are already being re- ceived One Mason is ready to donate 40 acres not very far from the Brming- ham district After the matter of loca- tion is settled the committee will take up building plans. The home will be reality within the next year or two. In the meantime the committee hopes to receive many donations to the building or the endowment fund. Something like $26O0 is already in hand-the total Of do- nations made some time ago."
 It is understood that both Hartselle and Cullman will make earnest efforts to secure the Masonic Widows and Orphans Home.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-08
TAFT's PERSONALITY.

From the Havana (Cuba) Post.
 The Chinese people could not have paid Mir. Taft a greater compliment as far as showing their good will and esteem is con- cerned than by having their women attend the reception in his honor. China might have sent her most important men of state to welcome MT. Taft and great and elo- quent words might have been said, but those words would have been mere diplo- matc platitudes, utterly hollow as far as expressing any sincerity was concerned.
 There is no doubt about the winning per- sonality of MT. Taft. He makes friends wherever he goes-friends for his country, friends that mean something and that may stand his country in good stead, not only now, but in the future. Paragraphers may joke about what they term the pleas ure jaunts'' of Secretary Taft, but the money of the United States which he spends abroad Is one of the eountry's best investments.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-08
Business, Cotton and Politics.

George w. Darden of Oneonta was in Birmingham yesterday. He said:
 'The banks of Oneonta and Pell City are paying cash just as if no money stringency had been heard of. The farm CTS are slowly marketing their cotton. The crop in our section will yield about 60 per cent"
 Mir Darden is solicitor for the new Six teenth circuit and has just returned from a term of the court at Pell City. He says there is a strong feeling among the voters of his circuit in favor of the nomination of William Jennings Bryan for President.
 Indeed" said Mir. Darden, MT. Bryan is as good as nominated We have only to wait for the shouting"
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u. S. Steel Corporation.

"I have watched with interest the policy of the United States Steel corporation ever since the concern was organized, said a well known manufacturer, ana what has impressed me is the conserva- five tone of the statements issued by the chairman, as well as the corporations businesslike and successful methods. There is never any boasting, never any thing roseate In recent note to the Baltimore Manufacturers Record, in re- sponse to an inquiry from the editor, Chairman Gary in his characteristic quiet way says:
 ",We have a high opinion of the value of the properties of the Tennessee Coal' Iron and Railroad company, and believe we shall be able to utilize them to great advantage to ourselves and to the com munity. Our examinations are not as yet ocmplete nor our plans fully developed
 ssThis is better than exaggerated prom ises. It is safe to say that the United States Steel corporation will eventually develop their properties here on vast scale. but as to the details it is too soon for the officials themselves to know. Everything the corporation does it does on a solid scale and it never proceeds until it is absolutely sure of it's ground.
 .eThe entrance of the United States Steel cornoration into the district is the biggest thing that has happened in this section in many years
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AGE-HERALD ECHOES

Ensley Sun: 'Its far cry from fig leaf to a Parisian gown," says The Bir- mingham Age-Herald. Yes, or gee string to a dress suit.
 Savannah Press: The Birmingham Age Herald thinks the country should now get it's gold in Colorado, Nevada and Alas ga instead of London, Paris and Ber- lin. R4
 Savannah Press: The Birmingham Age- Herald thinks Weston got to Chicago just as the turkey was being put into the oven.. This may solve the mystery of his hast&
 Jackson News: "What about your Christmas shopping?" asks The Birming- ham Age-Herald. Ours isn't done yet; we're waiting for an opportunity to bor- row the money.
 Jackson News: The Birmingham Age Herald paragrapher is a critical cuss. He says that ballooning will never be popu- lar among women because it affords them no opportunity to show their new clothes.
 Savannah Press: The Birmingham Age Herald in quoting a Georgia contem- porary" says, "Ho, for the sleeperr' Ala bama has a whole year, so The Age- Herald need not get on such a big one.
 Jackson Clarion-Ledger: The Birming- ham Age-Herald suggests that if the Indians of Oklahoma vote as well as they play football they will be an honor to the country. It means the country round about the Mississippi A. and M. college.
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THE WAY TO THE STATION.

From Success Masazine.
 A party of autonobilists was touring through Virginia. An accident to the car forced them to take q train home As they walked down the road seeking some one from whom they could inquire their way, they met an old darly.
 'Will you kindly direct us to the rail- road station? one of the party asked
 ''Certny, sir he responded. Keep again right down dis road till yo gets to where two mo roads branches out Den yo' take de lef' one an keep on a-goin till yo' gets to where de ole post office uster be-