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The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-10
Administration Bills

The hatfull of railroad bills pre- pared by the states lawyers are not particularly revolutionary Their ob- feet seems to be- not so much to do- mesticate corporations or to do any thing else of a basic nature, as to up- set the injunctions that have par alyzed railroad regulation, stopped the enforcement of state laws, and rem dered state officials in some respects mere automatons.
 In order to defeat the injunctive de- vice bills have been drawn on two lines. namely, to repeal all acts under which or concerning which injunc- lions have been granted, and to have all suits brought hereafter against the railroads on account of rates brought in the name of the state.
 For example, the no commodity bill is slated to be repealed, but in it's stead are to be bills naming the rates the various railroads may charge for the carrying of 5000 articles, and any oyercharge may be sued for in the name of the state. This is to be done because the execution of the 110 com modity bill has been enjoined, and suits relating to rates are to be brought in the name of the state be- cause the judicial power of the United States does not extend to suits in law or equity begun by or against state. The state, in short, is to en- force the new acts in case they be- come laws.
 Each coDmodity is to be given a rate in the new bills, and classitica- tion is to be abolished. Practically all the previous railroad regulation bills of the present legislature are to be repealed, and a new system set up from which the individual is to be eliminated to make room for the state, and the state will act as state. The railroad commission is to be empow- cred to put rates up or down, but not to enforce anything. The governor and the attorney general will attend to the enforcement feature of the pro- gramme.
 The entire plan is directed against the injunction. It has been devised to kill all present injunctions, and. to pre- vent the issuance of new ones-to maintain, in other words, the suprem- acy of state laws within the state and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-10
Mr Underwood and the Canal

Tn the ordinary course of river i'm provements, in accordance with the scope of the last 25 years, Congress- man Underwood is clearly right in saying all efforts should be confined to the deepening of our rivers and our single harbor, but if the old-time schedule is to be supplanted, as was the case in Germany, by vast scheme of waterways improvements, then in deed the situation is changed If, in other words, s20O,0Oo.000 is to be ex- pended in digging ship canal to Chi
 cago and the upper river cities, and the Ohio is to have 9 feet of water to Pittsburg, then indeed, it is time to begin to ask for canal 93 miles long, from the Tennessee to the Warrior.
 No one expects an appropriation for such a canal to precede a survey of it. What is wanted is survey by the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-10

government, and a public sentiment that will demand a canal if the survey be favorable. A gravity canal may not be feasible, but storage basins can render a canal with locks useful and satisfactory The proposed canal is certainly more nearly feasible than the canal that Georgia is demanding between the Tennessee and the Oc- mulgee, across numerous ridges and the red hills of Habersham or adja- cent counties.
 MT. Underwoods practicality pro gramme is all right, and the people of this district will stand behind him, but he certainly will not object to demand for survey of the Tennessee to-Gulf canal Upon that survey the Steel corporation and the other indus. trial interests of this district and the people of East Tennessee may have something to say-something that may be step forward from MT. Un- derwood's practical programme.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-10
Music In Schools.

On the motion of Professor Davidson at meeting of the school board ol Jel- ferson county yesterday, it was decided to employ a woman as instructor oi Noe"i music and art in the county schools
 In referring to this action a well known amateur musician said: 'fhe idea IS a good one If ali the children of com munity are taught sight reading decloeu progress Is made in the promotion or musical taste; provided, of course the instructor is competent. There are teach- CTS and teachers. Those instructors "ho have only a smattering knowledge or music accounts in large measure TOT much of the faulty strumming ana slhs- ing in this country. Some persons Tn every city make living as music teach CTS who do not know the meaning of tenn perament and who have no ear for pitch and no aptitude for phrasing.
 Let the school board select competent teacher and in time good results VIII follow. Germany is a great musical na- ton. not because Germans have more nat ural talent for music than Americans or the people of Great Britain, but simply because no one is regarded as an eau cated person unless he or she be able to read music. Education in Germany IS compulsory and that means that study of the rudiments of music at least Is compulsory Every German child can read musical notation as well as It can read the words in a primer
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-10

T looks like a great thing for the Bir- mingham district that the United ! States Steel exploration has taken over the financial end of the Tennessee Coal and Iron company.
 It means that the full quota of money for the development and upbuilding of the properties will be forthcoming. It means the additions and new plants that John W. Gates and others talked so en- thusiastically about a year ago will be builded. The people now owning the con- pany have the money and the making of iron and steel being their business they will go ahead with the work which has so admirably been executed up to date by Mir. Topping and MT Crockard. These men, as the active and practical workers of the company. have made things hum in the Birmingham district, and now with a full quota of finance for all modern de- velopment will soon show what this great plant is capable of doing and earning. They are young men, not only of poth technical and practical knowledge but or that energy which must bring the full volume of success, when backed with financial resources sufficient to keep up with modern methods When men like these are told that you can spend money if you'll make it, they are sure to push things and bring about practical results
 Here's to Topping and Crockard being enabled to carry out their full schemes of development of the Tennessee com pany. When they do, no part of the great steel corporation will produce such net re- cults and profits as the Alabama end.
 
 It looks to a man up tree like Gov
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-10

ernor Conner and President Smith of the Louisville and Nashville railroad are not very chummy From, their writings they would not appear to like one another either personally or in a business way
 Some of us know they have been scrap ping for years. Governor Conner has really driven ATr. Smith in such a corner that he must fight back, and he is doing it with both fists and a foot kick when he can.
 Now there's no use in all this. The dig nifty of the state is being sacrificed and a great and unnecessary expense is being put upon the state. MT. Smith has a per feet right to endeavor to protect the in terest he represents, which is valued in millions in the state of Alabama. He had the manhood to go to Montgomery in person, and to have his attorneys there to advise him legally. He has just as much right there as has the mayor of Birmingham or anyone else who has the interests of a great body of people to subserve. He represents thousands Of stockholders-men, women and children who invested under his management for profits. They are entitled to profits Their money has made Alabama, and particularly the Birmingham district. The Louisville and Nashville has been the great medium in the development of in- steel plant here. Then it bought the Ten nessee companys railroad for cash when that company needed the money for other development. When the Ten nessee company got on it's financial feet and wanted the road for it's
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-10
m in the following table:

The average increase in production has been about 50 per cent year, and this, together with decreased operating costs, results in it's wonderful earning power. It's productive capacity will not be anywhere near it's maximum until the Gary plant is brought in full operation, about two years hence, The Gary plant is being constructed from earnings, and today the corporation, despite its heavy increase in produc- tion. has smaller interest obligations than it had in April, 1901.
 Judge Gary showed in recent statement that it had $104, ,930,o00 of liquid assets on hand These liquid assets were not reduced at all by the purchase of the Tennessee company, for that purchase was accomplished through the transfer of $15,000000 in percent bonds. The corporation is so large it needs working capital of about $10O,OOO,O0O, and it has it on hand.
 It is a corporation that is too strong to be upset by fall in prices, by hard times, by Wall street flurries or by any other adverse influence that seems to be either probable or possible.
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the sovereignty of the commonwealth.
 It is unfortunate indeed that the in functions in question were sued out. Tie Pennsylvania railroad, than which no company is better managed, does not stop Pennsylvania laws through the issuance of injunetions. It stays in the state courts, and it has won vic tories in the state courts. Many of the Alabama roads are inclined to follow in the footsteps of the Pennsylvania, and if all had joined the procession this session of the legislature would not have been called, and this unfor tunate quarrel would not have oc- cured to disturb business and to cre- ate needless friction.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-10
OUR POSTAL LAWS.

From Leslies Weekly.
 All newspaper and other publishers will be interested in the forceful statement of the rights of the press contained in the pamphlet by Winner Atkinson entitled. '"rhe Freedom of the Press Not only those whose business is directly con cerned, but all citizens who realize with Milton the vital relation between a free press and free people will approve his arguments and concur in his conclusions. MT Atkinson protests against the pres cnt postal laws. which despite the plain provision of the constitution that Con gross shall pass no law abrdging the freedom of the press" refuse the privil- ege of transmission through the mails at the ordinary newspaper rate of post age to such publications the postal officials arbitrarily shall decide not to be entitled under the law, to such priv ileges; so that the business of a pub fisher may be ruined by decision from which there Is no appeal. -f
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-10
The Salome Cartoon.

"Walter Blackmans cartoon In Sat urday mornings Age-Herald, 'Salome Dancing for the Head of Milton smith, was one of the cleverest pieces of work I have ever seen," said w. H. Waldrop' deputy clerk of the probate court yester- day.
 "The idea is executed in a bold, sim pie drawing, and any of the finer finish frequently used in cartoons would no doubt have detracted instead of adding to the picture.
 'Then the cartoon was so expressive The finest writer in the country might have seated himself before his desk and have written page after page, but he could never have expressed the idea con veyed in that picture with the distinctive ness that the work in this morning s paper does The cartoon was indeed an excellent one.
 MT r Blackman executes well some great and original ideas in his cartoons, but the one this morning will top the column"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-10
October Iron Production.

The production of pig iron in Octo- Der was 2,352,530 tons, which estab- fishes a new record in monthly pro- duction in this country. This was accomplished in 314 stacks, or Is less than were in operation at the end of September. The active furnaces in October had an average daily produc- tion each of 75,888 tons, and this is probably a new daily record.
 Alabama had 30 active furnaces in October as against 29 in September. The production in this district last month was ,724 tons as against 143,257 tons in September The gain in Alabama almost brought this dis trict's production up to that of New York The latter's output in October was 151 ,593 tons, and she has but IS active furnaces. Perhaps one-half of the New York furnaces consist of St, HlOutiH StdChS, tHlS lS Wuy IS stacks in New York produce more than 30 do in this district. The New York stacks use ore from the Lake Superior districts, and this of course promotes their output. The really productive furnaces of New York are located in Buffalo, where Connellsville coke meets Lake Superior ores. Iron making in Buffalo is not unlike iron making in Chicago, or what Gary will do later on.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-10
NED BRACE TALKS ABOUT SEVERAL THINGS
 OF INTEREST TO THE BIRMINGHAM DISTRICT

own again, Milton Smith returned it for cost and interest He could have prona- bly gotten twice as much. Instead he looked to the future of the district and has done hundreds of things to develop it. He believes in the right and lives up to his beliefs.
 Governor Conner has his back up. So has Milton Smith. But the legislature is made of conservative men. These men should cast aside personalities and do the square thing. Don't punish the rail- roads. The presidents and officials don't own them. Give the thousands of families whose money is invested in them a chance. If you hold them down to the cry of per cent earnings in prosperous times. what will they do in hard times like those now upon us?
 It is serious problem for the legisla- ture. It should be liberal. Don't punish investors now of all times. If they are Alabama will suffer blow from which It cannot recover in many years.
 Now a word about state prohibition. Whats the use in it? We have a local option law. Every county can do as 1t sees fit. Let the people of each county decide We all in the south, believe in states rights. Why not in county rights? Nearly every county in Alabama already has voted or will vote for prohibition. Let each one do as it desires. The leg islature should leave this matter as it now stands.
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-10
AGE-HERALD ECHOES

Columbus Ledger: The Birmingham Age-Herald wants to know where is all the money?" Our esteemed contempor- ary is at liberty to search us.
 Andalusia News: The Birmingham Age-Herald says: Tt takes all kinds of people to make a world, including those who want to live in a dry town"
 Washington Herald: The Birmingham Age-Herald is inclined to laugh because Col. John Temple Graves writes some thing about picking cherries from high balls' The colonel knows cherries do not grow in hlghballs; he merely as- sumes the authority of a poets license to put them there.
 Demopolis Times: The Age-Hera has started a campaign against pistol tot ing and as is usual it's articles are vigorous and to the point; likewise, the cartoons are very forceful. This is cer- tainly a very important thing and the whole country would rejoice to see some law that would effectually prevent this habit of carrying firearms.
 Chattanooga Times: The Birmingham Age-Herald continues it's warfare on 'pistol-toters,' notwithstanding the ad- vent of prohibition Our neghbor prob ably understands that when a pistol toter connects with blind tiger' there are more chances of 'something serious do- ing than in ordinary circumstances. It proposes compulsory jail sentence on every man caught carrying pistol-and that is the only thing that will stop 1t.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-10
Minus Brandy Flavoring.

"Under the prohibition law homemade mnce meat, homemade plum pudding and homemade fruit cake will be less eX- pensive owing to the absence of brandy flavoring" said a domestic citizen. Aside from the cost of alcoholic stuff that has been included in mince pie recipes which really does not amount to much in money, l. for one, am glad that louor is to be omitted l always did think that women folks overdid the brandy part. l was never topper, but when 1 do indulge in a stimulant l pre- fer it in liquid form. And it is a fact, that I have been made tighter on few generous slices of my good wlfes mince pies than on three mint juleps or three Manhattan cocktails imbibed al sitting"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-10
IN HOTEL LOBBIES.
Anti-splttinq Ordinance.

"One of the best ordinances ever adopted by the Mayor and Aldermen or Birmingham was that which made splitting on the sidewalks. in street cars, or oii the floors of public places hllsue- meanor," remarked a citizen.
 At first the ordinance was opserNeu' There were few arrests for it's vioiatlon' but it seems to have been entirely over looked so far as expectorating on the sidewalk is concerned Certain It is that no ordinance having for it's object clean Illness or the protection of health should ever fall into inocuous desuetude' Ne' the police be on the lookout TOT oi- lenders" :"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-10
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
 Divorce in haste. marry again at leis- ure.
 Sweet sixteen needs lot of sugaring to taste the way it sounds
 The less a man knows about thing the more his wife can pretend to people she thinks he does.
 Most people think they are saving money when they are only spending 1t on different things from what they were.
 woman would be willing to save all the money she spent for clothes that are out of fashion if she could get it back
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-10
Ahead of Last Year.

"I cannot for the life of me, see now neople can be pessimistic about BIT mineham." said Sam Blach of the well known clothiers last night "Buslness ls way ahead of the same period last year and. excuse the slang, that was gong some' itself. To me this is very en- couraging, for remember when man comes to trade with us he has to pro duce the cash, or it's equivalent the Vari- ous checks in use today.
 "When you get through all your reasons for imagining why business here should get bad. please bear in mind one very important feature about Birmingham ana that is our unmeasured mineral resources There is no need of my going into the details of this for men nearer our m dustries can do it so much better 10 paraphrase a little, we have the mountain and the moneyed Mahomets are bound to come to it. D
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-10
Earninn Power of Steel

The earning power of the Steel cor poration is one of the marvels of the age. It's net earnings in the first nine months aggregated $12S,430 ,4S2, sum that outruns the net earnings of any previous nine months in the entire history of the corporation.
 It began business in April, 1901, and its earning power in the first three quarters of each year since 1901 is shown in the following table:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-10
PASTORAL

BY A. LATADY. Dear heart; when all these flowers gay That deck the meads in bright array, And scent the airs that round us play, Shall yield to Time and pass away: When these sweet songs of woodland bird Which have the prattling echo stirred To bab their loves in sylvan word
 Shall yield to Time and not be heard When wonder dancing, twirlng Till That flashes light from hill to hil And doth the vale with laughter fill Shall yield to Time and shall be still
 Then only will my love grow old;
 Then only will my heart grow cold;
 Then only will my lips withhold
 The tale of love they have foretold.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-10
Game and Wine.

q believe in protecting game, but 1t does seem 10 bad that the cafes can not serve birds from now until the end of the year." said club man. If we had game now we could wash it down with wine.
 After the first of January we will not miss the toothsome quail or pheasant because beginning with the new year prohibition goes into effect; and who ever cared for a hot bird without a cold bottle? At any rate that is my way think ingp
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-10
About Parsons.

William Sheehan, the well known Mont gomery Adverstiser correspondent will be in Birmingham today, He leaves tomor- row for Bodka, where this week he is married to Miss Winston.
 The Rev Father oKelly, pastor of the Church of Our Lady of Sorrows, re- turned last night from visit to Ire land.
 l., Sevier of Norfolk, vice president of the Seahoard Air Line is in Birming- ham. He is accompanied by Mrs. Sever.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-10

The foreigners got $900,000,OO0 of good American money by marrying American heiresses, and now we are beginning to get it back in the course of trade
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-10

From the Detroit Free Press.
 q wonder what has kept Jones poor? He's always made a good salary"
 T know he's well paid, but he's one of the fellows who spend all their money trying to get something for nothing"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-10

An eastern contemporary is printing a daily series entitled, Famous Words of Famous Men," which is much bet ter than having them beloved at us by a photograph.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-10

A man who courted woman for 19 years married her the other day. Evi- dently, he is one of those persons who do not believe in rushing through life.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-10

We wish the most perfect chorus girl" would hurry up and marry his lordship, or else take an American millionaire.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-10

Those two Georgia editors wisely decided to hold their blowing match prior to January 1, so that restoratives could be obtained without difficulty.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-10

Theodore E. Burton will not shine as mayor, but he will continue to dispense river appropriations as an efficient member of Congress.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-10

Declining wheat prices promote wheat exports, but declining cotton prices do not hasten the bales from the farms.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-10

"Commonest food is best" says an authority. That's just the trouble. Nobody thinks he is eating anything unless it is indigestible.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-10

Commissioner Leupp has decided to give the untutored Utes chance to work or starve. This will soon trans form them into good Indians.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-10

Uncle Sam is fast becoming the champion canal digger. He threw out nearly two million yards of dirt in Octoher
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-10

San Francisco may be corrupt but it is not contented. The combination fits Pennsylvania only.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-10

MT. Taft need not hurry back, for his tire is hopelessly punctured and it is too late to get new one.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-10

The Thanksgiving turkey now out ranks politics, or even the legislature and it's 49 anti-railroad bills.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-10

Indian summer is a movable spell of weather, and you can never tell how long it will last or when 1t will re- aDDear
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-10

The Houston Post has a delightful speciality. It is dimpled, red-headed widows. Long may they live.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-10

The Gzar will have a duma, but the people of Russia, who now know a thing or two, will have none.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-10

One woman stood in line IA hours in New York to ascertain that her ac- count had been overdrawn $23.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-10

A Chicago editor has leaped into the mollycoddle class by saying that foot ball is brutal sport.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-10

It is easier to tell what whisky will do than to tell what it is.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-10

Colonel Watterson will be all right if he will wear black band around his arm for 30 days.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-10

In this Indian summer weather it is joy to live.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-10

The Tammany cat simply swallowed the fusion canary.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-10

The off-year elections were but the prelude of real campaigning for next years great contest.