The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-01-14

one state into another state of intoxicat- ing liquors, especially as to those counties where the state laws prohibit the sale of liquor in a particular county. l favor a resolution memorializing Congress To pass a law prohibiting internal revenue collectors from issuing license as retail or wholesale dealer in intoxicating liquors in those counties of state where tho state laws prohibit the sale of such liquors.
 Tag Tax.
 '.9. favor a law reducing or repeating altogether the 50 cents per ton inspection or tag tax on each ton of fertilizer sold in this state Of course I would devise a plan to have such fertilizer inspected properly, but the present tax. as does every other tax, comes out of the pockets of the consumer at last and falls most heavily on the poorer counties of the state and on the poorer classes of people. Probably 80 per cent of our people are engaged in farming, and the taxing of an article consumed by the farmer is unjust where you do not tax some article used by other classes of our people. Let the general funds of the state stand such appropriations as now go to certain in stitutions of the state out of these taxes paid by the farmers
 10. l shall favor local legislation for Bibb county arranging to try the viola tors of the prohibition laws of the county In the circuit court instead of the county court, on account of the fact that our juries In the county court are drawn from a limited territory, and It is often SD long after indictments are found for this offence in our county before they are triable In the county court that justice is not done. I further favor a severer penalty with at least thirty days hard labor for each offense of this kind.
 I'll. I shall favor a local law for our county providing that each witness for the state in criminal cases as well as be- fore the grand jury shall be paid in cash, instead of county script, of little value.
 ''12. I shall favor an amendment to our law eleeting county commissioners, so that they may be elected by districts, in setad of the county at large, as at pres ent. Under the present plan the com missioners for some districts are elected by districts which they do not represent.
 Bibb County Roads.
 ''13. I favor an amendment to our roal laws providing for two road supervisors for Bibb county. they to receive salary and to give their whole time to the public roads. We spend quite large sum each year on our roads. but under the system much of 1t is wasted and it does not go as far as it would if spent under the supervision of frst-class man with his whole time given to this subject. l wish one supervisor for each side of the river in our county.
 '14. I shall introduce a resolution pro- viding for the appointment of commits soin to serve without pay and to be composed of experienced and well known men to investigate and report on the feasibility and advisablty of the state at some time In the future engaging in the digging of a canal from some point on the Tennessee river to some point on the Warrior river via Birmingham in order to assist in the development of the mineral resources of the state. This may require a constitutional amendment, but If it profits the state of New York to spend hundreds of millions on it's canal system it is probable 1t will eventually pay the state of Alabama and will prob ably be a necessity. In my opinion one of the best ways to secure the proper freight rates is to take care of the water highways with which nature has endowed our state. Such a canal would put the Birmingham district, as well other portions of the state in close touch with the Nicarauga canal as well as give a fine connection with the Mississippi rive- via the Tennessee"