The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-29
MR, WILKINSON WANTS
 LONG STAPLE (O1T TON
Is Also Very Much Interested Just Now in the Soil Survey That Is to Be Made in
 the State.
BY HERVEY w. LAIRD.

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 Montgomery. Sept. s.-(special. 1.-The week has brought what seems cer- tainty of an extra session of the legisla- ture. the object of which, according to l the word of the governor, Is to bring i such pressure to bear on the lines of railroad not now operating under state laws to put them into effect. These lines l are the Louisville and Nashville. the 1 Central of Georgia and the Western of Alabama. The governor seems to think that the main trouble with the situation l lies with the Louisville and Nashville, and he jots that system whenever he ] talks of the subject at all
 As if to get posted many of the members i of the legislature have been in the city ! this week. all of whom have talked 1 more or less with the governor about 1 the outlook. Few would agree to talk about their views on the question of an extra session. though 1t is certain that many of them, perhaps a large majority are willing to come and do whatever they can to bring the opposing carriers i into line with the enactment of the legislature, pending adjudication by the federal court, in which the cases have been brought, and which has enjoined the state from enforcing the rates. Mr. Reese Interested.
 Among those who have been here was Henry F. Reese the wel-posted senator from Dallas county, one of the Thomas followers of the early session contest, and later a supporter of the administra- ton in most if not all the reform meas ures that were put on the books. "I will be here to do whatever I can to relieve ba cit ion ha l am not able to say what l think about the advisability of calling the special meeting In November"
 MT. Reese was and is interested in the situation that has followed the campaign and the effort of the governor to en- act legislation to control the railroads. He has been on neither side. preferns to remain free to vote as he thought best on all questions that came along. Frequently he made the statement in the senate that he had never had pass on a railroad nor been favored by corpor- ations in special way, but he often voted to prevent the passage of bills that might have made trouble for these interests In such way as he thought unjust.
 Against Whisky.
 The certainty that the governor will not make prohibition a part of his call for an extra session has had the effect of renewing the activity for county elim- inaton. Within the past two or three days several have taken on the move ment and are getting without much diff ficulty enough names to insure elections to put out the saloons. Even the dis pensary counties in many cases are vot- ing to give prohibition q trial.
 Beginning tomorrow at the auditorium Montgomery goes into a revival out of which is expected to grow a campaign Il, ia, tl.D ,.,ts, isters of the leading churches of the city have landed together, secured the serv- ices of Rev. Bob Jones, and will make an one, the like of which has not been seen in Montgomery for many years. Jones is much after the style of his aforetme namesake, the Rev Sam P. Jones. and makes the fur fy whenever he carries on meetings.
 Cotton Progress.
 Commissioner of Agriculture Wilkinson is much interested in long staple cotton, with the hope all the time that he can get 1t used in the state in some general way. He is raising some on his own farm near Autaugaville and has found that it pays well, but the output is not what 1t should be, and the land does not keep it up as it does the short staple. However. it is hoped that with the pass ing of the years there will be more
 
 men think that it can he produced In Alabama at good profit.
 Mir. Wilkinson is very much interested, too, In his soil survey movement, made possible by the appropriations of the leg islature and the aid of the government. While the state is to get all the bene- fit Uncle Sam is to have expert men to aid in the work and do all the printing of the maps. The wood creosoting eXpe- riments are taking much time, also, and they promise to be of great value to the state as well as a number of ex- periments that are being made with crops of various kinds. Fertilizer men are aid- ing in every way, that the crops are going to have good attention this year from the departments at the capital
 Tax Valuations.
 Various and sundry estimates are being made of the increase that may be ex- pected in tax valuations this year Some have said that it would run to S10000O others half that amount and still others even more than half. It would seem now that q safe figure to guess at would be somewhere about S70,00000O. which is about $50.000, GOO more than the normal increase in values as measured by the years of the past.
 This in itself, will give a nice line of taxes, as with 65c on the $100 it will SfloW up WonueiIully we'll 70 tnlS IS tO be added the large number of other lines of income, all bringing up the prospects. of receipts to neat figures, fully enough to take care of all the increases that have been made in the outgo in the way of new appropriations. The work of the state tax commission is seen In this in- crease and Sihe fact that there is not now an unsettled controversy among the the county and the state officers Is taken to mean that the policy laid down is go- ing to be carried out
 News of Interest.
 In an election held today in the Twenty fifth district John Gamble of Troy was elected to the senate to succeed Lucien Gardner who has been appointed chan cellors. The same time an election was held in Dale county, which returned William Garner to the legislature in the place of Henry Stegall, appointed solicitor. Both men are in full accord with the administration. z The executive committee of the Alabama Cotton Seed Crushers' association will meet here Wednesday. October 2. The call