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The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-13
IN DESPERATE STRAITS.

From the Farmers Union Guide
 Circulars flood the country today issued by cotton exchange houses, principally from New York, containing enough pes simism to shake out every bale of cotton now in the hands of growers and other holders of actual cotton--if they took any stock in these hot air manifestoes. These brokers and speculative dealers are short up to their eyes, the mills of the world are short and the crop is short. It Is a groundhog case-they must have the cot ton and will do anything to get it. They claim that an excessive acreage has been planted, that cotton In the lower attitudes Is already being chopped" and cultivated and that trade is no good, mills running short time, no market for the mill pro- duct and every other claim imaginable
 The truth is that little or no cotton has shown above ground anywhere in the belt; that not one-half of the acre. age of last season has been planted to date; one-third of the cotton area has not yet been plowed and will not be planted before May 1. How much will be planted in cotton is mere guess and the planters in thousands of cases are still undetermined as to how much they will plant and what other crops they will put in the ground. The season is from two to three weeks later than last season and planters who seeded three and four times in 1907 will choose to make late crop rather than run a similar risk again.
 Officials of the Alabama F. E. and C. U. and members of the staff of The Farmers Union Guide have, during the past ten days, traversed important sec tions of Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas, Tennessee and Georgia and reliable reports are in hand from thousands of the local unions in all the cotton states. Their testimony Is all in accordance with the statements made in the foregoing paragraph. They have, for the most part the evidence of their own eyes and therefore pay no attention to the absurd rawlings of the bears who wish to cover their shorts, and cannot .dislodge the cotton necessary for their purposes
 These are some of the reasons why the Guide urges its readers and the state officials to tell the members of the or ganization not to sell bale of cotton and, by reducing the acreage this year, control the price for the implanted, un- grown, uncertain crop of 1s0S-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-13
ROOSEVELT PICKS FIVE

White House and told him he could have all the money he wanted 10 extend it's scope and influence. but the President declinel at the time.
 James J. Fill is a recent convert ad- mitted to the inner sanctuary When the President through the department of jus tice, broke up the Northern Securities n.eger, it is doubtful if the comments of MT. Hill about the President could have been secured to posterity by pub lication upon asbestos paper, but lately there has been a chenge
 Paul Morton is largely responsible for this. Morton asked Hill to meet the President and Hill aaid he would come if the President would invite him. Then Morton went to the President and the executive in characteristic style said: T would be delighted to see Hill. I al- ways liked the hairychested old gorilla he is an empire- e-builder-but in his big ness he forgot that other rersons had some rights"
 They met and now all is forgiven and forgotten and Hill is named as one of the five greatest men of the nation.
 John Mitchell is one of the White House intimates. The President recently offered him position to investigate la bor conditions in the canal zone, but Mitchell had to decline ol account of ill., health
 William Jennings Bryan? Well, at the recent Gridiron club dinner Bryan and Roosevelt sat together, and in the course of the dinner if was civilian" and 'Theodore" in the exchange of views. o Itsde verbal bouquets are passed ire quently and Bryan gets in the sacred five.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-13
Business and Money.

Henry Clews in his weekly letter of Saturdays date says in part:
 Considering the profitable prices which farm products generally are bringing, there Is little prospect of any reduction in acreage, and the general conditions are such that farmers have every inducement for increasing their output during the coming season. It is noteworthy that there are not many complaints of the scarcity of labor, which last year ma- terially interfered with proper cultiva- tion of the crops in many districts
 Another very favorable feature is the great ease of money. In view of the dull condition which reigns in trade, and tine low prices on which business is based, the indications are that very easy rates will prevail, at least until the crop demands begin to assert themselves In fact, it would be no surprise if money were soon to become a drug in the market. This does not mean that credit will be plenti- full. Bankers are justly pursuing very conservative policies and exercising much discrimination in the granting of credit and support of new enterprises Sound concerns, however, have no difficulty in securing all the reasonable accommoda- tions which they require, and commercial paper Is in good demand ana free supply. The effect of such easy money in the long run will be extremely beneficial to the se- curity markets. In the first place 1t will enable many, who have been cramped for means, to turn about and adjust them selves to the new conditions. This is @ feature the importance of which can only be fully recognized by those in close touch with financial and business affairs
 ''The severity of the late crisis is now plainly seen in the reports of bank clear ings for the first three months of the cur rent year All cities of the United States showed decrease of 2S per cent. In New York city the decrease was 35 per cent; in the middle states 34 per cent; in the New England states 24 per cent; in the middle western states 8 per cent in the Pacific states 27 per cent and in the south only 10 per cent These figures show that York; they also show what Is extremely satisfactory that the other parts of the country have felt the crisis less severely. Railroad earnings continue to show large decreases; nevertheless the ratio of de- clines Is smaller than in January and Feb ruary, and the large curtailments in ex- penses enforced by some of the roads are making net results less unfavorable than at one time was feared ed.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-13
PASSION FOR ANGLING

Davy it was "a ruling passion strong 'n death" Gibson, Chontrey and Walter Scott were enthusiastic in the pursuit So, too were Wordsworth and Zimmerman. The last named, noted for his conten- platfSe moods, found that he was never less alone than when alone. and thus ndulging his ''philosophic melancholy discovered the uses and the virtues of that solitude on which he has so impressively discoursed. Then, too, there was Shake speare, who was considered good poach- CT on the streams in the vicinity of his home.
 The taste for angling is generally ac- quired in boyhood days. Go into any re- zion where there are rivers and you will find youngsters-the anglers of the future trying to coax a specimen of the finny tribe to leave its safe and comfortable quarters. Note the expressions of watch fulness and hope on the countenances of such lads Will they ever forget the sport? a
 The art of angling was divided by Ephemera, many years ago, into three 2 main branches, namely: Angling at the surface of the water, with natural or ar tfcial insects; angling at midwater whereabouts. as trolling with live, dead or artificial baits, and angling at or near the bottom with worms and other sorts of natural baits. Angling with flies how ever, is much preferred by fishers be- cause of the greater skill required.
 The old rules for angling are still dear to the devotees of this sport. Success de- bends on the state of the weather, on the selection of flies and on the adaptation of the anglers resources to the height and color of the water. It is unwise to fiy-f1sh with an east wind or when heavy rain is overhead. Where the water is clearing, after flood, fish rise eagerly and take fiercely. But whenever you see trout throwing themselves out of the water or splashing your flies with the.r tails, you may wind up and go home" Trout are argus-eyes, the faintest skadow startles them. so flies must be dropped softly on the water.
 The angler can profitably study the habits of fish. the outdoor tramping builds up his health, and he learns the value of patience and perseverance.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-13

in the Tatsu Maru incident is bitterly resented. This boycott goes much deeper than did the one against Amer ica a few years ago over the exclusion restrictions. The masses have taken hold of the one against Japan, and they enter upon 1t in the hope of wip- ing out national disgrace.
 It is believed that the Chinese gov ernment will silently favor the boy colt, and that it will, therefore, spread over the entire country. Canton is an excellent headquarters for boycott movement, and some of it's best citi- zens have become spokesmen of the boycotters.
 America does not sell many goods in the south of China, but if the boycott continues to spread it will undoubtedly lead to larger sales of American and German goods. The Japanese do not like the situation, but they see that
 they must lie in the bed as they have
 made it. They begin to see that the
 Tatsu Maru matter is a commercial
 mistake at any rate.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-13
eREylTIEs FROM ABROAD.

From the Wall Street Journal.
 by the London police Is estimated at s4, 4,5OO,oQo,oOo.
 that he has been yaccinated before he can exercise his franchise right.
 William Fulton Jackson the gen eral manager of the North British railway, has a unique record. He has walked the entire length of the North British railway.
 In Norway if a woman travels with her husband on a train she does not rave to pay but half fare. They proo- aoly have no smoking compartments on the Norwegian trains aaT esis%
 A In the whole of England and Wales g judges of the supreme court do the t.ial work. These 23 judges, according tc the figures submitted by Eldridge L. Adams to the New York State' Bar association, actually tried and der termined in 1905 SOFT cases" #
 The Chinese have undertaken to nurse their forests and the officials of the Celestial government have en- ;saged a Japanese expert from Tokio to act as head master for the proposed school of forests at Mukden for a term of four years, with two Chinese gentlemen as his assstans. .t
 In 1905 an effort was smade,to enlist American capital in the development of Abyssinia by subscriptions to the shares of bank with its principal offices in London, Cairo and Ads Ababa. The authorized capital of thls tank is s2,500Ooo. in shares of s25; all os which has been issued. The entt's capital was offered for sale, in No vember, 1905. by the National Bank of Egypt on terms which seem extraordi- nary. A premium of $10 per share was required, although the shares themselves were not fully paid up. Ac- cording to the London Stock Exchange Year Book for 1908, the whole of tl'e premium and $6.25 of the capital has been paid and the balance of $1S.75 per sh are of capital can be called up as r,quired an interval of at least two n onths to elapse between each call. The shares were quoted in tho official i.st, according to Skinner, at s5, bur the latest price offered appears to be SIPS. The total amount. therefore. Ter ccived by the National Bank of Egy h Tor 100000 shares was $1.625.ooo, with d liability of s1.s75. 900. Their present value would be $125,0o0.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-13
To Be Deported

Now that the United States govern ment is acting with determination and energy in the matter of deporting an- archists and incendiary leaders who have come here from Europe. would be bomb throwers will be less active in propagating their bloody doctrines. If steps such as are being taken by the authorities at Washington had been taken ten years ago assassina- tions would have been fewer,
 Even in those old-world countries, where tyranny prevails, anarchists have no defenders among true advo. cates of liberal institutions. Agitators known as Red Republicans, are only retarding free government movements. Political reforms are never ac- complished by murder; and Amer fca is the last country on the globe where anarchists should be allowed to get a footing. These wretches must be kept out of the United States, and now that de. portation is to be the governments $ policy and greater influence is to be exercised with regard to bloodthirsty immigrants anarchist groups will dwindle to nothing 40
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-13
A GEORGIA VOLUNTEER.

From the Atlanta Constitution. Far up the lonely mountain side
 My wandering footsteps led, The moss lay thick beneath my feet, The pine sighed overhead; The trace of dismantled fort
 Lay in the forest nave, And in the shadow near my path
 I saw a soldiers grave. The bramble wrestled with the weed Upon the lowly mound: The simple headboard, rudely writ,
 Had routed to the ground, I raised 1t with a .reverent hand,
 From dust its words to clear, But time had plotted all but these:
 "A Georgia Volunteer" I heard the Shenandoah roll
 Along the vale below I saw the .Alleghenies rise
 Towards the realms of snow; The valley campaign rose to mind.
 Its leaders name, and then I knew the sleeper had been one
 Of Stonewall Jackson's men. He sleeps; what need to question noWl If he were wrong or right? He knows ere this whose cause is jus In God the Fathers sight; F He wields sno warlike weapons now, Returns no foeman's thrust; Who but @ coward would revile
 An honored soldiers dust? Roll, Shenandoah, proudly roll
 Adown the rocky glen. Above thee lies the grave of one Of Stonewall Jaclssons men. Beneath the cedar and the pine
 Tn solitude austere. Unknown unnamed forgotten 1lnn
 A Georgia Volunteer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-13
A Good Sign.

'The number of men out of ern- pioyment in the Birmingham district is small compared with the num- Der of idle wage-workers in other industrial sections,Y said member of The Commercial club. And one of the best evidences of the improved condi- tions here is the fact that comparative Iy few men are offering at the B,r- mingham recruiting station for en- lstment in the regular army. In times of industrial depression army recruiting stations are usually overrun with applications for mIli- tary service. The pay of the private soldier is not large enough to attract men of mechanic trades when work is to be found. In January last the Birmingham station accepted for en- listment larger number Of men than usual. But the fact that the recruit ing office is dull again would seem to show that thu industrial situation is brIghters' ss a aff4 f#
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-13
IN HOTEL LOBBIEs
Sentiment In North Carolina.

W F. Mangum Turner, an attorney of Lexington, N. C. passed through Birmingham .ast night en route horne from points in Mississippi Discussing conditions in his home atate he said:
 We are to have a general election on the prohibition statute soon and there appears to be no doubt but that state wide prohibition will soon be m force. North Carolina has fallen i;I line with the sentiment in other parts of the south and the result will Tn all probability be the same. Gov eTnor Glenn has been a leader in the prohibition movement and has thereby made himself a formidable candidate for the United States Senate as Senator Overman's successor
 One of the peculiar features of our railroad rate legislation is the fact that GoAernor Glenn has constantly been put forward as the defender of the drastic measures. when in fact uie people of his state know him as a man who is opposed to such drastic laws to regulate railroads He wZs lulNewarm on the subject throughout the campaign. A striking thing about our constitution Is that the governor has nothing to do with lawmaking He does not sign bills and mas no veto power.
 There las been a decided change of sentiment during the past year on the subject of corporation batting and here Is a decided inclination now tc do all that can be done to encourage capital to come in and assist in thc states develcpmentn
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-13
WI AsHINGToN. April 1O-who are W the five greatest men in the
 W United States outside of public

life?
 According to Theodore Roosevelt they are:
 Joan Mitchell, William Jennings Bryan anl James J. Hill.
 The questions of the ten best sellers, and the 2l greatest men that ever lived, have been sidetraclsed by this discuss sion.
 The President precipitated it by invit- ing the five named to attend the big con ference in the White Honse. the week of May IA, to discuss consery yation of the natural resources of the country. There will be others in the conference, every governor of state, cabinet officers, members of the supreme court of the United States and members of the in- land waterways commission. but the five men are singled out from the whole United States as five individuals to be invited.
 It will be recalled at once that they are all democrats. Not all the same kind, yet under the broad banner of democracy. Cleveland has never been denounced from the White House for any misdeed as a malefactor, undesirable citizen, or other crlprit. In fact. there has never been great interchange of views between the present executive and his predecessor. Andrew Carnegie is on the '.most favor ed nation" footing in the White House. While here recently he urged the Presi- dent to accept the presidency of the Car negie National institute when he left the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-13
Use of Steam Turbines

The use of the steam turbine covers just about ten years, and yet one fac t,ry has already placed 490 machines in 2S2 different plants. This company is the Westinghouse, and 1t is full or orders for more turbines. This com pany has placed turbines in 21 railroad power houses, 22 textile mills, 12 ma chinery power houses, 19 mining power houses and about 50 other manufactur- ing plants.
 It is safe to assume that other shops have built as many more turbines, so that today the turbine has good foot hold in at least 800 progressive plants. The indications are that the turbine will supersede the old forms of en- zines. and the piston rod may yet be confined to locomotives. The locomo- tive is, however, threatened by meth ods pertaining to electricity. Between the changes required by electrical power and the turbine great changes will be introduced long before this cen tury is ended.
 But will not electricity and water power drive out steam turbines alto gether? The use of coal and steam seem to be going together, and water powers and widely distributed electri- cal currents promise to become the driving forces in the shops of the flu. ture
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-13
pepartn,snt ofg Aariculture.

"It used to beiflthe fashion for joke smiths to ridicule the United States de- partment of agriculture as useless appendage of thef governhent,' said an old citizen There whs a prevalent notion thatstlie department was mostly theoretical.a But the sfactiis Secretary Wilson has proved himself helpful friend of agricuitures and practical benefits accomplished by his depart ment is now generally appreciated. If lie had done nothing more than stf-,- alate an interest in good road building ha would have won high place sr public regard But the good roads movement is only one of the many valuable things the department has fostered.
 q heard Congressmar Underwood say recently that the department of agriculture was admirably conducted end was rich in useful achievement He said it was indeed one of the best fea- lures of the government
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-13
From the Boston Globe.

From the Boston Globe.
 @ HE advertisements of mountain \V and seashore resorts will soon
 appear, and it will be observed that invariably there is a statement in them to the effect that good fishing can be enjoyed not far from the hotels, inns or cottages mentioned Oi all attrac- tions, angling always proves very fas- cinating to most visitors. Fishing in salt waters Is popular, but no more so than angling for salmon, trout, bass and pick erel in fresh waters.
 The praises of angling have been sung in all ages and will continue to be to the end of time. This is because there is not a more pleasant and innocent recreation The pleasure derived from this pursuit is peculiar in that the sport only begins in reality when the object is hooked. There upon the skill of the angler comes into play and If he has not the requisite quail ifications he is doomed to disappointment
 It has been truthfully said that other field sports may be more exciting, but there is not one requiring more skill or calling into exercise more intelligence and adroitness-- of mind and body.1 quick eye, ready and delicate hand, an appre- hensive brain, delicacy in the senses of touching and hearing, activity of limb, physical endurance, perscvering control over impatence, vigilant watchfulness are qualifications necessary to form the fly fisher. His amusing struggles, teeming with varying excitement, are with the strongest, the most active, the most cour- ageous, the most beautiful and most val uable of river fish, and his instruments of victories are formed of materials so slight, and some of them so frail, that all the delicacy and cunning resources of art are requisite to enable feebleness to over come force.
 It is a curious. fact that the passion for angling is lasting one, even to the time when old age prevents many from indulging in the sport.
 - In endeavoring to cast ridicule on ang- ling, Dr. Johnson gave the world false conception of what it really is. When old men, forgetful of their bodily infrmities, will hobble to riverside to enjoy the amusement there must be peculiar fas- cination in it.
 It is related that with Sir Humphrey
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-13
TIE MosT.DtvoRcED.

From the Hartford COnrant.
 roung Alfred Vanderbilt sailed on the Mauretania The divorce proceedings be- gan the hour he left. In stateroom across the way from his there rests the frame of his beautiful cousin, Consuelo, the Duchess of Marlborough, who has already been once successfully through the divorce mill, and there strolled down te the ship to see these two sail me mother of the duchess, who had not only got divorce but another husband. Thus the one family presented to the Amer ican people the entertaining trilogy Of wealthy domestic life-suit in the works, suit won and second husband secured after divorcing the first It's great thing to inherit money
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-13
AN AWFUL CASE.

From Life.
 As MT. Tippet came in and started to remove his overcoat. his wife came up eagerly. There was a look of anxiety in her eyes as she kissed him.
 Did you think, dear" she asked, timid- ly. ito get the ribbon?'
 What ribbon?'
 Why don't you know. I gave you a sample to match this morning?,
 "so you did. By love, it slipped my mindr' ~ 4s ~4 And did you stop in at the milliner's s to ask about my hat?' < Dear me, I-I--it quite escaped me-"
 "Did you send the telegram to mother ?"
 Great heavens. no! You see I was
 And see the landlord about the leak in the roof?'
 'sNo. T,--
 His wife looked at, him hopelessly. ss
 Did you she asked, sadly, do any thing I asked you to do this morning !? If you didn't, you are certainly the most forgetfm man that can conceive of.''
 Her husband met her smile with one of the deepest humiliation, as he drew from his overcoat pocket small rectangular package.
 '.I am, my dear" he exclaimed-"I am, indeed! I admit il! I'm getting more forgetful every day. Why, do you know -and he fiourished the package in front of her tear-stained eyes-fI m getting so forgetful that I came within an ace of not getting these cigars? And I didn't have one left in the house.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-13
HEFLIN,s "REAT.y

From the Louisville Courier-Journal.
 It is announced that Senator Davis may soon return to Washington. Par ties desiring to lick Senator Davis should understand that this is the last call. as Representative Heiin, who is policing the. national capital, will not allow any disorder on Pennsylyania avenue.