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The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-01
Season of Elati0n

Yesterday was day of rejoicing.
 While the strike of the United Mine Workers had collapsed a week ago when Governor Conner proceeded to break up the tented camps where idle men and their families were ouartered. the formal ending of the struggle gives unbounded satisfaction to the general public and solid comfort to the ma jority of the miners who had been in- cluded among the strikers. The reign of terror that was ushered in with the strike was paralyzing business in the Birmingham district but now that the trouble is over recovery will be in- mediate.
 There will never be any lack of sym- pathy on the part of the public for the toiling masses in a reasonable conten- tion for higher wages. Every right thinking man believes in good wages, for the larger the wages the more prosperous the community. But this strike of the United Mine Workers had -..-,---, ....IE ;,+o n c+ofa of 1aUlacC- ness. and all law-abiding citizens were of one mind in demanding that it be called of. Public sentiment crystal lyzed is all powerful and with riotous demonstrations on the part of the miners came a spontaneous movement that meant the overthrow of anarchy and the ultimate triumph of law. It must be ever so in the peaceful and prosperous state of Alabama.
 But now that the strike is ter minated all will pull together for the upbuilding of Birmingham and the Birmingham district. Industrial depres- sion Is less and less in evidence and the time has come when men who are willing to work can find employment in this district. Additional furnaces are to be put in blast and many in- dustries that have been idle will now resume. The fall of the year has come and from now until the Christmas hoh- days mines and mills hereabouts will be centers of energy. Commerce Will thdive, the panic of last October will be forgot and the year 1908 will yet prove to be one of the best in the his tory of the Birmingham district.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-01
GREAT BLUFF MADE
 BY REPUBLICANS
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 kind of placards, but despite my re- publicanism I cannot bring myself to any such notions concerning them. l no more sympathize with the statement that MT. Bryan Is the enemy of in dustry than I do with the statement that MT. Taft Is the creature of the trusts. and as for Mir. Kern's possible e1ection being a menace to business, 1T Is positively absurd.
 "As for the tariff think the coun- try is to be congratulated in that both narties promise its readjustment. I am free to say that the Parry Manufactur ing company Is willing to see any duties imposed for the protection of the buggy business go on the trading list in negotiating with foreign countries for reciprocity treaties, and there are other manufacturers in similarly gen. erous mood. In recent poll of the National Association of Manufacturers A majority of it's members declared In favor of revision, and since manufac- turers will not be disposed to buy heavily of raw material when there IS a possibility of cheaper prices Tor such material through relaxation Of the tariff, I believe that speedy revision will materially assist in restoring bus mess to normal conditions. Of course. this revision cannot be accomplish ed the first day after the election, no mat ter who is elected, and to my knowl- edge the prosperity placards' proposi- tion has not received the official in dorsement of the manufacturers asso- ciation.
 q do not believe that business scares gotten up to influence cleo stions are calculated to help legitimate business, and. therefore, should not be encouraged by business men, Sincerely vours. D. M. PARRY
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-01
RAILROADS ASK
 FOR INJUNCTION

St. Paul, August 31.xIn the United States circuit court today Judge Willis Vandeventer began hearing the applica- ton of four Arkansas railroads asking that a temporary injunction be granted restraining the state from enforcing the 2-cent fare law, and also from putting into effect an order of the state rail- road commission ordering a general re- duction in freight rates. The railroads that have applied for the injunction are the St. Louis, Iron Mountain and South ern, the St. Louis and San Francisco, St. Louis and Southwestern, and the Chi cago, Rock Island and Pacific.
 Today's session was taken up by John H. Moore, counsel for the railroads, in presenting affidavits to show that the railroads were losing money under the existing rates in Arkansas. An affidavit of the auditor of the St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern showed that the road was losing S144000 a year on it's business in Arkansas In preparing these affdavits 1t was stated the revenues re- ceived from mail and express business were omitted. The corporation attorneys maintained that as the expense incidental to handling this business was also left out of the consideration there was no misrepresentation. The attorneys for the state held that the mail and express rev. enues were as much part of the road's s earning power as the passenger and freight traffic, and that these revenues should be included in the total earn ings.
 Judge Vandeventer is expected to give his decision in the case tomorrow. The state Of Arkansas was represented by Attorney General w. T. Kirby, Morris M. Cohn and Geoge B. Rose
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-01
TAFT IS LUCKY IN
 CATCHING FISH

Middlebass Island, Ohio, August 31.- Judge Taft caught three black bass this morning and Charley caught one and a pickerel No one else of the entire fleet of enterprising anglers got a single strike. Lake Erie was declared to be too warm and too smooth around Rattle snake Island today, but the morning fishing expedition was not in vain.
 It was decided and announced here to- day that Judge Taft, with his family, would accept the hospitality of his broth- CT, Charles P. Taft, when he goes to Cincinnati, at least for the first few weeks of the campaign. This had been the original arrangement, to be changed later to one which contemplated the hous- ing of the Taft family at the Hotel Sin- ton. Since making reservations at the hotel it has developed that this arrange ment would be more expensive than MT. Taft feels able to pay and this explana- ton was given today as the reason for the change.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-01

plants bearing this bud, but no squares, blooms or bolls. are designated as being in the budding stage" rhe adult boil weevils feed voraciously in this bud of tender unfolding leaves until the first squares appear, when they turn their attention to the latter It is while the greatest possible majority of the plants are in this budding stage that the pow dered arsenate of lead, if to be used at all against the boil weevil, must be ap- piled. It was at this stage of the cot ton plants growth that our cage and field experiments were made"
 In this stage 70 per cent of the in- sects were killed by sprinkling the plants with the powdered preparation. It is an aid to cultural methods, and it is perhaps the best remedy that has been found.
 The subject is one of deep and pressing interest to the farmers of this state, for the insects have been found in Jeff ferson county, Mississippi, and it is predicted that they will cross Pearl river before the end of the season. If so, they will reach in the course of their eastward progress the Alabama line at the end of next season, and in 1910 the farmers of this state would be face-to-face with the weevil prob 1pn1
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-01
Lower Meat Prices

Good news comes out of the West. that the price of sirloin steaks has been reduced to 15 cents a pound It had been 25 and 20 cents. Pork chops have been marked down to 12 cents. They had been sold at 15 cents. So on to the end of the list More grass-fed animals will be marketed this week and another reduction in prices is an- ticipated.
 q The truth Is, the average consump- tion of meat in this country is too high. Each person consumes 179 pounds of meat year. This is more than is consistent with the best aver age health. The Germans consume 99 pounds per capita, and the Scandinav- fans 62 pounds. A reduction of con- sumption to the German bases would soon bring the packers to better terms.
 The chances are that demand and supply will soon regulate the prices of meat despite the meat trust. The latter can mark up prices, but 1t can not make people buy it's products. It begins to see the folly of marking up prices, and is now marking them down in the hope of increasing consump- tim
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-01
NEBRASKA PRIMARY.
Result of Election Will Be Indicated
 By Today's Vote.

Lincoln Neb., August a.-Political prophets in Lincoln say that on the nom nations made at the statewide primary election to be held tomorrow will hinge the result of the November election Much interest centers in the primary be- cause it signalizes the abandonment of the old system of nominating conven- tions. Governor Sheldon, Lieut.. Gov Hopwell, Secretary of State Junkin, and Treasurer Bryan. are unopposed repub- lican candidates for re-nomination. Three democrats, Ashton c. Shallenberger, of Alma; George w. Berge, of Lincoln, and Mayor James c. Dahlman, of Omaho, are striving for the nomination of that par ty for governor An effort was made to secure an expression from MT. Bryan as to his choice for the democratic guber- material nomination, but he has declined to indicate any preference on this or any other state officer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-01
IN HOTEL LOBBlES
Center of the Stage.

The calling off of the miners strike causes a jubiant feeling from one end of the Birmingham district to the other" said a large property owner, and the fact that the public. when aroused, Is ready to stop a reign of terror will be remembered, to Birmingham's great credit.
 'fhe strike was accompanied by mur- ders and various forms of lawlessness, and. while anarchy seemed to be assert ing itself, many thoughtless persons said that Birmingham would never be able to recover from the riotous conditions pre- vailing hereabouts. In other words, such persons said that this city was ruined, all of which was nonsense. Men who talked that way were simply alarmists, and took no account of the experience of other communities.
 "A great and rapidly growing city can not long be held back by temporary dis orders. The law-loving element will all ways assert itself. Look at Chicago, San Francisco and other progressive cities. Chicago had it's bomb-throwers and its Haymarket horror, but it quickly recov- cred San Francisco had it's appalling ettililuudhe ana us HloDS, put IOudy IL IS going ahead faster than ever. The recent tragedies in the mining region around Birmingham were troubie enough to paralyze business for the time, but next year promises to be one of general pros- perity, and Birmingham will have its full share of it, and between now and the census of 1910 this city will attract new capital and will grow at faster rate than ever. The very fact that lawless- ness was so soon stamped out is big advertisement for Birmingham, and will bear excellent results.
 This city occupies the center of the stage, and because of its industrial po- tentialities must continue to lead the cities of the south in substantial develop ment."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-01
Vermont Votes Today

As a relief from the endless and proftless prophecies of the managers of the presidential campaign Vermont will today give us an official pointer" that consists of something better than hot air. The Vermont Watchman, a republican paper, tells it's readers that anything less than 30,O0o republican plurality in today's election Twill haru- ly be regarded as encouraging" The Watchman tells its readers that "the pation' expects every one of them to do his duty.
 Walter Wellman says a republican plurality of 25,OoO today for governor would be regarded as a marked trend of public sentiment towards William Jennings Bryan and democratic rule eo marked that it will generally be ac- 'cepted as the precursor of a demo- cratic landslide. A plurality of 80,000 would mean that the republicans are holding their own whils plurality of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-01
September Trade.

"The month of September is always a busy one with the retail trade" said a Second avenue merchant
 owing to the miners strike August -proverbially dull-has been duller this year than usual. But we will make up for lost time.
 "The first week in September never fails to bring many shoppers from out of-town. Crops have been good this year and l look for brisk trade be- ween now and the holidays,
 Birmingham Is going to be more and more popular every year as a shopping center. It already enjoys great volume of business from Mississippi. Florida and western Georgia, and this trade will rapidly increase"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-01
Text Books Will Be on Time.

There is no question about our hav- ing the state text books out in plenty of time,' said Henry Baruch, manager of the book department of Loveman, Jo- seph & Loeb yesterday. We are work ing night and day and by the middle of the week every book needed will have left Birmingham for it's destination.
 '.It Is an enormous job to get them all out on such short notice and we were especially handicaped because some of the books did not reach us with the others with the result that we have had to go over the lists and make two shipments to each consignee. Of course the city schools will open earlier than the country schools in most eases and the cities have been supplied first There need be no apprehension on the part of the public, however, because all of the books will have left our hands be- fore the end of this week"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-01
A SUBTLE MAID.

By Brian Hooker. Her thoughts are like a flock of butter-
 flies
 She has a merry love of little things, And bright fiutter of speech, whereto
 she brings A three-fold eloquence-voice, hands and
 eyes. Yet under all a subtle silence lies As a birds heart is hidden by its wings; And you shall seek through many wan-
 derings The fairyland of her realities. She hides herself behind busy brain A woman, with child's laugh in her
 blood;
 maid, wearing the shadow of mother
 hood Wise with the quiet memory of old pain, As the soft glamor of remembered rain Hallows the gladness of a sunlit wood
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-01
CHAFIN CONDEMNS
 WASHINGTON CITY

Spokane, Wash, August 31.-E. w. Cha fin, prohibition candidate for the presi- dency, in a speech delievered here to- night said that one of the first things he would do after inauguration, should he be elected, would be to ''cean up' tho District of Columbia.
 There are few worse cities in the world" he said.
 There are few with a vler lot of gambling dens or a worse 'tenderloin' section. What is called the division Is run wide open almost within sight of the capital and the White House. The last of the different species of dens which have to close, even the one patronized almost exclusively by members of, con- grss. All are run in violation of the law and the president has ample power to act"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-01
BALLOON IN FLIGHT.
Attempt Will Be Made To Break Dis
 tance Records.

Columbus, O., August 31.-Capt. Au- guste Mueller, pilot sailed tonight in the balloon Ville de Dieppe in an at tempt to break the records for distance and duration in balloon flights. Capt. Mueller took with him as passengers Perry Gregory. aged 16. and Gerald Gregory, aged IS, sons of Charles E.. Gregory of Chicago. owner of the bal loon.
 The Vile de Dieppe has capacity of 7S,OOO cubic feet of gas and 1t was fully inflated. The balloon carried 1880 pounds of ballast. Provisions and water for 10 days were carried
 The Vile de Dieppe was cut loose at $40 D. m. and sailed away to the north in a brisk breeze, which, if main tained, will carry it over the lakes be- fore morning.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-01
RAILROAD MAN SUICIDES.
Harahans Confidential Secretary
 Drowns Himself

| Chicago, August 31.-Dreading life inn perilled by the ravages of disease more than the horror of a violent death, Charles A. Lawson confidential secretary to J. T. Harahan, president of the H. linois Central railroad, jumped from the steamer City of Benton Harbor with his body weighted and was drowned. The drowning occurred Saturday, but the identity of the man was not learned un- til today. According to- members of the family Lawson was run down from overwork and was suffering from high fever when he went away. as he ex- plained. to take an outing on the lake.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-01
CHILD AS WITNESS.
Captain Hains' 7-Year-Od Son Will
 Testify.

New York, August 1.-Announcement was made today by Joseph A. Shay, of counsel for the defense, that the 7-year- old son of Cautain Hains, Jr., Peter Conover Haines, III, will be called to testify in defense of his fathers trial for the murder of William E. Annis.
 'The child will be a valuable wit ness" said Mir. Shay we dislike to draw the lad into the case, but 1t is a matter of life or death for the father, and it cannot be hoped"
 The child, with his two younger brothers, is still living with his father S parents at Fort Hancock.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-01

mary necessity for sounder business con- ditions, the enactment of law, both state and national, to prevent watering of stocks, dishonest issues of bonds and other forms of corporation frauds I be- lieve that stock watering and dishonest financiering have been potent factors in
 bringing on the country's business trou- bles. 1 believe, furthermore, that stock watering has been both the means and
 the motive for the launching of nine-
 tenths of the great trusts.
 'To another anxious body of the coun-
 try's producing classes, the nations work | ingmen, the independence party's platform proposes definite, plain and concrete
 measures, where the old parties deal in attempts to delude and mislead
 "Regulation of court rules and practice however desirable, falls far short of being the goal for which labor has been wag- ing it's long struggles, Fair wages, req sonable hours, sanitary conditions, safety i appliances, protection from convict, paul 1 per and Asiatic labor, abolotion of child
 labor, trial by jury and prohibition of i the black list are the objects for which ! worl1ingmen have combined, and their 1 protest is against being branded as out
 laws because of having so combined Labor Unions.
 | "I believe in organization among work | ingmen. designed to increase the effect | iveness of human effort and improve the ! conditions of human life and labor and | that such organizations should not be -elassed as in criminal restraint of trade stand firmly on the independence party plank that gives the American working
 man the right of trial by jury before he shall be deprived of his liberty, and that forbids the use of the writ of injunction in labor disputes until after a jury trial upon their merits
 When the independence partys labor
 blanks are compared with the republican
 plank, which all agree is a fraud, or with
 the democratic plank, which requires constitutional lawyer to expound, I do not believe that any living man can deliver the workingmens vote either to MT. Bry- an or MT. Taft"
 Mr. Hisgen then told of conservative
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-01

US, anu d u0ClQCQlJ 9ellOW ulNOICSs
 TO THE FORE ONCE MORE. The long-haired youths will soon begin To battle on the grid. With bleeding face and battered shin, They'll make a telling bid For signing maids to love them much And call them heroes bold, Like feudal lords and thames and such Who fought ia days of old. And here's a tip for freshmen who Aspire to lasting fame; To prove the proper worth of you Just get into the game And butt some fellow in the slats And swiftly lay him out, While grave professors throw their hats And students raise a shout The speed with which you turn the trick Will prove to Mister Coach That you are one who'll never stick The foeman's line to broach For needed gains. Your sweater will Exploit the "Varsitee" And you will deepest awe instill And celebrated be. Let Pallid Pete devour his books And pass him up with scorn; To learnings fount is where he looks His fate is too forlorn. The years will soon obscure his name It won't be so with you, For unborn freshmen will proclaim The doughty deeds you do!
 MECHANICALLY IMPOSSIBLE. There is still another point in favor of the phonograph as campaign orator.'' And what may that be?" Tt can't be made to eat it's own words. |.
 JUST so.
 IT Miss Antique ever found man un- der the bed, what do you suppose she would do?"
 Well I'd hate to be the man."
 SAME BRAND Man is an inconsistent animal,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-01
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR 1 r---- 4l..a Xarlr

Self-control is a thing you always have till you need to use it.
 The best thing about women is how different they are from men.
 You'll generally find a model husband is too dull to be anything else.
 Most people give advice about the things they don't understand and get it about the things they do.
 The reason a woman takes so much pride In her children Is so she will know she Is doing her duty by them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-01
WHILE AWAY FROM HOME

Birmingham people who are leaving home for a vacation trip should have The Age-Herald follow them and thus keep informed about what is taking place in the city and state during their absence. The Age-Herald will be sent to them at any address at the regular price, and the address will be changed as often as desired.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-01
MINISTER WU MAY
 LOSE HIS PLACE

Picking, August 31.-The Chinese govern ment is considering the recall of Wu Ting Fang, the Chinese minister at Washington on account of the recent dis closures on his part which are believed here to have been indiscreet. The gov ernment for some months past has been embarrassed by Wus platform and other utterances and by his attitude as a pub lie character in America. Liang Tun Yen, assistant secretary O. the board of foreign affairs is the leading candidate for the post at Washington in succession to Wu Ting Fang.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-01

Under the new constitution the harem in the palace may conclude to become suffragettes, thus making themselves a political factor in their reorganiZed country.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-01

Turkey may soon inquire what the sultan is doing to earn his salary now that his snickersee has been abolished. He may reply that he is engaged in supporting large and interesting fam ily
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-01
Minister Wu Is Amused.


 Washington, August S1.-Mr. Wu Ting Fang, Chinese minister when shown the dispatch from Pekin today stating that government was considering the question of his recall and mentioning the name of his probable successor, declared that the Pekn government had not in any way fntimated to him that 1t was dis satisfied with anything he had done and 1t had not called him to account for any thing that he may have said. He appear ed rather amused and puzzled over the statement that the government had been embarrassed by his attitude, "as a pub lie character in America" and his dis position was to smile in talking about 1t. The minister added:
 What few speeches have made since my return to America have been mainly to colleges and universities and have been educational in character and in further ance of the effort to cement the frend- ship between China and the United States. I have scrupulously avoided touching on politics. If the utterances credited to me which the Pekin dispatch says have embarrassed the government relate to the so-called American Chinese alliance, I wish to say that I have not committed myself in any way on that subject more than to remark that it was Interesting
 Liang Tun Yen, mentioned as a possi- ble successor to MT. Wu, heretofore, act- ually has been named for the position of minister at washington. This occur red when he was customs tao-tai of Tien- Tsin and followed the retirement of Sir Chen Tun Liang Cheng, MT. Wus pre- decessor. Liang Tun Yen went to Pekin for an audience with the authorities and was kept there, being appointed to the position he now holds. MT. Wu was then again appointed minister to Washington.