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Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1909-02-16

"NiSem sam. $4,000 revezev
vam poStavim ma trg treh mese-
clh, ako hi Sc naSel kupec. ReCem
vam V 10 letih bo Ameriki wee
belih suznjev kakor ie pa bilo Gr-
NH |. 1850. Ampak zdai bodo
suznji poceni. Suzenjstvo bo OBJ
stale dolgo dokler ne izbruhne
druga civilna vojna, Xxi bo podrla
temelj vsega suzenjstva: privatno
lastnino sredstev IA produkcijo in
diStribucijo."
no so praSali Withrowa, cemu
81 je postavil tako visoko ceno,
$4,000, dejal je, da to je Sc pre-
poceni, - poceni kot blato. "Su-
znJi - pravi - $50 zdaj vee
vredni kot so pa bill oh Gasu civil
ne vojne. Moderna maSinerija je
visoko povzdignila produktivno
kapaciteto suznjev. Sedaj produ-
cira suzenj povpreGno $500 ma
leto- Niegov lastnik morda ida
zanj cello leto 5000; tako profitira
PR MEM okroglih $1,000 ma leto.
V desetih letih torej profitira
$4,000 - vidite, kak dobiGek do
naSajo suznji Upam. da Sc ne bo
kesal. kdor meme kupi."
Pripomniti nimamo wee kaj.
NaSi bralci maj 81 sami delajo
sodbo TEN bozjem redu slavni.
Svobodni Amerikii
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1909-02-16
Protestni ljudski shod,

ki so ga sklicali hrv. sodrugi. Sc
je zavrSil nedeljo II. febr. V
sploSno zadOvoljnost. Vile slabe-
mu vrcmenu je priSlo cez 200 lju-
di, Hrvatov, Bulgarov, Srbov in
Slovencev, da protestirajo proti
postopaniu hrv. Wade napam 3d.
tim hrv. Srbom, ktere tozi zagreb-
Sko drz. pravdnistvo radi namiS-
ljene veleizadaje.
Govorili so sodrug 7. Cvetkov
bolgarsko, sodr. NJ. Glumac hr-
vaSko - in sodr. Zavertnik slo-
venSko. konecno jc predlagal So
drug NJ. Glumac stvarno resoluci-
jo, ktero prinesemo prih. Stevil-
ki Proletarca polnem obsegu in
ki Je bila sprejeta soglasno.
o shodu samem Sc bavimo V
prihodnji stevilki Sc.
Omenimo maj, da naSih sosedov
cd "Gl. Sv." nj bilo ma shodu, ii
raje zabavljajo in "hecajo".
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1909-02-16
Clevelandski mestni volilni

svet Je dial seStaviti Statisko o ma
Sellenih volilcih. Rezultat je tax
2S36 Anglezev. 1414 Kanadcev.
11.1O1 Nemcev. 3075 Ircev. 500
Skotov, 800 Nalcev, 24sS Cehov.
AIS Poliakov, % Francozov. 1906
Ogrov. 264O Astrijcev, 1928 Ru-
SOY. l1l9 Lahov. I Indijci. 3 Span
ci. 40S Svicariev, 32S Svedov. l15
Dancev. II Fincev. 81 Norveza-
nov. Q Nizozemcev. | Afrikanec.
! Arabec. 21S IIolandcev. II Bel
"iicev. "a Rumuncev. Is Avstral-
cev, 3 Moravci. , Juzno-america-
ma, II Sirijcev, 3 Grki. 222 Tur-
tinov, / Maltez in Cilenec.
tn vidimo zabelczcue skoro vse
narode. le JugoSlovane pogresa-
mo. da>i mad 10 ti>oC Slovencev IL
VI Clcvelaudu, med kterimi no
~koro 1000 volilcev.
Slovenci. IIrvatjc in Srbi So Sc
dali najbrz vpiSati "a Avs,riice.
Pred tujci Sc sramujeio svcic ma
rodnoSti in Sc vpiSuicjo kot Av-
Strijci. docim avtrijskega naroda
zlv krSt ne pozna ma Svetu.
kedar 50 JugoSlovam med Sc
boz. takrat So vsi veliki patriotic.
kedar pa obcujejo tuici. pa vr-
zejo od sebe narodnost. kot ma
walden tlovck umazano srajco.
Kdo je temu kriv? Jugoslovan-
sko meScansko Gasopisie Ame-
riki.
Slovenci V Clevelandu so imeli
dnevnik in Sc danes imajo svoj
casnik materinScini.
Ali TIA in drugi slovenski cas-
niki Clevelandu Sc MISC potrudi-
Ii toliko .da bi Slovence poduGili.
da Sc Jim nj treba sramovati svo-
Je narOdnosti.
Mi ne Zamerimo narodu ali
zamerimo pa casnikarjem, Xxi so
med Slovenci veliki patriotic, Xxi
pljujejo zveplo in ogenj ma Mem
ce Avstriji, dokler nese groS -
ker Sc jim gre "a groS in Sc jim bo
slo "a gros. ker jim je narodnost
lie Slayer, da sluzijo gros.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1909-02-16
Cd bIizO in daIeC

- Dne 8. febr. t. |. je debili
Edward, angleSki kralj. svoio
soprogo dospel Berlin. Mestnl
Svet je dovolil so tisoc mark "a
okincanie meSta. Ali ne bi bilo
bolj umcStno, ce bi Sc Ia svota
oporabila "a podporo mestnih u
bozecevY
Mestni Ocetje nimajo dandanes
IA kaj takega smisla. Sami sede
pri polnem koritu in so siti. Ia
kaj maj bi Sc spominjali ubozcev,
ko bi 81 S spOminom ma lacne, lie
pokvarili zelodecl
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1909-02-16
Leto (Vol.) Nv.
GLAS SVOBODE" DOBII,
BRCO.

Neznacajni Konda njegoyim
lStom in njegovih par privrzen-
.cev. so jo enkrat poSteno skupi-
II. TO pot ma maSkaradni veselici
druStva Slovcnije St A G.. S. b.
7. j. V Soboto dne l3. februaria.
Neki FAINT - cigar oGe ie bill cd
boru "a preSojo dobitkov - ie ma
mrec noSil ma sebi razobeseno
"Glas Syobode" 4 napisom: elias
Svobode' laze s. \. p. j. it'd. in
Je menil, da bo stem pisanjem
vzbuJal pozornost ter imponiral.
ceS; ljudje bodo mislili ravno ma
sprotno, pa Sc bodo ogrevali "a
I'll. Svobode". Dee, Xxi je bill
odboru je incl pa seveda nalogo.
da bo odboru predlagal, mai sc
da sinu prvo darilo.
V odboru pa je bilo nekai BIZ
stroumnih moz in so nitro spozna-
II oceta in fanta, XII sta hotela in
scenirati ceneno reklamo "a Kon-
dov list - ter so kratkomalo "a
vrnili vsako besediGenje o usilie-
vanJu, nagrade "a bedastoco re-
klamo.
FAINT, videc, da ne bo mic S
"praizom - ne Z reklamo, je ie-
zno vrgel neumen nakit neumnega
lista raz sebe in neusmiljeno vrgel
klObuk oh tia.
Pri TEN Sc ie FAINT gotovo zmis-
Ill, da je Konda MEGA in oceta no
tel enkrat porabiti "a orodie re-
klame in oba prav poSteno blami-
raj.
Kakor je nam znano. je mladi
revez hotel predstavliati Gasnika-
ria. Tacega je vsai videl niegov
oce, ki je predlagal prvo darilo.
Mozje Y odobru SO pa bill mnenja.
da on ne prcdStavlja nobenega
taSnikaria. ker Sicer bi moral i
nett vSe Slov. casnike okoli sebe.
ne pa lie &C. S" in so izrekli. da
FAINT della le reklamo "a &c. S"
In mozje so uganih.
Nse te je bila Ie mast nezaaGai
mega Konde - in le to ie vzrok.
da ncmaramo obiaviti niiiu imena
Y Prolctarcu. Obzalovania vredno
Y tenn ic le to. da Sc Sc vedno mai
de tacih tepcev. ki grcdo ma Kon-
dov led.
Mogo6c jc to dobra Sola "a O.
ceta in revcza - fanta.
Mi priporoGamo obema. mai Sc
cnkrat strczncta. Ge noGeta yeti
blamazc ki iima io pripravlia
Konda.
"GlaS Svobode" ie mrtev list v
SlovcnSki iavnosti V Ameriki -
in to prica cello maSkaradni bal
DIR Sloveniia,l
To .ie bila dobra brca - in teh
pride Sc mnogo. mnogol Kadar
narod sodi, takrat deli neznacaj-
nezem klofute in brce. - Tako
je prav
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1909-02-16
Kaj Sc ze danes vse brzojav.

no pOroca?
Brzojavka poroca, da je kopelj
V bell hisi "a predsednika Tafta.
tako velika, da imajo Mi ose-
be prostora.
Ako zdaj kleceplazni patriotic
Sc zvedo, "a koliko oseb je prosto-
ra V straniSGu "a Tafta in kako
velike so njegove zepne rute, po-
tenn bodo zadovoljni.
Mi vsaj upamo tol
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1909-02-16
Neki mescanski list piSe. ds

v Ameriki Sc nj prisla pravica ma
psa. V dokaz naSteva, da so Bo-
stonu obsodili nekega financnika,
ki je ljubil kriva pota, V jeco.
Potem naSteva obsodbo grabezev
V San Francisco in kralja ledu g.
Morseja Yorku.
Taksen optimistl SodiSca mora
jo semintje kakSno veliko "buGo"
"a kratek cas- poslati ma riGet, ker
drugace hi ludstvo spoznalo pre-
naglo, zakaj imamo sodisGa ma
81 republiki.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1909-02-16
p Dne 9. febr. t. |. so prignali

pred mestnega sodnika Uimesa V
Chicago 90 let starega Jozeta Ia
StersklJa, ker Sc je pregreSll proti
nacelom moderne clOveSke druzbe
kl odobruje tatvino ma debelo. "a
emo pa ostro kaznuje. ce oGe ullra-
de hlebec kruha ali Sunko "a syo-
jo gladno deco.
Tasterski je izjavil pred sodni-
kom, da ina oSem otrok. Dokler
Je delal - zdaj je pohabljen. "a
kar je zgubil delo - ie prezivel
Svolo druzino. On nj mogel vcG
gledati svoje gladne dece in radi
tega je ukradel bogatemu mesarir
Iunkeru ma 4S Green ulica emo
sunko.
Oficielni dobrodelni zavod
hoce preiskati to "zadevo". Pre-
pricati Sc hoGe, ali osem gladnih
otrok res zasluzi. da sme lie za6as-
no uzivati prezganko in krompir-
jevko.
Mejtem casom - "a dobo pre-
iskave - pa lahko otroci pogine-
10 lakote. Glavna stvar ie, da oce
sedi V jeci in caka ma zasluSeno
kazen.
Pa mai Sc kdo rece. da naSa clo-
veska druzba nj moderna - So
prevec modernal
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1909-02-16
Jarna prOdala suinlev ' BrookIynu.
MA PRAZNIN IINCoLNoVEGA
RoJSTVA BoDo v BROOK
LYNU, N. Y, PRODALI
800 LJUDI Ma JAVNI
d X A B /.
ProdSJalec brezposelnih delavcev ina
tollko ponudb, da ne more ma vse
odgovoriti
PO STAREM ORIcAJIJ

Letos bodemO StoletnicO Lincolnove-
ga rojstva, ktero 50 proglasili "a splo-
sen prank, obhaiali ma zalosten natin
Lincoln je bill oni veliki predsednik. XII
le LJed. drzavah odpravil Submissive
IN spomin ma 10 bodo BrooklNnu pro.
slavill ma Ia natin, da bodo ma iavni
drazbi - prodali 300 belih suzniev.
Mas sedanJi gospodarski sistem Sc ne
more prlkazati Y slabSei luGi. ncgo has
TEN, da je 300 marljivih in "a delo
SpoSobnih molkih in zensk vsled bede.
iaRoic IN druzih ucprilik prisilieuih.
prodalati So na javni draZbi. kakor Sc
prodala blago.
Prodalo boih suInjev prircdi +. =
o Loughlin, 739 Carol St. Brooklvn
Borough New Norku. in ncsretniki
80 . O'l.oughlina takorekot prisilil. da to
stori; vsakdo "a je prosil mai mega
lpro>ilca) prvega proda i'm pri tcm ic
Iri>.o do praycga boia "a prcdnost pri
prodaJi. In Use 20 Sc jc goiilo pri mas
- nalholiSi Vsch dcIcl.
frodala suzniev So pray gotovo vrSi.
>amo dp>cdai ~ nj ioloccu1 Nic So yrsi
Yes Wlnoh teden 50 ouIavliaii casopisi
og.aSe, kterih ic O'Lough.iu prosil
10 i1r'rItcv kake dyorane ma Liucolnov
dan. dvoraui, ktero bode dobii. Sc
Dude vrsila draLba. Do sobote je dobil
le dive ponut.., in sicer ieiuo cd neke
delaNSkc organizacije i'm drugo oi ne.
kega duhovua.
Odkar je Sc zvedelo, ia .je O'Lough-
lin prodal nekega dcavca. dobiva We.
dino wee piscm : ktcrimi ga brezposelni
prosijo, maj jih proda, da Jim ne bo
treba stradati. Pisem prihaia toliko. da
mu III mogoce ma vse odgovoriti. Samo
V soboto dopoldne ie dobil O 'Loughlin
90 piSem IL vsch kraiev republike in
vseh izjavlJajo nesreGniki. da i'm ne
preostane drugo, nego izvrsIti samomor
ali pa kak zloGin.
Prvi, ki bOde prodan je mex masinist.
kl re dolgo casa strada in spi pod brook
lynskim mostom
Pri prodaji O'Louglin ne bode SUI
me klical imenom, temvec prodajal
jih bode kakor blago, brez imena.
Ia clanek pove dovolj. Ampal1
znacilen je ia clanek V kapitali-
sticnem, protidelavskem, vsezado-
larskem, - sploh skabskem listu
"Glas Naroda'. V "Proletarcu +"
navadno tako vest - tako straSno
obtoznico sedanjega zloGinskega
druzabnega reda - pristojno ko-
mentiramo. Toda "Gl Mar" ie le
opomnil. da mas sedanji gospo-
darski sistem Sc ne more prikaZati
V slabseJ luci =" To priznanje
Je dragoceno Ne samo mas gospo-
darski sistem, marvel YES druzab-
nj red Je zgreSen, krivicen, neclo-
vesk, zlocinsk - roparsk je, In
VISA nepOpisna revScina in krvavo-
kruto trpljenje delavcev je pro-
dukt tega reda. lie Skoda, da bo
Glas Naroda" oziroma niegov
urednik kmali pozabil ma to pri-
znanje in zopet protislovno ril po
"dobrih casih".
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1909-02-16
Listu " podporo.

Nabrano ma seji druSt Triglav
st. 2: $40; nabrano ma maska-
radnem balu pri Val. Potisku, La
Sale: $5.05; nabral prijatelj lista.
V Rock Springs, WyO., V veseli
druzbi 1915; FIR. Verbajs, Wand
ling, Pa, 25c. Vsem iskrena "a
hvala,
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1909-02-16
Avstrijska vlada,

- Avstrijska vlada, pravza-
prav kamarila, XII vlada Avstriio,
pOstaja cd dne do dne smesnejsa.
Idaj je ia kamarila odredila II
bojnih ladij Spico, XII meji oh
Crnogoro. Ena krizarka pa kri-
zari OBJ ernogorskem obrezju. Tu-
di pehoto Herzegovina OBJ crno-
gorski meji je Avstrija pomno-
Ella. kteri je dodala oddelke y
brzostrelnimi topovi.
TIA kamarila je podobna oeetu,
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IA kaj takega smiSla. Sami sede
pri polnem koritu in so siti. Ia
KAY maj bi Sc spominjali ubozcev,
ko bi 81 spOminom ma laGne, lie
pokvarili zelodec!
V avstrijskem drzavnem
zboru so Sc meScanski nemski in
ceski poslapci stepli kot pijanci
gostilni. Drug drugemu so lucali
naJgrse psovke obraz. ko to nj
lzdalo. so 81 posegli lase, valjali
so sc po tleh, grill in suvali.
Nlada je izrabila to ugodno pri
liko in je poslala poslance domov.
in namignila, da bo vladala ma
podlagi zloglasnega paragrafa IA,
ce ne bo ipiru V prihodnjem Ease
danju drzavnega zbora.
Ako avstrijska vlada briie no
rec il avstrijskih narodov. nj
nhce drugi tega kriy kot mescan
SKI poSlanci $ svojim smeSnim So
viniznom, kterim sta ia izrodek
blaznih mozganov in pa poslani
Ske dnevnice vse.
Morda sc bodo avstrijski ma
rod tudi navelicali ze V bliznii
prihodnosti klovniSkh naStopov V
parIamentu in svojim vrnivSim
poSIancem Dunaja naSteli jih
tam, kjer hrbet zgubi Svoie poSte-
no ime.
TAX resen migliei Sibo. hi
morda ozdravel meScanske po-
stance. Seve je TAXA kazen neko-
lilSo suro~s a je ma Inestn "a Su-
rove parlamentarne klovne. Xxi Sa-
mi izzivaio pretepe.
V minolem letu 50 Franciii
zallali 49.29s koni. To dokazuie
kako straSno goSpodari kapitali-
zcm. Siromaki nimajo denaria "a
govedlno in pomagajo 81 mani
vredno konjino.
konzum konjskega mesa raste.
zaeno Sc pa Siri bella lluga -
tuberkoloza (jctika). TakSna ie
SIlka o danaSnjem Svetu, Xxi je
bajc nastal po vclji bozji.
Ko Sc ie angleski ralj pri-
pelJal Berlin, so brezpoSelni de-
lavci Skicli ID shodov. Uprizoriti
so hoteli veliko demonstraciio. da
bl vsegasitim zajedacem dokaza-
II, ola je pametncje zvrSevati
krScanske cednosti - mage obla-
clti, zejne napojiti, lacne nasititi
IT'D. - kot pa troSiti denar "a
oklncanje mesta. Brezposelni de-
lavcl so tvorili velik sprevod. Xxi
Sc je pomikal pred mestno hiso
odkoder je incl krcniti pred
kralIevo palace in dospeti tie OBJ
caSu. ko sc je incl pripeljati
angleSki kralj.
Brezposleci so zaupali V svoje
pravo. ola ina vsak clovek pra-
vlco hoditi po ceSti. in MISC ra-
cunali S policaji, barbaricnimi
cuvaJi trojice - trona. altaria in
kapitalizma. Predno so dospeli ma
svoJ cilj in povedali gospodi, da
so lacni, bosi in razcapani, dasi
so poStcni dclavci, so Jill zveri
policajskih uniformah napadli
golimi sabljami in razgnali.
Angleski kralj in drugi posto-
paci V skrlatu, svili. barzunu.
fraku in blestecih uniformah so
lahko miru zrli sampanjca, do
kler MISC pocepali pod mizo.
Nemska kapitalistiGna drzava
je bila TeSena.
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v Chicagi bodo igrali Rokov-
njace, - ampak mi smo mnenja,
da brez Konde ne bo rokovnja-
Gev.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1909-02-16
v Pittsburgh. Pa. S

Plttsburgu, Pa, so vjeIi
minoli teden steklega psa, Xxi je
incl gobcu zlate zobe.
Ia pes - kmalu bi Sc zarekli
otrok - je bill lastnina bogati-
nov.
Pes je incl zlate zobe in tisoGe
ljudi zdravimi zobmi, pa nina
kaj JEST. Skoraj bi 81 zelil clovek,
zakaj Sc nj rodil kot pes bogati-
nov?Y?
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1909-02-16

kl Slabotnemu detetu preti Sibo,
te ne bo priden.
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Kedar nemski cesar Viliem

Hne. takrat pove gotovo bedasto-
go. Oh prihodu angleSkega kralja
Edvarda je Niljem pri toastu de
Jal, da je Berlin njegovo glavno
mesto.
Ako pomislimo, da je bilo V
Berlinu oddanih pri zadnjih vo-
litvah $50 tisoc socialisticnih gla-
SOY. 81 tisoc svobomiselnih in lie
go tisoG konzervativnih - zele-
zovlitih patrioticnih, potem je ia
bahatost Niljema zelo smeSna.
Pa nikar ne zamerimo! Sal
Viljem Sc nj nikdar govoril, ne da
bi osmeSil samega sebe.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1909-02-16

Ia LaSalle in okolico ie mas "a
stopnik John Pucek. Pri MENU
lahko vsak naroci Proletarca, "a
kar dodbi potrdilo.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1909-02-16
V nekem malem gnezdu

draw Massachusetts SO priieli
diva brezpoSelna delavca - va
gabunda''. kot Jill trebuharii ime-
nujejo. Pri obravnavi Sc je we
delo. da sta angleSka podanika.
Po naSem mnenju sta najbrz ra-
dl toga priSla IL Canade naSo
rcpubliko. da poiSceta svobodo in
enakost, ktere so ustanovitelii
republike izvojcvali po vroGih
bitkah cd Angliic. Kmalu po "a
SllSanJu sta zginola IN to zginje-
NE Sc Smatra za drzavno tainost.
kdor pa skuSa odkriti to drzav-
no tajnOSt. dotiCncga Sc smatra "a
nevarnega puntarja
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1909-02-16
Ce bi danes zivel Lincoln

bl kandidiral "a predsednika. te-
daj lahko receno mirno vestjo,
da ne bi bill izvoljen predsedni-
kom.
Lincoln je veash govoril javno
tako, kar merodaine faktorje V
republiki vjezi, ce socialist po-
vedo isto.
V nekem govoru je Lincoln de-
jail; "Ker vecinoma proizvaiaio
vse delavci. Jim gre tudi vse veci-
noma, ker je to proizvedlo njih
delo. Resnica je, da so vsaki
dobi svetovne zgodovine delali
nekteri mejtcm ko so drugi uziva-
Ii sadove della. To ie krivica in
tako ne smemo naprej. PoStens
naloga vsake dobre Wade ie. da
delavcem zagotovi yes zasluzek
njihovcga della"
IL tega sledi, da ie Lincoln ze
pred lett razumel to. kar Sc da-
mes trde bucc Sedaniih DRAWN
kov razumeti no6cjo. Vsak della
wee mai uziva sad Svojcga della
Mar socialist kai druzcga uGi-
mo-
Lincoln morda Sc nj bill ma Gi-
stem. kalo hi Sc dala izvesti ia
id+-ja.- Al priyHeti -iAeraiae- odpr
to. da 10 je spoznal IA idcio. "a
ktero Sc je treba boriti in uresni-
citi jo.
Ia to Sc ga tudi mi spominiamo
oh Stoletnici nicgova roiStva.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1909-02-16

! .,st "a koristi delav-
| .kesa liudstva. Delav-
a 90 opraviceni do
vsesa kar produciraio.
This paper is devoted
N the interests of the
working class. Work.
.rs are entitled to all
what tn ey produce.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-15
Panama Canal Estimates

France failed when she tried to dig a ditch 50 miles long and 45 feet deep at Panama where the sun shines hot and the air is unhealthful under the best possible sanitation. But Col. George W. Goethal, chairman and chief engineer of the Isthmian canal commission, speaking at Nashville last Monday, said the United States is not a bit discouraged over the task. He predicts the completion of the canal by January 1, 1915. Thirty-four thous- and men are at work and despite the excessive rainfall and the necessity of frequent changes in the working force the canal will, he thinks, be con- pleted at the time named.
 Colonel Goethal further says that the cost of the canal will be kept with in the revised figures, $375, POI ,OOO Barring an epidemic of disease, which is constantly feared, he sees no req son why the cost of the canal should exceed this sum. He expects to spend $4S,000,00 on the canal in the next fiscal year, but this does not mean that the total cost is to be exceeded. AL together the canal seems to be in cap- able hands and the most stupendous work ever undertaken by any nation promises to be completed in scheduled time at scheduled cost, and that, too, without the intervention of a contrac- tor or middleman.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-15
For Good Roads

1 Birmingham has witnessed several important meetings in the interest of good roads, but never one equal in rep 1 resentaHve character to the conven- tion now in session here under the auspices of the Birmingham Board of Trade and the Alabama Good Roads association. It is a splendid body of men. Nearly every county in the state is well represented and some of the counties have sent large dele gations. Birmingham bids them a hearty welcome.
 The good roads movement is now recognized from one end of the coun- try to the other as an economic ques- tion second to none. The south has made excellent progress in road build- ing during the past two years. In AlabanR reasonably good progress has been made in some sections of the state but this convention should mark new era. No county can afford to lose time in taking up and pushing the work
 Jefferson county has done compara- lively well in the matter of good roads within the past 12 months. It has ex- pended between s275,000 and s2S0,000 on highways during the year. But now the public has reached he point of appreciating the value and the luxury not only of good roads, but the highest class of road and bridge construction. The fact is that it pays in the long run to have only the bes.. Jefferson county can well afford to ex- pend $1,000,00O ou new roads. Our Board of Revenue has a million proj- ect in mind. Let 4 sl o00 eG0 bond is- sue be arranged as quickly as Ies- sibie. The people of the county de- mand fine roads. Nothing so direct ly enhances realty values in rural district or in city as first class high ways and only chronic croakcr can object to the outay
 Every county in Alabama should is- sue bonds to provide for more ard better macadam roads. Former good roads conventions have been followed by practical results, but judging from the character of the men attending the one now in session, this will bear by far the best fruit of all
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-15
FLYfNG-THE SECOND STAGE. From the New York World.


 The decision of the Wright brothers to give no more demonstration flights, but to devote their time hereafter to teaching aviators and making and selling aeroplanes, brings flying to its second stage. Experiments will not cease, but the making of aeroplanes has become an established commercial business.
 Glenn Curtiss may be right in predict ing that 1t will require years and years'' to perfect airships. When he has added that they are "splendid sporting ma chines' and that ''as an aid in warfare they have already arrived" he has said enough to show why the Wrights need bigger factory.
 The seven leading nations are spending 3, 400 900 900 year on war preparations. They will put money into aeroplanes and dirigibles as fast as conservatism will permit and the new vehicles prove their feasibility. The thought of carrying pas sengers, and especially freight, through the air need not trouble inventors for the present. 1t may never prove practi- cal.
 By comparison with airship and aero plane developments the balloons in the St. Louis and Zurich races have attracted little attention The world has known for a century that men can travel in the air at the winds will. What Is wanted is an air machine that will travel at the will of man; and at last we are on the way to it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-15
EnCOuraging Crop Reports

The government puts the wheat yield this year at 714,000, ,000 bushels as against 665, 100000 bushels last year Only twice has the country grown a larger wheat crop. The yield of corn is estimated at 2,64S, 1000 bushels. The oat crop is 1,ooS .o0o.00O bushels. The barley outurn is 170,000,000 bush- els. The crops of 1908 were valued at s7,77S,o00,000, and it is plain that the crops of 1909 will easily cross the eight-billion-dollar line.
 These great crops and others of the season explain why there Is not today an idle car in the yards of the railroads. Every freight car that can be made fit for use is needed, and all such have in point of fact been put in commission. Confidence is fully restored, and the railways and the industrial companies throughout the land are striving to meet the business that is before them. For when the farmers have full pockets orders for products accumulate and the railroads are kept busy in both directions.
 The iron and steel industry fairly illustrates the condition of general business in the country. The produc- tion of pig iron Is going on at the rate of upward 9O,ooO, 900 tons a year, and every ton produced is in firm de- mand. The railroads are buying rails and the people in general are demand ing other products of the great com mercial metal. The coal trade, too is becoming active.
 True, money is not so easy as il was a few weeks ago. The moving ot the crops and the activity in all oth. CT branches of trade forbid easy money at low rates at this season of the year. The advance in call and time funds Is natural and not unexpected. It has operated to check speculation in the stock market, but this will work no harm to general business. The prices of securities will soon be where an investment demand will spring up and then Wall street will become as optimistic as the rest of the country unmistakably is.