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The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-10
A PASSING MANIA.

The decision just made by a Fed eral court invalidatlng the reduced pas senger and freight rate laws of Mis- souri is only one more added to the numerous cases where ill-advised and unwise railroad oppression has been set aside by the cool and calm decls- ions of the courts. Soon. according to present indications. all these oppressive have disappeared and their former ex- istence will be but a memory.
 Tn after times people will look back at the legislation of the past three or four years and wonder what sort of mania possessed the la aw-making bodies of the period now happily ended. let us hope. To read some of the legislation enacted by the Legislatures of a num- ber of States one would think that the only object they had in view was to destroy the railroads or drive them out of the State.
 Plainly there was much politics of a certain sort connected with these rabid attacks on the railroads, There arose class of narrow minded office seekers who decided that the way to make themselves solid with the people and get office was to make war on the roads. and unfortunately for the good name of the State they succeeded Then their artful and spacious arguments enabled them to blind their followers and secure the enactment of such laws as they wished. Politics. malice, greed and ignorance worked in harmony and the wise and fair legislators who would have checked or prevented such leeis- lation were powerless.
 It is well that we have unprejudIced and competent courts in this country
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-10
Letters to The Editor
More Corn md Bettcr Corp.


 Editor The Advertiser:
 am watching with great interest the enthusiasm being manifested tthroughout the State of Alabama on
 It is a fact that no State needs home made crops any more than Alabama
 It is to be hoped that the William son plan of corn growing will be giy- en a thorough trial this year. especial ly by our young farmers all over the
 No one expects that every one who competes for prize will win, but all who compete will have the increased quantity of corn and the valuable les ence of V atching the seasons. the mode of working, etc.
 If this years strenuocs effort on the part of a few wise farmers snoulo bama corn cribs to the rafters with this much needed gtdin, the people In every nook and correr will beyond a doubt rise as one man to thank these the Williamson plan may be the best method of growing corn now known, | would notes.-the fact that good land al ways makes more corn than poor land. and this fact teaches me that one OF the principal reasons of this difference in yield Is the better land has more plant food than the poorer. land.
 Following this cOurse of reasoning l forget. no matter what plan is put ,oi, trial that corn needs to be fed until 1t Is made. It often occurs that Q short while before corn Is made that corn Is largely a failure, and the grow CT is disappointed ana turns away ih disgust, exclaiming that corn growing Is q mistake in Alabama.
 If a farmer were to let his fat hogs lie in the pen two weeks before killing time without food. he would make no greater mistake than the corn grower who allows his corn to stand in the field two weeks before maturity with oW anything on which to support life. kind of food and plenty of it. Large Yields of corn cannot be made without proper, food and plenty of 1t.
 do not believe a greater blessing farmers of Alabama. than to induce them. by their own industry and good cultivation, to grow all the corn they may have legitimate use for on their own farms.
 A full corn-crib for five years In suc- cession simply means the complete ex- tinction of all indebtedness to those who desire to live on cash basis, and enjoy the best living the land affords. One way to grow plenty of corn is to plant long rows and many of them. but believe the Williamson plan a better way Long rows of corn and less ol them. when cultivated and fed to the end. will. beyond any doubt. produce less areas and less expense.
 Whenever the farmer learns bv aot- ual experience, the higher he carries his production per acre that his ex- crease. the great battle for higher and better living will be won for good and always.
 J. R. McLendon.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-10
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 10, 1909.
THE ORDER IS REsCINDED.

The qualification at the order issued yesterday by President Tafts admins ,tration. resembling the order of the former administration closing the Southern navy yards will not be confin- ed to Pensacola and New Orleans. The whole South will see in it reason for the hopeful belief that it will not be continually subject for sectional dis elimination.
 It has never been clearly explained why the retiring President on his last day in office should have issued an or der closing and abandoning the navy yards on the Gulf. It was not sufficient to say that they were not needed with out bringing forward proof to show , that in fact. of all the navy yards of the United States only the two South ern yards were useless and unneces- sary. If the order had stood 1t would have been regarded inevitably as a sec tional act.
 The resembling order of President Taft is reassuring and comforting. It allows the modest hope that at least a Republican administration is in power which will treat the South as we'll as the West. the East or the North. An act of this kind is worth a hundred speeches in the work of removing sec tional feeling.
 Montgomerians and Alabamians will feel a special qualification for the preservation of the picturesque and historic navy yard at Pensacola. Com mercially and industrially if not gov ernmentally and politically, Pensacola is allied with Alabama. The many picturesque features of the famous old seaport draw thousands of Alabama visitors to it each year. And these are glad WarrentOn and the old navy yard are not to be given over to bats and owls.
 With this order President Taft has strengthened his claim upon the good will of Southern people
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-10
PROFIT M GOAT RAISING
By Frederic J. Haskin.

prone to tuberculosis, and their milk often. contains the germs of that dreadi malady. If goats milk is used all this is avoided. Goats can live and thrive in place where cows could not be kept at all. They are much healthier than cows. are almost immune from and their milk is richer than oow's milk. The feed of a goat costs almost nothing, and for this req. son 1t Is called the poor mans COW.
 Goats are much better miikers, in
 proposition to their size. than cows.
 And their milk is always in demand.
 A man near Washington has few, goats and readily disposes of their, mflk at dollar a quart At Paltsade.
 New Jersey. a colony of Italians keep
 herd of 500 miloh goats. and a good
 revenue is derived from them. Ohio, .MaSsachusetts and New York also have
 pure bred herds. Goats milk is con-i ssfdered very fine for invalids, anu there gre smany sanitariums in the Alps 'where this diet is the principal treat-l ment In Pau. in the Preach Pyreneea and in other European places, the herd
 or goats is driven from door to door; and mixed before the eyes of the cus-i toner. so there can be no question of aouiteration. Goats make fine foster, mothers, and 1t Is not an uncommonl sight in foreign lands to see a babyj anu Kid side by side nursing thsl same goat.
 The famous old Cashmere shawls were made from the fine second coat of the goats from. Kashmir India, anal Thibet. Each animal yields only twoi sor three ounces of this in year. anal to secure 1t the goat has to be care- fuIiy combed. Some of it is pickedj from bushes against which the goatsl rub themselves. so that it Is smalll wonder these shawls are so costly. Since time immemorial the goat hasl been an important factor in the lifat or man. In ancient days the Jews always used 1t as a sacrificeto Jehovah.
 It figured prominently in mythologyl and the Egyptians worshippei it as a, god. The goat of ancient Menries wa aa a deity, and if buck died the wboIa Medesian family went Into deepest mourning. Tn Ireland the goat has all
 ways been very highly prized and con-
 tributes materially to the welfare of
 the people. lcopyright. 1909. by Frederic !. Ha.. kim
 iomorrow-Value of Carrier Pigeons.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-10
Bringing About Tolerance

savannah FreSs.
 Judge Taft in his inaugural address insists that he Is not trying to break the Solid South," but he wants to en- courage political independence down here and to build up respectable party of opposition.
 The inference then is that the genial Judge is doing this for fun or for form He expects to create regime of ''tol- erance," not that he dreams of securing any Democrat electoral votes. but be- cause he has bene told that some Taft clubs might be formed to advantage.
 So far as tolerance is concerned. the South really has two factions inside of a Democratic party In nearly every State. There Is plenty of opposition; general election, we now hava 1t be- fore the State primary. Experience shows that there is more tolerance in the South than in the North. In the last campaign, just as soon as the Dem ocratic party In September showed signs of making a winning canvass. the alarm was sounded from Wall Street, industries threatened to shut down or to reduce the working time of em- ployes in case of Bryans election. The bankers clubbed together and held tight money at high interest in ter rorem over business South and West served notice on their employees that It would be to their interest to vote the Republican ticket. All the commercial and financial influences of the country were put to work to advance the cause of the Repu blican candidate. This was the worst kind of intolerance for 1t enforced a system of political peonage, his campaign throughout the Solid
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-10
He is n Democrat,

Nashville American.
 The Nashville American says of Judge J. M. Dickinson, who Is to be President Taft's Secretary of War. that "he has always been Democrat and, as his friends know. did not vote for Mir. Roosevelt nor for Judge Taft" It is equally well known, says The Charlotte Observer. that he did not vote for Mir. Bryan, either. MT. Franklin Mac Veagh, of Chicago, who is to go into the new cabinet as Secretary of the Treasury. Is another gentleman who controls his own vote. He had been a Republican but became a Democrat in 1892 when Cleveland was nominated the second time, and was the Demo- cratic candidate for United States Sen ator in 1894. and canvassed the State but was defeated. He quit when Col Bryan took charge in lS96 and has been Republican since.-Macon Tele- graph.
 The Charlotte Observer has no au- thor!ty for asserting that Judge Dick inson did not vote for the Democratic nominee for President last year. Judge Dickinson has never voted any other than a Democratic ticket He is q Democrat now and will be a Democrat when he comes out of Taft's cabinet The story of MT. Franklin MacVeagh's political career. as outlined by The Ob. server. Is correct so far as we know.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-10
MORNING THOUGHT
DY ,. MARVIN NICHOLS.

In some select quarters, these es.
 shocked me the other day rS. S: ~a ss n Ehin her rooms the s con to a few invited friends, Tne surprise was a baby elephant that en- sssa ssos 0y seat Rteyl0uh in the eircis xiss sweetmeats with them. had revived
 nopsss is Is Es.Ddas asrsy With 5nr . ,nsSk o key dinner. At that dinner two spe- ciee of the same genus ate in seren- est peAce--the tailed and tailless mon on the trail when he dreamed of an recently T noticed this ''cail of the have the iss%s Ss.asr ssa hs.a n for 'h. M noticed that the pretty girls in the troupes slept with weasled-eyed. hg- ity "purps," At least they we're both went that way. one siri~a ravasing beauty-was actually deyoting all her grace and dreamy loyeliness on q mssslsy T y;hs.ir,,,nipped {. bulldog; I don't Mrs drimn to ret Evanston wild with her zoo dinner. Covers were laid for twenty-that is to say. ten female ami mals and ten more animals. All the D".sd %oss ref,nsmen, ss on beyond Ss % the SSsHif are we at snyhow: We are once more either on the verge of savagery. or called modern society. tho more slar: ing these eccentric movements. But Ms th SatnrsS 1 huH saoss os gs ate . game cock, dined with . rennsd tvj dream of beauty. and bull-terrier issstsa with a society queen t7amsy and on--at this same royal banquet. Nothing marred the swell repast until, by some unforeseen disagreement, the outlet off the Angora cat. and the par rot undertook to fuddle with the shoot of the guinea pig; l wish heartily that s r to o9a get of an ss Adamless Edens and catteries.
 The most gorgeous flowers are na: tive to iago0ns and 1syoS; S,rd infected sos plumage is the most beautiful of all chooses the dismal swamp for Its. hab- itation. It used to be on every tongue. reth? And out of Nazameth came the Christ of the Ages! History repeats herself over and over again. She ssr rohest and her mos gifts.
 Sport the sort of kindness that laughs at the worlds rough usage.
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 Clasp the hand a little tighter If you want to break cords that bind burdens on weary shoulders.
 When you're looking through a tele- scope. If you want the clearer view. first put out the lights. Your nights will bring out the stars in stately splendor.
 
 The face is a sufficient apology for every wrong.
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 Dreams evolve themselves into pal aces or prisons for us.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-10
Tucson the Oldest.


 Tucson, Arz.. Is the oldest city in the United states. not excepting St. Augustine Fla. declared William II, SawteIle, A law yer of that place to a reporter. There are old spanish missions in Tucson that will prove this assertion. The nilsson al St Gavier. at which in the early days the priests converted the Papago Indians and made them the allies of the white man against the bloodthirsty Apaches. has re. cords to show that Tucson antedated St. Augustine as a settlement. but it did not become a peaceful place until Gen Miles and Gen. Lawton went out there and subdu. ed old Geronimo and other redskins The Papagoes always remained friends of the whites.
 Now Tucson is of the most thriving cities in Arizona. It is growing rapidly and has all the improvements of up-to-d cit les Arizona is one of the most law-ahld- ing sections of thls country. notwithstand- ing the numerous stories that have been told about gunplay and other lawless acts It Is fact that there are more college graduates. relatively. in the territory than in any other part of the United States
 'T don't have to say anything about the wonderful resources of Arizona IT is the richest copper section in the West and It's agriculture has been exploited. l suppose often enough, Alfalfa Is one of the prnriptl crops and farmer who has an alfalfa farm need do nothing the rest of his life except to watch the crops mature, for h. raise three or four crops year"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-10
Fruit from South Afrtca.

chicago Evening Post.
 Patrons of some of the restaurants in town may raise their eyebrows these days to see peaches and plums which look for all the world like the plebeian growth of their own country quoted on the bills of fare at 25 rents Or more apice. But doubtless the res taurant-k keeper will have becn wise enough to justify his price by attach. ing the fruit its proper and rare Dedi- gree south African
 When the last week some of the south WatHr-street houses have re- ceived the first .consignments of the seanson from faraway South Africa. and though they say 1t is improbable that fruit from this source will ever gain a great foothold in competition is increasing from the mere novelty of the thing
 The peaches and plums now arriving in Chicago started on their journey somewhat over q, month ago in the Wolf River Hoock." or district of the Wolf River. in Cane Colony. some From the farms they were shipped to Cape Colony, where they embarked on a voyage of 5000 or t0.OO0 miles for CoYent Garden. London. the great chants in turn shipped them to several New York Houses. from whom the more enterprsing Chicago houses have obtained a limited supply.
 The fruit comes in boxes of twenty eight, each peach or plum wrapped separately in paper like the Califor- niacousins. but distinguished from it's more common relatives by being fur ther prepared for the journey of half the circle of the globe by a careful cushioning of excelsior.
 They look like the ordinary fruit of a good quality, but are said to be dis tinguished by an unusual irmness and sweetness of flavor After their long journey. not one has been found to be defective.
 The dealers affirm that though the in an attempt to introduce it here as a competitor of the domestic crop. the only real justification for the price is the novelty of having on one's table fruit which has traVeled halfway around the world to nll it's breakfast duties. The principal buyers are the large hotels. which pay S3 for box of twenty ght.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-10
Oriental Research.

Tn Speaking Of his appointment as the head of the American School of Oriental Research in Patlestine. Profess school is sustained by the leading uni versailles and seminaries in the United States, and 1t serves the same purposes that is served by the schools at Rome and Athens and is In close connection with the Archaeological Institute of America. The school has a commodious building in Jerusalem and there shall make my home for a year. when an- other professor from one of the con- tributing institutions will be chosen tv fll the place" Professor GottheiI will start on his trip to the Orient next Constantinople before beginning his work in Jerusalem.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-10
RETAINS HIS sTATERooM.
stockbroker Will Not Yield to "Privat
 Citizen" Roosevelt.

stockbroker Will Not Yield to "Privats
 Citizen" Roosevelt.
 Detroit Special.
 Taking the position that ex-Presi- dent Roosevelt is now only a private citizen and therefore not entitled to any more than ordinary consideration, Ar chibald G. Ellair, prominent and wealthy stock broker of this city, has declined to give up his stateroom Oa the Hamburg American liner because 1t was needed for the use of Roosevelt and his party.
 MT. Ellair completed his arrange ments some time ago for trip abroad, and by coincidence happened to hit up- on the same vessel of the Hamburg American line upon which the Roose- welt party intended to sail. The quar- ters allotted to Mir. Ellair adjoined Roosevelt's, and as such were highly desirable. Kilograms were immediate ly dispatched to MT Ellair. explaining 2 the situation and requesting that he accept a reservation on another of the company's boats.
 But this the Detroit man declined to do, and he wired the Hamburg -Ameri- can people, stating that he had paid for his statcroom and proposed to make use of 1t and furthermore. he did not see any good reason why he should be requested to assign 1t to any one else. Theodore Roosevelt was only a private citizen, anyway.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-10
Where Widows Commit Suicide.

Old customs die very hard in China. says a writer In the Wide World Mag azine. and in several parts of the ce!es- tial empire 1t ls still considered high act of virtue for a woman to comm { suicide after the death of her husband. According to the law the proceeding is actually legal In some provinces. and such Is the state of public opinion that in districts where 1t is officially prohib- ited the authorities rarely interfere. These extraordinary voluntary sacri- fices may frequently be seen and I my self saw one take place. The widow herself clad In white-the Chinese mourning color-the gallows erected for the occasion.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-10
WILLIAMS POOR MODEL.
Portrait Meant To Give Him Met Un-
 hatterinH Comments

Washington Special. years minority leader. left the House 10 rest for two years before coming to the Senate. he did not take with him, after an official presentation. any me- mento of the esteem In which his fel- low-members held him. It was not the members fault, however. They commissioned an artist to paint a por- trait of the Mississippi man, but the product was so disappointing none had the heart to present 1t.
 T know I am not handsome" com- mented MT. Williams, as he looked at the portrait. but they could not have done worst if they had been paintip g Adam''--in non eulogistic reference to Representative Adam Bede. of Minne- sota who stood by his side.
 When did he die?" inquired Vice. President sherman.
 "1 wouldn't give that to a man who had shot my dog" declared Represent ative Cushman. of Washington. And the members decided he was right.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-10

to pass upon unjust laws and set them aside. else no business would be safe If displeasing to the demagogues who too often control lesislation. That sometimes need regulating and restrain ing legislation is beyond doubt. They are no more above the laws than any other business. They have eno more right to desa unfairly or unjustiy with the people than other occupations have and they should at all times be required. or forced. to deal justly with the people and with all other branches of business. All this Is admitted with out in any degree condoning much of the anti-railroad legislation that has been discreditable to lawmakers.
 It will be seen by reading the decis- ion of Judge MacPherson in the Mis- souri cases, printed Tuesday morning, that both the freight and passenger rates fixed by recent laws were held confiscatory and unconstitutional. and were therefore set aside and declared void. The judge held that passengers and freight could not be transported at the prices fixed by the Legislature without continued and serious loss tc the railroads, and therefore ~suc1 laws were violative of the letter and spirit of the constitution. Fair minded peo- pie. we have no doubt, will agree tn at Legislature has no right to pass laws injurious or destructive to any legitimate business, and will therefore agree with the court. Wha, the Mis- souri Legislature will now do We have no means of knowing, but as the anti railroad mania Is passing we suppose that State will listen to reason and jus tice in future legislation.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-10

welt The Brooklyn Eagle declares that The broke the soil MT. Taft will culti- vate and sowed the seed MT Taft will nurture and harvest" If The Eagles meaning is that Taft is to follow the Roosevelt methods we hope 1t is do- ing him a serious injustice. Taft will do we'll to sidestep some of the soil Roosevelt broke and will also do well not to try to nurture much of the seed sown by his predecessor.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-10

The absurdity of some laws-and the enforcement of them-was recently shown in Toronto. where a man was fined for giving cigarette to his own son, who was minor yet the Mon treal Gazette notes that a father may give whisk " to his minor sons with out mourning any penalty Perhaps the Toronto officials think cigarettes more deadly than whlskey.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-10

We venture to say that no Presi- dent of the United States could lnsti- tute as many as five criminal suits against five different newspapers, on the grounds on which Messrs. Roose- welt and Bonaparte attacked The New York World and Indianapolis News. without subjecting himself to inn peachment proceedings. The Ameri- outrageous litigation. once they com prehend the real nature of it.-Hart- ford Times.
 We take it The Times thinks the gov. ernment or the country could stand two such performances but would kick out Of the traces if five were attempted Let us hope that no other President will attempt such an outrageous per formance.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-10

good authority that an electric furnace can be made to produce something more than seven thousand degrees of heat. Of course 1t is impossible to tell by ordinary methods just what such g temperature means. but if one could red hot iron feel like ice.