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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-02-27
Salary Of the President

The next Presidents salary is still
a bone of contention between the two
houses The matter comes up in the
legislative appropriation bill. The Sen
ate voted to make the Presidents
salary 100000. The elder statesmen,
who control that body, never study
economy. They want a high tariff,
and perhaps they think the larger ex-
penditures are the higher tariff rates
will be.
The House has, however, voted to
make the Presidents salary $4,000
with no appropriation for travelling
expenses. Mr.. Roosevelt's travelling
expenses have been about $4,000 a
year, and if Mr.. Taft spends no more
in that way his salary would net him
$4,000 instead of $4,000.
But the entire matter will now no
doubt go to a conference committee.
and the Senate conference may insist
that the Presidents salary should be
100000 in order to keep him within
sight of the other rulers of the earth.
1t should be remembered, too, that
the country spends large sum in
maintaining the White House and its
extensive grounds and appointments.
The vote in the House on the SIS, 900
proposition was 1913 to 149, and party
lines were not drawn. The outcome
of the matter is still in doubt. The
secret service issue is still sore spot
in Congress, and some members seem
to think they can get even by voting
to keep the Presidents salary below
the round figure proposed. And yet
Mr Taft is not known to favor the use
of secret service men on miscellane-
GUS Roosevelt lines.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-02-27
That $4,000. 900 Fine

The Standard Oil accepted rebates
on 1462 CARROTS for which there were
SO freight settlements. Judge Lands
held that the shipment of each car
was the unit of offense, but Judge
Anderson, who is presiding at the re-
hearing of the case. holds that each
settlement is the true and only unit.
If there had been but one settlement
of freights only one offense in the
acceptance of rebates would have been
committed.
This easy rule nullifies the rebate
section of the Sherman antitrust law,
for rebating will go on throughout the
years with only one settlement or
none at all, for money could be paid
on account with no settlement at all.
The Anderson and Grosscup deci-
sions show how difficult it is to enforce
any law of this kind The supreme
court did not hold that each settle
ment should be considered the unit of
offense, but the Grosscup court of ap-
peals did so decide, and Judge Ander-
son naturally accepts it's decision. A
maximum fine of $4,000 can in that
way be levied. The Lands fine of
$29 100000 is as good as dead.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-02-27

ing small standing army--an army
not much exceeding 5000 men. She
is in that respect no match for any
other power And this is why she
seeks security in a navy of two-power
standard. A two-power navy is, how
ever, extremely expensive, and the
light little isle is hard pushed to get
the money with which to maintain her
naval standard, and she is crowded at
present by no country but Germany.
Germany's attitude and her fleet arc
more considered at present in Eng
land than are all the other navies Of
the world.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-02-27
The Festival Question.

while it is greatly regretted by music
lovers that Birmingham is not 10 nave
a music festival this year." said singer.
che matter was not considered early
enough to allow time for drlillhs d
chorus worthy the name.
ut seems to be quite we'll settled now
ever. that Damrosch will bring his or
chestra and his festival artists to this
city the first week in May for an al'ei
noon and night performance.
ut was understood that the festival
association in Atlanta had perfected ar
rangements for a four days affair as
far back as December; but 1t now ap-
pears that the Atlanta people are JUST
getting down to business, both as re-
CARDS the financial guarantee and the
organization of a chorus. Last spring
Atlanta had a very pretentious festival
with good chorus. which had rehearsed
for sixlfnonths or more, but as the chorus
for the forthcoming blow out has yet
to learn the music. not much can De
expected from an artistic point Of view.
Retter never undertake festival unless
the chorus is in fine training.
"There has been so much said ABOUT
a Birmingham chorus and a Birmingham
festival that it should not be a difficult
thing TO organize next fall for a grand
festival in the spring of 1910 Big les
rivals attract many visitors and that pe-
ing the case every member of the Bust
ness Mems league should feel an interest
in next years project
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-02-27
THE DEPARTED FRIEND.

By Robert Louis Stevenson.
Though he that ever kind and true
Kept stoutly step by step with you
Your whole, long gusty lifetime through,
Be gone a while before
Be now a moment gone before,
Yet doubt not; anon the seasons shall re-
store
Your friend to you.
He has but turned corner-still
He pushes on with right good will
Through mire and marsh, by heugh and
hill,
That selfsame arduous way
That selfsame upland hopeful way
That you and he through many doubt
full day
Attempted still.
He is not dead, this friend--not dead.
But in the path we mortals tread
Got some few trifling steps ahead
And nearer to the end
So that you too, once past this bend,
Shall meet again, as face to hace, this
friend
You fancy dead
Push gayly on, strong heart! The while
You travel forward mile by mile,
He loiters with a backward SMILE
Till you can overtake
And strains his eyes to search his wake,
Or, whistlng, as he sees you through the
brake,
Waits on stile
1Sz2
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-02-27
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Goina to WASHINGTON.

Birmingham visitors to the presidential
Inauguration are already leaving the
Magic City in large numbers for the ma
TONS capital While this great event
does not come off until next Thursday,
many are taking advantage of the op-
portunity for sightseeing.
Every train over the different roads
leading from Birmingham to Washington
has carried an unusually large numbers
of persons going to Washington. The
ticket agents at both depots state that
the sentence of Ticket to Washington
please. Yes. round trip" has become ex-
ceedingly tiresome already. The roundtrip
tickets are lengthy fellows and require
several moments to fix up for the traveller
and as a result of this ever-oceurring
delay there is usually quite crowd IN
front of the ticket window.
Many persons left for Washington sew
eral days ago, in order that they might
take run down to Old Point Comfort
and witness the maneuvers of the battle
ship fleet there few days ago.
The round trip tickets permit of lay
overs, and this is proving an attractive
feature, making it possible to visit many
interesting places along the route
Birmingham will be well represented at
the inauguration large number of local
republicans will attend though the NUM-
Der of democrats attending 1t from BIT
mingham will far exceed the republicans
despite the fact that it will be a repuo-
lican who takes the Presidents oath.
The railroads are preparing for heavy
rush beginning Monday, and each tram
pulling out of Birmingham for Washing
ton. from present prospects, will carry ex-
ira poa pheS
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-02-27
Memorial TO Uncle Remus

The Atlanta women have taken hold
of the movement that has for its OBJ
ject the preservation of the home Of
Joel Chandler Harris, The Sign of the
Wren's Nest and the turning Of it
into a perpetual memorial to the great
southern author whose books are read
today in all lands.
If it be decided to turn the home
in part into a library an appeal may
be made to Andrew Carnegie, but in
any event the women of Atlanta pro
pose to purchase the home and to
make it a shrine for all who loved the
man who loved all, especially the chill
dren
Fifty of Atlanta's prominent women
met on Tuesday last at the Chamber
of Commerce, and the Georgian says
the spectacle presented by this splen-
did assemblage was fairly inspiring.
Whenever" it adds, the women of
Atlanta, with such unanimity of senti-
ment and with such a determination
of purpose, undertake an enterprise it
means only one thing-success. The
needed sum of money will be secured,
and every state in the south should
lend a helping hand. Alabama GER
tainly should and will.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-02-27

ket for finished material will seek its own
level. The question among pig iron MAX
ers and sellers is whether or not this new
state of affairs will have any effect on
their product As a matter of fact pig
IRON during these troubled times has had
no powerful influence to bolster it up. 1t
has had absolutely to paddle its own
canoe. It's prices have been fixed solely
by the laws of trade, and since the panic
there has been a reduction in price OF
from 30 to 50 per cent. In other words, pig
iron has to a very large extent been liqui-
dated. and if it is not already on bottom
it is very near it. Certain it Is that at
present prices for pig iron only few OF
the most favored furnaces can do much
naore than get a new dollar back for an
old one. while there are many stacks run
MING at a positive loss.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-02-27
PHONE GIRLS OBJECT.

From the Philadelphia Telegram.
All of the hello" girls in Philadelphia
who had heard the news are exceedingly
wrathy, all because a movement has
been started in New York to secure the
adoption of the title 'phonist' as the
designation of a telephone operator. The
word was invented by a New York man.
who applied for the usual governmental
protection. He has volunteered to surren-
der all of his rights in case the New
York Telephone company officially
adopts it.
I'VE won't be called 'phonists, said
one girl throwing up her chin and let
ting her eyes blaze. 1T sounds too much
like phones. and there aren't any
'phonies' in this business that l know
off,
What do I think about it, queried
another. with large Indignation. "Piffle!
That's all"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-02-27
The Iron Trade,

When asked yesterday what was the
price of pig iron a prominent broker
said:
THAT question is hard to answer. There
is so little iron selling that no one ex-
poets to find a fixed schedule
Some interests are now quoting $3.50,
but 1t is said that iron has been offered
here this week at still lower figure.
The nominal price had stood at $13 for
many months, and few weeks ago the
market was firm at that quotation, but
the eastern trade papers are predicting
a cut of 81 from the former $13 schedule.
The New York Journal of Commerce
quotes a man lin close touch with the
affairs of the Sloss-Sheffield Steel and
Iron company" as saying, while | be-
lieve pig iron will seek a lower level
do not expect to see No. 2 foundry go be-
low $12 ton, Birmingham
Matthew Addy & Co.'S Cincinnati report
says: 1.-The tardy surrender of the Steel
corporation to the laws of supply and
demand means, of course. that the mar
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-02-27
Gold Production Last Year

The Financial Chronicle has COM
piled a table showing the worlds gold
production last year The total is con-
stantly increasing. In 1905 the total
for the first time crossed the $500 600
600 line; in 1907 the total was s412.-
100000, and last year it was increased
to s434,S72,697 All the principal pro-
ducing regions reported an increase
last year, Australia alone excepted.
South Africa is the great producer
of gold, its total being 40 per cent of
the total. The United States comes
next with about % per cent, and Aus
tralia is a good third, and Russia a
poor fourth. These are the chief gold
producing countries. The following
table presents their production in fine
ounces, each ounce being worth S2O.67:
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-02-27
A Visitors Observation.

Business conditions in the far west
are not much affected by the causes that
hurt business in the east and middle
west said b. w. Holdsworth of Denver.
TRADE all through our part of the coun-
try is fairly good and in some sections
it is very brisk indeed. / have not spent
much time in the south but l keep in
touch with Texas and there is little or
no complaint of dull times there.
mo matter what may be the general
conditions in Birmingham, known every
where as the industrial center of the
south, have not seen so much building
as is in progress here / doubt If there
is another city in the south where so
many large office buildings are going
up as | find in Birmingham 1t is a sure
sign of healthy conditions and of the
confidence that capitalists have in the
future of the city,
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-02-27
ORIGIN OF THE NAME WHISKY.

From the New York World.
The origin of the name whisky has puz-
zled the dictionary makers but most of
them have followed Johnson in making
it derive from the Irish word usquebaugh,
which he defines as IAN Irish compound
distilled spirit. drawn from aromatics;
the Highland sort by corruption they
call whisky" Noah Webster dissatis-
fed with this, says in the earlier edi-
tions of his dictionary that it is derived
from the Welsh "gwisgi" In late edi-
lions he tells us it is either the Irish or
Gaelic uisge, water; in uisgebaetha, whis-
ky, properly water of life
Thus the learned photographers Now
comes Edward r. Emerson. who has
made wines and spirits a life study and
written authoritatively about them in
many books. with the assertion that these
learned gentlemen are all wrong. Mr..
Emerson's explanation is to be found in
Beverages, Past and Present" his latest
book, which has just been published by
Putnams. This is what he says:
IF our photographers will but turn
their attention TO that good old English
word whiskey. or whisky, and then bear
in mind the tendency of the people for
nicknaming, the matter will assume an
other and different aspect. Whiskey
means a light ehaise which came into
use originally TO avoid the taxes that
were levied upon vehicles according to
their size The name originated in the
country districts and Is derived from the
root .whlsk For marketing the liquor
this vehicle was in great demand among
the smugglers, for, owing to its lightness.
rapid time could be made when necessity
demanded. The smugglers could not ham
dicap themselves with so cumbersome a
means of travel, and the one-horse whis-
key holding a cask of five or ten gallons
safely hidden beneath the seat not only
allayed suspicion, but was also an ex-
ceedngly handy vehicle for travelling
through byroads and unfrequented paths"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-02-27

Montgomery, February 26.-News was
received here last night that the United
States court of appeals has sustained
sentences of the Florida courts for peon-
age placed upon officers of the Jackson
Lumber company at Lockhart, Ala. Those
who are to serve time are Manager w.
S. Harlan, IS months; Robert Gallagher
IS months; c. Hilton, s. E. Higgins. DR..
w. e. Grace and Oscar e. Sander, l.
months each. 1t is probable that an eff
fort will be made to appeal the case te
the United States supreme court, but
there is little probability according to
attorneys of such being granted.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-02-27

Savannah Press: The Birmingham Age
Herald has hopes that Mr.. Knox may
yet become a constitutional lawyer"
Savannah Press: One thing in favor of
Carrie Nation, the Birmingham Age-Her-
aid says, ''eggs are too high-priced to be
tossed freely at individuals"
Atlanta Georgian: According to the Bir-
mingham Age Herald. the gallant hero of
the wireless keyboard, Jack Binns, firmly
refused to be lionzed medaled or vaude-
villed.
Savannah Press: The Age Herald no
tees that the Russian warrant against
Maxim Gorl1y says nothing about Mrs.
Near-G orky, once visitor to these
shores.
Columbus Enquirer-Sun: The Brming-
ham Age-Herald probably recalling a sad
experience, gives this advice: Never
swear in telephone until after you have
hung up the receiver"
Atlanta Georgian: The Birmingham
Age Herald says that sure sign of the
dppTOdCH Ol Olu age 10 IilS utSlIb W pay
golf Isn't it most too near March 4
to be making such pointed remarks?
Augusta Herald: The Birmingham Age
Herald says that all baseball teams will
next month win a pennant on paper. The
Columbus papers haven't waited that
long. They are winning pennants already.
Walker County News: Smokeless pow
der in soundless gun takes away all
the charms Of hunting Age Herald.
| Yes, for the hunter won't know whether
| or not his gun went off, unless the game
| falls.
| Roanoke (va) World: Those who are
| protesting against 'Salome' make others
anxious to see it, says the Birmingham
Age-Herald. In other words, those who
are out want in and those that are in
want out
Pell City Progress: The e-Herald lays
the decrease of polygamy to mans in
ability during hard times to dress, feed
and amuse more than one wife. Surely
that paragrapher is unmarried or he
WOulu hhOW at ltd6t OhC pSlltI ItetSDll.
Savannah Press: The Birmingham
Age-Herald says: THE more eminent a
| lawyer is the less he seems to know
about the federal constitution-for ex-
emple Root Knox and the President
elect. When was Roosevelt admitted to
the bar?
Columbus Enguirer-Sun: A ST. Louis
man allowed his wife only 10 cents a
/ day for household expenses. Fifteen
cents wouldn't buy a perfect lady a
package of rettes.-Birmingham Age
Herald. No. because a perfect lady
would not have them, would she?
Livingston Southern Home: The Age
| Herald calls attention to the progress that
the boil weevil is making toward this sec
| ton. 1t is now in Rankin county, Miss
east of Jackson, and it is predicted will
reach Sumter county. Alabama, within q
year. The Age-Herald thinks a specia
session of the Legislature should be called
to make an appropriation to fight the
pest. We second the motion.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-02-27

The addition in single year of 81
037,S1S ounces to the worlds stock of
gold must necessarily be felt, and
there are no indications that the sup
ply this year or next year will be de-
creased. While the gold output an
Dually exceeds in value $4O0 100000 it
is idle to expect an extended fall in
in commodity prices or long spell in
any business depression.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-02-27
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES

DREAMS THAT DON'T COME TRUE.
Somewhere in the future
Fate will right the score,
We shall be repaid for
All that's gone before;
Laurel wreaths shall follow
Sorrows thorny crest
And the heart grown weary
Shall at last find rest
Somewhere in the future
IT'S a promise made
To each way-worn brother
Toiling in life's glade.
So the fair tomorrow
Lures us on until
Eyes are closed forever
Gnarled hands lie still.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-02-27

And what premiums are you offering
with the magazine" asked a prospective
victim.
All" said the irrepressible agent, "a
gilt-edged proposition and the greatest
we have ever made. For 50 we will send
you Bunker's magazine for one year,
set of Robert Louis Stevensons works,
kitchen range and a piccolo, with full
instructions, by which any one can learn
to play the instrument In two weeks"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-02-27
THIS LIFE.

This life IS show
With plenty of "go''
Some say t has a comedy strain,
While others declare,
Poor slaves of despair,
That the theme of the drama is pain.
It depends upon you
And the point of your view.
IF life's to be merry or sad.
OFT the blithest of roles
Are played by the souls
Who have the least cause to be giadi
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-02-27
Pensacola Growing Fast.

.Pensacol is fast forging to the 'front.'
stated Walker ]. Perry, prominent bus
mess man of that place, who Is IN BIZ
mingham. land is destined to become one
of the important cities of the south.
"The Illinois Central and Central or
Georgia railroads are sure to enter Pen
sacola, and the new air line from Chicago
is said to be an assured fact. Railroad
officials are beginning TO realize the I'M
nortance of Pensacola's world-famous
deep water harbor and its proximity to
the Panama canal, and are acting ac-
cordingly.
'.The new $4,000 hotel, San Carlos, is
well under way, and the ten-story Amer
lean Bank building is nearly ready for
occupancy. Work on the 27-mile cement
walk will be started at once.
"All of these facts surely point to a
Greater Pensacola, where gain Is des-
tined to follow all investments in realty.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-02-27
"FIRsT LADY OF THE LAND

From the Washington Post.
A valued reader of the Post makes
this suggestion:
Why not have the official programme
so changed on inauguration day that the
coming first lady of the land" Mrs. Taft,
will accompany her distinguished hns-
band from the Capitol to the White
House? The many thousands of visitors
coming to Washington. as well as the
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-02-27

Mr.. Roosevelt is to have in the
Office of the Outlook two rooms,
stenographer and a private telephone,
but all these things will not relieve
him from the necessity of being ex-
ceedingly respectful to the foreman
of the composing room.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-02-27
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

From the New York Press.
The most hopeless thing is to try to
realize on hope.
Unstable as water thou shalt not stay
on the wagon.
Unhappiness is a joy to a woman if she
can only find an excuse for calling 1t
romantic.
The reason every man wants to marry
a pretty girl is everybody else thinks he
ought to marry a sensible one.
Most peoples idea of being high-class
is having a horror of doing what ordi-
nary folk do unless you call it by some
superior name.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-02-27

Statewide prohibition has been de-
feated in South Carolina. The anti
prohibitionists of Virginia will take
courage and work all the harder to
prevent the passage of measure max
ing the Old Dominion a so-called pro-
hibition state.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-02-27

There is more scholarship in the
world today than ever, but there is
still a vast amount of narrowness and
among the really learned much blind
ing pride of opinion
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-02-27

Birmingham may have Office space
enough to supply the demand next
fall, but with all the new buildings
more will be needed when prosperity
again gets under good Roadway
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-02-27

NOT ALWAYS THE CASE.
Sing a song of roses,
Roses bloom in June;
When a man proposes
All the worlds in tune.
After he's been married
For a year or so,
Then his friends are harried
BY a tale of woe.
That's what eynics tell us-
They who'd have us think
Women only bell us
Men and drive to drink
Chaps who used to bubble
And were once so gay,
But got into trouble
On their wedding day.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-02-27

Every intelligent visitor at Cabin
John bridge saw in his minds eye
Jefferson Davis honored name on the
tablet, and now that name is there in
a physical sense.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-02-27

New Mexico has man 139 years
are hurrying to get letters from him
Peruna is slightly in the lead in the
race
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-02-27

The marriage of Hetty Green's
daughter will reduce her household
expenses to low figures, and this will
not be displeasing to her.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-02-27

Tips and winks as to the new tariff
will be numerous until March 10, and
then the Payne tariff is to be dis
closed to all