The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-14
French Sculptor Has Completed
 the Splendid Statue
WILL BE CAST IN BRONZE
Statue Is To Be Heroic in Size and Will Commemorate Deeds of Southern Women During
 the Civil War.

WaSnlngtOns June io--- Aopecldl.J-L Amateis, the French sculptor who was commissioned by a joint committee of the United Confederate Veterans and Sons of Confederate Veterans to design a bronze monument to the women of the Southern Confederacy, has completed his work, which has been approved. It will be cast in New York. The question whether the Confederate organizations will put all the money Into a statue with an elaborate base at Richmond or erect one of the statutes in each of the capitals of the 13 seceding states was settled at the encampment which has just met today in Memphis. The statue will be entitled, ''The Inspiring Genius of the Confectionery" It is designed to com memorate the heroism, self-sacrihce, pa trotism and devotion to the Southern Confederacy of the women of the south.
 The figure represents a young woman clad in a loose-fltting robe. The head is well poised, with the chin uplifted, the countenance showing an expression of sadness. The hair is arranged in sim ple form, of the style in vogue In the south prior to the Civil War. This fea- ture of the model has been pronounced by competent art critics as lifelike, and one of the most admired features of the clever conception of the sculptor.
 The arms of the figure are raised as high as the head, spreading out to the right and left In the left hand is clasped firmly large battle flag of the Southern Confectionery, the Southern Cross showing in detail The right hand holds an off cer's sword in it's scabbard, the whole effect being that the woman is present. ing both flag and sword to unseen hands.
 The design is to typify in an allegorical conception the young womanhood of the south at the beginning of the Civil War, presenting to the young men of her land the battle flag of her countrt', to be car ried as an inspiration of ytriotism.
 With the model of the statue there are two base-reliefs to be used on the base of the pedestal upon which the figure is to stand. One is entitled "On the Battle field," showing a brigade of Confederate soldiers, charging through a wheat field ripe with the harvest's plenty. The rich grain has been tramped down by the onward rush of the heroes.
 The firing line of the conflict is not far distant, as is shown by the clouds of sri. be that envelope the lines of sol diers rn> ing to the front. la the fore ground is shown a Southern woman, amid hail of bullets and exploding shells and canister, tenderly raising the head of a drummer boy who has been shot down, and whose drum lies in the twisted mass of the grain.
 The other relief Is equally strong. It is entitled News From the Front show ing a southern home in the days of the Civil War, with the mother, who has been making clothes for the soldiers at the front, dropping her needle and cloth the elder daughter eagerly rushing from her spinning wheel, while the youngest daughter is starting to rise from the floor as the young brother rushes in the door, his every feature showing glad ness, while in his hand he holds high a letter from 8 loved one at the front.
 The face of the mother shows an ex- pression of the deepest pleasure, slightly tinged with concern. In the rear of the room a typical "black mammy," holding an infant of the family, has thrown her arms high in the air and is offering a prayer of praise. Just outside of the door a venerable negro slave shows his pleasure at the arrival of news from his master.
 Mr. Amateis has executed a npmber of patriotic statues, and has just completed a model for the massive bronze doors that are to be placed at the west main entrance of the capitol building to corre- spond with the historic bronze doors at the east entrance.
 Germany Is Stirred Up.
 For a curious and interesting reason the German government and commercial interests are not disposed to take very seriously the threat of having the maxi mum rates of the Aldrich maximum and minimum plan invoked against Ger many.
 There is in Germany according to ad- vices received here a widespread im- pression, right or wrong, that the max imum and minimum project is aimed pretty directly against Germany. More than that, when this plan was first brought forward by Senator Aldrich the Germans were greatly concerned about It. They knew that Tn the trade arrange ment negotiated by the North commits sion over two years ago Germany got the small end of the thing and the chief benefits came to the United States. Why, then, asked the Germans, should the United States be bringing forward q project which looks to denouncing that trade agreement. so advantageous to it, unless 1t was out for the big game of a tariff war?
 And so the Germans calculated until they received copies of the Aldrich rates, and studying them in comparison with the Dingley duties, reached the concu- sion that for all essential purposes this is a revision upward rather than down ward. Nobody studies international trade more closely than the Germans. They lost no time reaching the decision that the reductions granted by the Aldrich bill are insignificant and ineffective; they consist in reducing rates which were pre- posterously prohibitory in the Dingley act, but leaving them still safely pro- hibitive.
 If a rate of 15 per cent is prohibit tive. a rate of 1000 per cent can be handsomely sealed without making the least difference.
 The Germans discovered, even sooner