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The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-06
Permanent Tariff Commission

The Aldrich bill is delusive through out. The numerous assertions in favor of a permanent commission are sup ported in the Aldrich bill by these
 words only: "The President is hereby authorized to employ such persons as may be required to make thorough investigations and examinations into the production, commerce and trade of the United States and foreign coun- tries and all conditions affecting the same" That is all This may mean something more than mere academic work and then again it may not. It probably means that Mir. Aldrich wants no tariff commission, but he does desire an opportunity to say that his bill provides for one At the most it is indefinite and uncertain.
 And yet many business men think the most scientific way of making a tariff lies in the recommenda. ions of a permanent commission consisting of non-partisan investigators and experts. No lame duck politicians should be placed on such commission. It should be made up from men of higa stand ing, and those men should receive salaries large enough to cal for their entire working time. Men directly in- terested in rates now furnish infor- nation and practically make l tariff. This is the very reverse of good policy.
 Nor is the objection sound that a permanent commission would mean annual tariff changes. So it might, but there would be no general revision, no general stoppage of business. A few rates would be changed every year, but those changes would not af- feet general business.
 The proposed plan may, in the Pres ident's hands, give the consumer voice. At present he has none. No body appears at Washington but in- terested parties. The consumer has, however, a vote, but the use of vote after tariff bill has been passed is not an ideal manner of adjustment. A permanent commission is better
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-06
AWARD CONTRACTS
 FOR BIG SEWERS

It is very probable that contracts for the construction of storm sewers to pur- sue the course of the large open ditches which traverse the western part of the city, one winding about Eighth avenue and the other about Fourteenth and Twelfth street, will be awarded within the next six weeks.
 This work will cost approximately $350,- 900 and will serve to remove what has long been considered as a great detri- ment to the city's health. The ditches are wide and deep, which will save the city many thousands of dollars on &C., count of it not being necessary to exca- yate for the sewer.
 Together with the sewer contracts awarded at a special meeting of the council two weeks ago, which amounted to s205,0O0, this will serve to give employ ment to an exceptionally large number of workmen. In this connection Alder men John w. ONeill stated yesterday afternoon:
 ''The shutting down of part of the steel plant for awhile should / cause labor to feel gloomy for this sewer construc- tion will furnish work for them. This phase of the situation was thought of by the committee and for that reason the effort will be made to rush the award ing of the contracts"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-06
NEW ATTRACTION
 COMING NEXT WEEK

Edna May Spooner and her company of players have been engaged by MT Jake Wells for the summer season in addition to the Bijou Musical Comedy company and the Baldwin Melville company to play between Birmingham and Atlanta.
 Miss Spooner is sister of Miss Cecil Spooner, who made such a favorable i'm presson here several weeks ago, and is a well known New York and Brooklyn favorite, having recently played leading roles at Proctors Fifth Avenue theatre for one solid year, also at Mrs. Spooner's s theatre in Brooklyn. She is well known in the east as one of the best in her line of work.
 Scene painters are being rushed to Bir- mingham by MT. Wells to prepare for the opening performance Monday May 10, when the "Masqueraders' will be pre- scented for the opening bill, followed the second week with The Road to Yes terday." The company supporting Miss Spooner will include such well known man. Henry Chesterfield Henry B. Toom- CT, J. H. Huntley, Miss Grace Raymond, Miss Nan Hewins, Miss Dorothy Irwin and others
 MT. Wells secured this company at a. great expense to play his theatres in Birmingham, and Atlanta, feeling sure that the public of these two cities would appreciate his efforts by their liberal pat ronass throuxhout tcs summer season.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-06
Regarding Population.

Jefferson county will make big show ing in the census of 1910," said local sta- tistician.
 "In 1900 the county had population of 140,000, again of 52,O00 over 1890. A greater part of the gain was in the years 1s9S-s9. - ''The population next year will prob ably be between 250o00 and 275,OOO. It was estimated that We had a county population of about 225,000 in 1906 There was no gain in the last quarter of 1907, the panic year, and there has been little gain, perhaps, since that time. but between now and next spring there will be a great influx, and I think the govern ment enumerators will find close to 275,- 900 souls in Jefferson. Beginning with the new era of prosperity, which is not far off, the Birmingham district will take bigger strides than ever, and by 1920 the countys population will have crossed the 6O0,000 mark.
 "As to Brmingham's population in 1910, that all depends. If the governor calls an extra session of the legislature a new King bill will be passed, extending the limits so as to embrace a population of 10000 to 10000. Without legislative ac-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-06
BumptIOuSleSS In Baseball

President Kavanaugh, of the South ern league, seems to regret the dis appearance of Glass A, and he seems inclined to support that class, even after the two big leagues have squelched it. The action of the majors is, of course, final, and the American Association and the Eastern league are now in Glass A after a brief pre- liminary service in Class A.
 There are apparently no grounds for believing that the American Associa- ton and the Eastern league are pre- pairing to become outlaws, and if they should drift out of the organized ranks no harm would come to the Southern leagues. The two leagues cannot be- come outlaws without the, cooperation of their players and that consent could not readily be procured.
 The entire matter has a secret side to it which has not been explained. The Southern league can afford to await developments from it's secure position in Class A. No one down ln the south desires to join the outlaws, and if the American Association and the Eastern league have become so preemptory and assertive that they want to set up as independents no one down this way will be apt to ob- iapt
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-06
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
The Hotel Men.

The Hotel Mems Mutual Benefit asso- ciation. composed of proprletors and managers of hotels in the principal cities of the United States, will hold its convention for this year in Chatta- nooga next week. The leading hotel men of Birmingham are members of the association and several of them will | attend IT. B. Mabson of the Metro politan has been appointed a member of the reception committee.
 It is the custom of the hotel men to divide their sessions between two cities situated within easy reach of each oth- CT. After city has been selected for the meeting, then the committee looks around and chooses a near by city as the place with which the convention will divide honors. Atlanta has been selected as Chattanooga's second and the convention will wind up in that city. The meeting will be attended by about 120o people including wives and daughters of hotel men. After the con- vention adiourns the party will pro- eeed to Mobile for a sojourn of two or three days.
 Tt is a noteworthy fact that when the hotel men voted for a convention city, out of the 1900 ballot slips sent through the mail from heaquarters 800 in round numbers were filled in with the name of Chattanooga" said MT. Mabson. This goes to show how popu- lar the south is from a tourist or a convention point of view. People from all parts of the country like to visit the south.
 The western delegates iwll rendez- vous at Chicago and come from that city to Chattanooga in a special train; and the eastern delegates will come in a special train or trains from Wash ington. The hotel men are always handsomely entertained. I attended the convention that met a few years ago in Baltimore and Washington. The visitors were royalty treated on that occasion and Chattanooga and Atlanta will distinguish themselves in the mat ter of hospitality. In two or three years will come Birminghams time to have the hotel mems convention. It will then be Birmingham and Mont gomery"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-06
Small Farms in Montgomery County

The Montgomery Commercial club proposes to get up a boom in it's neighborhood by purchasing 100000 acres of suburban lands and by divid- ing those lands into small farms of about 50 acres each. This would call for 2000 white farmers, for there would be 2000 farms. It IS safe to say that the location of 2000 white families on that many farms would bring pros perity to any neighborhool or city.
 At first, at any rate, no farms will be sold. All will be leased, and the hope Is that every lessee will become a truck grower. The lands of Mont gomery county are among the best in the black belt, and homeseekers in the south know good land when they zee ;t.
 Montgomery is inviting prosperity in the best manner. Two thousand white farmers would do more to boom a locality than twice that number in cotton factory, but some provision should be made for selling the land to homeseekers at a reasonable price. Leased land Is not usually well cultf- vated land, and the lessee makes, as rule, no improvements.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-06
Real Estate Transfers.

Deeds of conveyance were filed in the office of the probate court yesterday in the following transactions in real es- tate in which amounts of $1O0e or more were involved.
 $6550-virginia Papot and husband to T. J. Larlxin, lot g. "A 1-6 feet by 197 feet, in block 15 corner Fourteenth avenue and Eighteenth street, Birmingham.
 $2OOO--Minge Mortgage and Real Estate company to l.. G. Green, part 50x130 feet in lot G. in block 13 Birmingham.
 s1250-J. M. Parker and wife to w. D. Carol, lot ', in block 14-D, survey East Lake Land company, East Lake. ..-
 SHOW. T. Poe and wife to Jere c. King 4.96 acres in southwest quarter of northwest quarter of section IS, township 1S
 $1O,00O-R. H. Baugh and wife to J. G. Whitfield, half interest in part of lots IS and 19, s0x1OO feet, in block 122, Bir- mingham.
 $1SOO-Woodlawn Realty company to Paul Barnett, lots and 8, in block 6, and part of lot 4 in block 5, Woodlawn Realty companys first addition to Wood lawn.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-06

screened, and after while science and the local authorities, pulling to- gether, will exterminate the malaria mosquito When that time comes there will be no excuse for the existence of lank, lazy men and of pale, list less, stunted women. The waste of manhood and womanhood should be ended, and in the course of the de- velopments of the present century it surely will be.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-06
ACCOMMODATING

"A pretty young married woman went into St. Louis drugstore and said she wanted something to cheer her. up"
 "She had the blues"
 Exactly. So the druggist came around from behind his counter and gave her kss.'
 "Admirablel Where will you find more accommodating man?"
 Nowhere. The treatment eventually cost him $12.1o in police court"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-06
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
A POET.

A POET. For every bloom that dies another blows So sang a poet wight in ecstasy; Iris rare, when ones misfortune plainly shows, To be so brave of heart and blithe as he. "For every bloom that dies another blows He sang, the light of heaven in his face; Forgot the whips of scorn," his earthly woes, The moiling crowd that crushed him in life's race. For every bloom that dies another blows Friends laid him in his grave and turned away; But from his heart sprang up a splendid rose That filled the world with gladness for day.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-06
Orphans Have Outing.

There was a joyous crowd of young sters having an outing at East Lake park this Wednesday, afternoon that present. ed subject of interest in hygiene said a visitor to the park yesterday.
 T allude to the 9S children of the or phange who were guests of Manager Campbell. The Sister of Charity in charge told me that not a single child at the orphanage was i'll, but that with the ex- ception of one or two puny ones, the whole number was in fine health. During the more than six years of the life of this most worthy charity, which although in charge of the Sisters takes all chill dren without reference to creed, there has never been a death among the hundreds of inmates. The youngest now is 9 years old, and the ages run to about 12. There are some boys and girls at indus trial schools in Mobile and New Orleans who went from the orphanage at East Lake.
 "This institution, presided over by Sister Leonine, aided by seven other Sisters, has some nine acres of grounds at East Lake. The Sisters keep cows and make a garden. The school is up to its capacity, but with doubling up 1t has been made to care for as many as no orphans.
 "The children had delightful after noon and when the evening shadows were beginning to darken the green of the mountain spur and heighten the color of the red lane, there was subject for an artist. The barefooted boys and a11 of sheep along the roadway leading from the park to the sheltering arms of the home, led by the shepherdess Sisters"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-06

Here is a little story from New York sometimes found in the most prosaic walks of life:
 A travelling man carefully adjusted a carnation in his lapel at club dinner a few nights ago in one of the private din- ing rooms at the Astor. "Do you know he turned to his neighbor-"I never see a carnation without recalling a bit of sen- timent found out in Ohio. There is a little hotel at Ashtabula-the Stoll house and as each guest is seated for dinner the waitress places a carnation before him with the menu card. This being an at tention not expected by transients at hotels in small cities l inquired of the girl if the occasion was one out of the ordinary.
 No, she replied. we give every guest a carnation each day at dinner
 "When she had gone for my order an old salesman seated next confided to me: Years ago MT. Stoll's life was cen tered in a beautiful little daughter She took great pleasure is distributing carna- tions to the boys of the road who Sun dayed here. at dinner. Death took her away, and from that day to this the car- nations are a feature of the excellent table not only Sundays but every day.
 Somehow" and the diner oaressed the flower in his buttonhole, T have looked on a carnation with reverence since then" New York Press
 FOR A GOOD REASON.
 "Pa, what is a sabot?"
 "A wooden shoe.'
 Gee, pa, Pm glad you don't wear sahotsir
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-06
Industrial Revival.

"The Pittsburg district, which suffered more from. the panic than almost any other industrial center. is once more &C., tive," said a man connected with the iron trade.
 "Pennsylvania wageworkers who have been idle are being taken back by the thousands; all of which means a genuine industrial revival. Prosperitys return started gradually, but 1t now looks as if all the wheels of industry would be nov ing by the coming summer.
 Charles M. Schwab. president of the Bethlehem Steel corporation, says he be- lieves that from now on the trend of prices and of volume of business will be upward, with an era of unparalleled prosperity ultimately in sight.
 Though prices for steel are still low, MT. Schwab says they have been quoted even lower, but still proftably by the Bethlehem company. The margin of profit for the company, he says, will be still further broadened by a continued read justment of costs. The new Bethlehem plants are now operating to capacity"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-06
A TROUBLE BROTHER.

Iks Trouble, trouble, trouble,-
 He talked it all day long And when he fell to singing
 He sang a trouble song. His face would soon discourage An optimistic wight Who dreamed about d future
 When burdens should be light. Trouble, trouble, trouble
 He carried 1t about; No matter where you found him, Was always down and out. A woefu1 sort of fellow,
 Quite overcome with rue; The world for him was painted A melancholy hue. Trouble, trouble. trouble
 His ever dropping head Showed how his soul was stricken, Showed how his heart had bled. His manner, sad and listless, His slow, dejected gait Did prove him quite unequal
 To hold his own with fate. Trouble, trouble, trouble,- A foolish wight was he, To walk the way of sorrow
 When hope would set him free. He couldn't see the silver That lined the clouds, I guess, And that is why he never found The road to happiness.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-06

"Three months ago business was about A dull as I ever saw" said Harris T. Ormes of St. Louis, "but in travelling through the south now I find everybody talking of business improvement and everybody looking forward to a pros porous summer.
 While good times are now in evidence, only in certain localities there is con fident feeling that prosperity is coming steadily to every section.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-06
Establishing a Southern Branch.

''The Brush Runabout company of De- troit has decided to establish a southern branch at Birmingham" said H. Craig Chapman of this city who has accepted the position of southern general manager.
 "The company regards Birmingham as most desirable location from which to handle It's southern business. It will have its prospective southern agents visit Bir- mingham for the purpose of seeing the wonderful little car which it is turning out A large shipment of cars is now on the way and is expected to reach Bir- mingham within the next few days.
 "The name of the Birmingham branch will be the Brush Chapman Motor con- pany. It's salesroom will be on Twentieth street near Fifth avenue.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-06
Flourishinq Limestone County.

Business in Athens is normal,' said R. H. Walker. editor of the Limestone Democrat. We have a good agricultural country to draw from, and Athens is therefore not appreciably affected by pan ics or industrial depression. have sell dow known a time when trade in our town was any brisker than 1t is now.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-06
THEN THERE'S TALK.

q read a piece in the paper the other day which stated that conversation had become a lost art remarked MT. Tapper.
 "Umphi" said MT. Ponsonby. "The chap who wrote that ought to be at our house some day when Mrs. Joneson comes over to borrow a dress pattern from my wife"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-06
FIITIIsH.

Behold how learned scientists
 Do vie In making dreadful warfare on The fly. Dost see his flyship lean upon A crutch? Dost see his progeny decreasedf Not muchl
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-06

ing all sections of our great country, appeals to our churches, schools and press, our workingmens and commercial organizations, and to all menvof good will for increasing devotion to this com manding cause and such large support of its active agencies as shall strongly advance the great measures which are to come before the next The Hague confer ence, and shall maintain our nation in high and influential leadership in behalf of international justice and order.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-06

Railroad excursions are freely planned at confiscatory rates, but vol untary confiscation is not what the railroads complain of.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-06

Senator Knute Nelson of Minnesota refuses to obey MT Aldrich of Rhode Island on tariff matters. The Min nesota senator is a brave man.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-06

The Sultan Emeritus refuses 10 shell out $20O,OO0,O00 in lump. He declines to admit that he is branch of the Standard Oil.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-06

The Aldrich maximum rates have the Dingley rates beaten more than four city blocks. They will also sput the ultimate consumer in deep, bad hole.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-06

A Brooklyn millionaire sailed last week on the Lusitania accompanied by four negro musicians, who are to cheer him up when he is blue.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-06

Mehmed V spent 33 years in what he calls prison, but it is plain from his appearance that he had plenty to eat there
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-06

The guest who is assigned to room on the top floor of that History hotel in New York would certainly be mov- ing in New York's upper circles.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-06

The ultimate consumer should stop growing and get ready to prepare his ballot for use when a new House Of Representatives is to be elected.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-06

Holland should rejoice. If the baby had been boy a war might have come with all it's waste of gunpow- der.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-06

The effects of the Aldrich maximum and-minimum business means a fur ther loss of foreign trade.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-06

Abdul Hamids enacting clause has been cut off, but not his head. He should rest content at Salonaki.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-06
GREAT sCRAPPFRs.

Now, pugilists will only fight When they are feeling prime, But singers in grand opera
 Fight nearly all the time.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-06
LAZY

"I'll just lie here a minute"
 Each morning 8 what we say; And by this sign tis certain
 Iris now the month of May.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-06

Steel bridges with concrete culverts mean permanent work. The more the better for Jefferson county.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-06

The aggregate tonnage of the Dewey fleet at Manila was less than that of Dreadnaught of today.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-06
POINT TO REMEMBER.

Some men seem to prefer the sturdy oak style of wives"
 ''So they do."
 That kind is mighty hard to manage in a fight"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-06

The present price of messages to Mars is prohibitive. It is as bad as the Aldrieh rates.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-06
Chance in Three Months.

ton our city population in 1910 will be about 70000.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-06
FORWARD STEP IN PEACE MOVEMENT
 HAS BEEN TAKEN
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Objection Raised.

mously and left MT. simon's resolution up
 for disposal.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-06

For 'tis a question left US yet u prove Whether love lead fortune, or else for tune love. Hamlet.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-06

Steel bridges with concrete culverts mean permanent work. The more the better for Jefferson county The effects of the Aldrich maximum- and-minimum business means a fur ther loss of foreign trade.
 
 The aggregate tonnage of the Dewey fleet at Manila was less than that of a Dreadnaught of today. The present price of messages to Mars is prohibitiye. It is as bad as the Aldrich rates.
 This tariff tinkering carouse is put ting additional burdens on the ulti- mate consumer.
  The White House COW is we'll be- hayed. She never strays into a neigh bor's garden.
 
 Peace and quiet are what the Presi- dent needs in his Beverly summer home.
 Let us forget April's rainfalls and hurricanes in this fine May weather. The French may yet claim that the Wright brothers were born in France.
 -.s- "The recall" in Turkey bears the title 'fetra," but it is fully as effective. The wearers of the peach basket hat should honor the coming crops. Abdul Hamid is kept busy conceal ing his private bank account
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-06

This tariff tinkering carouse is put ting additional burdens on the ulti- mate consumer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-06
PERHAPS,

PERHAPS. I see where centenarian eats any thing he wants, smokes, chews and drinks a gallon of whisky every week." There's lesson in longevity for your ''Oh, I don't know about that. Per haps he has managed to live long time in spite of his habits''
 PAUL COOK.