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The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-15
FORCE niunEls r rKiCES
ONE THOUSAND PINE MILLS MAY
 BE SHUT DOWN,
Reported Action To Follow Kansa. City confernece--MiIIs May
 Remain Closed Twelve
 Months if Niece ssary.


 Kansas City Special to New orIeansi
 Tlmes-Democrat. n
 FolioWing conference held hv pronlInent lumber men in Kansas City ..oday, 1t was stated that near,y 7 IIousana n'..a lumber mills in -Texas huisaana' he s. Mississippi and Florida wifi period. inoeiinite The effort to shut down one os ,ba ssest industries of the South fs inc according to the men enrinesrinsr t,,. aes, s,, The combined members saw tfev VIII VIII torce up prices, and will remafs, .sapv sapssu TOT twelve months. if neces-
 Business has become so siou,. -, wiii VI make the dealers hump if we have ISo S stay closed for a year" said F tyS inc hlsIn E,sp1, or kirbyyilie. Tex, one of than 500 mills Tt is simply esse oi no prices for lumber We hold ,,r, lumber, thinking we shall get . doiisr YSr ers Sa1a Ga es a9e car next day. The deal can can get 1t a dollar less on tha .ey csg mere is no business, and rather 4han ssu -al any price we can get we viii a.'+ts Lhe dealers to pay out prices by neeesssrS," vue the supply as long as Is
 The South is dead in the lunher pusiness. There Is nothing to do b,,t we. we csn aown M ana create a demand. Then
 
 need for this depression in the Iumber business: There is plenty of acfivitv m building. Construction in concreta piocks does not injure the lumber bust ness. put helps 1t. The casing for mianufacturing the blocks is made of lumber. and is never used a second lime. Business ought to be good. hui It is not; There has been too much naggiing over prices. and we are go- Practically all of the Kansas City join the move to shut down the plants according to Alfred Toll President of 3Ine Badger Lumher Company The price Is so, low lumber is being sold at sacrifice. and fine trees disposed or at ruinous prices. n The mills probably will be closed down all sumfler and fall, if not longer, according to Mir. Toll and will not be reopened until the demand for yellow pine has boosted the price to where fair profits can be realized
 Max B. Nelson general sales agent of the Long Bell Lumber Company, de- ciared the mill owners cannot agree to closing down.
 No such an agreement could be made" he said. "as it would be in direct violation of the antitrust laws. It is true that. the price of yellow pine Is so low 1t Is being sold at almost loss, but the price must become lower to force the closing of the mills. It costs so much to run the mills. There IS also cost for maintenance when they are shut down. Therefore no dealer Is going to shut down his mills until the prices he obtains from yellow pine are so low that he Is actually los Ing money. more than 1t would cost him to maintain his plant during shut down. But If prices continue downward we may close our plants in Texas and Louisiana"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-15
THURSDAY, APRIL K 1908.
SAYING THINGS.

Journalism up in St. Louis appears to be moving towards the epithet stage. and journalistic ethics are in danger nf becoming strained. if we are to judge from the following remarks in The Post Dispatch: ..
 The old Distorter at Sixth and Pine streets rages at every indication of tn- dependence and courage on the part of R newspaper. It vituperates The Post Dispatch for criticising the Democratic Machine of lnalodorous fame and in doing so indulges in the misrepresen- tation which is its daily grist. The air drips with the foam of it's fury. But we chide it's vicious frothings more in sorrow than in anger" It cannot help being malicious and wicked. Con- ceived in sin and born of iniquity. its original depravity has led 1t to the ut standards. It is the deformed model of warped partisan servility and unscru- pulousness. No offense against truth fets and twtns of Is too great for it to commit in the interest of its political masters. It has slandered its own city to make party capital Conscious of its own lack of rectitude and loss of influence. it's en- vious frenzy at the success and public confidence won by The Post-Dispatch T io HatuIdi.
 We do not know what esteemed con- temporary is given the title of "olt Distorter." but hope it feels properly spanked. and will try to be good fir future. Such a compilation of expletive designations is calculated to disturb the harmony that should exist among brethren of the Fourth Estate. and might cause gun play in some locali- ties. It may be that they are used to such things in St. Louis, and that there will be no need to call in the ser vices of the coroner. The Post-DIs- patch can say things all right. however 1t may end.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-15
Letters to The Editor. ].
THE LAw,s uxCEnrAINrr.

An Atterney wyitss sf lGany Courts
 n1GeEenoes. Editor The Advertiser:
 We have long heard of the glorious ssipsd. sSsss Men aa@inistsr sns the lswl % and ys.rs ago Judge Bradley sst in . case
 Hs wss sdmsiittsdly on. st ta. asle.. lawyers that ever Graced the bench of the Supreme Court of the United States. and he had a worldwide repu- tasion He dseiSsd the ease, case pr ,ss ssnss- s,- preme Court of the United States unan- fmously reversed him.
 In the Abrams' bankruptcy case; some goods. and on appeal to the Cir- cult Court of Appeals. Judge McCor- mick reversed him. On appeal to the Supreme Court. 1t reversed Judge Nc
 only the other day, Chief Justice United States, sitting in the Circuit Pritchard's order sdministerins the dispensary fund In South Carolina. The same question came up on appeal In case from the Supreme Court of South United States Justice White deliverint the opinion, decided that the Judgment in which Chief Justice Fuller concurrsd s rate ssa%snG ss.ss n s. a s.s wroas xo Unts States Judges who examined the tesfl- mony. held that 1t showed such strong probability. of confscation that the proof could be had. The two Judges were Judges Pardee and Jones. Two other Judges. Judges Shelby and Me- Cormick, passing on the .same evidence, held that 1t did not point to confsca- tion so strongly as to authorize Q pre- liminary injunction against enforce ment of the rates. without testing est constitutional questions have been decided In the Supreme Court of the United States by. five Judges differing with four. Certainly there is glorious uncertainty in the law" Isn't the moral to be drawn from this that In close cases parties had better compro- mise and yield somethisg, than go to 'lawl
 Attorney.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-15
LONG SCHOOL HOURS.

There are extremes In everything, not excepting educational affairs. In our own country remark is often made about the short school hours in our public schools Some of the elders among us remember the old country schools where the children got there as carly as was possible In the morning and were dismissed just in time to get home before dark. It was literally day school then. and it lasted practi- cally all day. It is quite different now in the public schools, especially in the cities. where i've or six hours make school day. Now let us see how the French manage 1t. as we find 1t thus described:
 French children are often on their way to school little after o'clock in the morning. If they have concluded their lessons by 9 o'clock in the even- ing it S gsSny Sny by ant .aagss Sf sDPsss s. higher professions have appgintments with their tutors at o'clock in the morning in summer time: otherwise
 
 of work that lies before them. In all branches of art the labor of the tvro is immense. At the Conservatoire the strenuous life is carried to a point which provokes the astonishment even of laborious German students.
 Is not this also going to an extreme? If there Is any ground for complaint that our school hours are too short, we think there Is no parent who would look with approval on the French plan of keeping the child in school thirteen or fourteen hours day. That is plain ly overdoing the educational business. Tn the old days of the country school the conditions were quite different from what they are now in the cities. The children had plenty of pure fresh afr; the school-houses were well venti- lated and not crowded, and as a gener- al thing the teachers gave frequent re- cesses and leaves of absence SO that the children did not suffer from the long hours. It may be that school hours in the cities are too short, but we suppose no one would advise adopt ing the French plan. There is reason in all things, and IL seems to us that the French disregard it, if the state ment above quoted is correct.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-15
Home IndustIons raea.
This Date in History
April 15.

1726-John Montgomerie. the new col. onial Governor. arrived In New York.
 1754-The first theatre in Philadelphia was opened. 1S1S-The fort at Mobile was taken possession of by the Americans. 1s21-toseph F. Brown. twenty-fourth Governor of GeorgIa, born in Pickens county, South Carolina. 1S65--Abraham Lincoln died. Born February 12. 1909. 1sS8-Matthew Arnold, English poet and writer. died. Born Decem- Der 24. 1922. 1sS9-Father Damien. the Belgian priest who devoted his life to work among South Sea lepers died at Molokai Island. Born ip Belgium, January 3. 1s40. JS9b--Railroad traffic impeded In VeT- mont and New Hampshire by heavy floods. 190s-Ninth annual Congress for Com batting Alcoholism met at Ere men. i9O4-Andrew Carnegie established a fund of s5,000. 900 for the reward of those who risk their lives for others.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-15

the plants that bore them. the seed of which are to be planted next year, Thus the strain is improved.
 Some of the worst enemies the to- bacco grower has to combat are de-i structive insects. These include the leaves of the plant; the horn worm or "hornblower." with which the farm CTS children become familiar fin the "wormfng'' process; the bud worm, the. name of which describes 1t; the suck fly. which draws the juice from the leaves; the split worm, which burrows inside the leaf: the cut worm. which attacks the roots: tobacco thrips. tree crickets, plant lice. slugs, and others. The weed is liable to insect attack af- ter being dried. Some persons prefer cigarettes that are infested with the cigarette beetle. because that little beast imports distinctive flavor to the cigarette. This is admitted to be an acquired taste. With the help of pests are being overcome with poisons and other agencies
 The Department has invented . sys- tenn of regulating moisture in tobacco establishments. By means of certain solutions the atmospheric condition is controlled automatically.
 It is far cry from the first cigars
 
 Conn. more than . century ago. to the enormous tobacco misunderstanding industry of today, which embrace 25,o00 cigar factories. Pennsylvania ieads in the production of cigars. The United states consumes almost half a billion pounds of tobaco, in all forms, -annt,- ally. or more than Germany, France and Great Britain combined Tax is paid on 1000, 100000 cigars here every year. compared to which the I50, ,ooO,- 600 cigars which 1t Is proposed to admit to the United States from the Phflip- pines without paying duty seems scarcely a drop in the bucket It is not known whether the proposed im- portatiops will include some of the fa- nous brand known as Tobacco grande. .. three feet in length, which are the fa- vorites of the dusky Filipino maidens.
 Paper Is being made Of tobacco stems. The French Government haa succeeded in producing a so-caiied Nic- 'otineless tobacco. The poisonous eie- ment of the weed is partly washed out with water. The ideal tobacco plant. It Is said. would be one that would combine the excellent qualities of su- matra and Havana leaf. Fashions in tobacco change and the grower and manufacturer must keep up with the style. = z Copyright 1909. by Frederic |. Has,
 kin.)
 Tomarrew--UsefuI Weeds.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-15
UNpER RRITIsH FLAa. .
Argument Made That Cotton Can Be

Argument Made That Cotton Can Be
 Produced.
 The New York Journal of Commerce prints the following from Manchester:
 The annual meeting of the British Cotton Growing Association was held at Manchester on the End inst, Sir Alfred Jones presiding.
 The chairman, in saoving the adop- tton of the annual report said he always argued they could grow plenty he thought the result of the operations of the association had been eminently satisfactory The British Cotton great extent to the West Indies; 1t had been the means of getting the West Indies to grow cotto nto supply Lam cashire with that particular kind Lap cashire wanted. It had done more--it had supplied small quantities of this particular cotton to America, and made 1t possible for America to compete satisfactorily with the growth of that particular kind of cotton. They had no antagonisms toward America: ali they desired, so far as Lancashire was concerned. was to make 1t possible to get cotton in the event of other coun- tries not wishing to let them have It. ing to know that in looking around for places where they could grow cot ton they found they could grow it in parts of our empire at price at which best missionary work they could do in Africa was to enable the native to make an honest living. It was a great mistake to treat him in any other way.
 J. A. Hutton. in seconding the reso- lution drew attention to one or two points in connection with the report. One, was that the hearty cooperation they had received from the govern ment in times past had been con tinued since Colonel Seely has taken Winston Churchills place. It was satisfactory to record said Mir. Hutton, that the question of cotton growing was one of the few questions in which there is no party poiitica
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-15
oHIEF yusTlCE HIrcHcock.
Hon. J. J. wiIlett Writes of Career of
 Judge Hitchcock.

AAVas '" "A1EAt W WhhtGB VII O8HSGX Vh
 Judge Hitchcock.
 Editor The Advertiser:
 In your editorial of Monday on the "Hitchcocks of Alabama" you mention the fact that Henry Hitchcock, the fa- ther of Ethan Allen Hitchcock was Att torney General of the State during the administration of Governor Israel Pick ems. You omitted to state that this Henry Hitchcock was Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Alabama IT, 1885 and Chief Justice of our Supreme Court in 1886. Henry Hitchcock. the Chief Justice, acquired large fortune in Alabama which he mortgaged to the which Nicholas Riddle was President. wa was tiS estimated in in the mortgage to be of the value of ssss,2o0. He (Iienry Hitchcock) was evidently caught in the panic of 1887 and the family lost all of this property. as shown by the case of Hitchcock Heirs vs. United States Bank of Pennsylvania, Ala bama 3SS. which Is e leading case to show under what State a contract should be governed where 1t Is execut- ed in one State and the property Is sit- uated in another State, and also on the proposition that though a contract may violate the usury laws of another State, yet if there was no intention to violate or evade the usury laws of thar State, 1t would not render the contract void in the State where the property was and where the contract was sought to be enforced.
 Anniston. April 12.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-15
rnE coMMrssIoN rLAr.

A notable political development of the past three years is the rapidity with which the commission plan of government for municipalities has won favor and support in widely separated quarters of the country. The plan. in a general way. may be said to abolish the present system of mayors. councils. aldermen and heads of municipal de- partments: substituting for them q commission composed of from three to i've men, who shall apportion among themselves the work and responsibil- ity of the city government.
 That 1t has been remarkably suc- cessfui, where it has been tried in such cities as Galveston and Des Moines. cannot be denied. The wider use of the commission plan. the remarkable growth in favor and popularity is q natural consequence of the success att tained where 1t has been put into ope- ration. The plan contemplates a more centralized and more responsible form of governing cities. The severest tests 10 which popular government has been put, the most cutting criticism to which 1t has been subjected has been its results. undeniably unfortunate. in some cities. In England some years ago when the Liberals were struggling to overcome the old Tory sentiment, and through Liberal government es- tabIished American ideas in English stronghoids. James Bryce--he was not an Ambassador then--said to an Amer ican. "Try to keep your American mu- nicinpalities clean. The bad example that some of them offer in America Is the most serious handicap that Liberals have to carry in England"
 The commission plan is commended where 1t has been tried. as the most effective solution of the intricate yet momentous problems of municipal gov ernment.
 Galveston instituted the plan in 1902. It was largely experimental and theo- retical then. Tn the past three years only has it begun to attract attention. The unqualified success of the commits sion induced Its establishment in Hous- ton. where the same success attended 1t. So we'll did Texas like 1t that the Legislature has authorized its estab- iishment in half dozen other cities of the State. Iowa in the same year. 1907. authorized its establishment and Des Moines immediately put into effect. A number of other cities have already ayailed themselves of the opportunity given by the Iowa Legislature. oov- ernor John A. Johnson. of Minnesota has in the past week signed a bill al- lowing Minnesota cities to establish government by commission if they so desire. Kansas and Dakota were in advance of Minnesota, in passing en- abiing acts of this character. Various cities of Massachusetts. Maine, Idaho, Tennessee. Virginia and Oregon have by special acts secured authority for the change from the old form to the new form of municipal government. The Legislature of Illinois is consider ing an enabling bill for municipal gov ernment by commission and in all probability 1t will be passed.
 No other political or governmental idea has won SO much favor in so short a time.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-15
This h My 66th Birthday
Henry James.

Henry James. the well-known au- thor. was born in-New York April Ih. 1S4S. In his eleventh year his family went abroad. and for several years he attended school in Switzerland and France. Tn 1860 he returned 10 Amer lea and entered the Harvard Law school. When he had finished his stud les there. in 1869. he again went to tS,,rone and has since resided the most oT inc time in England. with occas- toned brief visits to his home country MT James has been a contributor to noat of the American magazines, but his celebrity rests mainly upon his hmerIcan as found abroad. He began as contributor to the, magazines while a student at Harvard. but IL was not until 1871 that his first hook watch and Ward" was published. Since then his pen has produced more than d score of successful novels as well as a number of volumes of charm ing essays.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-15
The Power. to Kick.

New OrIeans Plhayune.
 Leaving out all questions of patriot ism and party principle. and regarding from wholly selfish and material point of view. She South would be imbecile to the last degree party organization and become a piti- full appendage. a mere tail to the Re- publican elephant. A good strong and stub born jackass can kick at need, and sometimes its kicks count for some thing, but to transform this live kick ing potentially into the tall of the Republican party would only make 1t helpless and inexpressibly- ri- dlcuIous. The power to kick is better than no power at all,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-15
DRIFTW00D

It's sad thing to continuaIly wit. ness good-byes between young lovers but we presume the milkman gets used It's . wonder. the Humane Society doesn't see that the Rlligators In Bronx Park aren't taken to Florida every year and Kept there during the months An English contemporary discusses nigh heels from a sanitary point of have Tss cakss . s ae ass sasaey ss. the su c eourss there are ways and ways.
 A Detroit man became so hungry the other day in restaurant that he blt was forced to the act in sheer despera- tion while he waited for his order to come.
 now .pnnSs sGSs iIs ssr hayas tops sssn they hit the side dewalk--sometimes the passer-by.. They always manage to hit something.
 "A -hoviins sweii.
 ts very well &
 In its place. But 'howling swell"
 From the tooth -ache--well--
 It mars your face.
 A Boston girl calls ciamnny sweat 'bivaivular transplration."
 One day 1t is sunny
 Enough for peek-a-boo.
 The wind goes "oo-oo-oo- When insthe presence of company a mother starts to tell something bright her child has said or done, the child will invariably either deny 1t fiatly or offer dozen revisions or amendments. wait Is the great secret of success" To know how to get the tips Is also q sreat-thins. we would add. the small boy viii begin to wear a large hole in the knee of his trousers not prayins-but playing marbles. girl ike it IS four yards in Yv circum- E . ference with set bigger and brighter than the sun.
 ,-.. Business partners make "arms
 Again we'd warn you.
 Do not--do NOT
 Take 'em on!
 vesuvius didn't erupt in the presence Of Mir. Roosevelt--it knew better than not to maintain respectful and ad- miring silence.
 Because lawyer puts a rapid fire" of questions is no sign that he is a big A man in Missouri has been sent to jail for stealing . twoIcent Apostage stamp. You certainly have to show" some of those Missourians
 Lsse. Ldfe's so sweet--most any way Whether is winter-time or May. Whether in autumn's golden time Or June. the month of the rose and Life's so sweet-and the world So good When you treat everybody the way When you try to live by the golden Learned each day in Life.s great
 school.
 Life's so sweet--and the sky's 50 blue, And the roses are holding a "Howdy- Each g bird sings songs of joy all day. e" scatter M some sunshine long the
 P. H. A,
 Stung!
 We seldom hear the term ';dude" any more, we wonder whyf-Montsomery You are getting old or you need a new suit.--Houston Post s ; -. .
 But Drifs w+e.. ti E, A,t.r. e. s.,,t4 .,, you Kiss girl and she loses her head, you can usually find 1t on your shoulder, If you are the fellow that kissed her.-Montgomery Advertiser. Wonder which one of The ma rria5 aa itors penned that paragraphY sreh Wisdom mas never been showered upon bachelor editors.-Andalusia Star. :. Well. 1t is hard to tell whether 1t was lant Major. Both are capable, being versed upon every subject from Indian lore to female fovetiness.-BrundidF idFe News.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-15

The esteemed Augusta Chronicle re- fuses to take any stock in all the hue and cry about the danger of kissing 8 peroxide blonde. That kind of girl it describes as "a thoroughly disinfected pure drug product" We infer that The Chronicle pencil pusher has tried 'em.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-15

The Rochester Herald gives it's fem mine readers the consoling information that if their fashionable hats of the present season are out of style next year they can be utilized for heu's nests.