The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-10-23
LABOR PEOPLE
EVADE DECISION
New Organization Formed
With Big Membership
TENANTS BUY LANDS
New Military Air Corps Is Organized
In England and Major Alexander
Zimmerman Is Made
Commandant

London, October 22.-(Special. AS was
anticipated by me- the labor organizations
are getting around the Osborn decision of
the house of lords which ruled against
the imposition of an annual consultation
by members of labor organizations for
the support of labor members of parlia-
ment, new body, under the title of
the Lancashire and Cheshire Miners
Labor association. which was formed as
a result of the Osborne judgment, has
adopted a scheme of management and
appointed officers.
The membership of the Lancashire and
Cheshire Miners Federation is about
$4,000 strong, and It will practically be-
come the membership of the association;
In other words, the new body consists
practically of tho whole of the Lanca-
shire and Cheshire Miners Federation,
but the levy instead of being paid as
heretofore to the federation officials will
be paid to the officers of the new politi-
cal association BY this means the old
work will be carried on as In the past
Some of the important English land
lords are selling their lands to their
tenants in Difference to the general senti-
ment against land monopoly prevailing
here. News of the intended sale of Wal
ter Longs Wiltshire estate was received
with regret by the aristocracy. Many
farmers are expected to seize the oppor-
tunity of purchasing their holdings. The
estate totals 10000 acres, of which about
$500 acres are to be offered for sale.
The Duke Of Devon contemplates sell
ing some of his lands
The governments policy In regard to
the income tax which was inspired by
Lloyd George was inspired by his de-
sire to compel the landed aristocracy to
cut up their holdings and sell them to
those who have no land. 1t Is believed
the government will In time attack the
law of primogeniture which tends to keep
the lands in the hands of few men.
Following the decision of Lord Manyers
to sell estates round Nottingham, the
Dowager Countess of Carnarvon has de-
cided to sell her estates at Hucknall
Huthwaite, Blackwell, Skegby and Knee
ton. In Nottinghamshire
The tneants of the Home Park estate,
Sonning, have received formal notice that
the property has been sold by Mrs. Wade
Palmer.
Colonel Gadke'6 hit at the English
lend owners, who shut out the manoeuv-
ring troops from their woods lest their
pheasants should be disturbed, is de-
served. The practice of reserying game
preserves In the maneuvres are causes of
inconvenience both to the staff who plan
the maneuvres and to the troops who
execute them, and IL the land owners
are not patriotic enough to play up of
their own accord, the only thing left
will be to compel them to do SO by
law. The worst offenders are the game
preservers in the eastern counties.
The tories are seriously considering the
policy of paying members of parliament
which they opposed bitterly.
Resulting directly from the success at
tained by aeroplanes in this years man.
euyres, comes the appointment of Major
Alexander Zimmerman as commandant
OF the army school of ballooning. The
department will now be extensively de-
veloped, as 1t is intended that the army
shall keep pace with the navy, which
had its first airship crew gazetted, will
proceed to organize. the new military air
corps,
Aviators, mechanics and experts of
various kinds will be embodied in the
corps The personnel will not consist of
regulars only, for a certain proportion
of civilians, who will be given a speci-
fed military status when attached for
duty, will be invited to enroll. Aero
planes will be built in the balloon factory.
The subject of race suicide was discuss
ed at great length at the recent church
of England (EpiscopaD congress held
here.
The Bishop of Ripon said the shortage
of children in the last 20 years had been
upwards of 100000. The fall in the
birth rate was more marked amongst the
well-to-do than the very poor. If the
decline continued, the day must come
when the population of this country
would be STATIONARY. He urged that they |
ought to discourage marriage among the
unfit The diseased, the predetermined,
the alcoholic, the tuberculous ought not
to marry. Some of these should be
urged by motives of patriotism to live
single lives; others. like the vagrant, the
tramp, the hooligan should be put under
restraint
C. d. Whetham said that the more
intellectual classes had always intended
to marry later than others, and thus to
have a smaller number of children. The
discrepancy, however, was not great, and
was probably balanced by great care In
childhood and increased chances Of sur
vival. But since 1875, the average number
OF children by a fertile union har halved
m the best families of all classes. The
discrepancy had become SO great that
no amount of care could compensate for
the diminished number of births. That
this restriction was voluntary was shown
by the fact that Jews and Catholics. in
all ranks Of life, were not affected by it,
must teach that, for the sake of the
f,,t,,ro xue1fara "a humanity. pOssihlv FOR