The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-24
By ROBERT LEE CARTER

another, as was eX-oeudlOT opooHel Wisconsin. The test could be extende indefinitely, but what's the use. We are now trying to adopt ourselve to number of new laws here in NeN York Some of them, are easy for mos of us, while none of them bear Ver harshly on the average law abiding citi zen.
 Here are a few of the laws which wen into effect the first of the month It is & misdemeanor to possess re volver or deadly weapon without II cense, and a felony to conceal a firearn on the person.
 dealer may sell revolver only to person exhibiting a permit, and ever such sale must be- registered. No child under 16 unless properly ac companed, may enter public pool or bil Hard room or bowling alley. It is a misdemeanor if hotel, theatre or amusement resort discriminate agains persons wearing the United States uni form.
 vertising matter in any mail box In an. of the New York boroughs The punishment for extorting none. under threats is from five to twenty years Imprisonment
 The punishment for parents ;who kid nap is 10 years or less; for persons othc than parents, 10 to 50 years.
 No motorboat without muffler ma, operate on tidewaters.
 No living character on stage may i'm personate the Deity.
 is prohibited.
 It is a misdemeanor to deface the publi highways with advertising signs.
 Interest in any form on salary loan may not exceed IS per cent a year.
 The possession of a false weight O measure is presumptive evidence of knowl edge of it's falsity.
 That's pretty good batch of new law. even for New York.
 We now know just what Is the matte with the American people and why it il struggle for most of us to make botf ends meet and two or three times al much as his European fellow laborer.
 George Gearing Hiatt, young Engll5f statesman who has been over here investi gating, tells us all about it. Here in [ nutshell is why we are having hard times according to MT. Gearing-Hiatt:
 An American girl will wear a plume costing from S15 to $25-more than an En. glish girl earns in month.
 Children have much more money tc spend.
 Beer here costs 5 cents for a small glass; and one-third is froth. The English pint, which costs to 6 cents, has about four such glasses in it.
 "One place where they separate you from your money here is the barber shop Thirty-five cents for a hair cut and 8 shave and at least a nickel tip. The whole thing in England costs working man cents.
  think he needs more. Tt seems to me though. the food here is not so nutri cious, due, believe. to cold storage"
 "The wages of American workers art from two to three times as much as ,hose of the Britisher. But at the end of the week the American toiler is no better of than the Britisher'
 Looking down the page of the register of a big uptown hotel the other day one saw such names among the addresses as Rome, Athens, Macon, Dublin and Val dosta. IA, ss
 ''Foreigners?" one inquired of the room clerk
 No, Georgians," was the reply. ''The funny thing is that no Georgian comes here but what thinks the name of his home town does not need the name oi the state after it to indicate where 1t is.'
 
 ''New York Is good city to visit once in while, but 1t is a mighty poor city tc grow up in," said William H. Warren, a prosperous fruit raiser of Missoula, Mont who, after 40 years absence, has come back to see his married daughter and re. visit the scenes of his boyhood.
 MT. Warren Is 70 years old. cheery oi disposition and ruddy of cheek Born 1T Alleghny, county New York, he earls made up his mind that the great futur. of this country lay west of the Mississipp river.
 { My advise to any young fellow who wants to be happy Is to get out west as soon as possible" he says. Out there they raise big men and big apples and they think big thoughts and live big lives like New York all right. but it isn't like ,Missoula.''
 Mir. Warren found the ,Astor House City Hall and St. Pauls church pretty much as they were in the old days, ani they were about all that remained to re- mind him of the town he had known.
 "Yes. indeed. New York has growr some since I was here" he remarked Seems to have expanded upwards as vel as sidewse.
 "I don't want any one to think that l am not proud of the metropolis of my country, but this town doesn't strike me as place I would want to live in. There isn't any home atmosphere about 1t. The great country beyond the Mississippi is the best half of the country today. There are a lot of young men in New Yorl, trying to get on, and their lives are worr out by the battle. They would be thou sand times better off if they were out ir Montana in Gods free atmosphere, under the glorious, lowering skies and in the midst of great things. There is land ant employment for all.
 Senator Bailey's announcement that ht will not be candidate for reelection vii simplify politics in Texas. says Val Wes of San Antonio. former assistant Unit e States attorney. '. |. ,rAl <
 While granting Bailey's great ability and acknowledging the debt Texas owa. him for the distinction he has brought tbs state through his service in the United States Senate. 1t is not to be disputed tha Senator Bailey has become persona issue in the democratic politics of fht Lone Star State-an issue that has occa stoned much bitterness and prolonged struggles His retirement will serve, believe. to harmonize the factions, ani while Texas may not send man te Washington who will serve his state xitl greater ability. there will not be in the futuRQ sO- lnlfCb h.. discord. think. in ht