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The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-14
IMMIGRATION RESTRAINT

From the Buffalo News.
 Maj. Frank Y. Anderson of Birming- ham, Ala, has written a letter on the immigration question, addressed to a senator from his state, in which he pleads for more liberal rather than more strict immigration laws. He says that the south wants the man who can be of use to the farmer, who can dig coal and iron and help save crops. MT. Anderson has seen crops rotting in the field for want OF labor in his state. There are no colored reople in the northern part of the south to be spared for service needed else where and he obtains his harvest by white labor. Complaint is made that if the white laborer is skilled he will not go into the field as he can get more than field wages in other work.
 The Immigration league indorses the letter and declares that the farms and industries of the land are crying out for more hands and we should encourage them to come rather than try to shut them out. When such plea is looked into it is seen almost invariably to be an individual cry without regard for the interests of the future.
 Many are in such tremendous hurry to exploit the treasures of the land that they would be willing to exhaust them in this generation if they could make the profit and leave the next one to fight the battle of life in the best way it could manage.
 Notwithstanding the efforts of the league to tear down the immigration laws it is unlikely that the people will suffer that policy. It is well that ef- forts are made to distribute incoming la hor and encourage it to go into such parts of the country as need common la- Dor most, for skilled labor will take care of itself IA
 But when the plea is made that the im- mediate want should excuse and justify letting down the immigration bars which only lately have been built up with some degree of care and which still allow many to come in whose coming is any? thing but theme of rejoicing, it is out of time to plead for encoura cement of all classes save those who are criminals, pau pers, or suffering the affiction of con- tagious diseases. Purposes of the Immi- grafton league are commendable but the policies are sometimes open to criticism.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-14
For sub-Port of Entry

q will certainly give Birmingham a favorable report and think you can rest assured that you will ge sub port of entry" said ". s. Larner of Washington. the representative of the treasury department, who is in the city to report on the needs for a sub-port of entry.
 q am here" he said, ''to gather data showing the values and quantities of goods which you propose to import during the coming year and 1t Is inn portant that every person who would need a port of entry here communicate with me through the Chamber of Com merce, estimating just what that need would be. I hope to carry back let ters from every large business house in your city
 q want to get as strong arguments in writing as possible to take back to Washington with me Congressman Underwood has introduced the bill and the ways and means committee is now waiting the report of the treasury de- partment before acting.
 T feel quite sure that l can get the proper data with your cooperation and I shall give most favorable recom- mendation."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-14
A GREAT HOOK

From Justin McCarthy's "Reminiscences.
 There are probably some of my readers who have not yet read MT. Hale's mar velous piece of work, imagination and realism combined and compressed to- gether, the story of '"rhe Man Without Country" To anyone who has not yet read the book I can only offer the recommendation that he should get 1t and study it as soon as possible; he will find in 1t something not to be sur passed, even in the most thrilling pages of Hawthorne. .
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-14
Justice Holmes On Labor Contracts

Tn deciding the case of Alonzo Bailey against the state of Alabama invoivins the constitutionality of the states con tract labor law, the supreme court was not unanimous The court stood ' to 2 and the two justices who dissented were Justice Lurton and Holmes. Jus. lice Holmes filed dissenting opinion.
 This opinion is interesting to say the least. The thirteenth amendment did not wholly abolish involuntary servitude It is permissible under that amendment as a punishment for crime. Justice Holmes holds in his dissenting sopinion that the power of state to make breach of con- tract a crime still exists. If, he says, a breach of contract may be made crime ct all it may be made crime with all the consequences usually attached to crime, including imprisonment. and com pulsory work for private master in a jail is not peonage.
 Justice Holmes discusses the Alabama statute. It makes refusal to perform a contract to labor with failure to return the money advanced prima facie evi- dence of fraud. and this evidence went to a jury under the state law ITO sum up,'' concludes Justice Holmes, q think that obtaining money by fraud may be made a crime as well as murder or theft; that false representation, ex- pressed or implied at the time of mak- ing a contract of labor that one intends to perform it and thereby obtaining an advance. may be declared a case of Eszudulently obtaining money as well as
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-14
vOYAGING THIRD-CLAss

From Golfers Weekly.
 In the steerage of a great racer friend of ours crossed lately. He found many things done well. Some of the conditions should be improved in order to eliminate discomfort and suffering. The sleeping rooms are of proper size. the mattress and blanket are decent enough. The lavatory conditions are ad- mirable. But the air in the cabins Is hot. stale and laden with smells. Ex- cept for a few hours the port holes went unopened. For two of the nights sleep was impossible in the lower tier of cabins because of the foul air. It would be possible to install electric, fans to keep the dead air in motion, and by ventilat- ors to conduct down more fresh air from the deck. The food is excellent. The deck room is insufficient. Some hundreds of persons are forced to stand for 10 to 12 hours a day, bumping against oh other with each heave of the vessel in order to get whiff of fresh air The other hundreds crowd into a narrow all leyway, noisy, wet and ill-smelling, or else go inside the cabin. where the warm. foul air soon sckens them. A woman travelling alone is subject to frequent ari- noyance, though not to danger, from the stewards. lIf she avoids their familiarities she finds difficulty in obtaining crackers and fruit and the other comforts which are desirable during the after seasick- ness. The cost of the voyage should in sure a comfortable trip.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-14
IN HOTEL HOBBIES
TopographIcnI Charts

"A little bill will be introduced in the legislature at the present session asking for the states co-operat ton in the making and publishing of typographical charts, said Prof. W. F. Prouty, assistant state seologist and associate professor in geol- cgy in the state university, who was in Birmingham yesterday.
 'tThe amount of money to be asked has not yet been decided upon, but it will be small in comparison with the good results that are hoped to be attained.
 ''rhe value of typographical charts in the mineral development of Alabama is inestimable. They are of especial value in prospecting for oil or gas, as well as in the development of coal fields. Some knowledge of topographic formation IS absolutely indispensable in the exploiting of mineral resources, and Alabama. or all the southern states, should assist in this valuable work.
 "'rhe United States Geological Survey stands ready to cooperate with Alabama in spending an equal amount Of money with the state in the making of surveys and publishing the charts"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-14
JUSTICE LAMAR

From the New York Evening Post.
 Justice Lamar, the newly appointed su- preme court justice, from Georgia. is what would be called a handsome man, He has a friendly face and this char by his agreeable manners and his soft, pleasant voice. In appearance, in man. ner, in conversation and in his whole outward expression he is what the peo- pie of his own state like to think of as the best type of southern man.
 When Justice Lamar's nomination was sent to the Senate by President Taft it was at once widely assumed that an- other golfing justice had been added to the court MT. Lamar first became ac- quainted with the President at Augusta, when MT. Taft was there prior to his in auguration. While In the south the Presi- dent spent a great deal of his time on the golf links, but none of 1t was spent with MT. Lamar The new associate justice Is not golfer.
 why" he exclaimed, when the story of his golfing with MT. Taft was brought up, q never had a golf stick in my a perfect alibi. Need it be explained that men who play golf do not call their clubs sticks?
 Mir. Lamar apparently has no diver sions outside of the law He says that he was "specializing in general practice" when he was selected by MT. Taft to fill one of the vacancies on the supreme topch IJe had m idea that bis na mo wa q being considered until the President asked him if he wou.u accept an appointment. There are no anecdotes current about MT. Lamar. The new justice says himself that he does not know any.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-14
Mcceex.r for Commission

T am much in favor of the commissloh form of government for large municipai- ities,' said Hugh McGeever. Flrsl' pe- cause the people want it, and second' pe- cause I am of the opinion that, 1T the Board of Revenue, consisting of i've mem bers, can run the county affairs, ana think any fair-minded man will ackno"i- edge they run it economically, l see no reason why the same rule should not ap- ply to the city.
 .Especially should this be the case wlth the recall clause in the proposed meas- ure, and the initiative and referendum features. It seems to be the wish or the people to change from 'the present sys- tenn. and I sincerely hope the bill Will De passed with the clauses in it that were promised the people when they voted on the proposition."'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-14
A STORY OF HARTMAN
New York Sun

fTOH tIle NEW ioih ouiis
 In a little speech he made recently Julius Kruttschnitt, vice president of the Southern Pacifce railroad, told this story of the late E. H. Hartman:
 "Of course when MT. Hartman went out over the line I naturally went with him. He had way when he got into headquarters of going out alone and getting lost. just going around looking at things for himself He might not say anything of what he observed for one two or three days, but he generally said something. He went into an office at one of our general headquarters once and when we were out on the road again he began to talk about the particular vice president whose office he had visited and said:
 "I went into his office the other day and found him with pile of papers on his desk, looking through them. and I didn't like that
 "'what fault do you find with that?' I asked.
 T would like to see him without any papers leaning back in his chair with his feet on his desk thinking --tf1inlsins,,' MT. Hartman answered"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-14
Reward of Pluck and Brains

few years ago many people cynlcai- ly inclined acquired the habit or sayihs' In these days of vast combinations of canital and of large industrial corpora tions poor young men have little oppor- turit,, of getting ahead. Pessimists have recalled conditions of 25 or 30 years ago. before trusts were heard of, when in- dviduals possessed their own manufac- +,,r;ng nlants their mercantile establish ments. wholesale and retail, and built up various commercial enterprises.
 As the country increased in population and it's productive capacity expanded cor rorata wealth came in evidence, and in order to develop natural resources on large scale corporate capital was neces- sary. Railroads merged, iron and steel comnanies merged, and in practically ev- cry branch of industry a trust was o1olved There have been bad trusts and trusts that were not bad, or rather tbere are large corporations that do not crush competitors, but leave room TOT other developers to get footing. No mat for however. in what light combines
 oai,ad +rusts may he viewed. young men of pluck and talents and high pur- ,osa have ,een coming to the front and reaching the top, as was the case in other days.
 Education is within the reach of far ,reater number of boys now than 1t was o5 wears ago. and the value of college training is appreciated now as never be- fore Many of our bankers, railroad presidents. captains of industry and mer- chants are colegebred men, yet scarce ly day passes that the self-educated nan-the man who struggled in boyhood and through his early manhood-does not reach high goal.
 The newly chosen president of the United States Steel corporation worked his way up from an apprentice boy in a small steel mill. He had no influential hackers. His principal asset was grit. He rose steadily through a manufacturing denartment of the steel industry and aft erwards made a signal success in the sales department He is now AS or 49 years of age, and his new salary is said to be s1O0000 a year; but no matter what his pay may be he has achieved something big in life. and has done it, l too, entirely on his own merits. While comparatively few young men reach the | topmost round thousands work up to po- | sitions of high responsibility and large remuneration. This is a great rich coun- try, and the time will never come when integrity and ability will not be recog- nized or when industry and brains will | go unrewarded.
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-14

for many years past. And there is more of such misleading stuff. In the year 1910 Missouri gave a landslide majority against statewide prohibition, and Flor ida voted strongly against a similar proposition and in nearly every instance where a vote was taken on wet or dry the result was against anything like statewide or severe enactments.
 q do not know what the new leglsla- ture of Alabama will provide concern ing this liquor question, but I feel confi- dent that it will modify our present in- tolerable laws. I am not drinking man myself, and if we had saloons here none of them would get any of my money, but the laws we have arc entirely too ex- treme for large cities, and many of our best church people, as well as worldly folk, keep beer at home and drink il in moderation. That, by the way, is where Georgia was wiser than Alabama in handling the prohibition matter. h our neighboring state the law Is such that beer can be sold legally. Atlanta. as a matter of fact, is famous throughout the country as a beer drinking town. If our own legislature does nothing more to give relief trust 1t will change the law so as to allow beer not only to. be sold but manufactured here. have no doubt but that the real temperance sentiment is as strong in Alabama today as it was five years ago; perhaps stronger. Many of my friends still call themselves nrohihitfonists Rut those citizens of Bir- mingham who want the law to remain just as 1t is can hardly be taking them selves seriously"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-14
From the Louisville courier-Journal

A LONDON periodical publishes an "A account of a newly invented ma 4 A chine which measures the charac- ter of an individual with perfect accu- racy. It tells whether his thought pro- cesses are clear or his morals muddy Of course, there is always to be borne in mind the first paragraph in the rabbit pie recipe, which relates to the imper- ative importance of catching your rab- bit. Many persons conscious of a decid- edly bad character and under no obliga- ton to be examined, might shy at inves- tigation. But the machine should prove ness. It is possible to arrive at conclu- sions as to whether the subject under in vestigation is a person who has fixed ideas founded on, sentiment rather than reason, as, for illustration, a vegetarian or an anti-vaccinator. The difference be- tween an unconfined lunatic and a sane man can be at once discovered. There appears to be no difficulty in distinguish ing between a pillar of the church and as 1t often happens, the two are cor poreally one.
 When the marvellous mechanical de- vice is put upon the market we shall no longer have to listen to the stump speaker who challenges his basest cal umniator to show that he has ever com mitted an evil act or harbored the slight est affection for career of turpitude. We shall measure up all applicants for
 -y- tive office, and put the lid upon the ann bitions of those who are proven to be fellows of the baser sort and fall into the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-14
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES

HIGH LINKS. She had a dainty little foot,
 As trims you ever saw But when she kicked the chandelier
 She filled the crowd with awe Up came the bold proprietor,
 Head waiter close behind, And said the maiden must behave
 His manner was unkind By Georgef To show how much she cared And typify disdain, ft That naughty soubrette winked her eye And kicked aloft again. ss
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-14
WINTER HEAVENS

By George Meredith. sharp is the night. but stars with frost
 alive Leap off the rim of earth across the
 dome. It is night to make the heavens our More than the nest whereto apace we
 strive. Lengths down our road each fir tree
 seems hive, ~.-. a It swarms outrushing from the golden
 comb. They waken waves of thought that burst
 to foam; The living throb in me, the dead re- Ton mantle clothes us; there past nor
 tai breath, Life glistens on the river of the death. It folds us, flesh and dust; and have we
 knelt, Or never knelt, or eyed as Kline the
 springs Of radiance, the radiance enrings: And this is the souls haven to have -els.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-14
NEPENTHE.

NEPENIiE. When sorrows gloom and troubles gripe Philosophers cling to the pipe. They strike light and hoist their feet And puff and puff till joy complete Doth make amends for fell mishap, Plans gone astray, misfortune's rap. And while the smoke wreaths lightly curl, The bachelors dream of a girl, The married wights dream of the day When they were free and wondrous gay. Thuswise Nicotia's soothing charm Contrives a cheerless world to warm And brings a measure of content To chaps who can not raise the rent, Yet, seldom frown, so long as they Can fill pipe and puff away.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-14
An Excellent Play

..I am sure that every Catho1c In DIT ,,,ipgban will want to see The Rosary
 the famous play which is heralded as
 founded on an emblem of purity anu which I know to be extraordinary III Us conception and fulfllment," said mem Der of the Catholic church, who mas seen tre play in Chicago. "The story or thls drama deals with the modern tehoehcs of men to draw away from religious inha- ences an invisible influence that comes into a modern home of luxury and threat ems to wreck it. The wire IS cohsi''ei' church member, while the husband scoiis' The wreck is averted in some measure oy the timely appearance of a priest or the Catholic church, who was the ony one with instinct keen enough to see the com ing cloud and prepare for the storm.
 .The story approaches the subject or the modern home in different light rom that of any other play to be seen on the stage. and the solution of the problem IS left open to some measure for the aud fence to solve. It is a play of intense in- terest, modern and yet lacking all the i'm purities that mark the plays that gen. orally deal with modern life. It holds peculiar grip on the theatre-going pub lic men and women and was playing to inc canacity of the theatres when l saw if I understand that it Is still doing so in other cities. Personally, I will welcome the opportunity to see the play again and to study it more closely than was able to do in one short visit to Chicago
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-14
The Prohibition Movement

''In looking over the new almanac is- sued by the New York World I have been especially interested in certain sta- tistics and remarks concerning the liquor traffic." said citizen who has long been an advocate of temperance.
 'There is quite difference between the Worlds own concise statement, under the head of liquor traffic, and the state ment of the associated prohibition press, under the capton of The Prohibition Movement The almanac's compilation covers only half page and gives sim- ply facts. Of the states that have statu- tory prohibition Alabama heads the list Coming down the schedule we find Georgia with statewide prohibition, then comes Kansas with constitutional prohibit ton; ditto Maine. Next we find Mis- sssippi with statewide prohibition ditto North Carolina, North Dakota, Oklahoma and Tennessee. Thus we see that in nine states all told-out of 46--the sale of liquor is prohibited, and yet we happen to know that in Georgia and Tennessee the laws were not drastic to begin with, and such laws as they have on the statute books have been in many towns poorly observed.
 Turning from the World almanac's con- densed statement we came to the as- sociated prohibition press account of the liquor situation and find it all roseate The temperance and prohibition move ment, said that authority, made sub stantial progress in every section of the United States during the year 1910. While there were some reverses recorded in cities and districts, and while the fed- eral records indicated an increasing con- sumption of liquor, the last 12 months have witnessed radical strengthening of organization among the forces opposed to the drink traffic, ana the year 1910 closes with the liquor question nearer the cen- ter of the political stage and more vital popular issue in a score of states than
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-14
A COMPLIMENT

From the Athens Courier
 The Age-Herald, one of the leading dailies of the south, is reaching Athens these mornings in time for. breakfast readers The paper is spreading itself to give Alabama people the news, and especially is this true now that the leg islature is about to get busy. If you are looking for early news, now is the time to subscribe
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-14
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

From the New York Press.
 Men know less than they let on, wom- men more.
 A woman hopes for happiness, a man for pleasure.
 Wise women hide their brains from men just like their wrinkles.
 The poorer living man can make the better excuse he can make for it.
 Dancing is a heap sight easier, even when your shoes hurt you, than walking even when they don't.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-14
Leaves for the East

The Rev. B. B. Glasgow, presiding eIoei of the Albertville district of the Metno- dist Episcopal church. was in Birmingham yesterday He will leave New fork TOT a three months trip through the Hoy Tand and some of the other eastern countries of interest next week
 q will go as member of the lravei, ing club of the Chicago university, saiu the Rev. MT. Glasgow. The party Will be away about three months and will visit Egypt, the Holy Land. and several other countries of interest
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-14
The Busincss Situation

"I do not expect to see pig iron as nigh as s16 this year, but I do predict that the price will reach S13 or S14," said prom inent business man. Birmingham iron Is now selling at s1o .25 or sl1, and there may be no appreciable advance within the next two or three weeks, but just as soon as a buying movement sets in the price will move up quickly to -$12 if not to s13. Twelve dollar iron this spring would make things hum in the Birmingham dis trict, but even should the price stay down to the present level few weeks longer general trade will be fairly active for conditions here are excellent from nearly every point of view.
 'The duli iron market is about the only thing that is now compalned of. The coal trade is still good. and the jobbng busi- ness is active There will be more build ing in Birmingham this year than usual, and that is saying great deal. for we have been used to- high records in this branch of material progress. So all to- gether share the opinion of many others in believing that 1911 will be BrmIng- hams banner year"