The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-04
LETTERS TO EDITOR
Anomalous Proposition

To inc Editor of The Age-heraiu'
 rbe neople of Birmingham are con f,onted by some queer business proposl- tions. , ,,,,
 On +be theory that cost is lessened Dy ,,oraasa of business, many large cohpi-
 ..,,, ,a,,e been formed and they are busy hustling for more traoe. AN ',, large producing, operating ana eohttV- ing concerns tell us in their aoVei ''s'i'9 matter that the tremendous Voluiie bnsiness they enjoy enables them to iu- nish us with the luxuries and neees9i'i,' as rfs at figures that smaller peopie cou,d not meet. We all know that 'H91 claims are based on sound business p". pil'. c,nles and understand fully the propo
 .,e, pigbt in the face of these well 's- t.h,,shad facts and of the old HnaA''H' ..I arra sales small profits, we nave
 ,,ds+ q large monopolistic corpor- ation Justify crying for heip' on a'. of having reached the unhearo oi 'ta of seeing their fat and juicy proli's ca" an mn by A cruel increase in their DUST nessl ,.ro,s
 Whizr Why don't they beg their patroAs to help them out of the hole by oroppnis ,.s their lists-or at least enough Of lheih +o raliave the condition that is putting +,,ar, +o the blink? Looks to me as though it would be better to shove sonie oA '-
 ,inprofitable trade off on the other Ae' low who seems to desire more tilah se' an increased rate now and then get III 'ae hole again shortly. Birmingham Is grow ;pg too fast right now flor that plan lo work
 Then. right on top of all this, there IS more or less strong effort being maoe to force CD this suffering corporation 'o s,ohbla ,n another concern in the saliie Q brsiness-thus making still greater hos of itself and becoming more of martyr to business that has been rendered ui'- profitable by, undue and pitiless eApan- sion. -,oa
 phew,<Norse and still more Stacked ,,s, With this bunch of what-ls-1s' is hot fight to force another concern 10 cut rates and recoup it's losses rom lii- creased businessl
 It would appear from all these strange propositions that sauce for the goose 10 no longer likely to impart nice flavor to the gander From this heap of funny business (and other) principles and propo- sitions there arises an odor totally unlike that which we would expect to ina lh the immediate vicinity of fruits and HOW ers. Somebody will even surmise that colored individual is lurking near tne supply of fuel and that a skunk Is not over a mile away Geel But isn't 1t going to be nara lo convince the people of Birmingham that one fellow is losing a whole lot Of mon ey on account of a heavy increase in LIS business-that his business Is crippled by growth-and that another fellow snoulo thrive and fatten on the same diet. Ana now, mind you, one must increase DIS prices and the other reduce! Feed poth of them from the same spoon, but dip the spoon in different kinds of pap, alter nately. Osh-goshkins! but wouldn't you like to feed on the brand of nourishment that the fellow wants who asks for larger profits on increased business?
 Wherever I find a business that pays the largest dividends when trade is dull, right there will all my shekels be planted. "A panic would give 1t a tremendous boost and a small country village would be its home. Birmingham would be healthy place for tito die in.
 Are the people of Birmingham grown so simple that one can thrust a bunch of garlics under their noses and persuade them that they smell tea-roses? Ask the man. Yours truly, W. E. WRYE. . Birmingham, September 30, 1911.