The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-19
UNDERWOOD GAINS
 FAST IN NEW YORK More Certain of Carrying State Than Any Other BIRTHS TOTAL 134,542 American Visitors to Panama Given Every Opportunity to See Big
 Ditch-Western Canada One
 of Richest Countries
BIRTHS TOTAL 134,542
By ROBERT LEE CARTER

Fly ROBERT LEE CARTER
 New York, March 1s.--(Specia1)-tt has been pretty well decided that if the Tam many programme goes through, as 1t probably will, New Yorks 20 votes at Baltimore will go to Mayor Gaynor on the first ballot Either Governor Har- mon or MT. Underwood will probably be Tammanys second choice. The one of these two who seems to have the better chance of success is the man who probably will get the vote.
 It, is probable that Governor Wilson of New Jersey would get some of the up- sta ta. districts if 1t were not for the unit 1 rule. Some of the democratic leaders doubt If the unit rule can be applied under the present primary law If this should be the case it will be a great disappointment to Mir Murphy.
 There is no doubt that Underwood is gaining strength here with the demo- erats. He is regarded as safe man and it Is confidently asserted by his friends that he would be more certain of carrying the state in November than any man the democrats could name.
 The primaries of both parties will be held this month So far as this city is concerned it seems certain that both the machines will be successful.
 1 The stork is certainly a favorite bird in New York. According to statistics given out by the department of health 134,542 children were born In the city Eduring the 12 months.
 | fc of ever recorded by the department, and according to the statistlcians of the de- partment is the largest percentage of births since accurate records were kept, and the present method of recording births is held to be almost 100 per cent effi- | cent.
 An idea of what this means can be gained when it is known that there are only 8 cities in the United States with total population as large as the num- Der of births last year in New York. 1 "Every American who visits the 18th mus of Panama is given every possible facility for seeing the enormous work which the United States Is rapidly bring 1 ing to completion,'' says James w. Wads- worth. Jr., former speaker of the New York assembly, and regarded as the most
 likely candidate for the republican gu- bernatorial nomination. Mir. Wadsworth spent several weeks In the canal zone and made thorough inspection of the | canal.
 q was much impressed with the mag nitude and grandeur of the work that has been accomplished" added MT. Wads- worth. T was surprised also to find the | enjoy in the states. Col. Gorgas deserves the highest praise for the manner in which he has cleaned up the canal district. l am satisfied that the work will be com l pleted within the time specified. The earth slides, which have caused more or | less comment. were only what were eX- pected, according to the statements of l officials, and will not delay the compile ton of the work. The government, | through the canal commission, under takes to give everybody an opportunity to see the most interesting parts of the | canal construction. It will pay anyone who is interested in the canal to take a few weeks vacation and go there.'
 "Western Canada Is one of the richest countries in the word,' declares Oliver Durant of Culpeper, Va MT. Durant speaks with authority, for it was in the treasure camps of British Columbia that he made his fortune. A pioneer of the gold camps of Utah and Montana, and the silver country of the Occur I d d'Alene he was one of the first men who went into the Canadian gold fields in Rossland. British Columbia
 Canada is a great and growing coun- try" continued MT. Durant. and if I were young man l would go back there. | Not that it is any more fertile than on our side of the boundary line-for it Is all the same virgin country-but the op- portunities there are rare. From a min ing point, I would say that British Co., lumbia and Alaska offer exceptional ad- yantages. Apart from the fact that the Canadian province is vast treasure camp in. gold, silver, lead and copper, it's
 unlimited timber area. it's agricultural resources and it's waterpower and natural values are probably beyond the dreams of the average eastern man. Some day British Columbia and Alaska will be dotted with millions of happy homes of contented and thrifty people As 1t is, many of the western farmers from the ] middle and western states gave gone into
 the Canadian northwest. carrying with them their treasure bags, which. I am
 told amount to something like SooOoo,ooo 2 annually. l do not advocate migration to the Canadian west. but only draw at
 tention to existing facts. The Canadians
 themselves are thrifty people, and am happy to note that they are making | wonderful strides to netter clNiliza- ton than is found In some other parts
 of the world that we read about. Boys corn clubs have had a wonder ful effect upon the youth of the farm
 in many of the western states says
 Herbert Johnson of Iowa. Those clubs
 are stimulating the boys into doing things
 and teaching them at the same time that
 the attractions of the farm are greater
 than those of the city. Such organiza-
 tions are sure to promote the move $ ment to keep the young men on the
 farm In 1910 there were 46.225 boys en-
 rolled in the membership of these cluos. Every boy individually works one or more r acres, under instruction that. will give 2 him the exact knowledge of how to work r for larger crops. Prizes have been gwen
 locally by public spirited citizens Tor
 the best results, not alone on the basis 2 of crop yield but taking Into account the
 acre profit as we'll as an intelligent writ
 ten statement by the boy of his methods
 and costs.
 'In one county in 1909 the boys corn
 club crops averaged 76 bushels to the
 acre, while the average crop of the father
 and neighbors averaged 16 bushels. This .s..s@ 4