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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-07

From the New York World.
 If the plans for privately policing Fifth avenue receive the mayors ap- proval, that thoroughfare will boast a police force quite outdoing all Broad way Squad" traditions of magnificence
 It will be composed entirely of six footers of impressive appearance" garbed in distinctive" uniforms of blue and gold that will both accord with the environment and prevent any mis- takes from confusing them with plain, everyday policemen. Incidentally, If the project of the Fifth Avenue association is fully carried out, these special offi- cers will have the right to draw a dead line against crooks up and down the avenue.
 But if Fifth avenue has its special police force, why should not Wall street have one, and Washington Heights, or any section of the city that wants and is willing to pay for one? A chain of private police squads all over New York would largely solve the problem of in- creasing the number of police without enlarging the appropriation.
 And if Fifth avenue has its own po- lice, why should 1t not have It's own courts and It's own army and navy, and exercise other functions of government? If Its interests deserve special recogni- ton in this particular, they could quite as logically be recognized in other things.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-07
Pig Iron in March

The activity in the iron trade and the strengthening in the quotations of some lines of production was met by a heavy production in March. The non merchant stacks in blast are increas- ing in number, and the big plants seem to anticipate broader demand and especially heavy buying of rail way cars.
 The coke and anthracite pig iron produced in March was carried to 2411, ,750 tons, a gain of 312,954 over the previous month. It was the largest months production. since April. 1910.
 The IS stacks in blast in this dis trict did well, for they turned out 149,931 tons, as against 13S,10 tons In the previous month. Alabama still leads New York's 15 stacks in produc- ton. The race is very close, and Ala bama may soon drop from the fourth position to the fifth. Pennsylvania, Ohio and Illinois outrank Alabama and New York as well.
 The activity of the market may lead to higher prices for pig iron. Eleven dollars for No. at the furnace would lead to free delieveries in the last half of the year, and consequently to a heavy production.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-07

The United States would in the mean while endeavor to secure the neutra- lization of the islands.
 The Jones bill is well known in the Philippines, and is very popular there. The Philippine commissioner at Wash ington is urging the passage of the bill. It would undoubtedly lead to Fili- pino independence and after the cleo tion in November the Jones bill may become law. It certainly should be passed, for it provides for a reason able transit to independence to which both parties are pledged.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-07
Philippine Independence

The democratic party in it's plat form of 1908 declared in favor of Philippine independence, and Chair man Jones of Virginia, as head of the House committee on insular affairs, has reported bill which offers solu- ton of the difficult problem. Should the House pass the Jones bill, the Sen ate or the President would doubtless block the way, and no settlement of the problem is probable until after the election.
 By the terms of the Jones bill the Filipinos are to be offered qualified independence on July 4, 1913. The islands would then be governed by a bi-cameral congress elected by the people of the Philippines and presi- dent appointed by the President of the United States. This would go on for eight years, but all legislative acts would in the meantime be subject to the veto of the President of the United States, and Congress could also annul the laws of the Philippine congress.
 At the end of eight years the islands would be handed over abso- lutely to the Filipinos, the United States retaining only such lands and harbors as may be needed for naval stations, coaling and cable stations.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-07
SCATTER IMMIGRANTS
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thought immigrants who went to farm ing would need assistance for the first year or so and that there should be fund to help them raised by the league. He suggested that the proposed poll tax of $4 or s4.50 on each immigrant, if col lected by the government. should be used for the benefit of those who paid it.
 This movement" said Allan Robinson, president of the Allied Real Estate h. terests of New York, "is to help not only the immigrants but the cities I do not sympathize with the view that New York. for instance, should keep on taking in im- migrants just to continue to be the em- pire state as to population. I'd rather have it an Empire state as to comfort. Scatter tn eimmigrants and there'll be better living conditions all around
 Rabbi Joseph Silverman told the lea guers they'd find that no artificial in- ducements would draw immigrants from the cities.
 'If you would send them west" said he, ''the certain kind of life that they de- sire must be them. It is not merely money that they want, as some people imagine. Those people want to live jov- ously-they have had hardships enough in Europe. What they dread on the farm is isolation, loneliness. If we can find some way to establish human fellowship in the west and south, not merely lead them to toll and toll and end in nothing, they will go.
 This resolution, introduced at the in- stance of Congressman G. E.. Barstow of Texas, chairman of the leagues industrial committee, was adopted.
 Resolved, that the conviction of this convention is that the Federal govern ment enact a law providing for the es- tabishment of an immigrants land fund for the purpose of making suitable loans to worthy immigrant farmers, said loans to be made at long time and at a low rate of interest; said farmers to buy their lands from the government either In the humid of the irrigated parts of the coun- try as they may choose.
 Chairmen of some of the league con- mitteees are the governors of Vermont. Wyoming, North Dakota, Iowa, Mary land, New Hampshire. Delaware, West Virginia, Massachusetts and South Da- kota. The chairman of the finance com mittee is Henry s. Herman, president of the Union Exchange National bank of this city, and the secretary of the league is William J. Hampton.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-07
So we grew together,
Wilson and Clark in Illinois

F
 ? The time has not come to put the name of Oscar Underwood before primary voters in distant states, and the only names of democrats that will be ballotted for in Illinois next Tues day are those of Woodrow Wilson and Champ Clark.
 The independent Chicago News thus presents the situation in that state: s'The next great test between Clark and Wilson comes next Tuesday in 1lli- nois, when the party voters will be af- forded opportunity to indicate their choice for President. The issue in the democratic party is clearly joined, since the only two names appearing on the democratic ballot as candidates for President are those of Clark and Wilson. If Wilson triumphs in Hi nois next Tuesday the movement for his nomination by the Baltimore con- vention will be given a powerful inn petus. On the other hand, the success of Clark would make him an exceed ingly formidable candidate. A great responsibility rests upon the democratic voters of this state. The recent pas sage of the law making provision for l the preference vote on presidential candidates has made Illinois of pivotal importance"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-07
THE FUNERAL OF THE MAINE

Will Carleton in Harper's Weekly Gut of the harbor she sought long aro Harbor that welcomed, but served not
 to save, Under the clouds, bending piteous and
 low.
 Crept the great ship to her grave. Not from the battles tumultuous breath Not from the glory of victory's morn But from her travail of flame and of
 death. VA To. republic was born. Not in the arms of this Queen of the
 Wrecks, Fingered the dust Of her far-famous
 dead: Forests of palms hailed the flag on her Roses above her were spread. Long had she waited her funeral dav Lying in rough state mid sunlight or
 gloom: Now the worlds plaudits each sten or Followed her path to the tomb. Full sixty fathoms we buried her low. Meath the rough sea and the ne'er.
 changing skies: Far from molesting of friend or of foe Heedless of tempests she lies. Lies in the arms of the ocean-waves
 pressed,
 With the wet sea-roses over her
 spread, While. with the love of . nation ca Arlington sisss ss for Ay dead.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-07
ORIGINAL "oLD PRoBp

From the New York Evening Sun.
 Prof. Cleveland Abbe, 73 years of age, and still interested in what sort of weather the morrow is likely to bring, has returned to New York, his birth place, after visit to the home of his forebears, In England. In 1860 Profess sor Abbe became known as the origina- tor of a system of weather observation and prediction through daily report made for the Cincinnati chamber of commerce. The federal government per ceived the value of such a work and thus on January 1, 1871, Professor Abbe started the weather bureau at Wash ington and became a national character popularly known as "Old Probabilities" He was the first of long and much abused line.
 Professor Abbe's recent visit afforded him the opportunity for consultation with various meteorologists abroad; i; and he bestows upon England the com mendation of being "second to the United States in the accuracy of it's meteorological reckoning" Because of the enormous extent of England's ship ping interests the British government employs an elaborate system of wealth CT observation and prediction, making very minute observations, with stations far east and west; but Professor Abbe does not think the British general sys- tenn so good as our own. However, 1t Is much superior to the weather bu- reaus of the French and German gov ernments, which have concerned them selves much less with the general sub ject.
 It Is evident, from a glance at the map, that the weather service of the United States, if it pretend to serve the whole country, must of necessity be much more elaborate than a service de- signed for the information of residents within the much smaller areas of the two European states named. But 1t is also true that the Washington weather bureaus work has been developed con- sistently and under growing demand from all parts of the great area of this broad land; 1t Is now almost a for gotten time when the weather prophet was derided as one oftener wrong than right, as a pseudo scientific make of guesses, who cost the country rather more than he was worth. The work of the weather bureau is taken very seri- ously, nowadays.
 Professor Abbe has lived to see his institution grown to most influential proportions; though we get just about "as much weather" and of as uneven quality, first and last, as we did 40 years ago, we have learned lot more about how to adjust our work in ac- cordance with the observers records and conclusions
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-07
CHINESE INGENUITY
ia Washington Star.

From the Washington star.
 .I hope our dear Dr. Wu Tingfang Is on the right side in these Chinese troubles said diplomat at dinner in Washington.
 "Dr. Wu," he continued. used to tell me many Illuminating anecdotes about the Chinese character. l remember one about ingenuity.
 "A Chinaman, the anecdote' ran, found his wife lying dead on a field one morn ing-a tiger killed her.
 ''The Chinaman went home. procured some arsenic and returning to the field, sprlnkled 1t over the corpse.
 ''The next day the tigers dead body lay beside the woman's. The Chinaman sold the tigers skin to a mandarin and it's body to a physician to make fear cure powders, and with the proceeds he was able to buy a younger wife,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-07
SOCIALISM IN MILwAUKEE

SOCIALISM IN MILWAUKEE From the New York World.
 When Milwaukee in 1910 elected Emil Seidel. socialist, to be mayor. it was disgusted with the old party machines and any change seemed good. The ma Jority of the voters had not been con- Verted 10 socialism. It was by non- rartisan support of the socialist ticket that the Seidel administration was swept into office. The socialists made the mistake of taking too much credit to themselves.
 What Milwaukee wanted in 1910 was not socialism but reform. It really got neither. Mayor Seidel indulged in few amiable socialistic fads such as existing laws permitted. but from the start his administration was marked by ineffi- ciency and extravaganza. If it had only given Milwaukee the kind of govern ment the people wanted after years of partisan misrule, 1t might have had a chance of surviving.
 Still, while socialism in Milwaukee is discredited, it is far from dead. The democrats and republicans by fusion have won a non-partisan victory. and neither party in a political way is like- ly to be the gainer. Wisconsin is the land of advanced experiments. If the coming legislature, as is predicted. passes a law for eliminating party lines in cities and confining campaigns te local issues, the -partisanship that resulted in Mayor Seidels election and in his subsequent defeat may take shane in lasting reforms.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-07
DON'T WEAR SLOPPY CLOTHES

fTOIl lHe Silito5o ii'cuiiS'
 The manager of one of Chicago's greatest business houses. who has the faculty of epigrammatic expression, said the other day regarding his ex- perience with employees:
 "Clothes may not make the man but they help much.
 "A clothes brush, a pressing iron and a little gasoline now and then applied to a s25 hand me down will prove superior in effect to $50 tailor made carelessly kept and slovenly worn.
 T never hired man if he came for a job without shine.
 "Only geniuses and millionaires can afford to wear sloppy clothes.
 "Fefore you look for a Jop step in at a barber shop"
 These were some of his maxims. Then he got interested in the subject and proceeded to elucidate.
 Tt Is not the cost of your clothes" he said. but the care you give to them and to your general appearance that will make you either a neat or an un- tidy man. A good appearance not only adds to your self respect but makes a decidedly favorable impression.
 This town is necessarily smoky and dirty and if man wants to be neat he has to look out for the spots. Brush your suit, overcoat and hat every day Every man should have two business suits and keep one going while the other is being cleaned, aired and pressed. It is no hardship to own two suits. If you have only one deny your self some of the things you can get along without for a short time. It will pay.
 Every young man may not be able to afford to change his shirt every day, but it is impossible to wear cuffs and collars down town more than one day without their becoming soiled. In buy ing shirts it is we'll to have detacha- ble collars and cuffs. A soiled collar is probably the worst sartorial eyesore there Is
 "Jewelry outside of a stickpin, studs cuff links and a watch-is de- cidedly out of place in business. You can improve your appearance by wear ing a tie that is becoming and selected with care. and which harmonizes with your clothes.
 Smaller details are not to be neg lected A soiled handkerchief is mex cusa ble Carry two handkerchiefs. You will need the second before your busi- ness day is over How you comb your hair and the appearance of your hands are added important points.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-07
John E. MOrriss

In the death of John E. Morriss Bir- mingham loses one of it's foremost cit izens. He was a successful business man, and in the Methodist church with which he had long been connected he was known for his generous benefac- tions as we'll as his consistent Chris tian life.
 MT. Morriss was gentleman of quiet, unassuming manners, but no one was reader than he to cooperate with citizens in all public spirited movements. A man of energy, excel lent judgment and broad views, he was one of the real up-builders of Birming- ham.
 MT. Morriss will be sincerely missed and his memory will be long cherished by his neighbors and his associates in the Methodist church and in the busi- ness world.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-07
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Nappi,s Band This Afternoon

Nappi's band of S5 men will give grand concert at the fair grounds this afternoon beginning at o'clock. Signor Nappi. the conductor, has written an un- derwood march which will be heard today for the first time.
 T hope my march dedicated to MT. Underwood will make hit, said Signor Nappi yesterday. 'When I made out the programme for the Easter concert had not put the finishing touches on this march. I will open the concert with It and the Italian march which appears on the printed programme will be played as encore.
 1T can say without boasting that the bend which will be heard Sunday after noon will be the largest and the best re- heurnal local brass and reed organization that has ever appeared here. Many tick cts have already been sold, and as the price Is only 9 cents, a large crowd will be present--weather permitting.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-07
From the New York Sun.

From the New I Ork sun.
 4 NATIONAL movement to scatter "A immigrants about the country so
 \ their lot will be more pleasant
 and the seaboard cities will. be clogged by them no longer was started at the
 Hotel Manhattan yesterday in the forma- ton of the American Immigration Dis tribution league c. Oliver Iselin was
 elected president. The vice presidents
 are Mrs. Harold F. Mccormick of Chi cago, Francis Burton Harrison, F. M. Smith of Oakland, Cal, and Dr. Felix Adler. Ex-Congressman William-S. Ben net. who presided yesterday, was made
 chairman of the executive committee and Henry Green general director.
 The league has other objects besides encouraging immigrants to colonze parts of the United States that need them. It will try to improve the conditions of all immigrants. to help them be educated, | to throw around them a more watchful care than is now afforded by the govern ment or private organizations, to protect l them from the interruptions, to guide them to relatives or friends of their own
 race, to get them jobs, to prove to union
 labor that immigration does not menace high wages.
 The league will ask the steamship
 companies to improve steerage conditions, it will ask New York and other large
 cities to start courses in citizenship in the night schools and 1t will endeavor to persuade various states to grant special inducements for homeseekers who will settle on undeveloped land. It will CO., operate with the government in stopping | immigration frauds and injustice and it will ask all parties to have blanks in their platforms pledging support. Some states have already set aside homeseekers' tracts. Those which have | not will be asked to do so and to let immi-
 grants have small pieces of land at nom inal prices, to be paid in installments
 The league will also petition the states
 to let the settlers have free seeds, fruit
 bearing and shade trees and irrigation. This programme having been mapped
 yesterday Mir. Bonnet said that in the
 state of New York alone 75,0o0 men could
 find jobs on farms if they would only
 leave the city to get them. Edward
 Lauterbach chairman of the law com
 mittee. said that of all the movements
 to help the immigrant this seemed to be
 the only one that had started right. He
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-07
Status of the States Rate Cases

OtotdS Ol tht otdtG D lhdtt SdSCS H. c. Selheimer, special counsel for the state in the railroad rate cases, recently stated that appeals in those cases depend entirely upon two things-the decisions in the case now being heard in the United States su- preme court, and the action of the railroad in question as to passenger and freight rates. If the railroads re- tain present freight and passenger rates, which are at least as high as those of Georgia, possibly no appeal from the decisions of Judge Jones will be taken.
 It appears that the Louisville and Nashville received more money from a 2k cent passenger rate in 1911 than it did in 1909 under cent rate. It received more by the sum of $270,00O. This sum relates to business done in Alabama.
 The coming decisions in seven states will settle all questions in dispute. All these cases are being argued in one bunch, and every lawyer and business man is concerned to know how the court of last resort regards the con- flict that has arisen between the state commissioners and the interstate commerce commission. The decisions will probably be handed down next month.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-07
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

From the New York Press.
 A man really hates 10 buy thing he can afford.
 It's the way of a girl to fall in love with a man first and then decide on his attractions.
 The principal thing in an argument is to be able to wait till the other fellow tangles himself all up.
 II may take a woman week to pick out a piece of ribbon she wants, but she could rent 10 houses while a man was finding the number. of one.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-07
WHY UNDERWOOD IS NEEDED

VIII ONDEh WOOD IS NEEDED From the Savannah News.
 A strong reason why MT. Underwood is needed in the White House is that we shall never have a revision of the tariff downward until we elect genuine tariff reformer President and a Congress that will give him the sort of support that he should have. There is no doubt that Mr. Underwood knows all about the tariff or that he is a tariff reformer. If judged by his record it will be agreed that he is just the man to lead the party in a great tariff reform campaign, and that the presidential campaign this year will be such a one there is no good reason to doubt. With MT. Underwood as the dem- cratic leader and tariff as the issue The democratic party would not only elect the President, but also majority of Con- gress.
 And right now the democratic leaders should take notice that the republicans are planning to make mighty effort to win control of the House again. Assum- ing that the tariff will be the issue. and 1t is certain to- be, what folly would it be for the democrats to name as their candidate for President a man who has no record as a tariff reformer! They would likely lose not only the presidency, but also the House, but with tariff as the issue and a tariff reformer, such as Un- sweep the country.
 In his address to members of the Amer ican Cotton Manufacturers association in. Washington on Wednesday, the President said changes in the tariff should be made only on sound information and advice. That is what the republicans have been saying these many years, but they haven't revised the tariff downward. They revised it a couple of years ago when they passed the Payne-Aldrich bill, but the revision was upward. Hence it is fair conclusion that they don't intend to revise 1t as the people want it revised, namely, downward. All the revision they will make will be for the benefit of those who are benehted by the protective system.
 It was because of the way the repuo- licans revised the tariff when they passed the ~Payne-Aldrich bill that the people gave the democrats control of the House. Under the leadership of MT. Underwood the democrats have shown the country that they will revise the tariff downward if given the power. If they have Mir. Underwood for their leader in the presi- dental campaign the people will give them the power-will give them the pres idency and Congress-because they will have ample reason to believe that the democrats are in earnest, and mean to keep their promise. Not for years has the democratic party had such an oppor- tunity to win the presidency. It is on the popular side of the issue of the campaign. It has only to name as its leader the man who is most conspicuously identified with that side of the issue.