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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-30
UNDERWOOD TARIFF THE ISSUE

From the Atlanta Constitution.
 The man who questions that the tariff is to be the paramount issue in the ap- preaching campaign admits his own polit- ical blindness.
 In his Atlanta speech Gov. Woodrow Wilson asked: 'Why discuss the tariff un- til we know who shall make lt?'' In All bany and Jacksonville his attitude varied in phraseoiogy only. In Savannah, he went even further, and deprecated discus sion of the trusts as well as the tariff until I've know who the jury would be-"
 The jury will be the voters of Amer ica In the coming electionl The evidence will be presented by the opposing demo- cratic and republican parties. and by the programmes established by each party in congressional tariff legislation.
 For any democratic nominee to go before the country with the bland demand that the tariff be sidetracked until after the election-the inference being that the peo- pie lack sufficient intelligence to express their preference upon the tariff-is to un- derwrite in advance the defeat of that party.
 Yet that is the position Governor Wilson takes, and which he has maintained in all of his recent speeches. It is the reason why he cannot carry one doubtful state, in all of which tariff revision is the domi- nant issue and most of which are essen- tial to democratic success It is the reason why with his milk and water att titude toward the tariff he carried Penn sylvania, hidebound republican and high protection state, in the presidential pri- mary as against candidates who stood for that definite revision the Pennsylvania interests fear without regard to party It Is the reason why he will lose the state in the presidential election to any repub- lcan candidate that may be nominated
 Everywhere-save in the Wilson camp 1t is known and acknowledged that Wilson he will inevitably doom the party to de- feat
 The one logical nominee for the democ- racy is Oscar Underwood. He has never wavered in the assertion that the tariff is the paramount issue. Ills name will be written upon every tariff schedule that issues from Congress. His creed is not a succession of meangingless generali- ties, but succession of actual achieve ments in tariff revision. If he is not named at Baltimore it will be because the south bows cravenly to the superstition dead everywhere else-that a southerner cannot be elected President of the United States.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-30
THE soLAcEs oF LAnoR

From Harpers Weekly.
 Tn adult life it is the obligation to work that speeds the time and sends the years rolling behind us, while we, unconscious of their passing. bunglo away at the given task, building ab- sorbedly away at our little structure of separate life That the ground. yvaa cursed for our sake we can see by the perfectly natural turning of the child, after six or seven years of play and case, to the desire for work. He envles every one about him their responsibili- ties and obligations. He plays at hav- ing to sit still in church or of taking a punishment in school, and finally he begins to plead for tasks.
 But, long before we finish with life, work performs other vitally important functions for us; it both concentrates and diverts. Work it is which prevents HIS from diffusing vaguely through time and space without any gain or ob- jeetive reality. Life, we must remem- Der, is only available as it is put into concrete form, and most of the work of drawing lines around the invisible' and the infinite, building up and set ting in motion the machinery of visi- ble life. To do however small share of this great universal task requires the herding homo of scattered thoughts and emotions and the wilful confine- ment of thought to a given object. Watcher it be a house to set in order or shop to keep, an engine to build CT a book to write, we have the sameS task ahead; to call home our thoughts from wilful straying through intermin- able fields of vague distance and hold them fixed upon the given point. This faithful carrying out of a purpose IS what makes a personality. The man who has consciously controlled his thought for the carrying out of his given object has also builded himself. Wherever there is set purposes and pewer to accomplish there is likewise personality.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-30
Underwood in the south

"If Underwood carries Florida on Tues
 day he is almost certain to carry Georgia
 on Wednesday, and with the delegations from these two states added to the Ala
 bama delegation. the Alabama statesman
 will have a splendid start in the conven- ton race" said an old politician. MT.
 Underwood will get Mississippi, and l think it a safe prediction that on the sec-
 ond or third ballot he will have practi- cally the entire south.
 Tt looks to me as if Underwood would
 be the nominee. The New York delega- tion-90 yotes-is almost sure to vote for
 Underwood on the third or fourth ballot.
 If the democrats are in earnest they will not allow William Jennings Bryan to dic- tate to them in the Baltimore convention.
 Bryan has been nominated and defeated
 three times He is itching for another
 nomination, but he cannot capture that coveted prize this time. The public has
 seen enough of him to know that he is a rule or ruin man. It will be like him to play the part of the marpiot. The demo- cratic party is more united than it has | been for long years and the republican party is more seriously split than ever. If Underwood is nominated he will be elected"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-30

prove upon the detail. Consider the sim pie truth that Mrs Isidor Straus, an el- derly Jewish woman, declined to accept place in a lifebeat because the order woman first" excluded her husband l. is futile to try to make that incident of the sinking of the Titanic more moving than it is. Some writers have quoted Ruth's response to Naomi:
 ''Intreat me not to leave thee or to re- turn from following after thee, for whither thou goest l will go, and where thou lodgest I will lodge; thy people shall be my people and thy God my God, and where thou diest I will die and there will be buried; the Lord do so to me and more also if aught but death part thee and me-"
 But in comparison with Mrs Straus' calm refusal to get in the lifeboat the words of Ruth are uninspiring
 Even as truth is stranger than fiction it is good deal more dramatic Nothing that has been written about the Titanic has moved it's readers as much as the bare statement of facts which left the rest to their imaginations It is regretta- ble that efforts should be made to inn prove upon "the story by introducing manufactured incident
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-30
Growing Wheat in the West

Winter killing disclosed late in the spring season has probably cut out 6 .000 ,000 acres from the area seeded last fall in winter wheat. This would leave the acreage at 26,200,000 acres, with a probable crop of 372,O00,0O0 bushels. Last years crop was 431,- 000,000 bushels.
 This is why wheat prices have been advanced about 15 cents bushel in the last two weeks. The disappoint- ing crop disclsures have not, however, affected general business in the win ter wheat states. All are taking a cheerful view of the situation, and merchants, manufacturers and bank CTS do not seem to regard the unusual ly large loss in acreage through abandonment and ploughing as seri- ous. More corn will be planted, or other crops. This illustrates the re- sources of farmers in the middle west. In 1904 nearly 5,000,000 acres were cut out of the acreage, but this years loss, if verified, will stand as the record loss from winter killing. It may extend to 7,OO0,OO0 acres, but it is much more likely to be confined to 6,OOO,OOO.
 A big spring wheat crop is now needed, and it may possibly be se- cured. All depends upon the weather and the seeding and planting that are possible in the month of May.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-30
President Taft's Antitrust Policy

A deal of truth is breaking into print, all due to the factional fight in the republican party. The latest conner is George W. Perkins, re- publican of high campaign funds de- gree, who arraigns in the most sweep ing manner the Taft antitrust policy. .What more," he says, "could a sor- did, selfish corporation man want than to have his corporation dissolved, on paper, in such way as to bring in- creased profits to inside stockholders and increased cost to outside consum- CTS, as in the case of the Standard Oil and Tobacco companies? Because of the farcical results of the trust bust ing programme of the Taft admins tration Wall street knows that it has nothing further to fear from Wash ington. It is laughing in it's sleeve at what has been going on. It is be- hind Mr. Taft almost to man.
 MT. Perkins is man of responsi- bility. He is also man who knows what is going on, and his picture of the antitrust policy of the admins
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-30
,,,anta,s Week of opera

Grand opera in Atlanta attracts people from every part of the south.' said Rich ard W. Massey. who with Mrs. Massey attended the grand opera festival last week
 When the Metropolitan Opera com rany of New York was brought to At iaria for a weeks engagement three years ago it was the result of pluck and public spirit on the part of the citizens xho rut up a guarantee of $6e,oo0 That first festival was a financial success. there being a considerable surplus instead of a deficit The second annual opera festival was also successful. but the one just held surpassed them all in every way. The gross receipts were sS0,o0o.
 "I have seen many richly appareled women in the Metropolitan opera house in New York, but I have never seen any audience anywhere in which all the women were so elegantly gowned. Tn At lanta there is a brilliant social, as well as a musical. side to the opera. The fes- tival spirit pervaded the entire city. The artists of the opera and all the visitors to Atlanta seemed to enjoy the occasion 10 the fullest. Everybody must take of his hat to Atlanta for giving the south week of grand opera with Caruso and other grand stars.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-30
UNDERWOOD AND NEW YORK

From the Columbus (Ga) Ledger.
 The Savannah News sees Underwood victory ahead because of the apparent fact that the Aiacamian is to carry New York.
 The News says:
 "A reason. and a very strong one, why MT Underwood will win in the contest for the nomination is that he will have the solid support of the New York delegation. It is very we'll understood that when it becomes evident that Mayor Gaynor cam not get the nomination. and that will be soon after the convention meets. the New York delegation will demand the nomlna- tion of MT. Underwood. The New York convention which named the delegates to the Baltimore convention adopted a resr lution commendatory of Mir. rnderEop thus indicating as clearly as it cputa without showing disioyaity to the Nv York candidate that he was the real choice of that state.
 And why is the New York delegation favorable to MT Underwocde For several reasons, but mainly because he Is the one candidate that can carry that state. The importance of this reason cannot well be everestimated. 1t Is a safe statement that nine out of 10 of the democratic leaders will admit that the democrats can not win the presidency without the cleo tcral vote of New York. And 1t is about as certain as anything can be that because of business sympathies Connecticut and other doubtful eastern and even western states would cast their electoral votes for MT Underwood for the same reasons that would control in New York Watch the Alabamian route the c. o. P, gang in November.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-30
SEEING EUROPE ON ss.5o A DAY

In the May Woman's Home Compan- ion. Q writer on the subject, Seeing Europe on s3 50 a Day." says in part:
 "of course it can be done for less. A stalwart college boy, with knapsack and bicycle, can get the figures down to s1 25; but that does not concern the present paper. The traveller now under consideration is the salaried woman who wishes to get the largest return in pleasure and profit with the least outlay of funds. and who does not want to miss the adventurous zest of travel by being taken care of in a conducted party It should be clearly stated that, if she is subject to severe headaches, or to neu- ralgia which echoes every change of temperature; if she has a weak ankle or an uncertain stomach, she should wait for her trip to Europe until she can spend at least s5 day. But with or dinary good health and the bodily strength to run for a train on occasion and not mind a slight dampening in mountain mists, an expenditure of about $500 in money and three months of time will bring moro definite pleasure than any imaginable holiday a home Economical travelling does not mean penurious travelling. It means rather the putting of yourself for the time in
 the place of the iwellers in the country to be visited. It may be accepted that the expensive things are supplied for the foreigner. The Englishman, the Ger man, the Swiss, do very well without
 them. Learn to do as they do, and the problem is quickly simplified.
 Economical travelling does not mean
 necessarily. the hurried traveller. The gibes flung at the Europe in Ten Weeks tourists should be accepted with equanimity. Half a loaf of Paris or London is much better than none. A week if no more, in each will illumin-
 ate your reading for 10 years to come. Saving by means of scant meals should be avoided. In. travelling. both
 mind and body are keyed up with the
 demands upon them. Interest and en-
 U usiasm both spell fatigue which must be met by regular and appetizing re- lpasts Any nibblinG of sandwiches or
 pastry at noon. in place of hot soup and roasts, is most unwise."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-30
Those linen checks of thine Are councillors to fear.
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Crop Conditions in Wet Weather

The new crop west of the Missis- sippi is nearly normal and a large crop is possible. In the central and eastern sections of the cotton belt the weather has been unfavorable throughout the winter and spring. Temperatures have been low and rain fall. excessive. "Thousands of acres in southwest Georgia" says Commis- sioner of Agriculture Hudson of that state, "have not even been plowed, much of the ground is still standing under water. do not remember when cotton has been as late in Georgia as it is this year, and the conditions are much the same in the middle portion of the state. Unless something un- usual happens, the Georgia cotton crop is going to be very light"
 It is long road, however, that has no turn, and cotton men as a rule are anticipating a long dry spell as a natural offset of a protracted rainy period. A dry May would be a bless ing, for a great deal of planting could be done in 91 days.
 Prospects are not today bright for another big crop, but it is too early to make predictions about the extent of the planting. The acreage will fall or gain in proportion to the amount of dry weather that May brings to the eastern and central sections of the cotton belt.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-30
To Benefit Ambitious Boys

Jesse C. Foster of Tuscaloosa, who re- ceived most of his education at Lyman Wards Southern Industrial institute at Camp Hill, spent yesterday in Birming- ham. He is a great believer in the Camp Hill institution. He knows from practi- cal experience what a great work Princi- pal Ward has done and he never misses an opportunity of telling the public about 1t.
 T am now interested in a movement to induce 1000 farm boys to raise a bale of cotton each this year, and with part of the proceeds from the sale of the cotton to make an excursion to Washington" said Mir. Foster. T am now taking the matter up actively and am meeting with much encouragement. The railroad off cials I know, will cooperate and will give us cheap rates. One thousand boys from Alabama, each having raised bale of cotton, would make a mighty impress sion in the capital city of the nation. This great body of hardy youth-1000 strong would be a splendid advertisement for Alabama and would spur on the boys throughout the cotton belt to still great CT efforts next year,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-30

trationi is no figment of the brain. It is based on well known facts.
 No trust has yet been dissolved to the benefit of the people-of consum- CTS in other words, and while this ad- ministration lasts none will be. Wall street turns naturally to Mr. Taft.
 Mir. Perkins opens up, too, another chapter of republican finance. He himself paid the last $15,000 of ac- cumulated bills of the Taft campaign of 1908, and he was, as he explains, more of magnate in Wall street than he is now Altogether the Per kins statement is an interesting con- tribution to an extremely interesting family row in the republican party.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-30
nig Buildings This Year

Everybody remarks the building boom in Birmingham this year." said proper ty owner.
 There have never been so many large buildings in course of construction in this city in any. one year as now The two magnificent hotels being built will put Bir- mingham in the front rank as a conven- tion city. Birmingham has already had many large conventions, but it would have had many more had we the hotel accommodations and a convention hail. It Is hoped that before the end of this year ground will be broken for an audi torium or convention building with a seating capacity of 10000. 1 do not know whether an auditorium would be a good dividend payer, but there should be enough public spirit here to finance the greatly needed auditorium.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-30
 WHAT THAW HAS COST

From the New York World.
 It is eonseryatively estimated that it has cost the county of New York Sl50,O00 to prosecute Thaw for the killing of stan fordcWhite end to secure his incarceration in Matteawan. How much more Is It go- ing to cost to keep him there? Fowmuch more taxpayers money must be spent in opposing the new attempt'to have him de- clared sane with resources of legal and expert medical talent to match those en- ployed in his behalf?
 The unlimited use of money to keep Tllavt outef prison has imposed a griev- ous burden on the county. It has been obliged to meet defense unparalleled in a criminal action, and to reinforce the or dinary processes of justice with an out lay to render the prosecution effective which has been wholly extraordinary. And all for what? To secure the rights of the people in the case of a murderer who has received fair trial and whose possession of money now enables him to oppose fur ther obstacles to restraint imposed on him.
 If this worthless human being were to live 150 years he could not reimburse the community in dollars and cents for what he has cost 1t.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-30
Roosevelt and Mexico

No one could say what Theodore Roosevelt would do or would not do in Mexico were he President. The coun- try presents scenes of wide disorder. Heavy American interests are inn perilled, and some have suffered heavy losses. What the headstrong, imperious Roosevelt would do under such circumstances is beyond conjec- ture.
 There are many things President can do which does not call for action by Congress, as intervention plainly does. For example, the present ad- ministration permits the export to while it forbids such exports when made to rebels. This of itself should enable Madero to overcome his enemies, and perhaps it will have that effect in the course of the present year.
 The man who seized the canal zone would find means to dictate action in Mexico, and it is easy to see that this might lead to the occupation of Mex ico. This would be extremely expen- sive. Some say it would double our federal debt, and if it resulted in an- nexation we would acquire a large population less desirable even than the Filipinos--a mixture of Indians, born bandits and the rubbish of the earth. They number 13,607,700. We do not want them, no matter how rich in minerals their country is.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-30
Festival Tickets

Birmingham's music festival will be held in the Jefferson theatre this week. beginning Friday afternoon with con- cert for young people. The sale of sea- son seats began yesterday and will continue today.
 We have had many beautiful or chestral concerts in Birmingham, but the Minneapolis symphony programmes. which will be presented at the Jeffer- son this week are the most attractive, l think" said a member of the festival committee. "The music Is all of a high class, but 1t Is not heavy It will be thoroughly enjoyed by the average music lover. The price of tickets .s less than last year, and there is every reason to think that the Jefferson the atre will be packed at every perform . ance
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-30
A PHOTOGRAPHER IN BATTLE

Homer Scott in Leslies.
 In spite of the fact that the two armies in Mexico have been fighting each other at distances ranging from two to four miles, the battles of Corral itos, Jimnez, Rancho Dolores, Villa Lopez and Escalon were thrilling. Starting at daybreak with the destruc- ton of a federal armored train by means of wild engine loaded with dy- namite, sent against 1t by the insurg- ents, with the resulting death of 60 sap pers, the battle at Corralitos ragged all day. with the federals charging, re- treating, returning and ianking, in a vain effort to dslodge the rebels.
 The rebel cannon, two home made field pieces and a captured federal howitzer were planted on a hill over looking the plain Corralitos. 1 made that my base of operations. From there l shot my big camera at the advancing federals and snapped the rebels as they advanced on the run from their armored train to relieve their fatigued comrades lying behind the rocks on the mountain top. As the rebel artillery was draw ing the fire from the federal field pieces on the plain below, I was under fire during the entire day. Just as I was about to snap a federal who had rid den out from the main body. a shell struck on the rock beneath me. eX- ploded and killed two powder monkeys
 mere boys. My camera was blown from my hands, the ground glass and lens
 ere knocked from at, and lava rocks thrown in my face. With adhesive plas-
 ter I patched the box together and took pictures of the dead and wounded
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-30
Massachusetts and Florida Today

NdSSdCluSSttS anu iOIlud ioudy
 Massachusetts elects today 36 dele gates to both Baltimore and Chicago. Wilson and Clark are contending for the Baltimore delegates, and Taft and Roosevelt for the Chicago delegates. The voters of Massachusetts had never been permitted to express their own choice for presidential candidates up to today. and on this account it is believed 450,000 voters will go to the polls. This will make today historic in the Old Bay State. Predictions are valueless on the morning of contest.
 Florida, too, will hold it's first pres- idential preference primary today. The state had long been committed to the primary system except for pres idential candidate. Today Florida will vote directly in the selection of pres idential favorite. The only candidates that have qualified are Oscar w. Un- derwood and Woodrow Wilson, and the consensus of opinion seems to be that the former has the right of way. Both sides are, however, claiming vic- tory.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-30
IN THE HOTEL LOBBIES
nIr. Edmondn nue Todax

Richard H. Edmonds. editor and gen. eral manager of the Baltimore Manu- lecturers Record, who has been spend ing a few days in Atlanta, Is sched- uled to reach Birmingham today at neon. He is accompanied by Mrs. Ed mands and his sister, Miss Edmonds. The party will have rooms at the Hill- man.
 MT Edmonds, through the Manufac- turers' Record. has been a great factor in southern development during the past % years. He has been an ardent prophet of the south year in and year out, and to his efforts are largely duo The investment of millions upon mil- lions of northern capital in the south ern states.
 Mir Edmonds has a host of friends in Alabama who appreciate his valu- able services and who will always be glad to see him In person. According to present plans he will spend only this afternoon and tonight in Birming- ham.