The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-10
ROBERT n. BELL TO
SUCCEED STREET
Local Man to Be Named
District Attorney-Will
Qualify in February

Washington. December 9.-(special.)
Robert n. Bell of Birmingham will be
named as United States district attorney
to succeed Oliver d. Street, resigned Mr.
Bell, after being appointed and confirmed
however, will not qualify until February
!, as the Attorney General will request
Mr Street to remain in office until that
which he is familiar.
Senator Bankhead said today that he
could not imagine what was delaying the
nomination of Thomas p. Sanford and A.
d. Pitts as district attorney for the mid
die and southern districts. and John d.
McNeill as internal revenue collector. The
senator said that the impression might
be that he was opposing the names of
these gentlemen being sent into the SEN
November II handed the Attorney General
| a statement in writing that he would not
oppose the confirmation of Sanford, Pitts
Mcneil or Bell. and that he was quite
| certain that these statements had reached
| the White House.
Miss Lavinia Norville of Livingston is
representing the Alabama Woman's Chris
| tan Temperance union in the big tenn
perance rally here this week to promote
/ the adoption of a resolution looking to-
ward constitutional inhibition on the
sale of liquor.
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far as expectation of iron and steel
products is concerned. There NAV be
hereafter some indirect consequences
| favorable or unfavorabe. No one can
now tell whether there Will be or not
A Change in International Trade
Much the greater part OF our exporta-
| tions between 1876 and 1900 were of agri-
| cultural products, cotton, food and some
crude articles. A wonderful change has
| taken place in recent years. With the
exception of cotton, which holds its own
our expectation of food products has de-
| creased. whereas there has been such
| striking even sudden. increase in our ex-
portation of manufactured commodities as
| has caused great deal of discussion In
| commercial and financial and even in
| cabinet circles of the nations across the
| sea.
President Farrell says that in 1901 the
| United States exported a little under 300
coo tons Of steel manufactured products.
| But in 1912 we exported nearly 2,3O0 600
|
! seems already to have been demonstrated
that only In an indirect way, If at all,
has our tariff law affected our exporta-
| tions. Mr.. Farrell intimates that there
must have been some reason to explain
| this phenomenal increase in our export
trade, especially since 1901. The intima-
| tion Is plain in his remarks that he
looks upon this increase as due almost
wholly to the development of large and
wisely conducted organizations. He said
as much as this 'These figures fur
| nish a complete illustration of the possi-
bilities of developing foreign business
| through integrated organization"
Coincident With Big Business
| A superficial study at least of these
conditions has justified many persons in
believing, or at least in suspecting, that
this wonderful increase in our exporta-
tion of manufactured commodities since
1891, the yearsof the combinations of sbie
business" so-called, is not mere coih-
cidence in point of time, but is to be at
tributed directly to these organizations
| These expectations have demonstrated
that there was no foundation for the
accusation which used to be made that
careless packing or indifference to buy
| ers requirements prevented American
manufactures from capturing any portion
of foreign markets. For they have with
of these foreign markets. 1t used also
to be said that one of the difficulties
| American manufacturers met with wher
they tried to enter foreign markets was
| to be traced to their refusal to provide
foreign customers with necessary credit
All of the greater American corporations
which are now contributing so largely to
the increase in our expectations make as
good terms as far as credit and pay
ments are concerned do any of their
foreign competitors. There Is one large
corporation which Is a heavy exporter
| which is constantly selling its drafts
against shipments to every quarter OF
the globe, and has found that American
bankers not only are willing to perform
this service for small commission, but
business. But 1t Is only the great cor
porations that are able to grant long
time credit
Mr.. Farrell says that banks follow
trade. as trade is said to follow the
flag, and also to follow railroad expan-
sion. American bankers are sure tc
follow the trade which is developed by
| American manufacturers In all parts o1
the world, and Mr.. Farrell says that we
have had adequate facilities for convert
ing our drafts into cash, and soon as
there is elasticity in the acceptance OF
| sound commercial paper American man,
ufacturers need have no concern about
the banking facilities in other countries
American bankers will establish banks
elsewhere when the right time for doing
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