The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-15
A Source Of Wealth


A Source of Wealth
Coal and iron mining and manufacture
ing are held up generally as the resources
upon which future Birmingham must be
built" said a business man yesterday,
'but I believe that the trucking indus
| try is going to be source of some fab
ulous fortunes in the next 10 or 10 years.
Everybody who lives In Birmingham
and has ever lived anywhere else knows
that the high cost of living is from 10
to 45 per cent higher here than it is in
other cities. The reason is that SO much
of the citys produce and food necessities
are shipped in here not only from other
parts of the state, but from other states.
sometimes 1000 or more miles away. The
man upon whose table that food finally
rests is the man who pays the freight on
getting it here, and that's our trouble.
Now it has been ably demonstrated.
not once, but dozens of times, that there
are acres and acres of land in the noun
famous mining district in which Brming-
| ham is located which will produce the
best kinds of fruits, produce aRd other
| prime food requisites. Fruit will grow.
here and yield in abundance; garden truck
will yield just as good crops here as any
where else, and yet there are hundreds
| of acres that are unceared and waiting
| for some industrious man to come along
and plant them. There are pasture lands
| for cows to make butter; plenty of terri
| tory for poultry farms to produce eggs.
and before long some man or set of men
| t,,to .x.ffh 70,
capital and energy behind them, and be-
fore long people will be mentioning an
kother wonder of the Birmingham dis
Ttrict.'
RecolIectiOns of Washington Lobbyist
! Il have been much interested in the
lobby investigation in Washington, where
| was, for some years, in the press gallery
doing Congress for some of the leading
papers of the country" said Percy Clark.
| In the years 1885 to 1895 much of the
lobby work was done by attractive wom-
en-; women who knew how to charm men
! in dress, manner and entertaining ways
| OF course, there was the shrewd, dipio-
matte man behind the scenes, planning the
campaign and directing the policy.
TT has been years since l have seen any
mention of Marshall Gushing, whom l
knew professionally in an intimate way |
had some connection with a weekly So
ciety paper that he published, and 1 was
much impressed with his fine, smooth
style paragraphing; his very excellent
English. He was really cut out for service
as an attache of a big diplomatic post; in
fact, he would, as far as tact and talent
=, goes, have proved a master of the art OF
assembling if needed; of sagacious in
tellectuality he could have given the
Turkish minister the aces in the deck and
then have won the game.
| Gushing coined the phrase, We are
advertised by our loving friends; and even
| by our enemies | think he is the son OF
the author of Cushing's manual
| "And so Gushing has been rediscovered
! this time as the representative of the
National Manufacturers association i'll
Washington. Well l feel sure he will
earn the salary paid him, for he is an
adept in approaching men-smooth, earn-
/ est, discreet and always tactful."
| The street Faker
| Zone of the chief assets of the street
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