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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-08
POLITICS PLAY NO
PART IN AFFAIRS
Mexican Situation Ignored
in Market-Better Tone
in Railway Shares

New York, August 7.-AIanipulation of
professional character aided by such
factors as betterment in the Balkan sit
uaton and helpful rains over some of
the parched agricultural centers of this
country, Influenced a measure of under
lying strength u today's stock market.
The movement az whole, however, was
so irregular and spasmodic as TO carry
little conviction of public interest, much
less support.
Politics played no part in the days
affairs, though the emergency notice of
the currency commission of the Ameri-
can Bankers association for meeting
to act ON pending legislation at Washing
ton served as a reminder of the atti-
tude of that influential organization The
Mexican situation continued to be ig-
nored with no movement in the shares
of the railway properties controlled by
that government.
No small part of the further rise was
made in the face of continued resist
ance by tile bear faction. There still
exists, according to trustworthy accounts,
a large short interest in the highly spec
uative issues, this fact being borne out
In the loaning rates for these stocks.
Steels advanced to it's best figure in
some months was the more surprising in
asmuch as ii disregarded reports of price
concessions for certain finished products.
The effect of the improved crop outlook
was seen IN the better tone of the south
ern and southwestern railway shares,
while Reading and Lehigh Valley espe-
cially the latter probably owed their
recovery to excellent earning exhibits.
St. Louis and San francisco also re-
ported very good earnings which were
reflected in a smart rise in the general IS.
Among the specialties declines of to
points were made by some of the To-
bacco shares and. American Writing Pa
per. preferred while General Chemical
dropped 8 points on one transaction.
London bought some 1900 shares of
Steel. Amalgamated and Union Pacific in
this market, following its higher level.
for our securities at home The Bank
of England strengthened its reserve and
gold holdings and the feature of the Bank
of Englands statement was decrease
of almost s6S,0o0,o00 in discounts.
The bond market was firm on light
dealings. Government bonds were un-
changed on call. Total sales, par value,
were s1,7S1,000
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-08
Liyerpool Cotton Market

Liverpool August There was an In
creased trade in spot cotton with a firm
tone. Middlng fair, 7.09d; good middlng,
6.91d; middling 6.49d; low middling, 629d;
good ordinary, 5.s1d; ordinary, 5.46d. Sales
were 1900, including 5000 American and
1000 for speculation and export Receipts,
20oo, including 1000 American. Futures
closed barely steady. August. 6.221zd !;
August-September 614l2d; September-O Oc-
tober 6.051ad October November, 6.0l1ad;
November December. 5.96i9d; December
January, 5.961sd; January February,
5.97iad; February March. 5.99d: March
April, Cd; April-May, cold; May-June,
6 021kd; June-July, 6.02lsd; July-August,
6.02d.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-08
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CHIEF OF POLICE AT
DECATUR RESIGNS

Decatur. August 7-tspecial)-J. T.
White has resigned as chief of police of
Decatur and his resignation has been ac-
cepted by the city council to take effect
on September /. Mir. White may be re-
quite likely that two police officers may
be dropped from the force, as the city
is contemplating the reduction of ex-
penses.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-08
London Stock Market

London, August 7.--StoclS exchange busi-
ness was light with the undertone of firm
ness helped by the announcement of a
peace pact in the Balkan peninsula. Amer
jcan securities were steady. All but Cana
dian Pacific advanced from u to u point
over parity. before noon.. A downward
movement followed, but the list sized and
closed steady.
Consols for money. 7Ss4; consols for ac-
count 70 15-16;- Amalgamated Copper. 49,;
Atchison. 1003s; Illinois Central, no. Louis
vile and Nashville, 1873; Southern railway.
25ss Bar silver quiet. 2714. Money, 2&GS
per cent Discount rates. short bills. 3s4G
SIS per cent. Three months, 37s@4 per cent.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-08
Fruits and Produce

Apples, new, s1.5Od2: Florida Valencia
oranges, IS; California oranges, s. box
lines, 81 per 100; Irish potatoes, $l.10 pei
bushel sweet potatoes, Dooley. $l50Q17,
hamper; onions, red globe. 21sc per
pound; lettuce, s15Oa2.5O per crate; Gu.
cumbers, per crate, $1.75; tomatoes, Flor
ida. $2.5@2.75; cabbage. Virginia, 3hc Id.
new Texas onions, crate, $1.50; beans, per
hamper $1.25d1.50; peaches, $25oq3 crate
squash, per hamper. $1@125; cantaloupes
$2.5OQI3; watermelons, 15m25c; peppers, pei
crate, $1.50M2; lemons, box of 800, $6@6.50:
Okra, $2d2.5O hamper. Pears, per box,
$3 Plums, s.. Georgia canteloupe, $3.50
Louisiana eanteloupe. $2.50d3.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-08
Bank of France Statement

Paris, August 7.-Weekly statement
Bank of France:
Gold in hand. increased 2,26l 900 francs.
Silver in hand, increased Il. .215,00o francs
Notes in circulation decreased $3.50, 600
francs.
Treasury deposits, decreased 2615o.O0O
francs.
General deposits, decreased 7725,ooo
francs.
Bills discounted decreased s5s,ooo,O0o
francs.
Advances. increased 2i,s75,coo francs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-08
DELAY PAVING DUE TO
MONEY STRINGENCY

Decatur, August 7.-(Special)-A the
regular meeting Of the Decatur city coun-
ell "a big amount of street paving was
indefinitely postponed on account of the
stringency Of the money market at this
time. Mayor Henry A. Skeggs said in
speech to the council that the money
men of the country were holding the
money in order to try to force a panic
on the democratic administration.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-08
Flour and Breadstuffs

Self rising flour, $3.50; Tennessee flour,
IS; Oklahoma flour, s.; pure wheat
shorts, s32; plre wheat bran. $2S; c. S.
hulls per ton. SIG; prime G. S. meal, per
ton, $50; c. S. feed meal, per ton, $50:
No l timothy hay. per ton. $23; mixed
alfalfa and Johnson grass. per ton. $40;
sack, s1.50; alfalfa hay. per ton. s22; John
son grass, per ton, SIG; mixed feed, $34; ;
oats, 5Sc bu.; corn, SOC.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-08

of sales, sS.10@S.S0, lights $4,000
9.15, mixed s7.95@9.10, heavy 1850
s.75, rough $3.50 1855. pigs $5@8.40
Cattle: Receipts 3000 market steady
to 10c higher; beeves s7.1O@9.10, Texas
steers $3.50 7S0. western steers s6.25
a 1855, stockers $5.30O@7.75. cows and
heifers $3.600DS.40, calves $3.50 H. 20.
Sheep Receipts 10000; native sheep
and lambs strong to 1oc higher; west
erns weak to 10c lower; native sheep
s4.t0m5.10, western $4.25@5, yearlings
s5.35@6.10. native lambs $500 100,
western s6@755.
Kansas city. August Hogs: Re-
ceipts 5000; market steady; bulk of
sales $S40mS7O. heavy sS.35@S.55,
packers and butchers $S.40@S.75, lights
$S.40@S.S0, pigs s6.50@7.75.
Cattle. Receipts 1000, including 500
southerns: market higher; stock cat
tie % a soc higher than Tuesday; prime
fed steers $S,S5@S.75. dressed beef
steers s725@S.25. southern steers s4.75
Q6.75, cows s3.50@ $50, heifers s4.75@
$50. stockers S5@790
Sheep: Receipts 2OO0; market high
er; lambs $500 $50. yearlings $3.50
a $50. wethers s4@4.75. ewes $500
4.25, stockers s2.50@425.
st. Louis. August 7.--Cattle: Receipts
5000 including 1000 Texans; market
steady. choice to firm steers $500, good
20 choice steers s725@S, dressed and
butcher steers $5.50@725. stockers $525
@750. Texas and oklahoma steers
S6.25@7.75, cows and heifers s425@
$50.
Hogs; Receipts 5000; market &c low
er; pigs and lights s6.50@9.10. mixed
and butchers ss.7o@9.10, good heavy
sS70@S.S5.
Sheep: Receipts 6000: market steady
muttons ss.25@425, yearlings s5Q6,
lambs s5.50Q7.35.
Louisville, August 7.-Cattle: Re-
ceipts zoo; market easy; range s2.50@
7.75.
Hogs: Receipts 1900; market steady;
range s5@9.05.
Sheep: Receipts 1900; market firm
lambs 61ac down; sheep 3%c down.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-08
New York Money

New York. August 7.--Money on call
steady. 2i4@215 per cent; last loan. 2lR per
cent; closing bid. PA per cent; offered at
2is per cent Time loans easier; 90 days.
3lAQ3s4 per cent; 80 days, 41s@4A per cent;
six months, 5s4@6 per cent.
Close Prime mercantile paper 646is
per cent. Sterling exchange steady. with
actual business in bankers bills at s4S3 10
for 60-day bills and at s4S6.65 for demand.
Commercial bills, $.s2s4. Bar silver. 5ssc;
Mexican dollars. 47c. Government bonds
steady. Railroad bonds steady.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-08
A LITTLE DEER

Huntsville. August 7.-(Special. 1.-THE
stork has made another visit TO Madi-
son county's little family of deer that
make their home in the county court
yard. The birth Of another little fellow
was reported yesterday and the family
now numbers four. including the parents.
The first born arrived last September on
the day that the Nashville good roads
boosters arrived in Huntsville and In their
honor he was christened Booster"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-08
Hubbard Bros. & Co.'S Letter

New York, August 7.-tSpecial. )-No rain
is reported from Texas and the indi-
cations are for fair weather during the
next two days.
Nevertheless the market declined In face
of deteriorating reports because buyers
believe that the market will decline when
the new crop comes to market
They argue that there will be no spec
ulation in face of the Washington situa-
tion and therefore, regardless of any crop
advices, they VIII be able to buy cheaper.
Liverpool is now shipping some 1900
bales from our small stock.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-08
Bank of England Statement

London, August 7.-Weel<ly statement Of
the Bank of England: Total reserves de-
creased, G369. 600: circulation increased
EOS. .0C0; bullion, decreased f271, ,226; other
securities, decreased G2203,0O0; other de-
decreased e1,5s7000 notes reserve, de-
creased es22,O00. Government securities
unchanged. Proportion of reserve to LA
bility, $3.50 per cent; last week 1t was
5s.54 per cent. Discount. Az per cent
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-08
New Orleans Rice Market

New Orleans, August 7.-Rice: Rough
Honduras, very strong; Japan, nominal;
clean Honduras strong; Japan steady.
Quote: Rough Honduras, 4.50Ql4. .75c, !,
Japan, 2.50@3. 25c; clean Honduras, 4s4d
sac; Japan. 2s4@3ssc. Receipts: Rough,
1850 millers, 254; clean, 745. Sales: Rough
Honduras, 206 at 4.50@4 75c: clean Hon
duras, 400 at 2ss@6s4c; Japan, 400 at 3ssc.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-08
Auto Trip to New York

Decatur, August 7.--(special.) Ill II
Hit. president of the II. II. Hit Lumber
company of the Decaturs, and b. p
Wallace back tax commissioner for this
county. have Just left on an automo-
bile trip to New York and will be gone
several days. They are making the trip
in new $1,000 automobile which Mr.. Hit
has just purchased.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-08
Liverpool Grain

Liverpool, August 7.-Wheat Spot
steady; No. l Manitoba, is 91kd; No. 2.
rs Sd; No. 3, rs Sd. Futures steady; Oc-
tober, is 1ssd; December, rs 1Ad. Corn
Spot steady; American mixed, new, kiln
dried, nominal American mixed, old, 6s
21ad; American mixed old. via Calves
ton. IS. Futures steady; September, La
Plata, As lid; October, La Plata, 5s I'd.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-08
Bonds
Treasury Statement

Washington, August 7.-Conditions of
the United States treasury at the begin
ming of business today was: Net balance
in general fund.- s120.s21 1856; total receipts
yesterday. $2,524,SS5; total payments yes
terday. 1854, 495 deficit today for fiscal
year is s9Ss3.106, against a surplus of $2S4,-
359-- last year, exclusive Of Panama canal
and public debt transactions.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-08
Several Resolutions Pending

The President has been compelled to re-
sist the demands of some of the most in
fiuential members OF his own party in
Congress in not taking action in the Me&
lean situation, and there are several reso-
lutions now pending in Congress all bear
ing In one way or another on Mexican af-
fairs. If he succeeds in his present plans
and restores traquility in Mexico without
the use of force, IL is conceded nothing
that has been done by the administration.
or could be done, that would win greater
approval from the people of the country.
So confident are many members OF Con-
gress that the President is sure OF hia
ground. and that Mr.. Lind's mission to
Mexico will result favorably, that they
are freely predicting that an amlcable set
tlement between the warning factions in
Mexico Will be reached within a very short
while, and that for the first time In sew
eral years some semblance Of order will
be restored In the republic.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-08
Hubbard Bros. & Co.

Cotton Merchants, Hanover Square, N.
change. New Orleans Cotton Exchange,
New York Produce Exchange. Asso-
ciate Members Liverpool Cotton Asso-
chase and sale of Cotton and Cotton
Seed Oil for future delivery. Special
attention and liberal terms given for
consignments. of spot cotton for de.
.ltYer* Correspondents invited
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-08
Interior Cotton Movement

Houston Quiet; middling. II Nc; net
receipts, 1878; gross receipts, 1878;
shipment $50; sales 2913; stock, 27.4S3.
Augusta: Steady; middling, 12Ac; net
receipts. 3S; gross receipts, 3S; ship
ments, 1888; sales 107 stock, 1926.
Memphis Steady; middling, II &c; net
receipts, II; gross receipts, 3S8; ship
ments, 371; sales, 425; stock, 16,919.
ST. Louis: Dull; middling, 12c; net re-
ceipts. 81; gross receipts, $50; ship
ments, SAL; stock, 94S5.
Cincinnati Net receipts, 113; gross
receipts, 113; stock, 23,637.
Little Rock; Quiet; middling, 11A c;
net receipts. 14S; gross receipts, 14S;
shipments 325; stock, 10,401.
Greenville: Steady; middling. 11.75c.
Total today: Net receipts, 1916; gross
receipts, 2495; shipments. 1866; sales
3445; stock, 97,750.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-08
Fish and Sea Ennds

Red snapper, 91llOc. IN Dbl. lois gray
snappers or groupers, &c; Spanish
shorts, $S2; pure wheat bran, $2s; C. S.
10c in bbl. lots; pompano, zoe; mixed fish,
Sc in bbl. lots; erockers, 6lsc in bbl lots
mullet, 61hc in bbs.: small trout, Shc;
fresh water cat, dressed. 12lhc; salt water
cat. S1se; speclSled trout, 12lsc>
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-08
Kansas City Grain

Kansas City, August 7.-Wheat: Cash
No hard, S11aMS5c; No. 2 red, S21aQIS31ac
Corn: No. mixed, 751k076c; No. . white,
1c. Oats No. white 43l5c; No. 2 mixed,
42k@4213c. Wheat closed: September, S1ss
481%c; December, S57sc. Corn: September,
74lsq74c; December 6Ss4@6S7sc.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-08
PRESIDENT CALM IN
MEXICAN TURMOIL
Peaceful Solution Expected
to Follow Lind's Visit
COURSE IS APPLAUDED
Republicans in Congress Are Deter
mined to Aid in Upholding Presi-
ident in NOn-Partisan Hand
ling of Matter
ny c. E. STEWART.

Washington, August Especially y Re-
naming calm and collected and all the
time with set and firm determination to
go the limit in an honest endeavor 70
work out peaeeable solution to the diffi-
eulties in Mexico President Wilson has
withstood all pressure and all censure
heaped upon him and his administration
by the jingoes and those who have a far
deeper interest in armed Intervention IN
Mexico. realizing that If he succeeded IN
evading war, that it was the best for the
country and that he would stand yindi-
Gated before the people.
Sensational stories have been published
In New York and Washington by anti
administration papers in vain endeavor
to rouse public sentiment and to goad
the administration into hasty and un-
wise step. There are hundreds OF mil
mons OF dollars of American capital in
vested in Mexico, and it is but natural
that those who are so vitally Interested
financially would like to see an end put
to the disorderly conditions in that re-,
public. It has been charged against themA
that they have inspired many of the
stories eminating from Mexico City and.
elsewhere calculated to rouse public SEN
timent in this country in favor In armed
intervention. Certain it is that many OF
such stories have developed to be without
any foundation i'm fact
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-08
New Orleans Cotton Futures

New Orleans August 7.-Spot cotton un-
changed easy; middling. 12c. Sales, spot,
103 bales; to arrive, g. Low ordinary, Sssc
nominal: ordinary, 97-16c nominal: GOOD
ordinary, II 1-16c: strict good ordinary
II 5-16c; low middling. II 9-16c; strict low
middling, II 1-16c; middiing. lie; strict
middling IL 5-16c; good iniddiing, 121sc
strict good middling. 12 11-16c; middling
fair 121sc nominal; middling fair to fair.
131sc nominal; fair, 135ac nominal. Re-
ceipts none. Stock 81 912
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-08
St Louis Grain

st. Louis, August 7.-Cash wheat: No. ?
red. S6Isc; No. . hard, S509Oc. Corn No.
2, 731ac; No, 2 white. 74c. Oats: No ?.
4%c; No. white, 42c. Wheat closed.
September, S5ssc; May, 95Aa95ssc. Corn
September, 72ssc: May, 6s7sc Oats Sepss
tember 42c: MAY, 47lKc
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-08
Poultry and Enns

Hens, per pound. 13a13lzc; fryers. 1870
~ lbs. average, 1s@1sc fryers. less than
Id. and under 11k pounds average, 17c
ducks, 1Sc pound; guineas, soc; roosters
soc; geese, 4O95oe live turkeys, 15c; fresh
eggs. case candled, 17d1sc; extra graded
candled eggs, 2lc.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-08
Creamery Products

Country butter. 20Q25c; fresh creamery
butter, SIC; cheese lie; imported Swiss
cheese, Slc German brick cheese. 2Oc
limburger cheese, 19c; imported Roquefort,
35c; Neufchatel cheese. per dozen, 45c ,
Pi1lento cheese. Sl.S5; process butter, soc.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-08
Too Much Competition
From Judge.

Hang it," mutters the enraptured
youth. What chance have to get her
alone? She has to go to the auto show,
the food show. the flower show. the dog
show, the millinery show. the land show.
and-oh, well. there's no show for met
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-08
Dry Goods

New York, August Cotton goods
markets are holding barely steady on
late deliveries. Spot goods are scarce
and prices are steadier. Yarns are quiet
! ard unchanged. italian raw silk is ad-
vancing rapidly in consequence of crop
shortness.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-08
Naval Stores

Savannah. August 7--Turpentine firm
at S51a a 35s4c; sales. 500; receipts, SS7:
shipments. s;stocks. 33,7O0. Rosin
firm; sales, 1925; receipts. 2454; ship
ments. 455; stocks. 171,042. Quote: A,
b. $3.75; c, d, $3.sO&3.90; e, s395; +,
1896 @4.o5; G, $4.O0@4.1O: II, I, $4.05@
*, 4.10@4.15; M, $4.35; N, 525@5.s5;
VIC. $6.15@6.15; WV, 6.45.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-08
LOCAL QUOTATIONS
Pig Iron
Local Cotton
Meat

Lard, 1314c; compound, 1850; dry salt
short ribs. $1S.571s; bellies. $14.70: ham
butts, 1850; Boston butts, 16c; pork loins,
171ac; spare ribs, 13c; breakfast bacon,
27a2Sc; smoked bacon. 17e regular ham,
20Ac; skinned ham, 2l1sc.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-08
MONEY IN WHEAT

$1,000 Buys. Puts or Calls on 10000
bushels of wheat. No Further Risk. A
movement of DC from price -glves- you
$4,000, etc Write for particulars.
THE CENTRAL STOCK x GRAIN CO.
Park DIdgY Cleveland O.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-08
St. Louis Prnduce

st. Louis, August Flour firm. Hay
strong. Receipts: Flour 5000; wheat, 225,-
600; corn, $4,000: oats, $4,000 Shipments:
Flour, 10000; wheat, 7s,0O0; corn, 1900;
oats 33. 900
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-08
French Exchange

Paris, August 7.-Three per cent rentes,
81 francs An centimes for the account.
Exchange on London, % francs % centimes
for checks. Private rate of discount, 3@3la
per cent 5.l. .--s-s .a.isi.ass
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-08
Judge and Sheriff Indorsed

Decatur August 7.-(Special.) )-The
Christian Endeavor union of the Deca-
turs in a very strong resolution indorse
Judge Thomas ". Vert and Sheriff r
N. McCulloch for the work they have
done in prosecuting the blind tiger oper-
turs and throughout the county during
the past few months. They also pledge
to Judge Vert and Sheriff McCulloch their
moral support in the execution of the
law.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-08
Coffee Market

New York, August 7--Reports that the
Balkan allies had agreed upon peace
terms were accompanied by higher Euro
pean cables and the local market for
coffee futures opened steady at an ad-
vance of IS to 20 points Talk of a stead
Ter cost and freight situation. in spite
OF continued heavy primary receipts,
probably inspired part of the buying here
but the advance met considerable real
izing. closing prices being a shade lower
at Havre and prices here eased off. Much
of the business represented switches from
near to late months, with September ex-
changed for March at 81 and 81 points
The market closed steady. August, S.61c;
September, S.6Sc; October. S.7Sc Decem-
Der, S.9Sc; January. 9.04c; March, 9.12c;
Msy, 9.61c; July, 9.35c.
Spot coffee steady; No. Rio, 9lsc; No
. Santos, 117sc; Mild quiet; Cordova, 800
16isc.
Havre, l to Ia francs higher Hamburg.
r4917a pfennigs higher. Rio, 100 reis lower
at 5sxl00; Santos unchanged Brazilian
port receipts. 1000; $1,000 last year. Jun
diahy receipts $1,000. against 1900 last
year. Today's Santos cables reported
the market unchanged. Sac Paulo re-
ceipts $1,000, against 5000 yesterday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-08
Believed He Has Assurances

1t Is believed in high circles here that
the President has assurances from respon-
sible MeXicans that Mr.. Linds mission
and efforts will be favorafy received In
Mexico. That this must be II, lie, it is point
ed out, is the official statement from s-e
White House that Conditions are Inn
proving, and prospects brighter every day
for peaceful solution Of Mexican A.
fairs"
Declarations from both Iiuerta and Car
rama have been published rejecting the
very suggestion of mediation by the
United States, but administration Officials
realize that both sides may fear that they
would be showing signs of weakness to the
other should they intimate that mediation
would be satisfactory, and no one here
is convinced that mediation would prove
Ineffective.
In the meantime the republicans in the
House and Senate have signified their in
tention of upholding the President and his
administration in the Mexican situation as
long as the President continues TO treat
II In a non-partisan manner Representa-
tive Mann conveyed such representations
to the President himself, and it has been
argued that anything requiring the cog
nizance Of Congress that republican mem-
bers of the foreign relations COMMITTEES
will be called into council as well as DEM
ocrats, and the subject treated nationally
and not politically.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-08
German Exchange

Perin. August 7.--Exchange on London
20 marks, 4sis pigs for checks Money,
4d.h per cent Private rate of discount.
4ss per cent
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-08
Coffaa and Cunnr

Arbuckle coffee, 21,S0c; Luzanne, 23e per
pound. Sugar, standard granuated, SIC
per pound.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-08
Step for Peaceful Solution

The President has taken his uefinite
step looking toward a peaceful solution of
Mexican problems. His recall of Ambas-
sador Wilson, and the acceptance of that
OFFICIALS resignation was the beginning of
his plan, and the subsequent appointment
of eN-Gov. John Lind of Minnesota to go
to Mexico as his personal representatives
was the initial move in a plan that the
President has been giving careful study.
and 1t is believed has every assurance Will
work out to the entire satisfaction of the
Mexican people, as well as the people OF
this country.
There Is nothing uncertain or Indefinite
about this policy, although all the details
have not been worked out, and it will be
pushed vigorously.
Mr.. Lind viii have the moral force of
the United States government behind him
in Mexico, although he is not an ambas-
sador, and cannot be without recognition
of Duerta. While no one in authority
has given out definite course of action
that Mr.. Lind will take. the general un-
derstanding is that il will have some feat
ures of rvention-diplomatic intervene
tion-and his efforts will be directed along
the lines generally suggested in the press
recently, of bringing the discordant ele-
ments in Mexico to an agreement 60 sub
NIT their differences to the people and let
the ballot take the place of the bullet.