The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-17

heavier tonnage per train load. Fail ure to keep pace in these respects has contributed to the necessity for the higher rates on the southern roads mentioned in the unfavorable class.
 While the statistics presented by the Manufacturers Record show some jn- constituencies and certain exceptions due to peculiar advantages or condi- tions, the general premise that the railroads of the south are not making the most of the opportunities offered by the resources of the section they traverse seems to be we'll taken. Ger tain obstacles must be met before the difficulties can be overcome, but that their solution would work to the ad- vantage of the south and the railroads themselves is undisputed.
 
 TN these latter days some men of ! political ambition, including those of the gubernatorial class, have a way of changing their party affiliation- habit little heard of in the years preceding the Civil war; and for ex-
 governors who, Ex-Governors Who from one cause Change Politics or another, have
 given up their former allegiance, the prohibition party seems to have special appeal.
 In 1884 when ex-Governor St. John of Kansas was the prohibition candi- date for President, he was the only one of his political grade who was found in the ranks of the national organization, but today there are sev- eral. In fact, the ex-governors of the prohibition party are numerous enough to justify an ex-governors' day as feature of the St. Paul con- vention this week. And since MT. Ford is not disposed to accept the presi- dential nomination, then former gov- ernors are seeking the honor-Frank Hanley of Indiana, until recently republican; E. N. Foss, three times elected governor of Massachusetts as a democrat, and last but most noted, William Sulzer, democratic leader in Congress and afterwards elected governor of New York, from which office he was dismissed as a result of impeachment proceedings.
 In his disgrace Sulzer manifested no feeling of humiliation, but quit the democratic party, ran for the New York legislature as progressive and was elected. He flirted with the re- publicans, but receiving no encourage ment in that direction, he subsided until such time as there seemed to be an opening for him in the prohibit tion party. He may not carry off the honor that he now covets, but being a tireless politician and man of en- gazing personality he can be counted upon to give his rivals lively run.
 With Sulzer as the prohibition nomi- nee for the presidency, the interest in the campaign would be heightened and his capers would unquestionably add to the gaiety of nations.
 It is said that Mrs. Irene Castle will wear mourning for one of her pet dogs killed the other day in a family quarrel with another Castle dog. MT. Castles military duties prevented him from at- tending the funeral.
 A citizen of the middle west boasts in a magazine of the ease with which he supports a family on 5000 year. How ever, it is safe to assume that he's better satisfied with his income than his fam fly is.
 The esteemed Mobile Register objects to a flippant paragraph in The Age-Herald about the attitude of Mobile toward the prohibition laws. Maybe Birmingham is envious of that attitude.
 General Carranza has several good looking young women among his secre- taries, thus showing that the old gem tleman has an eye for the ornamental as well as the useful
 The Hearst papers are warning Eng land not to execute Sir Roger Easement. However, the British government doesn't pay much attention to public opinion in this country.
 The mother of the formers Mrs. John Jacob Astor is all cut up because her daughters marriage to MT. Dick has taken from her the prestige of the Astor name.
 The Deutschland is going to take back to Germany a cargo of nickel and rubber. The demand for condensed milk in Ger many must not be as great as reported. oil industry in the United States and