The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-09-16
V0rddndn Declares President Wilson Is
 theGreQteSt ErecutiDe
COAL OPERATORS
 ID EMPIRE TODAY
Prominent Industrial Lead, CTS on Programme for the
 Annual Institute

To attend the annual institute meet fieials of the Alabama Coal Operators association, a crowd will board a spe- cial train en route to Empire at the Terminal station this morning at g o'clock.
 A full programme of varying events has been planned for the excursionists at Empire. After an inspection of the plant mines, town and commissary at Empire, the visitors will assemble at the auditorium for the annual institute meeting.
 In two sessions. the members of the association and their guests will con slider some of the various problems with which the coal operators are confronted At the morning session, Eugene McAu- life, general coal agent of the Frisco will address the institute with Signs of the Times as his subject, while John R. Pill, president of the Birmingham Fuel company, will speak upon "Fixing a Fair Tax Assessment Valuation On Mineral Lands and Equalizing the Same"
 Upon the adjournment of the morning session, the operators and their guests will enjoy barbecue
 The afternoon session will convene at o'clock. Thomas G. Fear. superinten dent of the Bayview mines, will open the meeting with a treatise on Getting Clean Coal-Insde Practices" Charles E. Bowron, chief engineer of the Gulf states Steel company, will follow with
 Factors Governing the Efficiency of steam while c. B. David, consulting engineer, will address the institute on
 Apphcatlon of Electricity to Coal Min ing Tn Alabama General discussions of these subjects will follow each paper.
 Music by the Empire band will lend va riety to the programme
 The special train this morning on the Frisco will leave promptly at o'clock.
 
 worth of battleships that will probably never lire a hostile shot I was not Tor the proposition of spending good American dollars for soldiers to buy gold-decorated uniforms to be used on dress parade and in target practice. I do not think there is any need of all this. l do not believe there will be any war as long as a democrat holds the highest office in the land; but, I re- reat, that no republican regime could have done one-tenth as we'll as the democrats have in the past four years.
 WILSON FOR PEACE
 As for the strike situation, MT. Will son showed the people, the masses, what he thought of the working man and humanity. He is certainly not lined y1p wit ha ;+ol interests and the enemies of labor: and that is the environment of the republicans and everybody knows it. I am not in favor of forced legisla- tion. It is much like bulldog tao tics.
 T made a suggestion on the floor of the Senate during the strike crisis urging the Senate to have the strike postponed until we could go into the matter more thoroughly. When my col leagues did not agree with me I went to work on the eight-hour day. which think is absolutely correct. The eight hour law does not go into effect un- til January l. Te House and Sem ate convenes in December. At that time we will know more about the workings of the law and can arrive at a conclusion that will be one of wisdom There will be no lines drawn for effect the presidential election that would be likely to bias ones opin- ion.
 q am tired of the turmoil of things material. l crave for rest I would like to go into the woods and com mune with nature. I wish to walk through dell filled with Gods fra grant roses placed upon this dreary earth for the edification of mankind and to recall that all is not battle, strife and continual fight for ex- istence. I want to breathe the pure ozone of the Mississippi pines and once more think of those things godly and grand.
 T am on my way to Jackson from Washington, my home since 1904. I shall not be able to take a rest. in- tend going to Missouri to take the stump for few weeks in MT. Wilson's behalf.
 When asked what he thought of Senator Underwood's chances for mak- ing the presidential race in 1920, Sem ator Vardaman said: "Mr. Underwood is well thought of throughout the country He is a man that Alabama should take the utmost pride in. He is wonder on the tariff. There is no point that he does not know without consulting masses of statistics. Four years from now is long time. but Mr. Underwood has chance that few have today."
 PRAISES UNDERWOOD
 Senator Vardaman spoke of MT. Un- derwood in the highest terms. He said that he had been with him on several matters of importance in the Senate and that the thoroughness with which MT. Underwood investigated things stamped him as a conscientious and faithful servant to his constituents
 The deep, mellow tones of MT. Varda- mans voice took on a serious note as he referred to the taxation meas ure that would be necessarily enacted to defray the expenses of prepared ness You know. we people of Mis- sissippi have not yet recovered from 6-cent cotton in 1914" he said. There Is little income in our southern states although I believe the most just tax ever passed was the income tax. The money Is north and naturally they pay the most oh this item of taxation, but the time Is coming, and it 1s not far distant. when the south will be as prosperous as any other section."
 At times he grew reminiscent, espe- cially when reference was made to his work as an editor. He spoke of the days when he was young lawyer and started the Advance. Later he acquired the Greenwood Commonwealth and up tO the time he was nominated goyer-