The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-03
"THE MEXICAN PROBLEM" ]"

By c, w. Barron. With preface by
 Talcott Williams. Houghton Mifflin
 Co., publishers, Boston.
 "A clear and wise economic picture
 of Mexico, beyond any other that I
 have read" is c. w. Barrons "The Mexican Problem" says Talcott Will Hams of Columbia university, in a
 preface to the book.
 This is the need of Mexico today opportunity to labor, opportunity for
 the family, opportunity for food, clothing, better shelter and better so- oial conditions" the author tells us. And this is exactly what American and European capital and organiza- tion have brought to Tampico, attract ed by its underground wealth, and this is what will ultimately redeem Mexico and forward her people by in- 1 dustrial opportunity"
 | MT. Barron has recently made a trip | through Mexico and close personal | investigation of all the warning f<. l tors and elements in that troubled country. He finds the essential Mex 1 ican problem to be Q business prob 1 lem, business with a big "B," and he proposes a business solution. Just how l 1 following extrats show.
 ] Clarence W. Barron was born in | Boston, July 2, 1855; graduated from | the English high school as q Frank i lin medal scholar and with first prize 1 in English composition,
 I While at school he had picked up l a Knowledge of shorthand in vaca- | tion hours and his first business ex-. l perience was as stenographic reporter. l Ch Barron graduated into journalism and before he was 20 years of age was writing on business and economies. Indeed his first news beat scored the first week In his Journalistic experience was in the line of economies. As a cub report CT for the Daily News he had been sent to cover the unimportant meet ing of the Social Science association, usually attended by more reporters than auditors Here, however, on this occasion Wendell Phillips unexpected ly dropped in upon the sceen and he battled it out with William Lloyd Gar rison. Gamaliel Bradford and Edward Atkinson concerning the truths of economic distribution following the panic of 1873. The battle was on for hours and hostilities were suspended to be renewed the next week.
 The Boston Daily Advertiser report ed--and the reporters composed most of the audience--that the discussion wandered into technicalities beyond the reach of the hearers. But c. ". Barron found his stenographic ex- perience helpful and the next morn ing a bulletin at the foot of School street, reading 'FWendell Phillips on Finance" caused the plates of that newly established daily to go back to the press for second edition. Phillips and Barron had suddenly popularized financial studies and the next week the hall could not contain the hun dreds who sought admission to hear Wendell Phillips continue his philip pics.
 MT. Barron was serving on the Bos- ton Daily News only temporarily while his engagement by the Boston Evening Transcript was pending. Here in a few days he began his real Journalistic ca. reer, delving into taxation, exports, and business subjects.
 THE AIR MAN"
 HIS CoNQUESTs IN PEACE AND
 WAR By Francis A. Collins. Illus
 trated with photographs. The Century
 company, publishers. New York.
 In these stirring times when newspa- pers almost daily carry some thrilling account of battle amid the clouds q book like ''The Air Man." by Francis A. Collins. cannot fail to interest host of readers. Here, in succint, vivid style that is not too technical for the lay mind yet never departs from clear exposition of it's subject. the author paints picture of the immense strides or shall one say flights?-that aviation has made since the Wright brothers in- troduced 1t to the world.
 There are chapters on training the tyro and the qualifications physical as well as mental, necessary to become an expert; the art of navigation and the recently de- vised mechanical arts that render it practical certainty types of airplanes, their cost and upkeep, together with rec ord of flights in this country and abroad: methods of use. such as for hunting, ex- ploring, business, pleasure or war, giving graphic illustrations in each case; the progress of aviation in the great war; with its remarkable but inspiring code the "Chivalry of the Air;'' and, last but not least the gratifying record of Amer ican achievement in aerial scouting work during the Mexican campaign.
 All in all, this is book that holds the faster; 1t will have a tremendous appeal for aroused America-young and old.
 1.-THE INNER DOOR"
 By Alan Sullivan. Frontispiece by Will
 liam Van Dresser. The Century com
 pany, publishers, New York.
 The story of man who worked his way to the woman who needed him and whom he needed is the theme of Allan Sullivan's story, "rhe Inner Doors" 1t is 8 poignant love story enacted against a background of the eyer-present war between labor and capital; and the au- thor lays bare some of the most perpiex- Ing problems causing that war; human izing the whole question by the healing touch of art.
 But the contest between the workmen in the great rubber factory and the me- chanically minded and interruptions man. ager is only the background Of the book The main theme concerns Kenneth Lan- don, whose financial assets are sud- denly wiped out; Sylvia Percival, his flancee who owns the rubber factory; Sohmer, the worknen's leader and phi losopher, and Greta, his flaming daugh- ter. His fortune gone. his fiancee in Europe. young Landon goes to work as laborer in her factory. He hopes to learn the business from the ground up, not so that he may increase the profits, but so that he may improve the rela- tons between the owner and the work men.
 In the midst Of great strike Landon works out his own salvation and finds the woman he loves and needs
 THE TRIUMPH"
 By Will N. Harben. Harper Brothers,
 publishers. New York
 Will N. Harben's new book, entitled. "The Triumph" Is being called by the critics his best work, which is saving 2