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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-09-19

New York, September 1S.--(SpeciaL)
A few days ago public attention was
called to a report that came from Wash
ington which showed that there mad
been a considerable falling off In the
money value Of exports from the United
states in the month of July. 1t seemed
strange that In view of the fact that
enormous orders had been received here
from the allies OF the United States
there should suddenly have been a de-
crease in the amount and money value
of our exports. Investigation now shows
that this was an almost accidental de-
crease. It was partly due to a shortage
in shipping facilities and partly to the
fact that many of the commodities which
the allies have bought here were not
ready for shipment.
Apparently there will be great In
crease in amount and money value OF
our exports in the remaining months
of the autumn and in the early winter
if only adequate shipping facilities are
secured For in addition to an enormous
sale Of commodities of all kinds and
especially munitions of war which Amer
lean industries have made to our Eu-
ropean allies there is inevitably to be a
great increase in our exports Of COM
rnodities to South America. There is not
steamship which does not bring in
these days from South America business
men or government representatives who
are commissioned to buy in the United
States substantially all Of the commodi-
ties we produce excepting, of course,
those which the South American nations
produce.
Visible proof of this greatly increased
commerce with South America can be
obtained by anyone who visits the Of
flee Of the Brazilian consul at New
York any afternoon. Ills office is
thronged with men who are seeking his
10. X. upon bills of lading, represent
ing purchases Of American commodities
At this office it is assumed that there
will be an increase Of our sales to Bra
I'll of not far from $10o,000,oo0 in the
present fiscal year. In the spring 1t
was not possible to obtain shipping ia
cilities to Brazil oftener than once
month. Now the lack of these facilities
is made partially good. One steamer
sails every week to Brazilian ports,
loaded to it's capacity with American
commodities and these do not carry the
commodities fast enough in the sense
that not one of them is able to take
all of these American products which
have been bought by Brazil in the
United States, whose purchasers seek as
early shipment as possible.
A few days ago representative OF
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-09-19
Number of Volunteers
Was Not Sufficient

TN REPRESENTATIVE DENT, the
IN chairman Of the military af-
fairs committee, submitted a state
ment to the House, showing that on
September 6 there<were 1,074,146 vol
unteers in the army and navy, exclu-
sive of drafted men,
Mr.. Dent shows by his figures that
the regular army had 308,145 enlisted
men and 1922 officers; the National
Guard had 337, 421 men and 1920 Of
ficers; the reserve corps, St, 487 men
and 32,215 officers. In the various
training camps there were 27,341 Of
ficers. He estimated that 100000
men have volunteered for military
service since war was declared.
Having led the fight in the House
for the volunteer system, as opposed
to the draft, Mr.. Dent may find these
figures convincing, but it should be
remembered that 100000 men did
not spring to arms overnight. Re-
cruiting was slow work, even when
patriotism was apparently at white
heat. Eliminating the regular army
and the navy, ON their pre-war foot
! ing, as we'll as the National Guard,
the number of recruits fell far below
the country's needs. Granted that
100000 men have volunteered for
various forms of military duty since
war was declared, we should still be
short at least 100000 men were it
not for the draft.
1t is reasonable to conclude that
most of the men who would volunteer
without coercion had already done so
before it was seen that the draft
would become law and be enforced.
After it was enacted this law also
had the effect of causing large
number of men, eligible for service,
to volunteer because they knew that
if they were drafted they would not
be able to choose that branch of the
service which suited them best.
4
Luxburg says the idea of sinking Ar
gentine ships without leaving trace"
was suggested to him by Argentina s
foreign minister as the best way of
avoiding complications, a statement
characterized by the foreign minister as
a "barefaced lie.' A few more lessons
of that sort and Argentina will be expert
in "shrtsleeve diplomacy"
/ Pacifists are not naming their male
offspring after woodrow Wilson these
days.
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cages and keep them from being sold
out while they were fighting for their
country.
The property of those in the service
of Uncle Sam would be protected
from sale for taxes. Also life insur-
ance would not be allowed to lapse
through failure to make any payment
while the war lasted.
Great Britain, France and Italy
treat their fighting men WELL But in
no country in the world do soldiers
and sailors receive such liberal pay
as those in the army and navy of the
United States. And more than that,
they receive the kindest consideration
from the officers and from the gov
eminent.
At time like this, human sympa-
thy and appreciation of patriotic ac-
ton are the motives. With the pas
sage Of the bill referred to the "boys"
with the colors will be all the more
appreciative of what Uncle Sam is
doing in their behalf. Let there be
no delay about writing on the statute
books this measure to protect the
civil rights of those who have taken
up arms.
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Flying Boat Carries
TWENTY-FIVE Passengers

~ APT. RIZNATI of the Italian
" army, who is instructing
American aviators at Norfolk, Va,
recently made fifty-mile land tour
in a flying boat and carried twenty
five passengers. His machine was
never more than $50 feet in the air
and the trip was made in storm.
Captain Riznati is also credited with
establishing new air record when
he remained aloft six hours with ten
passengers.
While the fighting plane is neces-
lily small, to insure speed and
quick maneuvering most effec-
tive plane now in use has a wing
spread Of only IS feet-the passenger
Carrying capacity of the slower and
heavier machines has already been
developed to point where it is no
longer regarded as an experiment.
The prospect of American aviators
flying to Europe in a great aerial
fleet to drive the Germans from the
air may not be realized during this
war, but the transatlantic airpalne,
capable of carrying a number of pas
sengers, will soon be realty. And
the Zeppelin, discredited fer war SER
vice, still has its commercial POSSIBLE
tiles.
!. When Europe is at peace again, and
ne tourist throngs are free to go
where they list, they will be found
sailing over the shell-torn battlefields
of today and drinking in the scenic
beauties of foreign lands from want
age point in the sky.
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The one best bet is that if a woman
nags a man when he is in the house she
is going to drive him out of it.
What makes daughter SO light on her
feet when she is dancing is because she
is so heavy on them when she is wash
ing dishes.
OF course it is none of our business.
But we have never seen a woman who
looked good in red Have you?
No woman ever secured perfect mate
seek one who had some flaws that she
could fuss about.
or course you could improve on the APP
pearance of most of the girls you see
But they can discount, for looks, the fell
lows they have with them
The average home contains two talking
machines, and only one of them requires
rewinding.
The average man is careless about
those things, but every woman loves nice
underwear and If she could afford it
would have a different outfit for each
day of the week.
It is different with a man. But girl
is never 10 years older than she was a
decade ago
Talking about great engineering tri-
umphs, there is the case Of the fat
woman who tucks away most Of her
weight where you can't see it when she
puts on a corset.
A SO bill looks like a dime when
father hands it to the bartender. But
it looks like $4,000 when he hands It to
mother.
The reason why a woman likes to
sleep In the upper berth in Pullman
is because King Solomon was woman
hater.
When a man tells you sure thing In
the next race, you find out why he
| doesn't keep it to himself after the
race is run and the sure thing is an
| also ran.
A man always drops his cigar ashes on
/ the floor by accident. But he never
drops them in the receiver by accident
The trouble about telling the girl you
lare engaged to how much you love her
\ is that you are expected to repeat the
| story every 10 minutes.
| 1t has just about come to point
where girl won't venture on the sea
OF matrimony unless she Is guaranteed
| that she won't have any squalls.
! The next time you hear nasty story
on a man you should pick 1t to pieces
and see how unreasonable 1t is But yor
won't.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-09-19
wANTED--A WIFE

From the Milwaukee Journal.
Wanted, by men in every state, county,
city and village in America, a wife.
Wanted, by millions Of bachelors in the
United States, a wife who can live on her
husbands income and not complain, who
can save penny and not be ashamed.
wanted, a wife whose aim in life is not
dress, automobiles, card parties, dinners,
society; who will not neglect her hus-
band; who loves a home
Wanted, a wife who knows how to
cook to sew, to direct household; who
can make home
Wanted, wife who wants children.
Wanted, wife who can teach her chill
dren to pray
Wanted, a wife who knows a baseball
score and batting average; who is not
bored when her husband talks business;
who will not laugh at a husbands ambi-
tons.
Wanted, a wife who will not be a
who will not limit her life to the four
walls of the house; who knows the need
of self-improvement, self enlargement;
who can continue to grow; who loves
progress, refinement culture.
Wanted, a wife who will not look on
marriage as a career.
Wanted, wife who loves the stimulus
of victory; who will not lose ambition
with one defeat; who cannot be fatigued
by climbing; who is willing to pay the
price of success.
Wanted, a wife who can share adversely
and not lose her love; who can share
prosperity and not be jealous.
Wanted. wife who does not nag, who
| can be companion, an inspiration;
whose love can tighten the shadows OF
| failure; who can keep her faith even
though all men fall to doubling.
| Wanted wife who can love, love on
| through the years in prosperity, in hard
| ship in adversely, in sorrow.
| A woman who can meet these wants
| will find millions of men in America
| ready to go down on their knees and
pray God for the privilege of giving her
a home and making her happy.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-09-19
OUR GROWING EXPORTS
BY HOLLAND

Brazil arrive in New York commissioned
to make large purchases of certalp
American commodities. Within three
days after his arrival he bought Amer
ican-made cotton goods of the money
value of $4,000 and these are now on
| their way tor Brazil The intimation
was that there would be further large
purchases of this product of the Amer
lean cotton mills.
| Before the European war be-
gan Brazil would have bought these
cotton goods from English and German
manufacturers and small amount OF
peculiar weave from Austrian manufac-
turers Now Brazil is compelled to come
to the United States for these commodi-
ties and the belief is that having once
established this trade we shall be able.
under wise fostering of It, to maintain it
after the European war Is ended.
Other South American countries are
now represented in the American mar
kets by men who are seeking to buy
all kinds of commodities. AS an illustra-
ton there was received this morning
from a representative of Peru an or
der for the purchase of 5000 gross of bot
ties of peculiar make. Always before
the European war Peru bought this COM
modify in Bohemia. Now that 1T has
been shown that American Industry /,
|
in quality with the Bohemian ware and I
at q reasonable price the chances are
that this trade will remain with us
after the war Is ended.
The United States is importing COM
modities in vast amounts from South
American countries and in this way
payments to a considerable extent will
be made for the products the South
American nations buy in the United
States Brazil for Instance, is export
ing heavily to this country coffee, hides,
honey and other products, but she has
never bought Of American producers as
she is now buying Heretofore the bal
ance of trade between the United
States and Brazil has been greatly in
favor of Brazil on account of our heavy
imports of coffee
Prior to 1914 there were only spasmodic
and not very energetic attempts to SCI
cure South American trade. That trade
was controlled by England and Ger
many The corporations which manu-
facture electric apparatus did success
fully enter the field. We were able to
send railway equipment in considerable
amounts and the United States Steel
Corporation was trying to expand mar
kets in South America for it's products.
But on the whole American industry did
not seek with energy the South Amer
lean markets. although 1t was told by
men Of high authority that South Amer
lea and Canada should be our great
foreign markets James Stillman, 10
years ago, after careful study of con-
ditions In South America spoke with en-
thusiasm about the wonderful, but he
feared neglected. opportunities South
America offered for our American indus
tries, greater he thought than any Of
fered by Europe or even the far west
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PASSING BY
BY LIEUT.. LESLIE RIDER BuMrUs

BY
Of
in
Galpon
in
y London star-Chicago Tribune
Yes! wentan joned he army ZEN M
that's the keeps I'm in kit
lust the end of the sly
Of EN- passing by
Passing by! WIZ little whistin' sigh.
Nearly got you that tme,so high"
Or
they're AMI
morning till the Wednesday afternoon
their from swoon
I vast lamin nearly fit
But ched EN- as they tramped on me caIcu passing ~
Almighty! Yes cheered en- as card en- passing Dy
neare o Tommy
little BARNS. forbye!
wouldn't be German when them men was passing BY
they us together an hey sorted worst
that one softly passing
apassng
Passing by Passing Curtc mand an
amt 'as got ter die
En- a little soft reply
speahn
So they
wass a but treats me like lord
I'd alus bin a lonely n SO
the fens Of other continual passing BY
children wives everlasun passing by
money! I'D ometim
blame Adonis notice passing by
I'm -thinkin' Union Jack around.
half the hosts high
The mel passing
Passing by Passing by! Justto kept hatla
An ali the that's by!
An when theypa I'M
An reat byl
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Coming Attractions

Il ain greatly interested in the com
ing attractions at the Jefferson theatre, :
said Joe Savage For the past few sea-
sons the shows have been good but from
the information 1 gather they are to be
better this year than ever before.
1.-THE opening performance Of the sea-
son, The Million Dollar DOLL musical
comedy, is billed for four performances.
Then shows will follow rapidly, the ma
jority being comedies.
1.-THE war has not had much effect on
the theatrical business. True number
of actors are in the service Of their
country but still there are scores of tai
ented performers to amuse us"
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.wILY TRAITORS

From the New York Telegram.
Must shoot simple minded soldier
boy who deserts, while l must not touch
a hair of a willy agitator who induces
him to desert? To silence the agitator
and save the boy Is not only constitu-
tional but withal a great mercy.-Abra-
ham Lincoln.
Recommended to the attention Of the
government. the pacifists and the HUI
manitarian Cult that is striving in days
like these to have capital punishment
abolished.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-09-19

BEGINNING THE DAY--O God,
grant deEiverance from the worship
of appearances. May 1 count myself
disgraced because / do the wrong,
not because L am punished for 1t.
May 1 count myself bIest because
/ do the right, not because l am
praised for it. Help me, o great
God, to be of single mind, lover
of substance and not of shadow. Ia
Christ,s name. Amen.--H. Nj. e.
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ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES

way would scrape an acquaintance with
anybody if he travelled from one end Of
the transsiberan railroad to the other,
and that's 6677 miles long"
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INDUSTRIOUS TASTES.

would you be willing to try love in
cottage?"
"oh, yes replied Miss Calder. dream
lily. my ideal of home is dear little
place of 10 or IL rooms. with a garage in
the rear"
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OUR MORNING HATE.

Still let the welkin ring with cries
OF Down with Prussian rulers!
We'd like to put them, durn their eyes,
In dark and dismal coolers
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stories By Preachers

It's funny how ideas come to man
while preaching" said DR.. George
Stuart, in talking to a crowd Of preach
er friends Sunday night. 'T was preach
ing about Solomon and his numerous
wives, and remarked that he must have
been great organizer to run such
I, Solomon might well be called the
great lubricator :"
This suggested one to DR.. Blake, who
told of the old negro who picked up
his Bible and read, And Solomon he
had seven hundred wives" and shut
the book, drily commenting, My
breddern and sistern, dey wuz men in
does days." and sat down.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-09-19
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
AND ELSEWHERE
Judge Boyd's Game

tried my hand at golf while rest
ing at Tate Spring" said Judge Ro-
maine Boyd, but I failed to make
MT with my caddy. teed up and sliced
the ball and it went out of bounds.
friend standing by remarked, Judge,
mat was an unfortunate stroke but it
was the imp who was carrying my
Dag that made me blush, overheard
him say to another caddy, Well. he
must be a mighty crooked Judge if he
cant hit no straighter than that"
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Getting Ready for Squirrels

II came up Monday from my farm
near York" said r. F. Putnam, treas
urer of the Jefferson County Building
and Loan association, "and between
Akron and Tuscaloosa we had to side
track for four different troop trains
en- route to Camp Shelly at Hattiesburg,
Miss. was told that one had gone
down earlier in the morning. The traf-
fc on the Alabama Great Southern is
very heavy. / brought my gun to town
with me to get it cleaned, as the
squirrels are getting plentiful and I
want to go after them on my next
weekend trip"
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II have a very large scuppernong
arbor that needs pruning very badly.
said J. B. Davie of West Blocton, but
1 do not know just how to go about It..
1t has been trimmed back on the edge
of the arbor for years and has now
grown so thick on the top that 1T is
hard to get at the suppernongs. 1t Is
impossible to follow out any individ-
ual vines. and I do not know whether
it is safe to cut 1t way back or not,
and will be glad IL any one who has
had experience with scuppernongs will
drop me a line.'
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FRJeAL AND EoREsIGHTED.

FRUGAL AND FoRESIGHTED.
Tom Shorts q man
We all remember;
He buys his straw hats
In September.
Columbus Dispatch.
g Conversely, Tom
Is wont to buy
His winter clothes
In mid-July.
Newark Advertiser.
Wish Tom would try
We're in hole
To help us buy
Our winters. coal
youngstown Telegram.
Sit tight, old top,
And do not fret;
Just wait until
The price is set.
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cYNIcAL Multitude.

This quaint house is where scribson'
the novelist, wrote a best seller"
Let us pass on"
but why hurry?"
Something tells me that no bronze
tablet will ever be placed on this house
to commemorate the event"
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AN AIM IN LIFE.

Good friend, although a callous world
Many never sing your praises,
Nor build a mausoieum when
You sleep beneath the daisies,
At least you may conduct yourself
Though trouble still encroaches,
In such way that you'll be spared
The sting of self-reproaehes.
And when your earthly race is run
And shadows overwin you,
Let no one say you ever failed
To give the best that's in you.
NOT QUALIFIED TO SPEAK.
"Dubwaite is quite indignant over the
way European monarchs allow them
selves, to be bossed by their wives"
Have you ever been to Dubwaite's
homer"
mo. why?"
mo henpecked King ever said, Yes. my
DEAR with more meekness and humil-
ity than Dubwaite does"
TOO SOON YET.
"A millionaires son says he wants to
make himself useful, now that the ma
ton Is at war"
rs he willing to work with his handsf"
ooh, no. He thinks he can't afford to
do that. There are still few people
living who remember when his father
was day laborer.''
NOT IMPROBABLE.
THE Grabcoins seem to take a lively
interest in the course of European poll
tics"
"Yes. They have an idea they'll be
able to rent royal palace for song
after the war is over
RATHER BACKWARD.
"Jibway is rather slow to make ac-
quaintances when travelling" "a
1--WE noticed that. don't believe JiD-
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RATHER BACKWARD.
"Jibway is rather slow to make ac-
quaintances when travelling"
owe noticed that. I don't believe Jib-
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NOT IMPROBABLE.
1.-THE Grabcoins seem to take a lively
interest in the course of European poll
tics"
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Yes They have an idea they'll be
able to rent royal palace for song
after the war is over
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TELEPHONE
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oil Iepartmentsl Main 1900.
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Entered at the Birmingham, Ala,
postoffice as second-class matter un-
der act of Congress, March s, 1879.
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ELECTRIC WASHER FOR SALE.

1900 Cataract Electric Washing Machine, power wringer attached, complete with motor, etc, inquire of Geo. s. Maynard.