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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-28
SHARE PROFIT WITH EMPLoYEs
$60,000 in Liberty Bonds Insurance Policies Distributed by N. w. Aver & Son

Three hundred employees of N. w. Aver Son, advertising headquarters of Philadelphia, Pa., benefited in the shar-
 ing of profits at the annual dinner given by the firm Tuesday, January 15. From errand boy to department manager, each employe received a life insurance policy and each of those who had been with the firm for at least one year was given one or more liberty bonds.
 Employees who had spent from 10 to 70 years with the firm were awarded an extra share varying in amount with the length of service in recognition of $50,000 in bonds. insurance policies and cash were distributed. Premiums on the insurance policies will be paid by the firm as they come due. as long as the employe remains with the house.
 Representatives of the house from New York, Chicago and Boston branches were present at the dinner and shared alike with employees at headquarters.
 This Is the second year that N. w. Aver & Son have shared their profits with the employees. The insurance poll icies which are for an amount equal 10 the recipients yearly salary. but in no case exceeding 5000, were issued for the first time, and will be continued as a permanent custom of the house. In mak- ing the distribution, F. Wayland Aver, senior member of the firm, paid tribute to the loyalty of Aver employees, some of whom have been with the firm al- most since it's establishment in 1S69
 Announcement was made at the dinner of the election of William M Armistead. a member of the firm. MT. Armistead has been associated with the house for many years. and is now in charge of Aver service.
 Frank G. James. manager of the Boston office, is to become head of the new Cleveland office. He is to be succeeded in Boston by Louis Seaber of the Phil adelphia office.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-28
WILL NOT LET UP
 IN CONSTRUCTION
 OF WOODEN SHIPS
Chairman Hurley's Idea Is to Get Greatest Number of Ships in
 Shortest Possible Time

Washington, January T.-Chairman
 Hurley of the United States shipping
 board has stated definitely to the Manu-
 facturers' Record correspondent that his
 policy-and his only policy-is to build
 all the ships that can be built in the
 quickest possible time. This statement
 he indicated, may we'll be accepted in lieu either of confirmation or of denial
 or his part as to the accuracy of any published interviews purporting to rep
 resent his attitude toward the matter In further explanation of what this pol icy consisted of in detail, and in what
 manner it would be worked out. MT
 Hurley declared that it stood for ships of all kinds, wooden ships as we'll as
 Steel ships The fact that there were re- lated features connected with the oppor-
 lunities or difficulties in construction had
 no bearing on the policy as such. Due consideration would of course. be given to availability of material That there had been some trouble experienced in the receipt of materials in desired Quan- titles for the building of wooden ships was acknowledged. These, however. are gradually being strengthened out yielding to the efforts being made to gather from every aNAllaDle source lHc hlHu anu quantity of the material necessary. As a part of the policy for rapid construc- tion, this material will go to the comple- ton of contracts for wooden ships all ready let. Any other course, 1t was pointed out. would be unwise. as 1t would merely hold up the programme as well as delay the effective enforcement of the policy. Those who have been given contracts to build wooden ships will. therefore, be given the material first ob- tained up to the point where balance is reached with their demands; there after consideration will be given to the
 matter of letting additional contracts.
 Furthermore, assurance was given by
 MT. Hurley that the wooden shipbuild-
 CTS who made good" on their earlier
 contracts would be given additional con
 tracts for wooden ships as soon as the
 first were finished.
 This, then, may be accepted as the last word from the one authoritative spokes-
 man on the much mooted shipbuilding programme Wooden ships form defi- nite and permanent part of that pro- giamme according to this pronounce
 ment. all denials and qualifications to the contrary notwithstanding.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-28

| Alabama is fast reaching out In the production of high-grade live stock, and pedigreed hogs and cattle are beins | bought daily in large numbers and sales of immense proportions are being made both of breeding stock and animals for slaughter. The following items of diff
 ferent live stock transactions in this
 state will be of interest to the whole south:
 A farm of sT5 acres at Beloit. Ala, has been purchased for about s5O00o from George II. Craig, Jr., by two Virginia investors, who will establish live stock farm.
 Evans Lunsford. Covington, Ga,
 shipped car of registered Hereford cattle to Floyd Brothers, Creek Stand, Ala. In the lot was Royal Tom, noted bull.
 E. H. Adams and Judge L. H. Rey- holds. both of Clanton, Ala, shipped a
 car of cattle each to market at St. Louis.
 Two cars of hogs were shipped to mar
 ket at St. Louis by the Ramer Live
 Stock association, Banner, Ala. There were 231 hogs weighing an aggregate Of
 
 70 No. 2, and 45 No. 3. Six Duroc-Jersey sows have been prr- chased for the hog farm of the Sunny South Developing company, Foley, Ala, is a beginning in raising hogs exten- sively. J. A. Alderman is manager of the company and F. w. Kedenburg is manager of the company's hog farm. T. c. Hudmon. owner of Fairmont
 Farms, Opelika, Ala, and one of +he
 most progressive and successful breed CTS of Shorthorn cattle and Duroc hogs in the southeast, writes: My sales for the past year have been far better than my production, and today I have
 only a limited number of fall pigs left. I am fortunate enough however, to say
 that I never owned better ones than l now have"
 w. c. Mclean, well-known breeder of big-type Poland-China hogs, who re- sided formerly at Washington, Ga, has moved to Opelfka, Ala. R. 3, and will breed I'oiand-Chinas on an even larger
 scale than before. MT. Mclean has
 had lcng and successful experience in the breeding of big-type Poland-C Chinas of high qaulity, and his consistent win
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-28

entirely Loggings camps are also suf- fering from the cold weather and in many cases have had to stop entirely
 until the weather warns up.
 Government orders are still moving
 briskly from this territory, and sev-
 eral of the mills are taking on more orders for one-inch up to heavy tim
 bers Three by 12-inch up to 12x12- inch, 1905 merchantab1e 24- to 40-foot mand, most of this class of stock go-
 ing to eastern markets for govern ment use. Fleet and barge schedules are also very much fin evidence and most mills are shipping cars daily
 Orders for stringers, caps and stills In the larger sizes are offered plenti- fully at steadily increasing prices, but few are booked because the mills in this section are cooperating with the are giving the federal orders right of-way over everything else
 Many orders for silo stock are be-
 ing booked and price show steady increase The amount of this class of stock being booked during the last two weeks is far in excess of that
 booked during any other period of two
 weeks for several months. Paving block stock Is not moving so we'll in ihSt, ti0lC IdNo Docll IdIuiy any ol ders for this stock booked by the mills in this section for several months Prices. however are steadily goins higher. Number 1 square edge and sound. 4xS-inch, 10- to 20-foot. is lead ing in the small demand there is Car
 material in all grades is in splendid demand and prices are showing an , improvement weekly with B and bet ter siding leading. Decking in both heart face and No dressed moves ir fair volume, and prices are up about one dollar.
 Dimension, Nos. i and 2, are in ac- tive demand, and prices show a no ticeable increase daily Sixteen-foot lengths still lead in the movement
 with the result that several of the mills are oversold on this length while others report shortage. Num- Der l stocks are not as large as they were several months ago, and the as sortments are not as good. but very few. if any, mills report a shortage ot this grade. Stocks of No are still very low. and few mills report a well assorted stock on hand Number di- mension Is not moving as well as sew eral weeks ago, but prices are ad- vancing steadily.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-28
PROSPECT FOR YEAR IS NOW FOUND TOBE
 VERY FLATTERING
Great Stress Laid in Georgia on the Amount of Surplus Capital
 Available to Farmer

resume of the financial interests of the south, says the Augusta Chronicle and especially this section, presents a most flattering prospect for the year. Every line of industry, from big manu- featuring plants on through the list, in- ciuding farming. necessarily needs money in order to achieve success.
 One of the great obstacles which has prevented the agricultural progress of the south, and incidentally hampered nearly all other undertakings of com mercial or industrial character, has been the lack of ready money in the hands of the farmer. This season the condi- tion is undoubtedly a more satisfactory one than ever before.
 Banks in the rural counties which have been carrying deposits of s5o,o0o to s2oO.- 900 are now reveling in wealth, with de- posits ranging from s25o,ooO to sl, GOO GOO aNd with but little inclination manifested by the general public to do any exten- sive borrowing in order to begin their farming operations this spring.
 This state of affairs augurs well for the development of the agricultural sec tions and incidentally 1t means that money will be about the cheapest thing to be had in the south during the next two or three years
 The small towns and the country sec tions will doubtless seize the opportunity to institute great development work and turn every effort toward the improve ment of the small town and the rural home. Communities of this type are in much better position to carry on build : ing activities than the larger commer- cial centers because of the availability of local supplies and the elimination of the handicap caused by the labor prob lem.
 In Georgia and South Carolina there are many millions-tens of millions-of dollars stored away in the banks that can be put to work in improving the farm homes and the small towns and incidentally forming cash nucleus on which to conduct farming operations on safe and sound basis the coming season.
 All this means that times are bound to get better and better with the ad- vance of the year and next fall and win ter vii witness prosperous conditions far exceeding what have been just ex- perienced in this section during the past few months.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-28
ITEMS SHOW RAPID GAINS
 MADE BY ALABAMA IN
 LIVE STOCK DEVELOPMENT

I nings at fairs Is well known. Just now he has a number of his big-type sows bred to his big boars.
 A pubic auction sale of bred sows gilts and yearlings will be held Febru- ary at Orrville, Ala. by Dunaway & Lambert, who are among the foremost breeders of Durocs in the south. The offering will be especially fine. It will contain some high-class individuals bred in the purple. The offering will consist of 45 head, comprising 15 tried sows b yearling sows and 15 fancy gilts. These young sows have plenty of size and quality. There Is not defective animal or poor individual In the lot The public auction sales of Durocs held by Dunaway & Lambert have become notable occasions among breeders of Duroc-Jerseys. and hog raisers generally They attract large attendances, with representation from several states
 public auction of registered Here lords that will be of special interest and importance to Hereford breeders and cattle raisers generally throughout the southeast will be the second annual sale to be held March 27 by Marengo Farms, Judge J. T. Stokely, owner, De- mopolis, Ala.
 Marengo Farms comprise 1400 acres in the heart of the black belt of Alabama devoted to the production of the best in registered Herefords. There, Judge Stokely, who is one of Alabama's most promin ent men, and Hollis Reno, super nitendent. and Edward J. Gallagher, herdsman, are producing Herefords' of high quality that help to build up the live stock industry of the southeast. The Hereford blood on Marengo Farms is of the best in the country and the breed ing and raising is of the most efficient character.
 A public auction sale Of high-class Herefords will be held March 2S. in Mont gomery. Ala, under the auspices of the Alabama Hereford Breeders associa- tion, R. J. Goode, secretary, Gaston- burg. The sale will be notable because of the high class of Herefords that will be offered and 1t will be one of more than usual interest and importance to cattle breeders in the southeast.
 It will be a combination sale, the off, fering which will be contributed from the herds of Dunaway & Lambert. Orr vile: Marengo Farms, Judge J. T. Stokely, owner, Marengo; the N. J. Bell estate, Montgomery. and other we'll known successful Alabama breeders of Herefords.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-28

niston Is a very busy city Woodstock Iron and Steel corporation, officered by J. B. Darlington, president and general manager, and w. H. Weatherly, treas urer, has spent a great deal of money in making 1t modern plant and de- veloping its raw material It is making about 800 tons of iron month. The Woodstock is a close corporation, owned by six or eight men, principally New Workers.
 The Southern Manganese corporation and allied interests are developing some new steel alloys that they expect to make in the electric furnaces.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-28
Business Methods of Red Cross

From How Red Cross Money Is Han-
 died and Spent" by Ivy Lee, in the
 American Review of Reviews
 The work of the Red Cross is being conducted with an economy and effi- cheney almost without precedent in any organization, and this primarily for the reason that it has been enabled to have the volunteer services of an exception ally large number of the important busi ness men of America. It is enjoying the devoted service, without pay or expense of any kind, of some of the most ex- peiisaced and successful of our business mon and social workers. It's operating expenses are more than met by its mem bership dues, so that every cent con tributed to the war fund goes for relief
 All expenditures of the Red Cross are being subjected to the constant and con- tinuous scrutiny of auditors under the every dollar contributed will be care fully accounted for. Reports in great detail are being constantly made to the people, and it is the policy of the war council to conduct all the affairs of the Red Cross during the war as an open hook.
 Commissions representing the Ameri- can Red Cross are today at work in France. England Russia, Servia, Ru- mania, and Italy These commissions have been composed of some of the ablest and most successful American business men and workers along lines of Red Cross activity. They are advising the war council as to the means by which the Red Cross can most effectively ex- tend relief to peoples and armies in those countries. and after their recom- mendations have been acted on by the war council, these commissions are ex- ecuting the work of relief carefully and efficiently and with the purrose of mak- ing their activity an expression of the fine friendliness and desire to help on the part of the American people as whole.
 k The Red Cross Is not seeking to com pcte with any existing relief organiza- tion, but aims to coordinate the relief activities of all organizations for com mon purpose It is the ambition of those who are conducting the Red Cross in this war to make it's emblem a symbol of the heart and soul of the American speo- pie in their efforts to extend a helping hand; to a bleeding world
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-28
DAIRYMAN'S REASONS FOR
 ADVANCING MILK PRICES

Whenever and wherever committees
 set out to determine the cost of milk
 production the investigation narrows
 down to question of feed cost" says
 Kimbalps Dairy Farmer.
 "Uppermost in the minds of producers and members of examining committees alike Is the fact that feed is expensive.
 They refuse to consider other factors se- riously. Because feed is high there is
 good reason for advancing the price of milk, but there are other reasons more important.
 ''The first and the main reason why the price of milk should advance Is that there Is no justice in demanding that the dairy cow-the producer of food ab- solutely essential to the life of the in fant and invalid. food absolutely essen
 tial to the growth and development of
 the youth, food absolutely essential to all work for less than half the price that
 is freely granted to the extravagant steer, hog, sheep and hen of the barnyard and the fishes of the sea.
 ''The second reason why the price of
 milk should advance is that it sold too cheaply in normal times. Even had war conditions not asserted themselves, there
 would have been absolute necessity for a raise in milk prices because of the
 ever increasing expensive sanitary re- quirements that have been imposed upon
 the producer of milk by city boards of health, acting in behalf of the consumer. The third reason why the price of milk ShpIIld Is labor and lots of it-is required to care
 for cows and produce clean. pure milk Dairy labor was scarce before the war and is doubly scarce and high priced now
 The fourth reason why the price of
 milk should advance is that all equip
 ment, from milk stools to the milker's
 food and clothing, have gone up in price as far as the conscience of man will permit; as mems consciences are callous, these things will probably go higher. The fifth reason why the price of milk should advance Is that cows and calves are worth much for beef and veal. They. like all other factors entering into milk production, represents q much larger in vestment than they did few years ago. They not only net more cash sshen they are sold, but they also cost nor. money to buy. The farmer. like any other -busi-
 ness man. must consider interest and other overhead expenses
 The sixth reason why the price of milk should advance is that every farmer knows he can make money by growing grains and grasses to sell as such. pro- vided a favorable season is granted, and like in every other business there are many farmers who are perfectly willing to take chance on the season to win a fortune rather than to work hard for sure but small gain.
 Expensive feed Is really at the end of long list of reasons why milk should advance in price. All of the feed the
 cow eats is not expensive. Some of 1t would go to waste, especially in this
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-28

year of soft corn, if the COW were not on the farm to eat it. Moreover, the COW is the most economical converter of feed into animal products, so if feed is not too high-priced to feed to hogs, steers, horses sheep and chickens, it is not too high to feed to good dairy cows.
 The farther milk cost investigations proceed, the more it becomes apparent that the editorial prediction of the Wall Street Journal was right. It said If MT. Hoover once attempts the solution of this problem determining the cost of milk production) and gets so far as to set down the figures on paper, we are sure of one thing: He will never dare to publish them ''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-28
Anniston Is Very Busy;
 Big Plants Are Hun1n1ing

The Anniston Steel plant is running on government orders and is getting some satisfactory results.
 The Kilby Foundry and Machine com pany is not only filing government con- tracts, but has been making carsf or the Pennsylvania railroad.
 Business in Anniston was never as good, as reflected by the bank deposits. Tho trade from Camp McClet- Ian Is, of course, contributing very large ly to theb usiness of the merchants
 Speaking as whole, Anniston had it's full share of prosperity during the past year, and has sent it's full quota in the defense of our country, some Of the best men in our section.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-28
Germany's Costly Frightfulness

Henry Farrand Griffin, in Leslie's.
 Germany is said to have calculated quite coolly the cost of it's submarine campaign against neutrals. But the kaiser's government did not foreses the full cost of frightfulness. There is a big penalty to be considered aft CT peace Is restored. It will be impos- sible for the fatherland to recover the world trade thats was abandoned when the first blow was struck against Belgium. Germany's merchant marine is now flying an enemy flag and con vcying troops and munitions to enemy trenches The vast amount of money and supplies stored in the United States for safekeeping has been taken over by a representative of the Uni-S ted States government and undoubt edly will be converted. sooner or later. into liberty bonds. The American fed- eral trade commission has just re- leased the priceless store of German scientific information. formerly pro- tected by patents and copyrights. to the manufacturers in this country. The, longer the war lasts the more firmly will Germany's rivals be entrenched for the coming fight for trade su- premacy
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-28
HIGH COSTS WILL NOT DETER OTHERS
 FROM EXPANSION
Millions of Dollars Will Be Spent During 1918 in Expanding Productive Capacity
 of Mines
The industries of the Bir- mingham district continue tn hmm

to mum.
 The greatest activity, of course, centers around the Tennessee com pany's new development work at Fair field, and it's mammoth plants in Possum Valley, a mile southwest of Fairfield. Two stupendous steam shovels that were used on the Panama canal are making excavations mile and a half long. They are supple mented by smaller steam shovels, to say nothing of cranes and horsepower shovels.
 At the Tennessee company's new works there will be a 40-inch bloom ing mill, a 110-inch plate mill and a 26-inch shape mill.
 Between the Fairfield plant and the or angle shop, a forge shop, found- dry and machine shop, all of huge dimensions.
 At both Fairfield and Westfeld- the latter planned as a negro com munity-many houses of modern de- sign and attractive appearance are in course of construction. There will be $50 such dwellings in Westfeld, and in each of them the Tennessee com panys welfare policy will be well in evidence.
 If the Tennessee company's immense pay rolls last year were largely re- flected in bank deposits and Birming- hams mercantile trade, this years enormous expenditures will make for a new high .record of prosperity that will be a revelation indeed.
 One or more of the iron companies of the district are planning expansion projects which may take shape in the near future. The cost of building ma- teria1 and construction Is high, but with the brisk demand for steel prod ucts it is believed that new plans would easily pay for themselves be- fore the European war ends.
 Some of the large coal companies are making extensive Improvements, and during 1918 millions of dollars will be spent on expanding productive capacity.
 The small industries in and around Birmingham are thriving as never be- fore. and the giant strides that this industrial center is making causes the entire south to marvel as familiar as every section of the country is with high pressure progress.