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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-09
Should Get Foreign Trade.

"I have been all over Australia and the Pacific islands in that part of the world" said Ben K. Stroud, manager Of the Alabama Manufacturers and Oper- ators association, and have studied trade conditions in all of these
 American manufacturers should get a good share of their trade when nor mai conditions return but in order te do so they must change their methods It will be necessary to send representa-. tives into those island countries to study their needs and their tastes before we can begin to sell our products to them. T
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-09
Alabama $ Large
 Ginning Record

HHE cotton ginned up to November U 1 exceeded by only eos, ,437 bales the ginning record of the same date in 1917. but in Alabama there is a large gain in every county On De- tober 25 the census bureaus ginning report for this state was 492, 400 bales as against 225,668 on the cor- responding date last year. The big ginning increase in Ala bama is accounted for chiefly by the increase in the size of the crop. In I1917 Alabama produced, in round figures, only 52o,ooo bales. The estimated yield for this year is S90,- 900 bales.
 Another fact that has bearing OH the situation is the comparatively small handicap that shortage of labor on Alabama farms has imposed. In several counties three times as much cotton has been ginned as was glnned year ago. In many the report shows that the ginning has been double the total ginned October 25, 1917.
 Dallas is the leading county in the matter of ginning. On the date named its record was 1S,810 bales as against 9S51 at the corresponding date m 1917. Madison, with 16,912 bales, came next, and Chambers was not far behind, it's total being 16,472 bales. Marshall and Macon were both in the 13 .O0O-bale class. Cherokee, Cullman, Elmore, Geneva, Lawrence, Lee, Limestone, Marengo, Montgomery, Morgan, Russell and Wilcox were all above 10000.
 1 In addition to Alabama's increased production the census figures indi- cate distinctly progressive spirit. The farmers have toiled intensively, determined to have their cotton ready for the market and reap the advantage of a high price level that is almost sure to be in evidence as result of the approach of peace.
 1 Having celebrated peace once. will Washington and New York, not to speak
 of Birmingham and many other cities
 be able to recuperate in time to make a fuss when peace really comes? x. s* as
 1 Gen" Rosalie Jones, picturesque suf'
 fragette. has inherited half million dol 1 lars and joined the socialist party. Or | dinarily the possession of that mucf
 monew has sobering effect.
 x * #
 | If Bismarck Is keeping in touch Wltf
 mundane affairs it isn't likely that h' has a much better opinion of Wilhelm than the German socialists have. | *. * *
 I Painstaking historians of the futur'
 will devote not less than three pages t
 a description of the way American troops crossed the Mouse
 I E $ E
 j The morning after premature peace
 celebration is dnil Arsar and profitlesa
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-09
-----.s-------- BOMBAY,S TOWERS OF SILENCE

BOMBAY'S TOWERS Ot SlhENSD
 From "rhe War in the Cradle of the World" by Eleanor Franklin Egan QIarper & Bros.).
 Bombay now has nearly 100000 inhab- itants At the beginning of the nine | teenth century it already had 100000. and early III the twentieth century the cen sus takers counted 595,5S7 souls, Nearly | 700, ,O00 of these are Hindus and 15o.0OO are Mohammedans, while less than l6,0Oo, counting both mixed and pure European blood, are Christians.
 There are about 60,0o0 Parsees, and the Parsees are perhaps the most interesting and important element in the community. It is to British initiative and example and to Parsee appreciation, intelligence and generosity that Bombay owes the fact of her present existence as one Of the most beautiful cities in the world.
 Though l do not mean to imply that
 there have not been many generous, in
 telligent and appreciative Hindu and Mo-
 hammedan citizens. It is just that the
 Parsees have been peculiarly conspicuous
 for the characteristics.
 Yet they still maintain the unthink-
 able towers of silence in the heart and
 center of Bombay's most fashionable res
 idential district; the towers of silence,
 where the Parsee. dead are disposed of by the forever lowering, horrible flocks of vultures that. on occasion, grow gorged and careless and drop human flesh and little bones in the Towering, fragrant gardens of the great on Malabar Hill. silence are unthinkable only to the Chris tian mind. To the mind of the Parsee all other methods of disposing of his dead are uuthinkable.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-09
Depend On Associated Press.

have noticed one thing about the Associated Press," said John C. Henley, and that is it can sit steady in the boat while rumors are flying thick and fast and wait until something definitely hap pens before it will stand for it. It's pol icy IS to suffer beat rather than to mislead the public. It has been criti- cized time and again for being just a bit less enterprising in burning the wires, yet when it puts anything on them you can rest assured it will be looked upon as the gospel in the newspaper world"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-09

in iis ricable tagle. Some idea Of
 speed at which ships are being built
 in Great Britain, and of how the strength of the navy is being increased together
 with it's power to dominate the enemy
 submarine, can be had from the fact that many destroyers. complete in every de-
 tail, are launched every month. Of course, all of these are not built in the kingdom-but many of them are. Other figures of interest and significance could be given if it were permitted, but it is
 not
 Shipbuilding is only part of the Clyde
 and the Glasgow war activities. Here
 are great munition plants, in which lit-
 erally armies of uniformed women la
 DOT, atrplane and airship factories, tank
 and gun and gas factories. There is no
 branch of war industry that cannot pc
 found in this region of Scotland. Prob
 ably the greatest-certainly the most in-
 teresting-of the big plants on the Clyde
 is that of William Beardmore & Co. Be-
 fore the war this concern built only
 ships. Now, in addition to ships, 1t makes guns, shells, airplanes, airships and tanks. It has expanded from a pay roll that included 4S00 men to a pay roll that includes 35,o00 persons, about 1s,OOo of whom are women. I asked the gen. eral manager MT. Campbell, of this com- pany, If it became necessary could his firm expand still farther. Beyond ques- tion we could,'' he said. "We are not near our limit yet.' The wages earned
 on the Clyde and in the great war fac
 tories in and around Glasgow, while tremendous for this country, are by no means as large as is paid for correspond i1g work in America. The explanation, OI IS Llldl l1lc SSdlo etllu liiE COol Ol living in the two countries are vastly different now just as they have always been. The average wage for a woman here in a munition factory Is about S16 a week; for man about $25 a week. Riveters earn, it is said, pound a day. .. l-,,,+ con n r,-aaIx rba avara oa xveeLxsS | work is about 34 hours. The usual days work for five days a week is 95a hours Bonuses are paid practically to every one, and the same labor problems that exist in American shipyards and Amer ican intuition plants have to be met here, the chief of which seems to be that men and women earn so much more money than they need in two or three days that ! they won't work the rest of the week. It is the same old story. Also, the hous- ing problem has been a very big and 8 very yexatious one here. With govern mental help, however, 1t is now in pro- cess of solution, and hundreds of houses are being built for working men in this locality as well as in England.
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 The strike among the Clyde workers, for the time being, appears to be over. although there will not be great surprise
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-09

There is something that smacks of the Hun in the way those pestiferous repub- licans carried President wilson's home town, Princeton. If the Italians had been left alone awhile longer they would have had to provide food and lodging for the entire Austrian army.
 Vienna is reported as having little to say" This is hardly the time for ex- tended remarks from Vienna.
 < $ % St. Louis as placed ban on after- noon teas. Maybe you didn't know St Louis was such a high toned town.
 .. * # George Creel says the censorship chan nel is wide open However, there are certain formalities to be observed.
 x # # Even if President Wilson had found time to vote, he probably would not have been able to change the result.
 I, # ss There Is plenty of room for Russia bolsheviki at the South pole The diffi- culty is getting them there.
 # + # Sedan is a name that has long figured in history. Henceforth it will have place in American history.
 # < 4 Even though the war should end today, Mr Hoover would not relax his Visl- lance.
 ;. x < The motor car horn is indispensable III making a bedlam out of a safe and sane town.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-09
NED BRACE TEIL3 OF REGENT TRIPTO GREAT
 SHlPBUIIsL9lS lS3GZ PLANTS ALONG RIVER CLYDE

ever, it is believed the government now has the situation we'll in hand, and the settlement of the last trouble is attrio- uted practically altogether to the firm ness with which the government faced the situation and rendered it's ultima tum to the men.
 What, in effect was said to them is this: If by Tuesday you do not go back to work. your exception from mlli- tary service will be repealed, and the machinery will be put in motion at once to muster you into the army It is case of work or fight"
 And the government meant it, too. It was not bluff As soon as this was realized the strike was over.
 I have talked with men of all classes in Glasgow-heads of great war indus tries, workers in these industries, the president of the University of Glasgow, and various members of the Glasgow municipal corporation. Without excep- tion they attest that the vast body of laboring men in the shops and plants of the Clyde and elsewhere, are sound and loyal at heart. The trouble comes, they say, from a relatively small, but vocif erous, group of bolshevist agitators, not themselves toilers, but who by political shrewdness, have obtained influence in the trades unions, sufficient to mislead many of the men. Aiding this influence always is the pacifist element here. The peace party in Great Britain, men say who ought to know, is not a single man stronger than it was four years ago. There have been over 13o elections in the past four years, and in not a single instance has the peace candidate been successful or even nearly successful. Yet there are times when it makes a lot of noise. I asked whether Lord Lansdowne was its real leader. "Emphatically no" was the answer. Lord Lansdowne is a respectable figurehead, put forward at every opportunity by the peace party people. The peace party people and Lord Lansdowne are both for peace, but for different reasons. He is very wealthy man, filled with horror and apprehension over what he conceives to be the growth in the world of bolshevikism. He is an ardent advocate of constituted authority and is afraid that the breaking down of it's breakdown everywhere. Hence, he does not favor the demoraIization of Ger. many and ia for 8 negotiated peace. The other people use him to play their own game" AS a matter of fact, however. both the lbolsheviz labor agitator and the peace advocate can do only limited amount of barn. Because of overwhelm- ing public sentiment, as well as by rea~ son of vigilant and alert government he is forced to work in the dark. and as the time goes on and the day of the great victory approaches their real insignifi- canoe becomes more and mort apparent.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-09
Made n Good President,

am sure that no one can make d better president of the Real Estate ex- chahge than Alex Montgomery, who re- tired on Thursday said Hill Ferguson, Tor he has been faithful in committee work, in presiding and in fact in every way possible. l feel sure, however, that Frank Butler, who was elected, is going ta make name for himself and see to it that the realtors carry on.'"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-09
If Al Smith Gets
 the Soldier Vote

N S far as the New York vote has A been canvassed Alfred k. Smith, the democratic candidate for governor, is the winner. But the sol Idier vote is yet to be heard from. Whether it will change the result and continue Governor Whitman in the governors chair is, of course, only a matter of conjecture.
 It is a good guess, however, that Mr. Smith will be the next governor. He is not only man of ability, cour- age and high character, but he has Ia pleasing personality, and if indacted into the executive chair at Albany will make an exceptionally popular governor.
 His rise to prominence is another example of the opportunities open to men of integrity and acumen. MT. Smiths rise, too, has been as sudden as it has been high. His name does not appear in the last edition of Whose Who in America, issued a few months ago, and even in the Empire state he was little known twelve months ago outside of his personal friends. Today he is a commanding figure and is being talked of for the presidency.
 Should Governor Whitman be able Ito hold on to his job he would at "nce launch a presidential boom and or ganize for a vigorous campaign in 1920. Many prominent republican will be glad to see him defeated. The longer he remains in office the more unpopular he becomes.
 When the full vote is officially counted Smiths election would cause widespread rejoicing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-09

manders, however, toward nightfall, made some preparations for safety. Tha whole army formed a sort of horse shoe, it's points turning toward Sedan. Here the French were resting in per feet confidence and in reading about it, one can scarcely believe that less than a half century ago the French, who are fighting not only so gloriously, but so intelligently, could have been so careless | and ill-prepared to withstand the on- slaught of the then highly efficient Prus- sian war machine which had humbled Austria in six short weeks. The dis position of the troops showed that it's chiefs believed themselves to be in safety Victor Hugo, in his account, goes on to I show that no place could have been 1 better calculated to shut in an army It's ! very numbers were against it. Once in. | if the way out was blocked, it could never leave it again. Some of the gem erals, General Wimpfen among them,
 saw this, and were uneasy: but the little I court around the Empero was confident of safety. At worst, thsy said we can always reach the Belgis tr0ntAerN The | commonest military REecadts9a were neglected. The army sepE agandly on | the night of August sl nq cavalry reconnaissance was nsAne ssaat Nisht; the 'iards were not d0uhgenx Ihs French
 selisved themselves mere fean terty miles l fycsa the German am
 the light of tho facts now before us
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-09
Not All Convicted.

When first became solicitor I thought that if every man who was indicted by the grand jury was not convicted I had not done my duty,' said Solicitor Joseph R. Tate. T have now learned that good can be accomplished without conviction. have broken up many gangs of bad boys without ever bringing them before a gra nd jury"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-09
Out, out brief candle, Life's but a walking shadow!
 --Macbeth.

BEGINNING THE DAY-o Lord, keep me in love with my world with the men I work with md walk with, with the circumstances that surround me, with the God who is over me. May my heart be in low ing, warm, intimate sympathy with the labor and the life of my time. For Jesus sake. Amen.-H. NJ. E.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-09
OUR SMALLEST HOTEL.

Frcm the Hotel Gazette.
 The smallest hotel in the United States is located in the northern mountain or Utah. It is tiny, weather-beaten log building in a lonely village 7,ooo feet above the sea level. A pole beside ths door bears the bold legend; Hotel and Postoffice."
 The hotel accommodation consists oi one bedroom, the wooden walls of which are hung with cloth in vain effort to keep out the wind and muffle the night cries of the wildcat and the coyote
 For further nocturnal accommodation there is a rickety couch in the little room which serves as dining room, par Tor, vestibule and baggage room, while at a pinch guest has been known 10 sleep on the counter of Uncle sam postoffice adjoining.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-09

~ LASGOWt scotland, october l9.--C z l II 1 the observations of the newspapef 1 $S party to the River Clyde, Frana A. Kent of the Baltimore Sun, put the story in splendid form and all of our party have adopted it with credit to him. Here it is:
 When the head of the British govern. ment draws back the curtain, the glimpse revealed of the might, the majesty and the power of the British empire is a tre- mendously thrilling and impressive one. Such a glimpse was given us today up and down the narrow and famous river Clyde, in and out of the great city of Glasgow, where more than a quarter of a million men and women who for merly engaged in the industries of peace are now engaged in the industries of war The literal truth of the statement that this war is a war of materials and resources and that the battle fronts in France and Flanders and Mesopotamia are only the points of contact, was driv- en home hard So, too, was the convic- ton that this great nation of English speaking people has not been distended by four years of fighting; that it still has enormous reserve power, that it has not yet put forth the supreme effort, and that if the need arises for still greater expansion of war industry, yet more complete mobilization of it's resources for war work, still further sacrifices at hofne for it's fighting forces abroad, that need can and will be met.
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 Some idea of the giant muscles behind the blows of the British armies at the front. and back of the British navy on the water, and it's ability to transport troops, bottle up the German high seas AASSs, chN hSSP OpCA tLlc VI duo pttllS Ol the ocean, is obtainable on the Clyde, and near it. The source of it all-mili- tary strength and naval strength, too when the last word is said lies in these great shipyards, gun factories and mu- milton plants. with which the British Fsles are studded, some of the very great est of which are found here :
 More of a deep water canal than a river, less than 200 feet wide for 20 miles, man could easily wade, Is now packed to many miles with vessels ranging from the lowly barge to the final thing in modern battleships, including subma- rines, destroyers. freighters, mine lay CTS. mine sweepers. cruisers, colliers and with great shipbuilding plants and iit- erally hundreds of boats vfsibly grow un- der your eyes, While the hoarse rasp of the titanic cranes, the clash of steel against iron, the myrads of hydraulic hammers and riveters, create an uproar on the river from which there is no es- cape. Actually every inch of space on both sides Is in use, and the boats and the plants are damned in so closely that to the inexperienced eye it seems to be
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-09
Member of the Associated rresa

The Age-Herald is the only morning and Sunday newspaper in Birmingham carrying the Associated Press als- patches.
 The Associated Press is exclusive4y entitled to the use for pubAcalloh VI all news dispatches credited 10 IL VI not otherwise credited in this pape. and also the local news pupHsheu herein.
 All rights of republication of speci2i disnatches herein ara also reserved.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-09
Washington bureau. 2o7 HiDbs build.

ing.
 European bureau. Henrietta stFeeH' Covent Garden. London.
 Eastern business office, World ouii"- ing, New York city; western puslnSss inaS ? otIice, Tribune building, Chicago. Ane An $. c Beckwith Special Agency, agents Tor foreign advertising.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-09
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
A,a.t53,uea

A FEW SIZZLING FACTS.
 "What Is to become of the Kaiserss press agent?'' i ''If her decides to tell the truth about
 the Kaiser in biography. he will find l a ready sale for it in allied countries. A
 work of that sort would make racy read. l ing" VICTORIOUS. | Circling the globe in letters of fire, l Symbol that all mankind is free, And never nation that may not aspire. To the boon of lasting liberty And the peaceful pursuit of a righteous desire, 1 The deathless word, Democracy MUCH IMPROVED. Clothes do not make the mann. you know" Maybe not, but I've seen the uniform | of soldier work wonders with an erst- while lounge lizard 3 MOVING DAY FOR ROYALTY. In Switzerland | They hope to find A refuge and Some peace of mind Such rude shouts fall Upon their ears, They can't at all l Control their fears. To think that they | Who strutted long, i No longer may Suhdue the throns. From power divorced, 'Tis cursed luck i When kings are forced
 To light a shuck.p PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-09
PLAIN FARE.

PLAIN FARE. There's nothing esthetic about a pig" 50 it seems''
 "Why, even when a chef puts a paper Tdingus on a broiled pork chop it is re- garded as more or less of an interloper by fastidious diners"
 TOO EAGER. Who are all these people blowing horns, ringing cowbells and throwing con fetti?"
 'They are citizens celebrating the pre- mature announcement that Germany has signed an armistice''
 "Ahem! I guess we underestimated the number of pacifists in this country" FRIENDLY INVITATION. How many times must call to col lect this bill?"
 My dear sir,' replied MT. Clippings, affably. q do not find you personally objectionable and do not mind discuss ing with you the weather. the war or any other topic that may come up. Call as often as you like.'
 THE OVER-CURIOUS. well, it seems that the fool-proof air. plane has at last arrived T esq hardly believe it." oWhy?"
 There are still plenty of people who with walking stick when mechanicians are tuning up the engine.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-09

widespread rejoicing.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-10-22
MUCH FRUIT IS
 ALLOWED TO GO TO
 WASTE IN CALIFORNIA

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 16.-Mil lions of pounds of the choicest kint of fruits-food that might feed ouI European Allies as we'll as our owr troops-are going to waste in the State of California today. Such is the state of affairs as disclosed by a census of the States industria' conditions now nearly completed b! the Home Industry League of Cali fornia.
 Tens of thousands of dollars wortf of the choicest tomatoes are lyinf rotting on the ground of the ranches in this neighborhood today" is Q sample of one report out of six re ceived by the league through it's can vas of the industrial situation oi the State. This report came from local board of trade. The repor' continues: Local people have sub scribed $7,500 for stock in any con- pany which will come to the neigh borhood and start a vegetable can nery to take care of the thousands and thousands of dollars worth of tomatoes and other vegetables that today are useless to the growers fol lack of cannery or transportation facilities"
 Among the kinds of fruits and vegetables which the census shows to be going to waste on the ranches are peaches, appless berries, olives nuts, oranges, lemons, figs and dates
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-10-22
NOTE BETTER CONDITIONS

MONTEVIDEO, Oct 22 - There nave been several evidences the last CIV months of the development of closer relationship among the South American republics as re- iult of the economic conditions that have grown out of the war. Before he war, each South American re- public dealt directly with the Unit d States and European countries md paid little attention to the 1eighbors in a commercial way. This has all been changed and these re- publics are now finding that they can supply each other with goods n exchange for things they need