The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-04-18
mitchell PROUD
OF HIS NEW WORK
Nv HOLLAND

New York April II.-tSpeclal.j--roi
several months one of that small GROUP
who are listed among the large copper
GENERATORS Of the United States has peen |
seeking rest and restored health at COT
ona, near San Diega, CAL He returned
This morning having secured all that ne
visited that wonderful place of sunshine
to find but it was not OF copper and
! only incidentally Of the unproken sun
shine and warmth which he experienced
at Corona beach, but of the remarkable
exploits of John Purroy Mitchell at the
aviation camp near by that he spoke
with enthusiasm
Anuareutly not one recollection of his
four years service as mayor OF rev
York or of his earlier service lin inn
portant public office remains with the
former mayor. He thinks only in terms
| CT aviation He is anxious so to perfect
| himself that he may as speedily as pos
sible be qualified for service in France
II he ever had political ambition, as some
once thought he did, for service higher
than that OF mayor Of New York, that
has been completely overshadowed by his
ambition to become successful driver
of an airrlane ocver the enemy in Fian-
! derS in France, or Wherever SERVICE
OF that kind may call him.
! Mitchell is so devoted to this work that
| it is his habit to go to the aviation camp
| before he takes his breakfast and he
| rises early. He spends all the daylight
hours in that service. In figure, in iron
+, nerve, in perfect health and in accurate
vision as we'll as in enthusiasm for his
work, he has been already identified as
one of the most promising of the men
| x,,l,1 \, nxr satt r,1 rinn
| Already he has learned to fly and he
commands his machine as it rises in the
air with skill. But he somewhat rue
fully admits, or did until recently, that
he has not yet perfectly learned to control
the machine when it is in descent. He
expects to master that most difficult
phase of aviation service within a few
weeks.
One thing that concerns the young men
who are taking the aviation training at
Corona refers to the possibility of a
speedy shipment to France of a fairly
good number of American ,airplanes. They
have heard that at the wonderful plant
at Buffalo, which is not surpassed by
any other in the United States, or the
world possibly and which represents an
investment of 100000 little if any al
vance in the production of airplanes has
been obtained. Whatever the reason may
be this is the fact An apprehension is
felt in other aviation camps that ski.lful
as the American air men may become,
1t win re sometime before they are able
to be of much service in France on ac-
count Of the lack of American airplanes.
4 A MORAL INFLUENCE
Naturally enough, some irritation OF
discomfort has been occasioned by the
fact that it Is known that the govern
ment will exact a tax upon what ara
called short sales OF the kind that involve
! the borrowing of stocks for delivery
Those who are familiar with stock mar
kets will better understand what this
means than will the layman who neve,
ventures into the security market in a
speculative way. One source OF irrlta-
ton arises from the fact, as 1t is said
that double taxation, as weliias consider
able confusion and not, even clear under
standing on the Part Of those who might
this tax schedule.
This tax could be completely avoide
were the governors OF the stock ex
change to report in favor of a return to
the method which prevailed years ago
Ihen sales were made upon the basis Oh
: 80 days or 60 days. In that time it wa:
possible to complete the transaction esc
that there would be nothing to tax. l3ul
at this time the New York stock ex
change and all others in the country arr
strongly of the belief that the duty oil
the hour nompels loyal and cheerful sup
port of the government. f there is to be
double tax. then it should be paid
The stock exchange has furthermore gone
SO far as to public and officially urge al
. the customers and the members OF this
exchange and the public to invest every
available dollar in Liberty Bonds. Many
OF the members of the exchange have
adopted the partial payment plan. which
IS exposed TO be of aid to those who
would be glad to invest and the exchange
Itself will GLADLY furnish full inforina
ton respecting thir -lan to all who de.
sire to Know about It,
\ The disposition il strong among this
members OF the exchange and especially
ameng the governors and also aruqns
MANI brokers TO Put an end ns Tar ri
possible 10 Eiort selling; that i to aay.