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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-14

Pleasure Is right. and joy is one of the most powerful spirit forces, which is commanded as very essential to growth before the Lord. Great curses were prophecied to fall upon those who carried sorrow and murmurings in their hearts. Because thou servedst not the Lord thy God with joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, for the abundance of all things; therefore shalt thou serve thine enemies which the Lord shall send against thee in hun ger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in want of all things" Deuteron- omy. 2S:474S. We see by these words that joy and thankfulness were helpful spirit forces, and grumblings were de- structive forces No doubt many arc
 sufferers because they do not try to be glad. We must try. 'sThou shalt
 worship before the Lord thy God; and thou shalt rejoice in every good thing which the Lord thy God hath given unto thee, and to thy house." Deut 26.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-14
nx MRS. e. H. MYTHS.

The dignity of work has been dis credited more and more in proportion as wealth accumulation has become possible without work, or without ap- parent great physical effort
 No wealth was ever made by man himself without the use of the mental and physical powers which God had given to that man or to some man through which wealth accumulated
 It is one of the gravest of errors to believe that "all men are liars and thieves who have accumulated wealth."
 It is true, some wealth has been ac- cumulated by wrong methods, but it is equally true that wealth and wealth production are divine gifts to man, for which strict account will be demand ed. The poor will also be called upon to render an account as to why they were poor. How much of time was wasted, how much of mental and phys ical strength was lost in being sloth- full how many idle days, weeks and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-14
Work and Thankfulness

years have been packed Into short life and lost to gain.
 Time is all anybody can claim as his own: if he throws that away he has thrown away his own divine gift and with it the other gifts of mind and strength. When will we learn that the slothful use of time and opportunity is sin that will destroy us, both soul and body?
 Selfishness is making many believe that God has forgotten this old earth, and turned 1t over to whoever could grab it. That thought itself Is sim full thought. which the Lord said he would destroy the man who thought 1t We are thinking our own eternal ruin, a whole lot of us.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-14

farmer and miller by vocation, having been associated with his father in oper- ation of mil at Kelly's Creek, shelby county, for fifteen years.
 He serves as hay inspector under the regulations of the National Grain and Hay association. There are no govern ment standards for grading and inspec- tion of hay at present, but it is antici- pated that the department of agricul- ture will announce them within the en- suing year The inspection of oats is exactly similar to the laboratory proc ess used for corn.
 In inspecting hay, Mr.. Kendrick merely judges the grade by looking at
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-14

it. Alfalfa, under the regulations of the national association. must be fine stemmed, leafy, sound, well-baled and a bright green in color if it is to be classed as choice. The grades range as follows: Choice No. 1, standard No. and No. 8
 Mir. Kendrick has the reputation of being a rigorous inspector and a fair one, and his uncompromising stand for integrity in grain shipments has donb much, it is declared, to bring up the standard of Alabama grains and hay. Whereas several years ago it was usual for corn weighing 51 and 53 pounds per busheI to be received from Alabama farmers, it is a common occurrence now for 60 pound corn to be shipped, and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-14
Big Increase in Alabama Grain
 Crops Reported By Inspector

feeds, chops and so forth. If a car of corn is not ss per cent white, it must be classed as mixed. not white, corn. If car of corn is less than 95 per cent yellow, it is classed as mixed. And all three varieties of corn are di- vided into six standard government grades, according to the weight per buhsel. the moisture content, the per centage of foreign material. dross or cracked corn and the percentage of damaged corn in the lot.
 For instance, healthy bushel of No 1 white corn must weigh 55 pounds, must not have more than IA per cent moisture content, must have no more than 2 per cent foreign material or cracked corn and must contain no more than 2 per cent of damaged kernels. TH#s, all corn is graded according to these four items, down to No. 6 corn. which may weigh only A pounds to the bushel contain 23 per cent moisture. per cent foreign material and cracked corn and IS per cent of damaged ker- nels.
 As the strength of a chain is the strength of it's weakest link, so the lot of corn is no better than it's worst ele- ments. It may be ''No. 1" in every other particular and contain q per cent of moisture, but that item would drag it down to No. grade.
 But how" someone asks" does MT. Kendrick have time to inspect every grain in every car of corn that is shipped to Birmingham?
 HOW SAMPLE IS SECURED
 It seems a job for the proverbial To- custs, but that's where the secret of being grain inspector comes in.
 MT. Kendrick is an inspector licensed by the government, and he has the proper instruments with which to work as well as the government standard regulations to follow in this work oi inspection.
 In order to get representative sam pie from a car of corn. one contain ing grains from every portion of the car, the inspector uses brass probing instrument, seven feet long, which con- tains 10 compartments along it's length each with lids manipulated from the handle. This probe is thrust deep into the car or lot of grain to be inspected and when it is withdrawn each of the little compartments contains handful of grain from various depths in the grain secured Six or seven sound ings are made, and when the grain secured from all is mixed, it Is
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-14

this tendency to improve the cultiva ton of corn is very gratifying.
 The grain inspection system in Bir- mingham was recently taken over by the Birmingham Chamber of Commerce, upon request of the Birmingham Grain Exchange, under whose auspices Mir Kendrick formerly worked. J. Chapline Hodges, president of the Grain Ex- change, explained to the Chamber of Commerce directors that it was desired that Alabama shippers have no doubt in their mind about the impartialty of Mir Hendricks grain inspection and grading Laboratory space was provided at Chamber of Commerce headquarters, and the work is now a part of the or ganization.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-14
THE BIRMINGHAM AGE-HERALD SUNDAY, DECEMBER A. 1919

considered to be fair sample of the entire carload
 With this sample, the inspector goes to his laboratory, where he has special apparatus for gauging the moisture content and measuring the weight per bushel and percentage of foreign mate rial or damaged corn.
 The weight per bushe1 is not gauged by ordinary scales. There is a funnel into which the corn is poured. and it drops a certain number of inches to a brass bushel measure, which is connect ed with the scales. If the corn dropped more than that regulation distance, it would have tendency to be packed in. and there would be more grains to the measure.
 GOES IN TESTING KETTLE
 This done. the inspector takes 100 grains of corn and puts it into test ing kettle with 150 cubic centimetersi of oil Then begins a process of distilling which isn't prohibited by law. The corn and oil mixture is heated to temper ature of 190 degrees Fahrenheit, where upon the corn begins to give up its mois- ture. The evaporation goes through d coil and condenser and becomes. not but aquatic essence of corn. which is the water actually squeezed from it. A glass gauge shows the per centage of moisture which the corn con tained. The oil, of course, does not mix with the water boiled out of the corn.
 Another portion of the sample is sitteu through a sieve with interstices 14-64th of an inch in diameter. and the trash and dross and smaller particles of corn from bruised kernels is sifted out This is carefully weighed and the percentage computed, and the figure stands as the proportion of foreign material in the car of corn.
 The percentage of the corn damaged IS calculated from the number of damaged kernels picked from eight grams Of the corn sample. This must be done oy hand In a similar way, the percentage of white, yellow or nixed-color grains is computed.
 Corn is now being shipped to Birming- ham for cleaning and drying processes which reduce the content of foreign ma terial and of moisture and thus bring up the grade of the corn. The only drying mill in the city is that put in by the Cosby Flour and Grain company with B view of encouraging grain growing in Alabama and shipping of grain to Birmingham.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-14
IRRESPONSIBLE TO GOVERNMENT

Inspector Kendrick, employed for the past several years by the Birmingham Grain Exchange, recently transferred his activities to the Chamber of Commerce. and now maintains his laboratory al Chamber of Commerce headquarters He is responsible to the government for the accuracy and fairness of his inspection and grading, being under government license. MT. Kendrick formerly was
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-14

Corn and oats are topics of peculiar public interest. especially if the oats be wild oats"
 But this is not story about illicit distillation or youthful indiscretion. It's about something that goes on every day day around at the Chamber of Commerce-the inspection of corn and oats and hay by M J. Kendrick, govern ment inspector.
 Mir. Kendrick has been inspecting and , grading grain and hay for 10 years, but Sanly for the past three or four years Aas he inspected Alabama grain. Not , Nil the war made it especially desir- as3e that Alabama farmers plant grain and prepare hay for marketing did these commodities come to Birmingham for commercial purposes. Before the days of farm diversification in Ala bama, Mir Kendrick had nothing but western grain to inspect, and now prac- tically all of 1t is the Alabama kind.
 Tt is encouraging to see that Ala bama farmers are planting more corn, and that they are improving the qual- ity of their corn" said Mir. Kendrick' 'Tt is evident that they are paying more attention to the selection of seed corn, an extremely important item in cultivation. It used to be that farm CT would SOW seed without regard to the fact that yellow grains and white grains and red grains were mixed among them. He didn't tsop to consider , that he would harvest a crop of mixed corn from such sowing"
 All of which is getting ahead of the story.
 You've got to know the difference between white corn, yellow corn and mixed corn, and between Nos. 1. 2,'s, 4, 5 and 6 corn before you can fully grasp what Inspector Kendrick has to say.
 WHITE CORN FINEST GRADE
 White corn is the finest grade-the 2 only kind that is used for corn meal Band hominy. Yellow corn and mixed corn--and the latter includes red, blue and streaked corn of variegated hue are used only for manufacture into
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-12-02
Canal Zone Head
Turns Back Labor
Delegates from =. S.

New York. Dec. &c. Howard Sew
e-s and Anthony Stair. Representa-
ives Of the American Federation OF
AMOR VINO sailed few weeks age
Io- C-lstphal To- hear the grievances
o, 1000 organized canal zone work
ers, returned here today aboard the
steamship Tivives. asserting that
Governor Chester Harding, without
giving hem any explanation. had re
luseu them permission to land.
esvers, VINO is assistant to the
President Of the United Brotherhood
" Maintenance of WAY Employees
anc Railway Shop LabDrers. and
STAY. general organizer of the BROTH
c~hooG, said permission Of land al
4-irnun also had been refused them
ny P-ovlsipnal President Francisco
AEuta- Baruuero Of Costa Rica-
The TWO labor men said in addi-
ION TO Passports signed by Score
1arv Of State Lansing, they carried
credentials from Samuel Gompers
president Of the American Federation
Of Labor: Senator Edge and Repre-
sentative Hutchinson Of New Jersey
Immigration officials here found their
na1ars correct and permitted them to
anC Today.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-12-02
PACKING HOUSE
HELP GET RAISE
AFFECTS I25.OOO

Chicago. Dec 1.-Empluves of hacking
house firms were granted Increases II,
wages aggregating sIe.eeoos a year in
an award made by Federal Judge Sam
uel Aischuler, arbitrator. today. One
hundred and twenty-five thousand stock
Yards workers IN Chicago. Kansas CITY.
Omaha. Lincoln. Fort Worth ST. Paul
East st. Louis and Sioux City. are af
fected by the award which is ret-oac-
tive from Sept. /, 1919 The men asked
To have the increase date from July Il.
1919.
The demand of The men for a 44-ho,,r
week and double play for overtime WIS
denied AT present the men receive
time and a half for overtime and hdli
day work.
Representatives of the Stock Yard La
Dor Council expressed disappointment
with the award. The men had asked for
wage increases ranging from % 10 20 Der
cent.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-12-02
Restrictions in Effect
More Stringent Than
During War to
Seek No Compromise
with Coal Workers
Nation Urged to Grin
and Bear it

Washington, Dec. War
time restrictions on the ma
tons use of coal, more string
emit even than those applied
during the war, were ordered
into effect today to stave off a
fuel famine.
Moved by opportunities of
diminishing coal stocks and
growing danger of distress in
numerous sections, the govern
ment sought no compromise
with striking mine workers.
whose walkout forced the
emergency, but asked for ma
uonal determination to endure
prlvation and discomfort until
coal mining was resumed on its
terms.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-12-02
FALL RIVER STRIKE ENDS
TEXTILE WORKERS ACCEPT
OFFER III PER CENT RAISE
Increase to Date from
Monday Threaten
ed New Be d ford
Strike also Headed
off by Similar Offer

Fall River. Aiass.. DEG. THE Tex
tile Council accepted an offer of 4
L 1-o per cent. advance in wages 1ur
All textile operatives in this city
made by the manufacturers tonight
thus bringing TO an end the strike
which was started this morning. The
operatives will return to Work eDmo.-
row.
The wage increase is to date from
today and TO be IN effect for SIX
months. :
Representatives Of the manuractur-
ers and union leaders were IN confer
ence from 11.30 A. Nj. until 1o4s
o'clock tonight with the exception
If n rwo-huur recess for dinner. The
Textile Council had been empowered
nv me individual unions this fore
noon 10 make any agreement that ap-
peared desirable. No statement be
yond the bare announcement OF The
terms CT which the strike was end
ed was made at the conclusion N Lie
conference The operatives had de-
uanded an advance Of % per cent
The ~ IL per cent increase is APP
ulicable also to the mill firemen. who
voted todar TO strike on ednesday TO
enforce demands for MINIMUM
weakly wage Of s3a II is understood
thai conferences will be arranged III
an effort to avert this strike.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-12-02
U. 5. in ShaTpest Language Yet USED
Demands Immediate Release Consu-
lar Agent jenkins -Mexico's Pleas
Termed Mere Excuses
UItimatum or Time Given

Washington Dec. 1.-The governments note to Mexico
made public here today the hour of delivery Mexico
CITY renews the for the immediate release of VII
nam Jenkins the American consular agent imprisoned at
Fuena and hlunty charges Carranza with ATTEMPTING tn ha
cloud the issue
In the snarpes language yet addressed the Carranza
government and probably pointed one
usually addresses to another IN formal diplomatic cornun-
laIon the United States regards Mexico plea of u
ocal reasons for not releasing Jenkins as mere excuses
ano gives notices that will not be drawn away from the
main facts and into discussion revelant and unn,nor
tant matters
The attitude of the Carranza government in the raar
the note says has been assume wu disposition tn t
FEELINGS OF the American people and conclusion drawn bv
the government that Mexico has sought to divert the att
non OF the American people and Mexican peoue az well
from the fact that Pueba the second largest CITY IN Mexco
is overn by bandits while the civil authorities are neg
gent"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-12-02

No ultimarum was served. and no
time was given in which this gov
eminent expects Jenkins 10 be re
leased and neither was there anv
statement in the note as to what the
course Of the American government
| would be if the renewed request for
his release is denied
After a conference with Secretary
Lansing late today, Chairman Porter
of the House Foreign Affairs com
mirtee, expressed the opinion that
the State department means bnsi-
ness this time" Chairman Porter IN
Dictated that ne was IN thorough &C
cord with the governments present
policy in dealing with the Mexican
situation.
Chairman Porter was with Score
tary Lansing for a half hour discus
sing the Mexican situation in general
and later appeared hopeful Of a sOlu-
ton ofthe trouble
Inc UduEtI ~ Lie / IA4Atd A'N<-ANS
of this kind OF continual unrest and
feeling of hostility toward us IN Mex
icp," Mr. Porter said, lies IN the fact
that ii provides a fertile field for
anti American propaganda and even
for a base for attack upon the United
States by any foreign country that
effected a combination with Mexico.
.,-.-- la tartar nf
the Monroe Doctrine would be vio-
lated.
Property rights have been violated
and the Mexican courts have declared
constitutional the confiscatory provi-
Siuns of the Mexican fundamental
law against which we have -taken a
strong stand. If we permit the prop
erty rights of our nationals IN Mex
leo 10 be thus violated. where can we
stop? Suppose Brazil and Argentina
and Germany and other nations
adopt such a confiscatory law. Our
interests abroad would be wiped out.
For three years or more have
been firmly convinced that either
amicabie or furcefuI intervention N
Mexico by the United States is in
evitable I have heard nothing here
that leads me to change my mind
And l wish TO say that 1 am con-
WINGED that the State department
means business this time / also be-
lieve that when the State depart
ment's firm stand is put before Con-
gress we shall give il our strongest
support"
Senator Fall of New Mexico,
(Continued on Page 4-coi. a.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-12-02

Fuel Administrator Garfield. acting
IT conjunction with the railroad ad-
mlnlstration, gave notice that here
after only the essential consumers in
Guided In the first five classes of the
war pr,orlties list would be supplied
with coal and asked the help of all
state and municipal authorities TO
| make rationing effective
The order, which made national
those restrictions already put into To-
cal effect by regional coal committees
where the pinch of fuel shortage has
been felt. cuts off supplies from all
but transportation agencies which
includes inland and coasrwise ship
ping as well as railroads: federal end
local government institutions and es-
Establishments, n u q n concerns
working on government contracts;
public utilities. including newspapers.
and retail dealers. Railroad admin
istrarlon officials conceded that If
meant widespread cessation Of indus
trial operations. only justified by the
gravity OF the situation.
II is necessary that coal shall be
used only for essential purposes, DR..
Garfield said IN giving public Motif
cation Of the step.
Officials said that the terms Of the
order as given were framed TO allow
the grea1est possible variation III To-
cal arrangements SO thar emergencies
could be met by action best suited TO
that result Industrial establishments
operating their own power plants will
be forced TO shut down when present
supplies are exhausted. while the OPP
Grafton of those whose power is sup
piled from public utility plants will
be clirtailed or continued IN the dis
erection of local agencies and officials.
DIR. Garfield noted further that the
government would ne glad 70 leave
supervision and control of distribu-
ton by retail dealers entirely TO any
state. county or municipality which
mny make provision therefor"
These arrangements. it was sIIg
cested. would all be maintained
while they proved adequate. but the
federal government would hold d
final power to intervene by cutting
off coal supplies where rationing
measures are not being fairly or
fully taken.
Railroad administration officials
conceded that the application Of the
order would mean an industrial
shut down of considerable magni-
rude. but declined 10 undertake. a
definite estimate. Industrial estab-
lishments operating from their own
power plants. II was said probably
would have TO stop when their pres
emf coal supply became exhausted.
Industries operating on power
supplied by public utilities may
continue operation unless the man
agemenr Of the public utility COM
panies supplying them and the local
autho titles rule that they are nom
essential. For the present the rail-
road administration will not attempt
10 lay down a rule as To what is an
essential industry
The industries to which coal will
be furnished will be railroads.
coastwise and international ship
ping, army and navy and other gov
eminent departments, state and
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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-12-02
LEGISLATION TO
TAKE PRECEDENCE
over. PEACE PACT
LONG SESSION
Predicted for Present
Congress

--saSaNeteaS OpSiu'S W oOSouo S0D
SION - Senate Nesting 0risf -
-nuse PASSES Minor BiIls-Presi-
usr.s Message Scheduled To-day
x asnlngtun. Dec Most Of the
fearures usually attending the open
ng were lacking today at the con-
.enlna If the second session of the
6atn congress.
A1ter pertunctory sessions al
which me annual appropriation esti-
mates aggregate s4.s65. 100000 were
presented. both Senate and House ad-
.ourned until tomorrow, when Pres
dent Wilson'S message viii be read
ana Legislative work started in earn
81
The Senate was IN session % min
neg The House remained IechulcaIIy
il. work for four hours, but cunsid-
ered only minor bills requiring unan-
nuus consent. Gallery crowds were
rnucn smaller than usual
TIE Presidents message, which iE
N ue ~ead separately IN the Senate
and House. went to the printer to-
day and Is expected 10 be brief Mr..
Wilson's illness prevents its delivery
IT person and also caused a slight
cnange IN the opening program. In
yJeau Of appointing committees to
wait" on the President. the Senate
and House had their committees send
a note To Mr. Wilson notifying him
n he new session. The note was de-
iivered to Secretary Tumulry, who
replied that the President would
transmit his message tomorrow.
There were no outward develop
menus TODAY regarding future dispo-
z-ion Of the German peace treaty
and leaders were Informed that The
resident probably would not dis
cuss il IN his message. II Was under
stood THAT upon re-snhmittlng the
treaty the President would send a
sIsecial message 70 the Senate
senator Lodge. the Republican
ieader. and chairman of the Senate
foreign relations committee. said ne
nUpeG soon To press mis- resolution to
declare the war with Germany AT an
END, but Indicated no immediate ac-
,ion was probable.
ne Senate will begin cunsidera-
aon nf important Legislation tomor-
row when it takes up the Cummins
-aiiroad biIl with its an1i-strike pro-
VISIONS. Senate lenders will urge
nrnmpr action hut much preliminary
debate is expected. Initial work of
me house is to ne confined largely
10 me annual appropriation bills.
Few new hills were introduced to-
dav II the Euuse and none IN the
Senate
The Senate Democrats steering
committee viii meet tomorrow To
eonEide- routine affairs. but as the
Continued on Page Col. a.