The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-09-26

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 Sixth Reserve District V7N HE monthly report on business 0 and agriculture conditions in the Sixth reserve district, just issued by James A. McCord, federal reserve agent at Atlanta, is on the whole very satisfactory.
 Activity in all lines of business for September exceeds in volume that for the same period in any previous year. In only few instances is there a re- port of quiet in retail trade.
 Financial conditions through the district appear to be generally satis factory Bank deposits are holding up well and collections are reported good.
 In agriculture, the results are yari- able Alabama's corn crop has been damaged, but it is believed that it will be larger than last year. Live stock is highly satisfactory. The condition of hogs for fattening is indicated at 100 per cent.
 While labor in industrial districts and cities generally is plentiful, 1grl- cultural sections report that more farm labor could be used to advantage.
 Building operations in August, ac- cording to the report, have been brisk. Some of the statistics are of interest In Atlanta the new buildings in course of construction in August were stated at CT, valued at $742, 300. In Birming- ham the number was 126, valued at $429, ,172; New Orleans made show ing of fl buildings, valued at $245,- 450; Nashville 27, valued at $200,000; Knoxville IT, valued at $487,117 and Pensacola 1T, valued at $50O,000.
 August was poor month for New Orleans in buildings, comparatively speaking, but the Crescent City is more prosperous than ever before in it's history, and September will doubt less make up in building activities for the slow operations in August. Reserve Agent McCord gives the bank clearings for August. Some large figures are presented but such statistics are generally misleading. Unless the local clearing conditions land the system in use are known, the totals are worthless as a financial barometer.
 "lemenceau says the league of na t;ons can exist wl,hoTt the United States Scunds like a timely warning to the United States Senate t. get busy and rat fly the treaty. W, don't want to trail a,ore with Germany t4d be knocking a. the door year or two from now < < * "The American cotton bale is dis grace when it reaches the othec side.' 1 says an Englishman. Something must be done to prevent the American cotton bale l from looking like tramp when it dis embarks and takes the air at Liver. pool.
 ] Fred J. Hasllln, as good a newspaper ipan, as ever thurlted typewriter, say: the "shimmy'' is shuffling out. H. doesn't mean "shuffling" exactly. It movement involving the shoulders nor, than the feet.
 The militant prohibiticEists are stil up ir arms againsi "frussian beer." O. course, nobody expects d prohibitions to know that the worlds best beer il Urcwed in Bavaria, end not in Prussia. i * < < ] Without being Ware Of it at the time 1 Tos5on's police strike did more to alien ate public sympathy frorn that form O industrial warfare than all the othe stlses put to ysshe9.
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 1 Cheyenne, where the President spois' recently, is a hustling town. It has onl. one disadvantage. and that is name ; foreign visitor finds it difficult to pro nounce.
 It is probable that long before Ger many is admitted to the league of ra tions she will have fleet of Zeppelin jplying between New York and Hamburg
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 While not wishing to cast dampe on the zeal of scientists. we don't be ge, into communication with the earth.
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 The late Dr. Mary Walker simply pu oa mans attire and let it go at that. He modern imitators are trying to compro mise with a frill here and there.
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 The steel strikers may soon point witt pride to the fact that they have helped t clear the smoky atmosphere of a mum Ter of industrial towns