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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-20
CHICAGO AS A NEGRO CITY

have stimulated this immigration, finding
 the negro voters easily controlled by
 them. There are 50o0o negro voters in
 Chicago who are segregated in the south division, and have a largely determin- ing influence in Chicago politics. It will be remembered that immedi- ately after the Civil war some extremists trict or territory of the United States be set off as a reservation for the negroes
 alone, a sort of American Liberia Pos slbly the South Side of Chicago could be
 set aside for this purpose. It's popula- tion is almost exclusively negro, and it's officials, state and municipal, are of the same race
 | Many of the these negroes came orig inally, and only few years ago, from 1 Louisiana and Mississippi. The effort | to win them back to the south has not , been at all encouraging. They are being held together by their large numbers and ! their political favors. The people of Chi. 1 cago have awakened to the fact that they | have a race problem of their own ts solve, and very marked differences of opinion have developed among them as to the proper treatment of the question as the anti-negro riots of last yeaf
 kindler sentiment towards the south in
 it's efforts to solve these race problems ] fairly. justly and to the advantage of all
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-20
FARMERS AT WASHINGTON

From the Wall Street Journal
 m OPTICAL friends of the farmers, who have suffered from defIa- S tion, are determined that their voices shall be heard at Washington. Much testimony has been taken before the agricultural committeeN and prob ably much more will be brought out sion will waste much time through ill., advised attempts to give relief to the farmers.
 These so-called friends of the farmers are making wrong diagnosis, and are likely to do harm. Much of the testi- mony already taken shows that What could be more hurtful to the farmers than to go to Washington with the idea that a criminal conspiracy exists to put down the price of farm products?" Yet, this lis the statement made by an official connected with the Farmers National council. in a public speech at Chicago.
 But this seems to be the belief and at titrde of many of the farmers friends. They should know it is not true. Accord ing to official statistics, prices of farm products went 246 per cent above the pre- war level. The great body of consumers suffered keenly, but no one thought or to put up prices. They recognized the fact that imitation was due to war conditions. Farmers troubles now are due so es-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-20
LUKE M,LukE SAYS

The man who makes the comparison. "As cheap as dirt" hasn't tried to buy any real estate lately.
 The trouble with the man who inn agines that he has pretty hair is that cut.
 woman never has more than two pockets to a mans fifteen pockets. Yet a woman usually carries a handker- chief when she needs one.
 Isn't it remarkable how a 90-pound girl can make 2s0-poud man beg, jump through and roll over and play dead
 Scientists tell us that the men on Mars do not have to shave. But we eX- pect the women on Mars have as much fuzz a the upper lip as the women on this planet.
 You can find a substitute for most things. But when you want to sneeze nothing else will satisfy you.
 If the manufacturers of jute ever got together and made the material sS per yard, stylish women would wear nnth- ing but gunnysacking.
 Mother didn't have to cut down ex- penses so much in the days before the Willie was abolished.
 A lot of people have an idea that the reward of virtue isn't worth collecting
 Any time you see woman who is real proud of her hat it is sign that she hasn't worn it more than four times
 Copyright. 1920)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-20
Advantages Derived
 From Export Trade

TOURTEEN HUNDRED pieces of U cast iron pipe and fittings from the Birmingham shops of the Stock ham Pipe and Fittings company left Mobile the other day bound for Cuba. No trainload of similar freight left Birmingham that day for points within the United States. The Birmingham pipe shops ship all over this country, but America is not buying now. It is gratifying to have q few shiploads move to Cuba and Brazil during periods like this.
 The Tuscaloosa City left Mobile a few days ago with 1000 tons of Bir- mingham steel for Rotterdam. There are no cargoes of that tonnage nov ing to points within this country at present. There was a recent move- ment of 2,O0O tons of Birmingham pipe out of Mobile for Japan and a prior movement of 1000 tons of pipe for the Flowery Kingdom from Sa- vannah.
 Birmingham coke recently went to the copper smelters of Chile; Birming- ham steel rails went to Cuba, and other metal products to Brazil.
 It is good to have this export trade when we need it. We would fare bet ter if we realized always the extent to which we need this trade and tried to obtain it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-20

adjustment of peace conditions ican The producer of raw silk saw his produce shrink from $f7 to less than ss The coffee planters of Brazil have suf- fered as severe decline as the cotton men. Crude rubber brought 55 cents ali through 1919 and recently has been be- low IS cents pound. Before the war the index of British prices published by tho Economist stood at 100; in March of this year it was up to s79 S. on the first of thiS' month it had dropped to 2s9.7, Prices ara undergoing deflation the world over.
 And the process cannot be perfectly smooth. Neither can all the classes be made to move together. Some will drop violently and go too far, and then swing back little way. The process will be one of declines and rallies until the whole list settles to general level and values become relative again.
 But five years of imitation cannot be and leave one class immune An artificial price for any commodity could not be maintained; it's ultimate collapse would involve those who attempted to hold it up. There is just one law that will reg ulate prices no act of Congress can re- peal it, or hinder it's operation for any length of time The leaders in Congress should know this fact That is the law of supply and demand
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-20
BooTLEGGING INGENUITY
Washington Star.

From the Washington Star
 Efforts to evade the prohibition law have led to the display of much in- genuity. If all the inventive ability that is being expended on these schemes to dodge the drouth were applied to in- dustrial production the country would be far better off than it is today eco nomically. A dispatch from Baltimore tells for instance, of a specially made motor car with a false bottom conceal ing metal tanks under the floor and other tanks under the seats. In the early days of bootlegging belts for carrying bottles were cleverly devised. Suit cases and grips have been con structed to hold "contraband' out of sight of inspection agents. All of these things are symptomatic of desire on the\part of a certain percentage to beat the law. But one by one these schemes are uncovered, and the enforcement agents get to know what to seek and the smugglers of liquors are put to the gauntlet. A competition has de- veloped between the enforcement staff and the booze-running fraternity. In the end the victory is certain to go to the law, as there is a positive limit to the range of evasive inventions. and. moreover. as punishments are inflicted the game becomes hardly worth the candle. Then perhaps the ingenious devisers of law-beating schemes will turn their talents to something more genuinely profitable.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-20

IT rom the New Orleans Times-Picayune.
 ~ HICAGO has carried through it's N boast that it would double it's ne-
 W gro population in the decade. The
 increase is 14s.5 per cent as against 21 per cent for the whites. Tne negroes have grown approximately in numbers more than seven times as fast as the whites. Total negroes in Chicago, 109, ,594, which carries it above Baltimore and possibly Washington, with New York probably it's chief competitor. The changed conditions in this country are shown by the fact that the two cities with the largest negro population are now in the north--Chicago and New rorls and that the next two, Baltimore and Washington, are in the so-called border states" with possibly another northern city sixth Philadelphia. The only south- ern city which comes anywhere near these is New Orleans, which may show slight falling off in the number of it's negroes, like the neighboring counties Of Louisiana and Mississippi.
 The result is due to three causes-the fact that many railroads in this section run directly into Chicago, so that it is easy for negroes from Louisiana, Mis- sissippi and Tennessee to slip into the Illinois metropolis; secondly. the camp for the southern negroes during the war was at Grant, near Chicago; and finally nollticaI influence, for Chicago politicians
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-20
DIR. JEKYLL AND MIR. HYDE

i From the Memphis Commercial Appeal. N GOOD many years have followed ! N\ him into practical oblivion since
 S S we had the pleasure of seeing
 that master of the histrionic art. Rich
 ard Mansfield, play his repertoire at the ] Grand Opera house. as it was then called
 And we can never forget the impression
 upon our excited fancy by his presenta-
 ton of his famous play. "Dr. Jelkyll and Nr. Hyde" A finisheed actor, Mir.
 Mansfield, shared with Joe Jefferson the ability to produce upon his audience a sense of reality, which is said to be the
 supreme test of good acting.
 This play is based upon the we'll
 known duality of mans nature, and is ldramatized from the interestingly writ
 ten book of the same title Both fur lnish startling view of mans possibil- lities, and supply food for reflection to those who feel any concern about so- ciety and it's stability And it is a sad
 commentary upon our boasted modern civilization that scarcely a day passes ! in which the press is not under the ne- cessity of publishing the record of hu- man wreckage which amply illustrates the principle underlying both the book and the play.
 The most recent case is that of a Chicago woman. recently widowed, l surroundings which testify to her way
 ward course. The money with which
 her deceased husband lovingly dowered
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-20

her was used for a course of debauch- cry, and in her ruin she drags down to exposure and shame man holding high position, whose trusting wife and innocent offspring must share his dis grace. The latter only have our sym- pathy.
 But that to which we wish to direct attention is exhibited in these words, taken from the account given in the dispatch published in our issue of Monday. ITO the small coterie of her intimate friends Mrs. Reynolds had been known as a cultured woman of in dependent means. living quietly among her books and philosophical studies. venturing out at infrequent intervals for an occasional game of golf or at tendance at some concert or lectune." Thus is presented a picture that can be endlessly duplicated all over this land of ours. It would be no surprise to learn that this woman was an active member of the missionary society.
 Based upon this revelation. we ven tufe To suggest tn3t the I2&al 'Veaks ness of modern religious organizations is the toleration of the state of things here indicated. We have been toh of men occupying conspicuous positieas .n church affairs, whose lives are uea1 known to be replicas of that brought to light by this tragedy. There was once a custom among such organaza- tions of testing" those who sought their fellowship. It might be a. good tbi1,er fo reviya
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-20
Corn Is King In
 Alabama This Year

~ ORN is first in the Alabama farm NJ production of 1920. The value of this crop is $67, 100000 compared to a $53, 3,500,000 cotton yield.
 The third most valuable of the farm crops is hay, with 1,324,O0O tons worth $27,OOO,000. A few years age hay ranked lowest of all farm prod. ucts. The remarkable growth of the live stock industry and the increase in the production of hay have kept pace with one another.
 Alabamians are not rejoicing that corn is more important crop thar cotton, but they are glad that they have this splendid auxiliary to fall
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-20
AFTER THE WAR

Richard Le Gallienne. "The Junkman and Other Poems" Doubleday, Page)- After the war-I hear men ask-what
 then? As though this rockq ribbed world.
 sculptured with fire, And bastioned deep in the ethereal plan, Can never be it's morning self again Because of this brief madness man with
 man; As though the laughing elements should
 tire. The very seasons in their order reel. As though indeed yon ghostly golden
 wheel Of stars should cease from turning, or
 the moon Forget the world, and June be no moro
 June. How many wars and long forgotten Unnumbered, nameless made like de-
 spair In hearts long stlled; how many suns have set On burning cities blackening the air Yet dawn came dreaming back, her, 1ashes wet With dew, and daisies in her innoa hair. Nor shall. for this. the souls aaeens A5n| pause. Z Nor the sure evolution of the laws That out of foulness lift the lIowfs to sun, And out of fury forge the eveuinsi star Deem not Loves building c the iworlds undone- Far Loves beginning was nod lnd s
 far; " By paths of fire and egs hkr fcst must climb. Seeking loveliness she t-kEoaIF knows. Whose meaning is beyoE the Eearh of
 Tir
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-20

back upon. Corn is not only valuable in the market, but it is doubly so on he farm, because it is food for man and beast.
 It is the hay, the corn, the cattle, the hogs, the cowpeas and the other farm products, which have been raised in greater and greater abund- ance as the cotton yield has been cut down, that will enable the agricultu- ral south to issue from price deflation with far greater ease than would have otherwise been the case.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-20
Steel Is Sustaining
 Birmingham District

N T the close of last week there
 A were as many blast furnaces in Alabama engaged in the manufacture of iron to be converted into steel in the home mills as there were making iron for the merchant trade. The Steel Corporation is operat- ing half the stacks that are active. The stacks that are cold are those that manufacture for the merchant iron trade and depend on the sale of pig iron in order to keep going. It is fortunate for the ircn industry of Alabama that two of its iron mak- CTS manufacture iron principally for their own use. But for the steel mills of the district twice the number of stacks would be blown out and twice the number of men who are idle would be out of employment. This much the district owes to hay ing gone into the steek making busi- ness. This is why Thanksgiving Day, 1899, when the steel works at Ems | ley made their first run, will always ! remain one of the most important epochs in the history of the district. Birmingham should rejoice when ever it hears that some of the mer- chant iron producers are making money, because they have not always done so and because only through the accumulation of large surplus will they be able to establish their steel mills and add to the prestige of the district in the manufacture of the finished products of the steel trade.
 Birmingham is being sustained by steel more than by iron at this june ture of industrial conditions and to steel it will owe the bigger future lying ahead.
 If the Christmas shopper doesn't ex- tend himself this week he's a hopeless case.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-20
Marine Corps In Haiti
 Not Guilty of Excesses

A TIER making thorough investi- EA gation which lasted 21 days the naval board of inquiry headed by Ad- miral Mayo finds no justification for the charges made by Brig. Gen. George Barnett, former commandant, against United States marines serv- ing in Haiti.
 American forces of occupation have not been guilty of practically indis- criminate killing" of natives, neither have they recklessly destroyed prop erty nor otherwise conducted them selves in way that could bring shame to the service. General Barnett, who modified his original statement re- garding the number of Haitians killed, may have been sincere in his accusa- tions and desirous of ending con- dition of affairs which he believed contrary to American ideals of fair play and the best interests of the ma rine corps, but he showed bad judg- ment in trying to create public scandal and subjecting the marines to undeserved censure.
 Isolated cases of misconduct are to be expected among all military forces, as we'll as in civil life, and it is no reflection on the rank and file of our marines, as well as their officers, if such cases occurred in Haiti. In difficult and trying sit uation, 1t is a credit to the marines that crimes were not numerous. Fur thermore, the court found that where there were instances of mis- conduct disciplinary action had been taken. During five years of occupa- i ton there were only two unjustifiable homicides and 16 other serious acts of violence committed against natives. That record speaks for itself. Forced to establish and maintain order in lawless country, where ignorance is appalling, where banditry flourished and where our forces were continually harassed by hostile natives, they have shown rare self-restraint. Such of- lenses as were committed "may be chargeable," as the court says, "to the ordinary defects of human charac- ter"
 For the first time in more than 100 years comparative order reigns in Haiti, and life and property are req sonably secure. This has been brought about by the marines, handicapped by "slender resources and inadequate ad- ministrative authority" They faced the task of practically making over backward state. They have acquitted themselves with commendable zeal and gallantry.
 The American people will rejoice to learn that the marine corps has been vindicated. It is branch of the serv- ice in which the nation takes pride. Its record in many parts of the world, in arduous and dangerous work, has been characterized by a high degree of bravery, loyalty and discipline.
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-20
INSPIRATION

Charles Chaplin, in Vanity Fair.
 There are, fortunately, times when ideas take one unaware. For instance, I go to a concert. Paderewski is about to play. There is the piano, the ar ranged solemnity, the awful dignity of the psychological moment when he is about to take his seat. Suddenly, in that profound silence before the master has begun his overture. I see-in my imagination, of course-the piano stool collapse and the master come to an ig- nominious fall. There you have the be- ginning of an incident in one of my nictures
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-20
WHAT HIS LINE WAS

From the Kansas City Star.
 Vice President Marshall has found a new job for himself-a peddler of dope" He told the story recently to show how easily vice president can appear in public without being known. He travelled through his own state. making speeches in the campaign. And this happened to himS
 Il was seated in the smoking car, thinking out what l could say to help the democratic party in speech I was to make that night" said Mir. Marshall. "A large man siumped down in the seat beside me.
 Mighty bad day for business said the sfranDa- nhsArvinr the rain falling
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-20
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
More Blessed to Give

'Too often, the children are given credit for being selfish, when they GO rot deserve it." said Jeff Bailey. T cite an instance that I have just heard about, wherein a little girl out in Nor wood who has not yet reached Ter teens wanted a bicycle for Christmas, and at the same time she wanted to give a present to practically every che of her girl friends.
 Her mother explained to her that she could not have the bicycle and make all the gifts she wished to make, due to the limit of her fathers finances. You can have the bicycle, or you can make the gifts you have decided on TOT your girl friends said the mother, and If you choose to make the girl friends the presents you have planned, ;hen perhaps you can have the bicycle for your birthday next spring.
 Quick as a flash came the answer Mother, I will give the presents to my friends and do without the bicycle this Christmas, for l would not enjoy my Christmas, even with the bicycle, if l forgot to remember my friends on Christmas
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-20

- Asked to choose a list of goou DOCKS for winter reading the New York public library included some of tue works ox R. l.. s." thus showing excellent judg- mont. Once a taste is developed for Stevenson, the average ''best seller" is poor stuff # < # A gentlemanly Scot, who is a war hero and wears a monocle along with his ci- garette has been imprisoned in the Tomps on a charge of defrauding a widow. There is nothing like a monocle to assist one in separating other people from their money. The conviction is being forced on Amer- ican police departments that if there isn't bestirring themselves as they have sell dom or never done before + <. E
 An English author who recently arrived in New York dined in the cheaper res taurants and escaped being interviewed Alert reporters no longer look for lit erary parsonage in garrett # :. x A plumber suing for a balance due on bathtub, said it wasn't his fault if the woman for whom it was installed was too large to fit the tub. A sapient judge saw it his way
 Sing Sings executioner has electroeuted 16 men this year. at the rate of s15o-aer capita, and would be more than human if he didn't regard condemned murderer as something of an asset.
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 Lieut.. Pat OBrien, one of the most spectacular heroes of the World war, committed huicide because of domestic troubles. A most inglorious end.
 < # # A Boston laundress who fell dead at her washtub left a bank account of ss2,OOo, yet there is no evidence that she ever rode to work in motor car.
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 Before starting his rounds, Santa Claus should be sure he knows the password and the high sign" else he may be shot for a burglar.
 When scientists are baffled by earth quake waves they can nearly always ex- pect a few houses to topple over in China
 Mir. Jack Dempsey is going to see his mother who he says will not find fault with him. This suggestion is offered to the writers of sentimental ballads for what it is worth.
 # # x States marines serving in Haiti are not as bad as they have been painted.
 x xs T. seasickness detracts somewhat from the stately return of Constantine and his family to Greece.
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 Smokes" are safe for at least another year, but it isn't safe to make "a pre- diction for 1922.
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 Whenever our reformers get a breathing spell they sail in and lambaste the down. trcdden movies.
 * x < President" De Valera of the Irish re prove to be a happy thought
 # # # Beware the Yuletide drink that contains a clash of wood "
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-20
in torrents.
" Whats your liner

III lOIIcHlS
 "What's your liner
 Motor car accessoriea" What's yours%
 Whats yours?
 i" 'Peddling dope
 !" I thought they wouldn't let you sell that stuff. But I have a special arrangement with the administration for a short time yet
 Vice President Marshall said that he supposed his train companion was tell ing the story throughout Indiana that the administration was giving special permission to sell dope"
 And that shows how far a vice presi- dent can fall
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-20
A MUSICAL COMEDY JAIL
New Orleans Item.

K rom the NEW OIItdlIS IttHI.
 Lafayette seems to be having sad experience with it's prisons. Last week several prisoners dug their way out of sthe parish jail with a piece of a pew ter spoon. and a few nights ago four military sojourners made their exit from the city prison through hole in the wall made with no other aid than a safety pin, strengthened to form pick.