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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-29
THE STORY OF RUBBER

rubber. The natives of Brazil coagulat,
 the latex by smoking process, whi,
 produced a quality which remains u
 standard in the rubber world
 Valuable auxiliary supplies were di covered in various parts of Africa, Ce. tral America and in Mexico, where. u
 guayule scrub was found to coHtaF
 good percentage of soft but uset rubber. The health risks in the collection of wi
 rubber generally were so great that crude rubber business was called t sb.oodiest" industry in the world.
 | The Brazilians had a practical monopcl
 of the crude rubber trade, Although C, 1 termined efforts were made to secN enough rubber to meet the rapidly gro l ing demand yet the rubber world WI beginning to realize that supplies froA wild sources would prove inadequa'
 when new factor entered into the situ 1 tion
 l So far back as 1876, British forest and planter named Wickhanl, at the < stance of the government of India, h brought the seed of the hevea Braziliens or para rubber. as 1t popularly w called, from Brazil to England, whe plants were propogated at the Key Gs dens. London, and sent to the botanic
 experiment stations in Ceylon and Britt Burma The Malay states and Stra
 Settlements may have received seed at
 same time, but it is known that in l seedlings were sent from Ceylon to Sins pore and other points. It was from ths parent trees that seed came to introdr | a Ereat agricultural industry. although was mot until late in the nineties q planters of Ceylon and the federated N Hay states began to realize the immcT possibilities of cultivated rubber frorx lcommercial viewpoint # The immense profitableness of the bsS iness so attracted the European invesf that over 2.500. 0o0 acres have been plantI representing a total investment of oy s500, ,00o, ,000 Of this huge sum the Brit have put in s4O0, 900, ooa. and now have.
 virtual monopoly of the crude rubber dustry. l America, consuming 70 per cent of worlds rubber crop. has invested abd SIS, ,000, 900. or about 3 per cent of the tou notwithstanding the fact that this
 cludes the largest single undertaking the middle east.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-29

By Edgar B. Davis, in Leslie s.
 7Z KNOWLEDGE of rubber is as oid as
 lA knowledge of our country, for hls- 9 S tory records that Columbus upon his second voyage found the iniiapitants in Hayti playing games with balls Of rub Der, thus forming an interesting associa- ton between the discovery Of America and the crude material which eventually was to prove one of the great bases or industry in this country. It also IS re- corded that shoes were made out of rub Der three centuries ago, and that the Spaniards used it to smear their 'cloahS as a water resistant; that Father Chario- voix. the famous French Jesuit, in ms travels. learned of and described the bouncing of a rubber ball. Other French and spanish explorers noted the peculia' rrcperties of rubber. La Condamlhe III 1 17ss called it caoutchouc, by which haihe ] it is known in France today 'e' Priestely. the English chemist. found 'ha' this elastic material could be used to erase pencil marks, whefeupon he ave II the name by which it since has gone rubber. Charles Macintosh, scotch scientist. discovered that rubber was sol uble in naphtha, and used the soiution 10 spread between two layers of cloth U
 make a waterproof material
 The progress of rubber in manufacture
 was delayed because ofSthe inherent dlr- Ififiultv caused by the softening and tack mess in summer and the hardening oi lcracking of the material in winter, and | lis to the work of Charles Goodyear thai we owe the process which overcame these ohstac,es and made possible the rubber lmnnufacturing industry of today. After wears of patient investigation. great per scpal sacrifice and disheartening failures I which brought out noble qualities of hear and revealed a mind of integrity, he. while lconducting some experiments in Woburn Mass. on a mixture of rubber and sul phur. carelessly brought the compound 1T contact with hot stove. To his amaze lment. the rubber charred intsead of melt ing. and thus in 1899 the process of yul icanizing, the curing of rubber, was dis
 covered The process was perfected som' ltime later.
 Based on the invention of Goodyear the rubber manufacturing industry hai become one of the largest trades in tn
 country. with an annual turnover of sI, l2o0 900. 900.
 l About seventy years ago Boston SCI lcaptain brought home some clumsy rub
 Der boots which had been made by na ltives of Brazil. and from that time unti l191s Brazil was the most important sourc of supply of the raw material. the grea Jungle forests of the Amazon system
 yielding large quantities of excellent grad
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-29
Buttlng Stone Wall.

J. Lee Long, representative in the legislature from Butler county, was a visitor to Birmingham yesterday.
 "A strong fight is being made against Senator Underwood down my way" he said. but he will get 75 per cent of the votes in Butler county. The opposition to him is working hard and using every imaginable argument against him. They have five or six men riding over the county talking to the voters, but I am sure they will have very little effect Non the voters in that county
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-29

@FFTCIALS of the Southern " League should take prompt steps to check rowdyism. When the New Orleans team played in Bir- mingham recently the air was blue with profanity great deal of the time. The players swore so often and so loudly that their choice explosives were heard in every part of the grand stand. This did not make favor able impression on ladies who were present. nor was it particularly agreeable to their escorts or to any one else.
 No criticism of this nature has been directed at the Barons. What ever may have been the merits or demerits of our team from year to year, it is gratifying to state that its fflculD6IS udNGy WAOi1 q lOW N@NNSPoAOAio conducted themselves in an orderly manner on the field.
 Baseball is popular in America and incidentally profitable for own CTS as well as players, because it is conceded to be~a clean sport. Rougt banter is all very well, and no one will be disposed to find fault with ths kind of repartee heard, as a rule, dur ing games, but loud profanity ant vile epithets should not be tolerated Such behavior will disgust many pa irons and lower the standard of pro fessional baseball.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-29
Loophole Plugged.

"A friend of mine,' says Solon Ja- cobs, ''who has not donned overalls himself welcomed the movement on account of his two boys who, catch ing the fever at school, came home and pleaded with him to get them some. He hailed the request with joy, for 1t seems whenever he has suggested that it would be a good idea for them to do little work about the place, or take some interest in the garden, they would sidestep by pretending that it would ruin their good clothes; but clad in overalls, they are ashamed to put up further excuses. He seenis to have great hopes of their really being made of some account around home through the garb they now wear"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-29

It Is wee bit depressing for the resi- dent of an inland city to pick up a news- paper published in coast town and note the sailing dates of steamers for Havana.
 # * x
 Casting one eye over the field, Pussy foot" Johnson is girding himself for an- other attack on the pernicious "wets" of America
 Another grievous hardship. Malefactors of great wealth will not DC permitted to move their stocks of liquor from winter to summer residences.
 # # E F While M Carpenter will take Hon. Dempsey's place with the sells-Floto cir GUS, he will not follow Hon. Dempsey to court
 Hiram Johnson's strength with the voters may be partly due to the posses sion of a first name that suggests life on the farm.
 "ouit thinking in terms of war; ad- vises rremier Nitti. Unfortunately large armies and navies keep war terms on the tip of ones tongue. # # F
 Among the lesser benefactors to hu- manity is the Ohio man who is credited with having slain 500 rats in an hour. # < # The Prince of Wales is so in love with ll life that he even wears silk hat at 3 rakish angle
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-29
Grand Jury Indictments
 Will Check Profiteering.

mROFITEERS are meeting with E sharp reverses in Chattanooga, where several business men have been indicted for charging exorbitant prices.
 A Chattanooga clothing merchant may have some difficulty in explain ing how he estimated that an over- coat which cost approximately $1S.50 could be sold for legitimate profit at S42.50. Similarly, restaurant owner will have to do some rapid call culating to show that he was justified in charging 50 cents for sandwich which cost him 20 cents.
 Such cases, more or less sporadic as they are, seem trivial at first glance, and the average citizen may ask himself how indicting a profiteer here and there is going to lower the cost of living. If it were merely one overcoat or one sandwich, little would be accomplished, but the spectacle of profiteer haled to court has salu- tary effect on others of the breed.
 At any rate, the public is consoled by the thought that it has not beer left without protection, and where there is a vigilant fair price board on duty, as there is in Birmingham and many other cities besides Chat tanooga, the dealer who lets his greed get the better of his judgment not to speak of his humanity, stands a good chance to be punished.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-29
Can't Forget.

'I can never forget the haunting melody of the wartime songs" says Sam L. Lewis. Just Keep the Home Fires Burning and The Long. Long Trail will always be the popular songs with the returned soldier We sang them around the campfires, in the water soaked dugouts, on the march and on the ship coming home.
 Some people have said that the war songs were only ragtime and jazz But, after all, it was not the words that counted or even the music. It was the feeling of comradeship that comes with singing together. It was that that won for us the name of g singing nation. and made us respected | by our allies and enemies alike"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-29
CRITIC wALKLEY IS SARCASTIC

"A. B w." in London Times The lord chancellor, good. easy man. says the primary business of the theatre is to present drama.
 No. its primary business is to provide
 comfortable and amusing surroundings for fair chocolate eaters. The play is there for the same reason the coon band Is at a restaurant, to assist mastication.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-29
STILL HARP1NG ON IRON

From the Portland Uregorlah.
 The new German chancellor says reac- tionaries will be swept out of the army with an iron broom" Still the old Prus- sion idea. The Germans might get fur ther if they would forget this iron stufs occasionally and try working with a feather duster.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-29
NEWS FROM NEARER HOME

From the Brooklyn Eagle.
 A dozen democratic aspirants to the presidency can't understand why any body should be listening for message from Mars. Their ears await some thing from the White House. which. up tc date, is fully as reticent as Mars.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-29
Ar..1ttM tMa@auseH
TRouALE lN sTORE

From the Chicago News.
 If the women are not given the vote by constitutional amendment before the presidential election this year, they will be forced to regard Uncle sam as hor- rid old flirt and perhaps they will sue him for breach of promise.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-29
A SHAMELESS STATE

From the Nashville Banner.
 .'wisconsin." says The Birmingham Age Herald. "eats out of the hand of Bob LaFollette." And what price in fhe respect of the nation she is paying for her fccs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-29
Profitable Pursuit
 of American Dollars.

THE circus tour of Georges Car
 U pentier will begin May 10. Pre- vious engagements, however, will pre- vent him from appearing regularly until May 20. He will receive $2,000 a day for his services. His managers will also get 40 per cent of the re- ceipts.
 Among other items of interest is the announcement that private car
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-29
TWO FUTILE GESTURES

From tfA Pittsburg Dispatch. Germany's demand on Sweden for the extradition of Kapp is more fareical than the allied claim on Holland for the former kaiser.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-29
AN ELEMENT oF MYsTERY.

"The question am going to ask you Is purely hypothetical" said MT. Clipping.
 owen?" replied Mir. Twobble.
 suppose my wife were to find a long golden hair on my coat some evening. How could I convince her that my af- fections were not centered on dizzy blonde?"
 You might try letting her discover a red hair on your coat the next night That would at least keep her guessing"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-29
SMALL PoTAroEs.

'How about this fellows criminal re1 ord?" Aii. "Its nothing to speak of." MI "No2"
 T dare say he wouldn't even be rel garded as a master mind in village of 400 inhabitants'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-29
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES

APPEARANCES ARE DECEPTIVE. Full many man who spins along the
 street,
 His costly car observed by wond'ring
 eyes, His obligations neer is known to meet And from the hardy bill collector lies
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-29
NOT IMPRESSED.

"rhe young woman with languid air who talked about her travels abroad in pre-war days was, given scant attention by several other young women present"
 'The other young women you mention travelled abroad during the war at a speed ranging from 25 to 50 miles an hour"
 'Indeed?"
 "Yes. They were ambulance drivers"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-29
ontmit Boil weexil.

What appealed to me as being a certain means of ridding the south forever of the boil weevi1 was the sus- gestion of Dr. Dickinson's," said w. $. Stallings. general secretary of the Y. M c. A. According to Dr. Dickin- son, if government laws were enacted prohibiting farmers east of the Mis- sissippi from planting the staple this year, while the country relied on the supply of western producers, and next year the law applied to sections west of the river, the boil .eweevil would soon be thing of the past. This would be especially favorable to cot ton growers of Alabama this year, as it seems the recent heavy rains have wrought much damage to the early crop recently planted"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-29

Washington Bureau, 500 Davidson building.
 European Bureau, 10 King street. Covent Garden, London. w. C. z.
 Eastern business office. World building, New York city; western busi- ness office, Tribune building. Chi cago. The S. c. Beckwith Special Agency. agents for foreign advertising.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-29
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
No Hone for Cheaper Sugar

NO nope TOT OneHptE SuSoA
 Tt will be a long time before we see any cheap sugar in this country, according to indications in Cuba" said Jess Shearer, who has just returned from vacation spent in Florida, the Bahamas and Cuba. T spent week in Havana and ran down to Matanzas one day to look at the big sugar plantations and refineries.
 Cuba has made big sugar crop this year and they are getting enor- nous prices for it. We were informed that they are paying from fifteen to eighteen cents for the centrifugal sugar. as they call it, at the plants They held out no hope for any cheap CT sugar for some time at Matanzas
 Havana is a hustling town. The old part has narrow streets and is not pretty, but the new part of the city which was started by the Americans is beautiful Havana has numbers oi beautiful homes and is apparently full of wealth and the people believe ir spending money. High prices prevail generally there.
 q spent most of my time at Miami While I was there I went over tc Bimini bay for day and visited the new Bimini Bay Rod and Gun club It is In the Bahama islands and i' just forty-five miles from Miami. went over by boat, but came back bJ seaplane and we made the trip 1T record time. We landed at Miami jus thirty eight minutes after leaving th' island forty five miles away"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-29

How chances mock And changes fill the cup of alteration With divers Mquorsi
 Henry W.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-29

TELEPHONE Bell (private exchange connecting all departmental Main 49O0.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-29
SIMILAR POSITIONS.

My friend" said the genial old gentle man to an uncouth person seated next toI him at lunch counter, would you mind tucking in your arms a bit more, so | car safely drink my coffee?"
 ~oh, guess not" replied the nasty feeder
 Thank you. I need hardly remind you that you are applying yourself to dish of beef stew and not to the steering wheel of motor car"
 STRANGE BEHAVIOR No word from Emma Goldman M | And none from Alex B. J4f | Oh. let us hope they do not nope s l While far across the sea. 1 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-29

Henry, where are your overalls?" asked Mrs. Dubwaite.
 .swhy-er-in the hall closet, my dear" answered MT. Dubwaite.
 T thought you were going to wear them every day"
 q was. but yesterday morning as I was standing on corner waiting for trolley car an old lady came up to me and said if I would drive my vegetable wagon around to her door she would be glad to look over my stock of spring onions"
 A CREPE HANGER.
 Would you regard Jibway as a good man to consult about buying motor carp
 "No. in6eed."
 ''why not?"
 "He's so confounded thrifty he'd prob- ably do his best to discourage you.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-29
,Ton,her of inc Associated Press

Member of the Associated fress
 The Age-Herald is the only morning and. Sunday newspaper in Birmingham carfying, the Associated Press dis patches.
 The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for publication of all news dispatches credited to 1t or not otherwise credited in=this paper and also the local news published therein.
 All rights of republication of special dispatches herein are also reserved.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-29

But I sat down not to stir up any more effort to boast of mere "bigness," but to speak good word for the small town. l know that it has been the fashion in our comic papers and magazines to poke a lot of fun at the small town man. and some have even gone so far as to pre- tend to be able to diagnose small town soul,' even though the person supposed to possess it may inhabit a city which is noted for it's "bigness." It's state of mind, so they say It signifies an U-
 te. incapacity for grasping the big things
 of life.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-29

l Now before some of you who may hap
 pen to read this turn up your nose al small towns, just hark back to the time
 when you passed your life in one. Some i of you can go back past even the town,
 for you were brought up on farm. re- lmember once hearing preacher who 1 was castigating the sins of the city. ap- peal to all of those who came from the lcountry to stand up, and more than half of the business men and social leaders rose to their feet.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-29
No Reason Why Ball Players
 Should Not Be Gentlemen.

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-29
MISTAKEN IDENTITY.

s. They were ambuIance drivers. :"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-29

|dards.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-06-03

WANTED. a No ] ospercn, 80 FAR.
NOR from Kansas. 10 rent farm for 3
years. near school. uil new equipment.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-06-03
PERSONAL PROPERTY


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The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-06-03
REAL ESTATE FOR RENT


MIsCEIIANrous FuR RKNT ri
VACUUM CLEANERS Tor rent by day or
week. Phone Cedar 500.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-06-03

MUST SELL AT ONCE
South side. owner has reduced this house
$500 for quick sale beautiful e-story
rooms, hardwood floors basement and
garage everything complete for a perfect
home SO 500 with terms
LEWIS INV. co, OSAGE iSG3
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-06-03
YOU ARE LIABLE TO
GET HER TOE
when asking for your girls hand, IL
you Try to marry without the help
OF McMinn Diamond.
The Hotel Tulsa Is Across
From Us

FoR RENr-rurnished five-room house.
garsge gsrden. immediate possession
l'lN Quaker Usage SsgS
FOR -Four room Furnished house
y.s Trenton $50 per month, phone
THREE FURNISHED rooms. south side ot
Duplex, private bath; $50 per month
call Usage 1861, call afternoons or
evenings
FOR Fourteenth and N. Detroit.
TO couple without children. i-room
furnished bungalow with wash house and
garage for two months; VIII give posses
sion II OF June; "a blocks from Main 81
paving; phone Cedar 562 or rec Mr. No
laughlin, S22 Iowa BIDS, second aud
Bnston
FOR Five-room bungalow5 partly
furnished; In Kendall pleasant cool and
comtortsble. an ideal place for summer
months references required; call Usage
sisS or osage 5ll5-R. posseasion June 10.
FIVE-RooM furnished house for rent
possession ~ once. half block from car
line; ~ 3 Wheeling
ONE FIVE ROOM Furnished house for
rent; phone Usage 97G5-J
FIVE -RooMfurnished house FOR rent
during summer Phone Usage 1877. isl u
Thirteenth
ElGuT-ROOM house strictly modern, close
In, also A-room house, strictly modern;
phone Usage Gb3t; references exchanged
FOR RENT--For summer months. east
half duplex; south front: four rooms
beautifully furnished in mahogany, very
y lndcpendence
FOUR ROOMS and bath modern new
house close n furniture for sale Phone
FOR RENr--b-room modern nicely fur.
month Call osage 500. 1875 s odakor
ron RENT SN room furnished modern
bunktioW do.hle garage for summer
months. price h25' l7iS s Main; call
BEAUTIFUL FURNISHED 6-roorn modern
house screened In sleeplng porch. must
be seen 10 he appreciated; 1900 n. Main
lo0G-l or later cedar ~
BEAUTIFULLY furnished s-room house
on south side; In best diNrict FOR period
~ or months, phone Usage 2ic7
ATTRACTIVE bungalow: very nicely fur
nished nieno electric fan, etc. rooms
and breakfast room for rent until October
: 20 adults south side rent $3.50. refer
ences. Phone Usage S6Gi
TO RENT from June & 10 September is.
2-storN furnished home; rooms and
parties renting house will have privilege of
renting rooms references required call
SOC : Elwood. phone Usage Sb,S
FouR ROOM modern house rent $40
m9,n,n 70 party 6,nyins small amount Of
SEVEN rooms and breukfast room. beau
TRULY furnished extra toilet ftrst fIoo-,
garage. VIII rent for three months; imme.
date possession faoO month. Phone Qsago
aGtl w. J Henry
OFFICES AND ntSk ROOM 10
FOR RENT-Entire fret floor. Nixon
Bldg, ei3-2l5 Cincinnati Az Snace
a0Nt0 feet ntted for offices; storeroom
'lsy7o feet: assembly room isN70 feet:
tHtorsge snaccl phone Usage i7Ot-J Tru.
man Nixon. 220 Kennedy Bldg
FoR RENT-office space. sO6 y Third.
Usage 2i7t
FOR RENT-unc furnished office room
a'2 Iowa N'dg can Usage a23
sToRts AMI wARrHo, sFs &C
FOR RENr-- Part ~ small stoTeroom on
Second and Elgin Phone OSars 517
SrOREROOM 5oNsi feet brick building;
llO7 Main suitable for storage ner.
camille stock shop or workroom, alley
entrance, Daniel & stsekhouse Cedar
.99s.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-06-03
REAL ESTATE FOR SALE
HOUSES FOR 81

A SMALL CASH pAYMENT
and reasonable terms will buy beautiful
new house In Eorth Denver. bargain
" sold At once can owner. DsnEc lbsS-H