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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-04
AFTER INFLUENZA
The Grip, Fevers and other Poison.
 ing, Frustrating Diseases

It is absolutely necessary that the blood be thoroughly cleansed, germs of disease destroyed or driven out. appe- tite restored and the kidneys and liver restored to perfect regular action
 Hoods Sarsaparilla has been before the people for 46 years as a general blood purifying alternative tonic medicine and it has given perfect satisfaction. Men and women whose grandmothers gave them Hoods Sarsaparilla are now giving it to their own children and grandchildren with perfect confidence. It is the ideal family medicine, for wide range of ail- ments. always ready, always does good at any season of the year. Prepared by educated pharmacists. Nearly 50 years of phenomenal sales tell the story of it's remarkable merit. For a mild, effective laxative, take Hoods Pi1ls.-Adv.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-04
Washington Bureau The Age Herald
 501 Davidson Buildina

Washington, April 3.--( Special. )-For the purpose of talking direct to the people of Alabama. Senator Underwood left Washington. in his capacity as a candidate for reelection to the Senate, this afternoon.
 He will remain in the state two weeks. during which time he will make as many speeches as possible. His engagements next week, beginning Monday. will place him in Huntsville Albany. Gadsden, Tuscaloosa and Mont gomery.
 The following week he enters the southern half of the state and it is now tentatively arranged that he will be in Mobile April 15.
 Shortly thereafter the senator will return to Washington to attend dem ocratic caucus in which it is now strongly indicated he will be elected minority leader of the Senate In . preceding caucus his vote and that oi Senator Hitchcock, his opponent, was tied, Senator Smith of Georgia refrain ing from voting.
 In the next caucus Senator Smith, ac- cording to his statement publicly made in Georgia, will support Senator Under wood, and Senator Sheppard, without committing himself to Senator Under wood and indicating a probability thai he will not vote. has stated that or account of Hitchcock's advocacy oi light wines and beer. he cannot sup. port him. It is regarded as probable other extreme prohibitionists will fol. low the course of Sheppard.
 If there is still lingering hope on the part of certain Alabama politicians that Senator Conner in the caucus, vii knife his colleague, that hope may now be abandoned. The junior senator ha: voluntarily committed himself to Sen ator Underwood.
 While in Alabama Senator Under wood will give an account of his stew ardship, and will very frankly discus. any matter that the people regard a, pertinent. While he has not outlined his speech, it is known that it will deal extensively with the opposition which Glenn F. Plumb and Samue Gompers have stirred up against him It is known that he has accepted tn, ultimatum of these radical leaders tha ] his support of the Cummns railroa. 1 bill shall be the issue of the campaign In that support Senator Underw oot stood for arbitration as a substitut, for strikes against interstate com
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-04
sLOSs OFFICIALS VISIT

Sheffield, April 3.--(SpeciaL)- )--J. W. Mcqueen, president; w. H. Goadby, E. V. Loew, James Doweu and J. D. Full lenbright, officials of the Sloss-Shef- field Steel and Iron Company of Bir- mingham, spent several days here this week inspecting the iron furnaces of the company. On their return to Bir- mingham the visitors stopped off at Russevllville, where the ore mines of the company were visited and i'm spected-
 It is believed that considerable i'm provements are contemplated in the properties of the Sloss company in this section, which occasioned the visit of the officials at this time.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-04
HUNTSVILLE

Huntsville April -(Special.)-The plant of the Huntsville Gas Company was flooded by several feet of water in the flood of Friday morning and damage estimated at $7.OOO was done. The plant may be compelled to close down tempo rarily. The transmission station of the Alabama Power Company at the con- fluence of Pinhook creek and the spring
 branch was flooded by the breaking of @ levee and service was stopped for a short time. The Planters Warehouse lost twenty-seven bales of cotton, which floated off in the waters, and the Spring City Milling Company, the Armour Pack ing Company's plant, the Swift & Go. agency and other industries and offices
 were flooded.
 ] The trouble which had resulted in five ! inunations of the low part of the city during the last month has been located
 at the junction of Pinhook creek and the , spring branch where a trestle of the | Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis railway crossed the streams both Of which are choked with sandbars. The | Chamber of Commerce has appealed to Judge Ed Almon, representative in Con 1 gress, asking him if the government will help relieve the situation.
 l Damage to property as a result of yes | terdays flood is estimated at between $2O000 and $30O00, and the loss within the
 month is not less than $50000.
 Luther Tucker, taxicab driver, who
 has been in jail since the Christmas | holidays on charge of criminally as I saulting 8 young woman of West Hunts 1 vile, and is awaiting another trial ol 1 his case in the summer, was remanded l to jail by Judge Brickell Friday afternoon after writ of habeas corpus had been heard. Fuckers attorneys sought to have him reelased on bond on the grounds
 that the principal witness for the de fense was absent at the preliminary tria as well as at the circuit court trial ir February, when the jury was unable tc treach an agreeYuent.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-04
MOSES SURRENDERS
 TO HITCHCOCK RULE

Washington, April 3.-(SpeclaL)- Senator Moses of New Hampshire, southern manager for Gen. Leonard Wood, and who appointed J. o. Thomp-
 son of Birmingham to manage the Wood campaign in Alabama, apparently surrendered Jurisdiction in his own ter
 ritory to Frank H. Hitchcock Mir. Hitchcock, as is known, displaced MT Thompson by Pope M. Long of Jas
 per, who in turn delegated the honor to Dallas B. Smith.
 When asked by this correspondent as to his next move, Senator Moses rather petu1ently exclaimed: T will have nothing further to do with it. l have nothing at all to say"
 By which it was taken to mean that he had washed his hands of a business not much to his liking.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-04
Fruit Picked Ripe
 Must Be Canned

Mr. Sam Kennedy overripe as President of the Pub lie Service Commission canning opens May H. What do the folks back home think of the two cand dates for the Public Service Commission NOW, not when there were other issues?
 Here's what the Albany-Decatr Daily thinks of it's home
 "The candidacy of A. G. Patterson of Albany for chair )man of Public Service Commission will no doubt be re- lceived favoraby the state. Certainly it will where he is we'll known for his qualifications such that it must be instantly recognized that if hOnored by the peo- ple with this public trust he will discharge his duties paby, fearlessy and efficiently business of more han ordinary capacity one of firm convictions and def finite ideas he be depended to look after the best nrests of the at vital period of reconstruction
 Witness the contrast: Here's what Annston speaking through the Anniston Star, thinks of Sam Kennedy N Ihe Annston Star deeply regrets that it cannot say Mr Patterson by the Albany y-Decatm Daily, for while Mr. Kennedy is very pleasing gentleman, personally eemed by this paper he has not been true to the people |!Of Alabama by whom he elected Not only has MT. Kennedy been negectfu of the duties for which he is paid Ia handsome salary but under his incumbency practically eve referred to the commission has been decided in Flavor of the corporations and against the people, Here are some of the home men who are back of Mr. Patterson from the word go to the ring of the bell: Judge of Probate L. F. Troup, Dr. J. L. Guner, T. M.
 president of I the Jones Cotton G1mPany Tde |Dix insurance, and hundreds of other men of equal Standing in the community
 They resent any nmaton that Morgan is not back of Mr. Patterson.
 Witness the contrast again Here's what the Gadsden Times-News, Mr. Kennedys next door neghbor, thinks Ipf him:
 "Sam F. Kennedy of the Public Service Commission, is koing to for office in May ant-Klby platform live presume from recent little brush with the Hon. Bam that he means the observation platform of Pullman !far.
 v "About all the Public Service Commission carried away From Gadsden in the form of information the splendid
 ew of the country abutting the tracks of the |. NJ N Mo- you can't forever fool your neghbors bambooze hem if you please. They always find you out Mr. Pat NLersons county is solidy behind him The best of bananas are picked green.
 Mr. Kennedy forces one to refer again o the excerpt from the Annton Starsfice to say he
 overripe and ready for the canning season May H.
 The issue whether not you will favor the payment M $500 year to Mr. Kennedy for his service of not nore than forty-eight days year
 Kennedy wasn't pulled green but he's overripe now!
 Patterson will not be too ripe to look after the interests
 f the people.
 Paid political Advertisement by Patterson Campaign Committee Mont
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-04
Art Institute Asked to
 Hold Kimball Paintings
sy Associated Press

Chicago, April 8. - Fearing art thieves were planning to loot the house. conservators of the estate of Mrs. W. W. Kimball today asked the Chicago Art Institute to take charge ef the s2,OOO,OOo Kimball collection of paintings. jade and other art objects
 Mrs. Kimban is the aged widow of the piano manufacturer.
 Included in the collection are the S11O00O Portrait of His Father"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-04

How would you like it If you were a girl Living in Centerville
  Or Springville, Or maybe on farm Down in Shelby county Where Bill Young And the other democrats All come from, And you wanted to Better yourself And make some money, Or maybe Things at home were such That you had to make money, And you packed a suitcase Not forgetting Your party dress, Nor your mothers testament. And maybe your father
  Felt pretty proud That you were so plucky And pretty blue That his little girl Was striking out alone And will not forget To ask that other father Who loves all children To keep an eye out For his little girl Against those difficulties And those temptations That await little girls In big city, And you got to Birmingham And were fearfully homesick For familiar faces Or those who loved you, And maybe you just hated The little s5-a-week room That you finally located With it's bleak outlook On streets and factories, And the cracked mirror And the shabby washstand, And there wasn't room enough
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-04
THREE

painted in 1880 by Rembrandt Sir Joshua Reynolds portrait of Lady Sarah Banbury: Turner's Dutch Fish
 ing Boats; GRinsborough's skirts Of a Wood": Millets "The Shepherdess1 i, Romney's Lady Frances Russelr' {; Corots Landscape With Bathing Wo- men" and number of landscapes by Monet. Dupre. HobbeF ', Van Ruysdall, De Pena Diaz. Pissaro and D'Espagna.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-04

The eleventh hour" means figura- lively the last minute, or, as we some time sexpress it, just in the nick of time" The expression comes from the parable narrated in the gospel accord ing to St. Matthew of the laborers hired for the harvest.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-04

three sons and three daughters, Mrs. U. W. Sawyer. Tuscumbia; Mrs. W. E. Gardner, Crimson, Ba-; Mrs. Fannie Kel- Ter, Cullman; Jesse Shaw, Birmingham; Arthur Shaw and William H. Shaw of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-04

TuscuInbia, the latter being we'll known attorney and representative in the state legislature
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-04
Anti-Speculation Bill Passed

Washington, April 3.-The administra,- ton measure under which the federal reserve board hopes to effectually check speculation, was passed today by the Sem ate and now goes to the President
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-04
Underwood VIII Discuss
 Class Issue In Campaign
Senator Upon Returning Washington Virtually Sure of Election Democratic Leader-F. l. Thompson
 Predicts Overwhelming Underwood Majority
By HUGH W. ROBERTS

merce, which are, in their prime phase strikes against the government
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-04
where was your boy yesterday?

Seemed like every boy in town was at Blach's yesterday-all getting dressed up for Easter. We had the best and busiest time we've had since Xmas, and everybody was suited to a "T''- especially the boys
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-04
new wash suits $1.95 to $1O

More than fifty styles and patterns in middes Norfoks and Oliver Twist sutsfashoned from fabrics that defy the tub the strain of boyish activities As for the values-we, most mothers have learned that this big cash store always excels in value giving
New-York tribune., 1920-11-28
Avoids Losses
By Quick Sale
AT Small Profit
Shoe Department Manager
Tells How He Kept His
Business Going in the
Midst of the Dull Season

Riding down from tre high price
peak is not an impossible task and may
be- accomplished without an actual
lose, although no profit may be made
according to the expesience of the man
cger Of the shoe department Of 8 lead
ing tl1th Avenue store, who is re-
Garded by his fellow shoe men as one
OF the keenest merchandisers in the
business
AS early as last February this man
ager felt that prices were due for a
slump He stopped buying then, but
continued to take in goods on back
order, but marked them down in price.
He turned his stock as rapidly as he
could. He takes pride in the fact that
ne cancelled but one order, and that
"as several weeks overdue. Through
buying policy, placing q few orders
now and then as the manufacturers
with. whom he did business offered him
special lots or made new low prices
Tor orders that could be turned out
quickly In this manner the always
had new stock coming into his depart
ment at or about the wholesale market
levels. In all instances he shaded
profits IS much as possible and did
not adhere to his established mark-up.
In the number Of pairs sold his bust
ress actually increased over that Of
last year.
When it came to laying in his fall
stock he delayed buying until Scptem-
Der. BY that time he found the manu-
facturers ready to accept lower prices
and turn out shoes quickly. AS new
lots came in the department manager
averaged them with old lots in his cost
calculations and then put his low
mark-up on the combined stock. Every
week he took certain style or lot of
shoes and ran a special sale on them,
figuring his retail price at cost with the
addition of his normal overhead. This
drew trade to his department and
cleaned out broken sized lots and
stimulated sales on his regularly
marked merchandise.
Il have taken an actual loss on few
shoes" he said, but | have not made
8 large profit for my firm. The main
idea at present, as see it, is to keep
IN business and to maintain your repu-
tatlon. have not lowered the Qua ity
standard of my merchandise, but have
met the consumer demand for lower
prices and have worked down my stock
to comfortable point. Some retailers
have made the mistake of not reducing
prices quickly enough. On a declining
market the first loss of profit is the
best to take. The merchant who makes
quick turnover even at q small profit
IS wiser than the merchant who holds
goods in stock waiting for demand to
reach him."
New-York tribune., 1920-11-28
Sharp Cotton Drop
.Stirs Cloth Trade

The sharp break in raw cotton
prices for future delivery and the
decline in spot quotations to 1914
cents a pound yesterday tended
further to unsettle the cloth
trade, and 1t was believed that
lower quotations for primary
cloths might be expected. Cotton
for January delivery sold we'll
under the 15-cent mark and with
in a short distance Of pre-war
figures.
The 38H-inch 64x60s have been
quoted this week at 71a cents, or
within a few cents Of the pre~war
level, and trade observers were
interested yesterday In whether
actual 1924 prices would be
reached before revival In bust
ness.
These developments may also
be reflected in wage conferences
in the New England mill district,
it was intimated.
New-York tribune., 1920-11-28
u. S. Diamond Imports
Triple Those of 1913
Practically All Of the Better
Class of Stones Now Find
q Market Here

Imports of diamonds into the United
States during the fiscal year. the value
Of which approximated $50 900 900. we're
nearly double those of the preceding
year and more than three times the
value Of imports in 1918, according to
figures compiled by the National Bank
OF Commerce in New York.
"The United States is, and has been
for many years, the chief consumer of
diamonds, and practically the entire
production of the better class of stones
hnds its market in this country" saws
The Commerce Monthly, the magazine
of the National Bank of Commerce.
Formerly the American demand was
altogether for the cut stones, but in
the last two decades q diamond cutting
industry Of considerable importance
has been established in New York City.
Imports of uncut diamonds into the
United States have greatly increased
since the beginning Of the war. In the
round shapes American cut diamonds
are considered superior to stones fin
ished in Europe and are In almost uni
versal demand by the retail trade in
the United States. More than. so per
cent of the worlds present supply of
diamonds comes from the mines of
South Africa, which have united, and
their combined output Ia now market ted
by the diamond syndicate of London.
"The value of diamonds has increased
almost without break since the be-
ginning Of control by this syndicate
Following the outbreak of tl.e war the
South African mines were not operated
for number of months, but later,
however, stimulated demand for dia-
monds appeared, caused by buying on
the part of persons in the United States
to whom the war had brought prosper
ity and by the chaotic conditions in Eu-
rope, which led many people to ex-
change their worldly goods for dia-
monds, q commodity easy to conceal and
relatively free from depreciation.
During this period Of ouying prices
for certain grades went much above
those set by the diamond syndicate.
Since 1919, although the demand for
diamonds has been the largest in his
tory, production has held down, due. it
is commonly believed, to the threatened
exhaustion Of some Of the mines. The
diamond syndicate has recently an
nounced that in keeping with it's policy
In the past, production will be reduced
if necessary to maintain price levels"
New-York tribune., 1920-11-28

Industry The answers 70 these oues-
tions must probably be in the affirma-
tive. Industry cannot be expected to
be administered as much In the in
terest of labor ss Of capital unless
labor participates on a somewhat equal
basis with capital In the administra-
tion Of industry.
Hence the problem Of industrial
morale appears to be in substantial
degree problem OF Industrial organi-
zation. The present form Of indus
trial organization, which leaves labor
on the outside as regards share in con
troll and direct participation In pros.
perity, renders it inevitable that
barring the employees of q few al
truistic employers, the workmen should
feel that they are simply outsiders
used for the benefit OF industry. Hence
the present form of industrial orgsni.
zation must itself be counted among
the causes of low industrial morale
and change in the organization OF
industry must be regarded Is among
the prerequisites TO the solution OF
the problem OF industrial morale.
1t is impossible in this paper TO dis.
dustrial organization. 1t is enough
w AtI''AooiHC tilC ttliNo IcIdlI OUSUll
prevailing between the problem Of in
dustrial morale and the problem of In
dustrial organization. Industry can.
not afford to have such an importan,
factor as labor on the outside. The
better organized, the more powerful
and self-conscious labor becomes, the
less can industry afford it. AS the
Importance Of labor's cooperation be.
comes more apparent the more ap,
parent will become the desirability Of
making labor an insider in industry
with a spending voice In its di.
rect.on. The omission Of labor TO .
full share In the administration Of
industry is not likely to como excep,
by slow evolutionary process. but tEe
need Of lab <'s cooperation may be ex-
pected to be one of the inpelline
changes IN industrial Organization
and shaping Its future form.
(Ths foregoing discussion 10 take,
from paper on "Industrlog Morale ;
which uppeuys In the current number o
The Quarterly Journal Of Economics
The article deals NTH q subject aohicJ
has been in the forefront Of the mind
oJ business men for months. 1t is her
reprinted, not for the purpose Of sdi
torlal indorsemsnt. but because It /
likely TO prove stimulating. especially t,
those Who disagree tcttE it.-Financia
Editoy.)
New-York tribune., 1920-11-28
States Stripped of Rate Making
Power If [. &C. Decision Stands

These rates applied directly only to
interstate commerce. although the es-
timatcd revenue requirements Of the
railways were based upon the assump-
tlon that intrastate rates would be in
creased to the same degree as inter
state. Upon petition of the carriers
many states promptly fell into line
and granted the increase so impera-
lively demanded. But twenty of the
states failed in whole or in part to
respond, and insisted upon their au-
local problems, entirely independent Of
the action Of the Federal commissio on
Decision in New York Case
The State of New York was one Of
these. 1t granted the increase in
freight rates, but declined to allow the
increases in passenger fares, sleeping
car and parlor car fares, baggage
charges and rates on milk and cream,
and the railway companies sought the
aid of the Interstate Commerce Com
sion to time.
the decision of the Interstate Com
merce Commission is fiatfooted
declaration Of it's exclusive power to
Jntrol intrastate commerce SO far q
t affects interstate commerce. 1t
gives in its opinion many instances Of
the kind Of discrimination that brings
the case within its jurisdiction. Pas.
,cngers travel by various routes be-
tween New York and Buffalo. some in
erstate, some intrastate. The same
are must be charged by all routes
f the state fares are continued, the
Interstate fares must be reduced, and
his will tend to disrupt the entire
sbric Of Interstate passenger fares in
Ae territory involved. Similar dis
riminations prevail in the milk anI
rcam rates. The situation is allied
that which existed in Minnesota in
913.
Bat the significance Of this ates'
'ccision lies IN another aspect Of The
.ase. and Is the one upon which ap
oarently the commission mainly relied
congress had instructed the commits.