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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-16
Fish
Produce

Butter-Creamers 45c. Sweet Potatoes-S5 per hundred. Peanuts-No. 1, 14c lb. Cabbaes-s3.50 per crate of about 75 to 80 pounds.
 Irish potatoes, Red No. 1. $10 per hun dred.
 Onions-Texas yellow, in crates, 2.50: Texas whiAe in crates, S3 25. Squash-$2 basket, s1.75 crate. Cucumbers-s2 50Q3 crate Georgia Peaches-$3@3.5 per crate. Florida Canteloupes-S5 crate Imported Lemons-s5 box.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-16
Meats

D. s. Clear Bellies-201sG23c. D. s. Rib Bellies-2011z@231ac. Pure Lard-2SNc. Hams-Re Regular, 41c; skinned. 42c. Pork Loins-2Sc. Bacon-40@55c.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-16
LOCAL MARKETS

Melons had the edge on volume of business yesterday. The consuming public seems to have a longing for the luscious cantaloupes and watermelons. Various gardens" are being fitted up about town for serving the public. Wholesalers reported no changes but are looking for drop soon. Quotations were as follow;
 Poultry Fryers-70c. Hens-34c. Fresh Eggs-42c.
 Fish Gray Snapper-Headless and drawn. 14c Red Snapper-Headless and drawn, 174 23c Spanish Mackerel-22Q2Sc. Ponpano-35c. Salt Water Trout-22423c. Mixed Ffsh-12c. Mullct-11c
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-16
Meal and Feedstuff

Meal ana ree0StuII Mixed Horse-SS5Q95. Old Style Hulls-S26. Corn-$2.50. Corn Chops-$475. No. ? White Ooats-s1.45 per bushel Shorts-S7S. c. S. Meal, ' per cent-$H. Hen Feed-S465 per 100-lb. sack. Economy Dairy Feed-$S0. Choice Pea Green Alfalfa-s55. Wheat Straw-s25. Timothy-$55. Perfect Hog Feed-$S2.
 Hides and Tall0w No. Green Salt Hides-l4c. No. Green Salt Hides-lSc. No. 1 Fresh Green Hides-11c. No. ? Fresh Green Hides-10c. No. l Dry Flint Hides-2c. No. Dry Flint Hides-27c. No. 1 Dry Salt Hides-25c. No. 2 Dry Salt Hides-24c. Sheep Slxins-25c@N .25. Horse hides-S2. .50@5. Goat Skins-60@75c. Hog Skins-25Q5Oc. Tallow-S@10c. Beeswax-34GS5c. Clear Washed wool-5oG5sc. Clear Grease Wool-30Q35c. Burry Wool-15@1Sc. Ginseng (Wild)-SSQ9.
 Spot Cotton Good middling Ss Strict middling S9 Middling ....................... Sd Strict good middling. D
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-16
TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY

night, L. & N. check made payable to Tom Harston. Finder please notify Tom Harston. 710k N. 14th st.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-16

Holders of the following num- bers on score cards purchased at the game yesterday will be ad- mitted to tOday's game free of charge upon presentation of their score cards:
 6O71, 6111, 619S. s234.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-16

FOR SALE-Dodge roadster, 1919 | model; in good mechanical condition; for, quick sale will sell at a sacri- flee, $500. Call Main 70S5.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-16

Kid Elberfeld. Casey Smith and Tom Seatin will arrive in Birmingham this morning. Smith will more than like 1y pitch today's game against the Barons. Tom Gallagher will occupy the mound for the Barons
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-06-18
ORATORY is NOT DEAD

ITO THOSE who say that congres
l. sionaI oratory is not what it once
was We commend the tribute of Repre-
sentative King. of Illinois. to Frank
MOndell, the Republican floor leader.
Here is the peroration as it appears in
the Congressional Record:
The victory Is his. Extravaganza
and waste has fed before him. He
has relntrenched constitutional priv-
Ieges Of the people. The dragon Of
tyranny has before this modern St
George withdrawn its talons from the
HORIZON of our destiny. The full
effect OF his work in this cataclysmic
period cannot be truly comprehended
by his contemporaries. but the future
student of our times will write in a
high place on the prosCenium OF his
tory the name of this citizen, states
man and patriot-FTank Mondell, of
Wyoming,
The spectacle Of Mondell forcing the
dragon to withdraw its talons from the
horizon of our destiny must have been
awe inspiring. But one has to go back
to the period when orators exclaimed
that they could see the footprints OF
Gods hand all about them to find a
parallel to this outburst of the Illinois
rhetorician,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-06-18
THE LICENSE MIDDLE

TT is not likely that Judge Bresy s
Il ruling that no malt liquors may be
sold without a license will be enforced
rigidly until it's validity has been passed
upon by higher court.
Judge Bregy says that the law sp"-
cifically provides that all persons who
desire to sell malt liquors shall get a
regular saloon license. And hc an
nounces that there is no reference in
The law to the alcoholic content of the
. malt liquor.
Yet before the sale of beer with more
than one half Of l per cent of alcohol
was forbidden there were several malt
beverages on the market which CON
tanned little if any alcohol. and they
were sold freely in grocery stores. and
malt extracts with considerable alcohol
in them were sold in drug stores which
had no saloon licenses.
Now il the court is going to insist
that no malt beverage may be sold
without a saloon license, the question
at once arises. Why did it not so insist
before the sale Of intoxicating beverages
was prohibited? II il was legal for a
grocery store or a drug store to sell a
nonintoxicating malt beverage without
saloon license last year, why is it not
, legal this year?
The only reason thus far advanced
for insisting on license from all who
sell such beverages is that the saloon
keepers who have taken out licenses
must be protected from competition by
the unlicensed. But it is doubtless true
that the saloonkeepers who have taken
out licenses have done it for the purpose
Of keeping their places open in the hope
that there will be such modification
of the Volstead act as will permit them
to sell malt drinks which the grocers
are not allowed to sell.
Judge Bregy's view Of the law may
be- correct, but to the layman it seems
as IL he were stretching the statute
long way in order to bring under it
beverage favored with malt which was
formerly allowed to be sold as freely as
bottled soda water or sarsaparilla.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-06-18
LABOR AND STATE SOCIALISM

TNHOSE believers in state socialism
l. who are planning to ask the Demo
cratic national convention to demand
the government ownership Of railroads
will not fail to call the attention of the
delegates to the action Of the conven-
ton of the American Federation OF
Labor.
BY a vote Of 29.o5o to $40, that
convention has indorscd tho proposition
that the government should both own
and operate tho railroads. Those voting
in the affirmative were the railroad
workers. the members Of machinists
unions, textile workers. garment work
ers and metal workers.
The impelling motive was SGT forth by
tho president Of the machnists' union
when he said that under the three
years of government control moro was
accomplished for organized labor than
in all the years under private owner
ship"
He might have said that Mr.. McAdoo
gave n more generous increase in wages
to tho railroad workers than they had
been able to secure from the owners of
the roads. and that they preferred
system of control and operation which
would enable them to use political
lever for prying more money out Of the
railroad treasures.
1t is known that the railroad work
ers and the telegraph workers were
pleased with their treatment under
government control and that they favor
government ownership of the telegraph
lines and the railroads.
The political wisdom of pleasing this
large body Of voters will be set before
the Democratic convention in most al
Turing terms. Many Democratic lead
ers favor government ownership. Mr..
McAdoo himself urged that the period
during which the railroads should be
under government control should be OK
tended in order that the eXpedicncy oi
making it permanent might be tested.
Mr.. Bryan has long favored govern
mcnt ownership. After his return from
his trip around the world he made a
speech in Madison Square Garden in
New York in which he demanded it.
The late Senator David B. Hill. of New
York, during the miners strike Of 1902
urged government ownership of coal
mines. Democratic statesmen have for
years been hosptabIe to the idea.
If the Democrats wish to go before
tho country on this issue the Repub-
licans will welcome the opportunity to
defend the rights Of private property
and the benefits acCruing from the con-
duct of great enterprises on business
principles. But for the sake of the
freedom Of our institutions it is hoped
that the conservatives in the Demo
cratic convention will succeed in pre-
venting the adoption Of any platform
containing a demand for government
ownership Of railroads. 1t will be best
to allow the Socialists and Amos Pin
Chot'N party to favor state socialism of
every sort.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-06-18
THE MEANEST CROOK

THE meanest crook Of them all has
4 unquestionably come to light in the
man who took $4,000 in ransom"
money from the distracted father of
little Blakely Coughlin, with the prom
Use to restore the missing baby. To
raise the money Mr.. Coughlin, it is
said. virtually exhausted his own re
sources and then borrowed $4,000 to
make up the sum.
Kidnappers in the past have usually
had sufficient honor" TO return the
children safely when the sum demanded
was paid and all other conditions were
fulfilled. Mr.. CoughIin fulfilled TO the
letter all ne conditions set forth by the
kidnapper, only + find his money as
well as his child stolen.
kidnapping is the meancst and most
cowardly crime on the calendar. but
this criminal, whether he actually is the
kidDapper or is some other who connived
TO turn the grief and anxiety Of the
parents to his own base profit, has gone
even a step beyond.
II is doubtful whether the penal code
contains a punishment severe enough
for such criminal.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-06-18

| general disordercd chase for the rain
bows end---which is not to be found.
II is by experience that mankind learns
all things worth while, and experience
is a politely conventional term for pain
and disillusionmcnt. After little suf
fering by all the people who escaped
suffering in the war we shall descend
from the air aud get our feet again upon
the solid earth
People will no longer demand what
is not theirs, They will get rid of the
belief that they can obtain what does
not exist. Honest work will again be =
come fashionable.
Fifteen dollar a day bricklayers are
no crazicr than some gentlemen of power
who are trying to grab lands and terri
tories that belong by right to others.
Between the two extremes are all sorts
Of people going at existence as II IL were
a Joy ride in clocklcss taxicab. But
every mile is being checked up and will
have to be paid for in solid work,
sooner or later. II the people OF the
earth are TO continue to be clothed and
fed and sheltered and kept warm.
There will hc an end Of the economic
Jazz. Of political utilities and interna-
tional bedpvilment. But IL will not be
brought about by angry or dispirited
gentlemen who retire to seclusion with
the announcement that they are done
with the world. II will be brought
about by the men who stick around.
There arc countless such men. They
will continue to ask what war and
diplomacy are for. They will demand
to know what colleges are aiming at and
what government and business and
finance and labor are aiming at. They
will continue 10 make a row until there
is a settled order on the earth and until
decent aims and purposes. just to all
people are formulated and clearly de-
fined as objects Of modern civilization.
These men who stick around will
view the world rs a very likable place.
and they will see tn it that better uses
are made of tho extraordinary array of
talents and good instincts that man
kind has brought to It, They will not
let II be burned and befouled by war
or devastated. in any part of its life.
by ignorant and selfish men accidentally
in power.
The job is big one. II may take
a long time to accomplish il. But when
one fighting crowd falls or vanishes an
other will take its place.
That is the way Of tho race.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-06-18
An Old Harp

THE harp is built Of cassia and cord .
- And in it's strings lie sno;o,,
melodies.
Forgotten tunes of wistful emptiness
Thin. luaverins sonatas. that afford
Small SAVIOR in their piping minor
keys '"'uof
To men OF newer ways and stranger
dress. 'Aee'
The Jade upon the stops is dead, and
dust ""u
,r, Lies mlstily uron the sorrel strings
The soul of it has rotted with tho vaarS
And yet, in spite Of verdigris and rn, rnst
Above the cords a cold. clear music
clings. ''''"i'
flay 1t or not; you'd surely stop your
You ask me why its melodies must mass,
Hark to the blatant jazzing of the brass s
KENNETH SCISSOR
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-06-18
Answers to Yesterdays ouIz

I. Jack London was in his forty-e..
year when he died, Novembsr 'Gs' os
2 The first attorney general ., ..o
dolph, Of Virginia, who ian, han,
Washington's cabinet in I7Sa GU
3. The Hudson river was first
pOred in 1903 eH-
T. The diameter OF the earth q, a..
poles is 1895 miles. the
1879 was a Danish post $40, ,
writer OF fairy stories. ana
6. The census OF 1920 gives the ro,
ulatton Of Bethlehem, Pa pop.
5O,35s, 60 as
: "Argot" is jargon or slang n
ticularlY Of thieves. P"'-
s. The author OF "PolIyanna"
Eleanor Hodgman Porter Issae Wae
l920), q direct descendant of CO,
ernor william Bradford, OF No tho
Mayhower. 'he
9. Shale is an indurated clay. corso,,
dated chiefly by the pressura ,
everything sediments and viii VI
thinly bedded structure. "'''
10. Bachs Mass In r minor IL coIo-
brated as work for chorus ana
UShNe'"' .. b..
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-06-18
A DISAPPEARING sUCABoo

EoR years the Japanophobes have
4 been telling us that II we went to
war with Japan, Great Britain, under
the terms Of the Anglo Japanese all.
ance, would be compelled to 60 to the
assistance Of Japan. Observers who
had not lost their pOise never accepted
this view, and now Niscount Kato who
negotiated the treaty with Great Brit
ain, is reported as saying in Toxic that
an article was inserted in the treaty
for the specific purpose Of releasing
Great Britain from any obligation to
join with Japan in any war upon the
United States.
This is interesting in two WAYS: II
shows on what a false foundation the
fears of the Japanophobes were based
and il also makes it certain that Janan
will never seek quarrel with this
country. The japanese bugaboo is dis
appearing quite rapidly.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-06-18

monwealth, both for what IL is today
and for what it has achieved in the 200
years Of its incorporated life.
The town is rich not only in com
mercial achievement, but also in its long
record of sturdy Americanism. From
the moment of its birth down to the
present Bristol has maintained the best
traditions of the country and has stood
Loyalty by in all the national crises of
two centuries,
With this heritage, Bristol may well
be congratulated on her past record and
she may look forward to future as
bright in promise as the past has been
in achievement.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-06-18
A FoUR-YEAR PROGRAM FOR
PHILADELPHIA

Things on which the people expect
the new administration to coneen-
trste its attention;
The DeIdWdre river bridge.
A drudock big enough to dccomnto-
date the largest ships.
Development OF the rapid transit sys-
TEN.
A convention hall
A building tor the Free Librury.
An Art Museum.
Enlargement Of the Ddter supply.
ZONES to accommodate the populd-
ton.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-06-18

The New York American condemns
the Republican platform because II con-
tains 1896 words. and praises the nI,t
form of the Committee Of Forty -eigbt
because it contains only 145. II tb;s
be merit. here is n platform that snrs
passes either: BE good and you'll be
happy" ''u Il oe
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-06-18
What DO You Know?
QUIZ

!, What man Is known as "rho e,.
Man Of Poand"? ''rons
Whs' ina r-yftad yfnr 81 s,a the independence OF
3. When did the Mayfower Iar, ,,o
Pilgrims? 'a"u lts
4. What ls the average elevation y, ,u
the Land OF the earth above %.
level? '"Fe sea
:. Who was Lcatherstockinpo
g. Which is the longest csn,,
United States? J." 'ne
7, What Is the meaning Of the word
s. Who were the Idlliputianso
g. who wrote Art is the perfection .,
10. What political Campai ign was roo.
as the Hard cider CampaienHa" H"o"n
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-06-18
BRlSToL'S BIcENTENARY

TT is peculiarly fitting that the cen
A sus figures of the town of Bristol,
showing gain Of II per cent. should
have been made public from Washington
on the eve Of the 200th anniversary OF
the founding Of that municipality. The
new figures show that Bristol has now
q population Of l0,2 2T3.
Bristol, which opens its bicentennisl
today, deserves the congratulations of
all the other municipalities Of the com.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-06-18

A dispatch from Reading tells Of n
bundle containing $3.50 being kicked
around on the state highway for several
hours before the owner. PhiladcI.
phian. returned to look for il, Tho
men. who kicked it are now probably
kicking themselves. '''
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-06-18

The denial by the French foreign
office of the rumor that Amba assedor
Jusserand is to be withdrawn fron,
Washington confirms the opinion that
the French are wise as we'll as a
brave people.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-06-18

He who steals my Jewels steals
trash. says Caruso. "but he who robs
mo of the contents Of my wine cellar
takes that from me which. under ex-
isting conditions. Is exceedingly difficult
If not impossible to replace. ="
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-06-18

There are times. so to speak, when
one gets the notion. ms il were. that
Colonel George b.. not to put too fine
a point on 1t, has the idea that the
ship of state is Of Harveyized steel.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-06-18

A Sun and New York Herald cor
respondent speaks of the ticket ms a
good team for good race-Hardv and
Cool. We hasten to give added circu
lation to so apt characterization.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-06-18
But Worms
Won't Enthuse

Life has it's com
But Worms pensatiOns. Candi .
Won't Enthuse dates do not always
win; platforms are
not always strong, drinks sometimes
lack kick Supreme Court decisions do
not always satisfy the nineteenth hole
is sometimes dry but, thank heaven,
straight bait is still procurable and the
Pennsylvania commissioner of fisheries
says fishing is going to be good this
season.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-06-18

One can readily understand why
the p. Il. T. objects to the notorious.
Sooner or later the notorious may do
away with all trolleys.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-06-18

"The Butterfly and the Boob" sug-
gests comedy rather than crook melo-
drama, but for the Penn Bank princi-
pals it is tragedy.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-06-18

Apart from the fact that IL is a
face saver for Borah, Johnson and the
other bitter renders, Mr.. Taft has
demonstrated that the Republican plat
form is all right.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-06-18

Bergdoll is now reported in the
Adirondacks. It must be admitted that
the neighborhood has more inducements
for summer vacation than Leavcn-
worth, Kan.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-06-18

The law ought to have some extra
penalties for the skunk who would
swindle the sorrowing parents Of
kidnapped child.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-06-18

One great job Senator Harding has
before him is to prove to the disaffectcd
and the disappointed that everything is
for the best in this best of all possible
worlds.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-06-18

In view Of the fact that the peace
treaty has not yet been ratified. will IL
be war President that we are going
to elect in November?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-06-18

A thing we have right to expect
from the next Congress will be adequate
steps toward real presidential prefer
ence primary.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-06-18

One thing Harding campaigners
will have to fight against is the prone
ness in some quarters to damn the can
didate with faint praise.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-06-18
SHORTCUTS

Third parties blow off steam, but
turn no wheels.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-06-18

Herbert Hoover is in position to
consider the saddest words Of tongue
or pen.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-06-18

The decision Of Judge Bregy at
least demonstrates the fact that the
Nolstead act didn't wipe out the sa-
looms
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-06-18

Would II be overstating the case
to say that Doctor Butler is perhaps
not SO good loser as he might be?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-06-18

y A competent corps Of "I-knew-
him whens" will now conspire to give
Senator Harding the requisite publicity.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-06-18

1t would appear that the French
Lick conference is mapping out a Salt
river itinerary.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-06-18

Members of the Straphangers'
League are growing cocky. First thing
you know they'll be demanding seats.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-06-18

One joyous thing about the coming
presidential election is that IL will bring
us another postmaster general.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-06-18

AmcrCanism against Sovictism md
unpatriotic - Rcd radicaiSm will be the
chief issue of this campaign, and on il
Harding aud Coolidge have every pros
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-06-18

CI ODE MARKET AT JUNIPER
oLoDL Continuous Vaudeville
II A. NJ to II p. NJ
'OH TEDDYr' CABARET De LUKE
AND OTHERS
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CAPITOL 7st = Market H %ssss, ssr,ss
in "Uncharted Channels
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Phil.d.lphia. Friday. June 10. 1920
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-06-18

BROADWAY Rgosd asd a Snyder A.,
OVERSEAS REVUE; Others, and
wM. FARNUM In 1.-THE Adventurer'
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-06-18

CROSS KEYS oso Goth a N Market = St,
Little Johnny WISE" with Ed. Rays
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-06-18

The tollonirg Illuminating com
ment on the Republican nominees
by William HOnord Taft is token
from a copyrighted editorial IN this
morniu1'S Public Ledccr.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-06-18

ARCADIA fs'itnqs e 4. NJ. s.; a. e. :. s!ss 'ss
..na,cc I,o,,c,.e;aS. rs. $3.50 p. NJ
,.- Wanda HAwley
NEXT wEEK-RoBERT WARWICK
In THE CITY OF MASKS"