The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-23
Why New Orleans
 Instead of Mobile?

001HY didn't the International
 WV Harvester company, if it must have a large manufacturing and distributing plant at southern port, locate at Mobile instead of New Orleans?
 Alabamians may well ask them selves this important question. Is it possible that this plant would have been located at Mobile had Alabamians voted state aid for their port? It is reasonable to believe that the liar vester company preferred investing Us $3,000,006 at port where $23,- 100000 of state aid had been applied and where, in consequence, the worlds great ships come in numbers because they find the requisite accommoda- tions.
 Located at Mobile the Harvester company could have gotten Birming- ham steel at lower cost of transporta- ton than it can at New Orleans. On the other hand, located at New Or leans, it is just as convenient to for eign steel at times when it is advan- tageous to purchase Belgian and Eng fish billets.
 At New Orleans the company found more ample dock and terminal space and knows that it is certain of reg ular movement, both of it's exports and imports on account of the greater number of ships putting in at New Orleans, due to its superior termi- nals.
 The trouble with Alabamians in the recent election is that they re- garded port aid as aid for local en- terprise and because 20-cent cotton was hurting them, they were unable to see the wisdom of spending money for anything.
 The time will come when we will all realize that we have to spend money for our own salvation and that the place of expenditure is not to be considered when all ll~benefit.
 Conditions Improving
 in Mexican Republic TIT looks as if better day had u dawned for Mexico. No nation should be better pleased than the United States; no part of it more than the state of Alabama. It is no exaggeration to say that we will prosper in the measure of the pros perity of Mexico, because that coun- try is one of our natural markets.
 We are yet to realize the full wis., dom of the policy of President Will son in his patient dealing with Mex ico.' At times it. appeared that the proper course would be to invade the country and dictate it's political and commercial affairs. We now see that this would have been wrong.
 Expert observers competent to judge have brought good news from Mexico, both as to the prospect of per manent peace and the character of the people. There is little doubt that many of our wrong impressions of the Mexicans are due to the propa- ganda of special interests who sought to profit by these impressions. Amer jeans have been guilty of endeavor- ing to wrongfully exploit Mexico as Mexico has been faulty in her treat- ment of the outsider.
 
 No doubt some mining and oil con- sessions. have been obtained through questionable methods and the titles to some of them are not sound. The legal and the illegal can be separated by minded adjudication.
 The markets for the south are in Latin America. They are closest to us. We can ship to them most eco- nomically. We ought to be making the greatest effort to meet these peo- pie half way and see if we cannot do the business with them that we should.
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 Famous Baseball Pitcher
 Is Winning Another Battle S6N HRISTY' MATHEWSON is
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