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The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-01
DAY IN CONGRESS
By Associated Press

A
 Washington, January S1.-Accept- ance of the London home of J. Pier pont Morgan as a permanent residence for the American ambassador to the court of St. James was authorized to- day by the House by a vote of 1S7 to 52. The House also adopted an amend ment to tn ediplomatic bill by Repre- sentative Longworth, republican, Ohio. authorizing an appropriation of $150.- 900 for purchase of an embassy build ing at Paris. The diplomatic bill, which carried originally total of $S, 100000, but with many of it's pro- visions for support of the foreign con sular service stricken out, was passed without roll call.
 Invetsigatio nof Charges that the money market is controlled by small group of international bankers whose tactics are paralyzing legitimate commerce and industry" is proposed in a resolution introduced today by Representative Baer, republican, North Dakota.
 Efforts to obtain a vote today in the House on the rivers and harbors ap- propriation bill failed, opposition de- veloping to the amount carried in the 250, ,000-and the policy of making a lump sum appropriation to be expended by the Secretary of War the recommendation on the chief of army engineers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-01
Daily Financial Gossip

which is binding and which experience | has shown has been of benefit b1th to l themselves and to the public. But out side the doors of the clearing houses
 the banks are competing for business with one another to a greater extent than ever This competition, however, is honorable. It is based upon the off, | fering of special facilities or of advan , tages for those who do business with the banks 1t does not involve price cutting or what was formerly called ''cut-throat" competition.
 ] As long as the government possesses the power of regulation and super vision over combinations there can be
 no real danger to the public of the es-
 tapilshment of ruinous monopolies. The tobacco people whose product is one of the most important of all our agriculture may find it worth while to adopt the suggestion made by MT. Baruch. Under the law they are free to do this, although the coal operators are not.
 THE COPPER SITUATION Various conferences have recently been held by the leaders in our copper
 mining industry. reference to which was made some days ago in this col umn. Apparently these conferences | tend to justify the hope that this inn
 
 from it's endorsements. The copper l industry can under the law combine so as to control by common agreement the export business, but unfortunately the other nations whose need of copper is now so great>do not find themselves in position to buy the copper. They need credit in order to do this.
 l The year 1920 with the copper min ing industry, as with gold mining in- dustry, was very lean. And yet there is no greater demand for any mineral products excepting coal and iron than that which the world is making for copper. There are about 300 companies engaged in copper mining, and yet only | 20 mines are furnishing nearly one- 1 half of the total output. Statistics show | that in 10 years the copper mines of l the world have yielded a little over 1O,000,000 tons of copper. Not anywhere
 near this amount was the total produc- l tion in the nineteenth century. These l figures themselves illustrate the stu pendous increase in recent years in the worlds demand for copper.
 l The worlds present day supply of copper is 200,000,000 pounds less than
 it was year ago at this time. Ger many was formerly one of the largest purchasers of the American copper. She bought an average amount of 250,0 0O0 pounds of our copper each year for
 several years preceding the war. Of l course during the war she did not buy | a single pound. Tn spite of her financ- | ing difficulties. she did buy in 1920 72,- l 000.000 pounds, but would have been 1 rejoiced had she been able to obtain | 300, 100000 pounds.
 l The restoration of Europe involves very large identification of traction lines, power plants and railways, but l if this is done reliance to a consider able extent must be based upon Amer | ican copper. French railway com
 pany has already begun to electrify one of its lines The promises seems to
 be excellent, at least. fair, that during | the present year this great industry will begin to regain some part of it's former prosperity.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-01
ASKS NEGOTIATIONS !
 BE MADE PUBLIC
''Do Your Ghost Dance With out Me as Partner" Colby
 Tells Senator Johnson
By Associated Press

Washington, January 31.-Senator Johnson of California asked Secre- tary Colby today to make public the negotiations between the United States and Japan on the California land question and MT. Colby replied that "if Senator Johnson expects to do ghost
 dance on this subject, he's got to do it without me as partner
 !, Senator Johnson, in a formal state : ment. reiterated his declaration as em- bodied in a statement last Saturday that Roland S. Morris, United States
 ambassador to Japan, and Baron Shidehara, Japanese ambassador here, in the negotiations recently tenta- lively concluded, agreed upon treaty which in effect repealed the Califor-
 mia alien land law"
 Pointing to Secretary Colby's reply. also made Saturday, that the Califor- mia senator was proceeding on an err roneous assumption, Senator Johnson asked that the report of Ambassador
 Morris on the negotiations should be made public. asserting that the peo- pie of the west are entitled to know what that report contains" Secretary Colby, who replied infor- nlally today to the California senator,
 asserted that there is no indirection or concealment here Cat the state de-
 partment), and no secretiveness. The
 secretary intimated that the negotia-
 tions would be made public, at what was described as "the proper time" The subject, MT. Colby said, was one
 that cannot be settled in covert man ner.
 Doubt was expressed by MT. Colby as to whether treaty based on the Negotiations could be sent to the Sem ate before the adjournment of Con-
 gress and the end of the present ad-
 ministration on March 4
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-01
INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL
 CONDITIONS BETTER

Montgomery, January 31.--(Special) In a report to Gov. Thomas E. Kilby on his recent inspection of the Ala bama Boys Industrial school at East Lake, c. B. Rogers chairman of the state board of control and economy, stated he found conditions thcre much improved and spirit of optimism pre- vailing among both officers and teachers.
 Farm and garden work is being ex- tended, he states, and the outlook for the present yeaf is bright. Conditions at the girls training school at Mount Pins6n were also found to be good. MT. Rogers was unable, however, to thoroughly inspect the proposed new location for this school because of the stormy condition of the weather at the time of his visit
 MT. Rogers was also pleased with the progress being made by the school for the deaf and dumb at Talladega. The vocation department of this school he describes as being in '.splen- did shape"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-01
SOUTHEAST TOWNS
 ! FIGHT WITHDRAWAL
Declare Discontinuance o' Trains Would Work Great
 Inconvenience

Montgomery. January 31.-(SpeciaI)- )- Representative citizens from a number of southeastern Alabama towns, among
 them Troy, Abbeville. Elba, York and
 Daleville, appeared before the Alabama
 public service commission Monday after
 noon to protest against the petition oi the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad com
 pany for permission to discontinue pas senger trains Nos. A and 45 They main
 tained that such discontinuance of serv- ice would work a great inconvenience to the travelling public in the territory
 served by the two trains named, which operate between Dothan and Montgom cry, and, in addition, citizens in this
 same territory would have delivery of their mail delayed for 36 hours.
 R. A. McCraney of Savannah Ga, gen. eral superintendent for the Atlanti- Coast Line, and J. A. Bowdoin of Mont gomery division superintendent, offered
 testimony in support of the company g petition, MT. McCraney being the priu- cipal speaker. He stated that the Allan tic Coast Line railroad has been in busi-
 ness for upward of 87 years, and its financial condition at the present time is the worst in it's history. The road, he said, is not earning enough to pay it's employees and has had to borrow
 money to meet it's pay rolls; that ship
 ments on coal contracts have been GU. out, and that supplies are being pur- chased only as they are needed. He an nounced that the Coast Line has in te cent months three times cut down it's mechanical forces, and added thal, though some of the roads employees would be willing to work for half the wages they are getting now. the railroad company cannot cut down on the gov ernment's scale. His proposal was that patrons of the road between Montgomery and Dothan would dispense with trains A and 45 until business conditions inn prove.
 Obiecting to the proposal made and ths petition as a whole, Bernard Lobnian, counsel for the freight traffic bureau or the Montgomery Chamber of Commerce, made a motion that the petition be dis missed on the ground that the petitson- CTS had not produced sufficient evidence to support their request for the cutting down of train service. Other protests were filed and supported by statements by F. Harvey Miller of Montgomery and Representative J. A. Carnley of Elba.
 Upon being cross-questioned, Supcrln- tendent McCreay of the Coast Line stated that passenger traffic throughout tho country is light, and added that recent increases in rates granted the railroads have gone to labor and the coal opera tors.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-01
LEGAL NOTICES Remuest for Rfda

l. ssaled proposals Ydll be received q mingham, Ala., until II a. m. February z1, 1921. at which time and place they will be publicly opened, for the furnishing of one structural steel electrically operated self slowing combination guy and stiff leg der rick. l00-ft. boom. 115-ft. mast. 15-ton working capacity at maximum radius, der rick to be equipped for straight block md fall operation and clam nheii bucket work complete with two and one -half,yard clam gravel and ore as well as coal. Bidders are Invited to be present at the opening of bids.
 2. Proposals to give all delivered prices on the above at Btrmingport. Ala, and proposals are to be subdivided as to clam shell bucket and derrick.
 B. The right h reserved to reject any and all bids, to waive any infOrmalities in proposals, to make awards by teins or in the aggregate may be most advant geous to- the United States. Written notice will be given when an offer Is accepted.
 {. Proposals must be submitted in du- plicate and dated If submitted by firm corporate name with the signature and title be eeAied and marked. Proposal for fur nishing one ls-ton derrick and clam shell on February 11. 1891. at II a. m.
 B. Specifications and blueprfnts of loca- ton will be furnished bidders upon appli- cation Ut my office on and after February 8, 1891. H. T.. DE BARDELEBEN. Aanagsr, Warrior River Section War De- partmsnt, Inland and Co-@sswise Water
 ways Service.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-01
SMITH HAS RETURNED
Attorney General Home From Mobile
 Legal Business Trip

Montgomery, January 31.-(Special.) Attorney General Smith returned to his office today from Mobile, where he spent last Saturday on legal business connected with suits brought by the state to enforce payment of the state franchise tax by all corporations, cer- tain shipbuilding companies on the gulf being defendants. Special legis- lation by the law-making body of the state exempted shipbuilding companies and nitrate manufacturing companies. together with hydro-electric power companies and cotton mills, etc., from taxation for period of 10 years, the former contending that the act ab solves them from the franchise tax as we'll
 A case involving the same point of law is now before the state supreme court, and it is very probable that the decision of the court therein will be made to apply to the shipbuilding com panies as well.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-01
COMPETITION AND MONOPOLY

publican candidate for governor while serving in France in 191S
 The summoning of Joe Sorsby, negro, first vice president of the United Mine Workers of America in the Birmingham district, as witness for the defense, has caused much speculation, and the de- fense has not shown its hand. The gen. eral belief is that the issue of social equality will be brought into the case If there be a way for it.
 know whether or not there will be a trial before it will agree to the selec- tion of the jury.
 There were many indications during the day that the trial will continue several days and hopes of persons who have come to Hamilton from all sec tions of Alabama that they would leave within three days seem to have been shattered. The court has let it be known that there will be no effort to make haste at the expense of justice. but instead that all the time needed will be given both sides for the exam nation of witnesses and the making of arguments.
 MUST DECIDE PLEAS
 If the defense announces ready Tues day morning and the jury is selected the first issue for decision by the jury will oe pleas of abatement filed by the defense. Demurrers of the state to all pleas interposed by the defense have been sustained except two. which were left to the jury. One of the pleaa pend- ing attacks the validity of the indict- ments against the soldiers because the grand jury was drawn by only one judge when both judges of the circuit should have participated in the drawing, ac- cording to the defense. Another alleges that the indictments cannot be sus- tained because Judge Horace Wilkinson submitted the evidence to the grand jury for the state when he could not legally perform such duty. It is alleged that the constitution prohibits a judge from holding any other position of profit under the staAe government during the term for which he was elected. Judge Wilkinson recently surrendered judge ship in Birmingham to practice law. and accepted employment as chief counsel for the state in these cases
 Attorneys for the defense were unde- cided today whether or not the second plea will be insisted upon before the jury. but announced that the first plea will be made. They expect to lose OH an affirmative charge for the state be- because Judge Sowell has already sus- tained the states demurrer to similar plea. However. this will be ground for ar appeal in the event of conviction.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-01
HARDING CHOOSES PIRATE RETREAT
 AS ABIDING PLACE
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as matters are understood here, has not absolutely committed himself to the sl V0 limit in wiping out the deficit, but he has let it be understood he would like to follow that plan if it seems feasible.
 Gen. Coleman T, Dupont of Whining ton, Del, who arranged some of tho credits for the national committee, also talked with Senator Harding here. It is agreed by all that it would be a good thing to wipe out the committee loans prior to the inauguration if possible, or at an early date thereafter. While Mr. Harding is in no sense responsible for these loans. il is known he would feel better if the campaign expenses all were cleared up.
 The national committee has no cut standing debts except the big loans from the banks ana trust companies. These loans are guaranteed by notes, the max ing of which were authorized by the e,,- ecutive committee. Most of the loans, if not all of them. were negotiated at z per- cent interest, and the interest charges aloAe are amounting at the present tiins to nearly $l0o.00o year. Mr. Uphau professes no concern at the deficit and says he could wipe It out In 10 days if Iit should become necessary and if he should be given free reign.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-01
JEFFRIES TO DELIVER
 ADDRESS AT STATE BAR
 ASSOCIATION MEETING

Montgomery, January 31.-(Special.) ) The annual address to the Alabama State Bar association at its 1921 con- vention to be held at Birmingham April 29-30 will be delivered by l.. E. Jeffries, vice president and general counsel for the Southern Railway com pany at Washington, D. c.
 Acceptance of the invitation ex- tended him by the association tas conveyed in letter from MT. Jeffries received by Col. Alex Troy, secretary of the bar association, today. MT. Jeffries is well known in Alabama, be- ing 2 native of Selma, where at one time he was law partner of the late Senator Edwin w. Pettus.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-01
Cullen Capitol Visitor

Montgomery, January 31.-(Specia1.) Lieut.. Col. Dorsey Cullen, inspector instructor of cavalry. for the Fourth corps area. United States army, was a visitor at the state capitol today and for several hours held an informal con- ference with Lieut.. Col. Hartley Moon, adjutant general of the state forces, with regard to the organization of cavalry units in Alabama Col. Cullen was en route to headquarters after an inspection trip into Louisiana, and will return to Alabama shortly for the pur- pose of inspecting the cavalry troops recently organized at Hartselle and now being organized at Birmingham.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-01
WILKINSON DENIES CHARGE AND COURT
 HAS MEN PRODUCED
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by the defense, after the charge had been made by attorneys for the de- , fense, stated that the witnesses were not under orders the military de- partment while held as witnesses aAd that the military department has Dot detained them.
 AUSTIN DENIES CHARGE 1 Conrad w. Austin, chief state law enforcement agent, declared that his department was merely assisting in the trial and that no orders had been issued for the detention of the soldiers. Judge Wilkinson insisted that the defense may talk with any of it's wit ncsses at any time, that the soldiers have been summoned by the state, also, but that their absence from Hamil- ton on the first day of the trial was
 due to the crowded condition of the hotels and boarding houses. As soon as the defense had made it's charge and the court had ordered the witnesses
 brought to the courthouse, Judge Wn- ! kinson sent automobiles to Guin,
 where the men have been billeted,
 with instructions to bring them here at once.
 Judge Sowell instructed the sheriff to see that the men do not leave the | Jurisdiction of the court as long as | they are needed.
 If the witnesses are under arrest, 1 see that they are released at once l that they are brought here without de 1 lay, and that they be available to the defense for conference at any time,'' were the courts instructions.
 l The defense offered to complete the task of impaneling the jury before announcing its readiness for trial but the state objected, saying that it must | Some of Alabamas most prominent ! men were included in the list of wit nesses for the defense, announced at the opening of court. Among them are: General Steiner. Judge W. W. Brandon candidate for governor; Harweu G.
 Davis, first as\'stant attorney general; | Col. Bbb Graves. head of the forth field
 artillery to which Sergeant Lancaster
 was assigned during service in France
 and Colonel Dallas B. Smith, overseas veteran. who was nominated as the re-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-01
Fly HOLLAND


 New York, January 31.--(Speciai)- Bernard Baruch suggests to the tob .c co producers of the United States that they form selling organization through which all marketing of tobac- co will be carried on. Under govern ment regulation it would be impossi- ble for sales organization of this kind to perfect so great a monopoly as to command unreasonable prices for the product. On the other hand, a gen eral sales organization of this kind would in his opinion make it possible to market the product at so fair a price as to bring a reasonable profit to the producers.
 This, MT. Baruch asserts, would not be done in violation of the federal stat utes, because agricultural products are not included In the forbidden combina- tons which the antitrust law seeks to prevent.
 In speaking this morning of MT. baruch's suggestion, one of those who is numbered among the leading coal operators in the United States, said that if it were not forbidden, then a common sales organization controlling the marketing of the entire output of coal would be able so to market the coal as to furnish fair profit to the
 
 profiteering, which it is known has been carried on by some of the opera tors.
 These two suggestions illustrate the change in opinion which has taken place in the United States respecting combinations. When Senator Hoar and Senator Edmunds wrote 30 years ago the bill which became the antitrust law they recognized the extent to which public opinion had gone an tagonistic to trusts or to combinations In restraint of trade. Neither of these able senators objected to the invest ment of very large capital. in industry and in trade, but they believed that the people continued to be persuaded that competition Is the life of trade. It was their purpose to protect the public against monopolies or combinations s which would completely control trade and prices.
 Since the European war began the American people have learned that it IS not always the fact that competition IS the life of trade. For unrestricted and drastic competition involved the carrying on of such trade warfare as ultimately results in the extinction of one or of both of those who initiate and fight the trade battle.
 COMPETITION AND MONOPOLY
 The experiences in war days demon strated that there might be in combi- nations influences of far greater ad vantage to the people than any which can be found in unrestricted competi- tion. Congress recognized this when 1t authorized combinations among expor- ters engaged in foreign trade. It was also recognized that there might be in certain kinds of combinations reason able competition. That fact Is some times demonstrated by illustration of the clearing house associations. Mem bership in these associations is com- monly made up of the banks whose business is in certain cities or dis tricts.
 Within the doors of the clearing houses combination is absolutely per- fected. The banks take united action
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-01
c o o D B E c A U S E s T A N D A R D

All used cars are not alike. Our offerings are good, be- cause they are standard makes of cars, all backed by old established, reliable dealers in this city.
 There is DO economy in buy ing any make of car, re- gardless of the price, unless you can get prompt service. With any of the following cars you are assured of be- ing always able to get re- pair parts, and repair serv- ice, at reasonable cost. Yet our prices, you will find, are invariably lower than the prices asked by other dealers. For instance
 
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-01

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