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The Washington herald., 1921-01-27
CANADIAN WOOD OFTEN
DIVERTED TO TIMBER USE,

Pack quoted Canadian timber sta
tistics showing that western hem
lock and Sitka spruce abound. Not
all of it, however, is devoted to
the manufacture of pulp. Because
of its fiber strength the clear spruce
lumber is always in good demand,
and brings prices equal to Douglas
fr-its use in the manufacture of
airplanes, for instance, having been
emphasized during the past war
Now that war surpluses have been
absorbed, many pulp mills cannot
afford to pay the prices demanded
for spruce logs, and such as do not
control their own supply are oblig-
ed to yield to sawmilI competition.
The country is just awakening
to the value of western hemlock as
n saw timber" said Pack. "On the
Pacific Coast western hemIock is al
ready quite generally preferred to
fir for interior woodwork. or in any
place where 1t is not to be exposed
to the weather. The grain is more
pleasing to the eye than that of fir.
The British Columbia sawmills cut
175.O00,00O feet of hemlOCk during
1919, and received as high rates for
the lumber as for Douglas fir all
though they paid from IS to IS per
thousand less for the logs.
"Growth of the pulp and paper
industry in British Columbia was
very rapid in the last two years
Chemical wood pulp production in
1911 was 80 tons, in 1914 it had
grown to $4,000 tons, in 1917 to 40
507 tons and in 1919 to the top pro
duction of $3.50 tons,
Mechanical wood pulp production.
practically nothing previous to 1917.
was $500 tons that year and 99,76?
tons last year, while the production
OF paper developed steadily from
1876 tons in 1913 to l3O.SO9 tons
in 1919. Larger productions than
these top figures are expected both
this year and next.
For the first time We have every
industry and organization interested
sQuarely behind the Smell forestry
bill and we hope to get something
done in cooperating with the States
to much greater extent in forest
fire prevention and to get something
further done in putting our idle
lands to work. Put the idle land in
this country to WORK and we shoot
a broadside through the high cost
of living" F. w. G..
The Washington herald., 1921-01-27
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Letters toAI
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w IOth~s Felso' Vts~1 NJ
on Topics of w
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for publication In the Open
Court are requested 10 make
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The Washington herald., 1921-01-27

Jack Dempsey did not establish his fight
ing record in France ---...-
The Washington herald., 1921-01-27
WOOD SHORTAGE DUE
TO GROSS CARELESsNEss,

The price of wood is steadily
mounting in America, Pack says,
and carelessness is largely respon-
sible for it's rise.
The forest fire bill for your Un-
Gle Sam is around $4,000, 900 a year
and, with the center Of the timber
industry rapidly moving toward the
Pacific Coast, added freight rates
of millions of dollars a year must
be paid by somebody to keep the
wood industries going. That some
body is the public" asserted Pack.
"A few years ago the location OF
the pulpwood supply was mat
ter of little moment to any but the
paper manufacturers Today not
only these manufacturers. but rep
resentatives of this government and
foregn nations are searching the
world for available supplies" Pack
said.
I'VE are looking from our already
limited Eastern forests and those
Of eastern Canada to the Pacific
Washington. British Colun-
bia and Alaska. Rapidly mounting
costs of newsprint and other kinds
of paper suddenly call to the at
tentiOn of the public the startling
fact that the mills OF the eastern
section Of the country must be sup
plemented by mills elsewhere. The
annual supply of pulpwood in the
East must be increased by fire pre-
vention, reforestation and other
measures. and new supplies must
be developed and the production
increased
The Washington herald., 1921-01-27

Conservation Of forests is al
ready the watchword in the infant
republic of -Slovakla, Charles
Lathrop Pack, president of the
American Forestry Association, here
from New York to attend the hear
ings on the Smell forestry bill,
pointed out at the Lafayette Hotel
last night.
strange as it may SEEM" said
rack, this old republic of ours
can take lessons from a 'yearling,'
when 1t COMES to forestry, and the
yearllng is republican Czecho-
Sloyakia."
The housing situation and the
high. cost of living now on the
slide are both tied up with our
natural resources, in the opinion of
Pack, who has made a lifetime
study of forestry both in Germany
and in this country.
In the new republic, which was
born in this country with a cere-
mony in front of our own Inde-
pendence Hall in PHILADELPHIA" said
rack, only mature timber can be
cut. Without official sanction no
soil once used for forest purposes
may be used for any other. All
numbered acres must be reforested
within five years. The laws also
provide for the maintenance of a
force of trained foresters and war
denS for fire protection
The Washington herald., 1921-01-27

Prohibition may be the success
that its ardent advocates assert,
but the record of the New York
Police courts for 1920 are disquiet-
ing. More persons were arraigned
on the charge of drunkenness in
the greater city in the eleven and
one-half months Of. 1920. in which
national prohibitionf was in effect,
than in the whole wet year of 1919,
Copyright, 1871, Public Ledger oe,)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-21
House Votes Against
 Increase in Membership

7T7IE House of Representatives did
 U a very sensible thing in voting down any increase in membership and confining it to the present total of 4a5.
 The shift of representation in the states to be affected is not going to hurt any of them. Missouri will lose two seats and Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Missis- sippi, Vermont, Rhode Island and Ne braska one each. California gains three; Michigan and Ohio two, and Connecticut, New Jersey, North Caro- lima, Texas and Washington one each. In the changes no section of the coun- try is penalized.
 The various efforts to have the south's representation reduced on ac- Sotfie VI iDo iCSdldtlOb Ol b1e lIdIl- chise within it's borders and accord ing to it's peculiar needs, as is done ill other sections of the country, fell flat. Justice demanded that it should. Sectional meddlers from any part of the country will no longer be needed in their efforts to inter- fere in the internal affairs of other sections.
 The supreme court of the nation was established to see that the con- stitution is observed. That is the place for the bigots to apply, but the last place they seek because they are not after Justice so much as to force the unwilling to accept their views.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-21
NO NEED FOR FEDERAL TROOPS

in handling the cases against the sus- pected guardsmen. None of these cases were immediately put before special grand jury or planned to be brought to immediate trial. such as the state of- ficials have arranged fer the men accused of the crime of lyrch'ng Baird.
 The accused miner himself, the victim of the lynching, had been in jail for many days without trial, before he was done to death. The high tension in the district was revealed lii the mass meet ing at which the killing by Baird of a gnardsman was applauded, and by the deplorable crime of lynching Baird, as a futile protest against the utterances of certain speakers at the mass meeting. Until Morris. the guardsman, was shot down. the natonal guard of Alabama had established an excellent record for the intelligence courage and discretion
 of their trying service. The acts of few reckless and dangerous young men can
 not affect the record made by the great
 mass of guardsmen in the state.
 The appeal to Washington sent from In
 dianapolis for the removal or the set
 ting aside of the authority of the state
 and the introduction of the federal gov
 ernment into an Alabama controversy
 may be good propaganda at this time, but
 the governor is right in declining to jon
 in any request for federal troops to be
 sent to Alabama.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-21

From the Montgomery Advertiser
 GT1HE industrial controversy in the H Birmingham coal district has S reached no stage in which it would bs fair or even advisable for the author ity of the state to be put aside and the duty of preserving order put upon the federal government The decision of Gov ertor k.,by not to ask the federal govern ment to send troops into Alabama to su- persede the state authorities, w.n be com rended by fair-minded people. There will be approval too, of his recognition of the dangerous and difficult work un- dertaken by the national guard, notwith- standing tie deplorabie happenings in Walker county
 The l,ronlps and vigorous manner ii' which the state is pushing the prosecu- ton against the men suspected of being responsible for the lynching of the miner, Baird men who are believed to have been members of military company on duty in the district is guarantee of the sincerity of the state officials in thelr purpose to preserve order and prevent and punish criminal acts. Before the troops were sent to Birmingham some F people had been killed in that disorder. Men on one side or the other have been put Tn iail accused of these crimes, but there was not the speed and promptness in dealing with these cases as was shown
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-21
LUKE M,LUKE SAYS

Every middle-aged woman would like to be young-but not too youns. We wouldn't mind being a model hus-
 band, only we know that we wouldn't have time to work at anything else. After you marry one you'll discover
 that blonde can be just as unfair as a brunette.
 Tell an So-year-old grandmother how tyouthful she looks and she'll know you
 are liar. but she'll love you for 1t just the same.
 The only reason why a woman mar ries a man who resembles nickels worth of nothing Is because she is
 afraid some other woman will marry i him.
 Marriage is the alarm clock that shat ters loves young dream. l After wife catches her husband us- ling her toilet water she hasn't the same faith in him she had before. 1 The sloppiest thing in the world isn't Q man who has just been dragged out of river It is a girl who is trying to i cry and chew gum at the same time. 1 Every six days a 16-year-old princess meets the only fellow she will ever love. Before marriage she trusts him with
 her soul. After marriage she won't even trust him with his wages. fConvriwhf 1921 1t
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-21
Harding Offered Presidency
 of Finance Corporation

6NHE offer of the presidency of
 J the new $1O0,OO0,O0O foreign export finance corporation to w. P. G.. Harding, chairman of the federal re- serve board, is no surprise to his friends and business acquaintances in Birmingham and the south. It will be none to the nation. It has come to MT. Harding in recognition of his re- markable ability as financier and banker, his cool-headedness under all circumstances and the singular ca- pacity which he possesses of seeing big things precisely as they are. It is far cry from runner in a bank at Tuscaloosa to president of the First National Bank of Birmingham and from that to chairman of the federal reserve board. Mir. Harding's career has been one tending always upward.
 He is in that rare class of men who separate personal bias and pre- affection from matter under consid- eration. This brings to bear on large problems a clearness of vision that prevents their confusion with sideNis-
 sues or their being determined ac- cording to the prejudices or passions of the hour.
 It would be very fortunate for the foreign finance corporation if it secures the services of MT. Harding, but it would be unfortunate for the reserve board to lose his guiding hand. It would be good for the coun- try if he were to occupy both posts.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-21
ARABIAN MUSIC

, dominant theme and the bass undertone
 of the arghul accompanied and followed with something of monotonous solemnity
 all the treble variations of the singer
 in the minor key
 In Cairo the arghul Is played at night in the old city and on the streets of the Underworld, lending its note and inter pretation to love songs that somehow follow when everything else in life has
 been lost or left behind. At an Arsbian cafe an old man from the street Will play. and young men sing. while the col fee is being made. The arghul sings with each and talks with each; sympathizes' UT derstands and seems so earnest as to make one half believe that the young i.man is singing from his own heart and
 that the arghul, long accustomed to such confidence. knows it full well. But like many of the country-bred, it seems to de- generate when it comes to town. It falls upon evil ways; it sings of love to the loveless; it hovers in the dark and begs
 and steals about the low cafes' us
 friend, the tabla-more pretentious ana
 perhaps more astute-changes it's name
 when it comes to town and does not
 aInear alone at night in dark, unrre7
 quented streets. It is known as the
 darabukeh and is seen in the high-class cafes where favorites dance to the music it brings. It has more rhythm than mel
 ody; much volume but little feeling. IL talks from the head and sings to the feet.
 But the arghul is all sentiment and sym
 pathy Its place is the desert; it's home
 we knew as we listened there on the rugs
 in front of our tents. is the wastes of
 the sandy plain and the stiffness of the
 oxI;+ ;eya4
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-21

From Through the Oleander," by Robert
 Hamilton Rucker, in Asia Magazine for | February.
 INN the night before leaving this, our lW y first camp, In the presence of the 1 > Sphinx earths oldest inhabitant who still watches with half-conident, half-stocal smile, the miracle of the sue ceeding days. we had fantasia. The
 sheik of nearby village accepted my
 initiation to coffee and cigarettes after
 dinner and, with his friends, brought his
 singing boys. We spread rugs in front of
 the tents and there on the sand, under the stars, enjoyed playing, singing and danc-
 ing The sbek, my guest, did Bedoun
 dance-in which he used and fired a gun suggestive somewhat of the Arabian i powder play" Hamed responded with a sword dance. Several others followed
 and finally all joined in a wild dervish dance. The arshuI or double-reed pipe, that curious-looking cousin to the corn stalk; the zummara and sofara as tho 1 long and short Bedouin flutes are called;' and the tabla or earthenware drum, as
 the darabukeh of Cairo is known in the desert-these contributed much. The : Arabian love songs seemed of and for the desert. Always in minor key, usually
 hieh-pitched, slightly nasal, at times, and ending in a resigned, hopeless, minor
 note, they were weird and plaintive. One | did not need to understand the words; | perhaps it was best that one should not, ! for they were frequently bald and un-
 lovely. It was the music that told the
 story, revealed the passion and even hint ed of that it dared not tell That happi-
 ness is only llusion--that keynote Of tn.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-21
J. Rivers Carter,
 a Pioneer Citizen

IT RIVERS CARTER was not in Wo Birmingham at the beginning of its history, but for 35 years he was prominent figure in engineering fraternal, church and social circles.
 Brilliantly educated, a man of com manding presence and strict integrity, he was conspicuous in all the walks trod in his 67 years.
 The streets and pavements laid out by MT. Garter as city engineer in the eighties have attested the thorough ness of his work. Before coming here he had helped to build the Texas and Pacific and Mexican railroads.
 MT. Carter combined all the graces of the old school with the incisive- ness of naturally keen and inquir- ing intellect. No man was more en- tertaining and none combined more of the practical and the gracious. Bir- mingham will miss him much.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-21
THE VANISHED YnARs

 From the Sentinel. I climb them step by step The vanished yearA Stumbling, pause to look below Down wells of time, so black. so deep Their waters keep No sound Nor show star. Nor hold a memory Sometimes kneel and look above That dark stairway At years to come; My fingers clasp my feara Where my hopes go. Up there beyond that last, gray sten Afar Within that roof of mist What is that shape in flight Dim, strong and slow? "A wing" some say; Some answer. sI<ove;" And some say, Night And sleep. But |? ] do not kneg. ...... z. < ~ ss
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-21
PERNICIOUs LOBBYING


 From the Cleveland Plain Dealer. "The general practice of law in ashington," says Senator Kenyon, .is coming to be synonymous with general lobbying" He might have cited exam pies by name of these general practi- tioners." They are myriad and ubi- quitous.
 No one. of course, would deny any group of people or any special interest access~to the members of legislative body. As Kenyon adds, no one wants Congress shut off on the hill It is however. entitled to some measure of immunity from the constant pressure exerted from high-priced lobbyists working assiduously night and day on behalf of interests willing to pay any price for legislation they need. ] The same problem presented itself at Columbus under the administration of Judson Harmon. The legislature took the question in hand and for a time al least the profession of lobbyist at the state capital underwent radical read ! justment. How well the reform lasted We udNc llO ICCOIQS rI ntaQ LO S1OW- It' may be supposed that the vigilance oE 10 years ago has relaxed with time. At any rate, the incident shows that leg islative body can control lobbying if it really wishes to do so.
 Facts recently brought to light in hearings at Washington indicate the large sums of money spent by various special interests in maintaining at the capital elaborate Hobbies for the pur- pose of inducing Congress to act or not to act as the case may be, in matters of importance to those interests. The sums run into high figures. Those engaged in the general practice of law. sell their services only at high prices. Not linfrequently they are former federal of ficials who stay on at the capital after their services in a public capacity have been dispensed with. with or without their own consent
 Congress cannot afford merely to en- dure the affliction of pernicious lobby.
 It is situation involving the ability of the legislature to perform it's proper duties. If some special interest has
 something to say to a congressman, all we'll and good; but it should approach
 him in the open and without disguise.
 Label the lobbyist for what he is.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-21
Coosa Farmers Approve
 the Live-at-home Plan

ID REPRESENTATIVE farmers of IN Coosa county have recommend ed the safe farming plan of the ex- tension service fostered by county agents working from the Auburn ex- pertinent station. The other name for this is Hive at home" When the farmer lives at home on what he hal raised for his family and stock, thu rest of his income is cash surplus There is no problem.
 The plan provides for six acres pel plow in cotton, two in corn per blow three in soy beans per blow and three in oats per blow. The rule
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-21
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League of Nations Question
 Knotty Problem for Harding

6HHE statement of a well-known U Washington correspondent that Europe shows no enthusiasm for a new association of nations to be pro- posed by MT. Harding is as logical as it is true.
 We had our chance to enter work ing League of Nations, that would have been strengthened and improved from time to time as its weaknesses were discovered. When we turned our back on this opportunity to be of service to the world our friends in Europe were first incredulous, then pained and later somewhat dis gusted. For that feeling they were not much to blame.
 If Mir. Harding has any plan for new league or association, the pub lie is not aware of it. As a matter of fact, there are indications at Marion that the best minds" have brought some confusion to the Presi- dent-elect, and it is not improbable that he is as much at sea now as he was during the campaign.
 But whether he has definite plan or not, Europe is no longer in the same mood of friendly aceommoda- ton. The League of Nations recently passed its first anniversary. Its ac- complishments during that year-were creditable. With a membership of 49 nations, whose combined popula- tion is estimated at 1,260, 0,000,000, and II other states with population of 44,O0O,O00, ready to join as soon as they are permitted tb do so, the league looks substantial and durable. When MT. Harding starts out to scrap" an organization which represents three fourths of the worlds population, the task may not prove easy. It will be difficult indeed, if the European nations do not take kindly t .eg- tions from America.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-21
A PRIV ATE CITIZEN

suits as Cox has been always invites
 antagonisms. The three-times governor has been much criticized as well as much
 praised The Plain Dealer has had many
 differences with him over matters of
 public policy. Through it all, however, the public has recognized in James Nj
 Cox man of force, of courage, of in dependent thinking, whose natural tal- ents for leadership have been given un- reservedly to the public service. Few men retiring to private life after lcng public service have left behind them a more creditable record of service than has James M. Cox.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-21
AT A JAPANESE FAIR

Tokio Correspondence in the London
 Post
 One of the most curious and interest," stranger is the street fair, especially the Tokio Ennichi, which may be found in full swing on the nights of the reri- odically recurring temple and other fes- tivals. The Japanese SC a great deal more amusement in religion than. the people of the west, for they believe the gods can and do laugh.
 The streets are gayly decorated for the Ennichi fairs, and the hum of human conversation and the rollick or human laughter go on to the accom- paniment of strange insect music that leaves weird impression on the ear.
 All about are standing boys and girls. men and women. high and low. rich and poor, eating-for Japanese cannot meet except they eat-udon, kind of spa ghetti; soba, sort of macaroni; anne. a delicious sweet known only in Japan.
 The most alluring stalls are those where the fair maidens of Japan con- gregate, and behind the rows of pretty girls, all infatuated by the fascinating hair ornaments, one may see rows of young men, studying the tastes of womankind.
 The colored lights of the illumina- tion. electric lights in variously tinted bulbs or paper lanterns. give the peach bloom cheeks of the girls yet more rich complexion. and all Is quite like fairyland.
 What dazsling pins and hairpieces those girls invest in! The ornaments seem tawdry to us, being celluloid imi- tations of tortoise shell set with artifi- cial pearls and diamonds; but the Jap anese girl highly esteems them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-21
A MORNING PRAYER

o thou omnipotent God. who made the far-flung, shining stars, grant me to realize that thou dost depend on me for the accomplishment of thy humbIest tasks. So shall my work he ennobIed, and thou and I stand side by side. Amen.-M. s. B.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-21

February 4. The Beneker paintings should be seen and studied by every one in Birmingham who is interested in art.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-21
HOBSON'S CHOICE

FTDW the INcW DfIeana fteIfI.
 Secretary Wilson holds that Cork mayor. O'CallaghaR shall be returned as seaman" having worked his way over. The state department demands that he be deported as stowaway But we don't see what difference it makes to Buckingham. In either case the watchful British government will get him as soon as he lands and administer some unpleasant and lingering correc- tive.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-21
REAL BALN oF GIIEAD DIsCoyERED

From me CIeNeIand f4alh DedIer.
 The real balm of Ciilead is the dried | juice of a low shrub, which grows in Syria. It is very valuable and scarce,
 i for the amount of balm yielded by one shrub never exceeds so drops day.