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The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-01
NEW MEXICO'S FIRST PAPER

curean things, Francis J. Thomas, frs lieutenant Third Artillery, A. c. S., an- nounced that proposals would be re- ceived at his office flor supplying the different posts in this territory with salt and beans" There is a note of the brave old days in the advertise ment of Benjamin F. Coons, forward Maria, nearly opposite El Paso. He announced that California travellers and Chihuahua traders would find that place great accommodation for the repairing of wagons, shoeing of ami mals and every description of black smithing and carpentering necessary Liberal inducements would be offered for American families to emigrate and settle.
 The third page of this pioneer pa per had for title line Fl Nuevo Me jicano, and most of the matter on that page was printed in Spanish.
 With the old paper was & copy of the Daily New Mexican of today and a supplement showing pictures of the, old and new Santa Fe. The New Mex ican says with complete Justification that it was somewhat of a newspaper feat to publish so newsy a sheet as that first issue when Santa Fe was "a remote outpost in the almost un- known west a far flung station on the route of the gold seekers toward the Pacific" It expresses the belief that the reproduction of it's first issue and the picture supplement will aid ths people of the east to remember that Santa Fe, as much as Plymouth Rock, is national treasure and national institution.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-01
Sheffield Planning
 a Traffic Bureau

7HHE Chamber of Commerce o1
 l Sheffield is considering the es- tablishment of traffic bureau. No more up-to-date step could be taken Traffic bureaus in the several Ala bama cities where they have been maintained have fully demonstrated their practical worth.
 A traffic bureau is not designed to convict railroads of double-deal It is not founded on the supposition that thieves are abroad in the land. It is merely such safeguard as any sensible individual would provide for the protection of his interests.
 The large industries have their traffic managers. A traffic bureau is for the common service of many smaller firms that cannot afford a traffic manager in their own behalf.
 
 It is for the purpose of caring for the traffic interests of the community at large.
 The Birmingham, Montgomery and Mobile traffic bureaus and those of other Alabama cities have proved good watchmen on the tower, with an alert eye to the transportation in terests of the members, and have served to prevent many freight rate injustices.
 The business of transportation companies and their agents is to haul freight and passengers at a profit. The business of the traffic bureaus is to see that, while the trunk lines are getting what is due them, the communities get what is theirs. There is no conflict in this mutual relation ship. It is better to have intelligent agents at both ends avoiding mis- takes in the beginning and settling matters of controversy as business men than to have the mistakes pile up for fretful and costly litigation.
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-01
From the Arkansas Gazette.

1T rum lut AThaHSdS NIaZHIte.
 ,M\H ITH a reproduction of it's first WW issue the Stnta Fe New Mexi- can sends us the message. Greeting to the oldest paper in Ar kansas. the Gazette, from the oldest in New Mexico and the southwest. the New Mexican"
 In it's initial number, which came from the press on November 24, 1S49, the New Mexican announced that the views entertained by the people of
 New Mexico, in convention assembled, for the purpose of urging upon Con-
 gross the immediate formation of a supreme civil government, would find an able advocacy in it's columns. It de- clared it's intention to lay before the national government the need of more efficisnt means to suppress the nu- merous Indian tribes. On another page
 the New Mexican said that the nu-
 merous murders and robberies com mitted by the Apaches, Navajoes and Utahs, who encircled that extensive that it was unsafe to attempt to come there or to go hence unless travelling parties were sufficiently strong to protect themselves. It added that the recent butchery of J. M. White and the other men of his party and the cap ture of Mrs. White and her daughter and female servant by the Indians called for terrible and immediate ret rlbution. Later it was learned that Mrs. White had been shot by the In- dians.
 'The Exchange" advertised the best of liquors, cigars, oysters, venison. hear tc nd of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-01
# # # Anarchists Prove Effects Of Their Own Doctrine

VI AACAA V" 1Ts1 MMA GOLDMAN wrote from lA her exile in Russia that condi- tions under the soviet government were deplorable. Her companion, AL exander Berkman, confirms her state ments. His testimony, summed up in sentence from letter written to friend in New York, is thisS
 Notwithstanding Russia's being the richest country in the world in natural resources, it is not in a position to nourish it's own population and to keep it's people warm during these bad winter months. Women are chopping wood and heavy work is falling on the girls, while the able bodied men are on the many war fronts."
 Berkman does not refer to his own efforts Tn this country to make it like Russia. He advocated the kind of government that Russia has had since the expulsion. and murder of the reigning family and this government is responsible for present conditions there. Lenine and Trotzky, not only implanted the soviet form of govern ment in Russia, but they undertook to make the rest of the world con- form to it.
 Miss Goldman and Berkman were received in kindly manner by this country, which they sought as haven, and where they preached an- archy. Their testimony convicts them of ths falsity of their doctrines.
 Out of the mouths of anarchists their deluded followers have learned the truth.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-01
Professional Croaker
 Should Be Discouraged

771HE time has come for muzzling U the man who goes about de- manding that the other fellow reduce prices before hei does. The other fellow has reduced prices. What men should be thinking about now rather than more price recessions is going ahead on the present basis.
 Clothing, shoes, food, all kinds of steel goods, pig iron, coal, water, gas and sanitary pipe, lumbery roofing, brick and cement, common labor and a considerable proportion of skilled labor--all these have receded from 20 to 50 per cent. We do not wish to wipe out the higher standard of living that we attained on the up- grade. The old standards were too low. The middle ground is the safest.
 One can look in the store windows downtown and see prices on staple goods that are one-half of what was paid for them at this time last year. This particularly applies to clothing. All steel products have been drastic ahy reduced, the independents cut ting under conservative price levels of the Steel Corporation. Pig iron that sold at SAP is barely bringing $z6.60. Iron and steel producers have taken their losses and gone ahead on . new schedule.
 Rents are still high and they are going to be high until the supply Of homes is more in, keeping with the number of persons wishing them. But the cost of building has been
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-01

.. lA M. BarioW, Tn The North American Review.
 RN r HAT, after all, are our stand WW ards of decency? The Vice WV society affirms that the test of obscenity is this: whether the ten dency of the matter charged as ob- scene is to deprave and corrupt those whose minds are open to such immoral influences and into whose hands such publication may fall" Beware lest our children purchase the Book of Genesis. the dictionary or Shakespeare. This is on par with past legislation
 which deprived women, children and
 idots of the vote. Similar inanities moved Goethe to say that life daily dis
 plays the most scandalous scenes in abundance With children, people need
 bv no means be so anxious about the effect of a book or a play. For this reason Goethe resigned the theatre to ieunes filles and stayed at home. De- cency is such fluctuating thing, al best. that the promiscuous astneelc lvnchines of the Vice society cannot possibly be actuated by any sound principle. Everywhere is its position eouivocal. Compare Byron and Shelley. Byron moved by vainglorious license, Shelley by a~. misdirected idealism. Shelley was condemned, by an out ragged orthodoxy, Byron was condoned on account of his looks. To what end a censorship? What price the censor:
 The answer lies in the contrast be- tween censored and uncensored art. The Puritan rebellion abolished the house of lords, the theatre and Ireland. The activity of none of them seems to be impaired. Literary censors have leased or mutilated Shelley, Ffaubert, Thomas.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-01

ize that Cuba is almost in their back yard and that South America is nearer to Birmingham than any other indus trial section. The possibilities of trade with these countries are with out limit.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-01
LUKE M'LUKE SAYS

When man brags about his iron VIII It IS good bet that his wife re- 9ards II as pig iron one.
 woman can wear almost any shade sae pieases nowadays. She always can alter her complexion to match the gown.
 Ever notice how bad reputation will SUCK to man when a good one won't
 Some of these days we are going To Write a novel with wife who is the good, clean mother of four children as the heroine. And nobody will read 1t.
 Silence is the only argument that can De beaten. But most men and all women are unaware of this fact
 A fat man will do anything in the world to reduce weight--that Is, any thing but quit eating.
 Anyway the old-fashioned red flan- nel petticoat was warmer than the none-at-all kind they are wearing these days.
 There Is only one thing more deter mined than woman's will. and that is womans won't.
 Bear in mind the fact that besides being the architect of your own for tunes. you are also the stone mason. ce- meht worker, bricklayer and carpenter
 Every woman is artistic. Art. as you know. is usually depicted as being nearly naked.
 Every now and then you will meet man who Is proud of his native state because 1t produced such ( man n he Is.
 (Copyrisht 1e11.l
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-01
Most Ingenious Devices
 Cannot Prevent Wrecks

WNTHEN New York Central train
 WV travelling nearly 60 miles an hour struck Michigan Central train at crossing in Indiana, the most modern devices for preventing exactly what happened had been employed and failed.
 This disastrous wreck, which is be- lieved to have cost the lives of more than 40 persons, seems to afford an- other illustration of what is known as the personal equation" All the safety devices in the world will not make railroad traffic absolutely safe so long as it is possible for the fal- lible human employees to neglect his duty.
 When a thorough investigation has been made it is. probable that the blame will be placed on the crew of the Michigan Central train, if the first reports of the tragedy are accu- rate. The fact that this train was derailed by an automatic switch and bumped along over the crossties un- til it extended across the New York Central tracks, would indicate that somebody failed to heed a signal. Y As usual in most railroad wrecks, the day coach passengers suffered most. Even an all-steel coach would not have saved the lives of it's occu- pants under such terrible impact as the two shattered cars of the Mich igan Central train received. In time it may be possible to make safety devices entirely automatic--they have almost reached that point now on such lines as the New York Central-but the lives of passengers still depend to a great extent on the vigilance of towermen, dispatchers and engineers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-01
Potentialiites of
 Export Coal Trade

7f7HE enormous exports of Ameri-
 U can coal in 1920 have more than established the importance of that business. The 1920 exports were 34,- 179,000 tons, compared with about half that amount in 1919.
 Alabama sent much of the 13,O00,- 900 tons that went to Europe in 1920, while northern mines shipped 14,OoO,O0O tons into Canada. Figures showing the export coal business in South America and >the West Indies are of great interest to Alabama, because this trade naturally belongs to Alabama and it can have it under more favorable conditions at southern ports.
 South America took 3,832,0 tons in 1920, and the West Indies, which includes Cuba, took 2,16S,OO0. That is total of 6,00O,0oO tons and Ala bama should have supplied the great CT portion. It was not done because the ports of Mobile, Pensacola and New Orleans have not the coal han ding equipment that they should have.
 Better facilities to handle coal are being provided at gulf ports, the 40,- o0o-ton bin at Mobile being the most important improvement under way at this time. The; service that it will perform in helping Alabama to se- cure her legitimate share of that yearly business of 6,0O0,o00 tons will be of the greatest value.
 Alabamisns are beginning to real
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-01
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
A CITY PLANT

A CITY PLANT r Did you ever see 'stil' in opera tion2"
 @once.D said MT. Jagsby. T didn't get an opportunity to study it, how ever"
 Weren't you interested?' Very much so, but just .as l began my investigation there came loud. authoritative rapping on the door,
 THE FRUITS OF INDUSTRY The footpad and the bandit
 Still golden harvest reap But to them we'll have to hand it, For they labor while we sleep. AN OBJECT LESSON AT HOME Sir" remarked the grandiloquert person, q have but to gaze on the countless stars in the Armament to realize my own unimportance." I don't have to gaze at the stars in the Armament" said MT. Peckton T can arrive at the same state of mind by looking at Mrs. Peckton."
 THE CURSE OF POVERTY. Well my dear, what did you see in town you wanted to buy?" "oh, thousands of beautiful things.e You didn't buy them I hepe?" "No, I came home with package of hairpins and a grouch.'
 N-EXISTENT You might survive a century
 And watch the world go by, But never would you chance to see A star who's camera-shy.
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-01
HELPFUL yIsITOns

From the Paxton Record.
 Mr. and Mrs. Charles Drechsel spent Wednesday of last week at the pieas- ant home of Mf. f.snd Mrs. isnsta ce stin4 man. where they assisted In doing the weekly family wash
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-01
A MORNING FRAZER

Thou, Lord, hast filled the hills with clay and marble cnd mine is the choice between them when build the temple of my earthly life. The one is easy to work with. Lord, but the other is hards and lovely. May choose wisely and build well. Amen--M. $. B.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-01
To Have Healthx Cow.

We have made the right start to- ward elimination of tuberculosis in Jefferson county cattle" said H. L.. Brown, county agent Under tie new method of making the test an expert can go over an entire herd in the time it formerly required to inoculate few cows. The dairymen are in sympathy with the new system, so much so that they subscribed $2,oo0 for hire of two experts. The county and federal gov- crnment give us two to three more.
 When we clear our herds of tuber- culosis, the next step will be to pro- tect the county from incoming cows having the germs. This will be dona under a guarantee in the sale so that if tuberculosis shows itself within a certain time after the cows are re- ceived here, the buyer will be able to. come back on the seller"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-01
IN HOTEL HOBBIES
 <. AND ELSEWHERE
Place for Lawyers

Tn spite of the fact that Birmingham is now producing large numbers oi men who become leaders in every com mercial, industrial and professional aG- tivity. this city still continues to draw heavily upon other sections o1 Alabama for men who have proved their ability" said Thomas Bragg
 T notice that within the past 50 days two prominent judges from an- other section of the state have removed to this city to practice law, and the attorney general of the state has re" signed to return to Birmingham to ae- cept a position on the circuit court bench
 Judge Joel B. Brown, formerly of Cullman, who left. the supreme court last month. has begun the practice of law here, as has Judge Logan Martin, circuit judge of Montgomery. Judge Martin, 1t will be recalled. was former ly~attorney general and handled the famous Girard liquor cases.
 Recently Judge J. c. Smith has re- signed as attorney general, leaving Montgomery to return to his former home here to accept appointment as a circuit judge.
 Birmingham still attracts many of the leading men of the other sections of the state"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-01
MERE MATTER OF CLOTHES

From the New Orleans Times -Picaqune
 aged women to youth.' So do the present-day styles until you got around and see their faces.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-01

MoMENTOuS OCCASION You say Jibwsy paid $Ss for two quarts of whisky and then invited sev- eral of his friends to share it with him?"
 That's correct"
 But isn't that senselesg extraya- gance%'
 Not when you stop to consider the occasion he was celebrating. Jibway had just signed a lease on a desirable house for three years"
 
 GETTING NEXT TO THE TRADE Why do you always glance into that notebook before you go in to call on a customer"'
 T carry little personal data in. this book" said the smartasalesman. I've sold thousands of dollars worth or goods by knowing when to bring up the subject of golf, motoring, fishing. hunting, poker and home brew"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-01
Shooting of Dogs

Dozens of telephone calls were re- ceived at police headquarters during yesterday from people who wanted to know what they wou1d have to do to keep their dogs from being shot this morning." said Charlie Howell, call officer at headquarters, yesterday.
 Many of the people who called really desired information and thanked us for it. But there were others who called with the intention of giving us piece of their mind because they evidently believed we were going out to shoot their dogs just because we didn't nave any dogs of our own and didn't love them.
 T am sorry for the people who will loose their dogs and l am more sorry for the dogs themselves, and I wish that every owner would muzzle them so that not one of them would have to be killed"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-01

greatly reduced, and the acquisition of home is within reach of the av- craze pocketbook.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-01
The M.rfo.ett~.

T am afraid those who have not had the privilege of witnessing the really marvellous performances of Tony Sarg's marionettes will jump to the conclusion that they are merely of i'm terest to children, which is not the case" said Priestly Toulmin 'as my wife and I had the pleasure of being present at the Punch and Judy thea tre in New York when both Rip Van Wrinkle and the Rose and the Ring were given.
 We were simply carried away with the two performances and sincerely hope that all grown-ups, who enjoy something out of the ordinary, will avail themselves of an opportunity to se9 artistry such as Is under the di : rection of MT Sarg."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-01
Net New at Buniness

T am not new at the butter king industry" said H. W. Jensen, president | of the Mountain Grove Creamery com pany. T made it in my native coun- try Denmark, before making it in Missouri. Denmark is a good butter school. It is Denmark butter that comes oftenest in competition with the American product and meets the com petition of English and Irish butter in London itself.
 Denmark buys her cottonseed and cake Tn this country, feeds her cows on it and ships back the butter. We most assuredly ought to be the worlds best butter makers here in Alabama with ideai pastures that are practically perennial"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-01
Tough Propa.ition

hear that>Tom Estes and Griff Harsh have preached the plan of a legion basketball team to go up against central Highs bunch of state cham pions,' said c. Lewis Bailes, assistant city attorney.
 from the account the school lads gave of themselves during the tourna- ment just closed, the contest would he rather one-sided. Estes and Harsh forget that they have been out of school some little time I'm afraid a Few rusty joints would be found the morning aftern
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-01
MODIFIED AMBrrIoN

run many man in life has started
 out
 Determined to become a millionaire, W hos well content to own a runabout And occupy a bungalow somewhere
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-01

TALKING IN LARGE FIGURES
 "Who is that fellow roaring about the way we have been lending bil- lions,to Europe on doubtful security? o. That's smidgery. He's never had S1oo at one time in his life"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-01

SAFETY IN FLIGHT The citizens who know it all l view with great alarm, But If I'm out wheneer they call, They'll do me little harm
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-01
-Rfchard H.

Truth has quiet breast.
 -Richard II. * # *
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-01

A boy movie actor has been awarded sS5,000 damages because of injuries which ended his screen career. As he Is years old, he may have reached the age of retirement
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-01

. 1 it's broadest, biggest and best inter- preted in the spirit of the world s greatest exponent of brotherliness. the Carpenter of Nazareth. who, when on earth, went about doing good and wid- |ening the circle of neighbors until at last Rotarians are striving to exem- plify the fact that the word has big ger intent and coatent than can be contained when limited to those who
 live adjoining to one, but takes Tn men of every class and creed and race who
 need human sympathy.
 That this is fair representation of 1 it's working platform permit me to givo here the closing paragraph taken from, l member is inducted into Rotary: The Rotary club demands fair dea.- | ings, honest methods and high stan- dards in business. No obligation, ac- tual or implieus to influence business exists in Rotary. Election to member ship therein Is an expression of conf dence of the club in the member him. As his business Is an expression of himself, he is expected actively 10 represent it." l Its small wonder that when my own Rotary club was celebrating the birth. day of the mother organization that x 1 felt that was being deprived of a great joy In not being present, which was only accentuated when I was ! aware that I would miss the inspira : tional add dresses of Col. T. H. Rennie and/ Norris W. Bush, two men who in their lives so we'll exemplify the spiri.
 of Rotary.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-01

Herbert Hoover is going to show the country what an efficiency expert can do with a cabinet Job. Herbert's only outstanding fault is his preference for the republican party.