The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-08

that. they meant what they said in asking for these rates.
 Effectives next Saturday the rate from New York via the Mallory line and barges on the Warrior to Bir- mingham will be 20 per cent under the all-rail rate from the eastern port cities. From eastern interior points the rate will be IS per cent under the all-rah rate. To illustrate, the all- rail rate from New York on first class freight is $2.181a. Via the Mall lory line and the Warrior it will be $1.76, or saving of 431z cents per 100 pounds. The saving is worth while and the vindication of the War rior is also worth while.
 Even though goods may not arrive as quickly by this mode of transpor- tation as by rail, the shippers should patronize the river line. Not all goods that they order are required at once. They can easily use the river to their benefit if they route at least a part of their merchandise from the east that way.
 Shippers should realize that every thing that stands for the prestige of their community is bulwark of their own business. The immediate benefit may not always be apparent, but a man is safe in presuming that what helps his district at large, helps him also.
 The Warrior has not been fully vim dicated and it has it's enemies who have not yet ceased trying to bring the inland waterways into disrepute. Alabama must stand by the Warrior.
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 A cartoonist reminds us of the time when a cottage could be rented for SIP month and the beaming landlord would have the rooms rep -papered. Those days have gone never to return. I E x H Cousin" Everett had good time while it lasted, but the hard-hearted Pennsylvania railroad intends to col lect from his friends" for the use of a private car to Washington.
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 "A stranger in Philadelphia was so afraid of being robbed that he per- mitted himself to be locked up in jail for night That's the kind of reputa- ton Philadelphia has.
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 An eastern paragrapher thinks Il Banker Stillman has been i'll advised. In such matters there is nothing like letting your conscience be your guide.
  According to the dispatches.' Charles looks pale and haggard There is nothing better than the Swiss climate for one who is a trifle run down. | < + F
 member of the Tennessee senate has been arrested for accepting a bribe of $500. solons must be cheap in Tennessee.
 that the American government has a great deal of unfinished business on l it's hands,
 Colonel Harvey will stay his edi- torial pen while serving as ambas- sador. It's rather unruly pen, some times.
 l Former members of Woodrow Will sons official family are rushing into print. George Creel got an early start.
 * ;* $ 1 Whisky is alleged to have cured a case of sleeping sickness in Kentucky, Don't all begin to yawn at once. T tt xx J Secretary Hughes quotes from state papers of woodrow Wilson. That must be blow to the Wilson baiters. : | Sk Xs 4 Admiral Grayson's book about the peace conference will not open for us any new channels of thought. I Eleven dead negroes prove rather conclusively that something is rotten in the state of Georgia. I E E r , So far we have never gotten single thrill out of the remarkable remarks'' of screen stars.
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 The woman who wears last years bathing suit loves the water. ;: ARE VACATIONS sINFULs From the Omaha Bee.
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