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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-21
HOW THE SEAPORT PROFITS US


By shipping to the Pacific coast through
the port of Mobile, Birmingham makers of
cast-iron pipe are saving one million dollars
per annum In tho freight bill on that item
alone.
BY shipping through Mobile the wire
drawing mills of Gadsden and Birmingham
are saving SIT on each ton Of wire and nails
moved to the Pacific coast, or about
$4,000 month.
BY shipping through Mobile, Alabama cot
ton growers are reaching the lowest-cost
gateway to foreign nations. Where they also
use the Warrior river there is an additional
saving Of twenty per cent over the all-rail
rate to the port.
Lumber, rosin, the grains and other Ala
bama products find lowest cost of reaching
the coastwise trade and getting to other ma
tons through the port Of Mobile, either
with or without conjunction with the War
rior. Where the Warrior Is used an addi-
tional twenty per cent. saving In freight Is
to be deducted from tina overhead cost of
doing business
Low-coSt freight annihilates distances.
This has been proved In the case Of pipe
shipments TO the Pacific coast. It Ia proved
in the regularity with which tho steel COM
panies route their exports Of steel products
via Mobile and the Warrior. Birmingham's
trade territory Ia being extended because
it has the low-cost outlet via Mobile and also
because 1t has the additional low-cost wa
terway route to the port This not only
moves business, but It creates business.
Not only is the port Of Mobile serving the
public welfare through low-cost gateway
to the coast and to foreign ports, but ship
pers are recipients of actual cash profits
through its use. And it Is also true that
the more shippers patronize the port and
its auxiliary, the Warrior river, the better
they are served. For example, the enor-
nous business in pipe to the Pacific coast
resulted in the installation of additional
steamship lines plying regularly between
Mobile and the Pacific coast and in the es-
tablishment of low-cost return freight rates
on goods from the coast for Alabama and
adjacent states.
When these benefits of using the port Of
Mobile and the inland waterways are consid-
cred in terms of the actual cash return to
the shipper and the increase of his business,
it must be concluded that the shipper who
does not realize these benefits and make use
of them is conducting his affairs in an un-
businesslike manner. Such freight advan-
tages as these make it of immediate profit
able policy for the producers and shippers
Of Alabama to wage concerted campaign
for a wider use Of the waterways and the
seaport.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-21
PROPHETIC FORGERIEs

From the New York World.
In London the Daily Mail has discovered
plot for Russian-G German war of revenge
against France and Pollard. The memoran-
dun describing the plot is probably for
gerry like it's predecessors or pipe dream
such as monarchix* officers indulge in to
while away their iolsness. There is not the
least reason for thinking that the present
German and Russian governments are In
velved in any such plot.
Nevertheless, the idea is in the air, and
what is now forgery or a fantasy may
some day become reality. When 250, 0O0,-
600 people who are neighbors are treated
as outlaws by 100000 people they are
bound to think of revenge. There must be
more and more Germans and Russians
thinking of it.
Germany's treatment of France from 1871
to the nineties brought about an alliance
between republican France and czariat
Russia. There is no reason to think that
French treatment of Germany and Russia
may not result in an alliance some day be-
tween republican Germany and soviet
Russia, or between a monarchist Ger
many and monarchist Russia. The
event is distinctly more than pos
sible, and the French fear of it has
some reality. The only trouble is that the
French argument comes down to saying
that France is entitled to make all the pow
erful enemies she likes and that the rest
of the world is under obligation to protect
her from the enemies she is making.
This will not happen. If France by
generation of provocative policy finally pro-
vokes great anti-French alliance in Eu-
rope, she will stand as Germany stood IN
1914, except among her vassals, without
allies There is prophecy in these forgeries.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-21
FRENCH SUPPRESS NEWS
From the New York World.

The French press evidently decid-
ed to ignore M. Clemenceau's de-
parture from America. This is not
because M. Clemenceau is unim-
portant, but because the Poincare
government, which exercises an inn
mense control of the press, fears
that he may turn out to be alto
gether too important.
France is unfortunate in her
newspapers. There is probably no
advanced country in the world
where news is considered Of such
slight value as compared with po-
litical opinion. With few excep-
tions the Paris press is always play
ing some party's game in the news
columns, even to the point Of
downright suppression Of all news.
The isolation of the French mind
which has resulted from this in
tense journalistic partisanship has
been a very serious thing for Eu-
rope. The French people suffer in
time of peace from a censorship that
differs only in slight degree from
the censorship of the war.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-21
DISTINGUISHED MANS AMBITION
Firm the Kansas City Star.

FIRM the Kansas lily oLaf.
Andrew D. White, the founder Of Cornell
university, was great public servant He
twice represented his country in foreign cap
itals. He was responsible for inducing the
Kaiser to refrain from breaking up the first
Hague peace conference. He was a distin-
guished author. Late in life, full Of years
and honors, DR.. White wrote in his autobiog-
raphy:
my ambition has been to set young men
in trains of fruitful thought, to bring mature
men into the line of right reason, and to
aid in devising and urging needed reforms,
in developing and supporting wise policies,
and in building up institutions which shall
strengthen what is best in American life"
How is that for the right ambition for
teachers, preachers, or any person in pub
lie or semi-public position to cherish?
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-21
THE COMMISSIONS DUTY

The statement made to the commission by
a delegation Of citizens from East Birming-
ham that conditions there call for better
police protection, and the tacit admission of
the commission that there is basis for such
complaint, again call public attention to the
necessity for more adequate police patrol
of all parts Of Birmingham. There are other
sections Of the city where no policemen are
on duty regularly. The police commissioner
has repeatedly declared that his department
cannot operate effectively unless he is given
a larger budget allowance which will permit
an increase in the size Of the police force.
While the other members of the city COM
mission are not on record as questioning the
need for more adequate police protection, 1t
is alleged that the city's financial condition
will not justify an increased appropriation.
Nevertheless, the responsibility for public
protection rests on the commission. That
was an obligation the members assumed
when they entered office, and since 1t is adj
mitted that ample protection is not furnish
ed, it is. their duty to find the remedy
Surely, it Is more just for the expense of
better protection to be evenly distributed
than that the burden of individual protection
should fall upon the various firms The
losses sustained by robberies alone are null
tpes many times Of the cost Of efficient
policing.
In the meantime, while ways and means
are being considered to give the citizens of
Birmingham the protection to which they
are entitled as taxpayers, the number of
offenders might be reduced by imposing
heavy penalties and requiring every convict.
ed person to pay his fine or serve his SEN
tence without executive clemency being ex-
tended and multiplying the action of the
courts One of the principal causes of law
lessness is the possibility of being able to
evade punishment. Numerous arrests are
being made by the police. Let every con-
viction and every sentence stand, and thus
impress on offenders the fact that they can
not escape punishment That will greatly
assist the police and the courts in minimizing
crime during the process Of expanding the
police personnel.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-21
OUR TROOPS IN GERMANY

From time to tins somebody asks, either
in Congress or through the newspapers, why
twelve hundred American soldiers still re-
main on German soil. No explanation has
been given by the administration, although
1t was President Harding's announced in
tention to withdraw all American troops
from Europe. On this question the Chicago
Tribune, which seems to be unduly alarmed
over maintenance Of the Coblenz garrison,
says In a recent issue: at is suggested that
the President hestates to order the with
drawal Of our Coblenz garrison because the
situation is critical That is precisely the
reason, the conclusive reason, why the gar
rison should be withdrawn and at once. It
Is said that withdrawal at this time might
be misinterpreted, might be given an unin-
tended significance. The only force Of that
objection Is to emphasize an important rea-
son for withdrawing"
As the Tribune points ont, there u no
valid reason why European nations should
misunderstood tho policy Of the present ad-
ministration, which is to keep out of foreign
entanglements, particularly Of military ma
ture; but It is difficult to see how handful
of American troops In Germany, who are
there more as a moral force than anything
else, just as are our warships In Near East
ern waters, threatens to involve the United
States In any unpleasant complications. II
it were left to the American people, they
might demand the immediate withdrawal Of
our soldiers from Germany simply on the
theory that the war is over and there is no
necessity for keeping troops abroad. The
main purpose served by keeping them there
is as reminder that America took part in
the World war and thus retains the right to
have a say in the way the problems 1t Gre
ated are settled.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-21
LET AUBURN'S PLANS PROCEED

The alumni Of Alabama Polytechnic In
stitute have addressed q powerful and i'm
pressive appeal to the trustees of that
institution to go ahead with the letting Of
contracts for the new buildings at Auburn.
Indeed, that appears to be the only. logical
course for tho trustees to follow, for any
other policy meana a delay hurtful to the
cause of technical education In this state.
There Is agitation, it Is true, urging the re-
n1cval of the college to Montgomery, but 1t
Ia apparent that the proposal finds support
principally in the capital city, and almost
unanimous opposition elsewhere. The pro-
ponents Of removal have failed to make q
case.
The trustees have laid down a definite
program Of building expansion at Auburn.
The alumni and friends of the institution,
from all over the state and from points out
side of the state, have contributed money
to the carrying out of this program. There
is evidence to show that these donors to
Auburn's greater capacity are unwilling for
the expenditure to be made elsewhere. 1t
may be logic; It may be sentiment; 1t may
be practical consideration; 1t may be mix
ture of the three. Whatever the reason for
the opinion that the institution should re-
main wheEe it Is, the fact cannot be ignored
that thoss who give money to the support
of the college are opposed to its removal.
Since the proposal to abandon the present
location In favor Of Montgomery Is favored
only by small minority, and since no COM
peling reason for removal has been given,
and since no comprehensive plan to subsidize
such removal without additional call upon
the public treasury has yet been advanced,
there is lively hope and expectation that the
trustees will proceed with the program to
which the majority of the friends of Auburn
have so Loyalty and so literally contributed.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-21
CARFARE

From the Harvard Lampoon.
For hours they had been together on her
front porch. The moon cast its tender
CLEAN down on the young and handsome
couple who sat strangely far apart. He
sighed. She sighed Finallw
Il wish / had money, DEAR" he said. "I'd
travel"
Impulsiveiy, she slipped her hand into his ;
then, rising swiftly, she sped into the house.
Aghast, he looked at his hand. In his palm
lay nickel.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-21

The Turks appear to have the notion that
little haggling will eliminate the question
of naturalization of the Straits. The no.
tion is born of the customs Of Oriental ba-
zaars. The powers are finding that 1t has
become increasingly impossible to barter
principles for expediency. The great OBJ
stacle to the Turkish desire Is the spread Of
civilization among the allied peoples, who
are keeping a watchful eye on their repre-
sentatives at Lausanne.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-21
THERE is COLOR EVERYWHERE
From the Philadelphia Public Led

ger.
It is not necessary to spend money
and go to far country in quest Of
color. A prisoner in a cell can see
the blue of the sky through the
bars. He paints on the WALTZ he
IS allowed-a s:ene Of meadows,
water-brooks and mountains, be-
cause his spirit cries out for the
color Of the out-of-doors he knew.
Nature is good to the eye. as to the
other senses of a man. She gave us
flowers, no. for their scent alone,
but for ou:. pleasure IN their varie-
gated hues. In the wide lands of
the north that we name the Barrens
her great paint brush is at its bus
lest. Summer comes with a rush
of pink and roses, purple fire-weed
and other floral gorgeousness; and
what is left of the brilliant color
seems caught up into the sky and
shown in the sunset and the aurora.
In the tropic Businesses, where no
man may ever come, there is the
lavish riot Of the orchids in the
trees. The wide world over, in the
undesecrated, unvisited places, color
is at work like tides OF the sea,
though no man is aware. Even So,
in the secret quiet places Of tur.
hearts. which none has seen and
known, there may be color, or the
sound Of music, for the peace and
comfort Of the soul.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-21
Adrift With the Times
The shoppe,r,

II Christmas throngs are light of heart
fear they do not show it when
They crowd into the aisles and start
To buy a book or fountain pen.
Their worried looks reveal the cares
That shopping lists each year impose;
They push and pull with angry stares
And tread on one another's toes.
The weary clerk suggestions makes,
But neither this nor that will do;
No end of arduous work it takes
To make the Christmas dreams come
true.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-21
Soma Gaietx Left

Berlin, by official decree, will have two
danceIess days week. The fact that it
was thought necessary to restrict dancing
should counterfeit the impression that the
German people are so profoundly depressed
they go about holding their heads in their
hands and moan, Preparations, PREPARATIONS,
ach, Gottw
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-21
My Favorite Stories
By IRWIN S. COBB
THE CAUSE OF A FULL STOMACH


N. j. Dilday, California insurance man,
used to run a country paper down south.
He gave tramp printer job once on con-
dition that the printer take his pay in orders
for meals at nearby oyster parlor, whose
owner advertised with Dilday.
For solid week the printer stuck to it,
making his meals off oysters-raw, fried,
stewed and broiled-but only oysters. On
Saturday night he came from the composing
room to the business office and hailed Dill
day.
"Boss," he said, II like this job and I've
always been mighty fond of oysters. At one
time in my life thought never would get
enough oysters to eat. But say, amt there
some way for you to get ham-and-egg
place to advertise in your paper?"
tCopyriSht 1922. by The Mcknight Syndicate. Incl
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-21

has been made toward disarming, it is only
a start. The chief advantage gained 80 far
by the treaty is hating extensive building
programs. In the present unsettled state
Of world affairs, that in itself Is a consider
able concession. More has been done than
could have been expected, in view Of the
fact that the treaty has not been ratified by
all the powers and its fate is problematical.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-21
Savoir-Faire

'Tn some respects" remarked Mr.. Grump-
son, women are smarter than men. 1t
takes self-nade man long time to get
used to having butler around, but in less
than six months after they become rich his
wife, who rose from poverty with him, can
refer to Dawkins in noff-hand manner
as an old family retainer"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-21
Alabama Press
Re.ctienary Suggestion
n the Dothan Eagle

From the Dothan Eagle.
A big saving could be made for
the Taxpayers by abolishing the
weather bureau and returning to
Grier's Almanac, more correct
guesser Of future weather condi-
tons.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-21

From the Gadsden journal

From the Gadsden Journal.
The issue is not prohibition, but
law enforcement. President Hard
ing is making that plain to the
state executives in asking their CO.
operation with the federal govern
ment in enforcement of the prohi-
bition laws.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-21
Tears of Rage

"When I sang that song about mother
boosted the vaudeville tenor, "people down
in front actually wept."
"And It may have been lucky for you,"
said the impresario Of the trained seals,
that they would have had to climb over the
orchestra to get to the STAGE
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-21
Rural School. Sighted

From the Admission Star.
The rural schools must be made
as good as the town schools. 1t IS
not fair to rural children that they
should be forced to attend school in
unsuitable buildings, should have
only five or six months Of school
each year when the town children
have comfortable, well-equipped
buildings and school terms Of nine
months. So long as this inequality
in educational facilities exists there
will be country boys and girls leav-
ing the farms for the towns, and
country life will continue to suffer
in comparison with town life.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-21
Alarming Suggestion

Two women members of the British Par
lament are referred to in headline as
Shining examples" That is an unfortunate
figure of speech. The moment woman
suspects she is beginning to shine she makes
frantic grab for powder.
PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-21
Richer Hauls

Once more do pirates roam the main,
For certain folk distressing news;
The treasure, ships they now disdain
And prey upon rum-running crews.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-21
AUSTRALIA REMAINING SMALL

From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
Australia's rigid adherence to the policy
of keeping it white mans country" and
its maintenance of an inflexible tariff bull
wark about its coasts, show some interesting
results in its vital statistics. In ten years the
population has grown annually but 1.S7 per
cent, of which the surplus of arrivals over
departures accounted for but Is per cent.
The decennium ending in 1921 shows a to-
tai increase of but 936,361, the population
today being 5,510,229. immigration ac-
counts, as stated, for about 10000 of this
growth. When it is reflected that Austria
liza is larger than the United States in area
the sparsity of it's settlement will be acutely
emphasized. Unless there occurs a gold
rush similar to that of the fifties or other
similar influx it will require thirty-two years
for the population to reach that of the state
Of New York today, or approximately
10000 900 people, and sixty-nine years for
it to double that amount. There are moro
people in Canada and the growth of the
northern Dominion is vastly more than that
of its antipodeal sister of the British empire.
1t is easy to understand, therefore, why
Japan regards this country of rich advant-
ages as a Naboths vineyard and why the
peculiar Australians are arning themselves
against the day when the Nipponese, seek
ing land for the surplus of their crowded
island homes, will endeavor to seize and
conquer that land Of undeveloped resources.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-21
Cutting Should Be Carefully Done

From the Montgomery Times.
Economy and retrenchment is
the watchword Of the new admins
tration in "cut to the bone" That
is good enough, but we sincerely
hope that cutting will not be done
at the expense of efficient service.
as that will be false and injurious
economy.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-21

By ordering out the state militia on
mysterious errand the governor Of Louisiana
may be meeting trouble, or-he may be bor-
rowing it.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-21

From the Tuscaloosa News.
Anyone wishing to look ahead =
little to next summers vacation
might do worse than ask Uncle Sam
about the national forests, parks
and monuments. Looking up the
one nearest to his home community
might prove to be an inspired act.
These national preserves are being
put to important uses. First Of all
is the opportunity they afford for
conserving natural resources such
as timber. Then they offer grazing
ground to millions of head Of cattle,
sheep and horses. swine and goats.
1t is reported that $1,000 grazing
permits were issued in 1921. The
newest use of the national parks
and forests is that Of playground to
the American public. Between
100000 and 100000 persons
now visit the national forests an
nually, and as publicity continues
the numbers will increase.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-21

If the duty of providing adequate police
protection to the city of Birmingham is not
solemn charge upon the city commission,
whose business is it?
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-21
A Strange Manifestation

~Who is the prosperous looking person?"
can EDITOR
"Of what7n
"a poetry magazine"
"Let me look at him again. didn't think
such thing was possible"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-21

Prevention rather than cure is the theory
of modern medical practice, and it applies
with additional force to influenza, which
In majority Of cases can be minimized by
complying with the simple rules that insure
a vigorous mind and body.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-07-12

LOST-Betwce Lake Gibson and
Lakeland, boys dark blue bathing
suit. Finder please phone 346 Black
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-07-12


Beautiful home on Florida Ave. Call
and see this il you are in the market
for real home. -
6O-acre lakss9front property. sfacing
asphalt road; 40 acres in grove; rs
acres bearing; acres just beginning
to bear; balance young grove 2 to
years old. Several acres fine truck
land, tile drained; located near nice
town. Price $50. 100000. Can give easy
terms to right man.
Lot on Hill Crest Drive, 671aX250
feet; beautiful lot, S2,200.0O.
--40-aere tract; IS acres in grove, 20
acres bearing; balance l year old;
10 acres grapefruit, 10 acres pineap-
pie and valencias; ii acres valencias
1 year old; 3 acres tangerines l year
old, $25,000.00
w. L. LAW, REALTOR,
Lakeland, Fla.
Room 4, Dyches Bldg.
Box Csc. Phone SOC.