The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-06
RAIL MILLS SPLENDID START FOR 1922

 the Ensley mill must operate at normal rate of 5000 tons week for 22 weeks. This means that two of the large blast furnaces at Ensley must operate continuously for over five months to produce the pig iron that goes into the steel for making rails. That means the opera ton of coal mines, coke ovens ore mines and dolomite quarres.
 The Tennessee company secured two of the first large domestic rail orders for 1922 and also secured the first large export rail order for this years delivery.
 If it is true, as some investigators declare, that prohibition has caused much of the wash ing that used to be done at home to be sent to the laundries, the laundry men owe the Anti Saloon league vote of thanks and 1922 calendar.
 "Our Mountebank Mayor" is the title of en editorial in the esteemed Atlanta Constitution, from which we infer that the press of the so- called "Gate City of the South" continues to take it's politics seriously
 The French are no match for the British in the gentle art of diplomacy. While he's con- versing with Lloyd George Briand had better keep his fingers crossed or, better still, roll up one trouser leg.
 Will Hays is still considering an offer of $100,000 year to enter the motion picture business. Could you blame him? The aver age citizen never gets offer like that in his morning mail
 
 At the hour of going to press Major Ope had not been called, we believe, "hardboiled" but the title is liable to be capped on him at any moment
 The Dyer anti-lynching bill is directed at a favorite outdoor sport in Georgia and Missis- sippi, which is sometimes followed with zest in Alabama
 The denials of France and Japan that they have been carrying on secret correspondence in regard to Siberia are more heated than con vincing.
 Mrs. Stillman is battling through the snow drifts of Canada, with the thermometer regis tering 40 degrees below zero. Camera To dance or not to dance, that is the question, honorable city commissioners, and the place, perpend, is Pershing Pier.
 Although America holds the continuous alti- tude record, most of our transcontnental flyers still run on rails.
 The world, says Senator Underwood, will re- gard the arms conference as a success. "In principle" at any rate.
 Business failures in the United States last year numbered 19,652. Squally, to be sure. But it might have been worse.
 Centre college went down in defeat "Bo" McMillin's wedding day. Does "Bo" believe in signs, we wonder?
 It is said that Debs will make tour of the world and visit Lenine. He needn't hurry back on our account.
 There is never much employment along the kind of people who insist on minding other peoples business
 New York aldermen may get $5,0o0 year instead of $3,00o Nothing is said about them earning it.
 Dry agents have rallied from their New Year Waterloo and are hard at work again.
 
 At the ripe age of 40 woman has no busi- ness monkeying about sprig of mistletoe.
 
 Scanning the political horizon Woodrow Will son sees the democratic party beating back. If France and Belgium should invade Ger many, they needn't shout, "Assistancew
 On with the dance at Pershing Pier, and give the honest working girl chance
 Accepting thing "in principle means that the palaver is about to begin. Chita is doing its level best to create bad half hour for Japan.