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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-11
A STABLE EXPANSION

Birmingham manufacturers and eX-
porters returning from the Foreign
Trade Conference held at New Or
leans last week report unanimity Of
opinion among the two to three hum
dred leading business men assembled
there from all over the country that
American industry faces a prolonged
period of record production and con-
sumption. They foresee a continuity
of present prosperity reaching fur
Their into the future than any such
conditions heretofore. They take a
manful and healthy view Of the higher
standard of living, the larger wage
and the even distribution Of profits
of operations coursing down the line
from producer to consumer and to
employe. They are not looking back
at pre-war wages and standard OF
living with regret. They have def
nitely placed them in the discard of
an advancing nation and do not de-
sire their return. They sound the
one note of caution.
They would avoid such price adj
vances as will tend to cause a break
in the present harmony among pro-
duction, distribution and the price
paid by the ultimate consumer. They
advise against catering to the ner-
vous consumer who would pay for
prompt delivery on the bonus basis.
They insist that the regular customer
be treated with fairness; that his ma
terial be delivered to him at the price
and time specified, and that none of
the engaged product be side-tracked
to those who offer price above the
market as an inducement to accommo-
date them to the detriment of the reg
ular customer. They do not begrudge
the share that labor has in the profits
of operation. They appear to have
realized that labor is more efficient
and productive by reason of having
had wage advances come voluntarily
and as prices of product have risen.
This attitude speaks well for the
heart and head of American business
men. The future of business depends
on carrying out the program which
they outlined The fact that they
possess prescience of the elements
that would put barrier in the path of
prolongation of prosperity is the best
guaranty that they will see that these
elements do not enter That has been
the saving clause of this business re-
covery 1t has been so thoroughly
satisfying and harmonious in its va
rious connecting features that men
have feared it was too good to last.
1t is a wholesome mental condition to
carry on with.
Not the least gratifying thought in
which Americans at large indulge is
sues out of the soft pedal that indus
trial captains have applied to immigra-
ton. The few who raised hue and
cry for more elastic immigration rules
have ceased publicly to express them
selves and many manufacturers take
the very sound view that America is
best off with fewer workers of the
fit kind than more of the unfit. A lot
of sound Americanism runs through
the gamut of business and there is
much of the Golden Rule, the practi-
cality of which is better understood
. than when that great truth was
sounded,
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-11
to spite ones face is neither q wise
political move nor profitable business.

If the railroads would expend as
much time and energy developing the
Warrior river transportation service
as they have consumed in trying to
cripple it, there would soon be daily
arrivals and departures between Bir-
mingport and Mobile contributing
generously to receipts from both land
and water traffic.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-11

1t appears that some of the Euro
pean countries, having learned that
America got nothing out of the war
but clear conscience and preserva-
ton of her self-respect, think she
should also pay generously for these
by transferring a lot Of her bills re-
ceivable to the suspense account.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-11

Viewing the French operation in
the Ruhr from scientific standpoint,
the patient seems to be doing as we'll
as could be expected under the cir
cumstances.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-11

After getting irritated and staying
out of the League of Nations for quite
a while, Argentine wants to return as
a member of that institution. Appar-
emily Argentine has learned by bitter
experience that cutting off ones nose
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-11
Add Snappy Comebaeks

Dear Torch Bearer: The recent
movement to compel us to 60 to
church or stay abed Sundays reminds
me of remark of Charles Butler, a
wit of Victorian days. Someone told
him the country must choose between
compulsory religion and no religion at
all. "The distinction is too fine for
me to grasp" he replied.-Pseud.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-11

Even from a dollar-and-cents stand
point it is hard to see why a convict
can't serve the state better while
above ground where he can
be seen and heard than by toiling far
beneath the surface in the dark where
nobody but those who profit from his
ill treatment know what happens to
him
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-11
Give Them a Chance

1t is well known that many
families are rendered practically
destitute when the bread winner
Is seized by the state and sent to
the penitentiary to expiate some
crime against society. 1t is also
well known that after a long term
served in prison, the average un-
fortunate has little heart to begin
over again sthe serious tasks and
responsibilities of life, without a
stake or penny of working capt.
tai. Such contingencies as these
should be anticipated by the state
and provision should be made to
help these neral bankrupts hold
up their heads and get their feet
again under them.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-11
VIII BE I'm to Him


VbOStOH ITanSCrIptJ
Europe awaits the return of
her Prodigal Son, America" But
when he returns 1t will be up to
the Prodigal to provide the fatted
calf.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-11

An Ohio politician complains that
the farmers are getting "too much
credit" But there's not much dan
ger of the country biting the hand
that feeds it.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-11

Congressman and senators are re-
ported to be enjoying their vacations.
The public, too, would get more pleas
ure from many of them if they could
be extended indefinitely.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-11

1t appears that Governor Smith of
New York is confronted with the prob
lem of steering a safe course between
a national Scylla and state Charyb-
dis,
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-11

(BIocton EnterprIseJ
The sentiment Is very strong for
abolishing the convict lease sys-
tenn. 1t is stated that If Governor
Brandon would change his attitude
the legislature would change it.
Yet there surely are not many leg
islators who would not feel in
suited IL told their opinions on
public questions Of great import
ance were contrtlle by another.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-11

Three ambitious young folks on
their way to Los Angeles to join the
movies were arrested before they got
halfway. They seem to have started
training quite promptly.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-11
Quite a Contrast

(New York Evening Post)
The king Of Sweden lost his
match in the Nice tennis tourna-
ment. After the things that other
monarchs have lost this setback
must look to them almost like
finding something.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-11

One difficulty with blind love which
the poets used to sing about is that
so much of it these days is wearing
green goggles.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-11

A California contemporary says,
"a common interest would keep the
nations at peace" But interest seems
to be the very thing they are fussing
about.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-11

When husband and wife served
on jury in Minnesota, the verdict is
reported to have been a compromise
as suggested by the latter. Effective
home training sometimes extends to
the public service.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-11

(New York Evening World)
1t begins to look as IL Henry
Cabot Lodge and William Ran
dolph Hearst could ride through
the next campaign on the same
rear platform.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-11
The Labor Situation

Just how much Tuscaloosa cCun-
ty is feeling an exodus Of negro
labor, and whether or not it is felt
on the farms of the county. Is an
interesting point. Not much is
being said about the shortage on
the farms. There has been some
complaint about the shortage of
labor for road work and construc-
ton work, and one of the largest
manufacturers in this section re-
Gently admitted that his plant was
beginning to feel the shortage.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-11
SMILES
Not High Enough

(YOuth'S COmpanion)
A traveller called at Paris no.
tel and inquired what the rates
were.
Thirty francs for room on
the first floor. twenty francs for
the second. and ten francs for the
third" said the proprietor.
The traveller thanked him and
turned to so.
Doesn't that please your"
asked the hotel proprietor.
Yes. your prices are all right,
said the traveller, but your hotel
isn't high enough"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-11

Many a youngster who stays up
late these nights is only sowing
his wild radiots.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-11
THE PHOTOGRAPHERS


- (Wichita Falls Record News)
Spring poetry never will stoop
to realism until man invents more
words to rime with slush. -
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-11

1t may have been noticed that
wady-killers" are becoming unfash-
ionable in proportion to the develop
ment of women's craftsmanship.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-11
Defending Phenix City

An additional unsolved puzzle is
just why Phenix City, a populous
part Of Lee county, should be per-
sistently linked with Girard every
time the lawlessness of Girard Is
so widely advertised. The people
of Phenix City are not at all plus
guam perfectum, but no stigma of
open and notorious lawlessness
can be Justly charged to them.
We challenge any city of proper
tionate size anywhere to show
better record for general peace.
quietness and observance of all
laws than can and does Phenix
City.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-11

The balance Of power in Europe
about which much was formerly writ
ten seems to have developed into a
collection agency competition.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-11
Prospects for Good Team

(GadSden TimeB-NeWsJ
Efforts to form a league having
failed, Gadsden Is now to have an
Independent team-a manager has
been engaged and prospects are
good for an excellent team. Gads
den Is able and willing to support
good ball team and it Is likely
that next year this city will have
no trouble in getting a berth in d
league.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-11
A Pernlclous Doctrine

VNTtCIISUOIO w dtNIIIIldHT
Many a man in public life does
not express his honest convictions
on the question of public schools
when he gees before the people
asking their support. At heart
they are against the system-hold-
ing that every parent should edu
cate his own children or else let
them grow up in ignorance. A
more false and pernicious doctrine
can hardly be conceived of.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-11

After Dragging on their knowledge
Of human nature, lots of people are
badly fooled by company manners.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-11
Worth Doing we'll

Wy
It is estimated that about one
fourth Of the work of the world is
devoted to correcting things which
might as we'll have been done
right in the first place.-Florence
Herald. More proof of the cor
rectness If the old adage, ANY
thing worth doing at all IL worth
doing we'll"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-11
The sheepskin Hopefuls
(TuscaIOosa News)

VI us'SeHVVSu 4NVWSJ
Inc season OF sweet girl gradu-
ates ana self-confident youths
seeking new worlds to conquer Is
close at hand, says the Montgom-
cry Journal The latter will prob
ably find that there is something
brutalry frank and non-theoreti-
cal about making living, as sim
Aar young men have found in the
past. At the same time. 1t would
be hard to imagine a better time
and place to launch forth . career
than In Alabama today.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-11

FOr LOHK CIInB
(Sheffield, England, Telegraph)
Mrs. Shortley was discussing the
latest fashions with a young lady
caller. ea 49,
Did you say your father was
fond of those clinging gowns.
May" t.-.-- So
Yes; he likes one to cling to
me for about three years"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-11

The modern girl may have her
little weaknesses. but she isn't
effeminate.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-11
THE ALABAMA PRESS
Going After 'shiners
(Andalusia Starr


Fifteen stills have been de-
stroyed in Covington county within
mean that the supply OF bootleg
the past few weeks. This does not
liquors Is materially reduced.
Fifteen, while fine record for the
officers, Is only a starter, If it is
planned to clean up the booze =
makers in this county.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-11
MOTHERS OF FAMOUS
MEN

The Mother of james A. Garfield
A woman with every high char
acteristic of birth and tempera-
ment, a woman suited by nature
and circumstance to be the moth
Ballou Garfield. mother of James
A. Garfield, twentieth president of
the United States. In the first
place, she came from Hugenot
family, fintense patriotism and
love for freedom. Her son in
herited from his mothers family
the fierce passion for liberty that
is one of theessential qualities
for any president of this country.
The circumstances of her life
hard and sad as they were, only
served to bring out the best In
her and helped her to mould her
son in the pattern he filled. She
and her husband were pioneers
living in a log cabin in the 1--WE
ern Reserve" of Ohio. Here their
four children, of which the flu
ture president was the youngest
were born.
A short time after his birth the
father died. leaving his widow
with practically nothing excepting
her little brood and her log cabin
But, griefstricken though she
was, her courage was undaunted
THE Lord will provide" she
said, but did not sit idly wait
ing for miracles to happen. with
her strong heart and her fine
mind and her two hands she
worked. Wrestling a livelihood for
herself and her young ones
Through all her struggles and
privations she maintained>a cour-
age that was almost heroic, and
managed. despite her hard work
to inculcate in her children the
highest standards of moral and
intellectual worth.
No matter how tired she was
she had the time and inclination
always to maintain spirit OF
companionship with her children
and 1t was this that helped, more
than any other thing. to future
greatness.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-11

Post can get this case before the
supreme court.
The Post regrets this exceed
ingly. for it believes that could
the question of the right to print
the. news have been placed be-
fore the supreme court. the de-
cision OF Judge Heflin would have
been overruled and Its course In
this matter fully justified.
The Post makes no comment as
to the fairness of Judge Helm in
refusing stay of execution SO
that the supreme court could re-
view the case. ... -
1t submits the question of the
fairness of this decision to the
people. of the city of Birming-
ham.
In fact It submits to the same
jury the whole question OF its at
titude and policy in this con-
tempt proceeding.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-11

New York Evening World)
Seems queer that a man named
Pepper should be so strong for
peace.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-11
transportation

Ere long the tired business man
Will hop aboard his plane
To spend a weekend in Japan,
Or pay call in Spain,
Or meet a friend in Hindustan
Or Zanzibar or Maine.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-11

CPunch BowD
Student: See here, where are
those oysters on the half shell l
ordered some time ago."
Waiter: Don't get impatient.
young man. We're a trifle short
of shells, but you're next, SIR"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-11
A New Definition

Central Wesleyan Starr
willie" asked the teacher,
what is the plural of MANI"
Men" answered the small pu-
pill.
And the plural of child??"
Twins" was the prompt re-
ply
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-11

Recent events threaten to introduce
an international bull into a China
shop.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-11

Lots of folks can devise a hundred
ways how their friends can make sac
rifices for the good Of humanity.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-11

Lots of men would give ten-cent
cigar to loafer when they wouldn't
give five cents to deserving case of
need.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-11

Near geniuses are those who origi-
nate the means by which others make
good.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-11

People who talk about everybody
else get mad when somebody else
scratches off a few accurate pictures
of them.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-11
101}seB2bzAg{R

Many women get more satisfaction
in being known as the owner of a
limousine than from the machine it
self.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-11
In 1853


The business man, detained in Can
ton, China, radios his wife in Bir-
bingham:
81 won't be home until six-thirty,"
says he.
"All right" says she, "bring home
bucket of chop suey and then we
can drive up to the North Pole in the
cool of the evening"
French diplomat stands aghast at
the lavish expenditures of the League
of Nations. International extrava-
gance is criminal except when Uncle
Sam pays the bills.
He Always Was a Snappy Manager
Lines under cut on the sport page
"John .McGraw, veteran pilot of the
New York Giants, snapped at the
Polo grounds"
East 10 East and West 10 West
Writes Lieutenant MacReady: "To
be able to eat luncheon on.one side of
the continent on one day and lunch
on the other side the following day
Is certainly an accomplishment"
One eats luncheon on Long Island
and lunch in San Diego.
Gradually we are being deprived of
our personal liberty. A baseball fan
in Michigan has been sentenced to
four years in reformatory for slay-
ing an umpire.
One of these days the movies will
break out with a ood-curdling Sc
rial entitled, "The Hazing of Harold"
Safety First
LOS ANGELES, Cal, May 6.-Two
pairs of handouts and a leg iron were
to accompany Eugene w. Biscailuz.
under-sheriff, Mrs. Biscailuz and Dep
uty Walter ]. Hunter today on their
start for Tegucigalpa, Honduras, to
bring back a woman under arrest
there and believed to be Clara Phil
lips.
1t will require 354,3SS,000 envel-
opes to inclose the mail Of the govern
ment next year. Consider what a
happy land this would be if they were
all pay envelopes.
We like to attend the baseball
games, and we like to guess what the
numerals are on the scoreboard be-
hind the ladders. We think a prize
should be given for the nearest guess.
The circuit is full of umpires.
Nearly every team has an umpire and
two spares. The mistake is made in
trying to use them all a. one time.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-11

He Always Was a Snappy Manager
Lines under cut on the sport page
"John McGraw, veteran pilot of the
New York Giants, snapped at the
Polo grounds"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-11
THE AGE-HERALD

Entered at the Birmingham. Ala. postoffice As
second-class matter under act OF congress-
March G. 1879
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-11

The circuit is full of umpires
Nearly every team has an umpire and
two spares. The mistake is made in
trying to use them all a. one time.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-11

French diplomat stands aghast at
the lavish expenditures of the League
of Nations. International extrava-
gance is criminal except when Uncle
Sam pays the bills.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-11
East IL East and West IL West

One of these days the movies will
break out with blood-curdling Sc
rial entitled, "The Hazing of Harold"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-11
Safety First

We like to attend the baseball
games, and we like to guess what the
numerals are on the scoreboard be-
hind the ladders. We think a prize
should be given for the nearest guess.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-08-28

Some plants are known to indicate
the presence of certain minerals.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-08-28
ANOTHER CHICKEN
SALE is ANNOUNCED
WILL BE HELD EARLY IN SEP
TEMPER. FARMERS URGED
TO PREPARE AT ONCE.

The third cooperative chicken sale
at Dawson will be held soon after the
first of September.
1t is the intention of those in charge
to make this the largest and most
profitable of any sale that has yet been
held For this reason everyone who
intends bringing chickens is urged to
communicate with R. D. Smith or H.
A. Petty at once relative to the num-
Der they will offer for sale.
If this is done it will be much cas-
Ter to decide upon definite date for
the sale, and also to arrange TO have
marketing bureau experts here on the
appointed date.
Cooperative sales OF chickens in the
past have proven very popular, and
also profitable to those who have dis
posed of fowls. This method OF sell
ing entirely eliminates a house to
house canvass, and since the chickens
are weighed and graded more money
is realized than through any. other
way of putting them on the market.