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The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-10
CULTIVATING THEIR TASTES

Organization of $12,O00,o0O export corporation by wholesale grocers of Louis- jana, Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia and North Carolina, now under way, points to appreciation of an opportunity that has been outstanding for some time and needs but to be served in a businesslike manner to prove a substantial medium for increasing the southern grocery jobbing business The more specific intention of the grocers who are forming this export corporation is to sell to the peoples of Latin-America.
 The wonder is that such an association was not formed long time ago. There is icas as in North America. There is the same capacity of the human stomach to rise above plain diet direct from the fields of corn and wheat and delight in the delicacies that are prepared in the canning, bottling and preserving factories of the United States. Just as our forefathers fought h. dians (and very successfully on diet of corn-bread and bacon supplemented with the luck of the hunter, but we, since manufac- turers and manipulators of foods have dis. covered new pleasures and gastronomic at- fractions, have automatically made each new and delicious food part of our daily diet, so the Latin Americans, who have also progress ed beyond the banana and chile con carne and have the money with which to purchase the products of our food specialists, will automatically buy what we make if we but carry it to them.
 These Latin-Amercans export to this country four to five times as much as we ship back. We would be shipping pack much more than we do had we been alive to op- portunity. Not a ship leaves Mobile for Cuba that does not contain manifest Of merchandise, including groceries, much the same as ship leaving New York for Mobile with goods for Alabama consumption. It is
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-10
GUIDE TO PROSPERITY
New York Heraid)


 Every community in every state in the union might adopt the slogan of Eaurens county, Georgia, with profit.
 In the opinion of those who fram- ed it the program it sets forth should bring prosperity in it's wake. It is as follows:
 Make every public road good road; a market for all farm products; 100 hens on every farm in the county; two dairy cows to every blow; two pure bred sows to every blow; a permanent pas ture on every farm; deep we'll on every farm; every house paint ed; a home orchard of all kinds of fruit on every farm; more town and county cooperation"
 There is nothing revolutionary about this program. It expresses tersely what every farmer ought to know and to do. It has passed the test of experience, and besides a money reward it will surely bring about better social conditions.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-10
MIR. MARSHALL'S STATEMENT

The remarks of former Vice President Thomas R. Marshall are always worth read ing or listening to. His recent statement regarding his views as to the duty and function of the coal commission are es- pecially Illuminating to the people of Bir- mingham. The commission seeks nothing revolutionary, nor any basis for new and unusual legislation. On the contrary, ac- cording to MT. Marshals personal opinion, "the desire and purpose of this commission, as I see it, is to recommend changes, If changes be necessary, in mine field condi- tions which will place those conditions within those principles of law and democracy we all recognize and respect" That is sound wis dom, and appeals to that great majority of citizens who believe that our laws and our institutions are broad and liberal enough to permit freedom of individual and indus trial activity while at the same time pro- tecting those who would otherwise suffer from the translation of such freedom into license or aggression. We do not need new legislation for new or untoward conditions so much as to bring such conditions within the province and application of statutes al- ready existent. MT. Marshall Is an experi- cnced pariamentarian, and has observed the law-making machinery from the inside. His opinions are worth more than those of the less experienced.
 A fundamental truth lies also in these words of the former vice president: We say we have democracy, but if we should have to enforce laws with platoon of po- lice it would be no justification of democ- racy. What we want is stabilization of con- ditions along the principles of right and justice." Mir. Marshall has let it be known that he invites information of Illuminating character from those who will volunteer 1t, and has arranged for the reception and tab ulation of written briefs. He declares his readiness to learn from others, but shrewdly adds: "At the same time hope l have the judgment to know how to discount some things that might be told me by others" Knowing MT. MarshalPs long opportunity to listen to speeches in the senate, one would say that his power of discounting the words of others should be transcendent.
 The coal commissioners are gaining first hand impressions, but their final opinion will not be formed until they have received and studied the reports of technical experts who are visiting every coal field in the country. The public awaits that report with interest and with lively expectation of its thorough ness, fairness and intelligent recommenda- tion for reform.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-10
MAKING RAIN TO ORDER
fNew York World)

(NeW Y0rk NOriQ)
 To it's other exploints the airplane now adds the distinction of becom- ing the first reliable .rain-maker. Previous attempts to secure artifi- cial precipitation involved the bonn barding of banks of clouds with high explosives. In the successful experi. ments at McCook field the method employed was to drop electrically charged grains of sand upon the clouds from airplanes travelling rap idly at superior altitude. The ef- ficacy of the process was shown in the almost instantaneous dlssi- patton of the clouds attacked and the discharge of their moisture m the form of light rain. No douot the outstanding feature of the event is the performance of another quasi miracle of science by the intelligent use of prosaic mechanical means.
 But here is presumptuous man again stealing the old prerogatives of the gods. Franklin stole the thunderbolt from Jupiter Tonans and Cornell professor with CO., worker wrests from Jupiter Pluvius his secret of causing the rain to fall. The discovery contains the possi- A,nty of far-reaching usefulness not z. Ny in increasing rainfall, but in u,spelling fog and mist, and in it's further c., development of fa- ci';+sa',e.-e-s.,d and sea transporta- ts. s:s[- ever be able to cope
 fog!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-10
IT IS WRITTEN

One day last week the air in the vicinity of Eleventh avenue and Seventeenth street, south, was heavy-laden with fear of tragedy. The dramatis personae were too small boys under three years of age and two young mothers. These boys, having somewhere, soon after breakfast, encountered the beckon of wanderlust, proceeded to follow. Soon afterwards two wild-eyed women anxiously and in vain sought these young ones. Not until dark did one of the mothers, whose feet had worn the surface of brick pavement that entire day, discover them out between Ingalls, Iron works and the Standard. Oil Company's Avenue F plant. The boys were as happy as two jaybirds. The mother making the find brought both home and there was much weeping and hugging to breast in two Birminham homes. One of the little fellows was asked if he had not been awfully frightened when he got so far from home. Mo- he replied, i've vented on the railroad tracks and nothin' hurt us.'
 That night, no doubt, many . Birmingham mother of older boy babes, now husky grown-ups, slept with one eye and one ear open for the boys that were not yet at home and many a mothers minds eye visualized her big boy crushed under automobiles or in other horrible catastrophe. And why is this? Why is it that a mothers boy babe never grows up so far as her anxiety over his welfare is concerned? Why is that d woman when . maiden will sleep soundly >f night every night, no matter what the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-10
A Timely Editorial
Ship. and National Defense
Chicago Tribune)

(Ch1CaGO Ir1DuneJ
 Scrutator, the Tribune's economic commentator, gives the figures of merchant ship building for 1922 as 119,138 tons for the United States and 1,031,O31 for Great Britain. The congress now closed refused to give American shipping the stimu- Jus and support of subsidy. The policy opposed to an American mer- chant marine, or indifferent to it, may continue. It may be the politi- cal conviction of congress, support ed by the people. that this is not maritime nation.
 That policy does not dispose of our seacoasts or island possessions or the Panama canal. It leaves our sea frontiers and it Deaves unan- swered the question of sufficient defense.
 A limitation of battleships as agreed upon at the Washington con- ference gave increased importance to auxiliaries which the United States does not possess and is not building and which Great Britain and Japan do possess and are build ing. The military factor in the sub- sidy bill was not emphasized, but it was there.
 If congress will not provide for merchant marine which can be converted to war purposes it is con- fronted with the need of building for the navy. For military purposes it is better to have transports which do not require conversion. There is no peace profit in it and it does not serve trade, but the ship is i'm mediately available.
 It is better, in military sense, to have fast airplane carrier in ser vice than to have to convert fast liner for the purpose. It would be quite in keeping with American precedent to have neither the fast airplane carrier nor any ship which might be converted into one. It also will be in keeping with Ameri- can precedent to pay heavily be- cause suitable provision has not been made.
 Probably the congressional poll cy of not fostering g merchant ma rine will still more determinedly oppose the navy, but the congress men may be warned that of the three powers principally concerned in the naval limitation the United States is the only one which is not making use of all the privileges of navy expansion permitted by the treaty.
 Great Britain and Japan can be scrupulous in adherence to the treaty and yet, with the help of congress, thoroughly dislocate the ratio and reduce the United States to third position in effectiveness.
 If that is done the navy agree ment may conduce to few years of peace for the United States and then become danger to it's se- curity.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-10
DIMINISHING OIL RESERVES

Of the scramble for oil now going on all over the world much has been written in the magazines and newspapers. Government experts have warned of the coming shortage. Proof that Great Britain recognizes the seriousness of the situation and is seeking to protect herself is apparent in her de- mands concerning Mosul with which the Turks are so reluctant to agree. Other nations are vitally interested there also. It appears that the United States as govern ment is not making any move, though some of the large oil concerns in this country are reported to be seeking certans rights in that territory.
 It is not strange if the public generally fails to be impressed with the foretelling of exhaustion of oil. With our motor engines of every description using small oceans of it, week by week in ever-increasing quanti- ties, there is no visible proof of the lack of supply. It is also known that we have ex- tensive fields, producing and yet untappec, within our own boundaries. However, it seems to be about time for people in this country to heed the warnings often re- peated in the public print. The demand for government action toward safeguarding our future needs in this regard must come from the people. After the valuable oil ter ritories have been gobbled up by other na- tons it will be too late to urge claims unless it should be our intention to push them through by force. The success of even such an improbable plan would depend upon our supply of oil which is indispensable in war as well as industry. Though so generally unheeded, it is fact that our domestic source of supply is already beginning to fail.
 Authoritative evidence of this is abundant. No survey by competent writers on the sub- ject fails to emphasize this. We have tre- mendous shale oil possibilities, but they are as yet only possibilities. Getting oil from shale by present methods is costly at best, and anything like a supply sufficient for our needs is highly problematical. One thing, however, is certain, oil now controls money. Without oil we would lose much Leo Pasvolsky in the Atlantic Monthly: Left with only it's own oil resources, the United States would begin to experience serious shortage of oil within the present decade.' The same writer quotes E. Machay Edgar, an English authority, to the effect that "the United States finds her chief source of domestic supply of oil be- ginning to dry up, and time approaching when, instead of ruling the oil market of the world, she will have to compete with other countries for her share in the crude product. America is running through her stores of domestic oil, and is obliged to look abroad for future reserves" Without se- curing reserves abroad, and avoiding the other alternative of scramble. later for oil rights in foreign fields, MT. Pasvolsky sees but one remedy-conservation "A dostrine of oil conservation" he says, "with a view to more rational utilization, is as important as that of forest-conservation with view to reforestation."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-10
THE THREAT OF WAR

Diplomacy in the Near East, reinforced as it is with cold steel, gives forth not only an ominous clank to be heard in that im- mediate vicinity, but there is in the grim situation note, deeper reverberation, of serious import to us. War between Eng land and Turkey, or between England and Russia, Germany and Turkey, or the latter three, backed by the whole Moslem world against England and France together, may not come. The sparks now flying around may not touch any of the loose gunpowder lying over 80 much of that continent. There are many seemingly practical indications that such a calamity is not anticipated. The behavior of our markets does not presage it, and the officials whose business is to keep their ears close to the ground do not report the rumbles of approaching war. But there is no denying that there is too much loose gunpowder and there is no guarantee as to sparks.
 Every now and then some observer, de- tached from the restraints of diplomacy and free to speak his mind, issues a fresh ad- monition concerning the tense situation on the other side. A sharp warning of this SOrL mas JuSC Dccu SOuuuCu Uy MSA OCh0- tor J. Hamilton Lewis, returning to this country from long sojourn in the troubled zones. Going abroad year ago to present claims against Germany, he remained to attend the Geneva and Lausanne confer ences, and being endowed with much mental acumen, he is qualified to speak with some degree of authority as to what he saw and heard. Unless the United States intervenes, the former senator states, Europe will be embroiled in another war within g month. As he sees it, the first clash will be between England and Turkey, with Turkey promptly being backed by Germany and Russia, the latter having perhaps the largest standing army in the world. Turkey itself has no mean army. Confronting the allied forces of only 5000 she has 25O, 900 troops ready for immediate action. The allies do not wan:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-10
Peoples Forum
Back to the JungIes?

To the Editor of The Age-Herald:
 With all of our boasted progress in education, and those things that go in to develop among the nations a high-class civilization. there seems to be well grounded suspicion that the world as whole is losing more than it is gaining; and that when the balance on the ledger is struck a net loss, and not gain, to civil zation is shown. The increase In educational facilities, and the more widespread diffusion of what the world calls education may be all ac- counted for on a shining surface, while the more important founda- tions of the fabric of civilization may be disintegrating and slipping away; and the statement of MT. Hooper, chairman United States labor board, that "A distinct move ment of civilization in this country backwards toward the jungle is manifest today" may be literally and absolutely correct. Similar conclusions seem to have been reached by others of equal promi- hence not only in this country, but in the old world as well.
 These expressions come from men standing on the watch-towers of civilization; who, with good show of reason, point out the wreck and the ruin that has so lately come to the continent of Europe; the chaotic conditions which have en- gulfed the whole of Russia; the upheavals in China and the Far East: the uncertain conditions ex- isting in Turkey and the countries adjacent, and the national distemper that is today affecting Mexico and the countries to the south, as well as the many unfortunate and dls- graceful things so lately happening in many portions of our own coun- try, with Herrin and Mer Rouge standing out prominently in the foreground.
 The conclusion and the remedy? First that education does not pre- vent men from being hoodlums ana "roughnecks." A man may not know "b" from buttermilk when he sees it in the book, and yet be good and useful citizen. On the other hand, a man may be master of all the books teach and yet rated fail ure by all the people who know him best. Money $ not the measure of success, no matter what misguid- ed world may say; and the only remedy for present day evils would seem to be a more vigorous preach ing and a more universal practice of old-time morals and old-time re- ligion. Thas may sound archaic, but if we had little more of morals and right living taught in the schools and little less of evolution, the world of tomorrow would be better off.
 ED D. HAMMER.
 Attalla, Ala, March 8, 1923.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-10

in the fancy groceries that there are the big profits. These are precisely the groce- ries that Latin-Americans want and which they will eagerly purchase if brought to them
 in a standardized manner. Alabama mer- chants should especially benefit from Latin American grocery trade because we are close to point of consumption, and in the Warrior river and Port of Mobile have an ideal low cost transportation outlet to these people.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-10

Lord Balfour replies to Ambassador Har- vey's remarks on the British debt to us and strongly intimates that said remarks would not be worth notice had they not emanated from one in such high official position. In other words, MT. Harveys jewels of thought are not so important as their setting.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-10

day has brought, while the same woman, when she shall have become wife and mother of a child, never thereafter until her dying day knows full nights rest so long as that babe is not safe at home and tucked under covers? The answer is, 'It is written"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-10

 Jls:7oRe6EBEARER

They say gasoline is going to a dollar gallon. We'll, we guess the sensible thing for us to do is to buy few gallons and hold lem for the raise.
 
 There is, an old adage to the effect that the love of money is the root of all evil. That being the case, how could there have been any evil in the days before money was invented? It doesn't sound plausible, Wat son.
 It is our private opinion that the love of money is the root of practically all achieve ment.
 Even the best poets, from Horace down, were subsidized in one way or another. That was in the days before congress had any say as to subsidies.
 In our opinion, even nowadays, if poe. is poor it's sign he's poor poet.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-10
SOME MANAGE IT
(san Antonio Express

(San AntOnI0 EXpreFs1
 "It's a nis.-'z Y says Vice rfssi- dent C. lS suppose that la an adva, { e' "isation people can exist wsaeas efGort," Sogxe folks seem to manage it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-10

Senator Johnson is out to combat the idea of the League of Nations and the interna- tional court. By his anxiety on this score the senator admits the spread ef sentiment in the leagues favor.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-10
Right where we startedl
The Point of View

The Point of View A short and fleeting month ago I uttered
 maledictions
 Upon the speeding motorists who whirled
 along the pave. I cried aloud for drastic laws and statutes
 and restrictions
 To save the humble walker from quick,
 untimely grave. It made my blood run cold to think upon
 their fiendish capers
 As victims fell before their cars and per-
 ished day by day. I shuddered as I read their ghoulish exploits
 in the papers,
 And oftentimes wondered how they ever
 got that way. But now the dumb pedestrians go strolling
 on the highways Their actions are enough to make saintly
 spirit cuss- They wonder like lot of goofs along the
 public byways
 And threaten now and then to scrape the
 varnsh off my bus. And in and out they dart about when traffic
 lines are busy
 And skip and leap until they make the
 drivers hair turn gray. Like nimble fleas they fill the breeze until
 the brain grows dizzy,
 And oftentimes I wonder how they ever
 got that way.
 Chinese opera company opens in Seattle, playing "Mock Kwee Ying Ha San." We have never had the pleasure of listening to "Mock Kwee Ying Ha San," but many 8 time and oft have we sat in Oriental res- taurants and heard the gustatorial strains of Eggs Foy Yung."
 "The Blue Laws," says historian, ''gor their name from the fact that the reform laws of Connecticut in 1760 were printed on blue paper" But they make you feel that way, nevertheless and notwithstanding.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-10

A waterspout was recently reported out side of Havana harbor. What could a wa terspout be doing down there?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-10

Mr. Bankhead advocates the drainage of Southern swamps as a companion project to irrigating Western deserts. There is all the more reason in this because drainage costs less than irrigation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-10
Alabama Press
Boil Weevil Monument
NTaIIadega Daily Eome)

Alabama's boil weevil monument. located in Enterprise, the first and only memorial of its kind in exist ence, is about to gain further fame through its inclusion in photograph lc form, in textbook on commer- cial geography, now in course of preparation. It might also be used as battle flag of 30-cent cotton.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-10
100000 Years Ago

100000 Years Ago It was prehistoric man
 In his declining years. He sorrow ed for the human clan And wept unheeded tears. And as the tears rolled down his face And sprinkled on the lea He said: q fear the human race Ain't what it used to be-" Prehistoric skulls are interesting to scen- tific folk now, But the public is more deeply concerned just now
 In modern skulls Discovered by baseball scouts ze2
 '~s.. It may be true that fine feathers do not make fine birds, but they make it ha to tell the difference. T
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-10
Brotherly Pest

N Brotherly Pest A pest that adds Much to my woes My brother dear Who wears my clo'es.
 Duke Darnapple. $1O And Of all the pests Whom I would roast The motor cop Doth grieve me most.
 70. M. c.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-10

Skull of Man Million Years Old Un- earthed." It happened in Patagonia, where the natives evidently are envious of the fame achieved by Winsted, Conn. Maybe the prehistoric Patagonian man was the owner of the plesiosaurus that frolicked about those parts until the discoverer's pipe went out.