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The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-28
COTTON IN GOOD SITUATION

Cotton consumption made a new high record in March, yet New York spot cotton had reached to less than twenty-eight cents on last Friday. Undoubtedly the supply of cotton is dwindling as fast as the consumption increases. It is more and more a practical certainty that if this con- sumption continues there will be a pronounced scarcity of cotton. Cot ton seems safe for good prices and it is safe to plant an average crop. It does not follow, however, that the world will pay fancy prices fo,. cot ton. There is growing disposition to stop buying when an article reaches point denying it's economic use. It has proved true in steel and in iron, in drygoods and in the building of homes. Men and women have learned the art of doing without and it has been demonstrated that it is fully as costly for the man who supplies raw material to carry it over a dull mar ket period as it is for the consumer to buy when prices are exorbitant.
 It is as safe to raise cotton as to manufacture window sashes and shoes, but no safer. Mere acreage will not turn the trick. It is as dangerous for the average farmer to place his en- tire reliance on cotton as it ever was. It's marketing requires the same sound method when it is in vigorous demand as when the market is depressed Tho country is consuming cotton at the 4% .
 same pace as it is consuming pig iron and steel, cement and clay products, not at greater one. It is for the South to sit steady in the saddle. raise it's cotton. with economy and come to
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-28
SHOWING RADIO ITS NICHE

Although there has as yet been no intimation of court action, there are visible in the offing signs leading un- mistakably to a lawsuit in the realm of radio. It has to do with the broad casting of copyright music and selec- tions. The association of composers, authors and publishers protests against the free broadcasting of copyrighted matter, while the broadcasters' asso- citation replies that they will continue the practice. The question is unique and involves some subtle reasoning An individual may purchase a piece of copyrighted music and play it on his musical instrument and even ren- der it at paid public performance According to the theory of limits, the audience may embrace as many per sons as can be brought within hearing of the rendition.
 It may be objected that the radio is new form of publication which takes away from the value of the NoPyIiSHI anu tlieIS1OIc COuSllLuleS d material injury to the owners of copy rights. The broadcasters may reply that their service in reality advertises the selections concerned, and there fore does not constitute an injury. And so the ball will be tossed back and forth until one side or the other loses patience and goes to tell it to the judge. It may safely be pre- dicted that the copyright quarrel is only one of many grounds that radio will furnish for litigation until the status of the new science is estab- lished and made amenable to existing laws or else regulated by new legisla- tion. Nevertheless, radio will go marching on until it has reached its niche in our national life and ac- quired rights and privileges of its own. Just at present it is sort of free lance going about trampling on various staid toes with perfect sang froid and making itself nuisance in some quarters just as it has proved a welcome guest in others. Radio is growing so fast that it will have to pay more attention to it's manners
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-28
 HAS NOT DIED IN VAIN

Although the death of that Florida convict in private lumber camp is regretted and has caused much con- ment throughout the country, it is probable that he will not nave died in vain, but that by his death he will have set free thousands of unfortu- mates who would otherwise, like him, have been sold into bondage for years to come. The death has resulted in an investigation by the Florida legis- lature, and that body will probably put an end to leasing of county con- victs, just as few years ago it stopped the leasing of state convicts. There will probably be the arrest and punishment of those who have been guilty, not only of brutality in the private camps, but also of malfea- sance in office through traffic in lease contracts and the supplying of convicts who were unfortunates gath cred in for the purpose of gain, and not because they deserved the penal ties received.
 That will leave Alabama as the onlv state tolerating the leasing of its con victs, and will probably concentrate upon this state the efforts to wipe out the system altogether from the face of the United States. Senti- ment in Alabama has long been ar rayed against the lease system, whether by state or county, and it does not appear likely that it can longer be prevented from having it's way. If it is the public will that the practice stop at once, then certainly there is need for no official concern as to the states alleged financial de- pendence upon the income thus de- rived. The people pay the taxes and the people demand that the convicts be treated humanely. Public self respect demands it. The episode that has stirred Florida has also stirred Alabama. The Alabama legislature cannot ignore the state of public opinion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-28
 GERARD ASKS HELP

. An effective move from Montgom- { cry to cleanse Girard of law violators, ! as has been promised by Governor Brandon after conference with citi-
 zens of that town and several off
 cials, would have a wholesome influ-
 ence on the entire state. While there are scattered spots where the laws
 have not been observed and enforced
 as completely as most citizens would
 like to see, on the whole the record . in the state has been encouraging. Girard is a border town near the : Georgia line across the river from Columbus. Many of the prohibition violations and much lawlessness growing out of them can be traced to Columbus and Georgia whose boot , leggers and others engaged in the
 liquor traffic take advantage of loop
 holes of escape through questions of
 jurisdiction. Much of the lawlessness
 credited to Girard and it's people is
 thus unfair to both. The law-abiding
 element in Girard will cooperate in
 this work. Determined aid also from
 similar element in the neighborng
 city and state will go far towards rem
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-28
THE SANATORIUM

As the campaign for funds for the ? tuberculosis sanatorium hears its close there is indication that Birmingham s faithful workers have not exerted themselves in vain. Response has been liberal, but the giving in many cases has been confined to those who have been accustomed to give. There 2 are many others to whom this public benefit should appeal, and who owe a contribution to the protection of the community that has given them their opportunity and their success. The sanatorium is not only a refuge for the afflicted, but it is insurance to the healthy against disease.
 The great white plague has for ages taken it's toll of humanity, because ,. human beings have tried to meet the :. menace separately instead of with a united front. If the people will now unite against this common foe, it can be driven ignominiously forth, after having terrorized mankind for genera tions. There iA.something romantic in this pending triumph over he- .reditary enemy. The beauty of it is that no longer do we need to expose -our lives to the combat, but that now we need send d-only our dollars to save the day for us. This day is to prove again that Birmingham people never finch from a test, and that when a call is made upon them for some high civic purpose, they fail not to respond. Let those who have not hitherto earned a share in this glorious rec ord now qualify by subscribing to the ,sanatori,lu
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-28
PROTECTING GAME AND FISH

@ Anglers with the spirit of sports
 manship, as well as believers in con- servation, are encouraged to note that
 arrests are being made for netting
 fish in this state. They hope to see it demonstrated that the laws meshes are sufficinetly strong and closely . knit to prevent any violators from es-
 caping. Dynamiting, trapping and
 netting fish in Alabama are all illegal,
 as they should be. Proper statutes . rigidly enforced can and will stop
 the ruthless destruction of game fish
 and wild life, which. constitute one of
 the states most valuable assets. For
 many years the most, costly destruc-
 ton was permitted because there were
 no laws to conserve and propagate
 this wild life. What was everybody's
 business was nobody's business, as
 usual, and not until a number of far sighted citizens, who realized the dam -sage being done, got on the job to
 get protective laws enacted and en-
 forced was there any hope for relief.
 Efforts are in the making for enact F hnent and enforcement of additional Jaws to provide means to carry on the work not only of protecting the wild 7 life already existing, but to promote , effective means and methods of in- . creasing it, which is of equal import : Rnce.
 5. Much has to be done in educating X >he people to realization of the value sf the states fish and game, and inn pressing them with the importance of
 individual and organized efforts to stop the destruction. Most of the :, people of this state are reasonable :, and patriotic, and the larger part of this work is to show them the disas- trous effects of the practices which have been going on for years in order 2 to get their active cooperation and
 support. This is the chief purpose
 of the Alabama Fishermen and Hunt ers' Association and the many other similar organizations that grew out s of it. With the efforts and influences sof the several thousand men who be- long to these organizations and who are individually spreading the gospel of conservation and working for eff fective laws seriously enforced, the .lwild life of Alabama will soon be re- z habilitated
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-28
Artificial Fruit

Why is artificial fruit?
 since yester morning when we lamped a cluster of phony bananas, apples, oranges, plums, grapes, etc., reclining in a crockery basket in display win dow.
 The fruit was invented in the six teenth century by one Amos Apple sauce. Subsequently Amos was lost in a paper snowstorm and no reward was offered for his recovery.
 As public utility, artificial fruit has batting average of .000. It is as useful as the iron dogs that guarded the lawns of our best families in the Plush Album period. You can't eat it without serious damage to the teeth, and you can't ferment it. You can't even make grape juice out of it; and even if you could, what good would it be?
 There may have been a certain amount of utility in the pictures of fruit that hung in the dining room during the Bicycle Age. They were often used to cover holes in the wall paper. But you can't hang a basket or artificial fruit on the wall.
 And as for beauty-if artificial fruit is beautiful, it must follow as the night the day that the real article is even more so, and is thing of beauty and joy forever.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-28
POOR BOYS WHO
 BECAME FAMOUS By Frederick HOu:S Raw
Michael J. O'Brien

A young man driving an ex- press wagon need not sit on the seat of the wagon forever. He can, if he wishes, exchange the hard board and the jolting wagon for the soft cushion and the pleas ant office of the president of the company. At least, that is what Michael J. O'Brien, president of the Southern Express company, did. As young man he had been happy indeed to be put in charge of wagon, and to be given re- sponsibility. He was so thor oughly capable in the discharge of his duties. small though they were, that he laid foundation on which he rose to a high posi- tion. It was Thomas Carlyle, the stern old Scotch philosopher and historian, who said that small du- ties are the best stepping stones to great ones. It is only the man who neglects the common place who is unable to find the oppor- tunity to do the unusual.
 As little Irish boy, Michael J. OBrien had to go to work in a printing office, earn small pay and hand it all over for the sup port of the family. Then. for a little while, he was clerk in a store. but the outdoor life ap- pealed to him, and he wished the chance to use his strong young muscles, so he got job as eX- pressman. He did not earn much money, but he saved what he could and put it aside for the day of opportunity. He had not had the chance to go to day school. but he had taken the chance of going to evening school. so he had foundation of education, even though it was slight. He could write a good hand. and thus he was able to go from the wagon to the office as shipping clerk That was the first step In promotion, He carried on his work in the office just as faith fully as he had carried on the work in the wagon, and slowly, year by year, by faithfulness and efficiency, he rose from place to place, filling almost every posi- tion from that of wagon driver to piesiueHt or the company.
 The one interruption in his steady development came during the Civil war, when he enlisted in the Confederate service. but even here his knowledge and training led to his appointment to carry on shipping work for the Con federacy. As soon as the war was over he went back to his former work, and entered upon his steady rise to. the headship of the company. His success in life is the result of knowing one thing we'll and sticking to that one thing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-28
MOTHERS OF FAMOUS
 MEN
The Mother of Henry Irving

An unusually strong affection existed between Henry Irving, England's great. actor, and his mother, a Cornish girl, whose real name was Mary Behenna Rrodribb. During his childhood they were constantly together. loving the same things, expressing the same viewpoints, and being generally in accord on all sub jects. Any separation was felt keenly by both, and when she sent him to Cornwall, to her sis- ter, because she thought it would improve his health, her unhappi- ness was exceeded only by his. They were miserable at parting, he recorded some years later. say ing: T did not show half felt, nor she either." When he was away from her he would spend hours at time breeding over her and conjuring up before his mind their lost playtimes.
 Mrs. Brodribb was a most un- usual woman, with some of the finest qualities ever given to a human being. She was, according to her son, 'lovable. devoted, T woman of fine feelings whose affections were self sacrificing" :" There is little that needs be add ed to such characterization. The woman stands before us, clearly etched, especially as we know that in addition to the quail ities enumerated, she had strong sense of humor and keen insight into human nature.
 As he grew into manhood IT, wings appreciation for his mother increased. He was more capable of understanding her remarkable combination of virtues, and he extolled them to all who would listen. All his life he spoke beau tifully of his mother, and never forgot his childhood days of hap piness with her.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-28

edying the evil, as it has done on one or more previous occasions.
 Success of such move would be a real asset in it's influence on the whole of Alabama. There can be no exceptions, no conformation, no neg lect by the state in any case because of unique existing conditions. The power of the state to protect life and property through law enforcement may be put to the test; but that test must stand the strain even though it be necessary to proceed to extreme measures where circumstances demon strate their need.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-28

away, the opportunity for educa- ton which the state would give them lost, and parents, society and state cheated out of that which they expect from the schools. namely: Children edu- cated and trained for life. for making a living, for intelligent citizenship and for effective ser vice of society.
 As further results of this policy. the high schools of the state must get half or more than half their teachers from the colleges and universities of other states. orr great industries must get most or their engineers and other men of training and technical skin from without the state, and must depend largely on outside initia- tive, leadership and manarement for their developments; and there IS Tn all our life a lack of suf- ilclent numbers, not of men and women of fine native ability, but or men and women of vision and power that can come only as a result of higher education.
 Fortunately, Governor Bran dons educational program, an nounced in his inaugural address. outlined in his first message to the legislature. and proclaimed in the Citizens Conference on Edu- cation. provides at least a partial remedy. The program is for an amendment to the constitution providing an additional three mill state tax for education, half to be applied to the support of higher institutions, and two-fifths( of the remainder to the support of the normal schools.
 While this will not give to these schools anything like as much money as most other states appropriate for the support of similar schools, it will suffice to change the policy of semi-strang- ulation. It will loose the cord on the neck and let a more nearly just portion of the blood flow to the head of the organism.
 r. F., CLAYTON,
 Provost University of Alabama.
 University, Ala. April 21. 1923.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-28

The New York singer who is suing graphophone company because her original voice is better than it sounds could find plenty of company on the basis of such claim.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-28

market with a yield on businesslike basis, not expecteing exorbitant prices and not obsessed with the belief that the world cannot deny itself cotton as we'll as it has temporarily denied itself other necessities. Cotton is good as long as it follows business lines. It is no good when it does not.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-28
DISssBt2bBAp{R.

It has been said that the fact that Birmingham's street railway is in a receivership is a poor invitation to prospective new residents. Still, the commissions chief concern should be for the 100000 residents already here.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-28

Maybe President Harding, in his firm stand on the world court propo- sition, determined to even up the score with those G: O. P. politicians who differed with him on very big move ment and left him to buoy all those shipping interests as best he could.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-28
SMILES
BigOtry
(Boston Transcript

Conversation between two old ladies':
 Have you met that Miss Per kins yet?"
 Yes. I was introduced to her yesterday"
 ITO what church does she be- long?"
 Shes a Universalist."
 "A Universalist. And what is their belief?"
 They believe that all human souls will eventually, by the grace of God, be redeemed"
 On. they do, do they? What bigotry."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-28
Sources of Information

ICUOSH ItIVer NeWS1
 When a peach orchard, we'll cared for, will pay for a farm demonstrator. why should Pike county be without the services of one?-Troy Messenger. You don't have to pension a man to show you how to grow fruit. do you, when both the state and federal governments are anxious to mail you all the literature you need, gratis? Don't Pike county schools teach you to read?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-28
AbolishinY the Evil

VT IuSCdfOUSd 4NTWSJ But necessity is the mother of invention, and public opinion against the convict lease system is rising so rapidly and growing so strong that the time is not far distant, we predict, when it's weight will compel the state au- thorties and the legislature to meet the issue squarely.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-28
CHEER UP
By Rev. 1T. C. Offermn n

Are you concerned about the condition of things?
 Do you wonder how it will all turn out?
 Is your heart at times weary of the struggle?
 Cheer up; it will not last for ever.
 Sheer up, you cannot be taxed beyond your strength.
 Someday, there will be light all around you.
 And then the sunshine shall burst forth in all it's radiance.
 And. more sweetly than ever shall the stars shine.
 You will some day from your iabors surely find relief. SD cheer up.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-28

There may be a ray of hope for at least one Russian soviet member: He is reported to hold over half million dollars worth of American bonds, which ought to be sufficient to buy his way out of that unfortunate country.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-28
PEOPLES FORUM
Relieves in Competitian

To the Editor of The Age-Herald:
 l want to commend you for your editorial in this mornings paper, Street Railway Situation" What assurance have we that when the Jitneys are eliminated that the street car company will not i'm mediately take off twenty-five per cent. of their cars and do like the country postmasters used to do. l. e., wait until he got sack full of mail before dispatching it? The fact that we have had jitneys has forced the company to in crease the number of their cars to point where person can now get a seat, but when the competition is eliminated, look out.
 ALBERT STRADFORD. Birmingham, Ala, April 27, 1923.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-28
A Very Common Mistake

VITUy MeSSenEeTJ
 We have been told always about talking too much, now comes a Marshall county man who had been paroled dozen times and was bragging about it after he had received another from Gov ernor Brandon; now he is back, with his parole revoked and . sentence on the hard road.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-28

A contemporary advises everybody to lay in a large supply of gasoline before the next price increase. Yak ing this advice would bring on the gouge just that much sooner.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-28

The St. Paul girl who never missed day nor arrived late at school in eleven years received at least one in- portant part of an education-the habit of promptness.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-28

This well-toned note from one of Americas ablest and most patriotic statesmen is worthy to be framed by all the nations optimists: q believe the public opinion of the country is essentially sound, and II look for a genuine and immediate renaissance of the finest sort of political idealism in this country"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-28

A question has arisen in Georgia whether the moon was shining brightly when moonshiner made moonshine People engaged in that industry work under a cloud.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-28
More Ways Than One

tAlbany-Decatur Herald)
 There is no need of war as a bravery developer as long as so many have to brave the danger of death from automobiles daily, hourly and minutely.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-28
Ain't Science Wonderful!

PARIS, April 22.-(By Universal Service) )-Starvatio is a certain cure for anthrax, according to an an- nouncement by Dr. Natter of the Academy of Medicine.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-28
Getting to Be Big Item

(Talladega Daily Home)
 Gardens and truck farms, or market gardens, are getting to be big item in the prosperity of Talladega county, and its people owing in great measure to the growth of this city.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-28

Consistency
 Country Gentleman) The unpatriotic, shiftless meth ods of congress make me sick" rite a letter to your repre- sentative and tell him so." T don't know his name"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-28
Working Out All Right

NiuHtSVIIIe TlmeS)
 A definite business plan for the extension of the city's corporate limits is being worked out. The cotton mills and all, we believe, will be satisfied with the arrange ment.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-28
On Whose OK Is Gored

Oh WhOse OK Is GOred
 Washington Starr There's not man in all the throng Who does not hint, in terms po- lite, The other fellows always wrong. While I'm invariably right"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-28

So far no auto speeder has had the assurance to excuse his offense on the ground that at least he helped to keep the hospital industry going.