The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-11
Daily Business
 Editorial
The ProudeSt ReCord-A
 City Of Homes
By RICHARD F. JOHNSTON

the nation summarizes the life and character of the dead President the lasting wreath laid on his grave will be that of the country's testi- mony to the cleanliness of the man. That is the supernal virtue. The man keeping himself clean in pri- vate and public life builds the mon- ument imperishable.
 Cleanliness was the slogan of his newspaper when he was a strug- gling journalist with no idea of the greatness to come. It were well for every newspapers in the coun- try to have posted in it's different departments the objurgation laid on the employees of The Marion Star.
 It was this: "And, above all, be clean. Never let a dirty word or suggestive story get into type" A newspaper may be clean just as any other business is. Men do not demand dirt. That is shown in the popularity of the pastoral dramas and the greatest successes of the motion picture art.
 That men wish to be clean is the testimony given by the congrega- tions pouring into and out of churches on Sunday. The princi- pal citizens of a community may be seen at Sunday worship and conducting Sunday schools and the principal citizens are liberal donors to the Y. M. c. A., all man. ner of welfare work and all effort having to do with uplift of men.
 It is fine for business to have the head of the nations largest business descend into his grave with record of having been clean in all things. Business can be so and better for it as it is so. This is becoming the conviction of busi- ness and it is oiling the machin- cry of business everywhere.
 A city of homes is Birmingham. In the first eight days of this month permits for 53 homes were granted. The total amount involved is only $100,000, showing that the average is modest home. But that is the kind we wish. The city is stable according to the number of wage earners and salaried men who seek to found roof-tree and go about the rearing of a family in the p1f- vacy and sacredness of a home.
 Necessity and circumstances will compel many to reside in apart ment houses and they fill want, but the young man and woman who have started the job of a family will do better by taking on a home and surrounding it with all those little things which cannot be found in hotels, boarding houses and apartments. Even though the home cost a trifle more than boarding or rooming it is better for the young couple.
 One or two southern cities have gone beyond Birmingham in the value of structural operations in the past three years, but none of the same population has built more homes. Birmingham is secure in it's average citizenship who have rot lost the love of home and who, 1 satisfied of permanent employ ment, found their homes and thus become fastened on the body po- litic with hooks stronger than steel. l
 Spot cotton in New York went from 23.50 cents on August to 25 cents on August and was at 24.25 cents Thursday. The rise was due to report of actual condi- 1 CANii cl (ObIOH III I4lG SOulIN0SS. i The facts in the case were stronger than tke manipulations on ex- changes between the facts.
 The producer may be relied on to keep close track of the facts. 1 He has quit blaming Wall street for his misfortunes and put his mind to the real causes. He is studious of data bearing on supply and demand and he is more than ever studious of his marketing methods. His observance of facts gives him an added strength in the market.
 With the smallest carry-over on record cotton bids fair to give gcod account of itself. It is bound to do so if the speculative flurries between whiles are accorded their due weight, which is precious little.
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