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The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-12
| PINCHOT VS. MELLON
Philadelphia Public Ledgerl

(Ph1ladelphla PuDllc Ledger) Now that the smoke of conflict has cleared away, 1t is possible to appraise, with some approach to accuracy, the results of the recent encounter between Governor Pin chot and Secretary Mellon.
 The head of the treasury de- partment, as the federal official directly responsible under the President for the enforcement of the prohibitory laws, professes himself quite satisfied that the service is functioning "as well as could be expected" and contends that the suggestions for changes looking to greater efficiency had all been anticipated and did not call for any action on his part.
 Yet the most significant outcome of the epistolary exchanges be- tween Harrisburg and Washington seems to be reflected in a renewed activity of the federal prohibition officers, especially in the line of closer supervision of operations under federal permits. Inasmuch as this is directly in line with Governor Pinchot's principal de- mand, namely, that the control of liquor through the permits be made more effective and that per mit-holders be held to stricter accountability for violations of the law, the governor has reason to be well satisfied with this measure Of progress as an admission that he was on the right track.
 If the federal officers prefer to protest that they won't change their system for law enforcement and then do the thing they say they won't, the abiding ele- ment of the country may view the situation with amused tolerance. If it comforts the heart of Secre- tary Mellon and serves other pur- poses as we'll to make "a defense of things as they are," but at the same time take steps to use the federal permit more effectively as a means of law enforcement, mo- body win begrudge him the satis- faction of thus saving his face" He has failed, however, to refute the indictment that the federal system of enforcement has been defective, inefficient and breed CT of corruption" Given time, per haps, he may yet do something more to remove the reproach and justify President Coolidge's prom ise to employ the law enforcement machinery to the full extent of its capacity"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-12
PATERNALISM AND
 LOW TAXES CLASH
(Dallas Times-HeraM)


 Everybody agrees that taxes should be revised downward. When those in the seats of the mighty is a general throwing up of ap- proving hats and the wild huzzas rend the air.
 But
 Remember this:
 If you are one of those who in- sist on the extension of bureau cracy, on the multiplication of pa ternalism, on your state senator and your state representative sup porting fifty-fifty measures. then you have no right to cheer for re- vision downward.
 For as surely as you can't eat cake of your own without paying for the ingredients, so surely you can't have both revision downward and a governmental program that sends expenses upward. The two don't travel together. One of them gees, while the other haws, as they said in the old ox-cart days. You can't spend your money for governmental firecrackers and then expect that money back when they fizzle.
 Yet good many people seem to reason that you can. Theirs is the same situation in which Sem ator Sheppard places himself when he supports congressional meas ures that hit at individual initi- ative and then tours the state in oratorical praise of the value of individual initiative. It is a run ming with the hare and the hounds of which the senators and others may be unaware but which photo graphs of the entire race cannot fail to catch.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-12
A RIM ISTIcE DAY TO THE DOUGH BOY
(By w. R. Bradford) )
On Armistice Day, how the min

On Armistice Day, how the mind
 runs back To the thrills of a promised
 peace. When the roaring guns in the
 grimey charge Ceased to belch their smoke and
 the sun grew large AS 1t saw the destruction cease On Armistice Day. when the he'll
 hound pack
 Was commanded its howlings
 cease, How the dough boys dreamed of
 long discharge, Of short. swift trip on a home
 ward barge,
 And the taut nerve strains re-
 lease. On Armistice Day. in these fields
 of corn
 Where no grime-where no smoke is seen. Not a shell-hole glares that a
 bomb has torn; Yet I live once more in forest I return to a gruesome scene. On Armistice Day, where my pal lay shot. And his breathing was quick and fast | And his tongue grew parched-- and his throat grew hot 1 And his eyes filled up with-for- 1 get-me-not When the long long years have
 past.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-12
TO-DAY. THE VETERANS

Today Birmingham lays aside the amplements of her industry in order xhat her citizens may have freedom to slo merited honor to the Veterans ot n4he World War who march Tn revleW fhcre today These men are part ot s4hat army which turned back the tide F.pf German advance at its very height. fSome of them were among the very i;first Americans to resist the enemy. ssOn a particularly ensanguined and sharassed sector, though unused to war; Ethey conducted themselves not only as veterans, but as the invincible 1ncor- noration of the unconquerable spirit sof America.
 With them courage was at dls- account, for it was so common among them. They evoked the startled and sfneoluntary admiration of even the saaost seasoned allied soldiers on that SMcstcrn front. Even when only a hsingle division had taken up its posi- tfion on that hard-pressed line, the senemy at once perceived a difference in the quality of the attack. AS ad- Alitional numbers of our troops were snushed to the front the courage of the Nnemy began to falter, for they per sceived that only victory could perch ion our banners so resolutely borne Saloft and forward.
 And victory did come-a victory ,greater and more far-reaching than lever before known in any age, for It was the victory that showed the folly of militarism and gave the sentiment for universal peace an impetus that will gather momentum and be per- petual. There may still be wars, but they will be sporadic and of lessen ing appeal as the intelligence of men strengthens its dominance over the passions of empire and the ambition of kings.
 These men who march in Birtming ham today took part in that war and shared in that victory. To prove that they fought only for peace and not for the sake of fighting, no sooner did they return triumphant than they quietly laid down their arms and sought again their place in peaceful pursuits. That is the greatest victory of all, and the best insurance of per manent peace. Soldiers are soldiers only when there is call to defend their country. Their function is not to create war, but to destroy war. Otherwise, they do not regard the vic- tory as complete.
 So the people of Birmingham, as they throng the streets to view these marching heroes, honor themselves. kThe welcome of this community and fts sincere gratitude is extended to Nhese veterans and to their comrades Throughout the nation for the imme as- karable service they have performed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-12
LLOYD'S AND FORD
(New York Times)

If is not astonishing that Lloyd's of London has insured an Ameri- can business firm against the election of Henry Ford to the pres idency, charging a premium or s3S,000 and agreeing to pay S4oo'- 900 if Ford is elected. The man Tn the street will regard this trans action as a bet or wager, but that is not the view of the courts of law. The agreement is a contract of insurance. According to British statute and decisions, contracts of insurance are void if made by way of gaming or wagering on events in which the insured has no property interest present or prospective. Thus if A and B want merely to make a bet about the election of Henry Ford to the presidency, they cannot use the facilities of Lloyd's. But fin the success of MT. Ford, as a candidate might in the judgment of A or B be detrimental to his business, he can insure against 1t with the British association of merchants, ship owners and underwriters in London.
 Originally Lloyd's did a shipping insurance business only. It has written billions of dollars worth of risks on the worlds merchant marine. The Titanic was insured for $10.000,000. Lloyd's goes back to the seventeenth century, when Edward Lloyd started in Tower street in a small coffee house. Moving to Lombard street and Ab- church lane, his office became a center of business for shipping men and mariners. At Lloyd's of our day policy upon the Col den Fleece of 250 tons for a voy- age from Lisbon to Venice in 1867 is shown. Lloyd's has agents in every shipping port In the world. and it's intelligence service is most elaborate. In the World War the German submarine cam paigns strained the resources of Lloyds, but it came through the ordeal with flying colors.
 The time came when the surplus of Lloyd's was so big that it out grew marine insurance.~ Demands were made upon 1t to protect ap- plicants from all kinds of hazards earthquakes bad crops, civil dis turbances, drougths, wars, the weather, disease, anything that threatened loss and disaster. Any risk man doing. any kind of le- gitimate business, or that enter tainers or pleasure seekers may have to face. Lloyd's will insure against. A famous illustration Is the open-air boxing bout between peffries and Johnson at Reno. The promoter insured himself against rainy day, and Lloyd's collected the premium. When Lloyd's was asked to figure out premiums upon the election of Henry Ford. an intensive study of the political situation in the Unit ed States had to be made. It would be interesting to know what oracles were consulted.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-12
POOR BOYS WHO
 BECAME FAMOUS
Jo.euh Rodman Drake
By Frederick Houk Law


 "when freedom from her noun
 tain height
 Unfurled her standard to the
 air
 She tore the azure robe of night
 And set the stars Of glory
 there."
 So begins one of the most cele- brated of the patriotic American poems, "The American Flag, written by Joseph Rodman Drake, a poet who died in 1920 at the age of twenty-five. Without doubt the privations that Joseph Rod man Drake had to endure in his boyhood were largely the cause of his death from tuberculosis while he was still a very young man. Both father and mother had dieds leaving the boy to get along as best he could. He had by na- ture a studious disposition and was especially fond of reading poems, stories and essays. By his reading. even more than by school. he educated himself. New trtheless, he did not at first as- pire to become an author. He was interested in science, asso- ciated himself with older men who were physicians. and became a doctor. At that time he had reached the age of twenty-one.
 In his studies he associated him. self with young men of the best class. He was handsome in face and figure and most attractive socially. All this led to his mar riage with a young woman of wealth, so that for the rest of his life he was set free from financial troubles. In those early days New York City was but very small fraction of the great me- tropolis that 1t is today. Joseph Rodman Drake lived in the out lying region. as did also his friend, Washington Irving. Drake was an intense American and had many debates concerning the value of American themes and scenes for literary work. After one such debate he returned to his home and in three days wrote his long, est poem, "The Culprit Fay" a poem that upholds the beauty and charm of American scenes. On another occasion he wrote his impassioned American Flag" short poem that is full of the fire of virile patriotism.
 Drake had never been robust in health, although he had always been of a companionable. cheer ful disposition. Once he travelled to Europe. as did Washington Ir- wing, also in search of health, and again he went to New Or leans. It was all In vain, how ever. and he died at twenty five.
 It is interesting to note that he was member of the same family as the famous sir Francis Drake" the great English admiral in the days of Queen Elizabeth. With the admiral's spirit he had struggled to success.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-12
DEALING WITH TEMPERAMENT

One of the difficult problems of this day and time is how to deal witE what is known as temperament. II is so varied in degree and expression and so far-feaching in public and pri. vate life that even after due allow ances are made for birth, breeding, brains and bullion, it is hard to deter mine just how to treat phenomenon that everybody talks about and nobody seems to understand from an analyti- cal viewpoint. While there seem to be various forms of temperament, origi- mating in as many environments, the spheres of drama and music provide especially fruitful fields for its de- velopment. Many virtuosos appear to be loaded down with it, as manifested in body-swaying, the acute need for a haircut, display of grouches at slight noises during renditions of delicate passages, not to speak of multitudi- nous divorce suits, which recall the diagnosis of perfectly human, but celebrated, tenor that what passes for temperament in many cases is the lame excuse of an infamous scoundrel to elope with his neighbours wife, or the flimsy apology of vamp for coaxing another woman's husband from his own hearth-stone.
 "It Is a bit different, However, when the temperamental clashes with the temperamental," says contem- porary in commenting on the behavior of Chicago opera company star who didn't like the music at one of his re- hearsals, and, turning to the orches- tra, exclaimed: "Tmbeciles, pigs, ar- tists-bahP' Whatever might have been the attitude of an admiring au- dience towards singer who acts like that; whether or not he would have been regarded as quite amusing under the spell of temperamental outburst, the object of the abuse gave him 60 understand in no uncertain way that one artist demands a certain amount of respect and consideration from an- other. In word, the maestro pushed aside his score and landed heavy blow on the singers nose.
 Treatment of this kind seems to be effective in dealing with the highly temperamental. It brings about a realization that those with whom the temperamental come in contact have rights, privileges and feelings that are entitled to some consideration even in the august presence of temperament, whether it be normal. outgrowth of genius or is assumed for publicity purposes. One diagnosis of tempera- ment as applied to those who have at- tained distinction in any particular line is given as nothing more nor less than a combination of rudeness, sel- flshness and intolerance" There are effective pathological treatments uf the disease, however, not least among which is punch in the nose, if the offender Is man; if a woman-well, that's another thing again.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-12
FAME OF BIRMINGHAM MILK

Inspection by the Mobile county
 health officer of Birmingham's dairy system with view to adopting for Mobiles dairies and milk supply rules and. modes in use in this city brings out the fact that Mobile is the thirty fifth American city which has sent representatives to Birmingham to in- spect its dairy industry, or has asked for the code and charts in force here. Birmingham's reputation for having established the most modern and san itary methods of handling dairy prod- ucts has spread over large part of the world. Inquiries and requests for codes and charts have come from cities in Canada, Europe, Australia and the Orient. The city and county health department has been commended far and wide for it's constructive work in this important field so deeply affect Ting the public health and the public welfare.
 As one result of this system of dairy inspection Birmingham cou- sumes more milk per capita than any other city in the country. Another result is manifested in the low per centage of disease originating from dairy supplies. Thus two construc- tive objects are at once attained, which contribute materially to the pub lie interests by safeguarding the pub lie health, while aiding the develop ment of large industry.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-12
Mud and Ignorance Tax

NMUHTOt COunty JOurnaD
 Almost everybody complains of heavy ad valorem and license taxes, because these taxes are paid directly and in hard coin. Few stop to estimate the burdens Imposed by the mud tax" and the ignorance tax" The mud tax is paid with every bill for repalr or replacement. The ig- horance tax is levied in the loss or opportunity and achievement which illiteracy entails.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-12
Beauty and Car Seats

(Atlanta JournaD
 There are many pretty girls in this country" remarked Bluebelle, herself listed as no bad locker by competent judges.
 q own up to it," responded her chum Ariadne.
 "The musical shows team with them. The movies require them. You see them in stores, in offices, everywhere. Yes, this country is full of beautiful girls. But"
 But what?"
 Tt would take Helen of Troy to get seat on street car now"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-12
Has All Advantages
(DeKalb County Herald)

R7e'NtefO NVUIty IftTdIUJ
 Foft Payne has all the advan- tages that many towns can offer and when manufacturers can be induced to investigate the oppor- tunities that exist here new in dustries will be located within our borders. Citizens should do their part in letting the facts be known, for this is the only way the desired results can be ob- tained.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-12
That One Moment (HuutSyille Tim aSl

Every man can live that one moment he commands right Every man can control himself for moment, can withstand tempta- tion for moment, can refrain from angry words or crime for 9 moment. If we spend the only one moment we can call our own prop erty. we have rightly solved life's problem.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-12
The Case of Lacey

It Is our opinion that so long as Lacey keeps his mouth closed and refuses to tell the where abouts of all the money in that famous box. he cannot expect any favors from any governor. If he had told the truth about the mat ter and exposed those concerned with him, he would have been free long ago.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-12
Preparing for the Feast

, SiS Nounty Herald) The fickens county farmer is DUSTY making up his syrup, that good blue cane kind that Pickens county IS famous for In a short tune we will have hog killing sea son. when backbone, spareribs sausage, @tc.. will beNthe order of athe day. Now l call that good things to eat" and the only thing better Is good turkey dinner Thanksgiving Day, and that's not fer oss
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-12
SMILES
"rhc Quick and the Deadu

(Argonaut)
 A clergyman, while instructing a Sunday school class, asked the children the meaning of "the quick and the dead" This seemed to puzzle them somewhat. but sud- denly one small boy piped out, Please sir, the man as gets out of the way of the motor car is quick. and i'm as doesn't is dead"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-12
Underwood's Strong Points
 (CepfreyfIle Prea1

Senator Oscar Underwood is open, frank and honest, not only in his personal dealings, man to man, but in politics. Some people who are crooked themselves don't like that class of men, but the majority do, and that is the req son he is making new friends every day.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-12

If this thing keeps up, the people Of California may have to shift some of their press agency activities from boosting their climate to defending their ancestors.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-12

It seems that most of the criticisms directed against President Coolidge are for not saying more that would give the critics material to work on.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-12

While the controversy is on as to who settled the coal strike and who should enforce the prohibition law, both jobs remain for the consumer to look after.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-12
Some Improvement

IdTttH5 OUUHty N0WsI
 Discussing the road building program, one gentleman has said Alabama is issuing thirty-year bonds to build five-year roads" That is an improvement. any way. The ones we have been building have not lasted that lonG.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-12
THE PARAGRAPHERS
Thirteen and Zero

Memphis Commercial AppeaD
 In his trial for alleged oil frauds Dr. Cook has thirteen co-defend- ants to keep him company. When he didn't discover the North Pole he had to go it alone.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-12
Not Running a Zoo

Bears, dogs and cats and kit tens, with an occasional opossum. are among tho "presents" recently sent President Coolidge. The Hill Billy and Swamp Angel fob hun ters must think Coolidge wants to open a private ZOO.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-12
Was Even Better

(Alexander City Outlook)
 Birmingham did not have her state fair this year, but she had something that perhaps did more for Birmingham than her state fair would have done, when she put on fall carnival in which the merchants and others of the city showed what can and is being done by Birmingham.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-12

Prediction that Pennsylvania will again go Republican shows how hard it is to eradicate a bad habit.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-12

A French scientist declares that the odor of billygoat will cure bron- chitis. Relief for the throat at the expense of the nostrils does not seem to be getting anywhere.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-12

Magnus Johnson's recent silence seems to be another argument for the theory that experience is the best teacher
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-12

It is mere coincidence that an Hi nois senator should make strong plea for wild life in America during the height of the football season.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-12
THE ALABAMA PRESS
Might Have a Chance

(GaUSden JOuIHdII If 1t were as hard to get a hunt ing license as it Is to get an au- tomobile license, the wild life of Alabama might be much better protected.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-12
Time Enough Yet

(NeW York Herald)
 Here it is the first of November and many of us have not memor- ized more than three of the pro- posed constitutional amendments.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-12
Iumber Industry Helps

(Ozark Southern Star)
 The lumber and timber industry is quite a boom to this section and with short crops and dull times they are furnishing employ ment to a large crew of hands.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-12
Renewed International Tension

(London Opinion)
 Saxophones, eight feet long, are being made in America. This must be in sheer defiance of the disar mament conference. and we hope to learn that the keels of several superbagpipes have been laid on the Clyde.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-12

One trouble is that there is more interest in how the next war will be fought than how the last one will be paid for.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-12

At election times even an mex perienced forecaster can almost as easily tell how Vermont as how Mis- sissippi is likely to go.