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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-06-05
BROoKHART's BID FOR NOTICE

Senator S. Wildman Brookhart makes
the arresting statement that "Amer-
lean farmers, through their co-opera-
tive organizations, are in position to
smother Wall Street congressman and
the president" AS if that were not
enough for one days effort, the sem
ator goes on to say: eff the farmers
co-operatives of America would join
with those of Germany and France
they could settle all world problems"
The chief trouble with the senator's
statements is that they are improb-
able. If the farmers could do as he
says, by all means they should start
without further delay. Mr.. Brookhart,
however, makes stipulation that nips
the whole plan in the bud. He de-
clares that "of course this involves rid
ding our countries of politicians"
Aside from the spirit of self-sacrifice
the senator displays in support of the
plan to rid the nation of a group to
which he himself belongs, it is exceed
ingly doubtful whether any but politi-
clans could put the scheme over-or
would want to.
Mr.. Brookhart plans to sail soon for
Russia to investigate cooperative mar
keting methods there. Undoubtedly
that is the proper place to start, for
certainly marketing methods in Russia
must be very simple. They apparently
consist in the government reaching
out and taking all of a farmers prod
ucts, except what he absolutely re-
quires for his own subsistence. 1t is
doubtful, however, whether American
farmers will enthusiastically indorse
such disposition Of their crops.
As to Mr.. Brookhart's scheme,
through international alliances, to
market American grain directly in for
eign markets, without dealing with
the middlemen or the Chicago board
of trade, it may be remarked the idea
is not his and that agencies are al
ready successfully at work along such
lines. When the Iowa senator declares
that politicians must go, and in the
same breath mentions as his aides such
political bodies as the Consolidated
Farmers Union and the Non-Partisan
League, he fools nobody.
The American farmer needs no po-
litical savior, such as Mr.. Brookhart.
The American farmer needs to employ
cooperative business methods, such as
he is already doing through his Farm
Bureau and associated organizations.
Results attendant upon the past years
performances Of the cooperative mar
keting agencies are so encouraging as
to warrant the prediction that the
farmer will never again be the one to
bear the brunt of hard times. Not
politicians but business men have been
responsible for this progress.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-06-05
ONE TRICK A DAY
A Trick With Dominoes

Here Is a little trick, very little
known, so simple in it's manipula-
ton so as to seem almost no trick
at all. and yet most puzzling and
mysterious to spectators.
Take a box Of dominoes and spill
the whole lot on the table. In do
Ing this, abstract one dominoe and
conceal it in your pocket. Now
tell the audience that you will
leave the room. and after you have
done so that they are to arrange
the dominoes any way they desire
as in playing, and that upon re-
turning to the room you will tell
them what the two~end numbers
are.
Suppose the domino you have
taken is six and single dot,
or a blank and five. When
your friends announce that they
have arranged the dominoes, tell
them the end numbers without
looking, for they will be the same
as on the domino you have In your
pocket.
This is due to the fact that. al
though few people know 1t, when
dominoes are arranged by match
ing up the ends there is a COM
plete circuit with no breaks.
However, the trick will not work
if a double of any number or a
double blank is taken.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-06-05
THE BONES OF PoCAHoNTAs

e. Strenuous efforts to locate the re-
mains of Pocahontas and bring them
back to America for reinterment have
Kicked up a rumpus in England. The
fuss did not arise from any special OBJ
lection to removing the bones of the
Indian princess, whether they be used
on this side for historic purposes or
exhibited in some museum at so much
"per." The cause of the trouble seems
to be that the exact place of the in
terment in the English cemetery could
not be readily determined, as they
didn't keep any card-index systems in
those days, and the excavators had to
make extensive underground searches
which resulted in digging up the re-
mains of former natives which aroused
thirty or more of their descendants to
protest. The British are famous for
reverence of their forebears; even
more so than some of the people of
I, Charleston, South Carolina, whom a
naval officer stationed there likened
, to the Chinese, because, he said, they
worship their ancestors and eat rice.
The uproar in England has attract
ed the serious attention of such dis
Enguished Britishers as Marquis Cur
ION, who expressed his disapprova. of
the situation on the ground of lack Of
respect for the dead and absence Of
reverence for their last resting place.
It does not appear that the fact that
sPocahontas married an Engl;shinan
and sailed for his native land after
she was purported to have saved the
life of Captain John Smith, has en-
tered into the controversy. Indeed, it
is not a matter of history at all, and
does not touch the question whether
the life-saving story is any more trust
worthy than that about George Wash
ington and his Ratchet. Nor does it
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-06-05
1CRELIGHTS faaHL A1:1l
A\NATIONAL <sN|
NCAPITALEZ;iIgaIIi$st \

farming the farmer" continues
to be the favorite pastime OF
certain type Of politician.
The last session OF congress
was a farmers session. According
to what was claimed and what
was visible to the naked eye, the
farmers bloc had complete con-
troll.
More speeches in behalf of farm
eers than ever before were made
More bills designed to alleviate
the lot of the agricultural sufferer
were enacted into law.
With what result?
Gray Silver, Washington repre-
Bureau Federation, the intelligent
agent of the most populous and
powerful organization of farmers
in the United States, has just
summed up the situation.
He found taxes still too high.
and cost of transportation unbear-
able. He found that on top of all
the burdens farmers previously
bore the Fordney- McCumber tariff
act piled an additional load Of
$500, 100000 per annum.
Does anyone back home" sup
pose the farmers bloc unaware OF
what the ordney-McCumberf tar
iff act would do to the farmers?
No one in Washington does. For
the members Of the bloc. in the
first place, are clever politicians.
all Of them with ambition. In the
second place, were they unable of
their own power to see, the in
out to them.
Senator Underwood of Alabama
offered an amendment putting
every tool and implement the
farmer Is required to buy, as we'll
as material necessary for the con-
struction Of his home. on the free
list. Senator Harrison of Missis-
sippi informed the senate that the
Smoot schedule would break" the
farmer compelled to buy sugar.
The farmers bloc, had it stood
its ground. could have saved the
Underwood and Harrison proposals
from defeat. But the bloc did not.
On the contrary, enough members
of the bloc stood against the
farmers to sustain Senator Smoot.
and burden the farmers with more
than they could bear.
The farmers are waking up, ac-
cording to word reaching Wash
inGton. In that event, in another
session members of the farmers
bloc will have to do more than
shake the roof with perfervid or
atory.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-06-05
PEOPLES FORUM
Fiddle and Violin

To the Editor of The Age Herald:
l read with much interest an ed
ttorial In q recent issue of your
paper concerning the Fiddle and
the Violin" In this article I think
you do the fiddlers an uninten-
tional injustice. AS there is prob
ably no fiddler who has won more
prizes than I have, and no man
living who. has fiddled around
more f1resides, 1 am taking the
chance of winning the contempt
Of my fellow fiddlers by this at
tempt to present our case from
the standpoint of the fiddler. The
true fiddler has the same con-
tempt for the man who tries to
explain fiddling to those who can
not understand it that a humorist
would have for his fellow crafts
man who tried to explain his
jokes to those who have no sense
of humor. Casting pearls before
swine" they call it. Those who
fail to comprehend anything more
than the Shutting of the foot
and the scraping of the bow" are
to be pitied. Those who have
failed to detect that melancholy
note have never had their emo
tons stirred to their depths. The
dlfference between the fiddle and
the violin, as We see it. is the
same as that suggested In the old
debating society questions: Re
solved; That the work of nature
is superior to the art of man." If
music is the water Of life, the vio-
Hnist presents his in cut glass on
silver tray. while that of the
fiddler comes as the roaring cata-
ract. the bubbling spring. the
ocean wave and the dashing rain
WHITMORE GAYDON.
Selma, Ala. June Q, 1928.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-06-05
A Clean-Cuf Issue

(Jasper Mountain Eagle)
Florida is not the only sinner.
Alabama has only recently abol-
ished the lash. The only source
Of regret is that the lease has not
followed the lash in Alabama. 1t
was the lease system that resulted
In the beating Of so many helpless
prisoners in Alabama and other
states. The lash has been tabooed
but the lease system remains with
US. The lash has been abolished.
but convicts are still sold into
slavery by the state and other
forms of punishment. just as ter
rible. perhaps, have been substi-
tuted for the lash. The issue Is
square up to the Alabama legisla-
ture--are you in favor of perpetu-
ating a wrong for the sake of a
few dollars that the state can
manage to do without
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-06-05
BUSINESS IN TRUCK MARKETING

Wherever Alabama tillers of the soil
have injected business methods into
the raising and shipping Of products,
the results have been satisfactory. Mo-
bile and Baldwin counties have shown
what may be done in fruit and truck.
The largest cabbage farm in the
United States is located in Mobile
county. The product is rushed north
in refrigerator cars, reaching Cincin-
natl and other Ohio river points in
thirty-six hours. Cars leaving Mobile
and Baldwin counties for the north
are diverted in transit according to
location of the most active markets.
With the cucumber and Irish potato
crops of Baldwin county but half
shipped, a return of nearly a half
million dollars has been earned. The
Satsuma has become as we'll known
and is as firmly established in the ma
tional fruit trade as the orange. This
young industry already brings returns
of more than a million dollars, the
larger amount going to Mobile county,
which has the largest Satsuma acre
age.
Much credit belongs to the cooper
tive marketing efforts Of the farm bu-
reau, the effect being to lend to each
shipper the mass strength of all par
Elephants. In a climate such as exists
in the gulf counties there is some
thing for market practically every day
in the year, the Satsuma coming after
the other crops in late fall and being
followed in winter and early spring by
cabbage, radish, strawberry, cucumber
and other early crops. The gulf coast
truck gets to markets ahead of all
other products except that Of Florida,
and northern appetites are keen for
the first luscious harvest. It is a
mere matter of being business-like in
relation to fruits and truck. as run
ming a steel-making business. In other
lines central and northern Alabama
counties enjoy similar opportunities.
Alabama is on the direct line to the
Middle-West.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-06-05
THE MAIN QUESTION

In the coming conference between
patrons of the Warrior barge lines and
the waterway officials, the object Of
chief concern is to place the Warrior
on a profitable basis at the earliest
possible moment. This end cannot be
achieved through curtailment of barge
service, which is mere subterfuge,
but by removal of the conditions which
operate to the Warriors disadvantage.
Colonel T. @. Ashburn is quoted as
expressing his confidence in the ability
of Mr.. Brent as traffic expert. No
body takes issue with that statement.
The success of the Mississippi barge
lines may be cited in support of it.
The friends of the Warrior, moreover,
have not sought to belittle Mr.. Brent's
ability. They have charged that the
rates promulgated by him have oper-
ated to the benefit of the Mississippi
rather than of the Warrior. They
have charged that Mr.. Brent has not
given to the Warriors interests the
diligent attention that he has bestowed
upon the Mississippi and its contribu-
ton to the tonnage of New Orleans.
This conference, however, is not one
for the discussion of personalities. 1t
offers an opportunity for the consid-
Grafton of certain basic questions. If
in these discussions it develops that
there is any blame attaching to the
failure to achieve justice for the War
rior, let that blame lie where it falls !;
but the one purpose from which the
shippers should not allow the Warrior
discussions to deviate is the fair d.
vision of receipts for joint hauls.
Colonel Ashburn says that the rail-
roads, specifically mentioning the
Southern, are in a give and take mood.
There is fear lest that mood may be
more take than give, as in the past.
If the railroads are ready to make
concessions such as will place the
Warrior on its feet, what is the cause
for delay? 1t may be true that the
details take time, but has there not
already passed an abundance of time
since these negotiations have been in
progress? Anyone who has come in
touch with railroad methods knows
very we'll that, if it were question
of adjusting rates in favor of the rail-
roads, not one-tenth of the present de-
lay would have been suffered to come
to pass.
The shippers need not listen too pa
tiently to reasons why the rate di-
visions have not been adjusted long
ago. The concern of the shippers is to
see that such divisions are made now.
The patrons of the Warrior, and those
who now suffer through curtailment
of its service, know very well that de-
termined effort would have won the
day long ago. The only reason for
the conference is to obtain results,
The chief result demanded is a fair
rate division. The right to that should
not be allowed to come under the
eclipse of either argument or explana-
ton.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-06-05
High Legal Talent

Professionally speaking, Greater
Huntsville stacks up with the best
team of lawyers in the state OF
Alabama. Possessing ability far
superior to many Of the larger
cities in the state. you can al
ways class our local lawyers in
dividually and collectively in a
tfass at the top. They are indeed
as q, body of professional men a
high credit to the community.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-06-05
For Free Text Books


We can conceive Of no moro
progressive step that could be
taken in behalf Of popular educa-
ton in Alabama than the adoption
of the policy that would make teke
books available to all children in
the common schools without cost
to the parents. Our people have
gone the limit in many counties in
voting local tax for the mainten-
ance of the common schools. yet
in many instances the cost Of
high priced textbooks is an intol-
cradle burden. The proposed pro-
gram of increasing the constitu-
tional limit of taxation has no
chance of success unless some-
thing is done along the line sug-
gested in removing this burden.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-06-05
To Preserve Fine Record

No"US0Sfi OOO1 H"fI
Etowah county has splendid
record in the matter of World
war service. Not only did she fur
nish two companies in the famous
old 18TH infantry OF the Rain
bow division, with many men in
other units of that fighting force,
but she gave 1000 or more men
to the service on land and sea.
1t is fitting, then, that Etowah
county citizens should take an in
terest in the pleasant task of COM
piling history of the part played
by Etowah men and women In the
World war. which Is being UNDER
American Legion and Of the wom-
ans auxiliary.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-06-05

But to those who have been on
a steady nine months endeavor to
cram knowledge into sometimes
stubborn Uranium, vacation time
must sound as good to them as
the Armistice has been signed"
did to the boys "over there" These
warm spring days brought to the
pupils visions of the old swim
ming hole, the cool recesses on
the banks Of the old Tallapoosa.
where trout and catfish are wont
to bite. and the baseball ground.
where ni,nble feet chase the elu-
Siye sphere,
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-06-05
Hard At Work
(Andal1lsfa Sfarl

Farmers in Covington county
and other counties in this section
are determined to make a bumper
crop this year if weather condi-
tions are at all favorable. Mrs.
Farmer is equally determined. too.
Many Of the home-makers on the
farm are in the fields from dawn
until dark these days.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-06-05
EXPECTED OF YOU
By Rev. I. G. Offerman

There are many that expect a
great deal of you.
There Is much work that ought
to be done by you.
There are millions OF thoughts
that ought to be expressed by you.
There are hundreds OF prayers
that ought to be offered up by
you.
There are many that are walt
ing for word of sympathy, wait
ing for look Of love, waiting for
an act Of sacrifice.
Are you falling below?
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-06-05
SMILES
Taking His Advice
(Boston Herald)

Father was standing before the
fire lecturing his son and heir On
the necessity for thinking twice
before speaking once.
Father" exclaimed the boy
suddenly.
The parent held up a warning
finger.
Think again before you speak.
and then I will answer YOU"
The boy pondered for a minute
or SO and then said: Father, !
have thought twice. and now I am
quite convinced that your coat
tails are on fire"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-06-05


While In Seattle President Har-
ding will attend a boys picnic
given by the Elks. There can be
no suspicion of political motive in
this engagement. None of the
boys will be old enough to vote
for several years to come.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-06-05
No Excuse To Loaf

alexander City Outlook)
There will be job for every
man in Alexander City this sum-
mer, and many will have to be i'm
ported. There Is no excuse for a
man not working In this town.
Fact is, he will have to put forth
more effort to keep from working
than he would to 60 ahead and
work on his Job.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-06-05
A Probable Result
(Opelika News)

(OpellKa NeWS)
Probably be some work soon for
prohibition law enforcement Of
ficers in Lauderdale county. Gov
ernor Brandon. against the report
Of the state pardon board. has
turned loose the last OF three men
lately sent to the pen from that
county for distilling.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-06-05
A Comparison

(New York Evening World)
In its hunt for revenue the
Japanese government is increas-
Ing postal and telegraph rates and
cramping the service. Yet there
are lots of people in the U. S. A.
who clamor for the extension of
public ownership over utilities. A
movement Is under way to abolish
it in Nippon.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-06-05
THE PHOTOGRAPHERS


" fItSUUI Odz6ltt- I IIlIeSJ
A New York doctor declares that
medical practice 500 years ago
was as far advanced as at present
Still. he would admit, probably,
that there has been some progress
in methods OF bleeding the pa
tient.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-06-05
TURKEY WINS THE WAR

The Lausanne conference is to end
apparently in victory for the Turks
as against all the powers of Europe.
They sought to utilize the Turkish
claims as the basis for trading in
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-06-05

A leading Republican says his party
is interested only in fundamental prin-
ciples. Still, the organization mani
tests no special aversion to patron
age as side-line.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-06-05
Needed Later

IbUStUH TdHsCfI PtI
Are you going to invite the
doctor to your party, dear?"
mo, mamma"
why not?"
"'Cause l don't want him here
too often. Well probably have to
have him here the next day"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-06-05
THE ALABAMA PRESS
Two Sides To 1t

(Ta11adega Daily HONEY
We have heard all the evil pre-
dictions about the excessive rains.
The credits have drawn up in pro-
portion to the lengthening of
faces. but no one has suggested
that with plenty of moisture in
the ground crops can soon come
up and grow off to beat the
band.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-06-05
Twenty-Five Cents In


Chicago Tribune)
Returning from the dentists,
where he had gone to have a tooth
pulled, Henry reported as follows:
THE doctor told me fore he
began that If I yelled it would
cost me seventy-five cents, and il
l was a good boy it would be only
fifty cents"
Did You yell?" asked his
mother.
How could l? You only gave me
half a dollar"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-06-05

A contemporary suggests a non
collision motor car. There will never
be one until all non compos mentis
chauffeurs are eliminated.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-06-05
Otherwise Prepared

A senator advises girls not to
marry until they can support a
husband. We might add. when they
attain that point. then look for
the other kind.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-06-05
Shades of Meaning

Shades of Meaning
(Richmond Times Dispatch)
THAT girl" said Fluffy. with
the yellow bobbed hair and the
red lips. is the very worst liar l
know. Don't you think so?"
NO, indeed" replied Bruffy.
She isn't the worst liar I've
known. On the contrary, l con-
slider her an expert"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-06-05

Many a woman can have all kinds
of faith in man whom she knows to
be a rascal if he has several other
women interested in him.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-06-05

The theory that money talks is gen.
orally accepted; but if German marks
drop much further, their voice won't
be as loud as that of conscience.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-06-05

Another case of taking the joy out
of life is Senator Shoots prediction
that taxes will show no decrease for at
least a generation.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-06-05

Postmaster General New acknowl-
edges that his party is slightly split.
1t also seems to need at least one coat
of MhiteMash.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-06-05

Maxim Gorkis diagnosis that boil
shevism is Skin disease" may be
the result of observing the soviet's
skin games.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-06-05
A Technically

(Judge)
Mother (sternly): willie, did
you see brother kiss the COOKE"
Willie: NO, ma! Honest I didn't.
Brother gave me nickel for look
ing the other way!"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-06-05

About the only antidote for the boil
weevil is to raise some kinds of food
that do not sit we'll on it's stomach.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-06-05

There need be no surprise if Greece
and Turkey 60 to war again; it is Gus
tomary.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-06-05

This warm weather is beneficial to
the flies. We hasten to assure them
that there was no basis for the rumor
that the garbage was to be destroyed.