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The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-01
EITHER RIGHT OR WRONG
A Century Ago Private Conduct was
 Iudred RY A Very Simple Rule

Judged By A Very simple huie ,,
 Ignorant as l am, may pc aii wrong when I say that It seems ~ me that nobody dares to be as moral n nowadays as almost everybody did' say. a hundred years ago. We were pretty moral in my youth-much more so than today; but nothing to what people were in 1920. ity and higher ethics had never been heard of and, as consequence. everybody knew what was moral and what was not.
 The people Of that day would have been extremely puzzled by many or the problems propounded in our con- temporary plays and novels. Run ming off with another mans wife, for example, was custom or haolt which they could never excuse, for they had not come to realize how exceedingly complex. and even intri- cate, the motives may be which lead one to do it.
 For them 1t was simply not right; and if anyone in the neighborhood did it, they did not hesitate to write a letter to the newspaper and say what they thought of him. They were too primitive to realize how difficult 1t Is to decide for or against so unconvention an action. or how many biological, psychological, socio- logical, and economic a.. stions one must consider before one can do it with a clear conscience.
 In their day, of course, men did run off with other mems wives, just as they do today; but they seem to have done so impulsively, an dthey would have been quick to admit that In doing so they were immoral. The burden of public opinion upon ardent souls was, therefore, much more se- we're than 1t is upon our contempo- rary heroes and heroines who live in an age of acute intellectually.
 And yet, for the great mass of souls that were not particularly
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-01

Of the corporations of the United states. per cent make big profits 25 per cent earn small dividends, and 70 per cent lose money.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-01
Tires With 500 Nail Holes
 Leak No Air

MT. R. B. Milburn of Chicago has In- vented new pune cture- proof inner tube, which, in actual test, was punctured 300 times without the loss of any air h. crease your mileage from 10 900 to 12,OO0 miles without removing this wonderful tube fro'l the wheel, and the beauty of 1t all is that this new puncture proof tube costs no more than the ordinary tube and makes riding real pleasure. You write MT. R. B. Milburn at 3S3 West 47th St, Chicago, as he wants them introduced everywhere. Wonderful op- portunity for agents. If interested write him today-Adv
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-01
REO RED TOP CABS. MAKE FINE RECORD
Alabama Company Boasts Of No Accidents During Its
 Existence, Due to Care '

Tn spite of the fact that Red Top Rec Taxicabs of Birmingham, Ala, travel the equivalent of twice the distance around the world in every month on slippery streets in and cut of traffic and under all kinds of adverse conditions, they have had no serious mishap up to date.
 Fred Dunlap of the Jenkins Cab and Auto company of Birmingham, operators of the Red Top Cab ctm- pany, has just given out the follow ing statement "We believe we have accomplished something that no other taxicab can boast of in travel ing 50,000 miles every month with out a serious mishap, and 1t Is pos sible simply because If the extra ordinary care we take In the selec- ton and training of our drivers Of course,' the way the cabs are kept up and brakes and tires inspected enters lagely into the safety We believe that we can now. based on actual expeience, state that we have the safest transportation in the world, combined with comfort, cour- tesy and economy. We believe Red Ttp Rec cabs have done much to improve the standard of taxicab service In Birmingham, and from the number of passengers we haul daily, we know that they have become an accepted part of the city's social, business and economic life"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-01
/. OLD PEASANT TYPE. !. |S PASSING AWAY.
French Countrymen Learning More Than New Agri-
 cultural Methods

PARIS, June 3O.-CBy Associated Press,) ,)-Movies in farming centers to teach the French peasants new methods of cultivation have made the people of the cities realize with some thing of a shock that the peasant is changing his ways.
 The policy of keeping land holdings small has made the French a nation of proprietors, so far as such a con dltion can exist. The French inheri- tance laws tend toward the equal treatment of children in wills, so that in most cases the farm Is ac- tually divided into small tracts rather than sold and the proceeds distrib- uted
 This love of the land, and the se- cretiveness born of living to him self, Is said by sociologists to be changing. The farmer of today looks upon his land as the instrument of fortune building. He will sell 1t at profit, for he can buy more.
 Fifty years ago the French farm CT kept as secret the return from his crops and the kind and quanti- ty of fertilizer he used If he need cd money he regarded borrowing with such dismay that he went to a money
 lender in another district, often at night and paid usurious interest to escape publicity.
 The modern farmer, although still 1 perhaps in the minority, joins CO., operative buying and selling organi- Zations, discusses the best methods of cultivation with his neighbors, and
 is proud to tell what good bargains he has made.
 This, however, is the rosy view of country progress. There still re- mains the old type of suspicious peasant, guarding jealously his bit of land and the secrets of his savings, hidden in the house or buried under the floor This method of hoarding, known as the 'woolen sock" is be- lieved by financiers to explain the rapid disappearance In France of gold and silver, and even of great mass of banknotes. The French have i learned to subscribe to bond issues as matter of patriotism, but the police records of big hauls by thieves in apparently poor homes show that
 many Frenchmen still have no use for banks.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-01
PREFERS "YOUNGER SON"
An Undergraduates Viewpoint or
 the PrOdigaI Parable

Speaking with an undergraduate at Harvard, who had reiterated the need of something positive in life as against the "negatlveness of com mandnents, creeds and church his tory" I received this reply:
 q can't make very clear what mean by positive but the story of the prodigal son helps me to see it. studied that story one summer, and it seems to me that the younger son had six virtues and one vice, and the older son six vices and one virtue
 I suppose that sounds funny-too much like a sermon-but you sec I've always admired the younger fellow. He was ambitious when he wanted to get started in life, he was energetic and adventurous. for he went to a far country, he wasted his money on harlots-that was his sin; he was humble when he tried to earn an honest living even though II led him to the pig sty; he repented ; he had common sense, so that he took the logical course of remedying his conduct. and when he reached home he confessed his sin.
 Look a t the older brother; he was
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-01
JUSTICE SWORE
German Poster Taken From Liege
 Reused Wrath of White

tOuStu Ol hhtO
 The war necessarily cast it's shadow over the social life of Wash ington, and at the same time it pro- duced It's own high lights and threw them on men and their actions in ways that were sometimes startling.
 One evening during gathering at the French embassy my attention was attracted by poster which was thrown over the back of lounge. l read 1t with mingled horror and wrath, and looked about for some one to sympathize with me.
 Not far away was Chief Justice White Ga Confederate veteran) and Gen. Hugh L. Scott. l called them and we three stood there carefully going over that poster, notice ad. dressed to the people of the city or Liege by the German military com mander after the capture of that city.
 It said, in substance, that the peo- pie of Andennes Ca netghborlnS town), after having witnessed the favorable disposition of the German troops. had later attacked them In the most treacherous manner. mere fore, 1t went on, they had reduced the town to ashes and had caused more than a hundred persons to be shot. This, it proceeded, was thus told the people of Liege that they might know what would happen to them if they behaved in similar manner. It was signed by the ter man general commanding.
 This poster had been torn rom wall in Liege by an American-at the risk of his life-and was concealed in his clothing and brought out. There was grave doubt there was any such attack as the poster alleged there was no doubt that women anu children were among those snot;
 If is not conventional openly to admire profanity, but there are times when it seems almost to have snirifuai value. Be this as it may true it is that the chief justice Of the limited States swore long and deeply when he read that poster, and ms oaths were music to my ears ana re freshment to my spirit.-Willlam C' p pnafield In the Outlook.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-01
AMERICANS AID LAPS
Visit Of silk Commission To Orient
 Has Brought Forth Fruit

TOXIC. June 3o.-(By Associated Press. )-The visit of the American silk commission to Japan has brought forth fruit. The object of the commission way to try to in- duce the Japanese to improve their raw silk and the methods of mar keting it.
 To bring this about new silk bureau has been organized by the department of agriculture, while the silk reelers themselves have decided to employ every possible means to improve the quality of Japanese silk.
 Another suggestion of the Ameri- cans, the malgamation of smaller mills, is being carried out. The i'm portance of the silk industry is shown by the great increase in pro duction. While in 1912 the value of the crop was 190,000,00O yen, it reached 0,0O0,OO0 yen in 1922
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-01

jealous, grouchy, greedy, uugrateful, disrespectful to his father, and stupid. The only virtue he had was that he stayed at him with the old man.
 Somehow I imagine God liked the young fellow even from the begin ming, for he had grit enough to
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-01
FINDS OLD SKELETON

LONDON. June 30.-(By. Associated Press.)-The complete skeleton of a crocodile, which Is estimated to have lived more than two million years ago, has been unearthed from the OK ford clay of Peterborough brick yards by P. J. Phillips, noted Eng fish geologist.
 The skeleton is 1s feet long and Is identical with the skeleton of the present day crocodile. The monster was, however, a sea going creature belonging to ,he middle geological period.
 In a spot where the stomach would be was found fossilized mass con- taining traces of organic marine matter, the remains of the reptiles last and evidently too hearty meal.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-01
SERVANTS WON'T SERVE
Middle Class German Families Can't
 Get Helu

BERLIN, June SO.-(By Associated Press) )-Pauperiza of the middle classes in Germany has worked great hardships on servants. Families which formerly kept several ser wants frequently are no longer able to feed themselves Larger cities, such as Berlin, are being deserted by servants out of work because the positions offered are usually n faml- lies which are in such reduced cir cumstances that cooks and house. maids do not care to share the fami- ly's lot.
 Newspapers print many articles about the necessity for loyalty on the part of servants, and remind the servants that they lost the war as well as the employing class aud should share the consequences.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-01

ardent, the period must have been a comfortable one to live in. For even though their own moral problems might at times seem intricate, those of their neighbors were always very simple; and when they spoke of their neighbors' actions they always had one definite rule to guide them-"A thing is either right or 1t isn't"
 In world which Is complex enough at best, to have even ono rule so easy to apply Is a great convent ence; and 1t seems possible that the rarity of neurasthenia among them can be traced to their possession of so simple a formula.-Robert M. Gay in the Atlantic Monthly.
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strike out for himself, anu vision enough to strike out afar. while the older brother was a stay-at-home stick-in-the- mud. It's the positive, adventurous disposition of the prodle gal son that I like."-A student as Harvard in the Outlook.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-01

Tubs of imitation Italian marble. fashioned after the ancient couch baths of the Romans, are used for mud bath cures in one large hotel sanitarium.
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1923-07-12
Primer CongreSo Nacional del Co.
mercio Espa1ol de, Ultramar
Conclusones: Reorganization de las Can.aras
Espaholas de Comerco en- America y Fllipnas

, iberoamericanos, sea cual sea la ham
dera en- que Sc haga.
e) Que con la aspiration de- lie
gar al establecimiento de una Union
Martina Iberoamericana, Sc procu-
re celebrar con las naciones iberoanle-
'ricanas que tengan estableeido el
abanderaniiento de buques en- forna
de que realmente 10 reserven para los
autenticamente nacionales, Tratados
de navegacion sobre la base de la mas
intima reciprocidad, siempre que sean
inextensibles a naciones no ibericas
nj iberoamericanas, y condicion de
que por Espaha Sc lleve simulanea-
'mente los Tratados en- que conste
Ia cIausula de nacion mas favorecida,
la terminante exception de cuantas
concesiones esten hechas o Sc lagan a
Portugal v las naciones iberoameri-
canas.
Fl Que 81 por las proviaencias Ell
Gobierno de $. NJ, ospor lds TrAta-
dos que llegare con los qes haciones
Niberoamericanas, Sc establecfera So
bre bases s6lidas. un incremento ocn-
siderable Y regular del trafico entire,
Espana Y aquellas naciones, Sc pro-
eeda a crear, con auxilio directo del
Estado, una nueva Inca con servicio
mensual del Norte de Espana al Bra
sill y al Plata; v otra, tambien con ser.
vicio mensual, del Mediterraneo, a
Centroameriea Y al Pacifico en- su
parte meridional, debiendose stimuli.
tanear con Ia creacitn de esta Ia mo-
difcacion de la actual de Venezuela y
Colombia, sustituyendo la eseala de
La Habana por Ia de Santiago de Gu
'ba, Ia de Curacao por Ia de Santo Do.
mingo,y " Ia de Colon por una segupda
escala en- las costas de Colombia.
Con la nueva Inca al Pacifeos Sc
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1923-07-12

establecera una combination desde Ia
salida del Canal hasta San Francisco
de California, con escalas en- los puer-
Etos de 81 Salvador, Mejico y los Es-
tados Uhidos que sean convenierites.
81 Que mieptras no Sc Green estas
|lineas por iniciativa Official no las
establezca la iniciativa privada, Sc es-
Etiinule la mas actiya participation de
todas nuestras Empresas navieras en-
Eel trafico de cabotaje e intercontinen-
tai americana. siempre que combinen
con las lneas regulares espanolas j
que Sc extiendan las ventajas Y desa-
gravaciones que puedan resultar de
las clausulas e y d de esta conclusion
a los emigrantes y a las mercancfas
destinadas a, Q procedentes de nacio-
mes iberoamericanas con las cuales NO
tenga Espaila trafico directo en- BAN
5dera nacional, Official . libre, que sean
transp portados en- bandera extranjera,
siempre que el buque extranjero que
los. transporte dediqne en- el propio
iviaje al trafco de entrada de sali-
da en- Espana Ia nlitad, cuando menos,
de su cabida.
Cuarta Aunque Sc considera de
excessive coste actualmente, el Con-
greso acepta como programa maxirno,
por ahora, de sus aspiraciones, Ia si-
guiente proposici6n:
ssQue Sc recomiende al Gobierno de
s. M. presente a las Gogtes y obten-
ga Ia aprobacidn de una ley de pro-
teccion a la marina mercante nacional
con aportaci6n de eabital y garantia
de ,intetes en- Ia proportion que Sc in
dica en- las presentes nornas. " 4.
Las nuevas construcciones estaran
acondicionadas a los tipos modernos
como en- las mejores fotas mundiales
y, corNlas exigencias que demaHdenIla
anlicacion de. nuevas rnaterias coIn-
bpstibles.
~ Ell CudtqulcI SdSOts CS VOttuiSlOLi
esencial que toda nueva construction
para barGo de Inca habra de, tener
una .sexta parte de bodegas acondi-
cionada como frigorifcas para Ell
transporte de frutos y materias ali
fnenticias.
"El Gobierno podra determinat e
investigar cuantas caracteristicas en-
'orden de aplicacion para casos de que
rra hayan de tener las nuevas cons
truccienes.
"Para los barcos cue sean construf-
dos en- Ell extranjero, por virtud de la
presente falta de agilidad en- nuestras
oonstrucciones navales, Sc .dara un
plazo de icinco amos para sp libre
abanderamiento en- Espana; pero a
La vez Sc estimulara la construction
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1923-07-12


Enacional con primas de. la cuantia ne
cesaria para situar nuestra industrial
EN- condolences de competencia con la
industria extranjera.
ssEl Gobierno organizara la inter-
veneion de las Companies que. Sc AGO.
jan a sesta ley; pero estas tendran au-
tonomfa absolute en- la adninistra-
cion, asi como en- la distribution de
su fiota, sin que puedan. desamparar
ninguna lfnea que interese al trafico
de la nacion con. Ultramsr.
"Estas Empresas nayieras naciona-
1 les Sc formaran con dos classes de
acciones: unas, A, para construction,
y otras, B, de exploitation. Las de
construction, A, seran preferidas, v ell
Gobierno garantizara el 6 por 100 de
interes, v por las de exploitation, B, ell
| 5 por 100.
la aportaci6n del capital del Es-
tado sera de so por 100 en- acciones
de CONSTRUCTION, A. Elresto de so por
100 Sc dejara la iniciativa privada.
"La aportacioA del capital para ex-
plotacion sera exclusivamente parti-
cular, al cual garantizara ell Gobier-
no ell por 100 de interes.
eDurante ell periodo de construction,
ell Estado garantizara Ell interes al
capital particular que Sc vaya invir-
|tiendo. De los benefcios que obten-
gan las Empresas, ,en la proportion
que corresponds al Estado, Sc desti-
naran en- primer termino garantizar
ell 6 por 100 para las acciones prefe-
ridas, "A, y con ell remanente Sc paga-
ra, s. no cubriesen las utilidades, el 5
por 100 de'las acciones de exploitation,
B, y en- todo tempo Ell Estado garan-
tizara el interes senalado a ambas ac-
clones.
9Entfe las lineas crear con ARE
glol a este programa, deben figurar
una eiNueva York nuestro litoral
del tNoTte que cruce ell Atlantico en-
siete dfas, y otra, del Norte de Espa-
ma tambien, Puerto Rico, Cuba, We
nezuela y Colombia"
Quinta. Ell Congreso acuerda pro-
poner al Gobierno de S. M. la cons
titucion con caracter permanente de
un organismo conlpuesto por dos re-
presehtantes de las Camaras de Co
mercio de Espana, de otros dos de las
espanoias establecidas en- naciones
iberoamericanas y de 6tros dos de los
navieros espanoles que hagan la ma
yegacion a America, bajo la presi-
deneia de una persona de especial y
notoria conapetencia en- estas naterias
que, en- relacion con el Comite ejecpti-
vo del Congreso, tenga por function Ia
de asesorar v servir al Gobierno en-
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1923-07-12

2 tia
cuanto Sc refera a estos acuerdos y
Ia de pfocurar para ellos lascoopera-
cion de todos los interesss afectados
~ la mejor coordinaci6n entire los mis-
mos.
Sexta. Ell Congreso acuerda elevar
al Gobierno de S. M. la propuesta de
que Ell proyecto va aceptado por Ell
mismo, de union por dirigibles de Sc
villa y Buenos Aires, sea rapidamente
un hecho.
xIy.--HABILITACION PoRTUA-
RIA
Primera Entire los puertos de pri-
mera categoria de Espaha, los que
mayor interes presentan para ell CO.
mercio espanol con Ultramar son los
de Barcelona, Bilbao, Cadiz, Coruna,
Gijon- Musel, Santander, Sevilla, Va
lencia y Vigo, y como puertos de esca-
la de la navegacion transatlantica y
de importancia en- el comercio de tran
sito, los de La Luz y Las Palmas. y
Santa Cruz de 'Tenerife, en- las islas
Canarias.
Segunda. La debida habilitacion
portuaria de esos once establecimien-
tos maritimos exige la construction
de obras de ampliacion ymeiora y de
installation de nuevos medios de ex-
plotacion.
Tercera. Dicha habilitacion, para
atender al trafico actual y al que pue-
das desarrollarse en- un porvenir pro-
ximo de ounce amos, obliga la rea-
izacion en- cada uno de ellos de los
programs de obras y elementos estu-
diados por las, respectivas Juntas de
Obras.
Cuarta. El plazo constructive de
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1923-07-12

i Mejico; las de Puerto Barrios, La Gel
ba y Puerto Lina6n en- la que mejor
proceda de las existentes, v siempre
que, para todas estas aspiraciones que
el Congreso acoge, 10 consienta la eco
nomia de las respectivas lfneas; la or
ganizaci0n en- los puertos cabeza de
Inca o de trafico exceptional v STEM
pre- que a su sostenimiento concurran
las colectividades mercantiles, de Of
cin2s agencias de transito para dar
salidaa los envios de mercancias pro-
cedentes de los centres productores
del interior del pals; la parifcacion
posible de los fietes con los de las
Companies extranjeras competidoras;
la mejor coordination de los servicios
de ecabotaje con los transatlanticos,
y la mas severa vigilancia sobre to-
das las mediaciones que en- los puer-
tos requiere el trafico.
@ Que por ell GobiernN y por las
entidades respectivas Sc concierte con
las Enpresas de transportss mariti-
mos nacionales lie pago de todos los
impuestos de estada, locales o de
puerto, que craven al trafico de per-
sonas Q de cosas con los paises ibero-
anericanos, en- fcrma de que, resulten
disminufdos hasta en- SO por 100, re-
visandose cada dos amos dichos con
ciertos con arreglo a los resultados
del precedente ejercicio y dandoles la
oportuna publicidad.
d Que Sc revisen los reglamentos
de Sanidad v de Policfa, las Ordenan-
zas Marftimas, Consulares v Adua-
neras, v todas las disposiciones de Co
bierno que afecten. al trafico interna-
cional, con objeto de estableeer unsre-
gimen especial dc rapidez v baratura
para el espondiente a los paises
=
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1923-07-12
lContinuaci6n.)

DO. Que Sc revisen en- sentido de
alnpliaci6n, especialmente para pri-
meras. materias, las exenciones del
impuesto que para determinados ar
tfculos senala el articulo 18 de la ley
de Comunicaciones marftimas de ID
de JUNO de 1909, confrmadas por el
articulo 40. del antes citado texto re-
fundido; extendiendolas a aquellos
otros produetos de interes para el CO.
nlercio hispanoamericano, en- ell de-
sembarque, que es el regimen actual,
con ampliaci6n al embarkue carga
de los productos nacionales' de mas
importante exportacion America, y
siempre que Sc trate de viajes redon.
dos, dentro de las condolences de aque-
la ley.
b. Que Sc conserven los actuales
servicios marftinos regulares, prccu-
.ando, dentro de las normas contraE
tuales que estan sometidos, la pro-
grtsiva renovacior< del material; la
Suppression de escalas no americanas
que no esten justiicadas por el trait
co; la reduction de las estadias en- los
puertos de America al mfnimo indis-
pensable; ell incremento de las COM
binaciones con puertos no servidos
hoy directamente por aquellas lineas
y mientras no sea. possible dotarlas de
tai servicio directo; la extension de
la de Filipinas algunos puertos de
China Y del Japon; y la inclusion en-
los Itineraries que comienzar en- Ell
Mediterraneo. de Ia escala de Valen-
cia, y en- los que arrancan del Canta-
brico; de la Gijon-Musel; la de Rio
Janeiro en- Ia actual Inca del Medi-
terraneo al Plata, y su extension en-
la forma, possible 4 Rosario de Santa
.Fe; Ia de Tampico en- una de las de
IN
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1923-07-12

dicho programa ha de ser diez amos.
Quinta. Ell Gobierno debe de estu-
diar en- modo y forma de arbitrar re-
cursos para auxiliarN las Juntas de
Obras, de manera que sea factible la
realization de la habilitacion.
(Continuara mafana.)