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The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-01-25
GROWING USE OF CONCRETE

The growth of the Portland cement in dustrv n this country is one of the marvels
 7 ous industrial development. In 1924, we Rra told, only forty thousand barrels of scelarS " To reduced in the United States. One d vears later we are achieving af annual )r0duction of one hundred mil lion barrels Concrete has indispensable uses for the coi struction of houses, public buildings, sky-ser apers, wharves, grain ele- vato44, dams, hridges, public highways and other structutes in which strength and dura- bilit lnnet be combined As lumber be- come searcerl and higher, the increasing demas { for ceNlent expands at the rate of million f barrslS each year. Formerly ce- ment asnuffctuged ed at certain centers widely ss paratcd Whence the product had to
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-01-25
WHEN THE MURDER RATE FALLS
(Arkansas Gazette)

Henry B. Chamberlain, director of the Chicago Crime Commission, has given out statement in which he emphasizes the fact that the murder rate falls as legal eXecu- tions increase In 1920, according to MT. Chamberlain, fourteen men were hanged in Cook county, in which the city of Chicago is located. The result was 51 per cent decrease in the murders in that city. In 1919 there were 330 murders in Chicago. These were followed by the fourteen hang ings in 1920, which resulted in decrease in the number of murders to 194 in that year and a further decrease in the follow ing year to 190. With only one legal hang ing in 1921 the number of murders in the following year jumped to 228. Those who are surprised to learn that legal execu- tions put down murder should be surprised to learn that water puts down fire.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-01-25
TAXES AND STATE RIGHTS

The object of the proposed constitutional amendment to prohibit the further issue of tax-exempt securities is to prevent the di- version of capital to securities which do not bear their just proportion of the tax bur den. This causes the federal treasury to lose millions of dollars annually through the practice of investors who escape taxes by buying tax-exempt securities. The plan is sound in principle and is urgently needed but if the amendment applies also to state taxes it would be an invasion of states rights and would have the effect of taking away the power of the states to control their own credit The federal government has the right to abolish bonds exempt from federal taxation, but it would clearly be an undue interference with the financial affairs of state to forbid it to issue bond exempt from state taxes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-01-25

be shipped at great expense to distant locali- ties Now the industry has spread until no point is remotesfrom center of production. Alabama is one of the most recent states to enter upon the production of cement, and is already attracting attention source to be reckoned with. As her timber recedes the South is turning to her substitute re- sources and is preparing to send cement in lieu of the timber with which the nation has been so lavish in its use and abuse. It is sad to think of the depletion of Southern forests, but it is gratifying to note that the Souths part in the supplementary processes is not small one.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-01-25
PLANES SEEK FIRE HAZARDS

Airplanes are to be brought into service against the greatest of all destroyers of material of progress-fire which feeds on cities. With them the Underwriters Labor atories expect to pick out the weak places in their lines of defense against this hazard. By means of photography from height sufficient to obviate distortion of the paral- Tel lines, at least ten thousand feet, maps will be made showing condition of roofs. skylights, lumber yards, as we'll as back yards, where in cities inflammable material accumulates faster than inspections can be made. In Chicago, it is reported, there have already been detected fire dangers mot discoverable to the observer on the ground. This should prove a service worth while.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-01-25
EMBALMED BEEF
(Philadelphia Public I,eds

Philadelphia Public Ledger)
 The discovery of preserved meat 3350 years old in the tomb of King Tutenkhamun of Egypt revives memories of the storm of public indignation that broke loose during the Spanish war at the expense of those responsible for giving ''em- balmed beef" to our soldiers in the field. In the World war, for the British army, there was malodo- rous parallel in the use of frozen rabbits from Australia, which rap idly decomposed and became utter ly unpalatable in the climate of France. The taint of the "em- balmed beef" attached for time to all canned goods coming from America-a disfavor soon clearly shown to be undeserved by the energetic initiative of our hacking houses. There are profiteers mean enough to put such meat. on the market if they could sell it. But since the Spanish war there has been an increased vigilance to as sure proper diet for fighting men. Occidental armies cannot fight on rice, as the Japanese do. They need meat diet, and it is the business of all who have anything to do with the comnissariat to see that the meat js of the right sort.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-01-25
Live Your Best By REV. H. C. OFFERMAN

Never get too fine. You will drop through.
 The cage may be over-sharpened; 1; the team may be oyer-trained; the rope, bemg too taut, may .,nap.
 We are in world whele we must eat, and drink, a..sd sleep, and pray, and fight, ana swaat,. and love, ana sing, and make merry.
 To preserve power, stay low.
 Keep your body fit.
 Love the wintry blasts and the lightning storms.
 Use everything at your command to advance yourself.
 Be lusty comrade, drliilS deep of natures fresh air: do mt forget that there is q whole lot of animal in all of us.
 Be clean, be lion, pluek the joys of the day, live your best and keep smiling.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-01-25
A Timely Editorial
Paradox in Germany
Louisville Courier-JournaD

NLoulSVllle Couflef-Joufna Germany is nowadays the only country, excepting Russia, where thrift and prosperity may be had by spending money like drunken sailor and going broke like prod igal son. To accumulate money in Germany is to run into debt; to run into debt there is one of the most effective means of accumu- lating values. Paradoxical though this may sound, it is none the less fact.
 The value of the German mark steadily continues to decline. The man who is paid in marks today spends all the marks he has for something that these marks can buy. Within twenty-four hours he IS able to make a handsome divi- dend on his investment. What he paid 1000 marks for six months ago he can now sell for 2,000 marks. What he buys today for 1000 marks he will be able to sell for 2,000 marks or more Iew months, or perhaps few days, hence.
 Before the war Germany rushed it's goods to all parts of the earth, sold them at small profits, accepted longtime drafts in payment there for, discounted these drafts in London and then, when war was declared, said: "Go hangw to all parties to the transaction, the more especially to the London banks that had discounted the drafts. Since the war Germany has sold her marks VI as recently disclosed - throughout the earth, unloading in America S1,000,000,000 ct the worthless paper upon credulous pro- German sympathizers and American investors on the lookout for "a good thing" This money is now supposedly tucked away in the Ger man governments banks, or on de- posit in foreign banks. And this money-let 1t not be forgotten-is goldi
 France clamors in vain for repa- rations payments. America lets slip back to former German owners alien property legally sequestrated by the United States government for the satisfaction of just Ameri- can claims. England and Italy, do what they will, can't "frisko a "tuppence" or a :. lire" out of Fritz" In the meantime, Fritz" works like a beaver at home, spends every cent he earns, and cries aloud to all creditor nations: How am l to pay you? Can't you see Tn. broker"
 Is it to be wondered at that MT. Morgan employs caution in accept ing "Fritz's" proposal that a few billions of good American dollars be advanced to Germany? Should such transaction become known, under existing conditions, the head of the house of Morgan would re- quire the instant attention of an alienist.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-01-25
 CONTROL OF RAIL RATES

Instead of the court contests between Federal and state rate commissions repre- senting any sort of friction between federal and state authorities over railroads, it ap- pears that such contests are entered into in friendly spirit for the purpose of fixing the delimitations of responsibility. At least, so one may infer from the statement of Chair man Meyer of the Interstate Commerce Commission that state rate bodies are es- sential complements of the federal commits sion's activity. MT. Meyer makes it clear that there is certain control over intra- state rates and commerce that is properly vested in the several states. He makes the further significant point that the state bodies have opportunity to become more familiar with local conditions and make special study of individual cases, thus avoiding delay in making proper and necessary establishments. There is much truth in this opinion, and its expression will serve to produce harmony between state and federal commissions, as well as minimize the criticism directed at the apparent tendency to centralize in the fed eral government an authority of which the ttates are rightly jealous.
 As the state commissions are supplement tary to the federal commission, so do the various municipal traffic bodies exercise function supplementary to both the federal and state commissions. The traffic bureaus are severally jealous of their local traffic rights, and are constantly at work seeking 10 discover and to have removed rate dis rriminations which unjustly work to the To- gal disadvantage and to the upbuilding of some rival community. The bureaus fairly bristle with statistics and information which they are prompt to lay before the official bodies and which the commissions could oh- tain for themselves only with the most painstaking effort. The bureaus serve to expedite the work of the rate commissions and call to their attention rate situations that need remedy and yet which have no other organized and effective championship. Gases of rate injustice which might other wise be neglected for years are thus given early and intelligent attention of either federal or state commission as the case may be. It Is well that the Interstate Commerce Commission admits its dependence upon such agencies and testifies to their public value.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-01-25
TOO LATE TO TURN BACK

The eradication of the ,Texas-fever tick is essential to the success of cattle raising in Alabama and the bill which passed the house on Tuesday appropriating twenty thousand dollars for the furtherance of work in this direction indicates the trend of legislative opinion. There is every argu- nent for tick eradication, and no sound one for turning back to conditions univer- sally recognized as bad for the cattle i'm dnstry. Besides it is too late to turn back. That manifestly would be most unfair to those who have complied with the law and succeeded in their fight against the pest
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-01-25
PULLING THE WOOL

A tilt between Senator Walsh of Massa- chusetts and Senator Shoot of Utah over the increased cost of suit and overcoat cloth throws light on subject that is of more than passing interest to the American consumer. As behooves a good Democrat, Senator Walsh declared that the new tariff on wool was causing rise in the price of clothing, statement which Senator Shoot, in his role as the Pooh-Bah of protection, promptly denied. Senator Walsh asked for a congressional investigation of the increase in cloth prices which, he asserted, ranged from five to ten dollars per garment. Sen ator Shoot replied that higher prices for wool throughout the world were largely re- sponsible, but, figuring eight pounds of wool to an all-wool overcoat, the increased cost, including the tariff, would not be.as great as the manufacturers increases. That gave Senator Walsh an opportunity to say that either the tariff was to blame or the cloth ing manufacturers were profiteering.
 According to Senator Shoot, the price of wool should not make difference of more than two or three dollars in the cost of suit of clothes but what the consumer wants to know is why he should be required to pay
 
 any increase at all. With duty on raw wool at thirty-one cents pound under the new tariff, and estimating four pounds of wool to suit, Senator Shoot said the total cost of the wool content, including the tariff, would be SPA. That being true, Senator Walsh seems to have the better of the gument. There is apparently no justifica- tion for large increases in the price of a suit or overcoat. It is Illuminating to learn from Senator Shoot that the wool tariff was imposed to "catch the high-brows who are not satisfied with American cloth, but must have something from England or France" The average citizen cares little about what happens to the "high-brows," but he has for some time suspected that the Fordney- McCumber tariff law lacks a great deal Of being the blessing its supporters claim.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-01-25
LIFE AND LAW
Philadelphia Public Ledger)

NA iiiNNSiPAi hOAiS lcuxcTJ
 Dr. w. W. Keen, on his recent eighty-sixth birthday, diagnosed the times disease as lawlessness and prescribed large dose of obedi- ence as the sovereign remedy. The distinguished surgeon did not ven ture to cut to the cause and dissect out a reason for the spirit of de- fiance that seems to prompt much of our law-breaking. Perhaps, however. it is not so much defiance as protest. Montaig1e wrote wisely long ago: "lt would be better for us to have no laws at all than to have them in so prcdigious numbers as we have" We do not need more laws. We are cramped with laws pressing all around us. But we do need a change of heart toward the laws we have--or their repeal.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-01-25
ANOTHER NAVAL CONFERENCE CF

President Harding has signed the naval appropriation bill containing request that the administration endeavor to bring atout further limitation of naval arlnaElents. The Washington arms conie1en was great forward step toward lifting the burden of costly naval programs, but 1t soon became apparent that the conference treaties did not go far enough. Neither have they been ratified by all the powers concerned, and as result naval reduction is toaa large ex- tent marking time. It was recently dis closed that, with the exception of building new capital si1ps, the race for naval su- premacy was still going on in the ,onstrnc- tion of vessels of smaller tonnage and aux Hilary craft permitted by the Washington agreement. Even among capital ships i'm provements in protective armament and the range of gun fire, notably in the case of the British fleet, had more than compensated for limitations placed on first line vessels It was declared that both the British and Japanese navies were superior to the Aneri- can navy and the object of the 5-s-3 ratio had not been accomplished.
 Since it appears that naval strength in the future will largely deperd on subma- rines, airplanes, airplane carrier; and fast cruisers, restrictions which do not include craft of this type wi. have littie effect in reducing naval armament. With world af- fairs unsettled and rumors of another war being heard, the present may not be an opportune time to suggest another arms conference, but this question must be taken up again by the powers if there is to be any substantial progress made in haltiug expensive building programs. The United States, which initiated the first arms con ference and has already shown it's good faith by reducing it's navy, is the logical nation to take the lead in further negotia- tions.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-01-25

There is no better proof of the benefits re- sulting from the eradication of the tick than the fact that those whose pastures and ranges are rid of the pest jealously guard the progress they have made. Every county which has been declared free of the tick lines up squarely in support of measures looking to it's complete eradication.
 Those counties where dipping has been opposed and discontinued are returning to the fight. The work will not stop until it is successful
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-01-25
.
 THREE AMERICAN FoLLIES
Washington Star)


 President Harding hopes to have a look next spring at Alaska. The territory interests him, and he wants to see development there quickened. Alaska was once known as Stewards folly" Popular opin- ion at the time of purchase was that Russia had over-reached the New York statesman; that seven and a half million dollars was enor- nously too much for a frozen em- pire. That sum today considered in connection with Alaska's known resources and how they may be handled is mere bagatelle. % At the time the Louisiana terri tory was purchased Napoleon was thought to have ever reached Jeffer- son. That territory was known as "Jefferson's folly" What did we want of, what could we do with, an empire of swamp? The purchase price-fifteen million dollars-was regarded as having been thrown away. Look at that swamp today, and consider what it has become under the touch of Americas magic wand.
 The Philippines were "McKinley's folly" What possessed him to take them over and pay Spain twenty million dollars as a balm? What good to anybody could possibly come of the transaction? In little more than a score of years the archipelago under American rule has been transformed into one of the most promising countries in that quarter of the globe, and the natives are impatient to take charge. And to us, while we re- main in charge, it will continue an invaluable oriental outpost. Jeff ferson, Seward and Mckinley were first-class realtors as well as first class statesmen.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-01-25
$15,OOO For Farmers Hogs
 Dlnthan Earlel

When one southwest Georgia far mer raises more than nine hundred hogs in a year and converts them into over fifteen thousand dollars in cash, he is "hogging it. in a way that calls for extensive emulation. He sold during last year more than nine hundred head of hogs and re- ceived over fifteen thousand dol lars for them, or an average of about sixteen and one-half dollars per head for the number of hogs sold.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-01-25
Remarkable Winter, Indeed

(Clarke County yyDemocrat)
 Last week we commented on the fact that apples and vegetables are being gathered from the orchards and gardens here in midwinter. Sunday we were at Mrs J. F. Gillis' home and found that she was hav- ing butter beans, egg plants and red and green peppers f T dinner which had been gathered from the garden of Mrs. G. E. Pugh. Mrs. Gillis stated that she had also found ripe strawberries in her garden. On the same day we ate lettuce which had been seLt us by our good neigh Dor, Mrs. J. |. Tucker Through out the wSiicr she has kera us sup piled with ripe tomatoes from her garden. It has true bean re- markable winter.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-01-25
COTTON GROWING IN KANSAS
(Topeka Cap;taD

Small acreages for testing out a cotton growing scheme in Kansas are being sought bs interested far mers near indeuendence. Climate and soil g the vicinity are said to be favorable for cotton growing, those Interested declare. They point out that there V ould be little or no danSesnof boil weevil since Kansas weather conditions would be suffi ientls~eooi to discourage it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-01-25
Pass Per Capita Tax

Governor Brandon's $2 head tax to be assessed against all citizens of both races, male and female, be- tween the ages of Fl and 50, using the proceeds for the public schools, and to offer convenient means of appears to be wise and timely pro- posal, and to offer convenient means of raising needed revenues for the schools. The tax ought not to provoke any large amount of out crv
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-01-25
Don't Cut Salaries
lMnntpomerv Advertise

(Montgomery Advertlser
 There is some talk of reducing the salaries of state officials. There is better reason, we think, for abol- ishing some offices than for reduc- ing the salary of any official. Government as a rule has never paid officials very well.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-01-25
BANDITS oN TfE lop

VCItVtIHHU IIdUi LEHfNTy
 As soon as the Japanese eyScu- ateda Shantung the alert Chinese bandits took possession. Seon Pc king may request the .japs to drive out4the bapdits and establish q gar rison to give the Chinese govern. ment chance to govern.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-01-25
States Health Work
Our Southern Home)

IUur SOutnefn HOmtJ
 Do you know that twenty of the largest counties, containing 50 per cent of the total population of the state, now have full time health units which protect their population from unnecessary contagion and death, examine the children and cor rect defects by the thousand?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-01-25
Alabama Press
Premium on Crime
(Gadsden Evening Journa

(Gadsden Evening JournaI)
 To. many it seems almost impossi- ble that any state should rely upon Its prison labor for good part of its income. In sense, they claim, it rather puts premium on crime.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-01-25
Chance for Capital (Talladepa Daily Home

Alabana's great industrial ad- vantages and resources are catch ing the attention of the whole na- tion, and there is decided drift of enterprising capital this way. Talladega county has immense un- developed mineral resources and possesses industrial and manufac- turing opportunities that are unex- celled by any county in the state, except Jefferson. Talladega, its chief and growing city, has excep- tioral facilities for industrial and commercial growth; is notel for it's healthfulness and beauty.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-01-25
TIE LESSON OF HERRIN

tSf Louis Clohe-Democrat)
 A sa.000 eco fund to prosecute the members of the mob that rose at Harrison, AelS.. against the rail- road srikera is proposed by organ ized ator. X much larger and more destructive mob than gather ed al Berrif H., will probably not be included it the scope of the ef- for
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-01-25
A Con,iderable Distance

There was a certain scribbler Who wished to be bard; He initiated Kipling,
 Because it wasn't hard. And many would-be poets
 To do that are inclined; Although they follow Kipling, They're pretty far behind.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-01-25
In Pennsylvania, Too!

Cliff Pinchot proposes to keep office holders from enjoying free telephones and That's enough to make the "old line' poll. ticians of Pennsylvania snort with disgust
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-01-25
Great Opportunities

(Huntsvl1le Daily IlmesJ
 Muscle Shoals district offers the greatest opportunity in the world for the right kind of homeseekers and business men. Huntsville is the capital of the general activities and. around this great, throbbing business, agricultural and manu- featuring center will hum the new wealth and activities that are snringing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-01-25
He Wasn't Fortified

"Going so soon MT. Bibbles?s
 "Yes, Mrs. Calder. l might have stayed to hear the poet read from his own works but, if you will pardon me for saying so, have applied myself freely to your fruit punch without getting the expected results"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-01-25
No Results

I've tried to talk my trouble off, I have indeed; But some complaints just seem to scoff At Coue's creed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-01-25
Appearance. Against Her

"What's that richly dressed woman charged with?"
 "Bootlegging." # "She must have a poor lawyer" "Eh?n
 He ought not to let her come into court looking as if she had made the business pay"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-01-25
Build It Strong

A "utility auditorium" would belle it's name uaiess it could hold considerable ounbar of people without caving in.