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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-10

Roosevelt is picked as Wilbur's successor. If he cannot be elected to office, that is no reason why he cannot be appointed. In fact, under the spells system, an elec- toral defeat is all the more reason for ap- pointment. Capper may take Hoover's place, while gossip has not settled on the secretary of war. It is believed that Mellon will stick to his job, as he has proved very acceptable to leading Repub- ican clements. -,..
 It is somewhat disconcerting, however, to hear that Hughes may be followed by George Harvey. It is with regret that the people learn of MT. Hughes need to repair his depleted fortunes. Nobody gets rich living in Washington on cabinet officers salary. MT. Hughes is not the first to relinquish his post for financial reasons. But George Harvey as his suc- cessor is thought the American peo- pie would first like to take at least ten years to get used to. The office of sec retary of state is associated with men of boise, tact, judgment and dignity. Us- ually it has been occupied by men of that type. It is hoped that Dame Rumor has been hearing things that are not so.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-10
Congress Power
THE decision of the United States su-

THE decision of the United States Su-
 preme Court in the shOpmen's strike
 contempt case is of transcendent im- portance. Stripped of all subordinate mat ters, it upholds as constitutional the power of Congress to make jury trial mandatory on demand of the defendant under sentence for constructive contempt of court in strike-in- junction cases.
 If Congress can regulate the determination and punishment of contempts of the United States Courts committed outside of their immediate presence in industrial disputes, it can regulate the determination and punish ment of all contempts, whether concerning industrial disputes or not. Congress, in oth- err words, can make an end whenever ii chooses of the judicial assumption of com plete arbitrary power under the injunction process. It can make an end of such assump- tion of power in all equity. actions, and pos sibly even in cases of direct contempt.
 This decision thus seems to overthrow the old doctrine that the power to punish for con tempt is inherent to the judicial power, over whose exercise the legislative power could have no control, and becomes of reaching consequence.-New York World.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-10
A TEST OF LEADERSHIP.

Political observers in Washington be- lieve that radicalism in the next congress will be much modified and that even blocs will be less in evidence than before. It is hoped that such will be the case, for the nation has suffered and not gained by the dissolution into which par ties in congress have tended to fall. La Toilette has apparently not advanced in prestige by his fight for the presidency, while his influence in the senate has cor respondingly suffered, not so much be- cause he bolted the party as because his campaign met with such little popular en- dorsement. Politicians soon forsake a leader who is discredited or coldly re- ceived by the people.
 Therefore it is predicted that, in the next congress, the LaFollette leadership will pass to Borah. With him will be aligned such men as Capper, Hiram John son, Couzens, Howell, McNary, Norbeck, McMaster and others of the less bellicose type of progressive. It is felt that Borah has better title to be called progressive than the extremists who went before the people under that designation.
 Borah is man to be reckoned with in the future, for he will undoubtedly suc- ceed to the chairmanship of the foreign relations committee as soon as Senator Lodge retires, and that is an important post nowadays. There will be some ap- prehension over this position for Borah, for his irreconcilable views on the sub- ject of foreign relations are believed to be the result of prejudice rather than of well-founded conviction. It is difficult to follow his conclusions on the subject. For example, he has expressed belief in world court; but it must not be the world court already established and in operation. It must be a world court fashioned anew after the American pat tern, whatever that is, and to which other nations shall be invited. Just how MT. Borah intends to induce the other na- tions to forsake and repudiate the court they already have approved he has not made clear. Perhaps his new responsi- bilities as chairman of the committee and as head of the progressive wing of the party will sober him into more convinc- ing practicality.
 The manner in which the president will go about bringing into being working harmony between himself and the sen- ate is not yet apparent. It is not antici- pated that the house, with it's milder tinge of revolt and its party majority of score or more, will cause much trouble. But if MT. Coolidge chooses to ally him. self too closely with the ultr:a-conserva- tives and gives no pledges to the pro- gressives, the prospect of another sena- torial deadlock with the White House is not at all remote. The only living part of the Republican party is it's progress sive part, and the president will do well to perceive the truth of this. Fortunate ly, the president repudiated the ultra conservative leadership at the Cleveland convention, and perhaps that may be taken as indicative of his future course. However, he cannot alienate the conserv- atives too openly or he will be in as bad situation as before. It will be test of his leadership.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-10
THE CHILD LABOR AMENDMENT

When the federal child labor amend lment to the constitution comes before the state legislatures for ratification or reflection, it seems that the legislators ought seriously to ask themselves wheth- CT, by ratification, they would not be ,confessing to an inability or unwilling mess to assume this responsibility them selves. It would appear to be far pet ter course for the legislatures to reject the amendment and themselves to Lake whatever laws are necessary to accom- plish the humanitarian purpose, without bringing into the situation that nnwel- come duality of authority, which has not always worked to the best interest of the people. There seems no good and valid reason why any state should surrender to the national government authority over it's children. For that is just what the amendment means.
 Victor Berger, Wisconsin Socialist, says that he is for the amendment because 1t is socialistic. That one consideration should be enough to create suspicion of the measure. Alabama has child labor Jaws, compulsory education laws and child welfare laws. In many respects these laws may be imperfect. But the remedy for imperfections in state laws IS far easier and prompter of application than remedies to national laws. A cor respondent to the Manufacturers Record quotes from the Congressional Record of May 31, 1924, as follows:
 We must nationalize the children. We
 must remove the children from the per
 nicious influence of the family. We must
 register the children Or-let us speak
 plainly-we must nationalize them. Thus
 they will from the very start remain
 under the beneficial influence of com
 munist kindergartens and schools. Here
 they will grow up to be real Com
 munists. To compel the mother to sur
 render her child to us, to the Soviet state, that is the practical task before us.
 That doesn't sound like anything the people of Alabama want to have happen to their children. Perhaps congress itself contemplates no such thing. But the amendment is clear proof of the ex- istence of a congressional impression that the states are not doing their duty by their children. That is presump- tion that the people of Alabama, at any rate, indignantly repudiate. Our situa- tion is not yet perfect, but each. year shows remarkable progress to better status and better opportunity for chll- dren. Our state child's welfare depart ment is a steady and consistent influence to this end. The whole question is Does Alabama want to turn this affair over Ito the federal government and the tender mercies of congress; or does Alabama prefer to care for her own children! Surely, the people of this state will not desire to confess that they are without the capacity to perform their duty to themselves and their children.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-10
Cotton Statistics
.TUST what is the joke about cotton statistics
 \ is a little hard for serious-minded man

YUST what is the joke about cotton statistics N is a little hard for serious-mlnded man y to appreciate. The other day the gov ernment announced that the cotton condition was worse and that the crop would be small CT than anticipated. And the price promptly caved in to the extent of seven dollars bale. According to the logic of that occurrence, if the next report should say that the yield of cotton will be twenty bales to the acre throughout the South, the price of cotton ought to shoot up to five or ten dollars pound. It's all crazy-quilt and cross-pur- poses. The facts don't jihe with the estimates as rule, and the prices are at outs with both. Cotton men go around with nervous fidgets whenever it comes time for a report to emerge. They brace themselves for the worst whichever side of the market may give them their idea of what is worst The fact that the worst never gets here, but is always around the corner, causes them to react Tn wildly illogical fashion.
 If you want to buy cotton for use the fact that cotton is scarcer than you supposed will lead you to pay for it, if you can. But if you have been betting that the cotton crop will be fizzle and along comes the assurance that it isn't nearly as bad as a complete fizzle, your scramble to get some cotton begins to calm down. If that isn't the spirit of the market on report day, then there is no ac- l counting lL WudC0feT.
 1 Theodore Price says one reason for the up- setting character of these reports is the mar rowness of the market. He thinks this is due to the fact that the margin required on the futures transactions is so large now that only a few have the capital to operate. Hedging is made confusing, he declares, and "in nearly all aspects the present market has become unusually difficult to read" He continues {:
 "The result of all this is that the supply of contracts is very much reduced and if still smaller crop estimates should become gen. erally current we may see wild markets in which trading is exceedingly hazardous. But discussion of the possibilities or the proba- bilities is. waste of time. In another two weeks we will have another government esti- mate that may put the market up or down another four cents."
 That, by the way, was written before the report issued Oct. as to the condition of the crop on Oct. 1. His advice is summed up thus:
 Under the circumstances the best advice that can be offered is to avoid being either long or short. Eschew speculation, hedge purchases or sales instantly, and be content to wait until the common sense of all con- cerned has compelled the government to abandon it's paralyzing reports"
 This would indicate that MT. Price thinks paralysis is what is wrong with the market when a government report appears. But to man on the outside it looks more like blind staggers or delirium tremens-Dallas News
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-10
Brief Nature Studies
VVTHERE laundering rollers of the At, W lantic break in, feathery foam upon
By ,. OTIS SWIFT

VVTHERE laundering rollers of the At w lantic break in feathery foam upon
 the snowy powdered silica of the long beach at Lavellette, N. J., and winds from the vasty deep pile mad repile the sand into shift ing dunes covered with sedge-grass, seaside goldenrod and dusty miller fading into salt marshes along the shore of cobalt blue of Barnegat Bay to the west, the greatest sand artist in the world delights to display his handiwork.
 When the ocean waves have brought the white sand up from sea valleys and crumbling submarine lodges along the sunken continental shelf and spread it with infinite care and precision along the beach, the tide goes out to rest awhile. Then Aeolus, god of the winds releases his breath from the blue caverns of the skies. He dries the mixed oxygen and silicon, rolls it over and over up the beaches, leaving it in windrows, ridges, ripple-marks and smooth while pages about the feet of tall grasses and reeds.
 Then he sways the grasses down, sweeping circles (emblems of eternity) half moons and discs in the silica-perfect lines such as Archimedes could not have bettered.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-10
Pointed Paragraphs

A flow of words is no proof of wisdom.
 The best disinfectant for bad habits is good company.
 Nothing rounds out the pleasures of life like a circle of friends.
 It is up to Eou merely to win the prize !; let others explain how they lost it.
 No wonder yacht jumps up and down when it is forced to get on another track.
 It requires all the praise political candi- date gets from his own party to balance the censure he gets from the opposition.
 Your friends think that you are right and your enemies think that you are wrong, but you have to show the rest of the cold, un- sympathetic crowd.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-10
The Spendthrift

Poor was and rich I am. can buy and pay. have sold a song and bought A castle in Cathay; I have sold a smile and bought a ribbon
 and a ring; But did not sell the song You have not heard me sing. Poor was and rich am, And poor again I'll die, Pockets bare of smiles and songs, For my roof the sky. For will sell my heart and soul, But not for gold or fee The song you never heard me sing The song you taught to me.
 By Louise Dutton in Music.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-10
Watching The Parade
By JOHN PILGRIM

A PAIR of hard, age-eyed, hair-wristed A fishermen are talking about black
 bass just behind me. It appears that the black bass displayed unusual qualities of acumen and perseverance. He took the lure as sporting proposition and then almost out-sported the other animal. Inasmuch as l was trying to hammer a thought out of a liverish brain. I felt like reprimanding these spOrtsmen with the heavy end of a chair
 But" said the sub-conscious that scientists write about, "they are about forty degrees wiser than you-you fool!
 In other years I have been an addict of the devices by which one lures fish from their happyhomes. I have gone away to distant places where the mosquitoes are enor- nous and ferocious and the fish anemic and tame. l have left home in which devoted wife piled me with apple pie and chicken la Maryland to ride miles on a cinderlsh rail road to a hotel. There I have invariably found 9 cook who had never heard of vege- tables except in cans have returned full Of Jumps, indigestion and discontent and a man. ly longing to go right back and do it all over.
 "This summer" Mrs Pilgrim tell me, you have had some little sense."
 But not the right sort of sense. Instead of getting sun-bitten and wind-reddened and husky, have hung around the workbench Therefore l am full of fight and irritation. feel like stopping my car in the midst of traffic to tell red-necked policeman what I think of him. I deprecate the morals, man. ners and aspirations of my peers. And my indigestion is worse than if I had given in the gorge of burned bacon and fried potatoes for which it begins to long as soon Jas the fishing season stars.
 Nextyear I'll go fishing. These reprobates behind me are wise men.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-10

Germany and the United Kingdom. But European mills will soon be grinding to help fill the void over there, and in order to get a revenue from exports. So, for some of our products at least, we must employ more intense methods of sales- manship than we have had to use since 1914. Already many are turning their attention to Latin America and the Far East. They could do far worse.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-10

Now that the political campaign is over, there are hundreds of spell-binders who professed to have deep interest in their country and who can now prove it by getting down to some constructive work.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-10
R1TMoRED CABINET CHANGES

There are rumors of pending changes ia the presidents cabinet. These are scheduled, it is said, to take place about March 4. Among those mentioned as likely to withdraw are Weeks, Hoover, Hughes and Wilbur. Young Theodore
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-10

MT. Coolidge has selected seven men experienced in agriculture to study farm problems. Isn't this slap at those farm bloc politicians who have done so much for the farmer?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-10

Mrs. Ferguson says that her husband, the former governor of Texas, will be just plain citizen, from which it is in ferred that she will play the part of the star in the family political drama.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-10

The president will probably not call a special session of congress after his in- auguration. Now if he will only call off the next regular session he will become really popular.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-10

President Coolidge is probably throw ing a good deal of personal feeling int his Thanksgiving message.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-10

Much is being said of the proposed sailless, guideless ship; but the Russian ship of state has been that for some time.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-10

Two Frenchmen privately fought a mutually fatal duel in Pittsburg the other day. No arrests have been made
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-10

The Radio knocked out the so-callet splendid isolation of the most remote parts of this great country.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-10
Might Change Her Mind.

Might Change Her Mind. Edna: But I thought you told me yol were going to marry Jack" May: Gracious, no; you must have mis understood me, dear. I merely said we were engaged"
 Charles Bloomer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-10

If the choice left to me. whether to have a free press a free government. l would choose a free press-Thomas Jefferson.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-10

Birmingham has good reason to swell her chest-her Community Chest.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-10
Safety First,

Johnny, little boy of four years, was be- ing cared for by nurse during the illness of his mother. The doctor who visited the sick bed was very fond of the little boy. One day, as the kind old man was leaving the house, he addressed Johnny: "Shall I bring you some candy when come back?'
 "No, Mir. Doctor" piped Johnny quickly, ''bring nurse some so she won't eat mine"
 Gilbert H. Hill.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-10
Speaking Of The Election. SOCIAL ITEM.

Mir. and Mrs. Calvin Coolidge, who have been occupying the U. Samm place at Washington for the past few, months on an option, have moved in permanently. Mir. Coolidge has found steady employ his work.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-10
Was it an election or a tes.imonial?

There are stenographic reports of speeches to prove Davis and LaFollette werre running. Otherwise you'd hardly know it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-10

The president won the election by a land slide but 1t is doubtful if he ever could have done it without the splendid assistance of LaFollette and the last Democratic national convention. IF'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-10
rAGaaONCIE. NNy OYER

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 Speaking Of The Election.
 SOCIAL ITEM.
 Mir. and Mrs. Calvin Coolidge, who have been occupying the U. Samm place
 at Washington for the past few. months on an option, have moved in permanently. Mir. Coolidge has found steady employ ment in that city and wants to be near his work.
 Was it an election or a testimonial?
 There are stenographic reports of speeches to prove Davis and LaFollette werre running. Otherwise you'd hardly know it.
 America evidently believes in noiseless presidents. She is assured a good cooling system for four more years.
 The president won the election by a land slide but 1t is doubtful if he ever could have done it without the splendid assistance of LaFollette and the last Democratic national convention. gF'
 LaFollette went out and got thousands of votes for Calvin. The Democratic conven- tion made it almost unanimus by keeping its
 
 election.
 Al Jolson and Charlotte Greenwood helped some, too.
 The other candidates had all kinds of blanks in their platforms, but Calvin had the only blanks with a wide appeal at the pres ent stage of American life:
 l. Less talk.
 2. Minimum handshaking.
 3. Conservation of gas. 4. A Worlds Series clinched by Walter Johnson.
 His opponents had nothing to touch this program. Davis came out for better chrysan- themum growing at the last minute but it was too late in the season to get the chrysan- themum vote.
 MT. Coolidge is the quietest man ever to run for the presidency. His election proves that at this stage the American people are strong for a man who can keep his mouth buttoned without an effort. read He is the rail-splitting type of pres- dent rather than the ear-splitting.
 Calvin never split any rails to speak of back in Vermont but he swung a mean sap bucket. And with the restaurants giving such small portions of maple syrup with griddle cakes these days, the voters stuck to a man who can 90 out to tree and milk it himself.
 In terms of the automobile trade the vot- CTS gave in this years election about 2 mill lion smiles to the Gal"
 Mir. Davis returns to his regular business dignified and able gentleman, fair golfer and better chrysanthemum grower than any other candidate. He had tough break. The Democrats nominated him in the last stages of burlesque show after they had placed in nomination everybody from the Four Marx Brothers to Poodles Hannaford.
 It was really a victory for Myth and Smith.
 Smith won in New York and the Myth" won at Washington.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-10
Oh. Henry!

Mrs. Reel: Henry, how many times must tell you to stop dropping ashes on my rugs?'' Reel: "Well, can you beat that" Mrs. Reel: No, but you can take it out and beat it-right away!
 Paul S. Powers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-10
Maid Of Mud.

Husband: "See here, Alice, I'm tired of always finding you in a mudpack-be your self" = Copyright. 1924. Reproduction FOrbiddsn.)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-10

The voting age is from homage to dotage.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-10

America evidently believes in noiseless presidents. She is assured a good cooling system for four more years.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-10
A Perfect Picture.

Jack: What is your favorite painting? :? Jill: My girl"
 Mrs. Sidney Ziegler.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-10

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-10

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