The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-02
H1HEE AlABAMA .1SRZza RRzz8 PRESS

Spending On Their Debts.-The farmers of the Wiregrass have made money this year| and they are spending it wisely-they are| spending it on their debts. Those who don't owe so much are building or remOdeling their homes.-Dothan Eagle.
 Good Will A Big Assbt.AOne of the great est assets in business is good will, and good will is merely public appreciation for couf
 teous treatment, fair dealing, progressive liberality and good service. Many stores are judged by these standards and there are but few in Tuscaloosa that do not stand high in this respect.-Tuscaloosa News.
 Has Beautiful Setting.-Prattville can be made one of the most beautiful towns in the
 United States if the proper civic pride can be instilled into our people. No other town in our knowledge has a more beautiful set ting or mofe natural advantages for the making of City Beautiful."-Prattville Progress. tas A Burning Question. n.-.Greater Huntsville is the one interesting and burning question that is sure to be settled right as is the fact that there is sun, moon and stars. The people have made up their minds on this score and will express it either at the polls or through legislative genactment.-Huntsyille Times. s Wants To Hear From Him.-It was Ford and Muscle Shoals, how it is Coolidge and Muscle Shoals. Let rs hope that Calvin will not be so silent as he has in the past. The South is staunch people, used to hardships reaped from political battles, and if Mfr, Coolidge means to dispose of the Shoals issue then let us hear from him.-Albany-De Daily. The Timber Problem.-In twenty-five years, according to certain authoritative esti- mates, the population of the United States will be 150OOO,00O. On the present basis of timber consumption, this country will need 76 billion board feet each year to meet the demand of 1850. Where will we get the | timber? That's the problem! In the twenty five years we cannot grow trees to satisfy the demand. When 1850 gets here, our entire supply will have been cut. Then we will be face to face with timber famine of huge oportions.-Montgomery Journal
 Poverty Plea Docs Not HoId.-Alahama cannot progress educationally as. it should until the people are willing to pay the price of such progress. The plea of poverty does not hold, because Alabama is one of tho richest states in the union in natural re- sources. We are behind other states cduca- tionally, because we have not brought reve- nue into the state tfeasury by a more equi- table distribution of taxes and further taxa tion of the states wealth. As it is, unwill- ingness to appropriate funds for the schools and colleges of the state, even when there is money available for this purpose, has retarded the development of Alabama's educational system.-Mobile Register.
 Of Inestimable VaIue.-Power distribution from the Muscle Shoals project will be con- tinuous. There will be no periods of de- creased power because of low water. This makes the project of ,inestimable value to in dustry and shows the wisdom of the govern ment engineers in planning Wilson dam with a view to meeting the emergency of low water in the river. 7It would have to be most serious drouth, of long duration, to make any material difference in. the amount of power available.-Anniston Star. ..;