The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-06
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 Arc Builders of Character.-No one, except mother, is closer to the child life of Tusca- loosa than the teacher in our public schools. More appreciation should be shown them. They are makers of character and builders of ideals.-Tuscaloosa News.
 An Effective Punishment.-A reckless driver cares little for a, fine.. In a short time he has forgotten he has ever been in court. But when deprived of the privilege of driving an automobile for a period of six months a driver understands that the courts mean business.-Montgomery Journal.
 Will Scatter Appropriations. has become billion dollar state, according to tax records. That means she is a two billion dollar state, according to market prices Montgomery Journal. Quite so, Journal, and when the legislature assembled it will scatter appropriations on the basis of four billion tax list showing.-Opelika News.
 Helping Them To Find Way.-A great per cent. of those who obtain a college educa- tion in Alabama work their way through the schools they attend. It is so at all the schools in the state. Those who have will, will find friends who will help them find a
 
 Should Be No Backward Step-Road con- ditions in Madison county-generally speak ing-are better at this time of the year than they have been for good long while. We farmers were entitled to this much, and, now that we have them, let's make it so that there will be no backward step in this progressive direction.-Huntsville Times.
 ID ~R,,II,, 70 Congress distinguished itself and won the gratitude of the people by killing some per nicious measures brought up for action. If the next meeting of that legislative body will use the axe on the proposal for national supervision and control of educational affairs it will also be remembered gratefully.-Ope- lika News.
 The Child Labor Amendment work CTS for the adoption of the federal child labor amendment are now on, foot. Our govern ment has been run by bureaus ever since the war, and these people are not going, to give them up without a scrap, especially when they can make the fight on contributions of societies and under the guise of government work We will shortly be a nation that brings children into the world but are not competent to look after them.-Centreville Press.
 
 No Incentive To Work.-Mr. Coolidge, can hope to accomplish little with the lame duck" congress in the short session. This congress has already struggled with farm relief prob lens, with indifferent success, and has flatly rejected most of the recommendations made by Mr. Coolidge The flame ducks" will have no incentive to bestir themselves.-So far as they are concerned the game is played out.- Mobile Register.
 Far Behind In Roads. Property values in California, North Carolina and Florida have doubled and tribbled since they began to put their good roads policy into effect. Alabama has many things that California and Florida will never have. Ours is the richest state in the union, considering natural wealth and resources, but we are far behind the process sion, mainly because of our poor roads, Gadsden Times.
 Profits From Dairy ,eCow.-More money coming off the farm and more fertility going into it is something any farmer can appre- ciate and the dairy COW is the best means to this end Many Southern communities are finding their way to a new prosperity by this route and we of the Shoals district ought to profit by their example. A thousand farmers with ten cows each, and cooperative cream cry to handle and market the product could make themselves independent, renew their soil fertility, and revolutionize the whole agricul- tural aspect of this valley.-Muscle Shoals Sunday News.
 Specific Purpose of the Sh0aIs.-It will be unfortunate, not only for the immediate neighborhood of the Shoals, where it was hoped that a great industrial center would be built up but for the nation and the agri- cultural interests especially, if no fertilizer ingredients are manufactured at Muscle Shoals, or not enough to make such manu- facture worth while to the manufacturer and the consuming public. Power distribution over a wide territory by long distance trans- mission lines is a good thing, but Muscle Shoals was designed to perform a unique service, and the object for which it was created should be achieved.-Mobile Register