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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-19
October 27 Is Navy Day.

To the Editor of The Age-Herald:
 In pursuance of a custom established seV- erali years ago Navy Day will be observed again this year. Monday, Oct 27, is the day As in the past celebrations are being ar ranxed in many cities and towns throughout the country to honor the navy for its past and present services to the nation, and to spread information concerning the purposes and the present state and need of the navy. The importance of the press ln this work or education cannot be overemphasized.
 I have the honor to request that you lend your valuable help in placing some thought of the navy before the American people on Navy Day. You will see from the enclosed copy of correspondence between the presi- dent of the Navy League and the secretary of the navy that the navy department is CO., operating whole heartedly in the project. LA digest of editorial comment on sNavy Day, 1923, is also enclosed. This digest shows a very widespread support of the observance of the day.
 There is also being sent you under separate cover a number of articles reprinted from the current proceedings of the naval institute, which I hope may be useful for special navy day articles. I believe the articles by Admi- ral Eberle, Page 3, the one by Captain Tar nell, Page 95, and the professional notes on Page 112 showing the relative standing of our navy with the other principal powers will be particularly interesting.
 With great appreciation of any help you may be able to give, am,
 Sincerely yours,
 MARION RIPLEY,
 National Chairman, Navy Day.
 Washington, D. C., Oct. Is, 1924.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-19

the electors in each state would not necessari- ly give any party ticket a majority, while if the electors split their votes it might without difficulty happen that a president would be chosen without a vice-president to keep him company, or that the country would have a vice-president, but no president. If the sen- ate were to succeed in choosing a Vice-presi- dent while the house failed to choose a presi- dent, the vice-president so chosen would, of course, become president in accordance with the constitutional provision. The presiden- tial succession act of 1886 anticipated certain possible developments of the tri-party cleo tion of November, 1924, by devolving the sue cession, in case there is neither president nor a vice-president, upon the members of the cabinet in order, beginning with the sec retary of state. Hughes, for example, if he were at the time in office, would under the statute become president if the house and senate, failing a choice of president, and vice. president in November should for any rea- son fail to fill those offices by March 4, 1925. William Macdonald, Professor of History, Yale University, in Current History Nigga zine. r sls
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-19
2 TOMEN. and men, boo, for that matter,

VVTOMEN, and men, too, for that matter, w whose ideas of the social relations
 have advanced beyond those of the justly celebrated Victorian Era, must have read with amusement as well as with ap- provaI the remarks made by Judge George c. Calhoun at Austin Texas, in denying a plea to ,enjoin the placing of Ma" Ferguson s name on the ballot as a candidate for the governorship of that large state.
 That the application was made with any hope of success is doubtful-so doubtful that nobody would be surprised to learn that not Mrs. Ferguson'S enemies, but her friends, were behind it. At any rate, her friends must be quite content to have her ambition so thor oughly vindicated as it was in Judge Cal houns decision.
 The petitioners counsel had been able to think up no excuses for his demand, except those to be found in the old English com mon law, established in the days when it was held as self-evident proposition that a man and his wife were one and the man was the one. Point by point the judge took up the several common law disqualifications al- legged against Mrs Ferguson, and declared every one of them out of date, even in Eng
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-19
PAN AMERICAN CONGRESS.

In it's recent convention in Atlanta the Pan American Commercial Congress adopted program revealing a de- termination to go about in an enlightened manner to develop the commercial rela- tionships among all the countries of the Western Continent, North and South. The purpose is more far-reaching than merely to win and retain the great part of this commerce among the Western nations. It includes the. developing of commercial opportunities that hitherto have been allowed to slumber. It means Ito foster and cultivate an entente cordiale among all the member nations, so that there will eventually be strong bonds of sympathy, of commercial intercourse and business relationships that will be mu- tually and permanently beneficial.
 The congress unanimously urged that "the business men of the United States of America should adopt the following recommendations in order to improve the trade relations between the United States and the Latin-American countries:
 CD Sell the goods wanted.
 ,(2) Pack the goods in containers of the size, shape and weight desired.
 (3) Arrange the credit terms to meet. competition. .a.
 (4) Invoice goods, c. I. F. (cargo, in- surance and freight)."
 These four innocent appearing sugges- tions have in reality formed the trade policies of Great Britain and Germany by means of which they formerly took the bulk of the Latin-American trade from under our very noses.s Instead of trying to force their customers to adopt their methods and their preferences, the British and Germans sought most sedu- lously and successfully to give the Latins what they wanted and according to their own specifications. Our exporters did not follow that policy, and were hope lessly outdistanced until the war gave. us an advantage it is now sought to retain. B
 Also, instead of selling on short time and taking undue advantage>of of our fa- vorable rates of monetary exchange, the future policy is urged of making our credit terms more liberal, and of estab- fishing American branch banks in the Latin American ports, at least. The British and German banks in those places attended to the credit extensions and thus played an invaluable part in advanc- ing their trade hold upon the markets. American exporters are now alive to their opportunities and also to the menace of European revival to the present Amerl- can commercial leadership 1T our neigh boring republics. It now looks very much as if we would meet such competition as it must be met.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-19
ALARAMA,s OPPORTUNITY.

Alabama cannot afford not to make an imposing exhibit at the Southern Expo sition to be held ;n New York. Natural ly, her products, her raw materials and her manufactures will assume prorni- nent place. That is as it should be. There are, however, additional features that should not be lacking. A graphic survey of the opportunity the state of fers for enterprise and investment will cover wide scope. Resources, living conditions, labor supply, climate, health, transportation, proximity to seaboard, ln- land barge service, banking facilities, schools, colleges, churches and all other factors that attract newcomers are pertl- nent to the display. If any of these things are lacking, the exhibit will be to that extent incomplete. The exposition will be to a prodigious extent competi- tive. The exhibits of the various South ern states will be side by side, furnishing an easy basis of comparison. A less richly endowed state than Alabama might easily make a greater impression on vlsl- tors merely because it has taken greater pains to display it's resources and Sppor- tunities. It is therefore important that this state shall protect it's own interest bv elaborating it's exhibit in every legitl- mate direction.
 The Age-Herald has stressed the value that will accrue tt the state from an ade- ouate exhibit of the industrial achieve ments, resources and conditions. Also this newspaper has emphasized the de- sirability of making known to Northern observers the great strides this state has taken in public health improvement, Tn both town and countryside. There is mistaken impression North that the South is disease-ridden, when as matter of face the opposite is true.
 But a further fielG for important dis play is the great variety of agricultural products germane to this state, which ex- tends from a wheat belt in the northern part to a semi-tropical belt in the south ern part, with practically all the other field products lying in between. The farm lands of Alabama are capable ot being farmed at a much lower cost than Northern farm lands, both because of the ease with which the lands may be worked, and also in that they may be made to produce more intenSively because of the longer growing season, which in the cen tral and southern portions at least ex- tends the year around. It should also be made known far and wide that this state offers immense areas of excellent land not now under cultivation which may be had at an absurdly small fraction ot the cost of land further North. The fact should not be hidden that the farmers of this state are enlisting in cooperative farm agencies that reduce the cost o1 what the farmer must buy and increase the price he receives for his crops.
 This axnosition offers Alabama an op- portunity that is unexcelled for proving to the people of North, East and west that this state is an empire state, contain ing within it's borders all the products necessary to it's existence, and yet re- plete with opportunity for unlimited fur ther production. Alabama would for felt a decade of advertisement by failing to utilize the exposition to the u5mos
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-19
Mir. LaFoIIette's Candidacy.

To the Editor of The Age-Herald:
 I notice an article by MT. J. F. Holm in your paper of Oct 15, in which he attempts to belittle the record and candidacy of MT. LaFollette.
 MT. Holm ought to know that prohibition is not an issue in this campaign, as 1t has been settled and no candidate would dare go against the expressed will of the people.
 The question before the American people is "Will the people or the trusts and monopolies rule our governmentT Congress passed the CumminS-Esch railroad law which permitted the railroads not only to gouge the United States treasury of about $6O0,0OOOOO, but also to fix a freight rate that collects tribute from the people of about $700,000,O 900 annually on watered inflated stocks that cost them nothing but the printing of the stocks. MT. LaFolette, almost single handed, fought this betrayal of the people. It is not his fault that this outrage was put upon the people. | Again, when the railroads strike was on, President Harding suggested a plan of set clement, very fair to the railroads, that would not have cost them penny and appealed to both sides to settle the strike. The railway employees immediately agreed to go back to work under it's terms, although it did not give them their just demands. The railroad owners haughtily rejected it, assuring the at- titude of no suggestions from the government and that the employees would go to work according to their arbitrary terms or not l at all
 The railroads could not further claim that they could not obtain sufficient help to run their trains in safety. In carrying out their policy, the railroads discontinued train after train, mail, freight and passenger They refused cars to shippers, refused to accept shipments, the mails were delayed, passenger traffic was congested and farmers, merchants and manufacturers were injured and ruined. Although this was in violation of every law regulating the railroads, President Harding and Mir. Daugherty sat idly by and permitted | this wilful violation of the laws of the coun- l try. that was injuring and running honest business and began their injunctions and per secutions of the railway employees.
 Mr. Coolidge has shown his approval oi this policy and determination to surround himself with officials against the interests of the people, subservient to railroad and oth- CT monopolies by keeping Messrs. Daugherty Fall and others in office until public indigna tion forced him to remove them.
 All of my people have been Democrats since the founding of the party; but to evade these and other questions in this campaign would be to place party above the rights and inter ests of ourselves and our children.
 W. c. IRBY.
 Birmingham, Ala, Oct 15, 1924.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-19
INSURANCE VALUE OF PULCHRUTIDE
NNE of the tive pretty Chicago flapper

ZINE of the tive pretty Chicago flappers under indictment for first degree mur-
 der, granted an interview to the gentle men of the press.
 They'll never hang us," she said. Were too good-looking."
 The handsome young killers was not talking nonsense. In this land of liberty, it is ex- tremely difficult to convict any woman of capital crime, and next to impossible to con vict a woman who is young and good to look at It is safe guess that the two flappers will escape the moose, even though their crime was the brutal and sordid murder of another woman for her money.
 The same unwillingness of juries to make the punishment fit the crime when the cul- prit is a woman of reasonably attractive ap- pearance prevails in Europe, though the un- written law for the prevention of cruelty to murderesses is from time to time ignored by hard-headed if not hard-hearted British and continental juries On the whole, though, pulehritude is excellent life insurance for women.
 An instance recently noted in France in- dicates that the advantage of good looks is not confined wholly to the female sex. Re-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-19
Decatur, Ala.
Confident Of Davis's Election.
tor of The Age-Herald

Torthe Editor Of The Age-Heralu'
 Regardless of the so-calied straw vote oi the Literary Digest I am confident that the Hons John W. Davis will be elected Novem' Der 4 and believe that his administration will bring a peace to the world and pros perity to this country and that the Supreme Rules of this universe has selected him foI a great work for the benefit of humanity. \ During the war the American people promised the Lord that if he would help them win the war they would be thankful, but as soon& as the war was over and untold pros perity under Democratic leadership blessed this scountry we spent the money for silk shirts and riotous living and the good Lord in ofder to save us has cursed this nation for four years with Republican impotency which is worse curse that he ever put upon the Hebrew children for their hardness oi heart. and I believe now that we have re- pented he will give us a Moses in the form of the Hon. John w. Davis.
 Y CHARLES SUMNER.
 < Sheffield, Ala, Oct. IT, 1924
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-19
BRIGHT OUTLOOK EVERYWHERE.

The National City Bank of New York is confident that the resumption or spe- cie payments throughout Europe, to- gether with an agricultural recovery here, heralds a prolonged period or greater general prosperity than we nave ever experienced. Easing its opinion on the recovery in agriculture around 18oO and specie resumption in 1879, and sim liar recovery in 1897-98, followed in each instance by profound industrial better ment, the National City Bank observes
 The greatest obstacle to the establish ment of stable and prosperous conditions has been the unsettled state ot Europe, for there is reason to believe that 1t has been largely responsible for the agrl- cultural denression. And now we have the prospect that the improving condl- tions in agriculture will be supported Dy the recovery of industry in Europe, and the reviving industries of all countrles' Dy increasing the purchasing power or all populations will supply each other with
 markets The highest degree of pros
 perity is to be had when all countries are
 prosperous together, and the conditions are now favorable for a general revival
 This prosperity will include the cotton industry, both producing and manufac- 
 Reese of Memphis, who says:
 It is true that reliable authorities dis
 agree about the stocks of goods in the
 world, but it is significant that those ad-
 hitting generally depleted yarn and dry
 goods reserves are in the majority, and
 the reasonableness of this view is at
 tested by moments study of the cotton
 consumption figures for last season. | They fell heavily short of the previous
 season, and all agree that this reduction
 was the direct result of very high prices
 for the raw material. But did the price
 check the buying of individual consum-
 CTS of goods, or did it merely frighten
 the merchants and mills into further re-
 ducing stocks, with the losses of 1920
 still scared in their memory? It seems
 more than likely that the consumption of
 cotton goods is fully equal to, if not
 actually ahead of, that of the previous
 year. And now Montgomery-W Ward re-
 port September sales 2G12 per cent.
 ahead of the same period last year and
 Sears Roebuck similar increase of 11.19
 per cent
 Even with a large part of the world markets practically destroyed by tn European depression, our own prosperit. has been unsurpassed. And as MT. Rees remarks: of the resumption of speci payments in this country in 1879 sig nailed a twelve-year industrial revival it fires the imagination to visualize re sumption of specie payments throughou the continent of Europe, sccompaniet simultaneously by the increased purchas
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-19
THE TRUE PROGRESSIVE.

From my point of view he only deserves to be called a progressive who cannot see a wrong persist without an effort to redress it. or a right denied without an effort 10 protect it: who feels a deep concern TOT .ho economic welfare of the United States ont realizes that the making of better men anu women is matter greater stiiii Wno thinks of every governmental policy first of all in it's bearing upon human rlgnts rather than upon material things; who be- lieves profoundly in human equality anu detests privilege in whatever form Or m whatever disguise, and who finds the true test of success in ihe welfare of the many and not the prosperity and comfort of the few. The civic unit of America Is not the dollar, but the individual man. All that goes to make better and happier and freer men and women is progress; all else iA ro- actIon.-John ". DaviS.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-19
FRANCE AND THE SOVIET.

Recognition of soviet Russia by France is redemption of the pre-election pledge of Premier Herriot. It means reversal of the position of Premier Poincare. But as Russian recognition, even though Tn fulfillment of a campaign pledge, was a rock on which the Macdonald ministry foundered, so is there possibility of sinli- lar result in France. The people admit the desirability of winning Russian trade, but they do not want to pay too high a price for the privilege. The debt of Rus sia to France, repudiated by the soviet, amounts to many millions of francs. This debt is in part evidenced by bonds held by Frenchmen. There is little doubt that these persons will strenuously op- pose any agreement that does not con- template eventual payment of these bonds.
 The French recognition of the soviet without first composing the debt settle ment is strangely inconsistent with the French refusal to deal with Germany until the reparations debt was composed There is no difference in principle be- tween forgiving the Russian debt and forgiving the German debt. Undoubted- " the French people will demand soviet resumption of national obligations for mally incurred. The United States has refused to deal with the soviet on the ground that nation which will not pay it's honest debts, respect life and proper ty nor abide by pledges is not deserving of recognition. The British and Germans have tried to sidestep this elemental prin- ciple in their dealings with the soviet, but so far all their efforts have been fruitless. A nation that is without honor in it's dealings cannot be dealt with.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-19

ing power of the far eastern countries, resulting from the advances in silver" And on this latest wave of prosperity 1t is believed that the South will be lifted higher than ever before in it's history, be- cause it will not only be producing more
 cotton and other raw materials than for merly, but 1t will also be manufacturing them more and more extensively. This time the South comes into it's own.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-19

The next anticipated achievement in medical science is vaccine preventive of tuberculosis. It will soon be so that the chief medical gesture will be shot in the arm
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-19

A soviet warship, appropriately named Red October, has removed the white colony from Wrangel Island, and also confiscated valuable stores of furs cached there. In a private effort, this would have constituted abduction and theft
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-19

A college education costs around two or three thousand dollars, and it's value is estimated at $72,000 in cash. What other form of endowment would give proportionately so large a return?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-19
More As To "Unification." "

To the Editor of The Age-Herald
 One of my chief objections to the plan or unification of the Methodist church, south, with the Methodist church, north, IS that II this Ilan is adopted there will never be an other general conference to meet Tn the Soutn' The general conference of the united church will be mixed body, with the negro dele gates on a perfect equality with the white delegates. There were nearly hundred of these colored delegates ill the northern gen eral conference at Springfield and they were treated just as the white delegates. That simply could not be in any southern city so no general conference could meet in the South. And when it meets in the North the southern delegates will have to be on an equality with the colored delegates-be with them on committees, mingle with them al the social functions, and so on. Better vote this plan down, and get up one that is fair to the South. I'm opposed to giving up name property, traditions, and everything else to the northern brethren. The plan must be defeated.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-19
LIFE STORY OF ANDY GUMP.

It may be a coincidence, but right in the heat of his campaign for the presi- dency, Andy Gump's biography is pub lished. It is put out by the Reilly &
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-19

Heavy foreign buying last week caused the price of American wheat to rise promptly. Doubtless the Republicans will attribute it to the tariff.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-19
Birmingham, Ala, Oct. 15, 1924.
WHY NO DRuNKARDs sEEN.

Drys who see success in prohibition because few trunks are seen on the streets, don't seem to realize that white mule' drinkers can't reach the street.-Detroit Free Press.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-19
Forum Of The People
t,r weIcb Annreciates Health Editorials.

Dr. WeIch Appreciates Health Editorials To the Editor of The Age-Herald
 I was very much interested Tn the tw. editorials in The Birmingham Age-Heraia o' Sunday discussing public health in Aiaoama wish to thank you for these editorials an. your many other manifestations or nteres a |in the actiyities of public health work in thu state. a54. ,,,,,, c,Y
 Montgomery, Ala, Oct 16, 1924.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-19

THE SERVICE OF THE STRAW VOTE.
 Straw votes continue to indicate that Coolidge and Davis are as far apart as the polls.-New York Tribune.