The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-27

in sentiment is be- ss ing wrought by the extraordinary rise - in the market value
 of farm products. s Not only have fAG.FORBES wheat, corn, oats and rye advanced sharply. but better prices are offered for good animals, hogs are selling at the highest prices of the year, Cotton growers have also seen their product advance most en- couragingly. July deliveries in New York has beer, back around the 35 cents level. while future deliveries have, ranged \ from 2S to, %. cents a pound.
 Hip-hip-hufrahing that has been go- h ing on in Wall Street has -beens inspired mainly by the course of events of the \ farm. Wall Street has also devieoped more rhopefulness over our own political prospects and the outlook for Europe. Mounting bank reserves have likewise played part in booming things on the stock and commodity exchanges;
 After tooIong inning, pessimists find it difficult to get a hearing.
 The romance of the honey ball melon was told during the writer's recent visit to Texas. Last year, when the unique fruit made its debut, a few growers re. Eeived a return of from $200 to $640 an acre. Enough seeds were saved to plant 2,200 acres this year, while next season 10000 is to be the goal. 37 =. .'''.... '' :, 2 Fort. Worth and Tarrant county are next week to celebrate Honey < Ball Week" the new fruit having had its birth just outside of Fort Worth and having been brought to the attention of the world by the Fort Worth Record. It promises to prove more profitable than any gold mine. The railroads alone are eager to buy more than can be pro duced, because this melon can De banged around in dining carss across the con tinent and back if need be, without suffering any damage. A giant can stand on one of the melons without bruising it, Yet inside, the fruit is soft and liTsci- ous.e { The man who can bring forth de. licious variety of new fruit surely de- serves to rank with him who makes two blades of grass grow where only one grew before. Americans justly pride themselves upon, the quality and variety and volume of their factories and mines end furnaces, but we cannot afford to
 
 soil. That's basic. '
 Now that immigration has been all but shut off; where is America going to get enough wage earners in coming years? $,afS s't .t,.s
 Most of. the relatively few immigrants are common laborers.> But whence will come the adequate supply of skilled al tisans, men trained to employ trade?
 America has one unique institution that is doing its best to meet this situa- ton. Years ago James J.. Davis, became the 24Tth member of the Moose when that infant. fraternal organizations was in debfl He liked it's aims, threw himself wholeheartedly into it's activities, be- came it's director general, built it up uIi. til it now has soc, 600 members, four ! of every five of whom are working men, and now has over $3,O00, ,O00 assets. Next week the Moose convention is to be held in New York attended by dele gates from every city in the United SEates and Canada as well as Others from various parts of the world, includ- ing South Africa. ,.
 The Moose spend $1, ,500, 900 d year for the care and development of chii- dren. Its conviction is, as Secretary Of Labor DaYis .exprseses it: .-.,.ss. :. 2. $, .N ' Every child 5:s entitled to at least a. high school education,i and q ttade.s'
 The Moose maintains 1923 acre farm at Mooseheart, H., < model city where 1t has its own school system; both academic and educational, for 1-200 chil- dren. It has spent $5, ,0OU, 900 for ground and buildings. Here each child is given thorough training in some useful trade, in addition to receiving "book learning. 1"
 And, old folks have home and school at Moose Haven, Fla, where they do not go to die, but to work Davis' moto is; :Work. is happiness, whether in youth or old age. It is the only road to success. Her old men are, if necessary taught fresh, how to work and, when proficient, are given a certificate of graduation and helpful and useful enn. ploymeI1t out in( the 'wotld.;
 Would you not be prouder of having developed such an organizatio than be- fng selected member of d presidents cabinet. Jim Davis is. E. x. : --'-gc s ~ ---s--@- ..ss.s fl7sa. is i'is:
 When things were going to the dogs in 1921, this column was devoted one day, to a letter, Let yus have faith 7 written by ". T.. 4Alward, then vice president in charge of merchandising of the Simmons company, which became the worlds largest furniture manjlfac. turing concern That stirring appeal. published in half-a-hundred newspabers throughout the length and breadth Of the land, was credited with having done something to steady the nerves of many business men. Chicago has a, $1O, 900 900 furniture structure, the American Furniture Afa rt building, which during the midsummer market just closing attracted I6.50O. buyers to Chicago, >2,000 more than had eyer before visited Chicago at one time, Mir. Award has just been elected presi. dent of this enterprise, the capitol of the furniture industry in America as ft has been called. In the past, this sbil. lion dollar industry has been, morgan ized, Lee Award is an organizer.
 When the directors set out to find "tiie most practical furniture man with the most extensive executive Experience fi America they were influenced to choose Award, partly because. of the ir- fepressible faith and courage he exhib- ited when most other furniture men were losing heart. Instead of pulling in sail, he induced his company to launch a nationwide, advertising and selling campaign. America is the land for the stout-hearted.
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