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hibition, the advocates of Darwinism and
kindred ideas changed their propaganda and
began to tell how evolution was simply
progress. The caveman in his home Of rocks
and holes in the ground had evoluted into
palatial homes of marble, etc He had eyo-
luted from hoofing il. all over the country
into Pullman or a limousine. With less
courage but more brains than their brothers
of yesterday, the Darwins of today have so
sugar-eoated the doctrine Of man coming from
an ape as to make the theory really mean
that any material progress toward refine
ment and civilization is simply evolution. As
the spider cunningly sets hisanet to catch the
unwary flys the anti Bible believers have set
their evolution net and have succeeded in
introducing their theory in the curriculum
of our public schools. catching preachers. lay
men and all.
The theory of evolution; however modern
lied is the same today as it was thousands
Of years ago. Regardless Of our boasted
civilization and progress there remain evil
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GRADE CROSSING REFLECTIONS

In reply to the demand for elimination OF
grade crossings, one of the favorite argu-
ments of railroad pleaders is that it wouh
cost as much as is now invested IN all the
railroads to separate all the grades In this
country. That may be true, or it may not
be true. The point is that there is no gen
eral demand for the separation of all grade
crossings There is demand, however, for
the separation of the important crossings in
populous centers and of those that, by reason
of curves, embankments and the like, are
especially dangerous. No consideration of a
private nature can successfully intervene to
oppose such program. There is reason to
believe that in many cases the private as
well as the public advantage would be served
by grade separation. Fl
One aspect of the problem has been too
little regarded, and that is the feasibility of
avoiding grade crossings when making new
construction of either highways or railroads.
This is the policy already adopted by the
Alabama state highway commission. 1t is
policy which every community should de-
mand of its governing bodies. This method
Of avoiding new sources of danger and in
convenience to the travelling public is GER
tainly well within the financial compass Of
both railroads and highway boards. Indeed.
the railroads themselves may well support
later forced separation Of the grades; for
even the railroads admit the inevitability of
such separation sooner or later.
The campaigns to impress autoists with the
necessity Of exercising care at crossings are
very well as far as they go; but they do not
go far enough. Nor does it avail to. say that
autoists are reckless and, if they cannot kill
themselves by running into a train, will
drive at one another or at telephone poles
or entertainments. II would be just as logical
to oppose efforts to cure man of one nalady
on the ground that he will die later anyhow
of some other malady. Besides, not all grade
crossing accidents are due to reckless driv-
ing. Many of them are due to Instructions,
which cut off the view of an approaching
train, or to wind or other factors which
deaden the sound Of whistle or wheels. The
sane method is to do away with the more
frequented crossings, and those at which the
view is obstructed
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AN ALARAMA oPPoRTuNITY

Some idea of the possible profits from
poultry and egg production in Alabama may
be obtained from the statement that more
than a hundred thousand dollars worth of
these products in excess of local demands
were marketed at a distance by Morgan
county last year without any special efforts
either in production or marketing. Alabama
is consuming millions of dollars worth Of
poultry and eggs annually in excess of pro-
duction in this state, which means that the
farmers of Alabama and others who could
pursue this industry are neglecting their op-
portunities. If one county can pick up a
hundred thousand dollars a year from poultry
and eggs without special effort, it is probable
that the same county could easily; treble
this sum under special attention to produc-
ton and marketing. There are sixty-seven
counties in the state. An enormous sum
could be added to the farmers earnings with
a little more time and attention devoted to
the poultry industry.
That money should be sent out of the
state for products which could be raised not
only in sufficient quantities to provide for
local demands, but for outside sale, is not
good business. 1t means, waste and neglect
of opportunity. With climatic and other con-
ditions especially favorable for poultry rails
ing, Alabama should be one of the leading
states in this industry, instead of one of the
lowest.
Tennessee Missouri and other central
Southern and Western states have developed
large and profitable industries in both the
poultry and dairy production. They are ship
ping millions Of dollars worth of these prod
ucts to various parts of the country annually,
and getting rich out of the business. They
have learned not only efficient methods of
production, but have. established orderly and
business-like systems of marketing which
have added materially to the wealth of those
sections.
There is no reason why similar successes
should not be attained in Alabama. This is
one Of the few states in the country which
could easily feed itself and contribute largely
to feeding other sections Yet Alabama is
not feeding itself, though it is encouraging
to note that some progress is being made in
that direction.
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to learn the ramifications of the office, but
he would likely change its policies, those
under way as well as those planned, and
thus lose to the state much valuable time, If
not cause a sacrifice of ultimate results. And
unless a contestant for the office does con-
template some departure from present meth
DDS and policies, there is still less reason
why the incumbent should be displaced. This
is an aspect of the question for. the people
seriously to consider. =
no be sure, there are many officials whose
term in office has shown them to be unfit.
The people have only themselves to blame II
they fail to turn such men incontinently out
of office The policy of profiting by an Of
ficials experience applies only when the off
cial has shown himself worthy. The record
of one man may be the best argument in
favor of his reelection, while the record Of
another may be the best argument against
his reelection.
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Ga Il |ss that me foundeya concluded that
bona If sndnrarcs was to he found only
i, eovsrnToont az Law n government
,-h;ch rsc,,;red ~ ~. r;t;zens obedience 10
I.ws az o,,ro~ad n oovern,nent If ynen or 4
rovsrnr,e,,t yvhera tbe discref;on ~ the ruler
sborid corst;tnte The law They believe in
certain ;nslsenahIe rights af which men we're
not - he aenr;vea nv wfitten constitutions.
.5sc;s;ors ~ co,,rts ~ svsn Nv v6I,,ntarv "a.
ElinonisA rnent fbst societv s,sss Sfranizef to
nrsservS these rights. that while the
stit,,tion ~ aacietS MIGHT a0thnrike HE me-,
ioritv 81 r,,le sSsysrthelens nger, id NOT when
fhev a., ,Inler SURRENDER ~ fheir
natural rirhtsSto ! ma iority. Thus Sleveloped
our contention Of OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES It was
Ia nreserye these Tirhts LOCALLY, ~ states.
and nv general eovernment. The Sne ,snre
Foundation If 3 rovernmert i The doctrine Of
local self-eoyernment. Lord Rrvee. than
whom America never had = better friend. is
an eminent authority for the belief that no
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Forum OF The People

be- Editor Of The Age-H Herald:

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PANAMA CANAL WAS MADE POSSIBLE BY MICROSCOPE

disease in Para. This was in the year 1901.
The problem Is definitely solved. A mos
.quito-the stegomyia---is responsible also for
the spread Of this disease, as anopheles car
ries malaria Colonel Gorgas and an army
of sanitary officers carry the war into the
enemy s country, and the hitherto pestilential
Panama zone, freed from deaths winged vie
tory, becomes hospitable field for theta
bors of the white man. Upon this founda-
ton the PEHema Canal is built Such Is the,
strange conce Eenation of events, such the no
nance Of SCI Ice and its applications. Not In
his widest dreams would Jansen have aus
pected that his microscope would after the
lapse of three centuries be the means Of
uniting the tYo great oceans OF our globe
Alfred j.. L0tka in Harper's Magazine
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born Many years pass, and much impor-
tant knowledge is gained with the new vision
thus achieved. In the fulIness of time a
British army surgeon, Ronald Ross (since
knighted). working against all the odds that
military red tape can conjufe, at last sestab-
fishes beyond all question the mode of prop
agation of malaria through the bite of cer-
tain breeds of mosquitoes carrying the
microscopic paraite which causes the dis
ease. Given this clue, a commission of five
American physicians in Cuba under DIR. Wal
ter Reed, in 1900, attack the problem of the
mode of transmission of yellow fever One
of the five. DR.. Lazear, forfeits his life in
the investigation. The same fate overtakes
DIR. Walter Myers, one of two British physi-
cians who have undertaken the study of the
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the preservation Of their inalienable righta,
but for aid In business. Many contend that
the government should recoup the losses
which they may sustain either through iucom-
petence or misfortune. We hear now that
the government should guarantee the cost Of
commodities with profits to the men who
produce them. To greater and greater
extent affairs in the republic are being left
to the discretion Of boards and commissions
sitting in Washington. Iwould suggest that
we take day off and re-read our histories.
That Wonld recall to us that those who led
the first mob ia the EEench revolution would
not have Ied il had they toreseen the time
when succeeding mob would take them 20
the guillotine. Getting away from fixed
principles and wandering into the realm Of
discretion, however beautiful it may seem
to be, is dangerous. The spoke Of the wheel
which is up today may be down tomorrow.
do not imagine that the founders Of the
government believed that the practical appli-
cation of their principles Of government
would be invariably just and inevitably sat
isfactory, bit they did believe, and the his
tory Of the republic diacloses that they were
right, that CHS government, 90 long as it
kept its three coordinate branches separata
and distinct 50 long as it remained gov
eminent Of laws and not of men, would fur
nish such peace, stability and prosperity as
There must be many men sufficiently in
terested in the perpetuity Of the old form Of
government to be willing to make fight TO
restore the republic to real representative
democracy. in which men are tried by law
and not By discretion, in which equal and
exact justice to all men exists and in which
special privileges are barred. There is much
to be said In favor of a revivicatfon in which
local self-gosernment' shall again be supreme
and under which the state may again have
its rights and the courage to discharge its
duties. This would require great sacrifices
We desire democracy, but We do not care 70
pay its price. We wish to reap, we do not
care to SOW. Principles preferably are to be
applied to other men, other mems business
and other men 3. conduct. Self-interest alone
is to govern our lives. How 1t would gladden.
my eyes il all the men and women in this
country who believe in law and order and
justice and equality and who feel that these
can be assured only by the maintenance of
the principles osupon which the government
was founded would join themselves together
in opposition to those who seem to think the
world is justswithin the narrow horizon Of
their own personal hope and private inter
estA n /. ale9 T.. M t-ias4. =
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!, MhSl W. u. MUhOOOII
Birmingham, Ala, May 2, 1924.


a Protest FROM BfOOkS Lawrence
10 the Editor of The Age Herald =
have just had my attention called to
what purports to be an interview with Mr..
Walter Brewer, published in your paper Of
Sunday, April 20. Among other things Mr..
Brewer is reported as saying DO the peo-
pie want a progressive, dry ex-service man
to represent them on the national Democratic
committee, or do they want a wet!" In
referring to his opponent, Hon. Walter
Moore, present national committeeman from
Alabama on the national Democratic execu-
tive committee az Iwet," Mr.. Brewer does
Mr.. Moore an injustice, and in the interest
of fair play i trust you will print my letter,
giving the facts
As far back as the legislative session of
1907 Mr.. Moore wasIgiving me personal CO.
operation in the efforts of the Anti Saloon
League to advance the cause represented
in Alabama for fifteen years. Many people
contributed money to help in this work, and
this was valuable help.-rsA=yery inconsiderable
number gave actual personal service, which
was more valuable than the financial con-
tributions. Mr.. Moore was in this latter
class and was doing yoeman service when
many who are now Boosting that they are
"dry" were hidden IN the background and
were unknown in the terrific fighting of
those days 1t is only the desire for Brevity
that leads me to omit sthe details OF nu-
merous instances where Mr. Moore's active
assistance, without regard to the demands
made upon his time. was among the chief
contributing factors leading to our victories,
have feeling approximating to resent
ment that in so mary political contests in
these latter days the cause of prohibition
should be prostituted by its injection into a
political campaign. I feel that am in a
position to know the men who served the
cause of prohibition in fine. days when help
was sadly needed, and my sense of gratitude
and obligation to Mr.. Moore for continued
and unstinted help throughout the fifteen
years of my active service is the reason for
this effort to correct the Misrepresentation
made in the published interview
BROOKS LAWRENCE.
birmingham, Ala, Nay . 1924
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[ " ENTERTAIN, if / know myself, no
malice or i'll will against soul on earth.
\ Controversies with men have never in
terested me- believe in certain principles,
some of which may be controversial, but i
have no personal quarrel with any man who
disputes them. In free America every one
has right to believe what he will and freely
to voice his belief.
was trained for citizenship in school
of political thought which seems to have
closed its doors, but perhaps it still exists,
but has not sufficiently advertised itself so
as to attract any large number of new pu-
pills. The professors who instructed me in
citizenship were certain that truth was one
and eternal. They agreed that all govern
ments derive their just powers from the con-
sent of the governed and that it was the
right of a people to alter and reform their
government, but they held that government
was so intricate piece Of machinery that it
was to be tinkered with only by men who
were skilled mechanicians They believed
that which now seems to be unbelievable, that
different forms of government were advisable
for different races and temperaments, but
they were convinced that the men who
founded and formulated the government of
the United States had full knowledge of the
strength and weaknesses Of every government
which had preceded it.
There is no doubt that the founders of our
government believed that the tyranny Of
mere majority might be as dangerous to
peace, quietyde and good order as the ty-
ranny of any despot who ever sat upon a
threne. They feared alike the divine right
of kings and the right of those who thought
themselves divine. They were not unfamiliar
with the practical workings Of government
by discretion, which is the same thing as "a
government of men. They knew, of course,
that the ancient Jewish stheocracy in The days
of its purity was the most perfect govern
ment the world ever knew, but they were
cognizant also of the fact that when the
wishes of the individual began TO mingle
with the Bath Kohl government again began
to be a government Of men. They would not
have denied that benevolent despotism was
perfect form of government when and
wherever the despots moving motive was the
equal good of all his subjects, but they could
not stand for a despotism because of the
chance of George Washington being fol
lowed by an Aaron Burr. They recognized
the danger of pure democracy, because they
know that pride, ambition and avarice were
not qualities Of pureness and would not leave
democracy pure. They were equally OPP
posed to the despot on the throne and the
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1t is said that some Of those who run
things in Moscow are strongly opposed to
restriction of immigration to America. An
other argument in favor of the policy.
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Despite complaints that congress has failed
to measure up to the .country's wishes, it is
noted that delegation recently called on the
president to advise him that congress will
adjourn by June /, instead of remaining in
session all summer. 4 ~
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However, there has been a reversal in the
minds Of many men as to the theory Of gov.
eminent Washington is looming larger all
the time. More and more men arr. looking
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The Detroit Free Press says: 'This is a
year in which the Democrats will not be
able to say much about the wicked trading
in the camp of the enemy" Trading is a
very charitable term to apply to recent dis
closures within the G. o. P.
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Germ feeding is said to be growing pop
ular in criminal circles. The scientist who
isolates the crime microbe win be a world
benefactor
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Men who are always shouting that the
country's political interests are moving to-
wards disaster, seldom contribute to WELL
directed efforts TO head off the procession
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1t is noted that of all the disparaging crit
icsms of this country by distinguished for
eign, visitors. none has included knocks on
the coin of the realm.
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Reports that one hundred million. Euro
peans want to come to America emphasize
the need for Uncle Sam to keep his eye on
the melting pots speedometer.
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CAN'T KEEP GOOD MAN DOWN
1t seems that when Poincare fans BE
bounces back into the same old place.--Yn-
dianapolis News.
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Recent disclosures within the G. o. P,
are calculated to- tax the oratorical powers
of its most eminent keynoters.
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1t is reported that France is complaining
because the franc is going up too high. But
perhaps that lament is insincere
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Mobilization in the Balkans again
strengthens the theory that it's hard to
teach an old dog new tricks
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1t is said that Will Hays salary as head
of the movie trust is $500 day. And it
isn't stage money, either.
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Congress continues to talk about economy ::
but the record shows that the only cheap
thing in congress is talk.
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nErFTNG rHERE FrRsT

But, my dear girl, you shouldn't say
things like that about yourself.s
"oh, ten everything I'm 90 afraid a
being found oat Life.
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NEWS Observation-Disclosures. 500 Davidson
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SREpERIcK l. THoMpsoN..... -. PRESIDENT

< Entered at Birmingham. Ala. post office ~
sscond -cass matter act of Congress March g. 1879.
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for publication of all dispatches credited "a
It. or not otherwise credited in this paper ana
also local news published therein. All risn's VI
republication Of special dispatches are also re-
served.
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demagogue in the street.

MARSHALL fsn~ VI. President 4 he uaIlsd ss.tss.
The Kusko times., 1924-01-19

E. Van Gundy, of the operating de- partment of the Denver x Rio Grande railroad, will succeed Charles. L.. Mason as chief clerk. of the Alaska railroad. MT. Mason recently rendered his resig- nation, and wln embark in the invest ment business in California.
The Kusko times., 1924-01-19

the possession. of. intoxicating liquor. The court, however, suspended sen- tence on the promise of the descendant that she would keep no more intoxi- cants on her premises.