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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-01
LIVE STOCK

LIVE STOCk
LOUISVILLE. Ky, March s1.-cat-
steady. heavy steers, $s.0009.00; beef
steers, $500@s75; heifers, S5.OO0s.75;
cows, $3.50@6.50; feeders, S4.50@7o0;
stockers, $3.00@6.00.
Hogs: Receipts. 5000: market Zoe to
zoe higher; 1855 pounds up, $500; 12O to
165 pounds. H.35; pigs, $5.1046.10;
throwouts, $500.
lambs, $500; choice, S13.00@14.O0.
Hogs: Receipts, $500; medium and
medium heavy and throwouts zoe high
err; light hogs and pigs 10c higher; 200
pounds and up, sos; 165 TO 200 pounds,
1895; 100 to 165 pounds, $7.35; pigs,
s5.15@6.15; throwouts, $500 down.
Sheep nominal; fat sheep, $6.O067. 90;
choice lambs, $10.0o@12.00.
+ CHICAGO, March 31.-Hogs: Re-
ceipts, $4,000; market slow; 10c to 15c
higher; heavy butchers, $7.60@7.70; me-
dunn, T.60@7.70; light hogs, $3.50
TO; killing pigs strong to Csc higher,
Cattle: Receipts, $4,000; market slow,
uneven; beef steers and yearlings, fat
! she-stoek and bulls mostly 10c to Csc
higher; best matured steers, 5000; bulk
steers and yearlings, SS.50010.50; fat
cows and heifers, $5.75@7.5O; heavy bo-
logna bulls up to $3.50; vealers steady,
$9O0@10.50; stockers and feeders slow,
around steady.
Sheep: Receipts, $4,000; fat lambs
strong to Csc higher; sheep strong; fat
wooled lambs, $16.5o@16.75;. fat ewes,
$1100.
CHICAGO, March 31.-Cattle: Re-
ceipts, $4,000; market fair, actively un-
even; beef steers, yearlings, fat She
stock and bulls generally 10c to Csc
higher; few plain light steers, little adj
vance; best matured steers in load lots
averaging 1850 pounds, $1210; long
yearlings averaging 1,074 pounds,
$11.5o; bulk steers and yearlings, $500
1850; few low grade cows offered; bulk
fat cows and heifers, $5.50D7. 80; bulk
bologna bulls, $4.4o@4.s5; vealers scarce
but steady; quality plain; bulk to pack
ers. $S.00@10.50; few sorted kind up
ward to $11.50 and above; stockers and
feeders slow, around steady.
Hogs: Receipts, $4,000; market opened
outcome OF the tax ana bonus bills
In congress and for the moment the
attitude is a waiting one with rrices
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-01
TRADE OUTLOOK
Is TWO-SIDED
Optimist Sees One Thing
And Pessimist Views
L. Another

How will business fare this spring?
Perhaps the subject can best be dis
|eussed In the form of a talk between
an optimist and a pessimist. In this
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-01

outcome OF the tax ana bonus bills
In congress and for the moment the
Attitude is a waiting one with prices
steady. Sales, 712,000.-Post & Flagg,
The Dolores star., 1924-01-11
Rearrangement of Seats in the Senate

desks, while of the best solid mahog-
any and fine examples OF the cabinet
makers art, have been vanished again
and again in the course of years. Dur
ing the past summer the chamber has
been done over" radically and beauti-
fully. The heavy rnfters have been
removed from the ceiling. practically
doubling the lighting; a new. carpet
has been put down, the walls have
been cleaned and the woodwork has
been repainted. The desks have been
burned of with acids and new dress
ing given to the wood.
Unknown to the public the older Of
these desks have rich historical associ-
ations. There are no written records,
but in secret places beneath the COW
ers records have been kept by veteran
employees who are jealous Of these
secrets. II was only few years ago,
and through the exercise Of all his
diplomatic powers, that Senator Lodge
contrived to have assigned to him
Charles Summers old desk. Joe Rob
inson of Arkansas, the Democratic
floor leader, now holds with pride the
desk at which Daniel Webster sat
through his senatorial service.
The Dolores star., 1924-01-11
Uncle Sam May Study Earthquakes

The outstanding purpose. he de-
clared, as to make it possible to re-
duce the loss of life and property in
great earthquakes and eliminate it en-
tirely in minor ones. The work in Cal
ifornia, standing alone, is handicapped
by the lack of investigation of simi-
Iar character for the country as a
whole"
Mr.. Jones also reported that the
wire-drag survey of the inside steam
ship routes OF southeastern Alaska.
begun in 1914, would be completed
next summer. Deep water channels
as far west as Cape Spencer already
have been dragged. marking the COM
pletion of one of the most important
surveying projects of the territory.
Practically all vessels bound to or
from Alaska pass through these wa
ters. and many. in the past. have been
stranded, with considerable loss Of life.
Southern Alaska is region OF vol
canlc disturbances. Islands frequently
rise I'M in a night from the sea; others
disappear beneath the sea. The ma
tional monument. valley Of Ten Thu
sand Smokes" was created when
Mount Katmal blew its lead of a few
years ago.
The Dolores star., 1924-01-11

nation as whole had eYnarierc.a
prosperity. ei'e'
through the huge export balances
o' the last few years we have shifted
Hoth debtor to a creditor nation 4"
Sole Dir. Hoover. "and the tbeorv is
now more or less generally accented
'i'"t our hitherto normal excess Of ex.
ports over imports must ultlmo,eIv
s"'i' 10 an excess of imports, as we
nave large balances to receive in nav.
ment of interest.
"e situation in most branches of
agriculture he continued, seems IN
ne gradually adjusting itself. The
p"' 'i"l recovery in foreign demand for
COTTON mas permitted a higher price
1or the crop of 1923 than for that of
l9z2' in spite Of an Increase of IA per
cent IN acreage and an appreciable in.
crease In production.
Inc dairy interest in general is
pFospering. the demand for dairy nrod-
uc's varying more than for most other
agricultural products with general
movements Of prosperity and depres-
sioh III industry. As for wheat, which
is the more dependent on foreign mar.
Ke's than any other agricultural prod.
uct, and which is subject to greatly in.
creased competition from Canada and
"'her foreign countries, 1t seems neces-
sary gradually TO reduce acreage"
The Dolores star., 1924-01-11

'"HROUGHOUT the whole peri
cd in which the senate has oc-
IL cupled its present quarters the
desks have been. until now,
equally divided between the two sides
Of the chamber. In recent years. be-
cause OF the greater number Of Repub-
llcan members. 1t has been necessary
to place incoming Republicans on the
Democratic side. Pepper and Reed Of
Pennsylvania, Norbeck of South Dako-
ia, Couzens Of Michigan and Brook
hart OF Iowa are thus placed.
Now there are 43 desks on the Dem
ocratic side and IS on the Republican
side. The significance OF this rear
rangement Is that not only the radical
Republicans but the two Farmer-La-
Dor party senators. Shipstead and
Mngnus Johnson. who defeated Repub-
iican candidates In recent elections.
and thus are not classified as even near
Republicans, are seated on the Repub-
lican side.
In recent years md under processes
NJ time and usage the senate chamber
has been a bit shabby. 1t has always
been gloomy place, due TO raftered
ceiling glazed. but so cut up by heavy
beams as to obstruct the light. Inc
The Dolores star., 1924-01-11
Fortune for Smiles.

A Meriden Comm factory superin-
tendents will was filed the other day,
and discovery was made that he had
left virtually his entire estate, valued
at about $4,000, to a young man who
had helped to support himself by sell
ing newspapers. The story is that this
youth had never failed to give the
Lonesome old man" smile as he
passed through the factory selling his
papers, and the circumstance had so
impressed the latter that he has made
the young man fairly independent
through his will
The Dolores star., 1924-01-11

win the existing force. Every nook
ana corner in the patent office building
is now used, including the ends of all
nails not used as exits.
II is not generally known that Uncle
sam runs the biggest 1O-cent store in
the world. About 100000 printed
copies of patents are sold all over this
country each month at 10 cents apiece
II costs 6 cents each to print them,
"hlch Is one of the biggest jobs done
by the government printing office, Pub
lie Printer Carter says. He saws 10
linotype machines are kept busy eight
hours a day all through the year on
this work alone. Patent office printing
costs S1,OOO,GO0 n year, which comes
back into the treasury with at least
100000 profit.
In addition to the 100000 copies Of
patents distributed every month, 2,OOO,-
900 copies are sent to libraries all
over this country and to foreign coun-
tries in exchange. There are in the
patent Office, subject to sale, $4,000, 900
copies Of patents, which makes this
the most valuable store in Washing
ton. These have cost value to the
government of S3,OO0.OOO, and a sale
value of $5,OO0,OOO.
visitors to Washington seldom
realize that the F street entrance to
the patent office is an exact reproduc-
ton of the Parthenon.
Estimates for improvements to give
the patent office an adequate workshop
call for an appropriation of 81 100000.
The Dolores star., 1924-01-11


lsaion laws, for control :,
.,.,r, traffic in the air, and Il,
s'aoilization of radio service ma,
snuhg the recommendations moae !.
'sc'etary Hoover In the animal rono,
VI the Commerce department Tb,
.ap'u growth of aircraft and rad,o
transmission alike, he said, had crn
ated need for adminjs,r,,ton 49,,
opment, while the navigation Iows
,ong under scrutiny, required adius,
'leht 10 the Increased cOmmercioI ey.
pansion. ''e' ciu' e&'
"ithih the department ItseIr NJ
.iVo'er recommended that congross
ro,aow , the general reorganization plan
,-a!, .pufeu under the Harding admins.
""tion' and make three admIntstro,Iyo
s''upihgs to deal respectively with IN.
uustry, trade and navigation.
III this connection. likewise, the re-
port dealt with the foreign trade sItp.
ation, and the studies made under A.
mowers direction for determining tho
financial situation of the United Stotes
as icft by trade balances in "yIsibIe"
ana invisible" exports and imports
was noted that during the period
uhuer review-the fiscal year 1924 "a
commerce in general had revived
prices mad frmed somewhat and the
The Dolores star., 1924-01-11

TO the work being done in can
fornia. are made by f. Lester Jones'
director of the coast and geodetic sur
yey, in his annual report.
Disturbances which in some cases
caused more or less local damage nave
occurred in the last two years IN Gan
ada. near Maine and New YORK IN
Illinois, Kentucky, Indiana, missouri
Montana, Utah. Arizona. washington
California and beneath the sea OH 'he
oregon coast. II the scientific in'es-
tigation being made for the prepara'
tion of an earthquake map OF caliro,'
mia could be widened, the report SAID
the country would benefit, the inior,
nation thus gained being OF pract'eh'
voIue 70 architects and engineers.
II would be possible to indicate IN
tbis way, Director Jones said places
where earthquakes might be expected
and where special precautions IN VI,
dor m avoid the danger of catastrophe
were necessary. Such knowledge, ae y,
added would be Of particular value ~
derermining the sites for srea. 'a'
Or cher reclamation projects
The Dolores star., 1924-01-11

L n months In the patent Office
peiore any action Is taken
upon them, even though since July I
accumulation of 10000 cases which the
once has in arrears Is being decreased
ut 'he rate Of 1000 cases a month
would take five years to bring the
Pateht Office up to date. A drive for
reiief is going to be made Immediately
in congress.
Manufacturing industries are delug
ing members Of congress with appeaIs
Tor relief in the patent office. which Is
putting the brakes" on Industry. This
reaches Into practically every home in
the country. especially through the EN-
pioyment furnished by these factories
Brig. Gen. Herbert NJ. Lord, director
or the budget bureau. Is expected to In
ciude recommendation to remedy the
situation in the budget which will be
laid before congress.
At least 100 additional examiners
are needed. Remodeling the famous
old building on the squares between +
and G and Seventh and Ninth streets
to provide additional office space for
examiners, and building Of steel
stackroom for the millions of printed
copies of patents, is recommended.
At least half of the old land office
building, which is across f street from
the patent office, should be made avail
able. those who have studied the prob
lem say. Fifty more rooms are neces-
sary and would be real economy
The Dolores star., 1924-01-11
"Contributory Negligence"

THAT cut was caused by her ring.
your honor. She struck me in the face
with her clenched fist" complained the
young husband.
where did she get the ring?" ques-
toned the magistrate
81 gave it to her. 1t was our en-
gagement ring.
"l1le prisoner is discharged That is
clearly n case of contributory negli-
gence." returned the judge.-Every-
body's Magazine
The Dolores star., 1924-01-11
Don't Forget cutieura ralcum

When adding to your toilet requisites
An exquisite face, skin. baby and dust.
ing powder and perfume. rendering
other perfumes superfluous. You may
rely on it because one of the CutIcura
Trio (Soap, Ointment and Talcum),
Csc each ere-Advertisement
The Dolores star., 1924-01-11
Need Of Pr,vsr

., per ,s than the need Of men, deep.
do.n an the need Of money, aye. deep
/, W within this spiritless life Of ours
p,,n" e need Of worldwide prevailing
"Ser-Robert f. speer.
The Dolores star., 1924-01-11
Type of Wronodoino,

Those who injure some to beneit
Others are acting as wrongfully as If
they were turning other persons prop
erty to their own use.
The Dolores star., 1924-01-11

Any man who understands women is
willing to admit that he doesn't under
1tnnd them.
The Dolores star., 1924-01-11
Steadfast,

.,s "nat men may think or say or do
,ha silence him who is filled with
grace of Gods. ]. Patton. .
The Dolores star., 1924-01-11
Helping Things Alona.

Patient-Oh, doctor, II i could onr,
die.
Doctor-Tm doing my best for you
The Dolores star., 1924-01-11
4 Mean. Of E.e.p.

ON, We Is always the coward's way
VI NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Cynosure
The Dolores star., 1924-01-11
Copper Coins in China.

Copper Coins in China.
There are now about 10000, 600. 900
copper coins in circulation in China
so many that it is no longer profit
able to mint them.
The Dolores star., 1924-01-11
Teach your child
internal cleanliness

fiE mother who permits constipation in her baby older
child is ising the health, the life of her little one
must be remembered that infant helpless unable
that constipation making its life miserable Consequently
the mother must be able signs of constipation
her baby Convuons night grinding the teeth Sleep
everishness etunes and such these
indicate that posons from babys food
- ing the little body.
In older children biousness coated tongue loss
the mother that constipation present Constipation
unchecked in youth may lead consequences In
constipation. according intestinal specialists lies the primary
OF than hreequarers of all illness including the
graves diseases Of life
Laratues Only Aagravae Constipation
The mother should laxatves authority
that axaves and cathacs do
but by their continued only aggravate condition
and often lead to permanent injury.
Why Physicians Favor Lubricaion
Medical science through knowledge of the tract
gained by Xray observation has found in fabrication of
overcoming constipation The gentle lubricant Nujo
and sotens the hard food and hastens through
and of the body Thus Nuo brings cleanliness
Not a Medicine
Nujolis used children general prescribed
by physicians throughout the world Nujol is medicine
laxative and gripe Like pure harmless
Let infant child have Nuol reguar-and see rosy
cheeks clear eyes and happiness
Get nd Of constipation and avoid disease habit
OF internal cleanliness Take Njo yourself regularly you
brush teeth wash face For sale by all druggss
The Dolores star., 1924-01-11

:;::::: =: e. e: 5 s; :; : rs : : $
IN the work being done in Cali
The Dolores star., 1924-01-11
olans to Speed Up the Patent Office

n OBLIGATIONS for patents
. must lie for about ten
n months in the patent Office
before apr a,,i,n 1. .,
The Dolores star., 1924-01-11
,psoyED UNE0RM INTERNATIONAL
Sa!aldaySchool.
4, Lesson '
.. REV. p. b. FITZwATER, DID,,
~ OF the Evening School. Moody
s,sls Institute Of Chicaso)
,e. lSa.. Western Newspaper union.)
LESSON FOR JANUARY 13
THE LONG soJouRN IN EGYPT

LESSON TEXT-Gsn. A7:1-l2.
cnIDEN TEXT-The Lord shall pre-
~, thee from all evil: he shall pre-
'.,ys thy souL-Ps. 1871
INTERN EDIATE AND SENIOR TOP
a. -Erom slave to Primo Minister.
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT. TOP
,cEJoseph and the Migration to Egypt
The Dolores star., 1924-01-11
NATIONAL CAPITAL
Gtd @Gt AFFAIRS RiH 6S;B
Hoover Wants Aviation and Rad;o 7 49,,

\A OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
wv Tor the revision of the ma,
lsatlon laws, for control {,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-19
THE INTELLIGENTsIA

In a recent commencement address Chancellor Brown of New York Univer- sity took a stand on solid ground when he said: 'I have no desire to see our college men form a clan or party in the commonwealth. In particular l have no wish that they should acquire the sophis- ticated condescension of such a class. The life of ideas is not to replace the life of common humanity-a pitiful ex- change at best, because of it's futility and unreality. Ideas are to economiZe and enrich and discipline the life of clear human nature, but never to cast that nature behind them"
 The theory and purpose of education is not merely the accumulation and stor- age of information. If it were, many man who is highly educated would be of little use to the world or to himself. In a Sense the lamented Lincoln could not be classed as a man of education. Certainly he could not properly be given membership in the. "intelligentsia." The theory advanced by self-styled "intelli- gentsia" is diametrically opposed to the merit system which controls progress and development. Caste and democracy cannot exist in cooperative attainment That has been proven by history. America needs no caste, and could not utilize such false theory of life in the country's mission, which is to raise com mon humanity to higher standards of achievement and service. Progress usually comes from men who are in close touch with life in the reality, where there is no place for caste, because it has no purpose to serve.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-19

near Carbon Hill is to be opened soon. A textile mill at Huntsville will start operations* July l., and ground broken for a third mill. Anniston is nearing completion of big paving program. Two hundred and fifty-eight thousand dollars worth of Anniston street-im- provement bonds commanded premium on the market. A blaming mill at Fay cite, representing an investment of $45,- 900, is ready for operation. Falkville has begun work on a city school build ing. Tuscaloosa county will build $600,- 900 worth of concrete roads. A large hosiery mill in Tuscaloosa has opened for operation. Montgomery has new hotel costing $500,000. Marengo coun- ty is to have a permanent health unit. An anti-malarial campaign in Dallas county is being actively pushed. The Alabama Power Company is spending $39,000,000 on the Tallapoosa river Thus, the people of Alabama evince their enterprise and determination.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-19
ACTIYITY IN ALABAMA

In disregard of the usual temporary slump in business which results from seasonal influences and presidential pol itics, reports of expansion and progress come from nearly every part of the state. Improvements are not confined to in- dustrial and commercial activities. In addition to the establishment of many new industries, the enlargement of many already in operation and a notable prog ress in the building industry, extensive paving projects, school-improvement and civic enterprises are noted, while prep arations for developments in the early future are significant.
 Some of the many manifestations of progress, as daily reported in the news columns of this paper, are typical of the progress made nearly everywhere in the state, and represent a healthy con- dition.
 Three hundred more men will soon be put to work at Muscle Shoals. Florence is soon to let contracts for two hundred thousand dollars worth of new paving, one of the chief materials of which will be mined in that vicinity. Four thousand feet of storm sewer will also be con gtructed. The Alabama Trust and Saw ings Bank will erect a six-story building at Florence. Over three-quarters of a million dollars are being invested in con- struction work in Colbert county by pub lie and private interests, including new houses in Tuscumbia to cost $75,000. A cornerstone was recently laid for a high school building at Tuscumbia. A new mine will be in operation at Tait's Gap, near Gadsden, in ninety days, with fifty thousand dollars worth of cleo trical equipment, doubling the company's output. A brick plant, with a daily ca- pacity of twelve thousand, recently started operations at Glencoe, in Eto- wah county. Attalla is preparing to spend $177,OOO to pave thirty city blocks. A new boulevard has been opened, connecting Gadsden, Alabama City and Attalla. Gadsden's postal re- eeipts show considerable gain. Kansas, near Carbon Hill, installed electric lights and power service. A new coal mine
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-19
NEW FRENCH REGIME

It is amusing to note how suddenly their accession to power has sobered the French Socialist president and premier, Both President Gaston Doumergue and Premier Herriot criticized and condemn ed the German policy of Premier Poin- care and President Millerand. The nat ural inference would be that they had in mind some marked departure from that policy. Yet their first official utter ances show that they have swung com pletely to the view that Germany must establish her good faith by payment of separations. The only distinction to be noted is that the present official tone is slightly more conciliatory in manner, but not in ultimate purpose.
 The truth is that Premier Poincare risked public odium when he entered the Ruhr; but he had the intelligence to per ceive that such action was the only pos sible way of retaining insurance of Ger many's pledges, and the courage to take
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-19
TOO MANY BURGLARIES

Three stores were burglarized, and safes rifled in two of them in one night this week. Every few nights one or more stores are visited by burglars, while the burglary of residences appears to be on the increase. There seems no good reason -why Birmingham should suffer so seriously from this kind of crime. Scarcely week passes without several burglaries in this city, many of them in the downtown business district, and a large percentage of them of more or less bold and serious character.
 Obviously something is lacking in that efficiency in police protection which the city should have. Too small propor- ton of the offenders are captured; too small a proportion promptly tried and punished. The burglary record will con- tinue and increase as long as the bur- glars feel that their chances of appre- hension and punishment are at least even. The greater their immunity the bolder and more numerous their of- lenses. That the police force of Bir- mingham is comparatively small, consid- ering the work that is needed, is obvious. Yet, the ratio of arrests seems smaller than it should be. It is apparent that the present force could accomplish more in this respect, if more time and effort were given to this character of crime, and less to comparatively unimportant offenses.
 Prompt capture and proper punish ment of few burglars would do much to lower the record. The criminal di- vision of the circuit court recently rem dered public service by promptly con- victing and sentencing half dozen crim- inals in few days. That is the kind of treatment needed to protect this com munity from what appears to be band of burglars which has come to be pub- lie menace. A little more effort devoted to the burglary situation by the police, a little more efficiency in the work, and little more determination to rid this community of this serious condition would be acceptable to the sufferers, and to those who fear that they may be the4nex victims.