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“Concerning the New Tariff Law”
Hart Schaffner & Marx
Chicago New York
Chicago, October 4, 1913.
Messrs. M. Weil & Brother,
Birmingham, Alabama.
Gentlemen:—
Knowing that you people in Birmingham are
naturally concerned about the new tariff law and its
bearing on your business and ours, we are glad to give
you some information concerning it.
Several months ago, we reached the con
clusion that the general features of the bill had been
settled and we_proceeded to study the situation and
prepare for it’as if it already existed. We did this
for the purpose of enabling ourselves to take instant
advantage of conditions as soon as the law was passed.
The first immediate result of the passage
of the bill makes it possible to bring in a finer
cloth. We have always offered some fine imported goods
in our line but we are able now to extend it so that
our foreign showing represents a complete line of goods,
including clear and unfinished worsteds, cheviots,
tweeds, homespuns, serges (indigoes), flannels, tropical
and ventilated fabrics, coatings and trouserings.
These are goods which have heretofore been
found on the tables of the best merchant tailors and
will now be available for manufacture into ready-made
clothing at prices within the reach of a big percentage
of your trade.
Perceiving this possibility, we prepared
to offer foreign fabrics to our trade the minute they
could be imported to this country under the new tariff
rates.
Our buyers made a special trip to'Europe.
The entire staff went along so that the study of the
market could be complete. The result of the investi
gation proved that there was nothing desirable in the
way of' cheaper fabrics; in this respect, the American
manufacturers excel the foreign mills.
We placed large orders for the finer goods;
to facilitate purchases and handle all future trans
actions, we ^established offices with resident buyers
at 31 Lord Street, Huddersfield, and at 47 Brewer
Street, Golden Square, W. London, England.
We are the first clothing manufacturers
to establish a purchasing agency in the old world.
It is a considerable pleasure to us now
to tell you that the preparations which we made in
anticipation of the new tariff law are now fully
justified by subsequent events and, in this particular
respect, we are an entire season in advance of the
market.
The main object in writing you about the
foreign department is to tell you that the line can
be seen very soon in our sales rooms in New York and
Chicago and our salesman will visit you as usual. If
you care to arrange for a private inspection, let us
know and we will arrange it.
We ought to add that these new goods
displace no part of our domestic line, which will
be as strong as ever.
Yours truly,
HART SCHAFFNER & MARX.
CAN YOU BLAME HIM?
Hr CHARLES H. NANDI
The familiar adage that "you can get a
man out of the country, but you can’t
get the country out of a man," is like
many other adages and sayings that have
come down the times, in that it is not
always true. 'In fact the history of our
country shows so many examples of men
ieared In the country who have risen to
fame and fortune and positions of honor
and trust as to almost entirely discount
it, yet the fact remains that the process
of eliminating the earmarks of rural sur
loundings is sometimes very slow.
Possibly in no other industrial line does
the country boy predominate as much as
in the street car service. The work is
such that to the boy of average intelli
gence it ofTers a better chance than many
of the industrial plants of the district,
both as to wages and to future prospects.
With the hundreds of men employed. *»»e
street car companies are constantly re
cruiting their force and the main source
Birmingham
Transfer-Traffic Ca
Have opened a large warehouse
on Belt railroad for general
storage. Prompt service and
absolute security.
Office, 1920 Morris Ave.
Phone Main 7
BEST AND HEALTH TO MOTHER AND CHILD.
Mr*. Wimiow i Soothixo Syrup h*s been
used foe over SIXTY YEARS by MILLIONS of
MOTHERS for their CHILDREN WHILE
TEETHING, with PERFECT SUCCESS. It
SOOTHES the CHILD. SOFTENS the GUMS
ALLAYS all PAIN ; CURES WIND COLIC, am)
i, the beat remedy for DIARRHtEA. It U at
rolutcly hamde**. Be sure and ask for “Mr*,
win,low's Soothing Syrup." and take no othat
lAmri Twenty-five cent* a bottle.
of supply is the rural youth, and to their
credit be it said that many of them make
good.
It is a C ommon sight on almost any
street car line of tiie city to see a young
man being initiated into the mystery of
separating the public from the nimble
nickel and to call out the various stops
and stations on the route. Ofttimes the
atmosphere of the verdant hills is ap
parent both as to appearance and man
ner. Generally an "old timer" is his in
structor and guide even after he has been
placed, in charge of a car.
The other day a young man with the
wisp of hay still In his hair was given a
tryout on a downtown car. One of the
regular conductors was with him and
gave him pointers now' and then. Just
before leaving the barn a trailer was
added to the car and the "greeny" was
told to connect the signal cord of the
twp ears. As the car approached town
it had to stop at almost every street
crossing to take on or off one or more
passengers. The new conductor pulled
the bell cord on each occasion and each
time the trolley jumped the wire. This
happened so frequently that the old con
ductor went to investigate the cause. Ho
.-aw it at a glance. The verdant one had
tied the bellcord of the transfer to the
trolley rope. What the old conductor said
to the new' one would not look well in
print.
At the terminus of the line the neophyte
was counting the nickels and dimes he
had reeclved for fares and among them
found a strange coin. It was about the
size of a nickel, but was embellished on
each side with a strange and fearsome
design. The haymaker looked at it intent
ly for several minutes, then turned to his
instructor and sorrowfully and apologet
ically said:
“I’ll jest be denied If some Dago hain’t
Passed a bad nickel on me. What you
reckon this is?"
The wise one looked at it then laughed
loud and long. It was one of the new
nickels with tha buffalo design.
Lee Is' Released
Hinton G. Lee, who has been confined
in the county jail since September 15 on
a charge of paaalng worthless checks,
was released yesterday afternoon by
Judge Samuel K. Greene of the criminal
court on hla own recognizance until Oc
tober 21, when hie case will be heard.
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SAW BOOTHS
VERY INTERESTING
_
Exhibit in Charge of J. M.
March—To Go to Ala.
Miss. Fair
Two of tlie most interesting exhibits at
the Alabama State Fair are those made
by the Central of Georgia railroad and
the one made Jointly by the Southern rail
way and the Queen and Crescent route.
Kaeh of these exhibits shows a large
variety of farm products grown along
their respective lines in Alabama. Each,
article exhibited is guaranteed to have
been grown on Alabama soil. The South
ern and Queen and Crescent exhibit is in
charge of J. M. March, land and Indus
trial agent of the Southern railway, who
is constantly in the booth explaining Just
how each and every article was grown.
Many have visited the booths and the
officials in charge assert they have had
numerous requests for literature on these
subjects. The luscious apples exhibited
in these displays are the source of much
interest.
Both exhibits will be taken from here
to the Mississippi-Alabama fair at Me
ridian, which opens Monday after the
Alabama State Fair closes.
Another interesting exhibit Is that made
by Blount county, which adjoins Jeffer
son. It was gathered and put up by
Miles C. Allgood and altHough it did not
win a prize in the contest of .counties, it
lias excited no little interest. Mr. Allgood
says Blount county held a fair tills year
which made it possible for him to get
together such a creditable exhibit from
his county. He is also superintendent of
the swine department of the fair.
To Raise Blockade
Sail Domingo, Dominican Republic, Oc
tober 15.—The Dominican government to
day issued a decree ordering the raising
of a blockade.
KtLIbMUKMIM
Gipsy Preaches on Modern
Pools of Bethesda
WANT OF SYMPATHY j
Evangelist Declares This Is Greatest
Burden Christ Has to Bear—Re
fers to Mining Disaster in
Cardiff, Wales
"If T had another hour I would prove
to you that the churches <»f your city are
modern pools of Bethesda," declared
Gipsy Smith to an audience of more than
7000 last night. "I would prove to you,"
he continued in ringing tones, "that there
are in the hundreds of persons striving
to get into the pool that their misery
might be alleviated—hundreds waiting foi*
the waters to be troubled."
The evangelist took his text from the
book of St. John, fifth chapter. He read
from the scripture of the pool of Bethesda
at the gate of Jerusalem; of the multitude
of lame and halt and afflicted that waited
at that pool for the waters to be troubled
bv the angel that they might step in the
water and be cured of their ills.
Tells of Visit to Pool
And reading from scriptures he told of
the visit of ti. Christ to the pool and of
the Son of Man asking one man who had
been bed-ridden for 38 years why he did
not get into the pobl and be cured. And
the man told Jesus that he has no friend
to carry him and that lie could not walk.
Christ then told the man to rise, take
up bis bed. and walk. The bed-ridden
wretch did so and was made whole.
Mr. Smith called attention to the fact
that Jesus and the pool of Bethesda were
mentioned together, lie asked where were
the priests, the pharisees and those in the
high places in Jerusalem. He wondered
If they knew of the pool of Bethesda and
of the hundreds gathered around It trying
to be cured of their ills. He then an
swered his own question by saying that
the pool was in a very public place and
that they could not have helped but know
of It. And then he told of the visit of
Jesus to the place. There was no one to
meet him. No large committee spreading
flowers and carpets before the Christ.
"Jesus was a very lonely man then,"
said the evangelist, "a.nd he is lonely still.
The greatest burden he bad to bear was
want of sympathy, and he still hears that
burden.
"We are in the sight of misery and It
doesn’t move us. Do you pray and try
to help the, misery about you. The flip
pant, the superficial and the shallow
can't pray. It is the broken-hearted thac
knowr God. It Is the broken-hearted who
feel with Him the face of misery; who
understand Him."
People Don’t Care
Mr. Smith said that the great difficulty
in curing people of their ills, of stopping
the modern pools of Bethesda. was the
lack of interest of the people. They don’t,
care, he said. The people who profess re
ligion don't care for the things that God
cares for, he declared.
I "Do you care, my brother?" he demand
| ed. "Do you care, my sister? Have you
I done any tiling then? Have you aone any
thing to help somebody? How much do
you care? Religion means more than sing
ing hymns and getting happy. It means
hearing a cross. It means getting hold of
somebody and saving them for Jesus
Christ. You sang just now ‘Rescue the
Perishing.’ but some you want to do it j
with a salt bottle in one hand and a hand- ;
kerchief in the other. But that is not !
the way it is done. You must soil your j
hands; must roll up your sleeves, take
off your gloves and get right down to j
the work. Jesus Christ soiled his precious i
hands with blood to save and you have
not got to do it. too.
"Have you seen the pools in your city
that want cleaning out? 7t is no use to
sing ‘Rescue the Perishing’ in a lovely
drawing room when the perishing are 10
miles away in a cess pool of iniquity. You
have got to get close to them; there Is
nothing like close quarters for effective
fighting. These pools of Bethesda have
got to be wiped out."
When the evangelist asked for sinners
to come forward the first to come was a
little barefoot boy. And following close
upon his little hare heels wrere several
men wfho had passed the prime of life and
some of them were in their declining
years. It was estimated that as many as j
150 went into the inquiry room and the
ushers distribtued a number of cards upon '
which penitents wrote that they cared,
and that they wanted to be saved. A j
large number of these cards were signed. ]
and returned to Mr. Smith.
Prayer for Kennamer
Just before the services began Gipsy 1
Smith stepped to the edge of the platform
and read a request for prayer from J. H.
Kennamer. president of the United Mine
Workers, who, the note, stated, was sick.
The evangelist said: "Let us pray." And
lie led the congregation.
Judge Henry Neil of Chicago, father of
the mothers’ pension bill, recently passed
in Illinois, was seated on the platform
and Mr. Smith asked him to stand that
the audience might see him. The judge* I
arose and received a hearty welcome.
1-ast night for the first time Gipsy Smith
referred to the horrifying mine explosion
in Wales which entombed nearly 400 men.
Mr. Smith has many friends in Wales and
seemed much affected. He said: "I have
been thinking all day of the terrible ac
cident in Cardiff, where those poor men
were entombed." Mr. Smith told his audi
ence that the home of Stephen Allsop.
director of the choir, was only she miles
from the scene of the explosion.
Alton People Attend Revival
Dr. J. p. Huey, a physician of Alton,
was In the audience that heard Gipsy
Smith last night. Dr. Huey has been a
regular attendant at the meetings and
says that a large number of people from
his section have been coming nearly every
night. The doctor comes down in his au
tomobile and returns home after the meet
ings.
Alton is a small mining town about 11
miles out of Birmingham on the Louis
ville and Nashville road. Dr. Huey has
been a practitioner in and ground the
Birmingham district for many years and
has many friends in Birmingham.
A party of about 150 residents of Marvel
will hear Gipsy Smith tonight. They will
came in a body and space will be reserved
for them.
NORTHERN* PRESS
CONDEMNS ATTACK
UPON UNDERWOOD
(Contlaueri from Pan Oatt
to the seat In the Senate which
both men are supposed to be after.
After promising an audience In
Alabama that he would Indulge In
no abuse and that no mud would
leave his hand, he proceeded to
denounce his colleague in the same
way that he followed In the House'
yesterday by calling him an emis
sary of Wall street. The excited
captain went on to declare that
Mr. Underwood had a more' re
sponsible position as House lead
er than he would have In the Sen
ate. This Is true, but Ib Mr. Hob
son willing to do anything to keep
this emissary of Wall street In the
place where he can do the most
harm? It the Hobson charges are
For Visitors to See
On the Fashion Floor
Millinery
Costumes
Suits
Coats
Dresses
Wraps
Skirts
Waists
Blouses
Furs
Petticoats
Negligees
House Garments
Kimonos
Childreh’s Wear
Baby Wear
Children’s Hats
Undermuslins
Corsets
Kri.i Underwear
Sweaters
Brassiers
Princess Slips
Junior Dresses
Boys’ Suits
Boys’ Blouses
Boys’ Reefers
Raincoats
Silks
Woolens
28,000 Seguare Feet of Exclusive
Fashions For Women and Children
(Second Floor)
Loveman, J oseplid Loeb
valid, would not their author he
rendering a real service to his
country by doing all in his power
to get Mr. Underwood out of his
present influential position and
into one where he would prompt
ly fall into a state of Innocuous
desuetude?”
UNDERWOOD DEFENDS
5 PER CENT CLAUSE
Washington, October 15.—Representa
tive O. W. Underwood, a caller at the
White House today, defended the 5 per
cent clause of the tariff law giving a
discount to imports in American ships
by declaring it was merely a return to
the original democratic doctrine of Mad
ison and Jefferson, and would rehabili
tate the American merchant marine.
“I dm not hunting a trade war," said
Mr. Underwood, “but the President has
the right to kill any trade agreements
that we have that may conflict with this
provision.
"The 5 per cent clause is not nearly
so drastic as the maximum and mini
mum provision of the Payne-Aldrich,
law.
“I don’t believe In subsidies. The ship
per of the merchandise under this ar
rangement would get the 5 per cent re
duction and the ship owner would benefit
by the Increase of business, both of
which objectives are desirable.”
Mr. Underwood declared that before
the bill became a law, he had acquainted
President Wilson with those views and
that since the signing of the measure
the President had not inquired of him
about, the subject.
Mr. Underwood said he was not sneak
ing for the President.
Mr. Underwood expressed the belief
that there would he no trade war, In
asmuch as many foreign countries had
discriminated In favor of their own ship
ping.
Rater it became known that President
Wilson held practically the same view
of the situation as did Mr. Underwood, i
and that the entire matter would be
threshed out in diplomatic channels in
stead of by any effort to repeal or modi
fy the law now.
ZAMOKA TEMPLE WILL GIVE A
BARBECUE DINNER FOR THE NO
BLE* OF ZAMORA TEMPLE AND VIS
ITING NOBLES AT THE GROUNDS IN
THE REAR OF LOVE MAN. JOSEPH
& LOEB’S BUILDING ON THIRD AVE
NUE BETWEEN EIGHTEENTH AND
NINETEENTH STREETS ON THURS
DAY. OCTOBER IB AT fft#0 P. M.
WELLINGTON PRUDE M'ADORV,
ILLUSTRIOUS POTENTATE.
WANTED
Tailors to the Trade
SALESMEN
For Alabama and Florida, with es
tablished business.
Will turn over accounts to right
men.
References must accompany ap
plications.
The “Superior” Tailoring
Company
Creator, of Mod.rn Clothe* for Men
CINCINNATI
Ceremonial Session Of
Shrine To Be Held Tonight
There will be some time among the
Nobles today in Birmingham. This is
the day when the Imperial Potentate, W.
\V. Irwin of Wheeling, W. Va„ arrives.
He will be joined here by a caravan of
potentates from all over the south, and
the result will be a potentates ceremonial
at the Majestic theatre this evening..
Prior to that the Nobles will tender
the visiting officials a barbecue, a din
ner, automobile ride and will show them
other courtesies of the city. It is stated
that the ceremonial and the programme
of the Shriners today will be the most
-elaborate and interesting yet devised.
The visit of Imperial Potentate Irwin is
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the first to be made here of the hea<
of Shriners in many years, in additim
to that interesting feature of the ocea
sion, the potentates' ceremonial is H.<
first affair of tlie kind ever devised am
Held in Birmingham.
W. P. McAdory, potentate of the loca
temple, is working overtime on the prop
osition. He has the assistance of a him
died hard workers of *ihe Shrine, am
he 1h preparing “some time” he say*
Then the novices that hold onto the rop<
tonight w'hile crossing the hot sand
will have an interesting time as well (v
being the channel througli which Avi 1
flow endless joy add amusement—for th
others.
JUDGE NEIL HERE; !
ATTENDS REVIVAL
Begins Work Immediately
Looking to Agitation for
Pensioning Mothers
_ ■
Judge Henry Nell of Chicago, the
father of the mothers’ pension bill in
Illinois and IS other states, arrived In
Birmingham yesterday and attended
the Gipsy Smith meeting at the First
avenue auditorium last night,
While he is In the city he will visit j
A. F. i?llleke, sui lerlntendeirt of the
Heniet-Solvay company's plant at *Jns
ley.
Judge Nell Issued the following
statement to an Age-Herald represen
tative after Gipsy. Smith had finished
his meeting;
"In these different states I usually |
look up the men who are leaders in
movements of this kind (referring to
the revival) and find them out and see
them personally before 1 make any
public move. That Is what 1 am doing
here.
•'I Just came from Nashville, where
I started a movement In Ttjmiissec and
arranged wltii Senator Hubert Fisher
of Memphis to push the movement in
his state. He will take up the matter
and will probably attempt to press .1
bill through the legislature when It
meets again.
“It Is my Intention to carry out the
same plan here. In my experience -T
have found that the men who are ac
tlve In revivals and other such meet
ings are the right mer. for me to get
to carry on the mothers' pension move- |
ment. So I am trying to familiarize 1
myself with the men in this revival j
movement and after having done so 1 ;
will ask them to lead a movement foi '
pensioning mothers In this locality. [[ I
they are well known locally I shall
ask them to carry the movement on !
In your city; If they gre known ovei
the state I shall ask them to head the
movement for the entire state.”
Judge Nell said that he would remain
in Birmingham for some days yet aiit
llmt he would go to Memphis frotr
here.
THE FATE OFSULZER
PROBABLY WILL BE
KNOWN BY T0NIGH1
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outside the courtroom was thronged
throughout the day witn men am
women. I
When the session was prolonged he
yond 5 o’clock tlje usual hour for ad
journment. a rumor spread quickly thjt
an attempt was to be made to obtain I
tinal vote on the governor’s gui.lt 01
innocence before adjournment. In con
sequence when the doors were final h
opened there was a wild rush to gait
admittance to the senate chamber. Thjr
guards held back the crowds until tin
judges and most of the senators hac
Hied out of the chamber and dispersed