The Birmingham age-herald. [volume], March 01, 1914, Page 6, Image 6

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POLICY FOR POWER
PLANTS IS OE VAST
IMPORTANCE HERE
Any Tax To Be Levied Is ti
Go Into Coffers of
the State
SECRETARY OF WAR
TO GIVE APPROVAL
All Tower of Regulation Is Given
the Public Utilities Commis
sion of State Where Power
Is Located
By C. fe. STEWART.
Washington. February 28.—(Special.
Probably no policy of the Wilson admin
istration is of such vital Interest to Ala
bama and the south tn general as the
water power policy. Alabama has vast
undeveloped holdings in water power. The
value of this natural resource to the state
cannot be estimated, but it unquestion
ably takes rank with the state's great re
sources in coal and iron.
Alabama water powers have only In a
very limited way been exploited, and only
a small percentage actually developed. Be
sides the Tennessee river and the great
undeveloped power of Muscle Shoals, the
Coosa and Alabama rivers have thousand?
and thousands of horse power waiting only
for the capital to put them to commercial
use. Tn addition to these the Warrior and
A Message By. Mail or
By Telephone, Which?
“Every letter written in a business
house costs somewhere between twenty and
fifty cents. The stamp is the smallest item.
Stationery, stenographer’s time—all bring
the actual cost of a letter higher than most
people imagine.” h. coium.
A It is more Economical to Telephone /
I I Not only does it actually cost less to telephone your message I
\l but you reach your man instantly, talk over your business per- \
J sonally, and get an immediate reply.
II Every Bell Telephone is a Long Distance Station.
V SOUTHERN BELL TEL. S TEL. CO.
AD CLUB CAMPAIGN FOR
MEMBERS BEGINS FRIDAY
I
The Birmingham Ad club is to begin a
• membership campaign this week. At next
Tuesday's luncheon the membership com
( mittee will be given the entire time and
it will outline its plans for securing the
members wanted. This committee is
composed of Henry F. Beaumont, Ed
Crawford and James Edmundson.
The Ad club now has about 135 mem
bers and it is desired to Increase tills
membership to 300. The plans of the club
so far have been to write letters to those
whom the club desires as members, show
ing them what and how it would benefit
them to belong to the club. Instead ot
opening the club to tne general public,
the officials selected a list of 165 citizens
whom they wanted to become members
and have invited them to become mem
bers.
At Tuesday's luncheon, there will be 15
captains appointed and these captains
are to select two other members of the
club to assist them in making the can
vass. The active canvass will begin on
Friday next and the 15 teams will be
the Black Warrior, and the Tombigbee
rivers and the numerous other streams of
the state have in a smaller degree great
possibilities in the development of hydro
electric power.
The Alabama delegation in Congress has
stoutly maintained the policy of states
rights in the control and the development
of her water power. President Taft took
the side of Gifford Pinehot and the con
servationists that the federal government
had a right to exercise a control and .
levy a tax on water powers, when issuing ;
a grant, for dams on navigable streams. 1
The Alabama delegation has taken issue
with the conservationists and insisted
that te right of control and of taxation—
if any—belonged to the state itself.
Policy Is Announced
Up to a few days ago the democratic !
administration has heen silent upon this 1
water power issue. The policy of the ad- J
. !
Klveii seven days in which to secure the
m»>nfliers allotted to them.
Following close on the heels of the
membership campaign will come a ban
qii ■; and smoker. 'This is to he a large
affair and will he held at one of the
prominent clubs. There will be canaret
features and many forms of entertain
ment.
It is for the purpose of getting together
and enjoying a social session. It may be
that the club will make this an annual
event.
On next Tuesday afternoon at 3 o'clock
the city commissioners are going to hear
the Ad club committee in regard to the
proposed “printers’ ink'' statute, being
fostered by the club, which aims at the
abolishment of “fake” advertising. Isa
dor« Shapiro will present the ordinance
for the club and practically the entire
membership of the club will be in at
tendance.
Secretary Oliver Cox of the club stated
yesterday that practically every business
man in the city had Indorsed the statute.
The following civic organizations have
adopted resolutions indorsing it: Cham
ber of Commerce, Business Men’s league.
Rotary club, Builders' Exchange, Board
of Trade and the Birmin^iam Eaundry
men's club.
ministration is announced in a letter from
Secretary of War Garrison to Chairman
Adamson of the House interstate com
merce committee, which includes a bill
to be introduced in Congress, which if
passed will la? tiie new public dam act.
This policy recognizes states’ rights to
the extent that the tax placed and fixed
by the federal government when granting
the right to dam a navigable stream for
water power purposes shall go into the
coffers of the state in which the power
site is located, it alHo provides that the
corporation seeking this right in the first
place must be a public utility company
and subject to the laws regulating public
utilities, and the state in which the ap
plying company desires to locate its dam
"must for the protection of the people and
the prevention of monopoly and other mis
use, have provided a commission or body
authorized and empowered to properly
regulate public utilities of this character.”
Further, before the permission of the gov
ern ment is granted the utilities commis
sion of the state “must have provided
proper regulations to the end that the
company shall make proper use of the
utility, give proper service, make only
reasonable charges, and otherwise conduct
Itself in a way to conserve the rights of
Lhe peo'ple in the use of the public util
ity.”
Minimum Time Fifty Years
Also the act provides a limitation of any
uiant or right issued by the federal gov
rnment. the maximum time of such grant
to be 50 years.
Secretary of War Garrison suggests
Lhat in lieu of a direct tax upon the cor
poration the state can, if it desires, waive
tiie tax, and instead provide a scheme
providing that the dam and 'accessory
works should, at the end of a fixed period,
become the property of the state.
One of the general and principal ob
jections advanced by tliose who do not
igree with the idea of federal authority
over water powers in the various states
is that any tux whatsoever levied on water
powers as a condition to their development
tends not only to discourage development
and make capital shy. hut if levied must
of a necessity come out of the ultimate
consumer.
They contend that in states where the
market is limited for power, the develop
ment of their r< sources in this respect may
1)0 seriously hampered l»y restrictions
which might be proper for densely popu
lated districts, where there is an unlim
ited demand from manufacturing and
commercial interests for power, and whore
capital can afford to make its investment
because it can calculate its revenue witli
reasonable certainty.
* No Hard and Fast Rule
The act proposed by Secretary of War
Garrison, however, fixes no hard and fast
rule for the taxing and regulation of water
power concerns. It leaves these rules and
regulations with the states and their util
ities commission; all that is required is
that presumably they must meet the re
quirements of the Secretary of War, for
the secretary says, in his letter to Chair
man Adamson: “In all cases where these
provisions have been complied with the
Secretary of War may issue the permit.”
It is taken, therefore, that the public
utilities commission of Alabama, if the
law is passed, will grant the applicant the
right to build a dam, only upon condition
that it agrees to comply with whatever
Senate Postoffice Bill Car
ries $311,492,067—$840,
000 Increase
Washington, February 28.—'The Senate
passed today the largest Appropriation bill
ever to meet tin* approval of either Hons*
of Congress when it sent to conference
the postoffice measure carrying $311,492,'HIT,
an increase of nearly *840,000 over the hill
as it was reported by th»* postoffic e com
mittee. AH efforts to limit the power of
the Postmaster General to regulate par
cel post rates, sopos or weights wcre^de
feated.
The last amendment of this nature was
proposed by Senator Cummins. It pro
vided that no packages of more than »0
pounds should he carried until the inter
state commerce commission should de
cide the ratfes represented the cost of the
service. It was lost, 29 to 20.
Senator Bristow proposed a new system
of parcel post rates, reducing pay to rail
ways for this service, which also met de
feat. Increases of salary from $200 to *500
were inserted for railway mail division
superintendents, assistant superintendents
and chief clerks, rural mail carriers re
ceived an increase of $100 a year on
standard routes, and substitute carriers
and clerks from 80 to 40 cents an hour.
WATKINS PEGRAM’S
COUNTY MANAGER
GEORGE L. WATKINS
Announcement was made yesterday
that George L. Watkins, a well known
local attorney, will be campaign man
ager in Jefferson cpunty for oeorge Pe
gram of Marengo, candidate for attorney
general.
A volunteer committee in behalf of Mr.
Pegram lias been organized with the fol
lowing members—George L. Watkins, B.
M. Allen, Augustus Benners, Joseph T.
Collins, C. C. Nesmith. V. Q. Prowell and
William M. Walker, all of Birmingham;
George Ross and Dr. E. P. Lacy of Bes
semer, and Dr. W. II. Wynne of Ensley.
Mr. Pegram is a well known attorney.
He Is a member of the legislature, and
was a delegate to the national conven
tion at Baltimore in 191f. He is mak
ing an active campaign, and insisting that
the employment of special counsel to con
duct state litigation should he estopped.
regulations tin? commission deems proper;
then the terms of this grant are submit
ted to the Secretary of War; if that
licial, taking into consideration all the cir
cumstances— tlie cost of development, the
present and future market, the maximum
charges that have been fixed for power
find ho on—decides that the interest ol' the
people are fully protected, the grant from
Lhe federal government will be issued. Of
course, this proposed measure has yet to
:»e passed by Congress before it will su- ,
oercede the general dam act now in el
ect.
SALVATION ARMY
WEDDING TUESDAY
The following invitation has been Is
sued from the offices of the local Kalva
:ion Army, announcing the approaching
wedding of two of the workers. The
ceremony will be performed Tuesday
light at the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian
zhurch and Col. R. E. Holz will offi
ciate.
The in\itation reads as follows:
“SOMETHING NEW IN BIRMING
HAM- COME EARLY AND
GET A SEAT.
“Something that Birmingham has
never before witnessed will come oit
in the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian
church at 7 o’clock on Tuesday even
ing, March 3. If you have never seen
a Salvation Army wedding, you don’t
want to miss this opportunity, for you
will miss half of your life. This is
the first Salvation Army wedding ever
conducted in Birmingham; therefore,
you don’t want to miss this. Col. R.
E. Holz, the provincial officer for the
Atlantic Coast province, will conduct
the wedding, and it will he one of
the most interesting affairs ever wit
nessed. Come and bring your friends.“
Becoming Inured
From the Louisville Herald.
“So you want to go into public life,
i-h?” asked Senator Sorghum.
“Yes,” replied the young man.
“You must remember that you will
be criticized and ridiculed, even by
your friends. Can you accustom your- j
[«elf to that?”
“Yes; I’m practicing now. I wear one
of those plaid coats with a belt in the
Lack.”
LIVING MODELS
WILL BE SHOWN
AT THE SAKS STORE
Arrangements have just been perfected
oy the aggressive i firm of Louis Saks
Jlothing company that will bring to Bir
ningham the most unique style exhibit
sver presented to the ladies of Birming
1am. A style show that gives to Birming
ham women an opportunity of viewing the
most exclusive Par s models ever shown
oy any local shop. One of New York’s
arrest importers of fashionable gowns
ma costumes will send from New York
Tiore than 4<H> garments and living models,
(vho will give those that appreciate fash
onable apparel the most an opportunity ot |
seeing just how these gowns may he worn ;
in the most effective manner. The exact |
late of this exhibit lias not yet been d|*- i
:ermined. but it will be about the middle \
>f March. The exact date will be an- ]
Aounced later.—Adv. J
Will Not
I Market a “Six”
“We have experimented, it is true, with the engines of six cylin
ders; in fact, we have built a number of such cars in the past four
years. We have tested them to the utmost; and we have compared
them, point by point, with some of the most highly regarded ‘sixes’
which vie had bought for just this purpose. It may be interesting
to note, in this connection, that we did not find a single ‘six’ which
in our opinion, outpointed our own in these exhaustive tests. Most
of them, in fact, were outpointed by our own. These experiments
may have been the basis of rumors that we were to market a six
cylinder Cadillac—but this company has no such intention.
"At one time or another our experimental division has built
automobile engines of almost every conceivable type and size. We
made two cylinder cars some years ago, and it was rumored that we
were to market such a car—but we never did. We have also made !
three cylinder cars, and it was rumored that we were to market them
—but we never did. And in the same way the rumor that we con
template the marketing of a Cadillac six is without foundation.
“We are making and delivering more Cadillacs than all the six
cylinder builders combined, whose cars sell at or above the price of
a Cadillac.”
SIX CYLINDER cars do not hold a single record for speed, hill
climbing or endurance runs. If you consider economy, sixes are
eliminated,
CADILLAC MOTOR CAR CO.
_____________________ i
“Distributers
For Alabama”
Avenue C and
20th St.
Birmingham!
m ft if *1 Alabama
TAKE MOONSHINERS
10 RUSSELLVILLE
Revenue Officers Arrest Il
licit Distillers in Raid in
Lawrence County
Russellville, February 28.—(Special.)
United States Deputy Revenue Collectors
\V. M. Chenault and E. S. Smith, assisted
by >T. L. Smith, a deputy sheriff, early
Friday captured Henry Brooks and Rich
ard Smith, moonshiners, about 10 miles
south of Mount Hope. When the officers
came upon them these men were energet
ically engaged in the illicit distilling oi
liquor. After being arrested they were
brought to Russellville, where they were
placed in jail.
Brooks is an old offender, having been
arrested on this and several other charges
before, and has a criminal record, it is
said, second to that of Rube Burr. He
was at one time, 30 years ago, a member
of a famous lawless clan and lost one
of his legs in a shootirn* affray witft ^
officers while resisting arrest. **“
The officers destroyed the “still” and all
equipment Incident to the business of the
moonshiners, together with their stock
of liquor.
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L<ook at the tongue, mother! If
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one's stomach, liver and bowels need a
gentle, thorough cleansing at once.
When peevish, cross, listless, pale,
doesn't sleep, eat or act naturally, or is
feverish, stomach sour, breath bad, has
stomach ache, sore throat, diarrhoea,
full of cold, give a teaspoonful of “Cal
ifornia Syrup of Figs." and in just a
few ho.urs all the foul, constipated
waste, undigested food and sour bile
gently moves out of Its little bowels
and you have a well, playful cfc Id
again.
You needn’t coax sick children to 1
take this harmless fruit laxative; tffojr
love its delicious taste and it always
makes them feel splendid.
Ask your druggist for a 50-eent bot«
lie of “California Syrup of Figs,” which .
has directions for babies, children of all /
ages, and for grown-ups plainly on each f
bottle. Beware of counterfeits sold
here. Get the genuine, made by “Cali
fornia Fig Syrup Company.” Refuse
any other kind wfth contempt.
Adams’ Adams’
Cydonine Liv-O-Lax f
I
Will end the trouble you have [S that laxative that everyone
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ADAMS DRUG CO. (,
Phone “The Sleep’ess Store In The Phone
1001 Heart of the Town’s Heart” 1001