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provements to Which Op
position Develops
Decatur, March 11.—(Special.)—The clty
counell of New Decatur is considering
paving Fourth and Fifth avenues In West j
Decatur. There are petitions for and
against the paving filed by the property
. owners and the matter Is now in the
hands of the street committee and will
be passed on later.
The report of Chief of Police Will V.
Davidson of New Decatur shows that
during the month of February only six
arrests were made in Now Decatur. This
is a record unheard of before.
Company E, Alabama National Guards,
was Inspected last night in its armory
hall in lew Decatur by General Scully,
on the part of the state, and by Cap
tain Screws on the part of the United
States government. This is one of the
best companies in the state militia.
Many new business houses and resi
dences are being built in the Decaturs
et this time.
, It is expected that work will soon com
mence on tho $60,000 government build
ing to be built In Decatur.
ELECTRICCURRENT
FROM PEA RIVER DAM
Troy, March 11.—(Special.)—Troy is now
using the electric current generated at
the Pea river dam. 30 miles south of here.
The work of constructing this immense
dam and building the line in to Troy has
taken about two years. The city has a
contract with the Pea River Power com* |
pany to furnish electricity to the city and 1
all the industrial enterprises that desire
.it. The rate of the new current will be
much cheaper than that generated by the
city.
Currency Measure Deprives
Metropolis of Supreme
Eminence
NEW YORK IS AIDED
BY FOREIGN TRADE
Her Supremacy As Trade and Manu
factures Is Assured for Many
Years to Come Because of
Commanding Position
By HOI.I.AND
New York, March 11.—(Special.)—Pre
sumably Chicago will gain, under the
new hanking law. no small part of the
pre-eminence which Jv'pw York city has
maintained since the national banking
law was enacted in 1Sk2. That is the com
mon opinion of bankers. They report that
there was no attempt to conceal the
purpose entertained by those who drafted
and perfected the present national hank
ing act. They hoped to enact a measure
into law whereby the Inevitable tendency
of banking credit and money accumula
tions In New York city would be ended.
They hoped to scatter throughout the
country what seemed to be a monopoly
possessed by New York city.
Reasonable men who shared in the
preparation of the new- hanking and cur
rency law were not disposed to criticize
New York, for they knew that the con
centration here of vast money power and
the control of vast banking credit were
in great measure consequent, upon the op
eration of the old banking law. That
measure practically drove fund,s in large
amounts to New York city. There were
seasons of the year when banks in other
parts of the country lorwarded to New
York money In great currents, since they
were able to deposit funds in New Yori;
and have these funds reckoned as part of
their reserves while at the same time
New York banks were allowing them in
terest, usually at the rate of 2 per cent,
upon these deposits. The law in the
first instance, and not the selfish greed
of New York bankers, was responsible
for this condition.
Rival for New York
i'nder the new law. Chicago will be
come naturally and inevitably a flnancia
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ACAINST MEASURE
Meridian Doesn’t Want Lo- j
cal Public Utilities Under
R. R. Commission
Meridian. Miss.. March 11.—(Special.)
The hill which has passed the house of
representatives of the state legislature to
luive all local public utilities put under
the control of the railroad commissioner
is meeting strong opposition here. Both
Mayor Parker and rbe two councilmen of
the city are opposed to the move because
it would take the control of the Meridian
Light and Railway company out of the
hands of the city government, and this is
not at all desirable. The city and the
street car company have no trouble in
adjusting their affairs and under the
present plan the company pays taxes on
more than half a million dollars worth
of property in this city, or more than 60
per cent of ail the railroads, with their
terminal* passenger stations, freight sta
tion and shops.
Besides this the street car company in
this city is a liberal subscriber to the
Board of Trade, pays $500 toward helping
to secure music for Highland park, fur
nishes the lights free for the park, fur
nishes power for the carrousel and mov
ing pictures, all free of charge. The
company is very liberal, which might not
be under state control. The people here
want the legislature to let this matter,
purely local, alone, as it will he disad
v&ntage to the city if the senate passes
the house bill.
center that will In some respects rival
New York. This is not deplored by New
Yorkfl bankers. The ablest of them have
testified publicly, as George F. Baker
did last fall, that undoubtedly this mo
nopolistic tendency had gone too far, and
was creating condition? which were not
for the best interest of the country.
It is inevitable, however, that New
York remain for a long term of years the
commercial center, and this will be in
part due to the fact that the greater
part of the imports into the United States
and more than one-half of the. revenue
received from customs dues will pass
through New York city, the customs rev
enues on their way to Washington direct
ly or indirectly and the importations on
their way to all parts of the country.
The magnitude of the manufacturing in
terests of the metropolitan district will,
for years, make it possible for New York
city to maintain commercial precedence.
There can be commercial prestige without
financial prestige as is shown by the
record made by Liverpool which Is one
of the world's great commece centers,
while London still retains her financial
pre-eminence in the money markets of
the world.
The Export Trade
Another factor which is regarded as
certain to aid in maintaining the com
mercial prestige of New York is the es
tablishment here of the great selling
agencies. In well informed circles the be
lief is strong that one of the important
, effects of the new tariff and of the new
banking and currency laws will be dis
1 covered within the course r»f a year or
two through the greater advance upon
the markets of the world by those who
manufacture American commodities.
Already there are in Uhina. in Can
ada and in some parts of South America
’ representatives of many of the large
* corporations who are seeking markets
in those countries. The selling agencies
whlcli have contributed so greatly Lo our
i export trade lit manufactured pfktVlncts
are for the most part established in New
York, and this is not due so much to
the fact that Now' York has been the
financial center as to the fact that for
eign commerce, both incoming and out
going, concentrates to a great extent
in the harbor of New York.
It may be that in the course of a
few months it will be known that some
who are now in China as representa
tives of two or three of the great cor
porations of the United States have suc
ceeded in negotiating very important
contracts involving large amounts of
money.
A day or two ago information canto
from Great Britain that the American
Woolen company was about to establish
an agency in London. That seems
also like carrying coals to Newcastle,
but It is an understanding directly con
sequent upon the enactment of the new
tariff law.
Entering Foreign Markets
American manufacturers are sending,
iii greater and greater amounts, fin
ished articles into foreign markets so
that there can be instant sale of these
articles instead of the procrastination
that formerly followed a negotiation
for American manufacturing commodi
ties and the delivery of the finished
products to the customers.
The experts who have been scrutinis
ing the details of our recent foreign
commerce are strongly inclined to th-»
opinion that we are to make up for
some of tiie depression in democratic
business by increased foreign trade.
That depression does exist in domestic
trade is unquestioned. The pay rolls
of some of the larger manufactiirng
corporations show how far-reaching
this depression is. Some of these pay
rolls are 50 per cent less than payments
made in normal times, and it is the
fact that the manufacturers have been
able to give their artisans some em
ployment because they are finding the
markets for their commodities in for
eign lands.
Importance of Railroad Purchase
It would be folly to conceal the fact
that tiie inability of the railroads* t>
make purchases in great measure ac
counts for the depression in certain
lines of manufacture. One of the large
corporations whose product is almost
exclusively bought by the railroad com
panies was compelled. throuerht it-*
president, a few days ago to announce
that owing to the heavy falling ofr
in buying by the railroads the busi
ness of the company last year had
been very unsatisfactory. This pres
ident said that the success of the com
pany depended to a great extent upon
the well being of the railroads and
when the revenues of the railroads
would again permit them to purchase
the necessary requirements the cor
poration would be able to carry on its
plant to its capacity.
Some of the railroad companies feel
compelled to deprive stockholders of
_ dividends in order that needed fundi*
" may be obtained for making irnpera
tlve improvements. Tiie Chesapeake and
Ohio Railroad company proposes to
take from ItH net earnings $17,000,000.
and presumably these stockholders
must find their purses empty so far
as their income from the stock is con
cerned for the next five years. Ir.
the long run, the stockholders will be
benefited. But the emergency which
lias been in this manner met by the
management of this railroad is not con
fined to* the Chesapeake and Ohio,
Money amounting to many millions
must be obtained within the next two
or three years if the railroads are ade
quately to meet the demands made upon
them by the United States, and pre
sumably in many case the stockhold
ers will be compelled to undergo a
suspension of dividends to furnish the
railroads with the credit which will
enable them to get some part of the
money needed.
; Financing transactions of this kind
will undoubtedly be perfected in New
York city. But there seems to he no
doubt (hat under the operations of the
new banking and currency law Chi
cago is gaining a prestige which Ne*v
York will lose.
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Outlines Policy in Huntsville
Address Tuesday
FOR CHILD LABOR LAW
Huntsville Commissioners Receive
Complaints Concerning Sunday
“Movies”—Many New Indus
tries in Prospect
Huntsville, March 11.—(Special.)—Ca.pt
Reuben F. Kolb, candidate for governor,
spoke here last night and was met. by
many of his old-time supporters. Captain
Kolb charged that the Comer administra
tion diverted about $90,000 a year of the
sum realized from the fertilizer tag t«\
from the rural schools to Auburn, the
nine-agricultural schools and the experi
ment station at Cniontown. placing this
money where it is of no henelit to thq
farmers who pay the tax.
Kolb said if lie is elected no children
under 15 years will be allowed to work in
the cotton mills of Alabama. He claimed
that the farming interests are hearing
more than a fair share of the burden
of state government and that of the
$1,100,000,000 taxable property more than
half Is exempt from taxation under the
present Alabama laws.
Kolb stands for an aggressive agricul
tural policy and will use all efforts to
have the farmers raise everything they
need In Alabama. He showed by sta
tistics that Alabama is buying $100,000,000
worth of hay products, corn, meat and
dairy products every year and this money
should be kept at home.
The city commissioners have received a
protest against moving pictures on Sun
day and a set of resolutions adopted at
a meeting of the stewards of flve of the
church which was called by the minis
ters to make a protest against “Sab
bath desecration.” Quite a tight is being
made here around the Sunday picture
idea. At the Sunday mass meeting J. ,T.
Johnson of the First Baptist church was
elected chairman and A. M. Booth was
secretary. The commissioners took the
protest under advisement.
William Fowler, a young business man
of Huntsville, and Miss (Trace Mason of
Fayetteville, were married at Fayetteville
Tuesday afternoon.
The officers of the Chamber of Com
merce of Huntsville state that there are
more new Industries In prospect at this
time than ever before and they ha\“
strong hopes of a busy season of build
ing ahead. Several Important Industries
are seeking locations here aiul some of
them are practical certainties. Kven with
no additions to the present list, an un
usually busy building season Is antici
pated this year.
CRUSHING DEFEATS
FOR SUFFRAGISTS
Miss Bronson Issues State
ment to Show Recent
Work By Opposition
Washington, March 11.—(Special.)
Crushing defeats of the woman suffra
gists nt the White House, before Con
gress and in eight individual states, all
within the past year, are the salient fea
tures of a “record of achievement,” ir
sued here today by Miss Minnie Bronson,
secretary of th»- National Association Up
posed to Woman Suffrage, as evidence
that the equal franchise movement in
this country has not only come to a
standstill but has received terrific set
lacks in the time mentioned.
Miss Bronson, who was in Washing
ton for a fewT hours this afternoon on
her return trip to New York from a big
anti-suffrage meeting in Cincinnati, ex
pressed the opinion that the country
should know’ what her organization has
accomplished within the past VI months
because the “record” may be taken as
an indication of coming anti-suffrage vic
tories in the states of New’ York, Ne.v
Jersey. South Dakota, North Dakota,
Montana. Nevada and Nebraska, all of
which will decide the suffrage question
within the next year or 18 months.
The following is Miss Bronson's record
of anti-suffrage achievements during the
year just ended:
“December 4, 1913—-As the result of ar
guments presented to the House com
mittee on rules In Washington by tile
anti-suffragists against the proposition of
the suffragists to establish in the ouse
a standing committee on woman suffrage,
the committee on rules decided to turn
down the suffrage request.
December 8, 1913- President Wilson,
speaking to a delegation of suffragists
at the White House, refused to notice in
his message to Congress or in any other
way the request that he urge Congress to
make woman suffrage a federal issue.
“January IT. 1914—The committee on
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TENSION INCREASES IN j
MEXICAN MATTERS AND
LEADERS ARE WORRIED
Recent Developments Indicate That President Must Change
Policy and Many Congressmen Regard Intervention as
Imminent and Absolutely Inevitable
ny r. E. STEWART
that there is an intimate relation be
tween the Mexican situation and the
canal tolls controversy, hut. of course,
everyone suspects that there is. Anyway
Congress feels that intervention in Mex
ico Is Imminent and inevitable, for they
believe that it is going to ho forced upon
us. Congress also believes that. Eng
land's support in such event is dependent
upon favorable action in canal tolls, and
even with his feeling uppermost in the
minds of all there will nevertheless he a
struggle in the Senate over the repeal
worthy Of note. Tlie House will pass
canal tolls by a good majority, at least
that is the opinion now.
Just now. In the judgment of meiftb is
of the Senate committee on foreign rela
tions, there are two clouds upon the noti
*on which seem to contain a menace to
tlie Monroe doctrine, 'rite powers at this
Juncture somewhat under suspicion In this
connection are Japan and Germany. Some
members of the committee read with un
disguised concern tlie declaration of cer
tain German newspapers a few days ago
that Germany would take upon hers-lf
the responsibility of protecting her citi
zens in Mexico in case one or more of
them were to meet the fate of Benton.
This announcement In the Gentian pres*
is regarded here as having been Inspired,
by the Gorman foreign office.
The state department, however, thro'.s
cold water on tills by declaring that "our
relations with Germany arc most cordial, ’
and. further, that •Germany has shown
e\eTV disposition to support out’ Mor
lean policy ”
There has been resolution after resolu
tion introduced In the Congress'calling
the state department and even tlm Pres
ident for n full report on the Mexican
situation. So far none lias passed, but
if one should, and the real inside informa
tion is furnished, n leader In tlie partv
snjd today, “nothing could prevent war.”
The tension Is becoming greater everv
hour. Something must happen one way
or tlie other and that verv soon. Either
the situilon will clear up by a miracle,
or there will bo an outbreak that will
lead to the Joining of the Issue by the
force of arms.
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Washington. March 10.—Special.)—An
uneasy feeling pervades Congress ovei
our general diplomatic situation, although
there is no specific instance, omitting
Mexico, threatening a rupture of friend
ly relations upon which to base serious
apprehensions of complications.
The New York World, with a re »rd of j
consistent support of the administra
tion—particularly the President-in two
editorials in as many days last wvek
mercilessly and scathingly arraigned the
Secretary of State, and accused him of
“trifling with his high office.” 1 he
World declared in effect that the people
of the United Stater would have no faith
in the state department, were they not
certain that the President was keenly
alive to conditions therein.
The resignation of John Bassett Mom •
as counselor of the state department be
cause, it is said, that he could not agree!
with the Secretary on the Mexican policy,
nor with the President upon the subject J
of canal tolls has been another subject ]
of gossip and speculation as to his sue- j
cessor. Mr. Moore was an authority on j
Intel national law, ami It Is no easy task
to get some one to fill his place; he was
familiar with every detail of our foreign
ielation* and was a tower of strength to
Mr. Bryan.
Mystery In President's Words
The President's last sentence in ids ad
dress to Congress on the subject of toll*
has not yet been fully explained: “l
shall not know how to deal with other
matters of even greater delicacy and '
nearer consequence if you do not grant ,
it to me in ungrudging measure."
Senators and members of Congress w h
heretofore have stoutly maintained that
there was no danger of war with Mex-!
rules made public officially Ha decision
not to recommend to the House the
establishment of a standing committee
on woman suffrage.
“Februai.v 2, 1914 A cause of the dem
ocrats of the House, called by suffrage
sympathizers, refused by a vote of 127 to
62 to compel the committee on rules to re
port the resolution calling for the estab
lishment of the proposed .standing com
mittee.
“February 4. 1914 Representative Un
derwood. the democratic floor leader,
served notice in a speech on the floor
of the House that the democratic party
takes the position that woman suffrage
is a state and not a federal question.
“Woman suffrage was defeated at the
primaries or In the legislatures of Michi
gan, Connecticut, Massachusetts, f* lor
Ida. Maine, Iowa. Maryland and Virginia.
This list of states, representing nearly
(very section of the country, is an elo
quent indication of what the public senti
ment really is toward woman suffrage.
“Active organization of the anti-suf
frage forces has been started in South
Carolina, Kentucky, Nebraska. Wiscon
sin and Minnesota, all new additions to
the great organized anti-suffrage teiTl
tory.
“The complete removal of the suffrage
I question from national politics for the
life of the present Congress.
“The failure of the Seriate to pass the
proposed amendment of the constitution
for woman suffrage, in spite of a favor
able report on It from a committee com
posed almost entirely of senators repre
senting pro-suffrage states."
FARM DEMONSTRATOR
MAY BE INSTALLED
Meridian, Miss.. March 11.—(Special.)
Notwithstanding the fact that the county
hoard of supervisors turned down the
proposition to put on a farm demonstra
tor, although they had submitted the
matter to a vote of the people, and the
majority had voted for it. there is still
a chance that the matter will he carried
through as the Board of Trade has In
structed Its committee on agriculture to
take up a subscription among the busi
ness men of the city and try to raise
>1000, which, added to the $500 allowed by
the government, would make. $1500, suffi
cient to employ n demonstrator. The
committee has already met with good
success.
PERSONAL
John Wr< n. a well known detective,
was operated upon for appendlclts at
the Birmingham tnftrinary vesterdav
afternoon He stood the operation well
and la resting quietly.
Mrs. James T. Armstrong of Colum
bus. Miss., is quite ill at tile Birming
ham infirmary.
ica have changed their minds. There is
no question about that. The repeated
demands of the state department for tin*
protection of various foreign residents of
Mexico, both in the revolutionary zone
amt in the region controTTerl by Huerta,
have been ignored or treated with such
flippancy as to lead many dose observer s
to exper t that before long the admini
stration's policy must lie changed. fn
fact it lias aroused a feeling of indigna
tion fn Congress- ami when Congress
once gets that feeling good and strong
there ran he hut one answer, and that is
drastic and forceful action In Mexico
In tire meantime the pressure from the
foreign powers, for the protection or
their citizens, for explanations of the kill- i
Ing of t,hosev that have already been Him • |
derod. and for inquiry into this case ami!
that case, is becoming greater- and more
insistent nil the time. The action of nov
ernor Colquitt and his rangers in mak
ing a raid Into Mexico and recovering the
body of Vergara, whether it is denied or
not. is bound to firing on complications,
Is the belief of congressmen and senator**.
This act by tlie* rangers will lead to
another of a similar nature, and perhaps
to retaliation by the Mexicans, and when
that comes there will be n fight, and fur
ther delay of an invasion of Mexico is
Ollt of Hie question.
Think Intervention Inevitable
There has been no official intimation
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