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MOORE SAYS WORK IS THE BEST SOLUTION OF THE
PROBLEMS WHICH HAVE CONFRONTED THE SOUTH
Ily ELLIS C. HOLLUMS.
SOUTH NEEDS A CO-OPERATIVE
P • SPIRIT BETWEEN BUSINESS
CONCERNS, DECLARES MOORE
Hardware Man Says, “Let Us Call Of f All Conventions and Other Meetings
For the Purpose of Bewailing Our Woes; Let Us Quit Talking and Go to
Work”—Declares Business Is Good and Advises That Bills Be Promptly
Paid
| | * ’ T
Declaring that the only need of the south at the present time is close, hearty co-operation be
tween manufacturers, jobbers, banks, retail merchants and farmers, J. D. Moore, president of the
Moore-Handley Hardware company, issued a statement dealing with conditions as they exist.
Mr. Moore stressed the importance that less talk and more work wculd have a good moral ef
fect on others as well as producing desired results financially.
If Mr. Moore's statement follows:
‘‘Cotton is needed for clothing and other purposes as much as ever, and yet the price is only about half what it was
a few months ago. No’one today knows what is a legitimate price for cotton, but we do know that all efforts to
create an artificial price have failed.
M’BRIOE'S ORDERS
SHOW AN INCREASE
Turner Electric Company
Salesmen Find Business
Very Good
C. L. McBride, with the Turner Elec
tric Supply cocmpany, said last week
that business In his territory showed
an increase over the past few weeks.
Mr. McBride was very optimistic as
to the future, and says that his cus
tomers really appear to be trying to
forget that the war or any other un
toward influence exists. They are
doing lots of work and very little talk,
he says.
"My orders continue to increase.” said
Mr. McBride, “and the people in my
territory are beginning to see the dawn
of the era of prosperity that is bound
to reach us as the channels of trade
are opened towards the east. Money
appears to be somewhat easier, and
there has been a very decided drop in
the number of calamity bowlers. In
fact, I have not seen one this week.”
The city salesmen for the Turner
company say that if business locally
was any better they would be afraid it
would not last. Sales, they say, con- |
tlnue to show an increase, and there ;
seems to be a feeling of optimism per- j
vading the tn\de.
J. TV. Eagan said yesterday after
noon that he had found trade all the
week in an unusually good condition.
Robert J. Badham and C. M. Burney
both reported similarly.
GEWINNER EXPECTS
GREAT PROSPERITY
IN NEAR FUTURE
I
Says Business Men Are Op
timistic and That Trade
Is Opening up More
and More
H. G. Gewinner, manager of the au
tomobile accessories department of the
Turner Electric Supply company, re
turned last week from a short busi
ness trip to Nashville, Knoxville, Chat
tanooga and Memphis. Mr. Gewinner
said that in the first three cities he
did not find a merchant or a citizen
who mentioned “hard times,” and only
one man in Memphis who thought the
times were hard. This man, he said,
was on the way to an asylum for the
insane and was irresponsible.
“The times are not bad,” said Mr.
Gewinner, “if I observed the signs cor
rectly. I found it very easy to get
orders and established two agencies
while away. Everyone with whom I
talked seemed very optimistic and
said that business was very good. Of
course, it is not by any means so good
as it will be within the next three
months, but at the present time mer
chants are enjoying good business.
“In the very near future the United
States is going to be more prosperous
than ever before in its history. There
is no wray to dodge the issue. The
country is bound to be prosperous and
the people may as well prepare for it.
Trade daily is opening up more
more, money is becoming easier, the
cotton situation is practically solved,
and the federal reserve banks soon will
be doing business.
“There is no excuse for talk of hard
times and as soon as business men cease
tniiHner and get back to work pros- ,
perity will come. And all but two or I
three are now working. When the oth- '
ers start the wheels of prosperity will
begin to revolve at high speed.”
department under the two systems will
show approximately the following re
sults:
Two Systems Compared
During the past four years the state
leased out to the Pratt Consolidated
Coal and Iron company, owners of Pratt
and Banner mines, an average of 332
men, who operated the mines.
The gross earnings for four
years were .$905,898.87
Expenses . 398,124.69
Net earnings .$507,774.18
The average number of men leased
to me a eu..vs»set! coal, li on and Rail
road company for the previous four
years was 450.
I ihe receipts for their hire
! were .$823,853.46
Disbursements for mainten
.... and salaries . 232,630.05
“We must not let our present dis
tress tempt us to depart from the
, rules of safe finance; and We must
quit looking to the federal govern
ment for aid. While appreciating
1 what our representatives at Washing
ton have tried to do for us, we should
wake up and realize that the problem
f of the price of cotton and the relief
of growers cannot be worked out by
special laws, as these would violate
the principles of sound legislation and
create a precedent which' would give
us great trouble in the future.
"Our difficulties will continue until lhe
law of supply and demand establishes a
fair price for cotton. In the meantime,
what can be done? The answer is much,
but wc must do it ourselves. How?
"First, by using every effort to prevent
the fatal mistake of planting a large crop
of cotton next year. We have cotton
enough to last two years, under present
adverse conditions, and a crop of oven
normal size in 1915 would not only depre
ciate the price of the cotton we now have
In hand, but prevent the new crop fiom
selling for anything like the cost of pro
duction.
"Indisputable evidence of greatlv re
duced acreage in cotton is the only thing
which will stiffen the price of the pres
•' =
ent crop. The farmers should sow all the
land they can In oats, wheat and similar
ciops this fall and not wait until next
spring to do so. The government crop
reports will be watched closely by cotton
buyers and every acre planted now in
other crops will have a telling effect on
the price.
“Now, as to business: There will always
he a demand for goods. People will go
on living, working and consuming, no
matter what happens, but now is the time
to watch your business closely anu to
practice economy in conducting it.
“Your credit is your best asset—keep il
up. Collect from those who owe you anil
pay those whom you owe. You may not
h * able to do all this at once, but collect
as fast as you * an u^d pay as fast as you
can. This will keep money circulating.
When you are out of debt you- will
scarcely know that the European war is
going on, and it will be thus with your
< ustomers when they discharge their obli
gations. All of us must make some ^acri
lice at this time, but credit is the one
tiling which cannot be sacrificed. No
greater opportunity will you ever have to
build up your credit. Do it.
"The cotton situation is improved by The
announcement that the federal reserve
beard has approved a plan for the banks
of this country to subscribe $135,000,000 to
be loaned on cotton at G per cent, and
that the administration of the fund when
raised will be tinder the direction of a
cotton loan committee, of which W. P. G.
Herding is chairman. The announcements
that tlie banks in the federal reserve sys
tem will be ready for business November
1G also strengthens the situation, and ox
ports of cotton have increased already as
the result of the declaration by England
that cotton will not be considered a con
traband of war.
"Talk about the south being bankrupt
■8 bosh! renditions we are meeting to
day are temporary. With our land, cur
climate and our men. nothing can check
the growth and prosperity of the south.
"The need is for close, hearty co-opera
tion by banks, manufacturers, jobbers, re
t ill merchants and farmers v. • i
doing his part courageously and faith
fully, all will be well.
"Honest industry and cheerfulness never
fail to make things better. iTet us cil! off
all conventions and any further meetings
for the purpose of bewailing our *voes.
Let us quit talking and go to work!”
AL/ABAJWAIS I'Klini
FROM CONVICTS FOR
YEAR IS $316,583.43
iron finned from Page Oir)
convicts during that period, all accounts
due the department and the cash value
of all the personal property of the de
partment.
The disbursements during that period
were $2,269,072.16, making a net profit
for the four years of $1,706,695.87.
The total receipts for the past four
years, including all cash receipts, as
sets and personal property, amount, in
found numbers, to something like $5,200,
000, an increase of $1,250,000 over the total
receipts of the previous administration.
The net profits for the past, four years
amounted to approximately $2,200,000, an
increase of nearly $500,000 over the four
years of the Comer administration.
The total receipts and profits of the
convict department for the past four
years will be shown in the quadrennial
report of the department, which will be
issued in about 10 days. Owing to the
fact that department officials had not
vertified all the figures which will be
incorporated in the report, the exact
amount of receipts and profits could not
he learned, though they are approximate
ly correct as given above.
Comparison of Receipts
During the past fiscal year there Avas
an average of 2600 state convicts, who
were employed in coal mines, at sawmills,
on turpentine farms, at the factories at
Speigners and Florence, on tire state
farms and at the penitentiary at we
tumpka. Most of these convicts, how
ever, were leased to mining contractors,
being employed at the Pratt mines, Sloss
Sheffield mines, Red Feather, Bessemer
Coal and Iron company and the Monte
vallo Coal company mines. These five
mining contractors paid the state dur
ing the year for the lease of convicts
$'i30.464.32, nearly two-thirds of the total
cash receipts for the year. The employ
ment of convicts at the various lumber
companies and turpentine camps swelled
the receipts from convict labor to $964,
238.23.
The present system <5T hiring out con
victs to mines and other operators lias
proven a more lucrative source of in
come than the old plan of merely sell
ing their labor, which obtained under
| the former administration. In the mines
the state is now working its own con
• ’ • ~ fo,. their maintenance and
other expenses.
„n of the receipts of the
DEALERS ASSERT
BUSINESS IS GOOD
Matthews and Blackford
Are Optimistic—Expect
Better Business
c. R. Matthews of the Matthews
Rlectric Supply company, is an op
timistic sort of fellow. He says busi
ness is fair and predicts even better
business in the immediate future. He
will not say that business right now
is booming. But conditions are fair,
and it will not be a great while before
things will be booming, he says.
"Business with us is fair and within
the last few days I have noted a de
cided improvement,” said Mr. Matthews
yesterday. "I look for even better
business in the future. Prospects are
bright, indeed, and we are optimis
tic."
F. W. Blackford of the Donovan Pro
vision company, says business contin
ues to show up well. He, like every
one else, is of the opinion that the
future holds much that is good for Bir
mingham and this district, and is an
optimist.
“Reports from out of town tend to
show that there is a better sentiment,’’
said Mr. Blackford. “Business soon
will l»e oven better than It is now, In
niy opinion, and business here ought
to be very good.”
Doster-N orth in gtn
Visitors
Among the visitors to the Doster
Northington Drug company last week
was Mr. Speerman, manager of the
Wiklo Drug company at Anniston. Mrs.
Speerman accompanied her husband.
Mr. Speerman said that business in
Calhoun county was easily holding its
own. The farmers, he said, are dis
posed to hold on to their cotton, but
with the announcement by the British
government that cotton would not be
regarded as contraband of war the sit
uation has assumed a much rosier hue,
and the outlook is promising.
Other visitors to the Doster-North
ington company’s store were:
Mr. Wilson of Wilson Brothers Drug
company, Brilliant; D. P. Cannon, a
prominent druggist of Coaling.
Boy Grabbed Deadly Snake
From the Philadelphia Record.
York, Pa.—The next time 15-year-old
Thomas Graves of Haliam pulls a snake
out of a hole by its tail he will first make
certain what kind of a snake it is. Ol
the many varieties of snakes in York
county there is just one that is venomous
and it happened to be a 33-inch copper
head that Graves grabbed.
The reptile turned like a flash, anc
struck the boy on two fingers of his riglu
hand. He was hurried to the office ol
the nearest physician, his arm swollei
to several times its natural size. Th<
promptness of medical attention, how
ever, saved his life.
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or net eanngs.3b9i,zzs.4i
The above figures show that, under
the old system, 450 men earned In four
-j in excess of 332 men
• In the same period, under the present
system. Comparing these figures more
closely, the convicts at Pratt and Ban
ner mines during the past four years
earned a net average of $31.87 • per
mr*• th or $382.44 per year.
On the basis of 450 men employed,
their earnings for one year would have
amounted to $172,098, or $688,392 in four
years, showing an excess under the
present system in earning capacity of
convicts over the old system of nearly
$100,000 for 450 men in four years.
“The above comparison is made on
the basis of an average of 450 men
working for the Tennessee Coal and
and Iron company as against an aver
age of 332 convicts at the Pratt and
Banner mines during the present ad
ministration. The records of the con
vict department show while the old
contract with the Tenenssee Coal, Iron
and Railroad company called for 450
men, this number was rarely, if ever,
actually supplied by the state."
Other figures show that the state had
an average of 263 convicts at the Sloss
Sheffleld mines at Flat Top during the
I past four years, whose net earning fot
that time were $435,745.30.
The state maintained an average of
250 convicts at that mine during the
previous administration, whose net
earnings for four years were $402,
4i6.33.
| Th average net earnings per man
per month at Flat Top was $34.52 for
r ' uy\ four years, the largest at any
of the mines.
* < sr*par.son of the profits from convict
• i or at other mines would show prac
Vt same results, a pretty fair
.u in the earnings of
convicts under the present system over
- drennlal report of the depart
, re.Gttt will show some interesting figures
t.ty the result of convict labor during the
-• < four yearn. The net earnings of the
and Banner mines and
at Flat Top have been shown. The net
profits from convict labor at other mines
. . . am i»i. >>•.»;
Loeilc. owned by Red Feather Coal com
pany, 185 men:
Gross earnings in four yearn —$141,220 95
Expenses ..’. 178,348.80
Net profits .$262,872 10
Belle Ellen, average men 200:
Gross earnings .$400,110-2*
I Expenses*. 123,220 11
Net profits .•27M0& 61
In addition to these four mlrt«s, th*
state seven months ago leased about JM
men to the Aldrich mine, owned by I he
! Montevallo Coal company. Theft /»*•»
C0,t* i»ks f*»r thin period was $16,385 90
The gross earnings, therefore, from lb*
labor ot convicts In the five rriln<« for
the past four years were $2,512,875 51. and
the expenses were $1,013,229.42, leaving a
net profit to the state for the four year*
of $1,499,646.09.
The earnings of the convict* In the
mines during the Comer adnVn)*tration
were $1,11S,ITS.64. though the state did not
have contracts with the several mine op
erators during that entire period. The
I corrmarlsons made above, however, are
based on the four years’ employment of
convicts.
Earnings of Convicts at Camps
The profits to the state from the lease
of convicts to the various lumber and tur
pentine camps for $he past four years
were:
Henderson Lumber Co., San
foid ...
Horseshoe Lumber Co., River
Falls . 89,363.21
Henderson-Boyd Lumber Co.,
Richburff . 61.662.51
Alabama Turpentine Co. 30,566.9(
Henderson Turpentine Co.,
Shreve . 79,120.1!
Alabama Manufacturing Co. at
tt.im»ngham . 23,063.31
Theole-Phillipi Mfg. Co. at Flor
ence . 73,067.1!
Sellers & Bullard at Samson.... 51,914.91
Sum* of the contracts with th* abov<
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Some Sidelights On the War
By HARRY J. BURNEY ,
Turkey finds itself right in the mid
dle of a mighty bad fix. It has al
lowed itself to be forced into a war
which can only result in its expulsion
from^Europe. Russia has long coveted
Constantinople. Time and again, the
Muscovite has reached out a hand to
seize one of the most magnificent ports
in the world. Each time heretofore his 1
desire has been thwarted. Now it seems
almost certain that the city of Con
stantine once again will be the posses
sion of a Christian power, and that
power will be Russia.
In the past England has been the
chief nurse at the bedside of the sick
man of Europe. British diplomacy and
British battleships have been the medi
cine which has kept alive the mori
bund nation. Great Britain would have
gladly tuken Constantinople for her
self, but she has not dared. All the
while, however, she has been strong
enough to keep it from Russia. For
many years, England has acted as "first
friend" of the Porte. Now these quon
dam cronies are at war. It is almost
positive that, if victorious. Russia will
demand as part of the* spoils the gate
way from the Black sea to the Medi- j
erranean. Nor can this demand ±>e j
justly denied. It is necessary for her
continued growth and progress.
Even did England want to say "nay,"
would she dare? However long the
European war may last, Russia is not
going to be seriously crippled. Its mou
jiks are unnumbered, and properly
equipped and led they fight with all
human valor^ind endurance. The birth
rate of Russia is a marvel to the other
countries of Europe. The fecundity of
the Muscovite mother ia a weapon
stronger than all the guns that have
ever b^en cast in the enormous works
at Essen. When England, France, Aus
tria and Germany lie prostrate and
bleeding, Russia will still be strong.
Constantine of Greece is a first
cousin of George of England; likewise
of >^cholas of Russia. Not that this fact
really amounts to as much as a "scrap
of paper," but Constantine might use
it as a great argument with himself to
join the war on the side of the triple
entente. Something much more ma
terial Is the fact that the interests of
his country and the interests of Tur
key are utterly at variance. The two
nations have been foes for centuries.
Back about 1896—I am not certain re
garding the date and no book of ref
erence is immediately at hand—Greece
undertook to whip Turkey and got well
trounced for her pains. Recently in
conjunction with the allied states of
the Balkan peninsula, she got her re
venge. Only the breaking out of dis
sensions over the spoils of war pre
vented Turkey’s losing a greater
amount of territory than she did. It
probably will be the play of England,
when the time for the carving of Tur
key comes around, to suggest that Con
stantinople be turned over to the lat
ter day Constantine.
Will Russia be willing to accede to
this? I think not. And there are
many reasons leading to such a con
clusion. In the first place, as has
been mentioned, the possession of Con
stantinople for many, many years has
been her chiefest ambition. Only too
often has she had the cup to her lips,
and had it dashed aside. In this war,
her sacrifices will be great. The Czar
has repeated his boast that peace with
Germany will only be made after the
i Kaiser has been utterly crushed. If the
| crushing is done, it must be done by
Russia. Then why should her claims
be put aside that Greece may be fa
vored?
When Peter the Great routed the
trained troops of Sweden at Pultowa
he made for Russia a place In the sun.
The prestige of the Slav since that
time has 'received one seriouB set
back. Russia is humiliated over her
defeat by Japan. It is her dream to
become the mighty figure in world af
fairs that her size and wealth entitle
her. With Constantinople In her grasp, '
site will no longer be dependent upon
harbors that for months each year are
icebound. She will have breathing
room, space In which to stretch her gi
gantic bulk: opportunity to expand
without pushing her breast against tho
lance of the Uhlan or her back agafnst
the sword of the Samurai.
England now holds Gibraltar and the
Suez canal, two of the three entrances '
of the Mediterranean sea. The third
Is the Dardanelles. With Constantino
ple in her grasp or in the grasp of a
nation servilely devoted to her inter
ests, the Mediterranean indeed would be
a British lake. Would this be well for
the rest of thd world? Would It meet
with the apbroval of France, of Italy,
of the Slavic Balkans?
The Russia of 1914 is not the Russia i
that was beaten by the Nipponese. The
she-bear of ties snows has bften been
pelted and pestered, but she hus never
been hurt. Like Antaeus she renews
her strength from contact with the
earth. In the battles along the Russo
Prussian frontier for days the Germans
were amazed by the freshness of the
armies they engaged. Exhausted Teu
tons were compelled to face enemies
who showed no weariness or depression
from the battles waged in constant suc
cession. Then the Germans discovered
that the Russians were fighting in re
lays. Grand Duke Nicholas had so
mnny troops that he could employ corps
unfatigued and unbroken in each en
gagement. With work such as this, in j
a few months Russia will have a host
of veterans such as the world has never
seen before, when both numbers and
training are taken Into consideration.
Will these myriads make a peace that
they feel robs them of the fruits of
victory after efforts lasting genera
tions? Hardly. I do not know that
England will nttempt to interpose her
self between Russia and Constantino
ple. It may be that Great Britain,
France and Italy would much prefer
to see Russia spread herself southward
rather than westward. But this I be
lieve: Russia will get what she wants
If Germany and Austria are beaten If
not, we may witness another exhibition
of what occurred after Servia, Bulgaria,
Greece and Montenegro had brought the
Sultan to his knees.
It was a sad day for Turkey when It
permitted Germany to influence her
into a violation of neutrality. It Is not
natural to think that the Kaiser, pro
fessing as he does, a deep conviction
that he 1h fighting the battles of Chris
tianity, would try to foment a rellg- ,
ions war. Mohammed V. as the head of
Islam, by the unfurling of the green
flag of the prophet, could summon mil
lions to arms. But as Hotspur so
pertinently asked Glendower: "Would
they come?” J
SEVERE DROUTH
IN COAST STATES
Washington, November 7.—One of the
most severe drouths on record Is render- '
lng the forest fire situation In northern
Atlantic coast states extremely serious,
according to reports to the forest service.
Every day brings news of fresh fires.
Massachusetts has suffered severely.
The governor recently closed the hunting
season to keep hunters out of the woods,
since careless campers are a prolific (
source of fire. *
In New Jersey hundreds of thousands
I of dollars worth of property has been
destroyed.
Claim Randall Elected
Los Angeles, Cal., November 7.—Demo
cratic managers today claimed the elec
tion of Charles H. Randal! as congress
man In the Ninth California district by
a plurality of 350 over Representative
Charles W. Bell, progressive. The claim
was based on figures from all but two
precincts. Progressive headquarters
would not concede the election of Ran
dall.
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companies were not in operation during
the entire period covered by the past
four years, the figures being given to
show the earnings of the convicts at
these places.
On the whole, the profits to the state
from convict labor are a lucrative source
of revenue, and net the state about $500,
000 annually, Including assets and prop
erty owned by the department. The state
farms at Speigners and No. 4 have been
operated at a loss, and It is probable
that their i^Itivation will be discontinued
next year.
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Why Smith Succeeded
He w(ih on the job—Hlert and energefic. Mental
ability and physical activity made him shine in bis old
job and brought promotion.
Smith took care of himpelf.
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Higlit there is the keynote of success—one must be
mentally and physically fit.
A good start is to avoid the heavy, greasy foods that
cause indigestion and kindred ills, and use a whole- ,
some, buildin^food such as
Grape-Nuts
This healthful, appetizing food is made of selected ,
wheat and malted barley. It contains those vital min
eral salts, so necessary to health, that are often lacking
in the every-day diet.
The partial malting of the barley, with the long bak
ing (about 20 hours), makes Grape-Nuts a food that
digests easily and quickly.
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