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THE PENSACOLA JOURNAL, TUESDAY MORNING, JUI7T S, lyitf. DAILY WEFTfLY SUNDAY Journal Publishing Company LOIS K. MATES. President and General Manager. Conducted from 1S9S to iis Under ths Editorship and . Management of CoL Frank L. May. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS American Newspaper Publisher Association A. Florida Press Association Butftrn Newspaper Publishers' Association SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Ona Wek. pnllr and Sunday .... Two.Wfk, Pally and Sunday ... . Ons Month. Dallv and Sunday .... Thre Merths. Dally and Sunday . Hlx Months, nally and Sunday ... On Tear, TMllv and Sunday minoav miy, one rear Mall subscription are payab' fW adncV.and will be discontinued on expiration data. .1 . . l.s . s. as . ff.60 . 1.50 .. 1.00 papers omca Jotxfial Bid.. Cor. mtandenels and TDe Luna Streets. PHONES Editorial Rooms. S3 President eg Business Of flea.. 150 The Associated Press la esclualTely entitled to the us tor republication of an news credited to It or not other wise credited In this paper and also to local news puN TNhad. Entered second class matter at the postofflce In Pansaoola, Florida, under Act of Congress. March 3. 1879 Represented la the General Advertising Field by CONE. LOKKNZEN & WOODMAN New York. Chicago. Detrott, Kansas City. Atlanta TUESDAY MORNING, JULY 8. 1919 THE REAL SPIRIT. Patriotism is no-longer a mere word glibly spoken and easily forgot. , It is the essence of what we term today Americanism, it is the bone and blood of a nation. ' Pensacola and patriotism have become indis- solubly linked together during the years of the war, and loyalty to country has been expressed in varying but unmistakable ways. The army and the navy have been always a part of the life or 1'ensacola, even since those early days of Spanish occupation, and civilian and service life have been closely allied. But perhaps the close co-operation of city and service was never more emphasized than in the great celebration of the Fourth of July, when the army and the navy joined hands with the city in making the Inde pendence celebration memorable as an observ ance to honor the men who gave their lives for their country. For to give one's life for one's country does not mean merely to die on the field of battle. One may just as surely offer up his life in service, in :amp or flying field, where life 13 risked with 3ach passing hour, and sacrifice and service are "one--' One of the things which stand out against the background of the war, as related to Pensacola, is the wonderful response during the world war, from the army and the navy, whenever there was 1 call for patriots. These men had offered their lives for freedom, they awaited government orders. That would seem to be enough. And yet without hesitation . the army and the navy, the marines and the aviation, threw themselves, heart and soul, into every movement which stood for those standards for which they fought, those ideals to which they were consecrated. The war is practically at an end. But the joint celebration of July the Fourth is not a per iod at the end of a chapter of history. Rather is it the heading of a new story a story of co operation, of loyal and friendly support, of that new comradeship that the war has brought about. , The celebration of July Fourth was some thing more than an observance, it was, in it way, a pledge. It not only honored the dead and paid its tribute to the living, but it stood for the future it did more than this it cemented the bond of comradeship between service and civil ian, a comradeship not only marked by social in- rtercourse, but which against the background of war work, spells future co-operation which will mean much for the spirit of true patriotism that will go far towards building a greater Pensacola. BRIGHTER BRITAIN. The Tribune takes time to wonder what will happen when all women get the right to vote. Just what happens wherever women now have the right to vote, which is better living condi tions all the world over. The Tribune man might take a day off and find out what has already happened where wom en have the ballot. It is interesting reading. Take New Zealand, for example, where the wom en have had the vote for years. That's where the Ansacs come from, and down in New Zealand are the happiest, most content ed people in the world. In December, 1914, there were siv banks of issue doing business and the average amount on deposit was about $139,000, 000; on December 31, 1914, every two persons in New Zealand had a savings account. But New Zealand has something better than money in the bank. It has children in the home. Through the Infant Life Protection Act, New Zealand women have saved the babies as the women of no other country have savdd them. In New Zealand 949 babies per thousand LIVE; only fifty-one out of a thousand die. In the United States 876 out of a thousand live and 124 die. In Dunedin, one of New Zealand's largest cities, only thirty-eight babies die, per thousand. It is the healthiest baby city in the world. New Zealand women have stood back of the effort to establish technical schools, giving equal opportunity to both sexes, and the effort to se cure scientific temperance instruction in the schools, as well as measures for the general rais ing of the standards of public instruction. In 1911 the standard of literacy in New Zea- 5 SE 2 STATE OPINION. J "Ah, There. Florida!" Senator Duncan U. Fletcher of Flor ida Is going to have opposition. Two candidates for his seat In the senate have already announced. Governor Catts being one of them. Senator Fletcher has more than "made good'' at Washington, and Is today one of the strongest men the south has in the senate. It would be a great mistake for Florida to retire as able and experienced a senator as he is today. The best man the people of the state might elect could not hope to reach within the next ten years the position of usefulness and influence which Senator Fletcher has already attained. Our sister state has been known to pull off some surprising political stunts in the not very remote past, but surely there ought to be enough in telligent and patriotic people in the state to take care of Senator Fletch er in the present threatened crisis. Changing senators and representatives in congress Is, in the very nature of conditions at the national capital, as Well as at home, an unwise thing to do, and it should be done only when an incumbent proves unworthy or goes far astray. Albany Herald. THEIR BARK IS WORSE THAN THEI RBITE Dr. Anna Howard Shaw. We believe it is not disparaging the honors due to other great American women to say that with the death of Dr. Anna Howard Shaw there has passed away the greatest oT American women The daughter of immigrant parents strugeling for existence in a Michigan wilderness, she early learned that rug gedness of mind, cleanliness of thought and absolute trusting faith in her Maker were necessary for Winning the struggle against the wild and the un- land was brought to the point where there was man heart, she was no faddist, but no such thing as illiteracy in the length and ZntVrs eraf ter ad breadth of the land. At the age period of f if- who ever assumed to say what should 99 1-2 of the whole population be tne ' woman 8 aa- She was not bigot, but she was set sternly to the carrying out of a great plan for the emancipation of women which plan she had seen adopted by the nation which she was a unit of and a worker in. Her three great aims were in reality one: Temperance, suffrage and social purity. She believed, as we all know now, that the three were practically inseparable. She lived to see national temperance a fixed policy of the na tion, women given the ballot, and such a nation-wide fight against the social evil as probably was never even ex pected by her In the early years of her activity. As a suffrage worker, the term of V man V.0170 Inner harl thf nrivilpcp. of voting her administration as president of the "C - w , -r, . A lo. and the women have recently been initiated, even tion was marked by tne mo8t won. the scoffers must admit that there is no evidence derfui advancement of the cause. The . , , A 'number of suffrage workers increased m Wew Zealand mat me women aic u"xvv"u j from lT.OOO to 200,000; one campaign about Casting their ballots, and Certainly NeWiin ten years was replaced by ten cam- , , i,Q5paigns in one year; the expenditures Zealand men are not the ones to deny tnat me f the associatjon increased from woman's vote has done much to make New Zea- $15,000 to $50,000 annually; the num- land what it is acknowledged to be: the Most ffrom four to twelve, while the whole Comfortable Place in the World to Live, Where suffrage movement changed from an . , - -, Tl . ttcaaemiu stage iu a they have few labor troubles, and where tne uoi- j force arousing lne attention of the en- shevists have been beaten oy twcniy-iive -"tll after the complete vlc For it was a quarter century ago tnat iNew -e land began to revolutionize itself into the Bright er Britain, as it is familiarly called. teen to twenty, could read and write. A wife may divorce her husband on the same grounds on which a husband may divorce a wife. Divorce is also granted to a wife or a husband for wilful desertion for five years, for drunken ness, and in the case of the wife, for failure to support, and for cruelty in the case of either wife or husband. These laws have equalized the stand ards of morality in New Zealand to a remark able degree. The vote of the men in New Zealand is 84 per cent and the vote of the women 83 per cent. As EQUIPMENT OF QUALITY IS NOW USED ON FARMS There was a time In the lean years of farming when many farmers had to buy -yulpment that was poor In quality be cause it was cheap. But today the farm er has money and is buying equipment of proved value the sort he has always wanted because he knew it had the gen uine value that made it cheaper in the long run. The automobile Is today part of the atandarrl equipment of every farm. Cars of the best make dot every country road. The farmer is considered by the auto salesman to be a most dicrimlnating buyer. He la a man unea to doing things himself, and not delegating jobs to others; his information is usually first J hand, and he knows Just what he wants. it Is because of the farmers' prosperity ard their determination to get full value for their money that the United States Tire Company is looking forward for an enormous buaineis this year in the agri cultural sections. Back of United States tires stand the high Traditions of the United States Tire Company" great fac- 21 STABLE FINANCES. ,. Fensacola has made a wonderful record in niany ways during the past few years, but par- ticularly has its financial development been not able. In spite of the many handicaps which it has suffered, along with other southern cities, it has a good financial rating throughout the country. This- fact was stressed at the recent sale of time warrants in connection with the educational improvements in the county, these warrants selling above par, bringing a premium of $1,700. One of the best evidences of the sta bility of any county or community i sthe readi ness with which its bonds are placed, and the premium that these bonds or time warrants bring. The fact that some of the best houses in the country are bidding on our paper, is indication of the fact that not only are the potentialities of this port and back country recognized, but that "at the present time its securities are sold at par In the markets. ; : And the Balkan question is to be settled on the deferred-payment plan. HIGH DENSITY COMPRESS. Prospects seems good for a high density cot ton compress for Pensacola, but it will require the co-operative effort of the business men to make these prospects materialize. That Pensacola's harbor is its greatest asset goes without saying. But what do assets pro! it a man or a port unless they are utilized? The shippers of Pensacola have expressed themselves as favorable to the erection of a high density cotton compress at Pensacola, and realize its im portance to port development. American ships will not take cotton com pressed in the old way. tories Morgan Wright. G. & J., Hart fcrd, and Revere whose names have stood for quality In tires since the earli est days of the bicycle. As the product of the largest rubber company in the world, these tires repre sent a technical excellence and crafts manship that mean long miles of Bturdy service and ability to stand up under hard service. BRITISH BELIEVE MORE TROUBLE IS BREWING IN ARABIA . London. July 7. British government officials are convinred tliat the uprising In Afghanistan is being fontered by the Russian Bolshevik!. It Is stated that the government has positive Information that Amir is In close touch with the Bolshe vik! In Turkestan and Moscow and that the Russian emissaries have been sent to Afghanistan. It is believed here that the Amlr Is de laying answering armistice terma which he requested until he .-an further con centrate h.ls forces, stir up more troublo among frontier tribes and get assistance In the form of propaganda or money from Russia. Recent sucoes'sos of the, Bolshevikl In Trans-Caucasia are regarded with ap prehension The Bolshevik aspirations undoubtedly are two-fold. Official opinion here ! that they hope through this method t spread their doctrine among the people or the near east thereby widening their influence and embarrassing the United Kingdom. I l I I - - - . !!HSSSSWBSS1 AUDIT COttT 6Y6TEM3 R. T. RAINES Public Aeeountant Auditor San Carlos Hotel, Pensacola. Fla. McCasklll Block, DeFuniak Springs, Fla. INCOME TAX REPORTS EFFICIENCY ENGINEER tory was won was she called to rest from her labors; and she passes out with the love, the esteem and the full appreciation of her worth, of every one who followed her life. Tampa Tribune. H IS t rr-v TJrrTTT T S THE -CALL OF THE WOMAN'S HOME. We hfar of "The Call of the West". The Call" ot this, that and the other Lut louder and more insistent than Home to the people of Pensacola for a better home than the present, a home properly equipped, properly pro vided for financially a home where Shippers Say there Will each woman can have a room to her- - . , , ,i . t Ul VI mice -v" J bp no difficulty in Securing Ships IOr thlS port t , crowded into one room a home provided the cargo may be secured. The high' that win do credit to the generosity proviueu me j &nd tnoughtfumess oC tne people of density compress would open this port in a won-,our clty j ,,i .,. I we neea fining men ami wwiicu UC11U1 a j . Other ports are over-crowded in handling cot ton, it is claimed, and the erection of such a com press would be a great thing for this section, as it would mean not only the labor in handling the nltnn anrl nnpratinc the Tlant. but it WOUld mean a large amount of work along the water-jjjv. worked r front in handling ships, and also a large amount of business to those furnishing fuel and other supplies. at the head of this movement, and when the business men of the city real ise theif responsibility towards the helpless inmates of the Woman's Home fnd rise en masse to provide for them, then will a new and comfortable home be a reality, not merely a dream, as It has been for so long to those who to keep closed. Hundreds of the citizens of Pensa cola who express interest in the Wo man's Home have never been within its walls, Matron and Inmates gladly welcome visitors and any attenti l Germany Will now have the full Confidence of that breaks the monotony of the usual j, Uii. j routine of their lives is greatly appre- every man who thinks a mad dog can be trusted :ciated after being whipped. "'e take women, id or young, who need our help. A prominent business " " -" - " man of the city present at the last Great nations are strong for the theory that meeting of the managers on July 1. ., , , . He represented other business men f one is his brother s keeper, provided the business pensacoia and he sought to acquaint Of keeping nets a profit. i himself with the conditions existing j in the home, its needs, financial and otherwise-. He spoke of having the When the farmers adoot the 44-hour week. hom sh!Ur M as wr as 0'd ' women, but that would never do. An part Of the problem Will be to find a substitute institution that would care for eld men ' in iww"y Mtfa , X ' for eats. would Indeed be a blessing. Let u hope that such a home may be built in the near future but It is not yet. The business visitor suggested we should try for a "Home" to cost from $25,000 to $50,000. Let us have the best we can afford. Will not others in terested in havini a better home for Someone Should explain to the Senate that its God's old and helpless children give on this subject? Secretary of the Home. Across the water the war tax will be a grevious burden. Here at home it will be an annoyance. job is to ratify a treaty, not to ratify a president, fo, Ask. for the Booklets You Want- CaIiiornia for the TowW" Toecmit National Park" Siuo4 Ceo. Grant Ka uonml Park" The glorious out-of-doors beckons every day. You may auto on thousands of miles of smooth boulevards. You mav camo in lovelv Yosemite. or where th6 Big Tree groves arc, or alongside some ice-cola mountain brook. You may climb the snowy slopes of Mt. Whitney or Mt. Shasta. You may bathe in the blue Pacificwhere the surf rolls in, or in quiet waters. Go to California this summer and see ftr yourself , On the way visit some of the National Parks and National Monuments the nation's playgrounds Rocky Mountain, -Glacier, Yellowstone, Alt. Rainier, Crater Lake, Grand Carnron, Mesa Verde and others. Return. if desired, throuch be Pacific Northwest, e Summer Excursion Fares Ask the local ticket agent to beft plan your trip or apply to the nearest Consolidated Ticket Office or address nearest Travel Bureau, United States Railroad Administration, 64ft Transportation i Bldg., Chicago 143 Liberty Street, New York Cityj 602 Healey ! hlig., Atlanta, Ga, ' CONSOLIDATED TICKET OFFOCE LI BIODESU9J 'PfOJI SOU'BJ UB3