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THE PENSACOLA JOURNAL, TUESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 21, 1919.
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PENSACOLA. 'ruC TUESDAY, OCT. 21. m.
CURRENT MARKET CONDITIONS
' Various factor, prevented any marked expansion
In the volumo of business transactea m iumii
.. ,s r,mf week and in view of the pres-
ant chaotic labor situation. It Is likely that the quiet
tone of the market will continue for some
tbe Southern Lumberman for October 18. While fall
Has brought in its wake a better demand than ex'
isted during tho closing months of summer, this in
crease in business is not of impressive proportions.
However, the position of the market has been im
proved "by the state of steady activity that now pre
vails as this buying policy simplifies the problem or
maintaining uniform and stabilized prices. .
Generally unsettled conditions abroad are keeping
the export movement of lumber restricted to nar
row channels. Practically every European nation
is now facing the necessity of conserving credits for
the purchase of food and' consequently orders for
otheT commodities are confined to pressing needs.
The financial rehabilitation of those countries now
romlscs'to require much more time than was first
.nought necessary and .until this has been accom
plished the prospects for heavy overseas shipments
of lumber now seem remote.
The danger of a general car shortage, which
seemed imminent thirty .days ago. has seemingly
been obviated, and. while cars are still scarce, this
situation has not materially Influenced the market.
In some sections, the manufacturers complain of
their inability to secure their car requirements, but
taken as a whole the present transportation outlook
compares favorably wUh that of this season in for
mer years.
Production of Southern pine continues to show a
steady increase, but the limited car supply over
much of this territory is holding shipments below
a level that the output would otherwise Justify.
While some improvement in orders is reported, the
volume of new business is still considerably below
both production and shipments. The excess of pro
duction over orders during the past several weeks
has permitted the manufacturers to make material
progress toward shipping a portion of the orders ac
cepted during the early summer, period with the re
sult that the files cf .unfilled orders have reached
the lowest level In months. Operating conditions are
generally favorable to heavy production, though ex
cessive rainfall in the extreme southwestern portion
of the southern pine territory has interfered with
the activities of the mills in that section. Though
. lomt unrest Is in evidence, the labor situation is
row giving the manufacturers less worry than here
tofore, but it is generally asserted that there is vast
room for improvement in the efficiency of the work
ers. Prices have shown no recent change of conse
quence and remain steady at former levels.
A strong demand for hardwoods among the upper
grades continues, and the manufacturers are gener
ally satisfied with the immediate outlook for their
Industry. The furniture industry is still the largest
consumer of hardwoods and the settlement, of sev
eral strikes among furniture workers is expected to
result in further improvement in demand from this
iource. Production Is being maintained at a satis
factory level, though some apprehension is felt as to
the probable effect of the heavy rains during "the
past week upon logging peraftpns. Though the
comparatively heavy output during the past six
weks has enabled the mills to replenish their stocks,
- amount of lumber on hand is still far below nor
' , 1. Some improvement Jn demand for Items among
lower grades reported, but lumber in this class
la not finding a ready outlet. During the past two
week ash has come Into prominence as a desirable
hardwood item, while oak, hickory and poplar have
lost none of their popularity. Some Improvement in
foreign demand is reported, but as has been the case
' lor several weeks, only a relatively small per cent
it the production Is being diverted Into export chan
nels. Prices have lost none of their firmness, though
ihey have apparently abandoned their tendency to
advance.
The cypress market remains practically unchang
ed and the scarcity of stocks still nullifies the bene
fits that would otherwise accrue from an excellent
lemand. All lumber available for market is finding
i ready outlet, and the manufacturers are still com
pelled to decline a considerable portion of the busi
aess offered. The scarcity of cypress is forcing the
f lubstltutlon of other woods In many instances, but
. Shis practice has afforded small relief to consumers,
rhe mills are maintaining a heavy volume of pro
luction In anticipation of a continuation of the prea
, nt strong demand. - Ko charge In mill prices is re
torted, though ome dealers with small 'stocks in
their possession have taken advantage of the situa
lon to mark up Quotations.
GOMPERS SOUNDS WARNING NOTE
President Gompers, In his address Tuesday be
fore the industrial conference, asectod that if the
onployers" representatives continue unyielding in
.ho steel strike. It will weaken t!i hand of the
ireeent conservative tabor leaders and encourage the
e?i with L W. W. and Bolsbevikt tendencies.
The ltsson must be repeated over and over again
that individuals and organization) seeking to for
rard special interests are bound to be gnrerned by
iroper regard for tho general public interests. Em
tloyers and business organizations must do so and
organized labor must recognize the tuno obligation,
ndividuals and groups must seek ti forward their
iwn interests by means which serve tho common
interests, mm the farmer increase his income by
tncreashog the yield on his farm. Ko busluess Is
legitimate or has any rlrht to protection or toler
ance unless its methods and Its success promote the
general welfare. '
The public la Interested in the great industries be
cause they supply the common wants, and both em
ployers and employes are expected to follow poli
cies that are Just from the publlo standpoint and
favorable to the progress and efficiency of Indus
try. v , ;
Organised labor. Instead of trying to force itself
into power would do better to try to win Its way by
demonstrating how JX can supply, wis leadership
and promote efficiency, order andx co-operation in
industry. : " . -"
Abraham Lincoln, who rose from the ranks of the
testers to the highest position In the sift of the na
tlon. said: "Property is the fruit of labor j propertyH
la desirable; is a positive good In tho World. 'That
some should be rich show that others mar become
rich, and hence is just encouragement to industry
and enterprise. Let not him who is houseless pull
down the house of another, but let him work dili
gently and build On for himself, thus by example
assuring that his own shall be safe from violence
when bunt," ' . v
These words might have been -written today,, with
the horde of unrestrained and undisciplined who ars
seeking to tear -down what It has taken thousands
of years to build, and whose crafty hands are fear
ing at the very fabric of civilisation, to rend to tat
ters what honest toil has evolved.
What Russia faced month ago, the United States
faces cAy. And the same fere which worked the
ruin of that country is making a stand In America,
and is seeking to disintegrate the very seat of that
liberty which the soviet and the Bolshevik pretend
to espouse. '
CULTIVATE WHAT WE HAVE "
Governments of all continents ars giving official
attention to the preservation of trees. Large tracts
of woodland have been set aside by various states
of the 'union and by the federal government and
these and the, more enlightened private owners are
using' sdentifio methods of forestry. .:
Throughout the United States there Is a more or
less spasmodlo movement, to aid in the program of
the government 1 by planting trees on pttblio
thoroughfares, in city parka and on private grounds,
but there is one mistake that Is noticeable, particu
larly in many cities tA Florida.
The tree that is most adapted to any section is
the tree that is indigenous. Here in Pensacola for
lnatano, w have the wonderful live oak, the state
ly pine, the luxuriant magnolia, the spicey bay, the
exquisite tlti, the decorative yupon, the colorful
creps myrtle. But Instead of cultivating thesertrees
and using them as decorative feature of our streets
and parka, many of them ars fast dying out, and it
may 'be that a Quarter century from now a giant
magnolia will be a rarity and a crepe myrtle a curl?
osity. Just as today a bay tree is seldom seen and
the graceful tltl, with Its feathery white bloom is
almost extinct. ( "
The trees that w have "cannot be too carefully
guarded. Each day find Pensacola making somo
forward step, but it IS jto be hoped that as we go
forward we shall not leave behind us the comfort of
our shade trees and the beauty of our myrtles and
Jessamines, or our bays and magnolias, our holly
and our yupon, which have done so much to make
Pensacola naturally one of the most beautiful cities
to the south.
That Same Little English Sparrow Back Again
By Morris
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WHEN THE TIDE TURNS
JSTearly a million and a quarter Immigrants came
to America in the year before the war, and ten
millions of immigrants came durlns; the decade be
fore the war.
With the countries of the Old World In turmoil,
the tide will turn sgain to our shores, and yet more
millions win come to us for refuge.
There are more Irish In the United States than in
Ireland, and fifteen times as many jews In New
York as in Palestine. We have some B.OOO.OO im
migrants from Great Britain, and 6,000,000 from
Germany. Our Italians would fill a city five time
as large as Rome. We have twice as many Greeks
as Athens, more Poles than Warsaw and more
Scandinavians than Stockholm. X
There are in use today in this country seventy
seven languages and dialects.
. This is not Americanism I
As long ago as 1894, Theodore Roosevelt 'said:
"Where immigrants, or the sons of Immigrants, do
not heartily and in good faith throw in their lot
with us, but cling to the speech, the customs, the
ways of life, and the habit of the Old World which
they have left, they thereby harm both themselves
and us. If they remain alien elements, un assimi
lated, and with interests separate from ours, they
are mere obstruction to the current of our national
life, and, moreover, can get no good from It them
selves." '
With the exception of the North Italians, no group
of immigrants with a parlod of residence of five to
nine years has as yet naturalized as much as. ten
per cent of Its number.
This is not Americanism!
Whose Is the blame T '
At least half, and more than half, is our own.
What .then, must we do. to absolve America of
the charge that the men and women who come to?
her from foreign countries do not receive from us
what they should receive?
To begin with, assimilation works both ways.
We must take the immigrant out of the slums. The
worst part of every city is given over to the foreign
element, and vit Is to his racial group that the,
newcomer Is inevitably drawn. We must put them
where they can have decent surroundings and
where, above all. they can mix with real Americans;
where they can see the advantages of their new
country and where their own Interest will make
them learn the language and the customs of the
people by whom they are surrounded.
Second, the huddling together of racial groups
must be discouraged; no city should have a Little
Italy, or a, Ghetto. This last Is as necessary as the
first. If there Is to" be assimilation, there must be
contact; . there must be sympathy instead of indif
ference." .In the "Strenuous Life" Roosevelt said,
"Fellow feeling, sympathy In the broadest sense
1 the most Important factor In producing a healthy
political and social life. Neither our national nor
our local civic life can be what It should be unless
It is marked by the fellow-feeling, the mutual kind
ness, the mutual respect, the sense of common du
ties and common interests, which arise when men
take the trouble to understand one another, and to
associate together for a common object."
No ons more than Theodore Roosevelt was gifted-4
with this 'TeHow-feelmg that makes us wondrous
kind." What the immigrant need from 'us, and
what we owe to him, Roosevelt preached.
The nation-wide campaign of the Roosevelt Me
morial Association for. the spreading of his staunch
Americanism, and for memorials that "win perpe
trate the ideal Roosevelt stood for, will fill the week
of October 20-S7. This vary campaign 1 in the na
ture of thing a plea for the American Immigrant.
And those of tu who revere the memory of a great
man can serve that memory no better than by bear
ing in mind the need of those who seek refuge on
our shores, and our obligations to them.
COTTON STILL ENTHRONED
Cotton It tin king. Corn has Usurped the Im
perial throne thia year with a crop that will ap
proximate $4,500,000 In value. Yet cotton has still
Its throne, and was crowned textile king at the con
ference just closed n New Orleans.
Among the subjects that came up for considera
tion were standardizing of ginning and of bale
and better warehousing. Of another phase of the
cotton, conference, the St. Louis Globe-Democrat
saya: '
World conditions also have raised a new ,
question, that of credits to almost bankrupt na
tions which desire to purchase cotton Tor their
industries. If the planters are to get a good
price the market demand must be met. and It
can only be met for foreign market by estab
lishing long credit, The standardisation of con
dition of labor in the textile mills is ene natur
ally very difficult to agree upon,
,The world needs our cotton, more ef , It than
w can, grow. The panic In the cotton market,
wtlch, followed fha outbreak of the war in 1814,
pent the price down helot? p 'cents a pound, yet .
war condition were bound to create a great de- ;
pjand for cotton, gby did, and the price now
hams?! around, cents, Tha masse of the
rorld people are poor. ThF must wear mors
cotton clprthinir than they r did berere, There
hag been 9Q a srea development of cotton a
a substitute for more expensive materials in
Vany pther ways. There s no reason why the
United States should not be able, for a number
pf years at least, to market at a geed price more
cotton than ha eves been grown In this country
before. All that Is needed is that right condi
tions be created,
Walt Masori s flatly Poem
Florida Press Opinion
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school books
Can This Be True?
i-vo -my,iasit the most worthless
published, were chosen for the school children of
Florida, and the publishers are not able to furnish
them because they were not printed. The books
contracted for have been condemned by practically
every progressive educaor in Florida, yet the "pow
er that be" in contract letting, continue to fasten
them upon , the children. Are not 'the school chil
dren of Florida worthy of the best? Jasper New.
This Is a serious charge and It should be lnvestl
gnted. Apalachicola Times.
Deflntion of Rotary.
The Rock Island Rotary club moves and the
Sioux City club seconds the motion that "Interna
tional" should require every Rotarian to learn the
following definition of Notary and every one elected
to membership also before he qualifies as a member.
They think it is the best definition of Rotary ever
expressed In a few words:
Rotary Is a fraternity without ritual, password
or secrets; a business organization without com- .
merclallsm or personal gain; a religion of ser
vice and good fellowship without church or
creed. Tampa Times.
WINTER COMINQ
The winter's approaching, the frost 1 encroaching',
and turning green verdure to gold; th evening ars
chilly and Palm Beach looks silly, and are yon pre
pared for the eold? In pomp you go riding, ypur
swift motor gliding, X often behold yon go past; you
surely 'seem stately; I envy you greatly but' are
you prepared for the blast? Is coal In tho cellar,
oh. Joy-ride feller, and have you some spuda In the
bin, or are you Just burning the coin you are earn
ingjust blowing your salary in? Oh, Winter I
mixing it war paint and fixing to five us a Jolt in
the nook; the wind will bs blowing, the rain win be
snowing, and sleet will descend by the peck. From
ley Alaska and far Athabasca the winds win come
yammering down; they'll raise the old Harry, the
snow they will carry, and plaster it over the town.
And are you preparing for winter rip-tearing, oh,
fellows who Jaunt In your cars, or are you still burn
Iris; the coin you are earning for rubber and gas and
cigars? Say, have you provided a ham that's lop
sided, some bacon and wienies and flour? And have
you Invested In coat double-breasted? For winter
is drastic and dour. Copyright by George Matthew
Adams,
Don't Do It, Mr. Stockton.
As the Times has before remarked, we think high
ly 0f Hon. Telfair Stockton of Jacksonville as a man
and a. citizen, but Just at this Juncture in th pre
liminary stages of the big political game in Florida
we are conscientiously unwilling to encourage him
In what seems to be his half formed purpose to enter
the contest for United States senator from this state
In the primary to be held next year.
Mr. Stockton has asked many of the newspapers
of Florida by personal communication to advise
him on the point and he has done th Times the
honor to include It In the list. Don't' do It. Mr.
Stockton; Is our deeply sincere and earnest advice.
The lines are now drawn In the senatorial race and
we see no .prospect that they win be changed.
We win re-elect Duncan U. Fletcher, scholar and
statesman, next" year or we will elect Sidney J. Catts,
who, during his career as governor, has made !t
perfectly plain to the people of Florida that he ha
not the necessary qualification for the great office
of 'American senator, and his election to that office
would be such a joke on Florida that our citizens
traveling in othei; states would avoid the subject In
conversation and infinitely prefer to discuss the
weather or any other topic that would not touch
their state pride. -
Senator Fletcher Is a constructive statesman of
national repute and we never had a senator in
Washington who did his people more good or brought
more honor and commendation to his state. It would
be . a, blunder hardly short of a political crime not
to re-elect him. If Mr. Stockton should run he
would take no votes from the Tlatts faction, but he
might get quite a support from those who would
otherwise vote for Senator Fletcher. But he
wouldn't get near enough to elect him and yet that
support taken from the senator might elect Catts.
And we doubt if Mr. Stockton, -highclass gentle
man and citizen that he Is and proud' of his natlv
state, would ever' sleep soundly again if he thought
that 'his candidacy had brought upon Florida the
calamity of Catts in the .United States senate.
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Mansfiold F. Hons
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PU8HES BREAD AS
AN ECONOMICAL FOOD
"Eat more bread and cut down the
cost of living" has proved a slogan
that brought considerable new busi
ness to the Kolb Bakery company of
Scran'on, Pa., and which C. J. Lay
field, owner of the bakery, is pushing
through posters, dodgers, letters and
newspaper space. He seized upon the
suggestion by the government to peo
ple to cut off other food and stick to
bread as economical, nourishing and
satisfying- His action proved to be
a money maker.
THE HUMAN TOUCH
THAT HOLDS CUSTOMERS
By a streak of good luck Z have been
on the Inside of a little story how a
merchant succeeded in overcoming
competition and held his trade in spite
of some of the most heartbreaking ob
stacles that ever confronted a retailer.
This man had gone out on the edge
of his city and commenced flsveral
years ago to upbuild a business, upon
service, quality of goods and right
prices.
He had been shrewd. He had lo
cated right In the path of; the city's
development. Each year his business
had grown better until he was the en
vy of his competitors.
Needless to say he was not permit
ted long to go without competition in
such a field. First, a downtown store
established a branch in the same block
They undersold him for awhile. Then
a chain store organization saw what
was being done. They got a corner
directly opposite my friend, put in a
big new building and established a
store there, marked prices way down,
and advertised their heads off. . There
was, of course, a pretty little war on.
Had Fighting Spirit
Most men would have been content
to sell out at the first opportunity
and get the white elephant off their
hands. But not so with my friend.
He had been there for years; he had
earned a chance to serve the commun
ity; he liked the people, and he was
a fighter!
I watched the matter with a great
deal of interest. What? would my
friend do? Would he mark " down
prices and try to beat them at their
own game and go down himself? I
wondered if there would be a cut
throat competition affair staged here.
Then came a letter in the mail one
morning. Among other things it said:
Dear George: I've noticed for : a
long time that people are not as
friendly as they might be when they
come into the store nowadays. '
When we started out in our present
location a number of years ago, all of
ius In the store knew everyone by their
first names , and we used to call each
other, by their first jtiames.
I got to thinking it over the other
night and decided that it was too good
a habit to lose, so we are all going to
start in again calling you by your
first name when you come to the store.
And to make the fun the merler we
are going to give a dollar's worth of
merchandise to everyone of our cus
tomers whom we call by the wrong
name, or fail, to call at all. How does
tv; ' .--"-- "-ti
And "so it came about that people
u , uy .nir first names when
they entered the store.
Many Amusing Incidents ,
There were many mistakes made,
and a lot of fun had at the expense of
the management during the succeed
ing two or three weeks: Women com
menced to demand that they.be called
by their first names, too.
Why. I heard one of them say to an-
other:
"Believe me, I made him come a
cross with a dollar's worth of sugar!
He tried to get out of it by eaying that
it didnt apply to women, that they
thought that he was getting fresh
when be called them by their first
names. But I told him that didn't go
with me."
When I asked the merchant about
this particular case, he winked and
smiled.
"Sure I gave her the dollar's worth
of sugar. It lsnt such a bad piece of
advertising, is it? I'd-spend a whole
lot more than that if I tried any other
method. Look what the fellows across
the street are spending and they don't
seem to be getting the trade."
By informing himself about hi3 cus
tomers, this merchant constantly got
closer to his customers. And 6uch a
relation as that wiU weather any bus
iness storm that may arise.
Manager II. Llndaoy, of tho com
pany, said that the store is to be re
modeled and the glass was taken out
for that purpose, then tho Idea of
selling direct from tiro window v ia
hit upon. It worked so well that it
may be tried again, ho said.
MERCHANTS
SELLS FOOD DIRECT
PROM FRONT WINDOW
Another new idea in merchandising
and bringiTg down the cost of living
was used in New Castle, Pa, on a re
cent Saturday by an advertising firm,
the Henry Gross company.
" In connection with the department
store, a groceteria, a' cash and carry
poroposltlon, is in operation on the
second floor.
On Saturday the big plate glass win
dow was piled full of groceries and
clerks were placed In the window, sel
ling the goods direct from the window.
Reduced prices were offered on all
goods sold from the window, the rea
son being given that, it was possible
because it was not necessary to have
the goods carted to the second floor.
The novelty of the plan and the real
bargains offered served to clear the
supplies from the window in short or
der. There was a large crowd of eag
er buyers at the window all day.
TWO IDEAS THAT
SOLD MANY FILMS
Foster's store at Miami. Fla, spec
ializing in developing and p intlns
films, found that there Tipns too much
competition so much infaet that It
was only a small profit in handling
this .lino for any one. Drug houses
offered service, but so did framing
houses.
A man in the developing room throw
out the hint that this has since been
adopted elsewhere. The little yel
low boxes in which the films are re
ceived were saved until. In the ag
Erregate they filled a window. Thes
were dumped there without rhyme or
reason and the significant announce
ment made that this slv-p most have
given satisfaction to have secured so
much trade.
The mountain of empty canons waa
in itself a unique eye-catcher.
But this led to a still more profitable
venture. When sets of prints were
made permission w?s received Jn writ
ing to reproduce any that were of un
uuasl in interest.
Then sets of these prints were made
up in thousand lots, when' there was a
lull, and neatly packed in a little card
board container. - Tho cover deslim
stated that here were twelve bully
good kodak snap shots of human In
terest value. ,
Cost of production was flfured up
and the sets sold for tv-enty-fiv
cents each. A frame held the twelve
samples, so that hey could he glimp
sed quickly. They sold like hot cakew.
HELPING THE BASEMENT.
The Boston store of Chicago takes
a novel means of attracting custom
ers to its subway and downst&irs
store. On each floor Is a handsome
ly trimmed showcase Inwhlch are dis
played various articles sold In the
downstairs store, placarded "Hints
from our subway store."
This case serves to attract to the
downstairs store shoppers who would
perhaps not visit it or know of its ex
istence. It is also claimed that tho
display does not detract from the salo
of better merchandise on the upper
floors.
-DAVlINr
One hundred and fourteen years ago today, October 21, 1805, Nelson
defeated Napoleon's French and Spanish fleet, and lost hi life al
Trafalgar.
Find Nelson. '
Answer to yesterday's puzzle: Upper left corner down, chin at should'