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THE PENSACOLA JOURNAL, WEDNESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 5, 1919.
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PENSACOLA. FLA., WEDNESDAY. NOV. 5, 1919
THE JOURNAL AWAITS DECISION
' Beforo the commission has met, before any an
nouncement of Its findings has been made; before
any . definite conclusion has been reached by the
commission, the Jacksonville Metropolis makes the
following announcement: -
The designation of Jacksonville as the Bite
for the staging of the big centennial to cele
brate the purchase of Florida from Spain will
open the way for unprecedented activity m tne
development of realty In this city. The period
preceding the actual staging of thei big cele-
bration will witness a large influx of people,
especially workers, who will settle in Jackson
ville. The celebration itself will also bring
whom will become permanent residents. This
will necessitate the building of new hotels,
nrartmonta and homes. Anartment houses and
hotels will be In special demand and it is the
wise man who will get In on the ground floor
and lay plans immediately for the construction
of apartment houses. '
Jacksonville is going to leap forward many
years with the staging of the centennial and
there is real opportunity for the investor. .
It would seem to The Journal, if Jacksonville has
received any assurance from the commission that
the centennial celebration is to take place -In that
city, that such announcement as' is made to the
public should come from the commission and not
from the Metropolis.
Eut The Journal does not believe that The Me
tropolis has any such assurance, nor does It believe
that any such unfounded claims will aid Jackson
ville in getting the,, centennial celebration.
The Journal awaits the decision of the commit
tee, "before announcing the site of the centennial
celebration, and would advise The Metropolis to
do the same. ;- - v
FOR OUR RED CROSS
Are you ' wearing a Red Cross button today, or
are you too rich or too poor to Join the Red Cross?
Are you so rich that you do not need its ministra
tions; so rich, that you do not come in touch with
its needs ; so rich that you have no place for its
service; so rich, "that you do not hear the voices
that speak the name of the Red Cross in reverence
and love? Or are you so poor . that you cannot
afford to wear a Red Cross button? So poor "in
spirit that you cannot spare enough, cannot deny
yourself enough, cannot go without enough of bodi
ly comfort or recreation to pay a dollar for mem
bership in the Red Cross? 1 :V
Thank God, there are few In the United States,
bo poor as that. There I are few, . whose penury
is such that they cannot become a member of the
greatest organization in all the world.
And for. those who cannot spare the dollar, and
there are some few who are not able, there is the
good word that may be said, the gpod.wish that
may be given, the prayer that may be offered for
the success of the Red Cross Roll Call.
God . pity the man who is too poor to say a
word, to offer a prayer, or to give a dollar for the
Red Cross. And for , the man; who is too rich to
understand the needs, to realize the hope that the
work of the Red Cross has put into the heart of
world, his penury is even greater.
The Red Cross needs only the dollar that is
blessed with good wilL . And there are thousands
of those dollars in Pensacola today, that will roll
up a mighty total for the Red Cross Roll Call,
which will close on Armistice Day.
PUBLIC HEALTH PROGRESS
That public sentiment was strongly back of the
health program that haa been outlined by the Uni
ted States government, and which is being put into
practice &11 over the United States, was clearly
demonstrated at the Public Health convention, re
cently held in New Orleans.
This meeting was attended by many hundreds
of health experts from all over the United States,
and nothing was so stressed as the importance of
a full-time health officer , and the necessity of child
welfare work, at this time.
The most prominent physicians in the United
States attended the conference, and it was stated
by many of them that the child welfare work was
the one thing most needed at this time.
The most prominent physicians in the United
States attended the convention, and it was brought
out that the two crying needs of the hour are
ganitation and child welfare work. ' :
Without ore dissenting voice,' the conclusions
of ;the convention were that the only effective
health program was that conducted under the di
rection of a full time health officer.
The recent meeting in Pensacola, under the
auspices of the state board of health, and the ex
aminations of the children ' cf the public schools,
are a step forward In public Jiealth work, and it
is to be hoped that the day may yet come when
Escambia county may have not only competent
welfare workers, but a full time health officer' as
well, and that the sanitation of the city, and the
work of the public- health department may be such
as to place this county above reproach.
COTTON AND THE SOUTH
Senator Hoke Smith, of Georgia, is quoted as
having said in a recent speech In New Orleans:
"The Southeastern , states would be today in a
vastly, more prosperous condition if they had never
raised a bale of cotton. Their farm lands are
splendidly suited for raising food crops. In no
section can cattle and hogs be raised at less cost.
In these states pasturage is good nine months out of
the year. Corn can be produced in limitless quan
tities. Peanuts and velvet beans fatten hogs and
cattle at nominal cost. ,
"The farmers of the middle west grew rich by
producing foodstuffs. Their lands reached a value
of 150 per acre, while lands in the southeastern
states, due to cotton, were worth less than $20.00
per acre.
Commenting on this the Industrial Index says :
It is to bo doubted if Senator Smith said just
this. He has stood staunchly atWashington
for the rights and welfare of the cotton farm
er, and undoubtedly he " appreciates the great
value of the cotton crop to the south.
The soil and climate of the south are fitted
peculiarly for the production of cotton. In no
other part of the' world are the conditions so '
favorable for the growing of cotton of equal
quality. To say that this great natural ad
vantage should have been permitted, to go. un
used is hardly reasonable. ;
The trouble has not been with the crop, but .
rather with the system under which it has been
grown. All that the senator says regarding
the growing of other crops -and the raising of
livestock shows his keen, comprehensive in
sight into conditions. The diversification of
crops so long urged has been made a neces
sity at.last and. the results will be beneficial.
But, the millions of dollars received annual
ly for the south's cotton crop and by-products
must be counted an important" factor in the
prosperity . and - progress of this part of the
country.. ' -.vi 't
GREAT CATTLE SHOW
Less than a month distant, the Florida State
Fair and Exposition, for the 1919 season, is rap
idly getting into shape, according to The Times
Union, and is giving promise of not only being the
greatest fair ever produced inrf Florida, but one of
the largest and best" ever assembled in the south.
More than fifteen hundred head of livestock will
be exhibited at the fair, forming the largest cattle
chow ever held in the south. Premiums in the
live .stock department alone- total $16,000, while
the total cash prize lisj for this year's fair is
$30,000, exclusive of special prizes in the' Poultry
Show, which will be another big fair feature.
Work has been going on at the fair grounds for
more than three months In active preparation for
the fair, and the principal exhibit buildings have
been Increased in. capacity.' The cattle barns and
the swine barns have been added to give accom
modations for fifty per cent increase in the num
ber of exhibits showing at the fair last -year, and
It. has been found necessary to make provision for
handling more cattle than even this increase can
oare for.
THE CROP OUTLOOK
, The October crop report of the Department of
Agriculture forecasts a yield of 2,900,511,000 bushels
of corn. This indicated production compares ' with
2,582.S14,000 bushels 'harvested in 1918, and 3,965,
233,000 bushels in 1917. The Indicated production
of spring wheat this year ' is 203,170,000 bushels.,
compared with 358,651,000 bushels in 1918, and
223,754,000 bushels in 1917. The preliminary yield of
winter wheat this year is 715,301,000 bushels, com
pared with 558,449,000 bushels in 1918, and 412,
901,000 bushels in 1917. The indicated production
of all wheat this year is given as 918,471,000 bushels,
against 917,100,000 bushels in 1918, and 636,655,000
bushels in 1917. Following are other' government
crop estimates: Rye, 84,552,000 bushels, against
90,183,000 bushels last year; rice, 44,261,000 bushels,
against 40,424,000 -bushels lastyear; peaches, 51,
327,000 bushels, against 34,133,000 bushels last yar;
pears, 13,687,000 bushels, against 10,342,000 bushels
last year; tame hay, 86,623,000 tons, against 66,696,-.
000 tons last year; wild hay, 16,821,000 tons against
14,374,000 tons last year; sugar beets, 17,303,000 tons,
against 5,090,000 tons last year.
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Potatoes and Tea.
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The people of Jackson, Tennessee, eat potatoes.
They buy a great many potatoes from Chicago.
They pay a freight rate of 49 cents a hundred to
get a car of potatoes hauled from Chicago, a dis
tance of 477 miles. t -
But the railroads will haul that car of potatoes
right through Jackson and on to New Orleans, a
distance of 929 miles, for a freight rate of only 45
cents a hundred from Chicago a less rate for twice
the distance.
That makes the cost of living higher in Jackson,
even though it. is nearer the source of supply.
The railroads arbitrarily levy a tax on every meal
eaten at Jackson, Tennessee.
A tax on tea started the Revolutionary war.
More people eat potatoes than drink tea. Yet po
tatoes Is only an example. The railroads have
been for year? levying the same kind of a tax
Walt Masons Daily Poem
THE CRISIS
The crisis of a year ago looks flabby, now its
days are o'er; but, oh, what fits we used to throw,
when that cheap crisis had the floor i We viewed
that crisis with alarm, it was a fightful thing to
see, it couldn't fail to wound and harm the bul
warks of our liberty. It crised around a day or two,
and then abjectly looped the loops; another crisis
loomed in view and called for wails and maudlin
whoops. I've seen a hundred crises come and rear
themselves on end and go; I've seen my neighbors
stricken dumb by threats of coming doom and woe.
And still our country jags along, and finds release
from every plight; and if a dozen things are wrong,
about a million things are right. Whene'er a crisis
blows its trump, the rabbit-hearted tear their hair,
and say we're headed for the dump, in haste but
I refuse to scare. I've heard the croy of "Wolf so
long, I look on wolves as hop-joint brutes; no
crisis can dis'turb the song of sane and joyous
souled galoots. Bring on your crisis," one by one,
or trot 'em forth in groups of eight; the optimist"
will take his gun, and make the blamed things rull
their freight. Copyright by George Matthew I
Adams.
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against the intermediate . South and the interior
West on everything the West and South have
bought from the North and East. : '
The West and South have organized to fight this
tax to the finish.
Either this tax on the South and West must be
removed, or else the same tax must be levied on
the Interior East; "
If the present rule is good, we insist that it op
erate bothy ways.
We insist that Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Indian
apolis and Columbus pay a higher freight rate on
western wool and canned salmon than New York
does.';'.'-"'' - -":
We insist that Philadelphia, Trenton- and Hart
ford pay a higher rate on southern cotton than
Boston does.
We Insist that Omaha and Kansas City pay a
higher rate on southern cane sugar than Chicago
does.
Senate Bill 360, now pending before the Senate
committee on Interstate Commerce, and House Bill
3136, now pending before the House committee on
Interstate and Foreign Commerce, if ' enacted by
congress, will put a stop to these discriminations. '
The West and South, are seeking the enactment
of these bills. If they are not passed then we shall
demand that the Interstate Commerce Commission
make the violation of the Jong and short haul prin
cipal universal and apply with equal force against
the East and the North.
SOUTHERN INTERIOR TRAFFIC ASSOCIA
TION. Jackson. Tenn.
RENO COMMERCIAL, CLUB, Reno, Nev.
SPOKANE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. Spo
. kane, Wash.
MANKATO COMMERCIAL ASSOCIATION,
Pendleton, Ore.
PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION OF NEVADA,
Carson City. - '
Florida Press Opinion
Compensation of County Agents"
- Most of the progressive counties of Florida seem
to appreciate the work of their county agents.
Moreover, the appreciation appears to be growing.
Witness some of the amounts they pay these agents:
Lee. $3,600; Palk, $3,300; Marion, $3,000; Alachcua,
$3,000; Orange. $2,600; Palm Beach, $2,700; Dade,
$2,700. Even little Bay county, situated far in the
west end of the state with only 3,909 acres in actual
cultivation in 1918, compared with the 6,740 acres In
the same' condition" that year in Duval county, pays
its county agent $2,400. But that the people of Bay
county are wide awake and progressive Is shown
by the Increase between 1916 and -1918 of more
than 163 per cent in the acerage under actual cul
tivation in that county compared with the less than
30 per cent increase in Duval county in that time.
Bay county does not contain the "gateway of
Florida." Its county agent has nothing to do but
to counsel its farmers and aid them to improve
their agriculture enough for one man to do, if done
conscientiously. The. same Is true of the other
counties named. Yet they appreciate their county
agents and pay them generously. Their agents do
not have to answer questions about the suitability
of other-counties for particular lines of agricultural
endeavor, such questions as visitors -to the state ask
the Duval county agricultural agen questions
which require' that he shall have some acquaintance
with "the capabilities of all parts of the state. Most
of them do not need to concern themselves with the
stimulation , of production to meet the needs of a
great local market.
Duval county, if we remember rightly, pays its
county agent about the same that Bay county does;
Duval county has a county agent with a reputation
more than state-wide as an expert in several lines
of agriculture, recognized as an expert in some of
them by the United States department of agricul
ture, yet it pays .him no more than little Bay coun
ty does its agricultural agent. It should aim to be
the leader of the state, for it has a soil equal to that
of any other and superior advantages in some re
spects, yet It pays its county, agent no more than
Bay county does Its agent. Times-Union.
The Indian and the Berries
' From far-off Montana comes the story which,
in brief, tells of an Indian who, for a number , of
years has been" in the business of picking berries,
which grow in luscious abundance in the locality of
his wigwam, and selling them in the nearby settle
ments, or towns, at the price of 5 cents per quart.
For years this has been his unvarying price. Re
cently, however, when, in the annual berry season,
Mr. Indian made his appearance and offered of his
product for sale his price had advanced to 2a' cents
per quart He was asked why this very much
higher price for the same variety and qualijy of
berries he had been selling at the lower price. V He
replied: "Heap big war someplace me just Viear
about um."
Judging by the mounting prices for many if
hot most of the necessities of life, of the demands
for higher and higher wages and less and less
hours in a so-called work-day leads us to think that
all the Indians are not in Montana. Jacksonville,
Times-Union.
No Need of a Lantern to Find Honest Man .
Intone of the popular magazines there is an in
terview with one of the leading business men of the
country, one whose business is transacted with hun
dreds of thousands, perhaps millions, of people
every year. If is the" kind of -business that brings
the men conducting it very closely in touch with
the people with whom they deal, and this man has
made deep studies in human nature.
Asked to state, from his experience with all kinds
of people, whether he would call the average man
and woman honest, he replied that more than
ninety-eight per cent of the people of this country
were absolutely honest. That is, that proportion
of the people would tell the truth on every occasion
and that proportion would pay their debts," if it was
possible for them to do so.
.That is a pretty clean bin of moral health for
the people of this country, and for the purpose of
the argument may be taken as correct. Miami
Herald. - ,
A Liquid for a Loving Cup
When Harry Brown was here he informed us
that Herb Felkel, one of the most snappy and ac
curate writers on the Florida press, intended to
soon swing around the circle, and would probably
visit Ocala. We" are anxious for Ocala to make a
good impression on Herb. "Won't some kind friend
donote us a small bottle a large one would be
better of moonshine. Even if Herb doesn't come,
the liauid will not be wasted. Ocala Evening Star.
WHEN A FELLER NEEDS A FRIEND
1 AirteeE-i;i . iZZ.
THE' CHEERFUL CHERUb
Don't expect jJmucK.
For fc.ry TisjotsI tk".t
you dLo
TKe cK&.tce you Kve
I or feeling " kirvd
Is quite return enough
I for . vou.
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1914 Great Britain and France de
clare war on Turkey; Russian troops
invade Turkish Armenia; kaiser di
rects attack at Arras; repulse Bel
gian attacks at Nieuport; British
hold the Armentieres trenches un
der heavy fire.' from German mortars.
1915 Teutons advance through So
fia; clear road through Serbia to Bul
garia; cabinet crisis in Greece over
pro-German sympathies of king; Ven
izelos caused Zaimis cabinet to fall;
Poincare thanks America for help;
Russians advance at Riga and bom
bard Shlok; Joffre's soldiers hold
trenches in Massiges region.
1916 Austro-German forces drive
Rumanians from'Rosca heights south
east of Altschanz and storm Ruman
ian positions at Clabucetul Baiullui in
Prahova valley, take 1,747 prisoners,
8 cannon and 20 machine guns; cen
tral powers proclaim Poland aagin a
nation; frontiers in doubt; ask for
fighting aid from Poles in the mean
time; allies launch , new attack on
HIS PLEASURE.
I went with Mr. Billious Bunque
Last night to see a vaudeville show;
He said he knew it would be punk.
And yet he trought we ought to go,
And there he sat, and every, act
He panned, and every, song be
moaned; He was impartial, that's a fact
He didn't leave a turn unstoned.
My tastes are simple, and I could
Have quite enjoyed myself, and had
A lovely . time I thought 'twas good
Until he showed me it was bad.
Of course he spoiled it all for me,
And for some others sitting near;
There hadn't been, asserted he,
A decent show here for a year.
I will not go with him again.
For it's a waste of time and pelf;
He's, one of those peculiar men
Who can't bear to enjoy himself.
If all the shows that came were fine,
I do not think he'd go td oner-.
He couldn't knock, he couldn't whine,
And that's the way he gets his ifun.
NOT WANTED.
Miss Fortyodd awoke in the middle
of the night to find a burglar ran
sacking her -effects. - Miss Fortyodd
did not scream, for she prided her
self, among r other things, upon her
courage.
Pointing to the door with a. dra
matic gesture, she exclaimed:
"Leave me at once"
The burglar politely retreated a
step, and said:
"I had no Intention of taking you.''
Detroit Free Press.
HIS GOOD START.
To what do you attribute your
remarkable age and your wonderful
health ," asked the visitor of the oldest
inhabitant. . . '
'Wal," answered the ancient one, "I
reckon Pigot a pretty good .start on
most people by being born afore germs
were discovered, an so I have had
less to worry about." Stray Stories.
OH, RATS!
They say that rents are so high
in Jacksonville that even the rats and
reaches are moving out. Sanford
Herald. '
TKe
There is something in October sets the
gypsy blood astir;
We must rise and follow her,
When from every hill of flame
She calls and calls each vagabond by
name.
Bliss Carman.
THE BEST CUT.
Speaking of the cheaper cuts of
meat, a cut of about 50 per cent in price
would be the best one we know of.
Kennebes Journal.
IN THE AIR.
"Patched up peace with your wife
aiyetr'
"Not quite. My ma-in -law, my wife
and her two sisters are discussing the
terms." Louisville Courier-Jdurnal.
,.
HE'D SHOW HIM.
Judge Tou mean to say that you
base your demand for divorce on the
allegation that your wife can't cook
a decent meal? That's no ground for
divorce.
Plaintiff Tour lordship, would you
mind coming round and taking dinner
with us some day? Stray Stories.
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(Clip and past this in your scrap book).
Copyright 1919, New Era Feature.
WHAT HAPPENED NOVEMBER 5. s
Somme front; secure diminatlng posi
tlon near Wasiencourt. ,
1917 Pershing's men fight hand to
hand against overwhelming German
forces; Teutons pierce Italian line,
cross the rniddle of the Tagliamento
river near Pinzano and take 5,000
men, Italians in retreat; prospect of
allied igeneral staff in frneeting of
British and French premiers; XJr. S.
agrees with Japan on China; British
in Palestine continue Baza attack.
1918 Americans cross the river
Meuse, and despite all German efforts
throw pontoons across the river at
three points and cross, advance on
west bank continues and more vil
lages are liberated; Germans retreat
on 75-mile front from the Scheldt to
the Alsne; long list of French towns
freed; Wilson transmits allied mes
sage to Germany; tells Berlin that
Foch will receive representatives to
discuss an armistice; Republican vic
tory in American general election;
next congress to be Republican.
WOULDN'T ENCOURAGE HIM.
"Has your husband told you you
must economize?"
"Yes, replied Mrs. Flimiglt, but
I'm not letting him bother he. He's
one of those people who insist on
taking up every fad that comes along,"
Stray Stories. .
PRICE HAS GONE UP.
"Now, Charlie, if you're very good
I'll give you a penny."
"I'm afraid I can't afford to be good
for less'n a nickel, gran'ma not the
way prices is today." Stray Stories.
DAY1J
Germans1
One year ago today, November 5, 1918, the Germans retreated on a 75
mile front in France, from the Scheldt River to the Aisne.
Find a wounded man. . , '
Answer to yesterday's puzzle: Left side down, above gun stock.