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THE. PENSACOLA JOURNAL, MONDAYiaiORNING, JANUARY 12, 1920
Oft Cetgaflola Smmml.
DAlLk WEEKLY SUNDAY
Journal Publishing Company
T -it a tr Mirva resident nd Oenoral Manager.
k - - s nnf
n,mr ion i cc t.'fT-t-fv a rwl Treasurer. fcttct
conduct.d from to ii,i5 Under the Edir.hip and in all annals has come to pass than that the leader
IX HIS OWN COUNTRY the Planter as having the following acreage ill cane
With the peace treaty raUlied by all the other In 1918:
powers, including Germany, the United States stands
today In a state of Isolation, and a menace to the
e of the world. . PerhaDs nothing so strange
AS PEACE FINDS HIM
Acres.
... 120
... 367
Management of Col. Frank L. Mayes.
lY,.Mii:K ASSOCIATED FKESS
Audit Bureau of Circulation.
An erlcan Newspaper Publishers Assoc 'a Ion
Florida Press Association
Southern Newspaper Publishers' Association
of a nation who helped to frame a treaty and '.to
whose vision and initiative a league and covenant
was due, should have had the dream made practical
through other nations, and should suffer the scorn
and contumely of his own people. Only In one in-
TO ADVERTISERS
In caw of errort or omlsrlona In I r other advr- . that" leader was Chr!st-the first great demo
tine ents the publisher does not hold himself uaoie
for damia-e further than the amount received Djr mm, crauo leaner mat me wor;a nas ever ivuuwu.
for such advertisement.
Counties :
Bay . . .
Calhoun '.
Escambia 182
Holmes 375
Jackson .' 2,413
Santa Rosa 276
Walton .... - 308
"Washington . . , , 410
stance has a world leader faced a similar situation,
Total .......4,451
The total acreage in the state being 16,313 acres,
Born of freedom loving people In & land that was jt will be seen that West Florida had more than
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC. ifnnnrtv. fin th hrvlrnrk of democracy: with a grasp one-fourth of all the aereaere. f ran In Ihft atat
nv rnninii rflfHnn itnnn tha character. Stand I
fng or imputation f any person, firm or corporation of fundamental principles of democracy that was in- And In 1010 this was largely increased, Further
which nay appear in the columns of The JOUKNAL. iiercnt and a knowledge of world politics and his- more, it will be noted that Okaloosa is not included
will be gladly corrected upon It being brought to the ...... H hw4 h- iv-rlrl thrniurti in th. nMithi e(2tm.M
many volumes. President Wilson went from the! In referring to the manufacture of sugar. State
attentlOT of the publisher
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OrTe Mo'nh.' Dally TnA TndVy "I""!"""!!"! M snJrit cf true -nocracy and informed as to inter-. Planter) : "The sugar cane that will make 100
Three Months. Daily and Sunday 1 - national politics. J pounds of raw or brown sugar and 100 pounds of
eix Months. Daily and Sunday j this knowledge he took with him a vision molasses by the old system will mako 200 pounds
KnaJyOni"onenyeSn 1.60 ' that was almost that of a seer; and through that of puro white or granulated sugar in an -up-to-date
vision and the power lie had or convincing others vacuum or close system, with modern separators,
thatwhat he had sensed was practical as well as filterers, evaporators, etc.
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Pres. and Mgr. 1500 Society Editor S3
Office: Journal Bidg.. Cor. lntendencia and DeLuia Sts,
There are said to be thirteen political parties in
Poland. And over here we think we are unlu'cky.
and we tave only two parties, besides the side-lmes,
to worry over. "
"Y. W. C. A. In Pcnsacola is abolished to provid
i
potent he became known abroad as the practical
idealist,
1 if is claimed by some who have fouglit the pres
Id n't and the treaty that the treaty and the league
of1 nations do not embrace the fourteen points, as
et down by President Wilson.
But if the letter of the law has not been carried
out in these covenants, and we do not admit that
it has not, it was the spirit of these fourteen points
which made it possible for the great powers to get
together on a common basis, and sign a treaty of
peace and form a league which should bind the na
tions of the world in such a way that never again
can the world suffer such wrong as was wreaked
upon it by the war-lords of Germany.
But a chain is no stronger than its weakest link,
and the weak link in the cable of the treaty of
peace and the league of nations is the Ignited States
of America. " .
When the United States went to war with Ger
many the phrase "to make the world safe for de-
it was the
Florida Press Opinion
more roc m for the Y. M. C. A. This doesn't sound".
like southern chivalry." says the Jacksonville Me-! mocraey" became more than a slogan,
tropolis. Just getting ready to spread out more for Xfaithof a people, the hope of a world, become vocal.
both, that's all. Just watch us grow. To the people of Great Britain, who kept the.Ger-
n mn hordes back from the channel ports, and so
The TJ ncs-UnioQ is politely cussing because "two s aved civilization ; to the people of the blood-soaked
phones are a nuisance." R'ght you are; one phone ! IVance, who gave all save their honor to hold that
Is about as much as one man can stand, in a life
time, and not have neuritis, or rhinitis, or apendi
citis. before he gets through.
The Leesburg Commercial declares that one big
insurance company is trying to work out a plan of
insurance for" the Florida orange groves and declares
that the Lake county lakes are pretty good insur
ance themselves. No doubt about the pretty,
The Jacksonville Metropolis complains that every
exchange picked up states that it received the
Tampa Times "slightly burned around the edges,"
and want j to know if it is getting to be a slogan.
Sounds tc us like a citation for courage and pluck
in the fa;e of disaster.
s.tcred ground; to the brave descendants of Garibaldi;
t the men who were imbued with the spirit of
Klsiuscko; and trO the splendid American patriots
w 10 fought that freedom might live, that phrase
m ist sound like the bitterest mockery'.
.Vhiie the world waits, a handful of politicians
sq labble; the nations suffer in their travail of sus
pe ase and the hand of anarchy gets ever nearer
I nearer.
The Dally News of London says: ", new world
m which America, or for that matter, Germany
Rusa, or any considerable fraction of mankind
'excluded is foredoomed to failure." The London
.vspapers are I'opeful that the United States may
t become one with the other nations of the league.
ess dispatches under date of January 9th, tell of
Intended visit of Clemenceau to this country
an
is
Let the Railroads Alone
The anti-strike provision of the Cummins rail
read bill ought not to pass.
Rather should strike restrictions be part of the
contract.
It is inconsistent with the fundamentals of Amer
ican liberty, including freedom of contract. It is
not a crime to break a contract. It Is not sound
criminal law to single out the contract of employ
ment on a railroad and hedge it with criminal pen
alties. The railroads should be free to make it one
of the conditions of the contract of employment on
the railroad that the employe shall not strike, and
that If he does strike he shall be liable for specified
penalties. The railroad ought to be free to omit
such conditions from any of its contracts with its
employes.
The best thing the government can do for the
railroads is to let them alone. The best thing for
the railroads and the best tnin'g for the public.
The only regulation needed is abundant prompt de
cisioins of railroad disputes by the courts- Leave
the railroads free to do their worst- and take the
consequences. Provide adequate courts to make the
railroad pay adequate damages for failure to give
godd service and equal treatment. Threy are out ,
after dividends. To get dividends they must do busl- j
ness. To get bigger dividends they must do bigger
business serve the public better. They must keep j
putting In more capital. Lewiston (Maine) News.
7i$ "
US,E OF PAPER TAG
ON CAR UNLAWFUL
Alabama ScnatW on the Railroad Rill
Oscar Underwood, of Alabama, senator, states
man, student of causes and proposer of remedies,
spoke recently in Birmingham on the two sections
of the Cummins railroad bill relating to finance and
The brave Frenchman, who spent so many years laDOr'
The Miami Metropolis is pitying the poor people
who are spending more than they can afford to
keep up with the smart set. They don't deserve pity
as much lis they do deporting, along with the other
undesirables, and besides, they are hopelessly old-
fashioned, for it is no longer smart to belong to tho
emart set. . hslemocracy from us. are forced to snnd nn in ni-ad
ijWlth us, 'to win us from our autocratic ways?
his life in the United States and who married an
Knerlcan girl, knows well the American r,eonl(
h ".-HI rrr Knfnnn K . . .. .
, " tj'. uuuic uicui in urge upon inem mat
.0 treatv mr.v hR slcnnd. T! nnt fhla Hictrr.a.ot.i
" " " MigiuuviUI
'thing . That the people of Europe who have learned
Senator Underwood is a strong man in the race
for minority leadership In the senate, which position
will be filled on the 12th day of this month.
From some men, most of them in his position, one
would expect and get dodging, petty Jockeying, or
truckling, statements with 'reservation," and an-
The following letter has been re
ceived from the office of the state
comptroller:
Office of the
STATE COMPTROLLER
Erneet Amos, Comptroller
Tallahassee, Fla.
Dear Sir: You may be interested
to know something about the motor
vehicle registrations lnr this state dur
ing the past two years. Briefly stated,
it is covered as follows:
1913 1919 (to Dec. 8)
Passenger cars.. 42,702 r 0,468
Trucks and com-
merci'al cars.. 4.SS0 6,927
47.5S2
57,395
Sanford has the spirit, of optimism to the
degree. Instead of complaining about the cod
which has wrought such havoc in South Florida,
Sanford Herald says: "This could weather n
much to 1he truckers, and if our people can u
good pricu for their celery, this old town wi
some."
ntJc- But it is
snj
nouncements with "provisos." But not so with him
not the people of the United States ,r came out suaxe' Plainly and without seeming Buval $23,141.07
92
Total
Paid in for up
keep of state
road depart
ment (15 per
cent net re
ceipts) ,
Paid in for pro
- rating counties
(85 per cent
net receipts) . .$236,300.00
Proportionate amount of money paid
in for maintenance of state roads; in
the four leading counties based upon
the taxes as assessed: (85 per cent
net receipts).
$40,703.44
28,077.72
(Clip and past this in. your scrap book).
Copyright 119, New Era Features.
$42,220.72 $31,900.00
$294,100.00
X
ho be
who do not want the treaty of peace; it is not the t0 reallze that political capital would be made of his Hillsborough ... 19.215.
senate of the United States which docs not want the Posiion. "When he came to the anti-strike provision, sc!ambia 10 314
s ucaiy ui iiccK-e; ji is a siuoDorn nancuui Of men. v. . uiuiuuemj After deducting the
it."
i The great) majority of the American people and the witn that' because 1 originated it; I wrote
The Gainesville Sun has every reason
proud of the fact that it was the first Florid news
paper to i?ive out to the world the splendid news
of the sale of thirty-five head of hogs at $12,000,
by a Flor da farmer, and well says: "This was a
wonderful awakening to the possibilities of
raising In Florida."
stock-
If Florida porkers and strawberries nd corn and
oranges ard syrup and phosphate and potatoes and
pecans and an' soforth, continue to bring the high
prices they are now commanding on the market, the
lure of tin Alaskan gold fields will be nothing to
the prosperity pull of the peniusula, and we hope
most of th?ni stop in the top of the stocking instead
of the toe.
Fernandiaa Is bragging about its shrimp, and no
wonder, with such a record as this: "The shrimp
shipments from Ft-rnandina from December 25 to 31,
Inclusive, by express, was thirty carloads, the total
number of barrels, not including half-barrels and
boxes, beirg 2,360, consigned to all principal points
in the United States, also to Canada and Cuba. The
express sh pments of boxes of shrmp. oysters and
fish, whicl. amounted to considerable, was not in
cluded in the above total. Several cnrloads of shrimp
were also shipped by freight the past seven days."
Hogs and hominy in Milton means more than a
menu. Persacola Journal. You are right there,
brother. I'ogs and hominy throughout Santa Rosa
county means prosperity and plenty, just as It has
meant it in a good many of the north, middle and
western states, as well as large portions of the Gulf
coast regions. Milton Gazette. And on the same
page the Gitzette calls attention to the fish and game
in abundatce, and adds: "What more could a
sportsman .isk? That is Santa Rosa county, so Just
come on ani spend your winter here and enjoy life."
With Milton putting in that city-like sub-division, it
looks migh:y like Pensacola has got to be up-an'-comin',
if "e are going to keep that Santa Rosa
town from getting ahead of us, in more ways than
great majority of the
peace treaty signed.
American senate want the
THEY ARE ALL JOINING
One by one, the state papers are getting in line.
.96 16,040.21
49 ' 12.546.31
necessary ex
penses incidental to sending out tags.
What hft s.iirl eU w tako nioscnra in lifting 'the receints are paid into the state
an eduortal from the next amW B,rmt1t.am L YJVTJ? l
Age-Herald: Ior maintenance of state roads in the
"It is a provision, he said, in the interest of the several counties. Heretofore, it seems
American public and of the railroad men them-
that failure to adequately provide for
maintenance has generally been the
and the movement for a state democratic convention 8eIves- 11 prevents any two or more men from con- j weak Bpot in our road system.
becomes a more popular oae. The Times-Union is sPirinS . to interfere with interstate commerce, j The powers of the comptroller are'
the last to join the ranks, and of this fact 'the "hcUier they be railroad employes, railroad sein1'
Tampa Tribune gleefully says;
It gives 'us great pleasure to welcome the
Times-Union to our way of thinking in the mat
ter of naming candidates for our state offices
next summer. When we first proposed a con
vention, the Times-Union fairly shrieked out
its opposition, and belief that it could not pos
sibly be done, and after a while it said it would
approve of a get-together meeting or a con
vocation, or something, of the democrats, to
talk things over. Then when we suggested, that
this convention, or convocation, or pink tea, put
out two candidates for each state and federal
office to be filled, one of them to be the recog
nized Catts slate, and the other a real, demo
crat, and men who could be depended on to re
deem Florida's good name, the Times-Union
said it could not be done and we had no busi
ness trying to do it, anyhow.
It gives us great pleasure, therefore, to note
and commend the evidences of conversion in the
esteemed Times-Union shown In the following
paragraph taken from its columns recently:
"Would it not be a good idea to hold a pre
liminary primary to nominate two candidates
for each office to run in the regular primary?"
eral managers or any one else . It deprives the rail- hlm to enforce tho act. In other words,
road man of the right to strike, but it gives him in , failure to comply with the law Is ms.de
return the risrht to "emit work individuallv whn-i criminal offense and punishable by
ever he gets ready.
"A 90-day strike of railroad men, the senator said,
fine or imprisonment, just the same as
violations of any other criminal stat
ute, with which the comptroller has
would not be a strike against capital, but against nothing to do.
the general pubUc. A 00-la, strUe would paralyze !. .JlXLTJTl't
the nation. It would meaa starving women and application correctly made out. The
children. It would mean idle factories, mines and use of paper tags "License applied for"
workshops. The time has come, he said, when no dealer's number plates for personal use
. . . . f . ' , or any others than those furnished by
the comptroller is unlawful.
I believe in fair play and everybody
should have fair treatment and a
square deal. While it is not incumbent
i upon me iu jsvj, . xkj .w
CANE ACREAGE IX WEST FLORIDA
With sugar becoming a luxury In price, it be
hooves every one who has the opportunity to raise
as much cane as possible, says the Panama City
Pilot.
. The Florida Planter is doing a great work la pro
moting the culture of sugar cane in this state, and The Real Reaso
S
within a very few years its laudable activity along
this line must surely rroduc results, and Florida
will be known as the greatest 6ugar-producing
state in the union.
West Florida is reported In the last number of
v
Some reasons landlords raise the rents
Are sad and some are fnnny;
But few In truth have said it is
Because they want the money.
I Exchcange.
will take pleasure In using my gooa
offices to try to have him comply with
the law.
Tours for a Square Deal,
ERNEST AMOS, Comptroller.
single class of citizens, eithfer for s'elfish or unsel-
j fish purposes, shall fight Its tattles with the homes
of the entire innocent American public as the battle-
; ground." It Is the duty of the government to make
I such a thing Impossible and any government repre
! sentatlve is not only recreant to his dutv. hut is. a 1 the motor vehicle law and will send
traitor to the interests of the people if he permits ! JLJT'J
class dication.
-"And yet the senator contended for equal and
exact justice to every one aad pointed out how this
; railroad measure provides lt4' with a board of., trans
portation appointed by the president to decide any
controversies which cannot otherwise be adjust!.
jOne of his strongest points ;-was that the law is a
protection to the railroad mkn himself and assures
him justice at all times, when his cause is jusV"
If the democrats in the senite are in need of a man
bold enough to lead where others are stumbling
along behind the skirts of hidden meaning and doubt.
It appears that the man wh took the position that
Senator Underwood did In bis Birmingham speech
Is the man they are looking for. Tampa. Tribune.
CATTLE CONVENTION
BIRMINGHAM JAN. 27-30
Montgomery. Jan. 11. (Special)
Montgomery is making large prepar
ations for the eighth annual conven
tion of the southern cattlemen's as
sociation, which meets here January
27-30, inclusive.
This association was organized in
Montgomery eight years ago and has
become one cf the most powerful
business organizations of the south.
J. D. Eldr:dge, of Gregory. Arkansas,
is president, and Dr. R. M. Gow, of
Little Rock, is secretary.
The business meetings of the con
vention will be held in the big public
auditorium and cattle sales will be
conducted . at the Union stock yards
each afternoon. The Gay-Teagrue hotel
will be official headquarters of the
1915 Turkey granrts Italy's demands
for reparation for insult to Arabian
consulate; Italians to participate in
investigation; military operations in
Poland halted by weather conditions;
Russians press AusiTians hard along
Nida river in advance on Cracow;
Admiral Lord Beresford attacks Brit
ish admiralty for Joss of the battle
ship "Formidable."
1916 Britain decl;.es full block
ade of Germany: U. S. directly af
fected; conscription wins in British
commons by 431 to 39; labor minis
ters remain in cabinet; TeufJonic
forces attack allied lines at Saloniki;
Germans on west front near Mona
stir; Bulgarians on the Gievgeli
Dolran line and Turks begin con
certed k assault; French occupy Grek
island of Corfi; rais trl-color. ovci
palace of German emperor; Secretary
of S.tite Lansing in Mexican note de
mands "immediate, efficient pursuit
and capture of bandits who massa
cred Americans.
1917- Kaiser William In proclama
tion declares peace hope is gone;
Russians in Rumanian campaign
driven back toward the Sereth river.
191S RussiaiiH continue peace par
leys and armistice extended a month;
Ukraine recognize d as independent;
Secretary of War Baker opposes muni
tions secretary; defends his own re
organization scheme.
1919 Supreme allied council con
venes; President Wilson mee t; three
premiers in French foreign office;
Paderewski hot at and eligh?!y
wounded.
convention.
The visitors and delegates tto tho
convention will be provided as much
amusement as the business of the oc
casion will permit. Visits to modern
stock, farms, a dinner, auto rides, a
special vaudeville performance and
social attentions for the women vis
itors have been arranged.
One of the main features of the
convention will bo the large number
of bankers here for
is understood Jhat cattle loans by
banks will be one of the subjects of
discussion on the program.
It is suggested that hotel reserva
tions be made a3 early as possible
through the chairman of the visitors'
accommodation committee, Leopld
Strauss.
FILLING IM VERY LOW
AT PENSACOLA HOSPITAL
W". II. Fillingim, turnkey at the
city Jail, is seriously 111 at the Pen
sacola horpital, suffering an acute at
tack of Bright's disease. He was re
ported very low at a late hour this
morning and little hope is held out
for his recovery. Mr. Fillinsirn has
this occasion. It j been with Iho c!l- police department
for the past two years, where he
served the city faithfully in the per
formance of police duties.
Only a f w days left to take ad
vantage of The Journal's special sub
scription offer.
8E)Y1.JNi4JISTQR
j fyTZj 1
Nine years ago today, January 12. 1911, President Taft asked Congress
to appropriate $5,CC0.CC0 to fortify the Panama Canal.
Find a Congressman. ,
Answer to Saturday's puzzle: Top s:.4 down, at left shoulder.