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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 SUBSCRIPTION RATE One wesk. Daily and Sunday $ .15 school forum to the White House imbued with the Chemist Rose says in an article in this paper (The 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. Tr. We k'y Journal. One T'ar subscription ire payable tn advance 1 SO 'the Associated irss i cuf Iveli entitle to the u for i-epublicat'On cf all news credited to It or not otherwise credited la this paper and also to local news published , Enter 1 as second out matter at the pcstofflce tn Pen-aU. Fla.. under Act cf Consresa. March- t. 1ST. Advertising Kates Fii nishe-i on Application JOURNAL. PUBLISHING CO MP A NT PensacoU. Flort3a IVashii gton Manager fciuru: lleo, IL alannlnc. Washington. D. C. RepreieMed In the Uersral Advertiser Field Toy CONE, LORENZEN WOODMAN. New Tork. Chlcaco. Detroit. Kansas City. Atlanlta I OoaiiNtciS OFFICii KD1TORLVL DElM". HOWF- Ts- PHONES Advertls ng Mgr. 4S Managing Kdltofr 33 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.