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THE. PENS ACOLA JOURNAL, THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 11,
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Spring, gentle spring;
Thou comest with the voice of a wintry blast;
Thou hast a hard face and a cold smile;
Thou wouldst make us believe thou art what thou
preteniest to be;
But we know that thou are as fraudulent as some
of the promises made by our more progressive
politicians;
Springl Siring! Thou are much like to the kindly
promise of the candidates,
Thou hast a way with thes but Spring
It seems to us that It is a darned poor way.
' And that's the truth.
"Help me to hold the Vision Undefild;
TO Love, and taught by Love, to understand;
Lord, as a Father with a backward child.
Guide Thcu the pen within my wav'rlng handl
Exchange.
All lobster-s are not human. .' But most humans
are lobsters now and then.
In climbirg up don't insist on looking down If
you do, you may get a tumble.
One of the least conventional things that we know
anything atout Is a convention.
"G. 0. P.H used to stand for Grand Old Party. But
today It seems to stand for Great Old Politicians.
Most of us prefer to "let George do It," but soma
of us are that officious, that we do not want anyone
except ours jlvcs to tell George Just what it Is that
ho is to do.
"Give me liberty or give me death," seems to have
been parodied by the "reds" into "Give me license
or meet death." So have we progresed. In this coun
try of the free. '
Every now and then we read something that doe3
not seem to be verse or prose, has no beginning.
no middle and no end and then we know we must ;
be. reading vers libre.
"Sugar Is being discussed from congress down to
the lowliest tble In tha country," says the Timfs
Union. Yes. and at all of these lowly tables Con
gress Is being cussed while the sugar Is discussed.
"Pa work to pile up a fortune and the rest of
the family pile up debts," says Phil Armstrong. That
man certainly Is either a born pessimist or a born
humorist. we don't know which. Here Is another
one he gets off: "The woman who stacks poker
chips. Ieave3 the dishes stacked in the sink." Don't
be so hard on her maybe she Just went to the
movies, and Intends to wash 'cm up in the morning.
Jacksonville claims to be the largest naval stores
market In the -world; and "it is expected that It will
60on be the largest lumber market In the world"
Here I Here! You expect too much Blessed is he
who expects less and gets more. " How can you be
the greatest lumber market In &e world, as long
as Pensacola is on the map? Look at the export
figures for last year, and then reflect on that as
sertion. Bay county citizens are receiving congratulations
on winning sixth premium at the South Florida
Fair. For a West Florida county to carry off a
premium at a sub-tropical fair, is another evidence
of the fact that anything m the world mav be
grown In tills part of the state, except those products
which are peculiar to tropical climate. Bay county
not only won sixth prize but wen a number of blue
ribbons for Individual exhibits, besides.
DeFuniak Is having some trouble In regard to the
proposed bend issue for good roads, because, ac
cording to the DeFuniak Breeze, the people are not
willing in view of past experiences In road build
ing, to trust the matter In the hands of the county
commissioners." The Breeze points out that as an
election ccmes off soon, the people will have an
opportunity of electing men with whom they may
feel safe in leaving county affairs. The. trouble
with most voters is that they vote first and think
afterwards.
BREAD AND SILK SOCKS.
The Springfield Republican recently made, this
comment: "Where thousands had in previous years
been given Christmas dinners by charitable insti
tutions In New York City, hundreds were given
them, though all who came were fed.. There
has been some leveling up from the depths; and who
shall say that the dry regime has not helped?"
Who, Indeed? Who shall say that the "dry re
gime" has not helped all over this country, so that,
in spits of the high cost of living, the people of
this nation have never lived so comfortably as they
are living today.
There Is poverty today In many parts of the
United States, but that poverty Is sporadic, and no
longer a permanent state of being. Where men
walk out and give up their Jobs, voluntarily, for a
whim of the moment, or because of fancied injus
tice, some suffering is . bound to f oUow. But the
man who is sober finds it, easier to get a Job and
to hold it after he gets it, than the man who is
drunk, or given to drunken sprees.
There is more or less comment on the fact that
today, and the laboring man is buying silk socks and
silk shirts, and that there Is also a good deal of
comment on the fact that so many women who have
been a part oX the great army of workers are vol
untarily giving up their Jobs and going home, some
of them to marry, but a vast number for no apparent
reason but that they want to "go back to the home."
Recently there appeared a learned discussion in
pne of the most prominent of the New York publi
cations as to the reason for the unprecedented num
ber of women who were giving up good Jobs to
return to the home circle, without offering any good
and sufficient reason, except that they preferred the
home to business life.
It may be that prohibition has nothing to do with
this revolt of the women from business to the
home. But The. Journal believes If some of these
expert investigators could follow those women back
to the homes,' they would -find that in many cases
some man or men who are earning good wages are
spending those wages on building up homes, on
clothing- children, on introducing an entirely new
order of things, such as a little spending money
now and then, for wife and daughter, the home
makers. Instead of handing over the week's wages
to the saloon keeper.
A great many wiseacres have written papers re
garding the reasons for our unprecedentrd pros
perity, in the face of the fact that we ought to be
facing a panic in this country. We learn, from
statisticians that the man who is making two
thousand dollars a year today Is not really getting
as much as the man who used to make one thou
sand dollars, in 1913, so far as purchasing power
goes. And yet we find that while wages have not
kept itep with the high prices, there sarins to be
enough for most of us, or at any rate more than
there used to be. In the days of lower wages and
lower prices.
fme of the most potent reasons for tbla is that
much of the money that used to go to buy whiskey
now goes to buy bread and that some of the beer
money goes into the silk socks.
The bread represents the necessities and. the silk
socks represent a little luxury on the side. And.
for our part, we say that silk socks are better than
booze any time, when it comes to pandering to a
man's self-respect.
A BUSINESS PROPOSITION.
More and more, the commission-manager form
of government .Is coming Into popularity In Flor
ida. St. Augustine was the first city of any size -to
give thi3 system of government a try-out, and has
been more than satisfied with the venture. Re
cently Tallahassee has decided to make the same ex
periment: and now Tampa is working towards that
end, and Miami Is agitating along the same lines.
The St. Augustine Record is in better position to
comment Intelligently on the commission-manager
than any other of the state papers, owing to its
wide experience with such a form of civic govern
ment, .
Commenting on the "following editorial from the
Miami Metropolis, the St. Augustine Record says:
One of the best, most lucid and sensible state
ments on the commission-manager form of gov
ernment that we have ever seen printed by a
newspaper, appeared in a recent issue of the
Miami Metropolis. Under the caption, "Commission-Manager
Simply Good Business," the fol
lowing excellent paragraphs appeared:
"In order to make a bank a successful insti
tution it must be run according v to business
methods. The stockholders in the bank select
directors in whom they have confidence and
these directors, in turn, elect the president of
. the bank and other officials.
"Because the stockholders want their invest
ment safeguarded in every way and want the
bank to be sound and influential, they take a
great Interest in the selection of the directors
and hold them responsible for the conduct of
the business, while the directors, in turn, look
directly to the president of the institution for
executive ability and clear-headed Judgment to
insure efficient management.
"Numbers of other business corporatioris are
manager by the same sort of plan that makes a
bank a model business institution. The stock
. holders insist upon business efficiency and busi
ness methods. They know that attention to de-
tails, elimination of unnecessary expenditures,
careful buying and careful selling, can only be
looked after through the right sort of system.
There is no sentiment in the successful business
concern. It is a matter of dollars and cents, and
of value received for money spent.
"And that is what people are talking about
when they discuss the commission-manager form
of government for a municipality that is ready
to have its affairs put under an efficient sys
tem. The Commission corresponds to the direc
tors in the bank, the manager selected by the
commission corresponds to the president of the.'
bank selected by the directors, while all the
people especially all the taxpayers are the
stockholders Jn the corporation.
"This Is the idea of the commission-manager
government that politicians heartily dislike. It
plays havoc with the opportunities for perquisites
and pickings, for easy Jobs and many another
x evil of the politician-system in which nobody 13
held, or can be held, responsible for unbusiness
like care of public property or public affairs.
"The modern bank is the business model that
can be used with fine results as a model for a
municipality. All that is. necessary is for the
people of a city to realize that they axe the
stockholders in a big corporation, and as. such
6hould have their interests guarded and the re
turns ' on their stocks guaranteed by a proper
business management."
A DIFFERENCE IN CALIBRE.
Florida is confronted with the necessity of choos
ing between two men for a representation in the
United States senate. If Senator Fletcher is elected
to succeed himself, it will be because the Intelligent
VQters of Florida rally to his support, and cast their
votes ior good government at the -polls.
Senator Fletcher has served long and faithfully
in the United States senate. And during all his ten
ure of office he has never reflected anything but
credit on the 6tate which he has represented during
a period of the nation's most difficult years. A
man of ability, of undoubted Integrity and force
fulness of character, the senior senator from Flor
ida is fitted to cope with those problems which
must engage the attention of the senate during the
years of reconstruction and adjustment before us.
Commenting on the choice of Fletcher or Catts,
the Miami Herald recently said: "He (Fletcher) has
honored the state and the country in his long years
of service, and has built up an enviable name as . a
safe and conscientious leader, not only in the senate
but In the whole country. During his service, he
has been Instrumental in placing on the statute
books measures of incalculable value to the whole
people and to the nation. In every way he has
measured up to the full statue of a man and a sen
ator, a man whose name is honored everywhere for
his ability and for his achievements.
"The other man, by taking advantage of political
dissensions and by a fictitious issue raised by him
self, and after bolting the ticket of his party, was
elected governor by a small minority of the peo
ple. His administration has been one of turmoil
and unpleasantness and he has shown no ability as
an administrator or as a law-maker. He has broken
his political promises. He has deserted the friends
who elected him. He ha3 appointed members of his
family to lucrative places in the state government.
He has suspended numerous officers of the state,
only to have them returned to office by the state
senate. He has made himself disliked and has made
the state of Florida a laughing stock among the
states of the Union.
"If Governor Catts Is elected It will be because
his appeals to the unintelligent, the Ignorant and
the bigoted find a response in the hearts of a sufll-
cient number of voters to outweigh the intelligent
vote of the state.
"If that should be the prevailing sentiment of
the state, as shown by the coming primary, then
VmA ...ill V.. a ' AU. i . L. '
iucio vni jjc iiu uccu iui me slate to mane iurtuer
appropriations for schools and colleges. - If Ignor
ance and prejudice are to govern us, hereafter, we
6hould do away with the institutions that are de
signed to disperse ignorance and prejudice, and
close all avenues to advancement.
"We should not call for funis for good roads.
We should contemplate no more Improvements. We
should be willing to take our sodden plaee in that
state of life that we would indicate we prefer if, by
any chance, we select any but the best to represent
us in the great senate of these United States."
If ever there was a time in all the history of this
nation when men were needed in Washington to aid
in putting over constructive legislation. It is now and
will be during the next four years.
There are few men in the United States today J
from any section of the country who have the!
power and prestige that Senator Fletcher has, and
certainly no other from the southern states.
Even were Senator Fletcher's opponent a man of
equal ability. It would require a number of years
to attain to the influence and position which Sen
ator Fletcher now holds.
Of his candidacy for re-nomination, the Milton
Gazette well says:
"To his credit, be It said, that In this time of
national need, Senator Fletcher has stayed continu
ously on hl3 job in Washington, helping to hold
steady the ship of state while threatened by storms
of unrest and revolution, and is depending largely
upon the fairness and good sense of the electors of
Florida to return him to the senate for another term.
Failure to return Duncan U. Fletcher to the senate
at this time would be little less than suicidal on
the part of the Democratic party of Florida. For
should another man of even equal ability, which will
be hard to find, be sent to the senate In Fletcher's
place, it would take him a number of years to at
tain the influence and position that Senator Fletcher
now holds, during which period of development, the
State of Florida, and the democratic party would
suffer severely from the Inability and Inexperience
of a new man."
At last they ha.ve gotten, out a real Florida map.
They used to have a way of getting out maps and
tucking West Florida over in the corner. And West
Florida rebelled. Then they cut off the toe and
tucked that over in the corner, instead, and South
Florida rebelled. So now they have gotten out a
real honest-to-goodness Florida map, with all of us
"Jined up" and everybody is happy, and Commis
sioner of Agriculture W. A. McRae is receiving con
gratulations. Willis Powell and Gilbert Leach are regular yeast
cakes. They are leavening the whole loaf with their
enterprise up in Lake county. Progressive Polk
will have to look to her laurels ij tnese two boos
ters keep up their present stride. Winter Haven
Chief.
Now they say that the resignation of Lansing Jus
tifies the resignation of Bryan. Well, we ar,e re
signed to anythifig if they will only get busy and
finish up a few of the jobs that are lying around
loose.
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! Vorld News for !
the Busy Reader
Washington, Mar, 9. Revival of ac
tivity in the port of Hamburg was
reported in official advices today to
the bureau of foreign and domestic
commerce. Thirty-seven shipping ser
vices have been definitely reestab
lished and initial sailings made. Of
these four are two to the Atlantic and
one to the Pacific coast of the United
States to Great Britain seven, France
one, Holland four, Belgium two, Cuba
and West Indies three. Mexico and
Central America two, South America
eight, Africa one and Asia four.
Italy arms
tria reach critical stage; seeks no ter-.
rltorlai compensation from Austria Ia
return for neutrality.
Rome, Mar. . 9. Italy will associate
herself with the allies only In diplo
matic steps to be taken regarding Con
stantinople, says the newspaper Popolo
d'ltalia which declares the nation's ob
jects In Asia Minor are of a purely
economi character.
1916.
Germans in new attack smash in
Alsne salient 11 miles northwest of
Rheims; Kaiser's troops penetrate two
thirds of mile on three-fourth mile
front after heavy bombardment In
Verdun attack Germans take part of
the town of Vaux but French still
hold the fort U. S. troops moving to
Paris, Mar. 9. Piers and docks at
Oran, Algeria, have been swept by fire
and damage amounting to 30,000,000
francs has ensued according to a dis
patch to the Matin.
ward Mexico, may have crossed border
Washington reports; General Pershing
to be commander in the field.
1917.
British drive Turks from Bagdad and
Paris, Mar. 9 Members of the
American Typhus Commission in con
junction with Polish authorities are
making preparations for the epidemic
which is expected to reach its crisis
in April. Five thousand five hundred
cases were registered In January and
figures for February not yet issued
will probably show an increase. Au
thorities state the disease will take
another jump this month with the high
water mark some six weeks hence.
occupy that city; General Maude leads
Anglo-Indian army that entered that
city; Ixmdon is Jubilant Ambassa
dor Gerard reaches Havana on his way
to Washington; warns United States
to prepare for real war.
$133,899,761 appropriated for the de
partment of 1920.
Washington, Mar. 9. -Albert W.
Newlin of New Orleans, was today
nominated by President Wilson to be
naval officer of customs for collec
tion district No. 20 with headquarters
at New Orleans. -
New York, Mar. 9. An order on the
Bank of Montreal entitling the bearer
to $1,200,000 In railroad bonds was
picked up In the street in the financial
district yesterday by Harry Kahn, 17-year-old
clerk.
Noting the brokerage firm signature
Montgomery. Ala., Mar. 9. W. B.
Boiling of La Fayette, qualified today
as a candidate for congress from the
Fifth Alabama district, to succeed con
gressman James Thomas Heflin, can
didate for the United States senate.
on the order. the youth delivered the!
paper at its office. A reward of $2
was given to him with the advice
"that he was an honest lad and prob
ably would make his way in the
world.
St. Louis.
States circuit
today reversed
Panama, Mar. 9. Cristobal was
shaken and windows were shattered
all over the city Saturday by an ex
plosion in the hull of the United States
shipping board tanker Marne which
was recently refloated after having
been sunk by gun fire following the
outbreak of fire on board. The Marne
was raised late last month and towed
to a dock at Cristobal and was being
refitted when the explosion took pli';e.
Last reports stated that fire was still
burning' In the hull of the steamer and
it is probable that gas which collected
in the hull was Ignited, causing the
explosion.
Los Angeles, Mar. 9.- The name of
Major General Leonard Wood will not
be entered in the California prfmary
election as a candidate for the Repub
lican presidential nomination accord
ing to a telegram from the national
chairman of the Wood committee made
public today by the secretary oZ the
local Wood club.
Halifax, N. S., Mar. 9. The Amer
ican steamer Lake Eliithorpe which
was anchored safely off Sable Island
yesterday after drifting perilously near
the rocks as a result of a broken pro
peller, broke adrift today. The steamer
Maplemore stood by.
Washington, Mar. 9. An appropria
tion of 1300,000 for the eradication of
the boll worm Jn long staple cotton
was Included In the agricultural ap
propriation bill for 1921 reported out
by the senate agriculture committee
today. The measure carries total ap
xroocia.tiotn al 121.372,000 ajipiasl
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WHAT HAPPENE D MARCH 11.
1915.
as negotiations with Aus
1918.
President Wilson pledges our aid to
prepare for real war. '
'1918.
President Wilson pledges our aid to
Russia; expresses sympathy and hope
she will be freed of German power;
message sent to Soviet Congress meet
ins at Moscow tomorrow British re
pulse big German raids; heavy as
saults near Ypres and . Armentterca
thought to presage larger operation In
that district British make new gain
In Palestine; advance 2 miles on 12
mile front.
1919.
Both sides take reprisals In Berlin
strife; Reds torture many while loyal
troops take no prisoners; strikes
spread in mining districts Allied Bill
against Germany for reparation 1 35
billions; German navy cut to 15,000
men: these terms Included In first
draft of navy.
Mrs. Rose Pastor Stokes wealthy New
York socialist, was convicted In Kan
sas City In June 1918 of violating the,
Espionage act, and remanded the case
for new trial. Mrs. Stokes was sen
tenced to ten years Imprisonment.
Montgomery, Ala., Mar. 9. Mont
gomery city and fair committee today
Issued notice that sugar dealers would
be required to show cause why the
profit on sugar should not bo limited
to be one cent a pound for the whole
salers and two cents for the retailer.
Bakers also will be required to show
why the price of bread should not be
standardized and reduced. Hotel men
Mar. 9. The United
court of appeals here
the verdict by which
and restauranters will be asked to
show why the price of coffee and milk
should not be 5 cents per cup or glass.
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