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THE PENSACOLA JOURNAL. THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 3, 1921.
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Business. 1UUU Bv;
Of all those memories the fondest
and most cherished are those which
cluster around the name and fame of
ltobert K. Lee. Of him we can say
with the iiet:
Of hero mould.
With .heart ot gold.
Hla life was pure and knightly,
Than his, no ftar,
In skies of war,
Has ever beamed more brightly.
Earth holds In trust
Thy mortal dust,
O warrior true and knightly;
Sweet be thy rest,
Upon thy .breast
May the green turf lie lightly.
"The time is not far difrtant when
any telephone subscriber on l.tnd will
be able to reach nhlin at sea." Prof.
Alfred N. Goldsmith, College uf the
City of New York.
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-High cost of loafing la the mother
of high coat of living." Harry P.
tUrasbaugh, president, National Can
iieru' ao.toclation.
"I find no justification for issuing
bond for gravtl rouds. The money
necessary lo their construction should
bo taken out of "the motor license
tuxes." Geol ge S. Henry, ex-minister
of agriculiure, Ontario, Canada. ,
Y,t In the Sunflo'ver state have a
reputation for being ableto raise more
hell on Hhort notice than any other set
of people ever bcm. Hut nowhere else
will you find more optimism than in
Kansiaa." Senator Arthur Capper.
'Paris eklrta now are three Inches
above the knees when t,he wind blows."
Teresa llabasn. , New York telephone
girl returned from European tour.
o
It may surprise those who do not
pornonally know me to be told that I
have never been addicted to the use of
alcoholic liquors." Henry Walter son.
o
"The Btate always' should have on
hand intermittent public works of ul
timate value, but not Immediate secur
ity," Harrington Emerson, New York
efficiency counselor.
Political leadership is generally
achieved after a man has made a suc
cess In business. In New York lead
ers are choeen after they have failed
In business." Senator Clayton R.
Lusk, New York.
,"I am positive there Is nothing
whatever in England to Justify even
an Inference that anything can cause
war between the United States and
Great Britain". Sir Philip Gibbs.
"The alcoholic ward of Bellevue hos
pital ha become a raving and howl
ing asylum." Dr. John W. Brennan.
president of the hospital board of
trustees.
"Prohibition ha come to stay. Spo
radic efforts to revive the old order
will meet with no success, and I am
glad of It." l;Ov. B. V. Olcott. of Ore
gon. I'T think that perhap women are a
little less easy to fool than men."
Alice Duer Miller.
"Housing conditions threaten the
home today. The time may come when
the state will ha;e to take over the
housing problem and administer It as
a public utility". Rev. Charles N.
lAthrop.
"The Iran who eeeks to Justify law
breaking by calling all law he doesn't
like 'blue, is disloyal to true civic lib
erty ."Rev. Wilbur P. Crafts, super
intendent, international reform bu
reau. Now a Profession
"So you're a moonshiner?" remark
ed the Interested tourist.
The lanky mountaineer drew him
self up haughtily.
"Mister, you got me wrong", he os
nerted. "Since prohibition come in
we'un call ourselves Irrigation cngl
ri." -Amerlcaa Legion Weekly.
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PRICES AND REASONS
The Journal has frequently been
aaked to explain the reason why mer
chants are now selling goods for less
than half the prices which they were
asking a year ago and why, in De
cember, 1919, there was a difference
in the prices asked by various mer
chants. Along this line of questioning
The Journal has received the follow
ing letter:
Editor, Pensacola Journal.
Dear Sir: I have heard the
question asked many times, what
ails Pensacola? I having made
personal investigations in this line
I wish you could find space In
your paper, which have aiways
found working for the betterment
of Pensacola, for thia statement,
first I would say that there should
be a more firni. mutual, nnder
Btanding between the merchant
and the buyer In Pensacola.
The merchants are up against
the hard times as well as the
bread earner, but then the brend
arrer remembers when the mer
cuants charged 35 cents for one
turnip; $14 to $16 for a standard
make of shoes and one merchant
sold the same shoes for $8 and $9,
while others in Pensacola selling
the sirat' shoes at the former price
$(9.20). Two stores on Palafox
street sold Hills Cascara quinine
pills for 32 cents, while another
fo?d it for 26 cents, this including
one cent war tax, this price being
the legitimate and proper price for
this remady (Dec. 1920). How can
the clothing stores put suits
and coats for women on sale
now for $30 and $10, that only a
very short time they wanted from
$100 to $150 for the same suits and
this Includes the men's clothing in
like reduction.
The merchants and owners of
stores on Palafox. street depend on
the white people to pay the
enormous profits, but when it
comes to remodeling their stores
they don't give the contracts to
white contractors. Why should
milk be sold to the retailer for 40
cents a gallon and , he charge 20
cents a quart for the same to the
citizens of Pensacola?
If the farmers were given a fair
price for their produce the mer
chants would benefit by it. Look
at the Philadelphia Inquirer or
Ladger and compare prices here
with what is sold there and on
adding the charges of freight and
etc., and see If Pensacola prices
on meat, clothes and most any
other necessity are not inflated to
the breaking point.
Why should people charge on an
average of $5 per week for a room
that resembles those found in Les
Mlserables. other rooms can be
found at a cheaper rate, but
wouldn't your conscience condemn
, you if you put a cow or dog in
them? Tourists will not come back
especially thoao with moderate In
comes under these conditions.
Pensacola has no Just cause for
being kept off the map, everything
is here to make It a first class citv,
with its harbor and opportunities
for manufactures. (Barring the L.
& N. railroad). A live board of
trade that would adopt northern
methods of exempting Investors in
this line of taxes and water for a
limited time would obtain results.
Having served as commissioner of
public works in a live town, where
tho water, electricity and sewer
age systems were municipal
owned, I can see where a big im
provement can be made if a little
turpentine is applied at the proper
place. There are white northern
mechanics here, sent for by the
Pcnsacola shipyard, who desire to
make their home here. But they
are walking the streets now with
vo prospect in sight, but to bo
forced from -our city. These men
by their skill contributed toward
the shipyard's success in its palmv
days and made the fig tree on
Palafox flourish.
Hoptng to see Pensacola come to
the- front soon, and see square
dealing adopted by one and all,
and that Pensacola will not have
to go on record as having t3 es
tablish soup hou?s. which It will
if something doesn't open up hero
soon. Those who would like to live
In Pensacola arc waiting for a
place to work at a better wage
than that which Is being paid at
the new high school building.
Thanking you In advance for all
favors, I am,
Sincerelv vour,
II. 13. M.
While wo are not acquainted with
any standard make shoe which is han-
dled by more than one .merchant we
will not beg the question. It Is pos
sible that where one merchant 13 Bell
ing shoes for $14 and another the same
grade for $9, the $9 Is a second or
"factory reject."
When the war broke out. It shut our
supply of leather from foreign coun
tries. We raise but 52 per cent of our
own demands, therefore the other 48
per cent must be imported from other
countries, principally from Russia and
the northern part of France. These
count: ies supply the best grades ow
ing to the cold weather which tough
ens the hides so that it stands more
wear than leather from South Amer
ica. Demand and supply govern all
things and as the demand exceeds
the supply, naturally the prlco of
leather advanced and reached as high
as 407 per cent. Upper leather was
selling at $1.90 per foot and it takes
three feet to a pair of Bhoes; add to
this the cost, sole, heel, lining (cotton
at 40c per lb.) and the labor, which
was a big item: that same shoe cost
the manufacturer $10.60 and his plrofit
added and when you figure It out
$14 was not an excessive price. Shoes
at less had to have a fibre counter,
compressed Inner sole and many lit
tle Items left out that are put Into
a high grade all-leather sjioe. Seconds
or damaged shoes bring what the
manufacturer can get for them.
The same thing regarding the cost
of clothing will practically apply
wool is imported from Australia, but
the men taken out of the clothing
trades and sent over on the other side
never returned to their former trade,
as they could get more money in the
shipyards this decreased the supply.
Four million sailors, soldiers and ma
rines had to be clothed and it was an
auction market everyone wanting
clothing and the manufacturers, not
all, but many of them took advantage
of the situation and sold to the high
est price they could get others
bought, but never received the goods
those manufacturers are now getting
their just dues. But that is not the
reason why clothing is now cheaper.
Last spring when we should have had
spring weather, you remember it was
cold -and the merchants did not sell
all they bought, therefore cancelled
the undelivered portions of their or
ders, the manufacturers In turn can
celled the cloth from the mills and
had the' mills forced the clothing fac
tories to accept all the goods they had
on order, there would have been one of
the worst calamities that could have
happened it would have sent to the
wall, not less than fifteen hundred
clothing factories and thrown out of
work thousands of men and women.
This is one of the reasons the Amer
ican Woolen Mills shut dnyn thlr
mills; they had no orders, but thou
sands of cancellations.
The merchants that did not foresee
the drop coming and had loaded up
on winter merchandise had to unload
and raise money to pay their debts
it wasn't a question of what the mer
chandise was worth it was a case of
get out from under. Retail prices to
day fn many instances are lower than
merchandise can be produced.
Any fair merchant will not try to
stick the customer, but will give him
the best value possible, but he is en
titled to a profit on his investment
he has got to do this to stay in bus
iness. Price does not always tell qual
ity no more than two houses of same
identical design and specifications
built by two different contractors. One
built by 1919 carpenters and paid 20
cents per hour and the other built by
journeymen carpenters at a price that
they are worth. They would be paint
ed the same and the ordinary eye
could not. tell the difference from
across the street but what a differ
ence when you step inside and exam
ine them, and the trained eye will
show you thousands of defects in the
cheaper house. Same with clothing
the life of the garment is in the tailor
ing that the customer never se s, or
If he could, he wouldn't know the dif
ference, as he was never trained in the
construction of clothing but the dif
ference is in the hang of the garment
and the wear The same cloth can be
made into two different suits at $5 to
$25 difference in the tailoring. Judge
not by looks, but ask the merchant
why he gets more than the other fel
low and nine times out of ten he can
convince you. You cannot buy in Phil
adelphia any cheaper than you can in
Pensacola, unless it is cheaper mer
chandise than the merchant handles
Oleomargine looks like butter, but it
Isn't.
The workingman can help to buiM a
town but he must elect intelligent
heads to his organizations. Give the
employer as much as he gives you.
Production is what the manufacturer
wants. Buy at home and give the
merchant his output and he will give
you better prices.
The Emergenoy Tariff Bill A Trap
for Democrats
We believe President Wilson will
make a tactical and political mistake
if he votes the Fordney emergency
tariff bill. We are aware that it is
in conflict with all his political prin
ciples and beliefs, but still we believe
that it would leave the p irty, in much
better shape If he should Termit.it to
become a law, if it reaches that stage
before March 4. It Is the purest kind
of camouflage, simply political bunk,
and it looks very much as if it were
a trap laid for the democratic party.
It cannot afford relief to the farmer in
any way, and its promoters are aware
of the fact. It opens no new markets,
and cannot raise the prices of the
farmers' products in the markets of
the world.
But it will undoubtedly before it is
finally passed, contain provisions in
the Interest of the 'Vested industries",
which will add to the cost of living,
which is already a heavy burden to
the consuming masses. If It Is vetoed
by the president, it gives the 'repub
licans a chance to come before the
people with the claim that they de
vised a measure of relief, which was
killed by a democratic president. There
will be no vay of refuting an argu
mcr.t
ot that kind and the democrats
will
have to bear the onus of refus-
Ing th country relief in a serious
crisis. Or. the contrary if the bill be
PRESS COMMENT j
comes a law, the people will soon find
out for themselves what a humbug if
is and lose faith in republican prom
ises. If the democrats are wise they
will steer clear of thi republican trap.
But when wen the democrats ever
wise? Tampa Times.
A Lesson rn Politics
The dispute In the democratic
party over the control of the nation
al committee is interesting from many
points of view, perhaps most so for
the light which it throws upon party
control as depending on a machine
carefully organized under certain fixed
rules of procedure.
WTien women came into citizenship
they were warned that if they wished
to wcrk effectively 'in politics they
must learn the rules of the game. The
same thing haseen explained to the
ordinary male voters . who have been
taking an increasing Interest in elec
tions of late years, only to find their
efforts somehow fell short of accom
plishment. The present democratic row shows
plainly enough that elections are not
things of chance, left to election day,
but are the result of planning long
in advance, and of efficient organi
zation for unity . to insure that plans
shall mature.
This does not mean that such or
ganizations are evil. They are not.
It does mean that any citizens who
wish to take a telling part in elections
must work with the established ma
chinery or else create equally power
ful machinery of their own. St. Au
gustine Record.
"Time to Spend Money"
This is the title of an editorial arti
cle in the February number of the
Farm and Live Stock Record, of Jack
sonville, just off the press. The arti
cle referred to goes to thousands of
the most progressive farmers, fruit
growers, live stock and poultry raisers
in every one of the fifty-four counties
of Florida and those in southern Geor
gia and Alabama. The industrious
people, says the writer, "have money
to spend that is, most ot tnem nave,
and tho advice that is given them at
this time is so generally applicable to
the people engaged in other lines of
industry, and even to those who have
money, but are not engaged in busi
ness or other activities, that it Is here
repeated, as follows:
This is the time to spend money
for things that are needed, and,
perhaps, a few of what are termed
the luxuries of life. It's a long time
to be dead but then you won't
need things as you do now. Mer
chants need money for their stocks
of merchandise, that they may
clear their shelves, pay their bills
and lay in new- supplies. The man
ufacturers need theorders and the
money, the goods ordered will
bring to them so that they may
keep their mills and ships run
ning, pay wages and keep thou
sands and hundreds of thousands
employed in order that they may
live, buy the food that the farmer
produces, the cloth that is made
from the wool and the cotton from
the farms, and thus, and in many
other channels and ways turn
back to the farmers the money
that they need to can- on their
business. It's what keeps the
wheels of business going round,
this spending of money wisely and
not hoarding it and thereby bring
ing good to nobody, not even the
hoarders. There has been a period
of foolish spending. The pendu
lum has swung as far the other
way. There is now much of un
reasonable refusal to buy. Fool
ish spending aid unwise refusal
to spend are both wrong, both do
harm. About all that is required
now to make what are called
"good times" is wise spending for
things needed. Florida, more than
any other state in the Union, is
financially able to do it. And
Florida farmers ought to set an
example to the rest of the coun
try. During the past few years, when the
reckless spending of money by indi
viduals was an "orgy", much was said
in condemnation of such spending. It
was foolish then and, indulged in now,
is just as foolish and unwise at pres
ent. But in what is above quoted,
"wise spending for things needed" is
the burden of the urgement for spend
ing, for doing that which "keeps the
wheels of business going round" and
thus brings desired prosperity to all.
Thrift and saving are commendable
but not when carried to the extent of
destroying business and prosperity
whereby thrift and saving are made
possible.
Discrimination is essential at all
times with reference to when and for
what to spend money, and at no time
more necessary than now, when there
is such urgent need for business to
get back to normal and thereby re-establish
prosperity. Times-Union.
A DAILY MESSAGE
BY DR. WILLIAM E. BARTON
GOD SPEED YOU, WOODROW
WILSON.
I have called quite unofficially this
evening, Mr. Wilson, to say to you
that if the American people knew of
any way in which to bid you a courte
ous farewell and Godspeed without
pretending that they were sorry for
what they did to you in November,
they would like to do it.
They welcome the coming guest, and
have been known to speed the part
ing occupant of the executive man
sion by metaphorically kicking him
down the steps.
They grinned behind the broad back
of William Howard Taft as he disap
peared down the White House walk on
the day you entered, eight years ago;
and he was a good loser, and has
shou-n himself In these eight years a
man and a gentleman.
You will have to excuse the Ameri
can people, Mr. Wilson, for a certain
brusqueness in such matters. Wo shall
learn better manners some day.
I have not come to apologize for the
elections, nor to say that the Amer
ican people 'are sorry you are leaving.
They think you have made grave mis
takes; I have not come to discuss
them.
But the American people, including
those who vote! against you, are not
oblivious to the pathetic aspects of
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WITH HIS
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SUSPENDERS
your departure from the White House,
and you are leaving with their sincere
desire for your comfort in your re
maining years.
You are planning to write a history
of your administration. I want to sub
scribe for a copy of it, and to wish
you joy in its preparation. Do not, if
I may advise you, spend too much ink
In trying to explain. Just tell us the
story of it as you know it. You will
tell it in good English, pounding it
out on your typewriter, and I hope you
can use both hands.
You went down from Jerusalem to
Versailles, and fell among thieves. Tell
us the true story of.it; the American
people will believe you, and will ap
preciate a little better the difficulties
of your situation.
One noble thing you did in that try
ing situation, you rebuked the schem
ing plots of other nations with your
own andAmerlca's idealism.
People smile at you, Mr. Wilson, for
your idealism. Let them smile. Amer
ica, her pretense to the contrary not
withstanding, is a nation of idealists.
The historian will laud you for that
very idealism.
.When your country went to war,
you were able to define her purpose in
terms of conscience and duty. You did
it superbly, Mr. Wilson; no other man
on this side of the ocean could have
done it so well, and no man on the
other side could have done it at all.
Your country is proud of the way
you did. it, and will be still more proud
of it a hundred years hence.
This is your last night in tho White
House, Mr. Wilson, and you have some
packing to finish, and I will not pro
long this call.
You are likely to rest better tonight
than Mr. Harding; and in the next
four years there will be nights when
you will stop writing and go to bed
at 10 o'clock, when he will be awake
and considerably worried. May God
help him, and give him the guidance
of wise and good men.
And may you have quiet and hap
py years ahead.
The American people bid you a
friendly Good Night.
ADVENTURES OF
THE TWINS
BY OLIVE ROBERTS BARTON
Out into the sunlight crawled Nancy
and Nick through a small door in the
roof of the cave of diamonds which the
goat showed them, leaving the box of
charms and their map behind.
"Aren't you coming, too?" asked
Nancy, turning to the big green bull
frog which had been following them.
"Y-Yes, I suppose so," said the frog,
reluctantly. (He was really the Bo
badil Jinn). He was thinking how he
could get back his wishing ring which
Nick had slipped off his own finger
and laid beside the rest of the charms
In the cave.
"Come along, then," said Nancy,
waiting for him. The goat, you know,
who was guardian of the diamonds,
wished to find out whether or not they
were mortals, and they weVe all go
ing out into the sunlight to see who
would or would not cast a shadow.
Only mortals do, it is well known.
Nancy got through first and looked
at the sky anxiously. Then she look
ed at the ground at her feet and gave
a little cry of joy. The map was en
tirely right. It was noonday and they
were exactly on the equator. She had
no shadow at all! Neither had Nick
who took his place quickly beside her.
The goat then appeared. "Well, well,
well," said he, looking at the ground
in surprise. "You are enchanted,
aren't you? I might have known it
without putting you to so much trou
ble. No shadow at all, either of you!
Come right into my cave again and
continue your journey in peace and
safety. I'll give you letters to all my
enchanted friends."
' "But Where's the frog?'' cried Nancy.
She knew that if they could get the
fellow out into the sunlight, his spell
would be broken at once.
"Yes", exclaimed the goat. "Where
-Is he?"
(To Be Continued.)
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OF A WIFE
BY ADELE GARRISON.
Why Dicky's Mother Said, "Do You
Know That Man?"
Upon the face of one woman in par
ticular, Mrs. Taymo.e, there was a
look so expressive that it seemed al
most as if she were speaking. Of all
the women I had met in the club, I
liked Mrs. Taymore the best. She did
not haye as much wealth as did Mrs.
Smith, but of brains and tact and abil
ity she possessed much more than the
really considerable amount cf those
qualities belonging to Mrs.' Smith. She
was the only woman in the club whom
I had ever seen differ from Mrs. Smith
on any important question.
I had a curious little premonition
that Mrs. , Taymore 'intended doing
something, I did not know what, to
register her disapproval of Mrs.
Smith's rudeness. Her expressive face,
with its mutinous eyes, appeared -to bo
saying to me: "Just wait; this inci
dent has not been ended yet."
The knowledge of her sympathy and
that of the other women braced me.
When I had finished my lecture and
sat down, I had the pleasant con
sciousness that I had never spoken to
better advantage. The burst of en
thusiastic hand-clapping which rose at
my final words confirmed my own
opinion. It had hardly subsided when
Mrs. Taymore sprang to hrr ftrt.
"Fellow members of the Lotus Study
club", she began, "I think you will all
agree with me that we have never
spent a more enjoyable and instruc
tive study afternoon than tho one Just
finished. It seems to me that we
should mark our appreciation of It In
some other way than by our applause.
"I therefore move you, Madam Pres
ident, that a vote of thanks to Mrs.
Graham for her excellent beginning of
this year's work, and to Mr. Helen
Brainard Smith, who first learned of
Mrs. Graham's work and secured her
for us, be spread upon the records."
She sat down, evidently trying hard
to control a smile. The woman sit
ting next to her, a very pretty young
friend of hers, whose voice was rare
ly heard in the club meetings, prompt
ly seconded the motion.
The sheer audacity and humor of
the thing evidently caught the farcy
of the clubwomen. Many of the wom
en present had witnessed my first
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clash with Mrs. Smith the year beforey
when she had tried to deprive me ol
half the sum she had promised me tor
my first lecture. They knew that if
Mrs. Smith's narrow and vindictive
mind regretted one thing more, than
another, it was her Introduction ot me
to the Lotus Study club, but the coupl
ing of her name with mine in the vote
of thanks made it impossible for her
to resent either ojipnly cr secretly the
voting of the resolution by any wom
an present.
Of course, Mrs. Taymore knew Mrs.
Smith was fully aware that her motive
in making euch a motion was to heap
as much chagrin as possible upon tha
head of the august secretary of the
Lotus club.
I could have laughed aloud at Mrs.
Smith's face as she hoard the resolu
tion, but there was absolutely noth
ing that she could do, wave sit etill
and try to smile.
When the rabbit-like president put
the motion every woman in the hall
voted "Aye", and I could hear sup
pressed giggles from some of the
younger and more irreverent member
in the back rows.
"Did I avenge you?" whispered Mrs.
Taymore mischieveously to me when
the meeting was over.
"Gloriously," I whispered back.
"Tl.ank you so much".
"You can always count on me," she
said, giving my hand a little squeeze,
and I felt all' my annoyance at Mrs.
Smith's pettiness vanish into thin air.
"You must have had a long session",
my mother-in-law commented, acidly,
when I finally arrived at the room
which we had taken for her in the
Sydenham hotel.
"I went ever to Lillian's to get the
hat and suit I am going to wear on
the boat tomorrow", I returned quietly.
"You remember I had this hat sent to
Lillian's from the shop, and went Ofer
there to get it before I went to the
club meeting today."
"I'll bet you made those old frumps
over there look like a collection of
hand-me-downs", Dicky put in from
the chair in which he was t'lted back
comfortably. "That sky piece is cer
tainly a winner.
Whet Iter because of his natural love
for teasing, fir because my work with
the Lotus Study club really annoys
him as much as he pretends It does,
Dicky loses no opportunity to belittle
the women of the club before whom
I talk each Wednesday. But I never
need to answer hie strictures when
they are made In the presence of his
mother. It Is the ne subject on which
she is Invariably cure to side with
me against Dicky.
WELLMAN
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