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The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-02-16
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The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-02-16
NATIONAL ROAD BUILDING.

The Ocala Banner, which is urging
the adoption of national road build
ing, should know that should such
method of building the roads in the
country come into vogue the strong
communities in the thickly populated
states would be the first served and
always get the lions share of all APP
preparations for such work States
like Florida with a small representa-
ton in congress would fare mighty
slim and the more populous sections
like Duval county get the most OF that
small pittance. Interior localities like
Ocala, with almost no representation
in congress, would probably fare
worse in the distribution of appro-
priations for road building than they
do in the matter of public buildings
Pensacola News.
We do not know so much about this,
Florida has faired well with her
seaport cities. She has received ap-
preparations for the improvement of
Cumberland Sound at Fernandina for
the improvement of the st. Johns
river and the deepening of the har-
Dor at Mayport, the harbors at Mi
ami, Tampa Bay, Pensacola, Apala-
chicola, etc, and. now Carrabelle and
Port Inglis are coming in for their
share, all of which we think entire
ly right and we favor these appro
priations, heart and soul.
Florida has also received large
appropriations for public buildings at
Tampa, Jacksonville and Pensacola, and
Fernandina has just received an ap-
preparation of 100000 for the erection
of a public building there. Indeed, all
of our seaport cities are receiving the
watchful care of our representatives
in Congress.
We may say. by way of parenthesis,
that Senator Mallory's home is at Pen
sacola; Senator Taliaferros home is
at Jacksonville; Congressman Spark
mans home is at Tampa.
Now that we have two congressman
from the interior. towit: Congressman
Frank Clark, of Lake City, and Con-
gresham William B. Lamar, Of Mon
ticello. the interior may hope for some-
thing.
Congressman Clark is already clam
oring for appropriations for good
roads. This is the entering Verge. If
all congressman are alike true to their
interior constituents, we shall have
national highways and al! the bless-
ings that attach TO them.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-02-16
BLIND JUSTICE.

The ancients represented Jusaal
blindfolded evenly balancing pair .
scales.
We think this conception did cred
to the artist who conceived IL il
means that those who deal out jusla|
should have no official knowledge Il
the person before them. The judge d
the bench is not to know whether III
person is humble or great, conspis|
Gus or obscure, rich or poor, blaal
brown. yellow or red. He is simgsl
10 measure out justice according &
the merits OF the case and the gut
or innocence of the offender.
Our railroad commissioners, in Ar
ing freight rates. should do % blind
folded as justice is balancing IL
scales equally between the interior ant
the sea port cities.
The commissioners should have 10
official knowledge of what is know
as water transportation and Wate
competition.
The commissioners should have 70
knowledge of these things becaas'
they are not elected for this purpose
The railroad commissioners Of Flor
ida have nothing to do with hxins
marine rates. They are not steam.
boat nor steamship commissioners.
They have only to deal with thin9
on the land and have nothing at al
to do with ships or things at sea.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-02-16
THE LIBERTY OF THE PRESS.

The purchaser of the controlling in
terest in the Atlanta News offers TO
let John Temple Graves come back
TO the tripod if he will only agree to
be good and be guided by Business
Manager Daniel Thus is Deihs
broken down step by step the 1nde-
pendence of the sanctum by the IN
sidious entertainments of the count
ing ROOM Do you suppose Horace
Greeley would have permitted the ad-
vertising solicitor of the Tribune to
come up stairs and tell him what not
to write? In these degenerate days
the advertising solicitor is a bigger
man and the editor smaller man
than they used to be. The courts
confirm it judicially.-Tampa Times.
The above is hardly fair state
ment.
MIR. Horace Greeley owned his own
newspaper, and, consequently, was his
own boss.
Mre Graves does not own the news
paper which he edits, and, when he
accepted the position, he agreed to
abide by certain stipulations, known
officially as articles of agreement"
His partners claim that he had vio-
lated one or more of these articles of
agreement and the courts were in
voked to compel him to abide by
them. He was asked to do nothing
except what he, in good faith, had
promised to do.
If Mr.. Horace Greeley had been sim
ilarly situated, in all probability he
would have been put through the
same course of treatment and would
have been compelled to swallow the
same medicine. or, step down and out
If, for instance, the editor of the
Ocala Banner were to accept the po-
sition of editor of the Tampa Times
and were TO sign a contract that he
would advocate the policy of the fed
era l government cleaning out the
snags of every little measly river in
the land, upon the theory that it
would facilitate our commerce, but,
should refuse to favor governmental
aid for good roads, although that
would likewise facilitate. commerce
and benefit a larger class of citizens,
he would be compelled, under the EAR
ticles of agreement" to advocate the
one and oppose the other.
In other words, he would have TO
sink his individual opinions and put
himself in harmony with the policy of
the paper and carry out the views Of
it's owners.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-02-16
All for Rivers and Harbors.

The Leesburg Commercial thought
fully remarks upon the advantages
Florida possesses in having Hon. S.
NJ. Sparkman as a member of the
House Committee on Rivers and Har-
bors, and Senator Mallory as a mem
Der of the corresponding Senate COM
mittee on commerce, and adds
eve are reminded that some weeks
ago a robust champion of Mr.. Lamar
mentioned the manifold things he was
going to do for Pensacola harbor, and
the blessings that were to follow in
the train of his energies. At a mat
ter of fact Mr. Lamar, not being a
member of the committee, is as pow
erless to do anything for Pensacola
harbor or any other harbOr, river
creek, or canal, as the ghost of Ham
let or the recumbent figure Of the late
Patrick Henry. Anyone with the in
formation of a half-baked Chinese
idol knows that legislation is conduc-
ted in committee rooms and it is up-
on the recommendation Of commit
tee that the House or Senate bases
its action. st. Augustine Record.
1t is all right for our senators and
representatives in congress to work
with might and main for our rivers
and harbors but they should likewise
remember that there is an interior sec
ton in Florida inhabited by an agri-
cultural population that needs good
roads more than good rivers and who
have been entirely unnoticed by our
law makers.
This large class of people are now
crying to be fed out of the same spoon
that has been so liberal to every
measley little river in the land.
We also have cities in the interior
none of which, Tallahassee, perhaps.
excepted, that has a government build
ing.
The interior is going from this time
on to set up a cry for recognition.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-02-16
THE DUTIES OF THE
FEDERAL GovERNM EMIT.


In fact there is no doubt but that
the general government has gone far
Their in the Improvement of so-called
rivers in some of the states than it
had any business to go, and 1t should
be the duty of the Banner and the
News and all other democratic papers
to protest against such misapproprla-
tons of public money. - Pensacola
News.
No, We do not think so.
We think that if big river becomes
the object and solicitude of the gem
eral government, all the rivers of the
country ought to have it's watchful
care.
The Ocala Banner does not believe
in making fish of one and fowl of an
other. 1t does not believe that any
single member of family should be
given the GOAT of many colors' and
the other members of the same family
be given no coat at all.
Favoritism of this kind produces
envy and jealousy and leads to evil
thoughts, and sometimes to the COM
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The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-02-16
PROTECTION DEMOCRATS.

In order to protect a few hogsheads
of tobacco grown in Gadsden county,
FIorida's entire delegation in congress
abandoned the principles advocated Dy
the democratic party for the past
hundred years or more, and voted
With the republicans. They have not
given either party a square deal III
thew are going to remain members
of the democratic party they should
vote against protection. If they are
going to vote for protection they
should have the courage TO become
members of the republican party
Ocala Banner.
name of one of the almost lnnumer-
able varieties now in vogue. They
have the advantage of most OF the
other varieties in that they are not
infected with populist ideas, ana au-
Vocate protection from sincere ue-
sire TO benefit their constituents, their
argument being: Why should the peo-
pie of republican sections or the couh-
try alone enjoy all the advantages IN
volved in a doctrine which continues
to prevail as a fixed element In ma
tional policy?-St. Augustine Record.
They should no more enjoy these
advantages than any section of our
country should enjoy the advantages
of good roads because that section of
the country favors the principle in
volved in government aid Of the same,
over another section which does not
favor this principle.
No legislation should be advantage
Gus to one section over another Sec
ton, whatever might be the opinions
Of the people residing in those sec
tons. There should be no sectional
legislation. Every community in ev-
cry part of the country should be fed
out of the same spoon. A political
party that viii make one law for one
section, and not permit it to apply to
all sections, is unworthy of the con-
fidence of our American republic.
If the policy Of protection is to pre-
vail it should be general in it's appli-
cation. If the policy of free trade is
to prevail ii also should be general in
its application.
This is the only way a great prin-
eipal is to be measured.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-02-16
Accuses Us of Dodginq.

Starting out with the proposition
that Congressman Clark might de-
serve TO be crowned with a laurel
wreath, provided his efforts were sue
cesstul in getting the national gov
eminent To build good roads in Flor
ida, the Ocala editor has lodged from
one proposition to another so rapid
~ that ii has been impossible to get
talr shot at him. The last glimpse
We got of him he was taking a lick
al the railroad commissioners for not
giving Ocala cheaper rates. 1t is evil
dent that the Banner man believes I'm
Gle sam 10 be the great giver and dis
penSer Of every good thing that any
body wants.-Pensacola News.
If this paper has lodged any ques-
ton that the News has propounded,
we are not aware of it.
We are not asking 50 much for
cheaper freight rates as for equal
freight rates. our contention is for a
square deal. We want the interior
cities placed on an equality with the
seaport cities. We are only asking for
a fair fight and nothing more. II we
are placed on an equality with our
seaport cities, we are willing TO abide
by Horace Greeleys famous motto.
Root hog or die.
In asking for an equality of freight
rates We are asking for nothing but
fair treatment and what justly be-
longs to US.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-02-16
Getting Busy.

Just as the Ocala Banner pronounce
ed the Florida Railway Commission
worthless, that institution gets busy,
stick the Seaboard Air Line with
three 800 fines for violating the
rules, orders the Atlantic Coast Line
to enlarge the passenger waiting room
at Interlachen and is about to con-
slider the advisability of telling the
Seaboard people to furnish better de-
pot facilities at Wildwood Don't you
call that work Like Oak Democrat
Yet. but this is not equalizing the
freight rates. 1t is not putting the in
terror on a par with the sea coast.
1t is not helping the interior mer-
chant. 1t is not helping the vegetable
shipper. We are not asking for high
er freight rates nor lower freight
rates. We are asking for an equality
of freight rates. We are asking for
square deal We don't want the
spisot stopped Up Il the 6ung hole is
ia be left open.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-02-16
The Parcels Post and Local Trade.

Thousands of dollars are annually
spent by citizens of Pensacola with
local order houses in other cities and
local trade suffers to the extent of
these purchases. \ New York state
exchange recently published the fol-
lowing article upon the subject, which
is worthy Of the careful consideration
of the Pensacola purchasers.
Mail order buying builds up the
small elite sand towns, Every dollar
used in this way by resident of this
community takes dollar out of cir
culation at home and puts it into cir
culation many miles distant.
The dollar spent with your home
grocer, dry goods dealer, hardware
merchant druggist or other business
man. upholds the community in
which you live. These men pay taxes
to support the town. repair the streets.
maintain the schools, and build up
and sustain the churches Do the mail
order houses ever subscribe to the
building fund whenever new church
is to be made? If you are active in
any good work for the benefit of the
community who would you go to for
financial aid. the local business men
or the mail order houses in the far dis
tant cities?
Let us look at the situation broadly.
1t is not short sited selfshness that
prompts Us to send our money and
trade to the mail order houses? Re
ciprocity is a saving element, dictates
that we all work together for our com
mon good and the community at large.
Besides the local dealers can keep
stock and order grades in most lines
of goods if you must have that grade
of merchandise and can sell them to
you at mail order prices. In instances
the mail order prices quoted you but
the mail order houses is the result of
violated contracts and chicanery
which have no place in an honest
merchants business.-Pensacola Jour
nal.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-02-16
The PopuIist and the Democratic
Primaries.

The POpuliSts constitute a very
large element Of the white voters of
the state. 1t is the unmiStakable pur-
pose Of a certain political faction to
virtually destroy On6- half of the avail
able strength of the white people by
excluding from the Democratic pri-
mary the Populists who have already
returned To the party, as well as those
who desire to do so.-Atlanta Journal.
The populists have no more right to
take part in a democratic primary
than have the republicans. We do not
see why they would have any desire
to do SO. A democrat never thinks of
taking part in a populist convention
or in republican convention. They
have no desire to regulate any other
than their own household.
Mr. Tom Watson, who is at the head
of the populist party in the United
States, and, who is trying to direct the
affairs of the democratic primaries in
Georgia, has not returned TO the dem
ocratic party and has no desire to do
so. Indeed, he let's no opportunity pass
to Delittle the democratic party, and
trails it, as far as he is able hip and
thigh.
\ democratic primary in Georgia
and anywhere else ought to be
democratic primary. 1t should be res
tricted to members of its own house
hold.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-02-16
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The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-02-16
AN ELOQUENT TRIBUTE.

One of the most eloquent tributes to
the memory of the late General Joseph
Wheeler was that uttered by a New
York minister Rev. DR. Stires, who
said:
This is one of the greatest occa-
sions of our lives. For we are met to
honor the memory of a rare man. I
do not speak to youNo of him principal
ly as a citizen, statesman or soldier,
for the mere record of his deeds is
far more eloquent than any praise of
ours could be. 1t is of the man I
think at this hour. Was he entitled
10 be called great? It is not difficult
for you to decide. He was distin-
guished by courage without rashness.
by wisdom without pride, by gentle
ness without weakness, by patience
without heedlessness, and by Justice
which always leaned toward mercv
He honored man, he trusted, and to
every man he was ready to give his
time, his substance, his heart. The
North gives him unstinted honor. The
South, even in her grief is proud Of
her ever loyal son. Cuba for whose
freedom ne fought, sobs out her grief
across the waves, and the whole world
pauses for a moment today to de-
clare that this was indeed a man. LET
there be little of sadness here. We are
not concentrating a defeat: II &c .
victory Of life-the triumph Of noble
character"
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-02-16

As is the happy custom of the
weather, the late cold dip evaded the
direct route to Florida and let us en-
joy as balmy February as ever
blessed any cline. one of the Incl
dental results will be the early arriv-
al of a large number of denizens of
the frozen north on a pilgrimage to
get rid of their coughs and chilblains.
Florida is ameliorative of coughs and
a sure cure for chilblains.-Tampa
Times.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-02-16

The term Of Messrs Burr and
Browne as railroad commissioners will
expire with the present year. Their
successors are TO be nominated at the
approaching primary election and
there is already evidence that there
will be lively scramble for the places.
+. b. Bailey, of Monticello. announces
himself candidate and n. H. Harri-
son, of Lake City, and Royal c. Dunn.
Of Madison, have been mentioned by
some Of the newspapers.-Starke Tele-
graph.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-02-16

The Ocala Banner wants a federal
building there for very much the
same reason that we want the fleet
or warShips To come here.-Pensacola
News.
No. The Ocala Banner asks for "A
public building for the same reason
that Pensacola asked for public
building. 1t wants a federal build
ing for the purpose of conducting the
federal business therein. For the
purpose of receiving and distributing
the mails. For holding the federal
court. Public buildings, at the ex-
pense of the government, have been
erected for this purpose in nearly ev-
cry sea port city in the land. We
want To be fed out of this same spoon.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-02-16

Live for something. DO good aaa
leave behind you monument Of VIZ
tue that the storm of time can never
destroy. Write your name in kina-
ness love and mercy on the hearts o.
thousands you come in contact with
year by year; you will never be iof-
gotten. Your name, your deeds, VIA
be as legible on the hearts you leave
behind as the stars on the brow o.
the evening. Good deeds will shine a
the stars of Observation-Disclosures.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-02-16

A Lakeland girl who has been mar
ried about year and gone away to
live writes back to her mother, IF l
had it to go over I wouldn't let you
do so much of the work." If all girls
were to think about it they would not
let mother do so much work or father
pay so many bills.-Tampa Times.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-02-16

Mr. Morgan, a Georgia humorist.
comes forward with the statement that
there is nothing new under the sun.
He AYERS that Adam was the Author
of Just One Girl" He says that
Mrs. Eve never sat up late at
nights for fear that Adam would fall
OFF the water wagon. He says further.
that the fact that Cain got married
limited and circumscribed as he was.
proves that anybody can get married
who wants a wife. That Noah did not
do worse than other sailors have done
the world over-he got on a jag.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-02-16

The investment by the county COM
missioners Of Marion county of $3.50
in an illustrated page advertisement
in the Chicago Breeders Gazatte is
yielding excellent fruit, constituting
valuable object lesson for other couu-
ties of the state.-TitusvilIe Star.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-02-16

Again and again asks the agricul-
tural newspapers of the country,
what shall we do when our timber
is exhausted?" Our timber ought not
to be permitted to become exhausted.
As soon as the timber is taken from
the land it should Immediately be re-
placed with other timber. This is
matter that appeals strongly for legis-
lation
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-02-16

The local politicians throughout ne
state are beginning to sit up and taS
notice" The chairman Of the stan
committee has requested expression
Oh opinion on the date of the pr
mary, and there are indications OF
general stirring up of that useful bu'
somewhat mythical utensil known =
the political dinner pot."-St Aus.
Justine Record.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-02-16

A plant, native to japan, which fur
nishes a sort of vegetable leather, is
being introduced into the United
States. The inner bark of this plant
after being subjected to certain bro
cess, becomes as tough as French kid,
so translucent that one can see
as calf skin.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-02-16

Some are wondering why Mr.. Hill
man refused to be a candidate for the
governorship. No doubt it is be-
cause he prefers making land deals to
political deals. "-Palatka Herald
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-02-16
For Railroad Commissioners.

Monk" Harrison-everybody knows
Monk is undergoing the grooming
process preparatory to entering tE
race for railroad commissioners. Masl
be something in this job-so mani
wanting it-Madison New Enterprise
The people of the interior would
like to know what there is in it f0f
them?
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-02-16

Congressman and Mrs. Nicholas
Longworth expect to spend their
honeymoon in Florida. Senator Ell1ins
has placed his private car at their
disposal.