The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-07-26
TO LINK TWO COUNTIES
INTO GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY

ShN s Ell I'VE
ties viii be able to offer once commun-
icatiOn is established
Canned products of far better yari-
ETY. than those which are command
ing good prices on the market at pres
cnt could be turned out with compare
lively little difficulty. for quality J., not
q question but an actually here There
would be no greviOUS expense in So
curing the raw material from the farm
eTs-fresh from the farms and orch
ards and straight to the machinery
Installed for its preparation. Labor Is
not extraordinarily high. and better
railroad facilities Is surely not one Of
the fOTlOTn hopes of Pensacola a the
present stage y the game, Canned
fruits and fruit products in general.
vegetables, and possibly later on the
luscious Escamhia Bay oyster. canned
and ready for northern use are not
among the pCE.i1ilifieE ny any means.
Some Argument Offered
Are YOU already beginning IN regard
this pai icdiJT proposition as one Of
those dreams of the future which.
while well enough in its way. will
never be con zummatod2 =. there not
IN yCUr more energetic moments thai.
which Is at present sweeping over fHc
far Southland gets -Ood and busy
with the local situation, that there viii
be an overflow of produce from this
wonderful country over and above that
which viii he taken care Of Hv shin
peTs and local consumer to be iispcs-
ed Of in a logical and lucrative fa~h-
ion? The principal underlying such
operations in 2 country already com
.meTcially developed is that nothing
shall be wasted-that cOar@Cr products
shall in turn Ge made even from the
refuse Of that which has constituted
the best output Of the factory. Imita-
ton jellieS. fruit" juices. vinegarS.
fertilizer. material for the paper mills
and a hundred other ways are outlets
for this part of the profit IF local en-
terpTisP does not lead in this matter
then expect outside capital to step in.
and wax fat and prosperous uDon the
fruits of a land which in reality Is
your own particular proposition. YOUR
country, and your natural opp0r-
tUnity,
An Easy Proposition.
! am going to cite an instance of
one Of the largest and best known
canning factories in the United States.
for the purpose of comparison ONLY
between the facilities which are here
and on the ground for the best variety
of factory. and the difficulties through
which one of the best paving insti-
buttons in the country Is passing to-
day and every day in the round Of its
usual routine In place of being in
close proximity with a land that is
fertile and teeminE with the produce
which it is to prepare this particular
factory is located only a mile or two
out from the limits of the city. One
of the first large expenses to he in
cured by the company is that of send
ing buyers over the country. whose
business II Is to get the best goods for
the most satisfactory prices, and IN
less under particular orders for a fancy
brand of goods. the quality of these
goods thus secured is far srOm the
best Territories are rounded up"
and sold to the company. The pro-
duCe is later shipped to the factory
proper, and the work of preparing
what Is in reality not the best output
of the country at all. and which fur
thermOre is not fair representation
of what the soil can really do. is he
gun. There is, of course. no coIored
help TO be secured Child labor is pro
accordingly In the hope of aiding in
the household expenses, made heavier
unfortunately by the ediCt of the
law which says that children under Il
years of age shall he placed in school
instead Of wearing their young lives
away in an early and unnatural Strug-
gle for livelihood. mothers leave their
squalid homes at dav-break. take
the car. and are whiTled away to
dizzy day of tagging work. done. often.
under the influence of a drug i'm or
der that the wretched time may pass
more quickly. and the return 10 a
weary round of scTUbhing. cooking the
evening meal for a probably beSotted
husband and 4 brood of noisy children
may come sooner. After her dav is
done, she attends to some sewing for
the family, perhaps. stands the abuses
of drunken husband. and. if the baby
viii let her. SnatCheS a few hours Of
troubled sleep as her rightfuI share Of
the good this world has TO offer In
the morning, Tegaled with bad coffee.
breakfast hastily cooked in the
cheap grea -es so common with the
poor, and. perhaps, God help her. with
draUght from the bottle on the shelf
she resumes the weary treadmiH of
her existence.
Under these conditions. do Won
think that the hest Of results are to
he obtained-Can You imagine the
work of pairing, cOTing, sliCing. etc.
TO he accomplished in an absolutely
sanitary manner at all times2 So
much in fact for the labor conditions
The South has not as vet developed
4 labor situation like the one which
] have just pictured Such a factory
could be in the hands of competent
white management and assistants. and
the experiment made of employing
the better class of negroes Pro
ducts are at hand. which when prepar-
ed for the consumer. would create
fancy price on the market for quality
alone
The situation IS upon US, and the
proposition should he grasped once the
Baldwin connection Is established