The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-03-31

I III hand ana not only L1dJ, out Jnal
they are unavailable, ami were only
/ OH aimed for the last celebration by
much solicitation and many calls
| UIOn merchants who were directly
benefited by the recurring happy seas
Oas. The present membership of the
association which has made possible
the celebrations are at their wits end
as TO funds in the future and the pub
lie announcement has gone forth tho;
there will be no more caTnivalS Ia
Pensacola unless the merchants adopt
different demeanors than have been
shown in the past.
As before stated, the adjustment
OF the carnivals in Pensacola would
be q bad blow to the city, and the
statement is made without cOntTadic-
ton that every line of business in the
city would suffer from sUcn a Condi-
ti,n. The fact is, it would hurt Pen
sacCla from many points, and the car
n:vals should by all means be an an
nual feature as at present. 1t is rec
oCnized by the United States governs
nent. because vessels and troops are
placed at the disposal Of the commit
tee to add success to the event, The
state of Florida, through the legisldu-
ure has given official recognition OF
the day by naming two holidays in
Escambia county, and the county
turns out the schools. OF course the
people know how the city gives reco5-
ri;iOn to the happy occasion. The big
passenger and tariff associations rec
oenize it, too, by placing this place on
the list of points to which cheap rates
are allowed, and the fact is widely ad-
VertIsed. Would it not, then, be less
thar a real calamity to abolish the
happy times2
MY proposition is just this, and L
wiz start it, notwithstanding my cCD-
ditior and situation in life. I would
propose that nienty-nine Workingmen
start on the first day af April to save
a the rate of five cents Ter day, this
to be kept up for 306 days, which will
take il over to the first day Of next
February. OF course, the writer, pl3o-
ing himself in the bunch, will make
the one hundredth one. At a saving OF
enc FIVE cents per day until the dare
named on tne part of one hundred
men, there could be raised the uic2
sum of 81 800, in round figures. This,
m1de payable to the carnival ascot
alton through one of the savings
banks, would add materially to the
success of the next and all future car
niv5ls. Then, that sum added to that
yearly from the city and county H.
nance boards, and the regular sub
scriptions from the sure corporations
cenJering and doing business here,
would certainly nave a tendency 10
make carnivals a thing of certainty
in Pensacola.
There is nothing like a Pensacola
carnival celebration. A Chicago man
tOlJ me that he would steal the mon
ey if necessary in order to be here,
and that is just the feeling with MAN..
many persons in many parts Of thu
country who have ever attended the
carnival here.
There is another and a more serious
feature Of the adjustment of the ceIe-
bTation here. Figured at the lowest
and most conservative point, there
VII be one hundred people to go 10
New Orleans, who will spend $4,000
for railroad fare. Two hundred will
go to Mobile, who will spend $500 tu-
fare. Averaging an expendi-
ture of IS each, which will be a low
estimate, there will go from here
nearly $4,000. To cOunterbalance
this. should there be a we'll adverti5
ed and conducted carnival here, it
car safely be made out that at least
1000 viii be spent here. And thu
who are now charged with