The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-04-26

using that fascination for all it is
worth now. They have spent thous-
ands of dollars in advertising, have
flooded the country with literature
describing the resources and climate
and products of Florida and the re-
suit Is that people are now buying
land like they do furniture-S1.00 an
acre down and S1.00 a month on it
until paid for. This land in all parts
of Florida is being sold at from $40
to $40 per acre. In some cases it is
sold after a personal investigation by
the purchaser, but in most cases the
new owner has never seen his pur-
chase. Some of this land is worth
what the purchaser pays for it;
much of 1t is not worth the purchase
price though it probably will be
worth it some day. In my talks with
people who are interested-and near
ly everyone seems to be interested-I
have told them that Florida, in my
Judgment, has the finest prospects of
any state in the union; that Florida
land investments at present rea-
sonable price are sure to increase
greatly in value in the next few
years; but that no more should buy
real estate anywhere until he has
made a personal inspection of it and
ing and the price he is paying for
it.
1t will interest Pensacolians to
know that they are using a great deal
of wood block paving through this
country now. I saw some or it in
st. Louis and have seen considerable
! here. They are using it particularly
at street intersections in Chicago
where the heaviest traffic occurs and
| II not only makes a fine appearance
| but seems to be giving general salts
| faction. Nearly everyone with whom
! have talked has expressed himself
! in favor of the wood block pave
ment over any of the other kinds used
| here.
The general dissatisfaction with the
Taft administration and particularly
the new tariff bill finds expression
! everywhere-on trains. in hotel lob
bies, clubs and business offices. The
recent congressional elections in the
! East, where two Republican strong
| holds were transformed into Demo-
cratic districts, have simply reflected
the feeling that seems to exist in all
| sections. A Republican friend with
| whom I took lunch in Chicago this
! week made the assertion that he be
/ lieved a yellow dog could be elected
in most any congressional district
this fall in opposition to the Republic
can ticket. He expects to see an
j! overwhelmingly Democratic house
and unless something miraculous
happens he expects to see a Democrat
elected president two years from nos
The easy-going methods OF Mr. Taft
the high prices of food products and
the Ubiquitous Payne-Aldrich tariff
coupled with faint of Cannonism
which the Republican party cannot
shake off-these things are all com
bining to make the country Democ
ratio for the coming six years at least
And Republicans as well as Demo
Gratis do not hesitate to say so.
The death of Mark Twain has
awakened in many a mans memory
the thoughts of those youthful day.
when he lived in spirit with Ton
Sawyer and Huckleberrv Finn, and
when Life on the Nississippi' was a;
real, almost. to him as though ne ha-
actually stood in the pilot house Oh
camped on the clumsy raft with those
characters which the dead author
Il made so attractive to everybody who
was fortunate enough to own or Dor
row or have read to him these i'm
mortal American classics. I think
every boy should read Mark Twain