The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-11-23
Quarles Gives Timely
Advice to Pensacola
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has made. or about it's opportunities
for future growth" said Mr.. Quarleg.
''YCur people know these things and
appreciate them. Besides this, your
paper has recently published inter
views with number of gentlemen
who visited the city as speakers at
the waterway convention, and they
have given you the facts that nature l.
" impress the visitor who is interest
ed in progress The Southern Com
nierciaI Congress, being a union OF To-
cal comm Tclal organizations, is nat
urally as much interested. in what Oar
southern cities have yet to do, as n
what they have done, and If | nave
any one thing to say for the men o.
Pensacola to read it is that cities do
not grow, but are built.
TALK AWAY FROM HOME.
The talk we are doing about our
natural opportunities ought to he
done where the people that don't live
here can hear it. There is too MI Il
running across the hall and pOWVoW-
ing with our neighbor about our nat
ural advantages and too little ORGAN
ICED effort to build upon these oppo"-
trnities. 1t is very pleasing to leaT
our towns extravagantly praised for
vantages, and very comfortable 10 sit
and talk these over with the man
across the street. But the truth IS
that we deserve no credit for tnese
gifts of nature. We do deserve praise
when We have built upon them. We
need activity at home, and publicity
away from home.
PROGRESSIVE SPIRIT HERE.
Applying these ideas to the local
situation Mr.. Quaries said:
Il don't know a town which has
shown more activity recently than
Pensacola for the improvement of its
local conditions. No one can hear the
story of your street improvements and
the building Of your beautiful hotel
and office buildings without being
struck with the progressive spirit OF
the town. ] do believe. however, that
with the exceptional advantages of 10
cation and climate Pensacola enjoys,
and with the fine set of pushing mon
that have the future of the city III
their hands, the time has come when
some Of the energy that has been
used for local improvements should
be directed toward a wider publicity
for this community. There are thou
sands Of people in other parts OF the
country looking for Just such. oppor-
tunities as Pensacola offers. They
should be told that there is chance
for them 10 make good here. that you
have done your house-cleaning and
are ready to receive them.
THE LARGER AID. MEDIUM.
Your Chamber of Commerce is the
logical medium through which any or
ganized effort for progress should
exert itself. President II. II. Thorn
ton and Secretary &, A. Waterman
should have the earnest supper Ct
every man in Pensacola in the work
entrusted TO them. This Chamber Of
Commerce work is serious business
and should be 50 regarded by every
community"
Mr., QuarIes pledges the support OF
the Southern Commercial Congress n
any way by which il can be OF he!E
20 Pensa cola. Ress lutIOn5 were pass
Cd by the recent waterway convention
here endorsing the work of the con-
gress. and the commercial bodies and
the press Of fle south are hearty Il
their commentator Of It. The Err-
poses CT the congress, broadly stated,
are to arouse greater activity among
the commercial organizations OF the
south, and 10 give national publicity
TO southern resources.
Secretary Quarles vii be IN the city
several days longer. From here ne
will probably visit the East Coast Of
Florida. Mr.. Cuarless work keeps
him in the field tire better part nf The
tine, and he IS thus in close toucn