The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-06-26

and other associations and commercial or
CARNATIONS throughout the country.
Look at the Map.
Look at the map. 1t will not take long
to see the great reach of the Mississippi
up into the heart of the nation; the Mis-
souri, out into the grain rslds; the Ohio
into the coal and iron of the great Penn.
sylvania; the great Red River; The Ark
ansas stretching out in Il north west di-t
| rection; the Tennessee and Cumberland
taking care of their field of agriculture
around the Gulf a little westward and we
see the Rio Grande rolling its waters
| ranges in distant Colorado, through the
mighty states of the wesL 70 the Gulf OF
Mexico; then we look east TO Mississippi
and Alabama and Georgia for the Tom
| bigbee, Alabama, Warrior. Chattahoo-
chez, Flint and Apalach;cola rivers. run-
ming from the coal, the cane, the cotton,
the corn and the iron fields of the south
| land. We go back a little and dwell for
moment upon that magnificent appeal
OF great statesman, when he stood with
| tears in his eyes, and honey. dropping
from his lips, while he begged the Ma
tional Congress for a Little Money for
Florida, with its myriad Of lakes, its
wonderful rivers, made famous by stories
of hunters and travellers and the music
tropical groves and orchards and flower
gardens country where all men may
live till old age shall call the roll.
Work Should Be Done.
should not be done? Is there any reason
: why these patriotic men ard women
should not have the moral and substan
tial support they are entitled to? Is there
any reason why the people Of Florida
should not gladly, willingly, enthusiastic
cally, support the movement, morally and
financially? A people so deeply concern
ed as those of Florida shall answer for
themselves; a people to whom the water
ways mean so much must give the an
swer Your United States Senator, Hon.
Duncan I. Fletcher, has the honor to be
the President of the Mississippi to At
lantic Inland Waterway Association. 1t
is not sufficient that he received a larger
number of votes than his opponents
Your votes are not all that you should
give him. You should feel grateful to
: him for the work that he has accom-
a debt of gratitude for the work he is
doing. He is setting the pace for those
! in his capacity as President of the Asso-
| citation that so many distinguished people
! paid their own expenses to Jacksonville
| to speak TO his Association last Novem-
| her He is honor to your state, and
| as a senator, in his place among the seats
| of the mighty, find him euinently
| his associates we find him recognized as
| one of that great family appreciated for
| those sterling qualities of mind and char
| acter that weld the chain to hold strong
| Florida owes him her very best support.
! that he may have announcement in the
| work in which he is engaged for the good
| of the nation. but more particularly for
our own good. If he should fail he viii
have the right to feel that there can be
no greater honor and responsibility than
| to have been perfnitted to be, NOT onl a
participant. but leader in the mighty
! effort to secure fo- our Inheritance the
| greatest things in their greatest effiCien-
cy to all citizens
| If you are not a member of the Missis-
sippi to Atlantic Inland Waterway As
| ISOLATION, join at once.