The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-03-09

denim wealth or great capital, where
that wealth and capital IS devoted In
manner legitimate TO the welfare OF
the people who produced it. All else
can be classed as unjust returns.
/ don't believe that any sane man
would favor destruction of wealth or
great capital, but can safely say that
unless this wealth Or great capital is
discharged in the development Of en-
terprise which is returnable to the peo-
pie, it is destructive of the prosperity
and the happiness of the people and
especially the laborer.
When we read of the great strikes
occurring over the country, and that
a few men in the mad passion of belief
of unjust treatment resort to destruc-
ton of property and in some instances
the taking of life, We condemn such
actions and justly SO, but upon the
other hand, when We realize the dis
tressing conditions of these laborers
and their families and the great risk,
and in some instances destruction or
their lives in the various industries
and enterprises of the country, it must
appeal to us with some sympathy,
and when We condemn labor unions
for certain reasons, we must remem-
We must commend. The Brotherhood
of Locomotive Engineers and Railroad
Conductors and other men of that type
who move the world, and who are the
noblest specimens of mankind, and
men who put their lives in jeopardy
each day for the good Of the world,
then We must, as men, and reasonable
| men. give great respect to labor,
| whether unions or not. In our own
! section of the country we don't feel
the effects of it as in other parts of
the country; at the great lumber mills,
| the employees can furnish themselves
with houses and fuel without cost; IN
the turpentine orchards, there is no
expense Of this kind for them to bear
| 1t is the same way upon the farms
i throughout the country, but when We
turn to the crowded cities, different
state of affairs exists. In many in
stances the mere pittance that labor
ers get is crime almost, compared
with the price of necessities. These
are matters, however, to be adjusted
| between labor and capital in an hon
est and reasonable manner, without
prejudice, malice, but with justice an6
patriotism as true Americans.
TARIFF.
Tariff is nothing more nor less thar
an additional cost taxed upon products
for which the consumer has to pay
The billion dollars appropriated by
congress each year IS accumulated by
putting a tax upon the commodities
imported int othe United States. 1t is
the consumer who has this billion dol
lars to pay. The producer in the
United States gets the benefit Of this
tax. The great difference between the
price in wages and the cost of living
is effected by this tariff. am in
favor of reduction Of this tariff upor
all commodities, whereby the burden
would be lifted from the CONSUMER
and placed upon an equal parity witt
1.-THE producer am in favor ola tarif
whereby the laborer is benefited by
the production in the United States
in proportion to the mass of people
that are not interested in the produc
ton of such commodities, but who are
consumers and vice versa.
NAVAL BASE.
/ believe it important to the Unitet
States to establish naval base upoI
the gulf and also upon the Pacif1.
coasts.
There are five formidable navies il
the world at the present time. If an,
two Of these should engage in war, thi
battle would only be of few hours
duration; and the nation Of the de
feated navy would be at the mere!
of the conqueror, unless it be that tn,
country whose navy was defeates
had its coast well fortified and its bas
of supplies well protected.
1t has been suggested that a nava
, base be stationed on the west coas
, of Cuba. To my mind this would b.
a detriment instead of an advantage t
our own country. We should prof
by the example at Port Arthur.
, 1t is known fact that where an
, / country is cut off from its base of sur
, plies in war, it cannot exist very LONG
A more formidable naval base coul
, be established at the navy yards O
> Pensacola, the natural advantages Q
, which furnish a most invulnerab1
point Of entrance to the base of SUI
plies, and which furnishes a mos
formidable position for convenience q
supply for aggression.
: 1t may be expected that with tn
, rapid increase of the commercial re
! lations between the United States an
:. the South American republics, tina
such base of supplies will, in tn
, course of time, be an actual nece.
sity.
> INLAND WATERWAYS.
I am in favor OF inland waterway
in every particular where it is essel
$ tial to the benefit of commerce. an
e particularly the inland waterway prt
posed along the gulf coast to the A
s lantic.
d l am particularly in favor of tn
) rivers and harbors improVeme Ell
r throughout the country.
f WATERWAYS.
e l am opposed to monopoly by an
n individual or corporation or compan,
II of the natural waterways throughol
It the country.
IL l am opposed to the federal gover1