The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-12-30

VdT1 n double harness diOnSSlde WILL
progressive commercials N. The bank
/ 1ns house and the wholesale house
must he linked up closely with the
| high school The professional man
| and the merchant must see that the
every need of education IS supplied.
The taxpayer. and here IS the rub,
! must see to it that his property IS
adequately asses sed. IL order that lie
may properly perform his citizens
duty Of providing the sine~s of H"ar
70 our boards of public instruction
We have very enthusiastic educs.
ticnal committee. Early this year
realizing that the 10o per cent n
crease in our population demanded n.
creased educational facilities. We ap.
pointed four committees, composed CO
our prominent business men who
made pers onal Investigation Of the
physical conditions OF our school build
| 4nSs regarding their sanitation, light
seating capacity, etc. The result was
fully published in cur daily papers,
and showed an appalling need for ten
| new school buildings III the city and
/! ten in tho county. We then appeared
before our board of public instruction,
not with the idea OF criticism, but
with the sole idea Of assisting them in
solving the problem. The result Of
| the conferences was that we sue
ceeded i'll getting the county commits
:s!oners to call sn election for the is
issuance of 100000 in bonds for in
creased educational facilities. The
election was duly advertised, but
owing to legal technicalities it had to
be called of. We realize that our
board of public instruction is doing
, the best it can with the means at its
command, and We nov have resolved
! to cooperate II state cam pa1sn
| with the Gilchrist educational com.
mission 10 prepare suitable legisia-
ton, to he presented at Tallahassee
in April, rocking to the securing Of
compulsory education, a state equaliza-
zion board, permission TO counties to
bond for public school buildings, q
| reform in the property assessment
plans SO dS to secure fer every county
the needed money to pay our teachers
the salaries commensurate with their
great work. 1t is disgrace to this
state when the comp arison is made
between our teachers salaries and the
iSreater revenue derived from the
leasing OF OUR convicts. The Board
OF Trade OF Jacksonville by creating
public sentiment has succeeded N
removing this unfair competition with
the convicts by putting them out of
the race on the salary question, for
on Jan. LIST Duval's convicts will no
longer be leased. but will be placed
where they will not compete with free
labor. namely: on the highways.
The Board OF Trade was also tie
originator Of the million dollar bond
issue of Duval county for good roads,
and at that time I advocated one mil
lion dollars and half, the half mil
lion for education. The good roads
movement is an aid in helping to
solve the educational problem, for it
assists in getting the pupils pleasantly
and quickly to their schools. In April
last, the board sent me to Little Rock.
Ark, to secure the next conference
for education in the south in Jackson
vile, and was most ably assisted and
supported in our successful campaign
by State Superintendent Holloway,
Capt. Geo. n. Lynch, and Mrs. r. NJ.
ShacklefcId of the Federation of Wo
mems Clubs. This conference will be
lneld in Jacksonville on April -, 20
and Il, next. and every teacher, coun-
Ity superintendent and educator in
Florida should spare no effort to be
present and listen to the splendid
speakers that Will take mart in the
program.
| POLICY A GOOD ONE.
We believe the policy adopted by
our board regarding educational mat
terS IS good one, and we hope that
every commercial body in Florida will
follow our example. The children in
the schools today will be the business
men and women of tomorrow. AS a
creator Of public sentiment, the
stronges. factor for obtaining results,
the commercial body has no peer
And now that I have shown YOU thu
treason that we are interested in edu-
cation, it becomes my most pleasing
duty. representing the Power House
icf Jacksonville and therefore practi
cally its entire citizenship. to extend
20 you our most hearty and cordial in
vitation to hold your 1911 convention
IN tho most progressive city Of the
south. We have 10 city gates, but We
will throw open to YOU orr hearts and
Our homes. We want to show yOI
our magnificent progress, cur splen-
did streets, beautiful parks and bouie
wards our ample hotel accommoda.
ton able 20 take care of almost an
size convention. and in this Corneo-
ton | have with NE the invitation o.
the Jacksonville Hotel Mems Assocta.
zion assuring you OF reasonable rates
ami that they Will do everything pos
sible to make your stay pleasant
Our trans portation facilities are unex-
icelled. With five trunk lines Of rail
way, besides stea mboats. with oJr
union depot into which enters daily
upwards OF eighty trains, with our
splendid modern and up-to-date street
car service which has the record OF
placing the first 'pay-as-you enter"
, cars il service IN the south, ve feel
that you can select no better location
:, We have auditor1ums caps bic Of sea :
ing from 500 TO $500 people, with &C
Recommendations in the way Of commit.
te rooms, etc If you accept OUR in.
yltatton, You come 10 Us for business
out We will not forget the social en-
, ttertainment side. We will plan t.
.. take YOU upon the bosom Of the ma.
, jestic St. Johns, to visit the fanou:
ostrich farm, and other sights. We
viii use our. efforts to secure you the
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