The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-12-12
PENSACOLA AND
PENSACOLIANS
PensacoIa's PLAYWRIGHT,

Pensacoia's Playwright.
If Sidney Levy would write a comic
opera around our board of county
commissioners with the minority do
ing the leading comic roles, it would
pack the house.-Mobile Item.
Breaking Shipping Record.
Pensacola is telling in pleased tones
of the tremendous business now be-
ing done at the port in naval stores.
Many steamers are in Pensacola har-
Dor loading turpentine and rosin and
the shipments for the latter part OF
November. 1t is claimed, will exceed
those sent out from any gulf port in
the history Of the naval stores bust
ness. This is a proud record for a
Florida port and indicates splendid ia
cilitieS for handling cargoes, deep
water and progressive and enterpris-
ing citizens.-Jacksonville Times
Looking To the Future.
The threatened approach of the
militant suffragette lends plausibility
to the claim Of Pensacola for wisdom
in paving with sheet asphalt and
wooden blocks anchored in cement
The favorite weapon of the mil. suff
is a brickbat. Pensacola will not
breathe easy until Mrs. Pankhurst is
gone.-Tampa Times.
Worth the Price.
The silver service for the battleship
Florida will be presented in Pensa-
cola on the 18th of December and
again we say that it will be well
worth the trip to Deep Water City to
view the big battleship that bears the
name Of our state.-Havana News.
The Gumbo Season.
The Pensacola Journal is handing
out gopher gumsD dope again. Evil
IDENTIFY the season is on.-St. Augustine
Record.
PensaeoIa's Foreign Trade.
The shipment of nearly two million
dollars worth of naval stores from
Pensacola in one month calls atten-
ton to the growing Importance OF
Florida's Deep Water City This is
probably the largest shipment of naval
stores ever made in one month from
any port and promises to the Florida
city primacy in the naval stores
market.
But Pensacola is a shipping point
for many commodities. Lumber, cot
ton, coal, iron and steel products, all
are exported heavily through the West
Florida port and are all contributing
now and will contribute more freely
hereafter to the prosperity Of Pensa-
cola.
Pensacola has made remarkable
gains in the foreign trade. Her COM
bined imports and exports, $4,000, 00t
in 1895, had risen to $15,000,00 by
1902 and will probably go above $22,-
100000 this year. In foreign trade
Pensacola holds place among the first
twenty ports Of the country and nearly
equals all the other ports combined.
But her growth in the past is small
compared to what it will be in the fu-
ture. The opening Of the Panama ca
nal will give great impetus to the
foreign trade through the gulf ports
and none Of them will show a larger
relative gain on this account thar
Pensacola. This canal will also slim
| ulate coal, iron and steel production
in Alabama and much of the product
of the miners, of the furnace and oil
the steel works will seek foreign eoun-
tries through the port of Pensacola
Jacksonville Times Union.
Will Do Some Good.
Pensacola seems to think that the
battleship Florida was built especially
for that city. When you come to think
of it, however, the battelship is proba-
bly, doing Pensacola more good as ar
advertising feature than it will ever dc
again for anybody.-Miarni Herald.
They're Green.
The Pensacola Journal says there's
| nothing blue in Florida except the
skies, the water and the violets. The
Journal man hasn't seen the blue eyed
| lassies of Tampa.-Tampa Tribune.
A Baby Lover.
The position of judge at a baby
| show is said to be the hardest of al
jobs to fill-but Florida's bachelor
governor filled it to the satisfaction