The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-07-19
Manufactures Discussed
at Great Length
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| something to ofTer.
The two principal things suggested
| IN the way of inducements were free
sites and exemption from taxation.
Cad Jones, who is a representative
| OF large manufacturing concern, said
| that he had been impressed with the
| lack Of facilities ever since he had been
| In Pensacola. He said that manufac-
turers would not come to a city I'M
| less some inducements were offered
| them, such as free sites, exemption
from taxation for a certain period, a
cash bonus. or something Of the sort.
| AS an example of what other towns
are doing, he said that the little town
| Of Cottondale had offered his COM
pany a piece of land containing six
| acres, upon which there was a flowing
well, to be used as a site, although
| there was already plant of the kind
| in the town. He suggested that the
Commercial Association study the
methods adopted by the Montgomery
commercial organization and follow
| the example of that city with reference
| to manufacturers.
w. M Herrider also urged the adop-
| ton of the free site and exemption of
taxation for a certain period. He said
that 1t seemed that people in Pensa
cola did not want factories, else they
would have them.
Mr.. Herrider said that one of the
products could not be manufactured
mere as there were no railroads to
| ship them over. In answer to this
| argument he cited a number of thirty
| ing little factories already doing bust
| ness here.
Mr.. Herrider, who is secretary of the
manufacturing committee, said that he
| firmly believed that if manufacturers
could be offered either free sites or
exemption from taxation for ten years
they could be obtained without trouble.
Fl, G.. DeSilva, a member of the city
council, said that he was under the
impression that the charter granted to
| the city by the last legislature gave the
city the right to exempt manufactur-
ing concerns from taxation for
period of ten years and suggested that
the committee see the board Of county
commissioners and ascertain what in
ducements could be offered by them
along this line.
SUGGESTS ELECTION.
Mr.. DeSilva said that he believed
that two of the most important things
touched upon in the report of the sec
rotary were the propositions as to mu-
nicipal docks and a belt railroad. He
suggested that the ISOLATION get
right to work on this proposition and
try to have an election on the ques-
tions at the regular election and thus
,
later.
He said he was opposed to the float
ing of any more bonds for street paw
ing or anything like that, but would be
in favor of bonding the city to build
municipal wharves and believed 1t
would be paying proposition for the
city.
DoBsoN ADDRESSES MEETING.
Immediately after calling the meet
ing to order, President c. E. Dobson
addressed the meeting on the absolute
necessity for constructive work in Pen
sacola. The time has come, he said,
when work of this kind is imperative
1.-The eyes of the business world are
now on the gulf coast" said Mr.. Dob
son, and the time has come when we
can no longer depend upon our natural
! advantages We can no longer con-.
tent ourselves by telling people whom
we are endeavoring to help us that
we have a splendid bay. We must
show them what we are doing IN the
way of constructive work.
He said that for years Pensacola
had been like the other gulf coast
cities depending upon the natural ad-
vantages and that as long as the otner
cities did this it did very Well out
that now Mobile and other cities on
the coast are working and that Pen
sacola must work, too, If she is TO even
hold her own.
He Illustrated his meaning by re-
ferring to the experience of New OF
leans. He said that Galveston was
simply made by New Orleans laying
down on her job. He SAID II New
Orleans had been working all the time
Galveston would not now be the port
she is. However, New Orleans mas
awakened, he said, and is now at work
SECRETARY'S REPORT.
Secretary Henderson made the fol-
lowing report, which was received
with much enthusiasm, and when was
loudly applauded:
sEcRETARY's REPORT.
y would be as impossible for me to
make anv adequate review of the work
of +he Pensacola Commercial Associa-
ton, and the Secretary's ONCE In
few minutes, as for the designer ana
builder of an airship to tell you az
one time, of the planning, reasoning,
selection, making and assembling OF
that intricate piece of mechanism.
When you look at handmade map
YOU may think what you see repre-
SCENTS the work required in its MAX
ing You are wrong-the work OF
scaling, lining in pencil, COMPUTING
and assembling Of material, is hIoden
and only the final linking is visible.
No great building can be success
fully erected without first the unseen
great labor of making or plans anu
Specifications. Even then the build
ing will not stand unless 1t covers the
carefully and laboriously laid founda-
ton.
The perfect airship, finished draw
ing and completed edifice are the con-
illusions Of all that has gone before.
The planning is unseen, the process
of construction becomes visible, put
only after contamination are the re-
suits fully comprehended.
At the beginning of the year, to all
intents and purposes, the Pensacola
Commercial Association was a new
organization; at least, in so far as the
officers were concerned, the work had
to be begun as though nothing had
been attempted before.
The first step was the organization
of the office; then more or less &C
curate inventory of the resources Of
the town and trade territory was
taken. From this inventory, certain
conclusions were reached. The bring
ing of a miscellaneous and indiscrimi-
nate population to a city and locality
is not the best way to develop them.
Unless these people find occupation,
they soon become dissatisfied and
leave.
So the directors determined to ex-