The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-12-28
PENSACOLA MAY,
DO SAME THING
Man Who Is Rcvolutioniz
ING Inland Shipping in
United States Says Pcnsa-
cola Has Most Magnih
cent Harbor in The World.
But lie Can't Bring His
Ships Here. .

John n0ruharat. who gaue Is Amer
iea icu wears aEo without . dollar in
his pocket and who e. row rrestdrnf
- one ~ th@ Ereatesf inland Watsr
wa1s transportation companies IN iha
tnitod stafcs. simply herauua H. knew
where and bow 20 take hold - uatarai
resources. came % prnsar0ia unde
auanirrH az ere p.naHrUfa Cammrt.
cal Association yrNerinv ana snsIe
last night in thp court 80 record room
at thr new county building unrn whr
the future rf this sitt 1rnenda lBrHsa
o. upon q favo4ahi. vote neal AL.
day for municipal dofkr and bs't-
line railroad
ar Bernhard rcsiai,rvd AZ thr San
DsriuE from Nfu Dflrana where hs
makes hts home ard where ghs offices
sud fhiphui1hinu piuut uf b.s conn.
nanft ihH Alabama and .rv. Orleans
transportation sA'omuaur 'are Ineafsd
he spent little fimr az The san Carlos
Tor his sddrsaF a. ciani O'clock foI.
lowed a day about m waterfront al
che harbor and $50 dinner utth Nire.
President GTarEr A. nerr1. uf thf UuI.
florlda and Alabama railroad. whom
hr haa known q Ions tlnr.
AccurdlnE 90 Mr nsrnhardt tha
nited States Eunorally and pnnsaraIA
Particularly are just about nftv seari
hrhind hiF native counfrt. Holland n
ne matter an shipping
Holland. hs showed in prcfacinr hIa
srgumentA haE an AREA only ias0fh
that % thia country. yet occupies
foarih plsee IN the commerce % tha
A country without ,nin--ai resource.
a "A Az - A..
plus agricultural and dairy nroduuta
a. export. ID Ut has within itn rosn-
paratiHely dihinutivc boundaries Rot
terdam. Amsterdam. Antwcrp and
zaandam. the fret ranking second
among the harborn ~ the worid. thn
next two holding enviahls positions
among the ten grcatest ports ~ tha
world and the latter. ~ peculiar IN
tcreat 90 Pensacola. utandlnw now aH
probably tho greatest lumber port In
Europe
Rotterdam. Amsterdam. Antwerp and
Zahndafn won their hirh commercial
prestige through foresight n building
terminals. he showed Tnoy spent mil.
lions upon them and they are oWnef
and controlled by the government or
~ the municipality IN which LOCATED
WHAT zAANpAM oio.
'Zaandam." be said. "a small place
~ thirty thousand inhabitants. Witch
- on the canal that Amsterdam dug
from TIE ocean % the city. saw lta.
opportunity ans Gus a pond and made
3 timber hhrhnr a. q cost ~ several
millions - dollars with the result
that Il took away from Antwerp. Lon
don and Bremen a large amount az
their lumber 90 that II now stands
fair chancu % become the creates
lumber harbor of Europe, u if "a not
80 already
= remind yoa that d - only
city ~ thirty thousand and that it
only Rot this lumber because n was
FAR ahead % the direct roquiremenls
- the trade This is in answer 90
the often-h heard criticism.
80 lst ua wait until the trade hefa
tuHtines it. whsn the trade e. hers
we viii then meet tts drmanda hut
ioi it Hrst prove its eriHtnnor
This ia philosophy --trade llise
water moves NrnE the lines % isaat
resistance and ~ urdef ~ bring it 20
certain place q ought - md itH
berth waiting and u is nn' willing fo
come iu roam snS make iis osn
bta"
Tho 500. 90 proposes for Punes~oia
be ronsidersd pienty.
APPLIES HERS.
Thif applies" he said. 10 ths Local
rrvffrusf a. pnrs -,