The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-12-09

offering bonuses to manufacturing
concerns and told how Cincinnati Sc
cured lit manufacturing plans in ter
years without putting up one cent
bonus. He said that getting these
plants was simply q business propo-
sition and that here were men all over
the United States looking for the right
locations for their plants. lie said that
each community must solve for itself
the proposition of finding the man
with the plant He said that few
years ago a manufacturer seeking a
location would ask only about three
questions, but that now a number OF
questions were to be considered,
among them being railroad rates, To-
cation, working material, character OF
homes, educational facilities, etc.
Speaking of manufacturing plans,
Mr.. Finch said that more Importance
should be attached to the man who
is to run plant than to his mach1n-
cry. 1T is easy to squander good
money in industries not well ground
ed, established or managed. and the
thing to be investigated is the man
who is conducting an enterprise" he
continued.
He said that what was needed was
the get-together spirit and that this
was manifested at the meeting last
night.
Mr.. scHERMAHoRN TALKS.
Mr. Schermahorn, who is conducting
the campaign for the increasing and
reorganizing of the Commercial As
sociation, was next introduced by Mr..
Sheriff., and he outlined the plans of
the campaign.
Mr.. Schermahorn said that a syste-
matte plan had been decided upon by
the board of directors, whereby about
a thousand men were to be approached
within six hours.
The city has been divided into f1f-
e1f ri efp rfS ND
a committee will be assigned to each
district to spend two hours on We'd
nesday, Thursday and Friday of this
week.
There will be three men on each
committee and they will all meet at
ton at $3.50 on each of these days. in
order to start to work in their re-
spective territories at 10 o'clock on
each of the days. They will work
o'clock, and Mr. Schermahorn says
that practically every businessman In
the city will be reached in this time.
The addresses have already been Sc
cured and the work is laid out in a
systematic manner.
The soliciting has already been done,
the final letter having been mailed out
last night. In the letter mailed last.
night, the men to be approached were
notified that they would be called
upon by a committee during the next
three days.
At the end of the two hours work
each day the committee will meet at
the San Carlos hotel for luncheon.
FRIDAY at noon win see the Pen
sacola Commercial Association on a
solid and sound foundation, in my
opinion" said Mr. Schernahorn.
Before concluding his remarks. Mr..
Schermahorn said that he wished to
call attention TO two unjust criticisms
OF Pensacola-which he had heard since
he had been here. He said that the
first criticism he had heard was that
the Pensacola people would not pull
together. He said that the hotel in
which the meeting last night was held
refuted this criticism. The other crit
icism was that Pensacola had a lot of
dreamers. He said that these dream
ers were very desirable citizens and
that just such citizens had made the
new San Francisco out Of the wrecks
of the old city after the earthquake.
VOLUNTEER COMMITTEEMAN.
AT the close of Mr.. Schermahorn's
talk, volunteers to serve on the COM
and about thirty-flve citizens prompt
" volunteered.
Those volunteering were: S. r.
Mallory Kennedy, E. D. Beggs, Wal
ter e. Coney. z. Reese. w, P. Gun
Morris Mo- Levy. Samuel G. Pinney. H.
Muller, 3. s.. Williams, S. T. Nc
Adams, Jas. B. Perkins Henry NJ.
Yonge. y. d. Carroll. Henry Jeude-
vine, DR.. VIM. Alderman. r. NJ. VII
IL Il. Hemming' g. A. Berry. B. ].
Reinschmidt, L. J. Henderson. F. z.
Osgood. J. R. Vidmer. W. W. Wat
son. G.. W. Owens. Sol Levy. W. 3.
Ferriss, Cad Jones T. T.. McGourin,
A. Greenhut and r. p. Bail.
THOSE PRESENT.
Among those attending the get-to-
A. ". Clubs, b. s. Williams. John
R. vidmer, Henry Mclaughlin. c.
C.. Parker. A. Greenhut. v. E. Jones, /
F. NJ Williams. w. P. Ferriss, c.
F. Geek, +. f. Bingham. z. D.
Beggs, A. c.. Ellis, Norris Levy, A. I
Friedman, David Moore. Frank H. /
Hemming, Capt. F. a. Boghich. Jas. !