The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-04-28
BY wINIFREp JoNEs-

Washine1on, April 2T.--A determined
effort to have a southern man named
public printer to succeed Sanual Is
Donnelly is being made. Senator
Fletcher OF Florida, Chairman of the
congressional joint committee on print
ing, took the matter up with the
president while the president was Ia
his room at the capitol today. and
urged. the president to appoint N J.
I4illar6, Of Pensacola
Hardly had Senator Fletcher left the
PRESIDENTS room, when a delegation of
southern representatives visited the
president in the the interests of W. V.
Turley, Of Chattanooga Ten. In the
party were Representatives Sisson. OF
Mississippi: OIdaeId, of Arkansas
Aiken. Of South Carolina; Hughes. of
GeoFgias Howard, Of Georgia: Collier,
OF Alssissippi5 Stephens, of Adississip-
pi; and Goodwin, of Arkansas.
The president told Senator Fletcher
that he had reached no decision in
the matter and that he wished to con-
fer with him again before maxine a
anal decision Ia regard TO appoint
ing pubIic printer.
Senator Fletcher said. after he had
seen the president, that he thought
that a southern man should he gfTep
the position. a man from the south
had moi sk13d~ the nosftion for q ek4n
dred years, he said. He was asked
what he thought of the chances OF
President Lynch of the Tyrogra phfcaI
Union. Senator Fletcher replied that
he had nothing against Mr. Lynch, but
that he favored a southerner for the
place.
AN ECONOMIC MISSION.
The most far-reaching economic
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est of American agriculture was start
ed tonight when a commission of I20
business men and farmers. represent
ing A states, under the auspices Of
the Southern Commercial Congress.
left Washington for New York from
which place they will sail for Europe.
The commission will make an exhaus-
tive inquiry into the European sys-
tenn of agricultural cooperate and
cooperative rural banking. This com
mission is made up Of men named by
the president of the United States,
governors of states and agricultural so
cieties. The idea was launched by
the board of governors, which was
called together by President Roosevelt
several years ago. Senator Fletcher is
president of the Southern CONNER
cial Congress. Florida delegates on
the commission are: John G. Page,
Apalachicola, and F. J. II. Won Engel-
ken ,Palatka.
Florida fourth class postmasters ap-
pointed today were: Mary Alice May,
Winston; Mrs. Florida c. Gamer. Econ
1ne; Daniel Anderson, Graves; John
Il. Carter, Lenker.
Representative Sparl5ruan has intro
iuced a bill which would permit Amer
can manufacturers of foreign grown
obacco to manufacture their products
n bonded warehouses. This would be
great advantage to cigar manufac-
urers of Florida. 1t would permit
hem to place the government stamp
IN their products. showing that they
re manufactured from imported to-
'acco. 1t would also save them great
as they would have to
lay the revenue tax on all imported
obaccO. in advance and draw up com
licated formed used TO obtain rebates
rom the custom houses when goods
re exported after having an import
ak paid upon them. An enormous
aving both in labor and cost of book
.eeping is expected to be accomplished
" this bill.