The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-01-20
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MoURNFuL MUSICIANS
HAVE MUFFLED THEIR HORNS

Editor Pensacola Journal:
It Is generally conceded that for
about year these United States have
been experiencing a slight panic or de-
preston in business. Whether this de-
preston was caused by change in
the administration, the revision of the
tariff, or some other combination of
causes, is not generally agreed.
1t is the writer's individual opin-
ion that there was not. and is not now,
q legitimate reason for this depression.
The people are beginning to realize
that the European war cannot be
made an excuse. In fact the reverse
is the fact in the case. Business is
forced to resume its wanted activity,
even though fearsome of results. Says
the Chicago Journal:
THE most notable feature Of the
past few weeks is the collapse of call
amity This is due to no fault of the
champions OF hard times They done
their darndest. They labored harder
to convince the people that the coun-
try was going to the dogs than any
western land agent ever worked to sell
a patch of sage brush at the price of
a bearing orchard to some New Eng
land school teacher. They went up
and down the land, singing in dolorous
chorus:
20, this is a most horrible tale,
Twill make your faces all turn pale,
Your business, she is on the bum
Tweedle, Twaddle, tweedle- twaddle-
twum.
1T was impressive, bat like the
empty box in the story. there was
nothing in it. A country can't keep
up It's interest In disaster and har-
vest ten billion dollar crop at the
same time. The mournful musicians
have muffled their horns. and slipped
away, and the prosperity march Is
sounding through the lard. Calamity
has collapsed"
Americans United 'Statesians. or
what ever you may choose to call us.
are confronted with enforced prosper
ity. Today we have the opportunity
of progressing even against our viii.
We must establish chemical laborator-
les; we must weave our own cotton
we must put ourselves in position
we need: and we must build ships to
carry our surplus foodstuffs to will
ing markets.
Away with pessimisni Why imply
that we cannot manufacture chemi-
Gals, for example? We have in our
midst skilled chemists from every
brain to produce anything. All they
lack is the machinery. We have both.
We supply the world with the mach
inery made, and cheaper, despite rns
high wages paid our mechanics. We
have the territory-any kind of ci-
mate desired. 1t is only a question OF
capital and the will to do it.
Capital, now idle, is unnecessarily
timid. To buy cotton at 1-2 to 10
cents per pound, now, and hold it for
rise to 10 cents, or even 20 cents, in
future, is not a matter OF charity TO
the south, but a matter of business,
and good business too because cotton
is bound to be in demand, and az any
time is worth more than 10 cents.
We can sell, right now, more than
we can produce. Shoes. iron, food
stuffs, stocks (cattle, horses), miner
ais, oils-anything. Not to do it is a
crime. 1t is like pushing opportunity
away from us with prodding pole
and then crying because we have not
had chance. There are a few wise
men left, and we hope they will take
advantage of prosperity and push the
swelling. rolling ball along. Buy Am
erican made goods. keep the money at
home; manufacture and sell, bank the
foreign gold sent over for our sur
plus!
1t is the grandest. most glorious
money making opportunity ever pre-
scented TO America as a nation. Go
to it and win.
j. r. MAPOLES.