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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-12-31
BRIGHT RAILROAD OUTLOOK

"A TWENTY-FIVE percent increase IN earn
ings, accompanied by only an eleven per
cent increase in expenses, represents the
stupendous prosperity of the railroads Ct
the United States during the year 1916, and
they in turn are the business pulse o. the
entire country. Their net income, accord
ing to statistics announced by the Inter
state Commerce Commission, amounted to
nearly billion dollars, or one-fifteenth OF
the resources of all the national Banks
and in making this gigantic computation,
bear in mind that only roads with an in
come of a million dollars or more were con-
sidered
Gross returns for the first six months of
the year amounted to So, 654, S29, 647: the
principal resources from which they were
collected are: freight, 81 875 019 800; pas
senger, 1922, 103 907 mails, $45, 34S, 800; ex-
press, $65,089, 474; dining and buffet cars,
restaurants, Pullman and parlor car service,
freight on milk, special trains, ETC., $751;
502,208.
AS the average mileage in operation in
the United States is about 100000, the
gross receipts per mile amount to SIS, 655.
with net income of $4,774 per mile-a
showing that reduces the poor mouth the
railroads have been making about wages,
construction and equipment, to low
comedy.
That new mileage built during the year
was the lowest since the Civil War. with
the exception of 1915, has no special signif-
canoe. Scarce labor and high material are
not incentives to construction; and while
induStrialism increased, colonization de-
veloped no new regions, needing new lines
forgive only few reasons. It is in the
matter of equipment, therefore that the
railroads have shown remarkable lack Of
business sense. True, more freight cars
were ordered than the year before, but not
soon enough to prevent the shortage.
Construction and equipment we may ex-
pect to see greatly developed in the future
Tor despite the many plahs for inland water
ways-or is it because of them?-the Rail
way Gazette declares that the outlook fol
greater prosperity for the railroads anc
affiliated industries, and for a larger ex-
pansion of railway facilities during the mex
few years, seems promising
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-12-31
IT MUST BE BUILT

Although gratifying returns are being
received to the appeal that has been made
TO original subscribers for extra contribu-
tions to the Gulf Beach Highway, in order
that the last few miles of road may be COM
pleted, this valiant enterprise is still far
from being-so to speak-out of the woods.
That the road was not built long ago,
illustrates what has been said so many times
about golden opportunities going to waste.
Pensacola has for years been making bid
for the tourist trade, but instead of estab-
fishing direct connection with what is con-
ceded to be one of the best bathing beaches
in the United States, it has forced visitors,
eager for glimpse of the surf, to wear1-
some boat ride where overcrowding is the
least of the inconvenience.
II the Highway should be abandoned
now, the money that has been spent so far
will be, not thrown away, for the object
lesson in road-building is well-nigh price
less, but it will be very greatly dissipated.
For pike that starts out sturdily toNpeter
out pathetically, would be but a sorry COM
mentary on Our enterprise. The sooner the
Highway is built, the sooner Pensacola will
come into its own as tourist resort de-
velopment of spot more beautiful than the
Riviera will result, and trolley car connec-
ton with the gulf side will be realized To
allow this investment-fo investment is
what the contributions amount TOTO hang
fire for anoher year, will mean not only the
loss of the first seasons returns, not only
the loss of much of the present work, it will
mean loss of heart, it will mean the exalta-
ton of the great can't-be-done" chorus.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-12-31
MAKING MEN OUT on THEM

heretofore when some unfortunate like
Helen Kellar, out of sheer optimism has
been able to build up useful life upon his
or her lnflrmities, the event has been hailed
as little short of miraculous But not the
least important of the wars benefits 10
humanity IS the knowledge that there is a
happy and profitable future for even the
apparently most hopelesslv bereft!
How the blind have been taught to be
clerks, typlsts, and skilled laborers: how
they have shown an adeptness at handi
craft, even rivaling the skill of their more
fortunate brothers, is now very stale news
indeed
Now we learn that cripples, far from be-
ing helpless industrially, have productive
capacity, in certain trades, very nearly nor
NAL
In London, the crippled soldiers and
sailors were put on toy-making; later. as
the number of the manned increased and
demonstrated their efficiency other trades
were added; iron working, woodworking,
and so on.
Manufacturing enterprises in England
are now comprised entirely of cripples
from office to shipping room. I'VE take
them" as one Society says, "as they come
lame and halt, from the battlefield, and
make of them efficient capable workmen
not receivers of charity, but valuable units
of huge industrial and economic scheme
What England has done, the other bel
1igerent nations are also doing; and let us
hope tnat the more fortunate neutrals are
learning the lesson just as thoroughly.
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basis and IN buildings of which we

basis and in buildings of which we
will be proud.
Surely the parents of the children
in the city think as much of their
children as do the people OF the coun-
try, who willingly tax themselves that
their children may be better housed
and better educated.
The present high school building
is not at all adapted to the purpose
it is sued for; it is a fire trip, liable
at any time to catch fire and be the
death of numbers of our children; this
can be averted by placing upon our
selves a small tax amounting to thir-
ty cents on the hundred or three dol
lars on the thousand of the assessed
valuation of our property
A high school building costing $780,
600 90 that would be large enough
for years to come, could be built with
two years taxes, and built Of such ma
| terial that the fathers and mothers
whose children attend the present
high school, would not be filled witt
fear every time the fire alarm ring
1t is a duty we owe our childre 4
our state, our nation, that the Oh
dren have the best obtainable alol
educational lines for the boys al
girls of today are the men and wom--
en- of tomorrow.
Our public schools have been Xix
ened to a crucible into which are
thrown the children of all rationale
ties, classes and creeds, in the refin-
ing process through which they pass
and are turned out the superior Of
any on earth-American citizens.
Most of our business men of today
are the product of the public schools
and they owe whatever success in life
they have attained to the lessons
taught in these schools; from them
the call for action ought 70 be the
loudest, that their children and per
haps grandchildren, may have every
advantage successfully to combat the
problems of life.
So, citizens of Pensacola, it is up
/, to you whether you will take your
4 place among the progressive cities Of
your state, Of your country, or wheth-
err you will be content to move along
in the same old rut, house your chill
dren in buildings that are fire traps,
liable any time to be your childrens
sepulchre.
Your for safe buildings and the
best for our public schools.
CADE E. SHACKELFORD.
DIR. Saunders has returned.
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that Florida has ever had, and what
| say for him | would say for the bal
ance of the pardon board.
Heaven help US stand by men who
show mercy to a fallen man, and help
US to see that there is a better way
to build and bless the world, than by
devouring them upon inhuman scat
folds. Let US educate our boys and
girls and teach them the great prin-
ciples of humanitarianism, so that
they will have no desire to kill and
steal. Then they will do right be-
cause it is right, and not by the re-
straint of jail, dungeons and chains.
ROBT. II. curry,
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-12-31
THE COUNTRY LEADS

AS the public school funds that are
raised by constitutional and statutory pro-
vision, are apportioned on a strictly per
capita basis, rural districts of Escambia re-
ceive the same, proportionately, as Pensa-
cola. But the rural districts found that this
was not enough, and assessed themselves an
extra millage, whereas Pensacola has been
content to rock along in the same old over
loaded education boat
Is there anything remarkable therefore,
in such righteous outburst of indignation
as Gade E. Shackleford's communication
reproduced in another column on this page?
Regular proceeds for maintaining the
public schools are obtained as follows:
l. From the 1-mi1 levy as assessed by
the State, apportioned back, and returned
to the several counties. Escambia receives
about what she gives: this past fiscal year
it amounted to $11, 99772.
2. Seven percent millage levied direct
" by the county: $50, 312.S6.
3. Poll taxes-S6, OCT.
4. Tax Redemptions-S9, 465.29.
5. Railroad Tax So ,644.49
6! State Interest Fund-S2 S98
7. Hunting licenses and examination
fees--about $780,
The other sources of revenue proceeds
from lands granted by the United States to
the State for school purposes, donations to
the State when the purpose is not otherwise
stated, special legislative appropriations,
proceeds of escheated property, twenty-five
percent of the sales of public lands owned
by the State-are barren SO far as .Escambia
is concerned, SO that public provision is
| made, as shown by the figures for the past
fiscal year, for only SIG, 1886, to educate
| our 5000 school children, 4 800 in Pensacola
| and $500 in the rest of the county-about
SIS each
There was a.time when it was possible
for man to learn everything in the world
everything about science, history, philos-
| ophy, economies, and government that was
known. There was time when a child was
worth only SIS schooling year-but that
was before the day of advanced courses, and
when the term was shorter, even, than it is
now. and of twelve country communities
surrounding Pensacola, ten have consti-
tuted special tax districts of themselves on
a 3-mill basis, and two on a 2-inill basis, in
order TO meet modern conditions
There was a time when S4.66 per month
per pupil was thought ample for high scho d
education-but 81 is the average minimum
that Is spent elsewhere, and Pensacola must
| fall in line with progress as well.
Such is the sentiment with which the
petition to call an election constituting q
special tax district of Pensacola on 3-mil
basis is received. The $4,000 year raised
would be expended entirely on local educa:
tional Institutions; on building high
school able to accommodate its pupils
establishing new courses generally, employ
ing sufficiently large corps of teachers
and indeed buying such necessary things a:
decLc >r,d benrbac
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ODD, ISN'T 1T?

Newark, N. 1.-The New Years
greeting Sergeant Bonnet's wife
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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-01-08
Christians Who Think
They Should Not Use Force.

Now r. that really So This IS a oues,ion
that ought 10 be frankly and honestly faced
for they are not all towards who put it.
Is II generally known. I wonder. that certain
Quakers whose p~ac.fcist principles forbid them
10 hght, have. from the beginning Of the war.
been engaged in the hazardous service Of mine
sweeping In the North Sea and elsewhere?
Persons who are willing t1 icopardize their
own lives in such an intrepid fashion as this
are entitled 20 FUN respect in differing from
their ueighbors ou the subject OF war IN
general
Ought a Christian ever under any cl-cum.
stances 70 FIGHT or approve Of lighting can
a true follower Of The Prince OF Peace consent
90 or take part 300 fae shedding oi human
blood or the battlefield ar indeed anywhere?
! believe it was Dr. SaltoT. OF Bermondsey.
a man whose selfsacrine.ne laHoIs among the
poor command universal admiration. who said
somewhere. with reference 90 the present
colossal struggle. thar 30 was impossible 10
imagine Jesus bayonctf.uE anybody or tear.
ing human flesh and bones % pieces with 90.
plosives \ good many people feel that way.
u would shock them Co think OF their Lord
under any such aspect.
This troubles them. as well 20 might for what
g. out Of character FOR Christ. what would 10
wrong for Him. ought f1 ue wrong Tor u4.-on
this question any hoW. And then there are His
recorded words. Everybody knows them He
irculcatol non resistance. the turning Of the
other cheek to tine smiter. and substantlated
the Law of love for that Of the resentment Of
injuries. What are we f1 say about thHe2
] should mot uko tI say shat soma o. The
German diFinrF appear to find to say ou the
subject Pastor Ioher. of Leipsic. for instance
appears CO. have boon preaching on Christianity
and war. and putting Views before Die con.
KrrFafIou fIat ought to please tho Prlssian
and The TURK. Everyone. Doe maintains. serves
God who makes thr blood OF an enemy dow.
and if iE because hr is thus serving God that
Do can reckon lu Gods blessing.
Tho aImoriri0u 81 Che Sew Testament 10
return good fYr evil cannot ho applied boz var.
Do adds. ln gar owl must Boz met by .yiI
and. wherever possible. hg greater aud I'M.
r.t..l ..I W.. demands OId Testament
severity NOT frr mIfua.. ~ Che nov dispense.
ton De- Ia f1 fa praised and enfisI who sees
enemies perish
THE. ha rDu.II1ra. Ir only another side OF
I1tr flr 0ua's country. obi. desire Cor thorough
revenge 0n fIr Malicious enemy
We brfaF oIr houses we ring our bells
and Sing. Sow thank vo al our God" when
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Christians We're
Soldiers in Early Times.

u is not 90 easy 70 say where the limitations
Of mat authority come in. In the last resort
that Is a matter Tor the individual conscience
20 settle. 10 might be a Christian duty to re-
fuse TO shed ones blood in a bad cause az the
bidding of the State or any other authority.
ln the early days 20 which ] have already
alluded. there were martyrs who died rather
Than hEhf Just as there were martyrs who died
rather than render divine honors TO Caesar.
I ann only pointing ont. and DO isl we'll worth
empnaFlfluE That from tho very first the
Christian Church. AS "a whole. did admit that.
under certain cFcutu1lltlc4 underlined. tho state
had the right to make war and therefore the
right io require its subjects 90 serve in It's
rmioa.
Tho Christian i'rat vas universal peace. but
in such "a verr ruidrrl world aa ours b. had %
Do ICFrou edged chat ou tHs way to universal
peace DO w.Euf aomUtimeE bo the dufy OF a
Christian tU draw f.o sword.
nw rn. Insisting chat war Itself fs ~ good
Do If not "a GOOD r1in iu rroif never Dr.. war
.Hf tH H mrrrIIrsH pIrrtfIuu u. f.. body
polite. % hru0.rE ur ~ fHe energies of mo
s0H' Iut 30 la a grim remedy oven sf fre best
IN b. un more H good than a surgical operation
's 70 good. Do may ic necessary to ent rd OF
"a disease. but 80 would be- better not f0 have tho
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MafrriaIfrt masters. Who wore only FOR a
time Lutheran and pre- now uo longer Christ.
fans r fhr hrIr rf Frederick fhc Great wanted
tn treat Cologne cathedral in exactly the sans
ffyio la Rheims Cathedral lt would c~crtailiv
Ia done. And that Ur.urs mo fo the nrst ~
tho largo arff which q .IHh f0 emphasize about
Prussia I. rr. nr fV1 articles which . shall
write ln This place
when fHr a.t.a. If fHe prIasIan faik in uriy
uul.rfDr. about H. strength. thcy mean some
Ching IIf. NH. r.f mean anything connected
Wit. fHH H.F.|. Ht'Hf.I r-YmHnNUIsm with which
Do Dol r0F r0..Hr Hs tIe dyinr hero. as a last
chance U. escaping death Such chin sent.
r.rftI.m -tHUfriI..f". U.f tII scarcely con.
t.aI .'r rHH'. of hIa historical theory and
practice. U. htH rr.fr shown any sympathy
with defeated rsi.r ln other people and ho
hHr not frnn shown any particular examples
Of f Iu himself fla armies have fought with
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The Evils Of
Militarism Shown by Germany.

II has given Germany the most INSCRIPTIONS
government OF modern times. for as sure as
you get a nation mastered by the monster OF
miitarism. a nation I'm which everything else
In administration is subordinated to mlitaristic
ideals, YOU get a government without sentL
ment. without humanity. without respect for
the ordinary obligations OF truth and honor.
Two ideals OF the State confront each other
on the battlefield to-day. For the sake OF the
future welfare Of mankind which we're II bet.
ter should prevail? I think We could fairly
appeal to civilization on that issue alone with.
out fear Of the verdict. Is the State a moral
entity or is IL nOt7
Our enemies hold that whatever the stats
chooses 10 do Il may do. II Il thinks n N he To-
its advantage. that considerations OF rich, ana
wrong have no meaning as applied 10 the State
No question OF conscience. they say. must deter
the Individual from carrying out its behests. A
more cynical doctrine the world has never
heard. t Germany were to win this war that
doctrine would be triumphant. Il Il for us 10
determine that 70 shall not be.
We war not for revenge nor for ON, ovn
afgrandisement We war to set mankind FRA
from a bondage under which 60 has groaned FOR
generations. Germany even more than our.
selves. We are fighting the battle OF the Ger.
man people as well as our own. parsdoxical
thought 70 NAV seem 10 say 20.
We are fighting the battle OF America a. we'll
a. Of Europe. and America knows n. We are
uthtinE for democratic institutions. for inter.
national Justice. Tor The right o. the weak 70
I've Boo safety alongside Of the strong
international law has broken down Va
nave got OBJ rebuild I Political and social
iIraIsm haF been swept under by This aooa 81
cultured barbarian from Berlin. We have cot
o. restore Dr. fo its proper place. We arc war.
ring Co. end war
The world haH an object lesson before IL IN.
day a7 tn what mllitarism leads 90. Heaven
l'.n. t1at t0e outcome OF tho present awful
collision OFF spiritual and material forces NAV
hn thr end o. uilfarism. and. as our prIr4s
Minister said a year aEo. tho creation OF a nact
.''.'f. Orb prevent BE- from ever lifting
Its head ara.r. NOT in Germany only. bpf 49,
where else throughout the world
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the workaday courage ~ 600 white mon. but
Die success has always been duo much moro
Co their negative than their positive qualities
TO may even Do F1Il. politically. af I.lsf. that
tho lrusaian i supreme pot because Germans
hrhf. hIt because they dYuf fenf Certainly
DO h1a never once .n fHIH cuisines. shown either
special afNi 0r unexpected daring a. apart FROM
numbers and obedience. d ErIH off only two
cnFes In This war In witch manhood and tho
handling or men made "a larger force FI.n uav
before r. smaller ono. One raa whom I4rfs
trapped and turned fhn whole hu-r onset IH.t
before Dr. could touch rnr.a frn other WIS
nh.r 'Nr r%rr'Inra rolled f.H second tu. frIIu
Invasion down their mountains fI Ono Danube.
The courage 90 Che f.rI0ru hope DEL a kIuf
which Prussia h1s not only never haI. o.t ha.
mover admitted
NrrrrtHc.... na p e1r. fhr rtr.rfar'e ~ Old.
"r inn imperialism have something Ir fH...
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m'nd0 whom they talk n the strength %
Prussia And what they mean Ia fhIr That
Prussia Har RI certain dirortnoes OF action ra rf
H rI1rf Hho le deaf nr blind She does nHf
i..I n'moarHrr0H lu Tho sunlight and tho
..nrr or staring muItitude7 eho viii oct 1s a
s"I man H. frf when Dol is alone some
o' Dor International artr we're oven mUr. In
d".''i fHHn Imu.ral This nakrIners ruf
even 0OHIr." .H I.r deeds does Imprta. como
..l. ..rI'I .lr..ris and viii.ng slaves aa o.
...f of Hfr.r.tr.
NnI 'Hr TRUTH iH he emphasized here .s chat
w.rrrI.r f'. Fru .ln Coos and however fa
.. decd. Ind. $500 Hn I. HW DOB
fH.u "h.U 'N.. H.a quito 0Hf of f.. picture
.. H r.Hr tl paint fur Dol I. rn .uI.. UE
" nh. vii. '1 fH.m when fH.r f.. -
'.' contradiction Hf u. words I. .l. |r.t
.." 'r.. .. NJ ..H .. ra'r1 rIr-
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in so doing. The principle is Just the same.
There is 10 be n consecrated use OF force 10
counter and overthrow force enlisted on the
side of evil. Nor can we absolutely restrict
the participation in the struggle TO angel hosts.
That strange book called Revelation, not one
Of the latest in the New Testament. indicates
otherwise In its mysterious illusions TO
Armageddon-a word often on the lips OF
journalists and public speakers to describe the
present European conhict-and to a final and
terrific trial of strength between the en-
battled forces OF evil and those OF good on
the stage OF human Affairs. It is not all Tile
goricaL II IS a real world war that is spoken
Of.
Moreover. our Lords own very emphatic
words about non-resistance are plainly ad-
dressed 10 the individual and are concerned
with the avenging OF personal anronts. lie
never told US 20 turn anyone else's cheek to
the smiter. which Is just the point. And He
never said a single word about refusing 20
obey thu call OF the State 70 defend ones home
and kindred by force OF arms.
That the Church never understood Him TO
mean that is plain from her practise in the
early centuries. There we're plenty Of Christian
soldiers in the imperial armies. Being a
Christian did not disqualify a man for under
taking such n service. on the abstract pri1.
ciple. there is no room for doubt. Christianity
has always recognized that the executive OF the
State "bcarcth not the sword In vain"
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Rev. Reginald j. Campbell.

countless multitudes OF Russians meet q ter
rible death in the Masurian swamps. or when
two thousand seamen are plunged TO the bot
tom OF the ocean by our submarines. And such
expressions OF gratitude and Joy are genuinely
German and genuinely Christian.
These are Pastor Lober's words. remember.
not mine. and are indeed the genuine German
blend OF vindictive righteousness with abomin-
able pietism. They remind one OF Punch's sar.
'astic paraphrase Of the first German Emperor's
letters 10 his wife on the debacle OF the French
armies in 1901:
] write TO tell you. dear Augusta,
We've had another awful buster:
Ten thousand Frenchmen sent below,
Praise God from whom all blessings flow.