The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-04-30

AAO PG0pAG not only justly anu Id1E4y 1
put generously. When war was de-
clared between Germany and Great !
Br1tain called up all of my employees
ana told them that It made no differ
ence how long the war lasted I would
not discharge a man-and I was not
candidate at that time. On last
Christmas Day I called UP my men
and insured every man in my employ
for the benefit Of his family I cele-
brate every birthday of my instItu-
ton by sending to the University of
Florida a young man and pay all ex
penses, clothing, board, ana every
ton.
I tell you these things to let you
know that this institution Of mine is
something more than a mere trading
institution. 1t has helped to build
city. We have been engaged in the
same line of business In the Island
of Cuba I have been engaged in
other lines Of business, in all of which
have made q reasonable degree OF
success. So I submit my business
reputation to you and ask you to
measure It with the reputation Of
my opponents. Then we take the next
-public-spiritedn In 1887 when the
Yellow Fever broke out in the city of
Tampa, every one ran away that could.
was away. l went back on
ran into the city. was treas
urer Of the relief committee and helped
bury the dead and nurse the sick,
anu 1 tell you people mere IOulBnL III
all sincerity that IL you will write to
my city or telegraph there to any
banker or any business man of repu-
tation, any professional man or any
minister and find anything that has
been done in the city of Tampa within
thirty years that I have not helped
to do I viii retire from this race.
have helped build the churches, the
schools, the railroads, the street rail-
roads, the cigar factories, I have
served on the Board of Trade, ] have
served in the militia, i have served
in the police and in the volunteer fire
departments, I have served on the
! Board of Associated Charities, I have
served even in the free baseball, and
1t is evidenced Of that fact that when
I opened my campaign in my city
month ago, the president of every
bank and representatives from every
| mercantile business and every profes.
sion is represented on my board OF
Independence, and two thousand
Joined my club the first week.
And whether / win or not the fact
! that my city, a cosmopolitan city COM
posed of people from all states Of the
Union and all countries, has endorsed
my campaign to that extent viii al
ways be a source of pride and salts
| faction to me as long as I live. The
next proposition .is-and incidentally
before I pass on / ask you to measure
| my public service rendered without
| honor and without price, TO the work
| Of my opponents.
Passing on now 70 the next point,
/ a practical knowledge of the every day
! needs of the people. My business is
! a hardware business. Tt is both whole
| sale and retail and I am brought In
| contact and close touch with mer-
/ chants, farmers, lawyers, doctors,
| bankers and railroad men, and claim
| to understand all classes of Industrial
\ work in this state and upon all these
1 businesses of men my life work is de-
| pendent. upon the approval Of the
/ whole people and upon no set OF men
| or no set of interests. The next point
| is education. use the word In its
/ broad sense, in the sense not only Of
| books, although claim to be q better
the word education in the sense Of
! knowledge gain by doing business in
| the foreign countries. by doing bust
ness on large scale By knoW IL
| knowledge gained in building a city by
knowledge gained In service on
| board of Associated Charities learn
ing to bear with the fellow who is
! down and out, on through the differ
ent stages Of humanity. / use the word
/ in the broad sense Of human SYM
! pathy, Of knowledge Of men.
The. next proposition is friends and
! influence outside the state of Florida.
| Now as a rule we have been sending
| lawyers to Washington. I have great
respect for lawyers. am related to
six or eight Of them but don't want
/ lawyers influence is as rule con-
| fined to his own state, unless he has
| a national reputation. But doing bust
| ness on the scale that 90, having
offices in Havana, one in New York
| and one in Pittsburg, buying In large
| quantities from the largest manufac-
/ turers, belonging to the Credit Mems
| Association o. the National Warehouse
| e suppIy. Dealers, I have friends in
| every city of the United States. That
is a broad statement but It Is true
| and It is worth while when you need
| special help at Washington. Just as
| the state needed a few months age
| on the eitrue canker. And when you
needed help there then did you get one
! of your professional politicians, one OF
| your great statesmen to go TO WASH
| ipgton to undertake to remedy the
| citrus canker? No, you went to Tampa
| and got the president or the Tampa
| Board OF Trade business man-and
| sent him to Washinton to undertake
that work, and he is doing most ex-
celIent work When the state of Flor
da wanted to get up q Good Roads AS,
politician or q reat statesman as pres.
ident Of the Good Roads Association
No you went to Tampa and got G
Tampa merchant, Mr.. Bryan. and made
he, too, is doing a good work. I an
glad to see you are getting in The
habit of going to Tampa. I want yOJ
to keep it up and go there and ge
your next united states senator
And that calls to mind another
thing, my friends in what way has
your Senator Fletcher made his repu
! tation? Rural credits business
matter. President Of the Southern Com.
mercial Congress- business matter
Where is he now7 In South America
with Secretary McAdoo studying bust
ness conditions in that country ii
order to bring about closer bushes,
relations between those countries ant
the United States-a business matter
What caused this war in Europe ?-G
business matter, a business competi
, ton, that is what caused II. So yol
VIII find 1t everywhere, and I COM
to you as business people here tonigh
| and I say business, not necessarily tn
merchant or banker, but the man wh'
works and produces wealth, and
come to you in a business way ant
ask you, what kind of a man do yol
. need there, and I submit these qualih
cations for your consideration.
| suppose now we turn to anothe
standard. The standard Of practice
knowledge Of the broad problems o
government What are the problem
Of government ~ tariff, taxation
: finance, banking and transportation
have had to study the tariff in twt
countries in Cuba and in this country
have not only studied II in book
| but Il have Sf7r5faG q