The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-06-19
WEST FLORIDA
COM MERGE IS
BUSHES ASSET
PONCE DE LEON WELCOMES
ORGANIZATIONS ENDEAvOR-
ING TO SECURE MARKETS FOR
PRODUCE.

Ponce de Leon, June 18.-Presented
strictly as a business organization
with all sentiment eliminated, formed
to operate on conservative business
basis solely for the business reasons
of cooperative effort between farm
ers and business men of West Florida,
the West Florida Chamber of Com
merce was welcomed by the business
men of this little city in the western
edge of Holmes county as the organi-
cation to which they had been looking
forward to solve many problems of
crop raising and marketing. ID.
Hughes, T. d. Andrews and other bus
mess men here will take the lead in
promoting close relationship with the
work of the organization, in order
that the farmers Of this part Of West
Florida may be made to see the bene-
fits to be derived from cooperation.
7. E. West, one of the speakers at
the chamber of commerce stand to-
gether" rally, held in the church, told
of many settlers passing through
Ponce de Leon, who had already pur-
chased lands in South Florida without
having seen that land, acting solely
on the advertising sent out by the
commercial bodies of that section of
the state.
cit has come to a time where West
Florida must solve its own problems
and take its stand alongside the com
munities that advertise" said Mr.
West. "When we see people passing
through here with their household
goods to take up poorer lands in other
sections of the state, it ought to fur.
nish deep lesson for US"
''I am particularly interested in the
benefits the farmers may derive from
the organization" said Mr.. Andrews
with a bureau of information re
garding markets, the farmers vii
soon see what organization can accom-
plish. I think the best feature of this
chamber of commerce is the fact thai
it has practical farmers on its boarC
of directors and stands for the pro
motion of agriculture"
Mr.. Andrews volunteered his serv
ices in interesting the farmers of tht
Ponce de Leon district in the plan Il
| obtain crop reports in a manner Il
enable the chamber of commerce K
intelligently isform reliable buyer
what might be raised with the bes
results in this territory. He will cir
culate among the farmers of tn,
Ponce de Leon district the crop esti
mate blanks prepared by the :hambe
of commerce, which blanks provide ;
means whereby all farmers may be
come working influence nthe or
ganization.
In speaking of the West Florid;
Chamber of Commerce as business
concern, the secretary pointed out tina
it was a corporation plan, with bonded
officers responsible to the board o
directors for all money. The secre
tary also outlined the methods of ex
penditure that had been outlined b,
the board of directors.
Considerable addition was made t,
the publicity campaign fund in whicl
Holmes county expects to take tn
lead over all others by starting tn
ball rolling with one thusand dollars
The secretary announced that tn
campaign would next be taken up i
Bay county and that one of the stron
features of strength lay in the fac
that st. Andrews Bay cities offere
tourist resort possibilities second t
none in the United States.