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The Pensacola journal., 1916-10-04

a balanced ration for milk and butter
production and this crop is the easiest
product of any other / know of. When
the land has been built up by the
manure from cattle and hogs the pro-
duction of corn viii be very surpris-
ing to those who are now trying to
grow corn. The growth Of corn for
fodder purposes should be at least
fifteen tons to the acre or more
They can grow that much in Canada
when the growing season is only
about 120 days, here we have at least
$50 growing days SO we should pro-
duce more here by far when we go
at it in a businesslike way.
/ have no means of knowing how
much butter that your own city inn
ports per year, but I should judge
that eighty percent of the butter used
in all West Florida is imported from
Alabama or elsewhere and yet the
land here is only waiting to be de-
veloped. The primary object of farm
ing is to supply all kinds of food for
the masses to eat so aen farmers
The Pensacola journal., 1916-10-04
Vox PobuE.
DAIRY FARMING AND
PACKING PLANT NEEDED

Editor of The Journal:
Sir:-I have had the pleasure OF
reading some of your editorials along
the line of dairy farming in the South
and am sure that your paper is q
live wire in the interests of West
Florida.
I have before me The Journal OF
the 23rd issue and have read your
editorial re the Home Packing Plant.
have had some correspondence from
boosters at Andalusia and they all
mentioned and boosted this packing
plant. There is not any doubt what
ever the packing plant will pay, not
only to the promoters but viii pay
the whole country at large which con-
tributes to the packing plant. 1t Will
do more to build up the land IN the
county where it is situated and en-
rich the farmers who viii supply the
plant with the live, raw product.
/ am from Canada and have spent
most of my life in instructing Tor
the government in dairy and animal
husbandry. / can take you over Can
ada and where cattle and hogs are the
staple industries the farmers are al
wealthy, as their bank accounts show
while on the other hand where grain
is the staple industry, the farmers
are all guessing how the bank is go
ing to carry them if the grain croI
fails. This obtains in the Unitee
States as well as Canada and in fact
in every other country IN the world
where farming is carried on.
I have been in Florida mostly fol
three years now and my observation
shows me that Florida land must b
built up and there is millions o.
wealth going to waste every year b.
haphazard methods of farming. Th'
land in West Florida can be made {,
| produce more cash wealth than an.
part of the North if the farmers vii
only farml Many Of our farmers bu.
commercial fertilizers and have :
borrow money from the bank in orde
to buy that commercial fertilizer AM
it is only good for one crop, afte
that it is joke If our farmers vii
only begin right here now to mil
cows and feed hogs they viii bull
up their land and put it in a condi
ton of fertility that it viii max
them money to food the savings ban
and get interest instead of paying i
The crops which grow best in Wes
Florida, such as velvet beans and tn
many grasses, are excellent feed 10
milch cows, especially velvet bean
j which grow 50 abaadantly Is almos
The Pensacola journal., 1916-10-04

confne their operations to wheat or
cotton, they are simply gambling ana
at an awful risk.
With proper dairy farming IN Wess
Florida there is no reason why there
should not be a creamery and pack
ing plant at Pensacola, DeFuniak
Springs and other points along the
line of railway. The land is here ana
if the farmers had the cows and with
proper methods, West Florila could
have live, wealthy farms on every
half section of land.
hope to see this part OF FLORIDA
make some effort to show the woria
what she can do along dairy farming
lines.
shall be glad to correspond with
any farmer or any one else who wouid
be interested in this subject. have
had a wide experience N this dairy
work and shall be glad to help push
in any way can.
Yours very truly
c. C. Mcdonald.
Box So, Santa Rosa, Fla.
The Pensacola journal., 1916-10-04
LAND BATTLESIHPS
Description of the Tanks"
That Led the Drive on the Sonn1e

"A moving fortress" seems to be
the only description upon which all
critics agree in discussing the newest
weapon of modern warfare, the Brit
ish tanks" This particular engine
made its appearance from behind the
British lines, in the battle of the
Somme on Sept. 15, and has since
figured prominently in all Allied as
saults in that region.
While the descriptions of the ma
chimes vary widely, the statements of
its size is a question of even greater
dispute, some contending that it is
only slightly larger than the Ameri-
can farm tractor upon which it is
built, others maintaining that it has
the dismensions of the u. S. S. Will
mington. The Wilmington is ESQ
feet long, 40 feet beam, and the
tanks are credited with a height of 80
feet.
Although its appearance and size
are subjects of varying opinion, its
effectiveness in trench warfare has to
a large extent been demonstrated by
the Allied advances during the past
two weeks. The chief function of the
new weapon, as used on the Somme
front, is to complete an artillery en-
gagement before an infantry assault
on the opposing trenches. In this,
its advance over the field is praeti-
cally unhindered, as nothing short of
a direct hit from a gun of large cal
ibre is effective against 1t. At a
speed of about two miles an hour it
proceeds across the field straddling
the trenches, and forcing their evacu-
alton or by a sweeping fire, killing
defenders.
An explanation Of the wonderful
feats attributed to the tanks, was
made by M. NJ. Baker, president of
the Holt Manufacturing Company oi
Peoria, ILL.,, which firm has supplied
the British government with more
than a thousand farm tractors that
form the basis of the tanks. Mr.
Baker stated that the tractors can gs
through almost anything, or over al
The Pensacola journal., 1916-10-04

most anything. "They can straddle
a trench, go through swamp, roll
over logs, or climb through shell
craters like a car of juggernaut. 1t
looks uncanny to see them crawl
along the groNnd just like huge cat
erpillar. In thick forest If they en-
counter trees they cannot brush out
of their way they can easily be used
to uproot them and clear their own
paths"
No detailed account of the appear
ance of the new car has been passed
by either the British or French CEN
sors, and only veiled idea has been
given in the statements which have
been allowed to go through. The fol-
lowing dispatch is practically the
only one witch has been allowed:
"England's latest weapon of war
is" the dispatch said, nothing more
or less than hugh landship fully
armored and capable Of travelling at
fair speed over the shell-battered and
cratered terrain of Picardy. Designed
as they are, to traverse the most
difficult country and to sweep away
all obstacles in their path, they nat
urally are of fairly large size, with
caterpillar wheels constructed to COW
er the widest trench or shell hole and
TO enable the vehicle to tackle almost
any depth of mire. Their crews are
protected by varying numbers OF
armored plates, any one Of which Is
impervious to machine gun or rifle
fire, as well as shrapnel bullets, and
it is asserted that only direct hit
from a gun Of large calibre could pat
one of these monsters out Of commits
sion.
"While from a defensive point Of
view they are almost perfect, their
offensive qualities are even superior
and when they have forced the sur
vivors into the shelter of their dug
outs, these landships-'tanks,' as the
Tomnies prefer to call them-have
another little surprise in store Tor the
beaten enemy, about which, perhaps
it were wise not TO say more"
The Pensacola journal., 1916-10-04

Cats is morally bound to abide the
decision of the courts since he has
recognized their authority. This Of
fers Mr.. Cats a graceful exit, and
if he desires to be consistent he will
ease out as gracefully as possible. He
cannot go into cort with the purpose
to abide its decision except they be IN
his favor. When man submits his
cause to arbitration it is with the
understanding that he viii be bound
by the findings. Otherwise there
would be no need for laws or courts.
Every man would be law unto him
self and chaos would reign.-orlando
Reporter-Star.
The Pensacola journal., 1916-10-04
THE SCRATCH PAD
By THOMAS EWING DABNEY.

We are at least thankful that Cats
won't be here on Friday the 18th.
Uneasy lies the head that's think
ing of getting an automobile.
The capture of the Stuff redoubt
was unaccompanied by any nonsense.
The general public refused abso-
lutcly to be the simp in the sympa-
thetic strike in New York.
Judging by the Fall styles, the
chances of Dads pocketbook aren't
worth two cents.
The papers are always talking
about King Comics resignation, and
the Bremen's arrival, but nothing ever
materializes.
The Roman poet sang about Arms
and the Man; but what we are inter-
ested in is Arms and the Girl.
The scarcity of dyestuffs is respon-
sible for the brisl, walks the dear
girls take nowadays to raise natural
color.
It's all very we'll for the colonel
to shake hands with Taft, but what
would he do If he met John NJ. Par
ker?
The very Incorporate remarks
Hughes has been making about the
South is doubtless due to the fact
| that the hyphen is the "stick" in the
national brew he has been trying to
concoct.
| The New Orleans States stresses
the necessity of building a hot fire
under balky old Constantine; but we
don't see any necessity of being un-
reasonaDle-just an ordinary fire
ought to be enough.
Hughes ought to take out some in
functions. Frederick f. Aver, a Re.
publican, member of the Republican
club, the Union League, of New York
and director of the Republican
newspaper New York Tribune, ha.
just contributed $1,000 to the demo
cratic campaign fund, convinced tha
"Mr. Wilson is one of the creates
presidents we have ever had"
One zeppelin, with its crew, de
stroyed, in exchange for one non
combatant killed and one injured, be
sides slight damage to several houses
is fthe net result of the latest al
raid over England in which ten diri
gitles took part. And yet the Eng
lish have not called the Zep an empt,
gesture!
Anything to beat Wilson has bee
stretched to include consciou
falsehood. Mr.. Hughes In his Cleve
land speech again attacked Presiden
Wilson for removing Amhassado
Herrick in the midst of the Europea
war, and declared that it would eve
remain "a blot upon the present ad
ministration." Mr.. Hughes knows
of course, that ,dr. Herrick was nc
! removed in the midst of war. Nj
; Sharp was nominated to be ambasss
, dor to France on June IL, 1914, an
confirmed June 10, 1914. The wa
: did not begin until August 2, 191
The Pensacola journal., 1916-10-04
RAILWAY EARNINGS.

The railroads are the surest indication
OF country's prosperity, and the railroads
show remarkable business improvement.
Revenues during the fiscal year ending
June. 1916, totaled 1896 808.23 an in
crease over the 1918 period of nearly three
hundred and twenty million Cost of oper-
alton increased only IA per cent, but the
net operating revenue was 21.3 per cent
better.
North, east, south and west the increase
is noted. In the eastern group of railways,
operating expenses increased 10 per cent,
but the net revenue 45 per cent; in the
western, expenses increased 8 per cent. but
net revenue 26 per cent; in the southern,
expenses increased 15H per cent, and net
revenue 45 per cent.
The steady increase is visible even
during the month of June of this year in
winch the revenues amounted to $685.
9oi,o91, an increase over 1915 of more than
torty-nine million dollars. Deducting the
operating expenses, the net revenue was
Sl03, ,45l ,443, an increase of $21, Ole, ,1S5.
On mileage basis, operating revenues
averaged S1,302 mile, an increase of 10
per cent; and expenses 1851, an increase of
lb.2 per cent-leaving net revenue of
S4ol mile, an increase of 24.6 per cent.
Increased efficiency, in keeping down
the operating expenses, is largely respon-
s1bie for this excellent showing, as the Rail
way Age Gazette says; but increased eff.
cheney had nothing to do with the tremen-
dous volume of business that sweled the
prohts to Sl4,S1S a mile for the entire wear
The Pensacola journal., 1916-10-04
State Press Comment
The Proper Thing


1t must be most enviable sensa
tion, that of being supremely salts
fed with ones self. Take the Clear
water Sun, for instance. 1t has com
sidered the matter most carefully
and has arrived at the conviction
that, outside of the papers published
in Jacksonville, Tampa, Miami and
Pensacola, it is ''the best daily pa
per in the State-best in looks, best
in news, best in the editorial page"
How nice! But we can't help but be-
lieve it would have been little nicer
had some one else said this; and in
order to make everything proper and
regular, why, we'll say it-Lakeland
Telegram.
The Pensacola journal., 1916-10-04

Sand By
Do not kick on every proposed inn
provement simply because it is not at
your own door. Do all you can to
beautify your town and your property
also. Be friendly to everybody and
courteous TO strangers, and never for
get that you are a part of the town
and that your own department does
its share in giving the town its char
acter. Sell and buy all you can at
home. Stand by all other enterpris-
ing citizens and he ready to do some
of the work yourself.-Deland Rec
ord.
The Pensacola journal., 1916-10-04

After reading the roster of women
financing or accompanying the Hughes
wonen's special on its tour through the
country, we are not certain whether it is a
political pilgrimage or fashion show. J.
The Pensacola journal., 1916-10-04

Speaking of education, it's little wonder
many persons speak English improperly.
The magazine cover advertisements of
coffee substitute starts. "If coffee don't
agree with you
The Pensacola journal., 1916-10-04
A Pennant Winner

A Pennant Winner
A fernando county boy raised a
little over 100 bushels of corn to the
acre this season. Iowa, Illinois and
Kansas had best look to their laurels
as corn growing states, or Florida
will wrest the pennant from them
Lakeland Telegram.
The Pensacola journal., 1916-10-04

An excuse is worse and more terrible
than lie, for an excuse is lie guarded
Pope.
The Pensacola journal., 1916-10-04

The lady next door doesn't follow the
war news, but the other day she read
the headlines, then asked: What are
Combles?"
The Pensacola journal., 1916-10-04

The man who knows his possibilities is
better than he who knows his limitations,
The Pensacola journal., 1916-10-04

Chicago has a pictorial rival to Septem-
Der Morn. Ho-hum People don't block
the sidewalks nowadays.
The Pensacola journal., 1916-10-04
A Strong Point

The Times Union scores a strong
point which the partisans Of Mr.. Cats
cannot ignore whsa It says that Ax-.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-07-27
PEORIA PLAN is
NOW SUCCESSFUL
Tinker VIII Draw Il Neat Sum in DiYi-
dends From DistiIIery City Club
at End OF Season.

Peoria is baseball mad. Always a
baseball town, it has exceeded all for
mer records this season, says the Pc
oria journal The rise of the DistiI-
lers to the top place Of the Three-Eye
league pennant chase on Wednesday
topped the climax, and the distinguish
ed juTist stops the veteran physician
on the street today, slaps him on the
back, and i'll a loud voice, inquiries:
How do you like our ball team, eh?"
This may be of interest to Chicago
people, for while it is the Peoria team,
it is in reality a Chicago" team. Joe
Tinker, manager OF the Chicago Cubs,
is half owner in the local enterprise. a
number of former Chicago players are
playing the game of their careers in
Peoria uniforms.
Part of the strength of the club is
attributed to its novel organization
part ownership being held by fans,
after a shakeup which may influence
minor league ball in the future.
The shakeup came when the fans of
Peoria arose and by united energy took
the club out of the hands of a few in
diVidualS and took it unto themselves.
They selected John c. Ryan, president
OF the Peoria Marquette club for years,
as president Of the club on a salary
basis They went to Tinker with a
proposition that he accepted, and as a
result of the fifty-ffty negotiations be-
tween the fans OF Peoria and Joe Tin
ker the greatest club that ever repre-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-07-27
Peoria in baseball is topping

scented Peoria in baseball is topping
the league today.
The major league utilization, coupled
with the united interest of the Peoria
fans, appears to be the solution of
minor league club difficulties. 1t has
solved the problem. On a recent visit
of Joe Tinker to Peoria he assured
the local club directors that the same
agreement and conditions upon which
he signed with them last spring would
hold good next year.
Tinker will draw a neat little divi-
dend from his Peoria business this
fall. The team has made money and
will continue to make more. The club
started under big expense All of this
expense has been wiped out and the
balance in the strong box is growing
daily.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-07-27
MABEL TRASK FIRST
FOR $4,000 PURSE.

Detroit. July 27.--Mabel Trask, ia
vorite against the field. won the eth
renewal OF the $4,000 Merchants and
Manufacturers purse for 2:0S trotters
after a very common exhibition by a
lot of horses which were not capable
of a decent race yesterday. no matter
what their previous performances
would indicate.
When the Cox mare had taken the
first and second heats in 2:05A and
2;07l4. and the balance of the field
had fOundered around until four Of
them (Trampright, The Emo, Sadie $.
and RusucoaD were distanced, the
race was ended SO far as the official
records are concerned, since nothing
less than falling down and being dis
tanced could pry her out of first place
in the summary Still that superfiu-
Gus third mile had to be trotted Ma
bel Trask, leading all the way, ambled
home in 2:09A making the average of
the race 2:07h, whereas last year,
with a good field, three heats were
done at an average OF shade over
2:05h-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-07-27
WILL NOT EXTEND
CHICAGO MEETING
Jockey Club Announces That Races at
Hawthorne viii Close Saturday
Riders Hurt in Fall.

Chicago, July 27.-Racing at Haw-
thOrne will be brought to a close next
Saturday afternoon. This was the an
nOuncement made by the Illinois
Jockey club officials yesterday after
they had pondered over the question
for three days.
Tom Carey. owner of Hawthorne
induced them to quit by announcing
that in his opinion an extension would
kill all chances of getting a racing
bill in Illinois He said as long as the
club had announced thirteen-day
meeting it would be poor policy to
hold a longer one.
spill on the lower turn resulted in
Jockeys Van Dusen and McCabe be
ing seriously injured at Hawthorne
yesterday. One favorite won and
three of the events resulted in nose
finishes. The accident happened in the
fifth race, MCCabe breaking a small
bone in his left hand, while Van Dusen
sustained injuries about the head and
a broken collar bone.
There were eight horses in this race
and they got away to a flying start,
Van Dusen on Luzzi being one of the
leaders, length behind NJ Bert
Thurman. AS they were rounding into
the stretch LuZzi, according to Van
DuSCHy SLuIiDlcQ Oh lhuI man HttlS
and went down McCabe on Matre
was too close to Luzzi to pull out and
he also went down, both riders being
pinned under their mounts. Neither
arose after the fall, although the
horses scrambled up and finished far
behind the field, being caught near
their stables
Automobiles were rushed to the
scene of the accident and took the
boys to the jockey rooms, where Nc
Cabes injuries were found to be
slight, with the exception of the
broken hand Van Dusen, however,
did not regain consciousness for sew
eral minutes, and the track physician
advised that he be sent to a hospital
Another upset was the suspension
of Jockey Murphy, one of the leading
riders on the track. In the opinion of
the judges he did not give Jovial, the
favorite, a first-class ride in the sec
ond race, and he was forbidden TO
ride for anybody but Weber & Ward,
who hold his contract.
Originator, belonging to Mrs. F. A.
Dwyer, broke a leg going into the
stretch after leading all the way in the
opener. and had to be destroyed
Before the first race was run off the
Illinois Jockey club officials an
nounced that the present meeting OF
Is days would not be extended Tom
Carey issued the statement, in which
he said that Hawthorne was open at
all times, TO public-spirited citizens
interested in the sport, but as the
jockey club running the present affair
had announced - days of racing from
the start il would be injurious to the
game to run over this time.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-07-27
BOSTON NOSES OUT
BRUINS IN EIGHTH

Boston, July 27.-One well-chosen
squeeze play, inserted where it would
do the most good and executed in a
perfect manner, put the skids beneath
the Cubs yesterday and caused them
TO ooze off sloppy diamond on the
cipher end Of a ! to contest. Incl
dentally, James Vaughn lost a two-hit
game, his temper and the right to work
in the last inning. The last two of the
three losses happened after he lost the
bail game and permitted him to get
beneath the shower and back TO the
hotel in advance Of his associates
thus obtaining first choice Of the meat
and potatoes. In all things there is
some reward Score: K. II. T.
Boston .....0O0 00001Nl j
Chicago ......000OO0 000-O . 2
Batteries - Allen and Gowdy;
Vaughn, Prendergast and Clemens.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-07-27

Last week the Islanders tumbled
Bloomington from the top by winning
three in a row at the Bloomer yard.
Yesterday Darringer'S men got re
venge, trampling over Bays tribe TO
the tune of to in the local opener.
Marks was Bays mound selection and
Freddie did not come up to eXpecta-
tons He was damned for 10 hits
which came at opportune times and he
felded his position badly, at least
three infield blows being charged
against him for this fault. On top of
this Freddie was given ragged support
jn the pinches, HOIlOCher being the
biggest transgressor in this respect.
The Islanders had two bad innings,
in which the Boomers collected all of
these runs. After the game had been
lost both Marks and his teammates
frightened up and played great ball, but
It was too late. Rube SChIansker
pitched a grand article of ball,
yielding but four scattered hits. two OF
which were punched in the third.
Julie Munich received a ball on the
end of the finger in the fourth and was
unable to continue. In the eighth
inning Bay tried his new lineup, send
ing Wolfe, recalled from Blooming
ton, to left and Mcbride to third.
Cerny leaves Saturday to join Moline
and Mcbride will hold down the far
corner if he shows the right kind of
atug. The shift Will add hitting
strength 10 the team.
After threatening seriously to score
In the first two innings the Boomers
finally broke the ice in the third. With
one down Kyle and Watson singled.
Rollie Darringer laid down a neat sac
rifce and Kyle scored. Howard Oar
ringer singled to center, counting
Watson. The Islanders came back
with one in the fourth. HollOcher
scratched an infeld hit and Bay sacri-
feed. Biltz singled to left and Hol-
locher counted on a close play at the
plate.
Bays men went to pieces in the fifth.
Schlansker, first man up, hit d mean
bounder to HOlIOcher- Charlie pegged
over Listers head into the bleachers
and RUDE went to second. Kyle rolled
to Marks, who pegged to third too late
TO catch Schlansker, and all hands
were safe Both Watson and RoIlie
Darringer were easy outs, Marks to
lister With two down and everything
apparently safe Seward Darringer beat
out an infeId roller and Schlansker
counted. Kyle and Darringer then
manipulated a double steal, the for
ner scoring. Vance made a pretty peg
to EreIewein, but Fritz dropped the
ball Schmandt got one Of Marks
Blants Oh the finger. DOnica singled to
right, scoring II. Darringer- DOnica
started to steal second. Nance's per-
Rect peg was dropped by HOllocher
md Schmandt scored. Main famed,