The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-05-20

President Wilson is here shown 5
and pageant of the new 100000 Re
the foodstuff. He cited the fact that
snap-beans, for instance. were bring
ing a very high price in the eastern
markets, but were Cutting the Pen
sacola market.
Up to Pensacola.
w. H. Kilbee stated that snap
beans which had been selling in Pen
sacOla for $3.50 a crate had been re-
duced in price to seventy-five cents
a crate; that he had a good farm
about four miles from Pensacola,
where he was raising food produce
which he could not sell. He said the
farmers were trying to do their part,
and that it was up to the business
men of Pensacola to help them. Mr..
Kilbee said that he did not believe in
asking for something for nothing;
that what the farmer wanted was a
market. He spoke Of much good
farming land near Pensacola which
might possibly be secured and profit
ably cultivated, provided this mar
/ ket could be found. His remarks
were greeted with applause.
Mrs. George W. Marble, chair
man of the weights and measures
( committee of the WOman's Defense
! League, suggested that the small
{ boys OF the. county be modified to
/ help in harvesting the crops.
South Must Produce.
/ Mr.. Hervey, who has recently re
! turned from eastern markets, said
! that the voice offhe women Of Amer
: lea always sounded the patriotic note.
/ The men," said Mr.. Hervey. cal
( ways look for profit, but the women
of the nation are doing their bit with
out thought of gain. I believe from
! my conversation with men in a posi-
: ton to know in the Fast, that the
war will last for a long time. In
every office in Washington placards
. have been placed: Owe are at war.
/ Every moment counts The East
! will take care of the manufacturing.
. The South wants to be one of the
, nations assets, and it is up to the
men to get to work, for no one can
/ gauge the scope Of the war or meas
ure the duty we owe to the nation.
/ Produce. Get the stuff, and its trans
, pOrtatiOn and marketing will be taken
care of. The stories of car short
age" said Mr.. Hervey, "While they
may be true as to present conditions,
will not apply when the government
! is ready to move food crops. Under
{ the direction of the government, A.
600 engines have recently been trans
ferred from passenger to freight ser
vice, indicating the tr6ad Of the
movement to conserve food and care
for transportation of the various war
supplies The big men of the nation
are studying conditions. The eX-
perts in Washington are interesting
themselves in this great question.
Everybody has got to help. There
is no room for argument about put
ting up the money, for unless the ma
ton is supplied with food, the result
will necessarily be more disastrous
than any output of money now could
be. We have all got to do our work
q and we may as well start now. Let
us consecrate ourselves to absolute
patriotism, and every man do his
bit"
Mr.. Hervey's remarks we're round
: ly applauded.
Lack of Capital.
H. T. Candy, one of the young
farmers of the county, said:
= "The real condition that is being
faced is that the farmers have no
the money to farm. Some Of tn,
business houses have been very lib
eral with their offers of financing tn.
:, farmer, but the great trouble ha
/ been that the time for payment ma.
been too short, from three to nln
months being the average time giveI
] for paying off the obligation. OWN.
. to weather conditions" said M
Candy. "the farmers are having {
! hard time. They cannot nike none,
{ sufficient on their crops to pay tn
2 mortgage on such time. But if tn
. business men of the county woulr
loan money on gilt-edge security 70
S from two, three to five years, tn
a / farmers would be able to get to worI
Y on the farm and produce the crop
to feed the people of the county"
% Mr.. Pace here took occasion to sa,
= that he would BIZ glad to see the da,
= come when the food speculator an
= others who were holding up tn
= poorer people of the country would b
Y. eliminated, and that he hoped sue
o men would come to want and die i
$ the poor house. He declared Iha
q the government is watching sue
d people and that they will eventual
be brought to justice.
+ On motion of Mr.. Mitchell. second
e ed by J. L. Mayo, the tentative meet