The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-02-17
Fifty Members of Chamber
of Commerce Make Up
Visiting Party.
LOCAL G. OF G.
TO ENTERTAIN
Bay Trip on Steamer Mande.
vile, of Naval Station,
to Feature Stay.

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members of the Manufacturers an5
Wholesale Merchants Board of the
Cleveland Chamber of Commerce will
| arrive in Pensacola Tuesday morning
at $50 and spend the day here, as
one of the stops in an itinerary COW
ering over 5000 miles, and including
all Of tn eprincipal cities of the South.
Upon their arrival here the board
will be entertained by the local Cham
Der of Commerce and the Rotary Club
Through the courtesy of Captain
Bennett, commandant OF the navy
yard, permission has been secured to
use the steamer Vaudeville 10 take
the visitors for a trip about the har-
Dor, and upon their return TO the city
luncheon will be given in their honor
by the Chamber of Commerce ad the
Rotary Club
The purpose OF the trip. as ex-
planned by President Edward Bower,
IS to cement more firmly the friend
~ trade relations existing between
merchants of this city and those firms
with whom they do business in Cleve-
land. This is the trade extension four
made under. the auspices of the Cieve
land organization. 1t covers approx
imately 5000 miles and lasts fifteen
days.
This state, on account of it's grow
ing industries. and resulting business
activities. is attracting more attention
than ever in the North, according 70
the word coming from Cleveland and
ii is planned by enterprising Ohioans
to develop new business on a much
larger scale than ever before. The
trip is serious effort ~ create more
business for all parties concerned and
coupled with il is the patriotic inter
est the, Clevelanders have in many OF
the southern training camps where
some $4,000 young Clevelanders arc
training for military service abroad.
The present tour includes stopovers
al Cincinnati. o.; Memphis, Tenn:
Little Rock, Ark; Pine Bluff, Ark;
Shreveport, La; Beaumont, Tex:
New Orleans, La: Mobile, Ala: Pen
sacola, Fla; Montgomery and Bir-
mingham, Ala; and Nashville and
Chattanooga, Tenn. II began Febru-
ary 9th and concludes February 25th.
unless unavoidable delays are encoun-
tered. Two cars, attached TO regular
trains, are being utilized. Heretofore
a special train Of four to six cars has
always been used, but this trip the
number was held TO a minimum.
Cleveland. the municipality from
which the visitors come, is the larg-
est city between New York and Chica-
go, and is sixth, if not fifth, in size in
the United States, having a popu-
Iation of over 100000 II is fifth "a
manufacturing and fourth in finan-
cial importace among American cities
It is essentially a manufacturing com
munity, being the meeting place of
Lake Superior iron ore and the coal
of Ohio, Kentucky and Pennsylvaia.
Cleveland has stood well in the fora-
front in all war activities. In the first
Liberty Loan Cleveland more than
doubled its quota. The same record
was attained in the second Liberty
Loan. In the Red Cross campaigns
Cleveland's quota was s2,5o0, 900. II
subscribed more than $4,000 600 In
the Y. NJ. c. A. Campaign an equally
good record was made, and the city
IS now preparing for another Liberty
Loan and Thrift Stamp Campaign.
Among the representative business
men who are members of the visiting
party are:
Edward Bower, president, The Man
ufacturers & Wholesale Merchants
Board.
w c. Brown, with The Carey Co.
III. r. Burrows, Mutual Life Insur-
ance Co.
]. j. Comerford, plumbing contrac-
tor.
l. w Davis, Standard Mfg. Co.
George Donley, Doniey Bros. Co.
c. T. Draper, The Draper Mfg. Co
G. Fl. Duncan, Cleveland Fruit
Juice Co.
s p. Fem, Sherwin- Williams Co.
VIM. Greenbaum, Acme Foundry Co.
w. B. Greene, Palmers & DeMooy
Foundry Co.
NJ :. Haas, Empire Plow Co.
John Hogg, Cretired).
John Fl. Hogg. attorney.
VIM. G. Hurlbert, Bostwick Steel
Lath Co.
C. p. Keck, Homer Commutator Co.
W. II. Kelly, The Kelly Co.
Geo. W. Kinney, The Kinney &c
NJ, \