The Pensacola journal., 1919-07-21

nounce the first sailing at an early
date.
| Very truly yours.
wv. F. TAYLOR"
Thousands of tons of export stuff
have been awaiting available bottoms
| for number of months. Local lum-
| unusually active in support of prop
osition to get ships sailing from
southern ports.
Pensacola can be reached as a port
as easily as New Orleans from this
| city, as a large quantity of exporf
goods have already been shipped from
/ that city. However, no diScrimIna-
| ton between the two ports has been
| recommended by local shippers, the
| matter simply being first come. first
served"
Representatives of leading organi-
cations in the city were interviewed
for their views of the significance or
the new acquisition to the CONNER
cal life of Pensacola DR.. Blocker.
president of the Chamber of Com
merce. declared with zest that his
organizat ton would heartily endorse
the project and do everything in its
power to help it along. He regarded
it as the finest thing in the world
for Pensacola The possibility of
fleet from Pensacola to South Ameri-
ca especially interested DIR. Blocker.
who stated that the southern conti-
nent is now by far the richest coun-
try in the world in natural resources.
and that if we will learn the Spanish
and adjust our barkingSgD- ?hr
language and adjust our banking
system to the requirements of ouf
xlhkern neighbors, who are so much
b., to us than to the cities of our
atlantic coast, we will be able to reap
a rich harvest.
Hunter Brown president of the
Rotary Club. declared that the newa
must be of great interest to every
business man in the city; that the
new steamship line will be a great
factor in developing Pensacola, and
that it will put us on the map of the
world.
General Manager Fraser of the 9.
+. & A. railroad, in a strong letter
addressed to President Blocker of the
Chamber of Commerce, expressed un-
measured delight with the prospect,
and declared that his line will exert
itself to the utmost TO serve as a fac
tor in the new trade Connection just
established.
w. c. Dillard. division freight agent
of the l.. & y, railroad, personally
expressed himself that the announce
ment is one of the most agreeable
and promising that Pensacola has had
for a long time. He felt that better
ments are coming Pensacolas way
SO fast-ship plant, dry dock, high
density con- press and ship line, that it
is hard for the appreciation of the
citizens to find expression suitable
to accompany the accelerated pace of
the new projects. He was sure the
ship line would benefit the city, the
l.. &c y. and all lines of business here
President Leroy V. Holsberry of the
kiwGlnis Club, submitted a written
statement in behalf of his organiza- |
tion. follows:
The announcement of the estab |
lishment of a shipping line between |
Pensacola and the United Kingdom |
by the l.. S. Shipping Board marks |
a step in the progress of Pensacola |
for which business people have longed |
and which they had not anticipated |
would come SO quickly. 1t certainly |
means great step forward and opens |
up the way for the profitable estab- |
EShment of other industries here.
The fact that the Memphis dictrict |
The fact that the Memphis district |
means that if we furnish her facili-
ties, we will receive very large ex
ports from that rich territory. and /
with the pomised change in freight
rates favorable to the gulf ports, if
Pensacola takes care of the business |
we may expect business not only |
from the Memphis district but from
Arkansas and the central west to pass
through this port to Europe and. it
is hoped, by a line later between this
port and South America.
One of the large products of the
district is cotton. In or
der to handle it, it is necessary for
is to have high density cotton COM
press established here as promptly as
L can be constructed. Such an op-
oortunity for development has come
% Pensacola in the establishment of
4 ship line and in other ways as she
has never had before, and if the bust
less men of the city will stand behind
'ur important new enterprises and
give them proper aid, in the next few
Jears. the result of development viii I
'eenfit every line of legitimate busi-
less in the city.
1t will mean more buildings for
he contractor and the builder for
he increased population. more lots
o be sold by the real estate people,
more insurance for the insurance
people. more cargoes to be handled
~ the longshoremen and the people /.
mployed along the water front; more .
business for the ship chandler, mer-
hant, and in fact every line.
The Kiwanis Club joins hands with
very other club and with all the
business people OF Pensacola and
ays: Let's do tam work and our