The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-08-06
peNsAcoLA.s GREATEST AssET.

a.. p.n. Am.r,c.n Exposition held in San Diego.
in letter to the Pensacola centennial committee
among other things. says
1t is not the harbor of Pensacola, nor the
railroads that serve her. the country round.
nor the climate that will make her grow ana
be great is the men in Pensacola VINO VIII
do this and nothing else II you have the risht
Kind of men in Pensacola, exposition or any
other project you want to put over is easy
When Railroad Director william Gibbs McAdoo
and his administrative board in Pensacola they
go Ten.acola their message cooperation In al
most the same language: 1t is the men you nave
Who will make your town." They spoke IN hieh
potentiaIities this city. but they sought 10 nm
press the that more than anything eise' ~
was the men back of movement that MADE TOT us
Let us see what kind of men have in Pen
sacola.
In 1914 when the world caused the shat
terinx of financial institutions and commercial
houses all the country. Pensacola was threat
ened with such panic as 1t had never known.
What happened? The of Pensacola Ola not
so much as about face They did not SO much
:. fose stem They did not so much falter They
moved forward. thrustng into the background those
who would obstruct the way, pushing aside those
who attempted block progress. and. in spite OF
the fact that all over the country enterprises were
going like card houses, they not only re-
gained they had lost but they built better thah
they had built before. and today, less IMAM
half a decade later Pensacola is more prosperous
than it has been before in all it's commercial
history.
Germany what did the men n Pensacola do? Men
from every walk enlisted volunteers Those
who remained home gave themselves without
stint to the their country with the hesut
that every drive that held in Pensacola ana
West Florida over the top This was true OF
every Liberty Loan campaign. every Red cross
drive every government campaign OF whatever kino
Escambia county the War Savings drive estab-
lished the highest record made in this state Inc
Pensacola district finished first in every Liberty
Loan drive except one. and that was during the
influenza endemic when the situation in Escam-
bia county was such that Liberty Loan headquar-
tiers were turned into emergency relief headquar-
ters and men literally their lives in the SER
vice others. Then, with four days before them
instead weeks, the remnants OF that splen-
Ala band Of men went and sent this county over
the top. making such a record as had not been made
in entire history of the Liberty Loan
. This is the story of Pensacolians during the past
five years During the time they were giving their
the War Camp Community service. and every other
patriotic endeavor. they also building up
greater Pensacola.
When 1t was decided establish great ship
building plant in Pensacola, they went out and did
that. When the opportunity came for a fuel OIL
station in Pensacola, they got that. They are get
ting a modern cotton compress they are going after
steam ship lines they going after the centen-t
NAL. And they going to get it.
If il takes make a town. then the fu-
ture Of Pensacola Is assured. For the men who have
put over these things that count in the sum pro-
gress are and the same. They are not men OF
special clique; not men OF some particular
circle. but they the who represent the best
in every enterprise devery avocation
1t Is crises that show the calibre OF men. PEN
sacola has passed through some trying days, like
the rest country but the fires Of sacrifice
have fused a splendid civic force which will not be
allowed disntegrate but will this city and
section victory in time Of in time Of war