The Pensacola journal., 1919-11-18
Florida Press Opinion,
Industries of Florida,


The canning plant is running steadily giving
ployment to about thirty and girls in addi-.
ton to the men and boys used for the heavier work
The most of the women employed on piece work
and make high s1.75 a day. depending their
skill and energy.-DeFuniak Breeze.
The Triple Cities Chamber of Commerce is now
domiciled in it's head office quarters in the
Burgoyne Casino the having been made Tues
day evening. Temporary furniture is in for the
present, until the new office equipment ordered
some time ago by the directors arrives. The dis
| tribution of the booklets advertising the Triple
Cities is being rushed by secretary. 10000
copies having already been distributed over the
country at large.-Daytona Gazette-News.
The saw mill that has been long talked OF and
has been in the stage of building been completed
and the Clifford and Keys Lumber companies now
in operation. The mill is of the larger type, being
able to turn out about twenty-five thousand feet
| a day. The track that leads out in the woods and
connects with the Florida East Coast railroad has
been completely overhauled and present is in
good condition. The finished product OF the mill
| will be mostly pine of high grade and will be ship
ped out to other parts of the country.-Hastngs
Herold
| 1t has not been many years ago that Alabama
| was supposed to be making a good record when
But strides have been made and it is a poor year
when crop values do climb $500, 100000.
This year the value of livestock and agriculture
is estimated at $521,ss9Oo0 against 4092O4o0o in
1913
A large gain is made in swine and cattle. Ala
bama has progressed in agriculture pure and SIM
pie, but in large way has the value Of live
stock.
1t will be many years before Alabama's
duced values will pass the million mark-Brmng-
ham Age Herald.
From The Tallahassee Democrat take the fol-
lowing aThe municipal election of Tuesday
suited in the people adopting the city charter.
which means commission manager form of gov
ernment, by vote of 225 to 165''
1t is significant of the trend toward modern mu
nicipal business awakening. There is little doubt
that Tallahassee of the ceanest governed
cities in Florida. Ehere little doubt aso that its
citizens have made study of conditions and
have decided after mature thought, that Tallahassee
must be in position keep us. least, with the
onward march OF cities.
ST. Augustine is working smoothly under the
commission manager plan. There other cities
in Florida trying it out, while in states above
there many cities of Tampa enjoying
prosperity under the form they never dreamed
of under the old. 1t for Tampa to think
of the change-Tampa Tribune.
The Only Cheap Thing
The daily newspaper delivered at your door for
fifteen twenty week is the cheapest thing
in the land today, and there is not woman
who will attempt to deny. much less to try to dis
prove, the statement
And yet, is the attitude of many unthinking
ones, many who like to cry out against the "capi-
tastic press" that when good paper raises it's
rate five week, get howl
We like the spirit of The Lakeland Telegram,
when it says: "The milkman does not bat his eye
when he asks fifteen cents for pint of milk and
fifteen for delivering a paper to your door
every afternoon for a whole week.
might have carried it's figures further and said
teen for a fifth of pound of butter, for
two and half eggs of doubtful age for four
measley little bananas, for small head of let
tuce for pound of tomatoes.
But even at that, the groceryman is the only one
to whom fifteen cents has whisper. We
doubt if you could buy collar button at the
age haberdashery for fifteen cents.
The newspaper that is delivered at the door every
morning. rain shine, is worth many times it's
charged price to the who reads it, 1t represents
the combined labor of body and brain of army
of the world over all working harmoniously
to end-that the individual may have the news
of the world morning his home and all for
the pittapce that is charged.-Tampa Tribune.
Advertising Our Coast
Alabama and Mississippi have realized at last that
the region of their respective states is the
great they possess for turning opportunities
into golden dollars. and they beginning to adver-
tive their coast advantages.
| Florida has more than thousand miles OF the