The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-10-24
THAT SILVER PLATTER

Declaring that Pensacola by her active campaign
has given herself favorable advertising, and
has shown that a formidable candidate, ana
has given Jacksonville and the eastern portion OF
Florida the scare of their lives The St Augustine
Record is calling upon peninsuar Florida to make
an eleventh stand for the centennial
In a last rally cry, the Record says: Pensacola
is making a hard and determined fight the
worlds fair and unless the counties of the east coast
and central Florida rally support of Jackson
there probability that Pensacola
will land the big fair"
In its issue of the sixteenth, the Record says:
West Florida has shown that it has some energy,
awake and that it do big things in a
big way Pensacola is ambitious and that is always
admirable Pensacola thinks she handle the
centennial; of she can't, but she has made
herself believe she can"
The Record after .compimenting Pensacola and
West Florida says. in another column I'VE sin
cerely that Jacksonville, which from her
sumbers less than week ago (while her rival has
waged a vigorous campaign for months) will win.
The the Record gives for backing Jack
sonviile, however, not convincing. The Record
says:
"St. Augustine people who visited worlds fairs
Chicago. St. Louis and Francisco will appre-
ciate what exposition of this kind to
Florida. They will also appreciate the value of the
proposed centennial exposition to St. Augustine ii
IL is located in Jacksonville Next Jacksonville
this city will profit most
The Record declares that it could give one hun
dred and live reasons for the location of the fair
in Jacksonville, but far neither the Record MOI
the Jacksonville Metropolis have given one sound
reason, based any just claim.
Hero the which have been brought
forward, far, for holding the centennial in Jack
sonville. First because Jacksonville and ST. Angus
tine want it held there Jacksonville claims a. that
the exposition would push Jacksonville five
years ahead OF its present status; CD that will
draw hundreds of thousands of people Jackson
vile to spend from several days to months durins
ffn Of tba
months of preparation for the centennial Jackson.
Vile will enjoy of prosperity which will be
OF tremendous benefit city, t4) that for ever,
dollar expended ten dollars return to Jackson
vile for her expenditures (5) that Jacksonville viii
receive hundreds of thousands of columns of adyer
Using in newspapers and ma zines if the centan
MAI Is held In that city; Cs) Jacksonville i.
nearer the centre OF the state than Pensacola; az
mas more railroads; CD better docking facilities
fensacola based its claims on the fact tina
the centennial will help Pensacola but thar ~ , ~
OF benefit to the entire state, which West Flor
ida Is an important part; CD that in the past this
section mas not received the recognition that II ha
deserved, and that the centennial would helm tb.
state 10 pay debt that 1t owes to this mart n
Florida, long overlooked CD that the centenn,s
ioea was conceived in Pensacola; (4) that it wa.
introduced into the state legislature by a Pensa
coiian (5) that through special act of the legsla
ture this city has already been empowered 70 60,
one million dollars worth of bonds for tho n,rnos
or holding the centennial in this city: fs) that Ri
centennial is designed to commemorate bistor;ca
events that on Pensacola soil. II, tba
Pensacola, with four railroads and State Hghwa,
Number One. in addition to water TRANSFORMATION
can take care of any crowd Jacksonville could nos
sibly handle; CD that the docks and terminals O
Pensacola are not only far superior to those O
Jacksonville but are acknowledged to be the bes
south or Newport News (9) that Pensacola is nea re-
the center OF population of the United States tina,
any other city in Florida: (10) that Pensacola Il
nearer the Panama canal and therefore more acces
sible to Latin America and the countries of tn
Orient than any other city in Florida with dee,
water facilities; (11 that is the only cit
I'm Florida that could possibly stage great nava
carnival which would be attraction of unequalle,
value: 12) that holding the centennial in Pensacol
would mean the advertising the entire state fo
not only could this city offer unsurpassed advan
tages for staging the exposition but those who Wis
the great show and then ~ontinued on their wa
south Florida, would have seen practically all O
state. and not just section of Florida. f13
that Jacksonville and St. Augustine have openly &C
knosvledged that they have slept job (14) AM
they have openly warned the people of the stat
that Pensacola been fighting for its rights 70
months and that unless Jacksonville comes in a
the eleventh hour and takes away from us w
win get what have worked for; G5) that Jack
son,flie has never claimed any right to the centen
NAL but has attempted to take it through superio
numbers ana wealth: (1e) that in spite of fac
chat Jacksonville is so superior in numbers Pen
see that compars in numerical strength wit