The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-05-24

SplIIG are Ddu tHOuSIl, Du
even the ouija board cranks are no
as bad as the Pensacola cranks wht
knock just for the JOY of the noise i
makes.
The profiteers are costly Injuries: Il
you don't indict em, they pick the
indict EN-, they pick the pockets of the
government.
Some Of the political picture gal
leries in the state papers remind us
of the crayon portraits, once so popu-
lar; good likenesses, perhaps, but not
good lockers.
Now that the eastern roads can't get
even in any other way, they are hold
ing up the freight cars. Which is
worse, a tie-up through a strike, or a
tie-up by pirates?
One of the most trying moments in
life is to look for the perfectly good
paragraph you wrote about your fav-
orite adversary, and find that it has
been killed in action.
The announcement that the peak of
high prices has been reached furnishes
hardly any comfort to any but noun
tain climbers, who are generally in
the idle rich class.
Sooner than buy our sugar from
Germany we'd use long weet-nin', any
time and every time: Germany can't
throw us any sweet sups; not as long
al
There is a certain publication which
comes to our desk, that reads like a
good joke book and another that reads
like good Sunday School paper. lsut
we aren't naming any names and don't
all speak at once.
The Miami Real Estate Journa, is a
live booster for Florida, and il the first
Issue is a sample of what may be ex-
pected in the future, Florida has add
ed to its publications one Of much
value in state development.
What we are trying to figure out is
the difference in West Floridians vot-
ing for taxing the state for the cure of
the citrus canker, and South Florida
voting for taxing the state to help
West Florida in it's development.
Now that so many people are own
ing their own homes the landlords in |
New York are talking about reducing
rents. Let us hope that the home
owners will do less talking and more |
owning.
II has hapn actir,oa ta6 fha+ fla
lish language possesses $4,000 more
words than the French, German and /
Spanish languages combined. But at |
the rate congress is going, most of
those words must have been used up.
long ago.
Now that Congress has about decid-
ed upon ninety day recess, commenc-
ing June 5th, we may get a chance
10 get some public matters taken care
OF, as soon as they are packed out of
the way.
Prices have gone to smash in Omaha.
and they are smashing in Pensacola
you can hear some of 'em cracking
every time you stop to listen at the
broadside that comes from the federal
building. 49,.
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An active member of a Pensacola
labor union stated that at, a recent
meeting of that union a straw vote }
was taken on preferences for con-
gresham, and of the 95 present and
voting Smithwick got S7.-DeFuniak
Breeze.
Sugar Is the football, says the Mo-
bile Register. Where. do YOU get that
idea? It's a regular escaped balloon.
Tampa Tribune. We were under
the impression it had become vault
ing ambition with most of us, never
attainable.
The Havana News is hard on Caru-
so. The Tampa Tribune says that the
Havana papers comment on a recent ]
appearance Of the great singer was
AS singer. Caruso is cartoonist." |
Can 1t be possible that the News /
meant that he was bare o. tone? t
The Chicago Tribune declares that /
we need another war; Wasn't the .
Tribune the same newspaper which not I
long ago, declared that we could not /
afford to have a navy greater than {
unless we wanted to go to I
war? What is the Tribune after? War? /
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The Baker County Standard is real !
lOw in it's mind. and anent the Mexi-
m situation, says: "An American has G
no protection whatever in Mexico, or q
any other country, for that matter, yet r
we are maintaining a strong force in S
Siberia for advertising purposes, G
Maybe the Standard would not feel so a
about it all if its editor o
had gone overseas and taken crack Il
1t the Hun. But it is not too late. Why 4
lot hike out for Mexico and show to d
he world that at least one lone Amer n
can cherishes his countrys honor !? q