The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-11-07
Pulp Mil a Certainty.

FAtR VIII q AertafntNs
The Fort Myers Press says that the
cooperation az citizens Of Fort Nv
ers.' the boaru % trade and business
Interests generally. has succeeded IN
obtaining assurance Of the location On
Fort Myers ~ one ~ the three plants
20 be erected IN Florida FOR the ms n
ufacture % paper pulp from saw
grass
The congratulations due must b.
divided three fold To Gilbert Leach
% the LcesourE Commercial who for
years has seen this dream slowly be-
come q reality. 20 the state 81 Flor.
ida which viii have conversion
plant for one % its hiterto considered
waste vegetable wrowths. and 90 Fort
Myers the coming metropolis az the
extreme southern part ~ this state
The manufacture ~ paper pulp has
become one of tho concerns 81 tho
world Experimental work has been
carried on with practically every
vegetable growth known. In this
country az least That something must
finally take the place " wood pulp is
evident both from the Increasing de
mnmd for paper and the decreaafrlr
supply ~ lellp wood Forests arc the
result ~ lifetime's growth: and
when we cut down a tree We stand
stil until another has grown. and by
hat iiiae our grandsons have % n
die II
Pulp from grass Or reeds seems tho
logical source for the paper ~ Inc
next generation. papyrus. the writ
INK paper 81 tho Egyptians. was from
the pulp ~ a reed or swamp grass
lf gave a material the like ~ which
has not been found even 10 this day
There are iu museums 81 jhe old
world specimens >of the Egyptian
paper makers art more thousands Of
wears old than The lifetime 81 most
young business investigators Of today
These specimens whole scrolls or
rolls-are "a perfect presor, tion. re-
tain their linked lettering a. clesrly
and az bright as the day they were
made
Florida saNErass makes fine
paper specimens ~ L have been used
for prospectus and catalogue wotk
already. ana the firmness. tho
strength the besuty ~ surface and
mo fine ink taking quality Of Il
proves that the men Interested la the
manufacture ~ paper in Florida from
his wonderfully ahuuda supply ~
material have no cause 20 doubt the
success - their venture.
II VIII probably D. but few
months before some Florida news
papers will be using Florida sawerass
paper and whom that Il done watch
he world beat a path TO our doorl =
Tampa Tribune
The Evidence % Things Seen.
one Of the gravest charges against
the hectic atmosphere 81 election
lays - that Il takes 50 long 10 set
over the emotional and oratorical
condition Of mind thus cnecud.rll /
- becomes almost Impossible q tall
about city betterment or clty tm-
provement without being considered
As speaking politically II becomes
hard % speak with no moral issucs iu
view. And Il g. especially difficult -
be- understood as having uo political
or moral motive underlying any dis.
cussion - such Improvement
For. Ia the sober second thought /
that comes after the tumult and the
shouting 81 the campaign b. eeer We
arc free % realize that vi as
n a city's future Is just as mas. 80
surface things az the hidden A got
eminent may be good and sincere and I
moral and ala that but II by it We
are hut gwen clean streets ana ade-
auate traffic laws and welI-bulif 4
Buildings We cannot consider our
selves really well governed And. an I
the political orators 20 the contrary. I
ncn Ga office not OF the highest NOR (
al character. who yet give a city a
busincsslike administration and the
oonveniences which city lite should
have. cannot 10 considered either un- 1
lit or failures
That o. bold statement 20 make. 4
and yet let rs consider other cities
which have. from tim. 90 time. made
their mark on the world and which
stand out sail a. giving something .
valuable 70 people in general TGSs
Athens. II - quite nkely that the .
Athenian city government would n8t
set the endorsement - many Or our 4
political ministers because Athens 4
Was Eiyen over 20 the worship or I
strange gods And yet Athens was .
built 50 beautifully. with no moral .
sense. but with such feeling for the 4
greatest architecture the world has
set produced shat today Athens lives \
q joy forever while even the Names 81 4
her peanut politicians or their critics
are smothercd iu the dust OK ccnt-