The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-12-27
Press Comment

oNn~tnth0Ma Fes4ue0i OF the arbnreal
peninsula viii scowl az the thought
that Florida's governor il giving her
some more bad advertising. Back
amid the palmetto and a. the edge OF
tho mangrove swamp. the cracker.
when he gets around 20 hearing about
II. viii smack his lips In approba tion
OF Cats. kick three lean hounds and
rattiesnake 20 one side and aim a
stream Of terbacker az the distant
bayou,
Beyond these manifestations. there
IL no possible importance 70 the fact
that the Rev. Governor sidney has
norated Il around that ne proposes 20
take down his trusty shotgun and
punctuate Herewith the hide. gizxard
and Vifals OF A newspaper publisher
Of West Palm Beach. The publisher
Is connected with the state board of
health, which is an omen Of good luck
for him. but he really doesn't need g.
The Rev. Governor sidney viii prob
ably never IRE the shotgun az him.
and, Il he does, will take care that
the cartridges are wet
For Governor Cats Is the anal IN
office OF a trio OF precious southern
blusterers. OF whom the other two are
Cole Blease q South Carolina and
James X. Hardaman % Mississippi He
wa recently defeated for United
States senator. as we're Bleasa and
Vsrdaman. Senator Fletcher took
Cats small measure after withstand
ing campaign OF as fragrant dema-
gogy as any community has ever
known. a. intelligence and progress
wax in Florida. so the political pos
sihilities o. Cats diminish.
A last expiring headline. 4 hollow
threat about shotEuns and blood on
the moon. and the Rev sidney van
ishes-it f. hoped forever the
outrageous twilight ~ the Everglades
and the Cimmerian night OF the pal
metto Above his unwept political
grave TIE wind In the pines VIII chant
glad anthems and the sapphire gulf
viii ripple contentedly upon the ar
gent sands.--The Louisville ky
Times.
Mississippi and Insurance Companies.
Occasionaliy the people Influenced
for the time BY interruptions dema-
gogues. so cunning for the corpora
lions and bring themselves down in
stead Of the game they are after OF
course. the corporations should obey
the law the same as an individual
should obey them. When they fail 10
obey they should be prosecuted tho
same as an individual should be pros
ecuted when he fails 10 obey The
laws should treat all alike and there
should be no attempt 10 punish one
for what another may d. with i'm
pnnity
just now Mississippi Is having
trouble with the fire insurance com
panies They are charged with a con-
spiracy In restraint OF trade because
they have common rates Having
common rates & ~ probable they have
an agreement as 10 rates.
But H. there no such a thing as a
scale Of wages7 Is there no agree
ment between merchants as 10 what
they shall charge? Do not producers
of all kinds confer as 20 prices We
doubt whether there Is a thing that is
bought In this country which - an
exception 20 the rule that manufaC-
turers or merchants agree on prices.
Then n one Is 20 be prosecuted why
not others Why single out the in
surance companies? Merely because %
was thought that a corporation had
been caught and demagogues wanted
% make the most Of a.
But insurance % the very last bust
ness In the world TO On objection
should be found on account ~ agree
ments as 20 rates That 81 one bust
ness in which agreements are neces-
sary and they are as necessary 60 the
insured as 90 the insurer The rates
agreed on are such as have been
found by long experience to pay "a
slight profit In addition 10 the risl,
and the operating expenses ~ tho
companies They are rot arbitrary
agreements but the result on caicula
lions extending through years show
ing what rates win bring the company
through with q moderate profit We
doubt whether there j. any iron bound /
a greement az all more probable u Is
simply the common acccptane Of Tire /
decisions 81 experts.
but the insured Is vitality Interested |
IN the success of the insurance com /
pany IN which ne insurea Their in-
terests are not conflicting but mutual /
The insured would lose n the company 1
did not earn enough rs make both 4
ends meet. lie would lose all he paid /
if o. failed Hence ne is vitality in 1
tereEted in knowing that 60 charges /
enough % avoid failure
Very properly the insurance conn 4
phnies decided 90 withdraw from Mis-
stssippi when they found they we're
IS be persecuted there a Few yea r.
aFo Missouri tried the same game and 4
made terms that amounted 20 practi- \
cal surrender In Mississippi an ap- 4
pllcatiou has been made 20 en- Join 4
from Withdrawing. II a. not probable I
that a court could be found anywhere
that would sustain such an injunction
and if ono could be found it would be
reversed as soon as the case was
taken 70 a higher court No lndivid-
1al no corporation can be compelled
Ia continue in business where &c can
not DO business without loss.-Times
I nion.
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a Reformed King.
That man Constantine may turn oat \
a pretty fair kins after all Ills pro-
'essions ~ love for the allies seem n
but he no longer has any Il
reason % love the German kaiser or