The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-12-02
an uNcALLEp FOR ATTACK.

News only belittles itself, and reflects
upon the city which it is supposed in
measure to represent constructively
in its columns.
The individual members of the
Chamber Of Commerce, who have been
singled out for bombardment by Tax
Payer" do not need any defense. T.
w. Marsh f. F. Bingham and Max
L. Bear, three Of the men upon whom
Tax Payer levels his guns, have made
their homes in Pensacola too long and
have been too closely identified with
the up-building of this city to need
such defense. Their open records as
good citizens speak for them.
AS for the Chamber of Commerce,
which The News goes out of its way
to attack, the Chamber Of Commerce
has never taken any part either as a
body nor as a group of that body, nor
has the Industrial Commission or a
part Of the Industrial Commission ex-
cept in the passage of two resolutions,
which were sent to the city commits
sioners, one OF which was to the eff
feet that the city commissioners should
get a competent engineer or engineers
to make an investigation into the
merits Of all the dock sites under dis
cussion. and the other, the resolution
passed at the meeting of Tuesday aft
ernoon, to the effect that the Indus
trial Commissioner call upon the city
commissioners for the purpose Of ar
ranging, If possible, a friendly con-
ference. at which members of the COM
mission. of labor, OF the American So
ciety Of Engineers, and any others
agreeable to both the city commission
ers and the industrial commission, be
present.
No member or group of the Cham
Der of Commerce, as representing that
body, had anything whatever to do
with instituting the proceedings for
injunction, nor had any part in calling
either Of the public meetings, at which
steps were taken which eliminated in
the injunction proceedings.
The first meeting was called by the
American Society of Engineers, and
that meeting later resolved itself into
a citizens meeting, which called the
second meeting Of which the Injunction
were the outgrowth.
The speakers at that meeting did
not speak as members Of the Cham
Der Of Commere, nor>were the majority
of them members of that body
In making an attack on members of
the Chamber of Commerce because
they are also members Of the republi-
can party, The News is going out OF
its way to find ammunition. But
would ii not be we'll in making this
statement to remember that the gen.
tleman understood to be the brains
of the opposition" is also a republican,
And, be it said to his credit, he is also
a good useful citizen, and his political
affiliations have never detracted from
his position in the city, nor have these
qualifications deferred him from act
ing for interests involved in the Pala-
fox dock site. That is his personal
just as the political and busi-
ness relations of the other three Pen
sacolians mentioned, are their personal
business, and having nothing what
ever to do with whether or not the
Palafox dock site is best for municipal
docks.
T. b. Morrow, industrial commission
er of the Chamber of Commerce, since
coming to Pensacola, has no doubt for
the first time found himself the CEN
ter of luminosity because he has strlv-
IN 10 serve a town. But Mr.. Morrow
win find he has made many friends
here, even if he has been so unfortu-
nate as to have gained the enmity OF
Tax Payer and The Evening News, and
in ali probability he will not allow
the attacks aimed at him to cause him
any loss OF sleep.
In making it's attacks on the Cham
her of Commerce and the INDUSTRIAL
The News seems to over
look the fact that this membership
comprises the leading men Of this city.
or perhaps The News feels that by
snealxing Of them as a group" or as
mentioning them as few men that
the Chamber Of Commerce win over
look it's bad manners and applaud its
action.
Chambers Of Commerce are COM
posed of men, and men who constitute
4 body. If they are men of the calibre
which make up the Chamber of Com
merce, usually resent aspersions cast
upon that body.
Let us look over the dictatorship of
his body of six hundred and thirty
business men of Pensacola. Here is
the list;
The officers are:
Nj. G. Hoffman, president
Max L. Bear, first vice-presidentA
Hunter Brown. second vice-presi-
lent.
+. f. Bingham, third vice. president.
j. A. Merritt, fourth vice. president.
+. w. Marsh. fifth vice president.
]. S. Reese, treasurer.
J.. ". Price, secretary.
The directors are:
]. A. Avant, Max l.. Bear, F. F Bing |
IAN. Hunter Brown. Geo. j. Eman-
lei, IT. J.. Cant, c.. w. Lamar, H. A. |
.urton, Geo. p. wentworth, Lee Mac
Oonell, ]. A. Merritt. F. w. Marsh,
/. s. Reese, Edw. It. White
The Industrial Commission was or