The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-09-06
UP TO NORTH FLORIDA

cut out Lne reference TO a west FLOR
ida, a North Florida, South Florida,
because. as it says, there are no such
places on the map. There is no
such animile," in the words of the
Times Union.
What the beloved Times-Un is
after probably. is to suppress all this
talk about state division that crops up
every once in a while. Mere names Of
portions of the state hardly figures in
the proposition 1t forgets that there
was once a very distant West Florida,
a Middle Florida, and an East Flor
| ida, but of course that was before the
days of the Florida purchase and the
organization of a state government.
FLORIDA is peculiarly situated" says
the Times Union, Gin that it has no
statehood neighbors except on the
northern boundary. Being PENN
sula 1t is free from whatever OF en-
tangling alliances there might be. with
neighbors east, west and south. Flor
| ida is practically a family of and by
itself, a house that is one and COM
/ plete. And the saying is well known
that a house divided against itself
can not stand. It applies to Florida
/ 1t is also well known that "there is
strength in numbers" another reason
why Florida should not weaken it's
strength by division of it's population,
| by creating a new state out OF the
original domain and for which there
is no call to save that of those who,
protesting to be for ''all Florida" are
really for only half Florida"
All of which leads to the question:
rs Florida practically family by it.
self. house that is one and COM
plete?
| Probably one who lives in North
Florida-excuse us-in that portion of
Florida lying and being in the north
ern part of the state, has never dis
covered that there are any different
people in vision and progress than
himself anywhere in the state. Pos
sibly he has acquired the idea that
there is no difference of opinion as
to state policy or state development
1t would be very natural for the man
who has always lived in that part OF
the state and who has never taken
the trouble to investigate what the
southern portion OF the state has ac-
compiished, to believe that Florida
is whole and indivisable and that the
Florida that he sees and knows IN
the whole of Florida.
But his view would not be the cor
rect one, by any means. There has
grown up within the past twenty
five years an entirely new civilization
in south Florida. The people who
have. in that time. developed south
Florida, have entirely different views
as to state policy, as to the value of
keeping up with the procession OF
state in their march of progress They
believe in spending money to develop
their part of the state. They believe
in modern methods of business. they
believe IN enterprise and in General
prosperity. And they know how to
get all Of that
But they have been sadly handi-
capped by the fact that while in the
southern portion of the state there is
general demand for progressive
movements there Is very little of that
in some portions OF the northern part
of the state. and those portions IN
fortunately, have had political control
of the state for many years and abb
solutely refuse to give up or share
that control.
When the Times Union can induce
the counties that are reluctant to give
south Florida its due voice in the gov
eminent of the state. then it may, pos
sibly induce the counties Of the south
ern part to cut out all talk of state
division and all reference to North
and a South Florida--Miami Herald.
A Chicago judge says that he is
not going TO allow curiosity visitors
and rubbernecks to sit in his morals
court" any longer According to his
view Of the situation the average on
locker in his court is not there for
any good purpose but simply wants
to hear about the inside troubles Of
domestic tangles and run out and talk
about those involved. What is needed
is a helping hand to adjust the diff
culties. not a messenger to give pub
Lefty TO them He is right.-Ta
Springs Leader.
shooting the bulIs cost a Tampa