The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-05-19
PRESS COMMENT
Quiet Days in Business

Quiet Days in Business.
| One reason why people don't sue
coed is that they do not make pro-
ductive use Of the periods when busi-
! ness is quiet In some stagnant towns
| it is a common thing to see merchants
sitting or standing for long periods in
their front doorways, their minds oc-
cupied in watching the little doings Of
the street.
A wide awake fellow, when quiet
hours come, will be rearranging his
stock, sorting over old lots. planning
future campaigns, reading trade
papers.
The PAST six months have been
period when many factories have run
slack. But thu managers of success
full enterprises have spent little time
in looking out Of the windows. They
have been working harder than usual
trying by closer attention to detail to
increase sales and get their business
on more systematic foundations. The
results begin to show when the next
rush season comes-Greenville News
Going Too Far.
Prohibition is justifiable, II at all,
only in it's purpose to prevent the in
furious use of alcoholic drinks. It as
sumes that the only way to prevent it's
excessive use is to stop all its. use as
a beverage. But abolishing a bever-
age is one thing, and stepping into the
realm of materia medicae and saying
that physicians shall not prescribe
this or that, Is an entirely different
matter.
The bill introduced to amend the
Volstead act by prohibiting beer, even
on physicians prescriptions, apparent
ly takes for granted the universal de-
pravity of our people, including, Of
course. physicians and patients The
exceptions TO that rule, It seems to as
sumo are SO rare that they are not
worth considering.
If the American people are as bad
as this act would make them out to
be, they might as well drink them
selves out of their moral and intel
lectual misery and have done with it.
IT they are not so bad-and we rather
incline to the second alternative-they
should clean out the Augeap stable at
Washington by chasing therefrom
everything which sounds like its ears
might be over seven inches long,
Lakeland Telegram.
More Time For Legislative Study.
The need ofrtime for the consider
alton of and hearings on legislative
matters is apparent from the proceed
ings on legislative matters is appar-
ent from the proceedings at ITALIA
hassee. The legislature has been tin
session nearly two months and very
little has been accomplished. The
principal bills will be pushed through
in the last days of the session. This
Is no reflection on the members. They
are victims of the system
When the new constitution shall be
written provision should be made for
legislative sessions on the order of
those held in California, where splen-
did results have been obtained.
The first session of a California
legislature is for 80 days. during which
time bills may be introduced Then a
recess Of 80 days is taken. During this
recess the various committees, to
which bills have been referred, sit for
the purpose OF hearing arguments by
all interested parties. The commit
tees form their decisions and report
the bills, favorably or unfavorably, at
the session beginning at the end OF the
recess.
The second session is devoted to de-
bate and voting on the measures 1t
is under only certain strict rules that
any new bill may be introduced at the
second session.
Within the 30-day recess period the
members go back to their homes, get
into contact with the people and learn
first hand what the views of the PEG :
are on the various measures intro
duced In the first session. In this way
the member obtains much information
denied him at the capital. Too often,
under the straight session method,
where the members stay at the capital
for the full period, only selfishly In
terested persons give him their opin-
ions.
The law-making body is brought
very close to the people by the Cali
fornia system.-Miami Herald.
No, No!
A dispatch from Tallahassee says
that Representative Bailey has intnp-
duced joint resolution to memorial
ize congress to put Confederate SOL
diers on the federal pension list We
don't know what Mr.. Bailey could be