The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-10-26

An Illinois banker, noting the change
! in The Journal and it's efforts toward
presenting the news and promoting the
interests of West Florida, in a letter tc
The Journal makes a number of sug-
gestions which, if carried out. would
doubtless be of much benefit to this Sec
ton of the. state.
1--WE are in the highway building era
he says in discussing roads, land it looks
to be very active within the next two OF
three years. The completion Of the Old
Spanish Trail and a good direct northern
route, in my opinion, mean more to
Pensacola and vicinity than any city be-
tween Jacksonville and San Antonio,
Texas. We now live on the completed
cement highway. across Illinois and to
Chicago northward. 1t is astounding at
the volume of tourist traffic. Better get
the federal. state and county funds
while the getting is good
Discussing some of the needs of Pen
sacoIa, the letter continues:
zone industry that should be located
in Pensacola is an oil refinery. 1t is
adjacent by boat to the Louisiana, Texas.
pools. That certainly Is assurance of the
raw product. Then the distributive ter
ritory lying north and east from the
Baton Rouge and New Orleans district
certainly give large outlet for the fin
ished product. Abundance of good cold
water for condensation.
Praises County Agent.
Perhaps Lee Smith. county agent, and
his work look like small business, but
that man is working on a sound basis
and deserves evAry kind of support that
you can possible give. He is trying to
teach people first how to make living
and then by hanging together to produce
standard products in marketable quanti-
ties. You know with certain fruits and
nuts that the gross income per acre on
most Of the land in Escambia, Santa
Rosa, Okaloosa and Walton counties can
be made to be ten times what the best
Illinois farmland produces per acre. That
means an immense income into those
counties. / consider. these four counties
superior to any In the United States for
poultry raising. -
"Pensacola went to sleep last spring
and let the L. & N. railroad cut them out
of summer tourist rates. %On August IL
last bought a return ticket to Orlando
for $3.50 from Terre Hautes Ind, via
Pensacola and Jacksonville with stopover
privileges. This is only about $3.50 more
than the fare from Terre Haute to Pen
sacola and return. The L. G. n. are
good people to themselves. However, it
may not be the best policy to antagonize
them, The better plan Is to try and de-
velop enough business that more rail-
roads will want to come in, although it
is a common remark that a certain office
in New York City controls and dominates
he entire southeastern railway systems.
cheap homeseekers rate like the roads
lave several years ago to Oklahoma and
southwest would fill up south Ala
ANA, mississippi and Florida with peo-
pIe. OF course some would fail, meet
but that is a part Of
life. There is one fact. however, that
mono would starve in that country and
you would see the whole country grow
ma develop and with it industries and
towns grow like they have in the south
west. "-# : ...'
Suggests Joint Bank.
''AIong the line Of farming a joint stock
land bank in Pensacola would not only