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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-06-05

Inc innutnce Of business revival and
pool activity was supplemented By
fresh ftimulous OF the speculative.
imagination by plans for the recon,ti.
tuition Of basic industries through
mergers and cancellations. The pro.
posed six-eompsny steel merger was
contaminated among three surviving
companies Meter truck, tobacco and
sugar mergers are likewise under way.
and the prospect Of new companies,
born Of the old, strengthened and re-
vitslized, has added 20 III. motives
making for speculation for the rise.
A significant sign was the quotation
Of the pound sterling, which was worth
more dollars and cents at the close Of
the week than at any time since the
summer Of 1919. after the artificial
pegs which kept British exchange al
SAFE we're removed. Evidence Of i'm.
provement in British public finance is
the fountain and springs Of confidence
in sterling exchange, but last week
this favorable attitude was helped
further by progress toward adjusting
the Continental European economic
muddle. After Germany accepted con.
ditions laid down BY the Allies. an.
nouncement was made Of moratorium
in reparation payments for the rest Of
the year. Bankers. including ]. P.
Morgan. have formulated in Paris the
things that need TO be done in order 70
make a stabilizing and energizing loan
Of $1,000, 100000 to Germany.
Quietly and after months OF pre-
liminsry msneuvering. a select group Of
American and foreign bankers, rep
resenting the holders Of more than
$500 100000 Mexican government and
railroad obligations, sat down at a
conference table with Adolfo de la
Huerta, Mexican Minister Of Finance.
70 evolve a settlement that will go far
20 re-establish Mexican credit
throughout the world and that may
we'll lead 10 restoration Of Mexico 70
sounder position in the council Of ma
tons. The debt in question. 10 which
must be added close 70 5000, 100000
Mexican internal securities, largely
held abroad. has been in default since
1914 as 10 interest and amortization.
Technically as 20 principal. so that the
task presented fer consideration Of the
conference Is not an easy one. Agree
nent has been reached on many minor
points and there is believed row TO be
70 great divergence between the bank
ers, representing the creditors. and
the obregon administration. In sc-
eordance with tradition in negotiations
Of this kind the strictest secrecy IS
being maintained, and. barring an
"aeenda." all the usual features such
as plenary sessions, subcommittee
ard oficial communiques attach TO the
meeting. The general lines Of settle
m.nt. in that IL must involve establish
ment Of Mexican finances on a hrmer
basis and provide for the funding OF
rss,.due interest and amortization,
with possible concessions by the Sc
euritv holders on this point, arc clear
hut the situation is 50 delicate as 20
make forecasts unvise II not dangerous.
Fundamentally. money conditions
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-06-05
The Trend in Finance
industrial Shares Reach New High Price as Rail-
road Stocks Decline; Strength of Sterling
Reflects European Negotiations

NhLhE was pulling railroad and industrial ,har
last week Spectators inclined feel that the latter would
oenent more than the railroads wage and freight
reductions While industrial climbed 70 the hiSb
since 1920, railroad issues declined moderately 80
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1922-07-07
The Tamiami Trail

The possible value of the Tamiami
Trail as a source of advertising Tor
Florida is indicated by reference to
it in the Harper's Monthly for June,
which is accompanied by photo
graph showing one section of this
interesting highway. The article is
entitled "America's Billion Dollar In
dustry," and is written by Charles
Pierce Burton, one of the leading
road experts of the country. 1t is
n discussion of the good roads move
ment in the United States.
In the section devoted to the Tamil
ami Trail. Mr.. Burton says:
I'm this connection Florida's Tamil
ami Trail, already mentioned, is
worthy of more extended discussion,
not because of its beauty. but because
of its difficulties attending it's con-
struction and the romantic interest
which attaches to the Everglades of
Florida and their fast-disappearing
Seminole Indians. j. B. McCrary OF
Atlanta. president of the engineering
corporation which is building the
Tamiami Trail, and a friend who oc-
companied him are said 10 be the
only white men who ever crossed
the Everglades in straight line
This feat they accomplished in pre-
paration for road construction The
Tamiami Trail. named for the cities
of Tampa and Miami, is more aston
ishing than it sounds. Can you Wis
> uali2e it? A stone road laid more
than fifty miles through the Ever
glades of history and romance; TWEEN
ty-six miles without a curve, anC
throughout the twenty-siX miles not {
e. human habitation! A road travers
ing uncharted regions of swamp anC
D mOrass, where hideous alligators bur
| row in slime: where countless mos
S Quitocs swarm, armed with augers
$ gimlets, and other murderous instru
u ments; where dense growths of saw
grass stand head high, as tough o
fiber and sharp OF edge that it will
tear ordinary clothing to tatters, no
to mention the flesh beneath! |
!. sounds impossible, but such is tn
e Tamiami Trail, which eventually will
r carry tourists through the Everglade
+ across from the Dixie Highway on tn
e east coast, to connect with an excel
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1922-07-07

Perhaps the strongest bulwark of
the political ooss is the almost uni
versal belief that principles are great
er than men. Scarcely a village,
town, county or state that has not
slipped over undesirable candidates
as against decent men because of this
conviction, so frequently in fact that
it is most time we turned the micro
scope on this very vital assumption.
Morals are largely geographical and
always subject to the times. The
theory Of right today may be wrong
tomorrow. In the early days princi-
pies in government may have been
more vital than men, Indeed this
may be true today, but it is certain
that today the character of the men
we choose to serve us is more vital
than ever before in history, for in
matters of government we are COM
PEELED to put blind faith in the men
we choose to serve us. Government
has become so highly technical, so
amazingly complex, that ii is quite
beyond the understanding of the
average individual. The subleties OF
civic finance. the intricacies OF eX-
port trade, the complexities of trans
portation problems by land and sea,
the technique of tariff, the bewilder-
ing, contradictory elements entering
! into scientific taxation, not to speak
| of the dazing problems of foreign
relations, have removed government
so far from the ken OF the average
citizen that he has lost all touch with
| it; he feels it is something with which
he has grave concern, but in which
he dares not to express an opinion
His happiness, his welfare, depend
on the skill with which these tech
meal problems are confronted, yeI
! they can be man-handled to his com
pete undoing without his even sens
ing the folly of his representative
Summed up, government has gone
completely from the hands of the PEG
pie; it seems to have outgrown tn
people. The people have not kept III
with the procession. The press ha
been insufficient as an educationa
force, not for lack of desire, but be
; cause the press must exist and tn
, people demand as the price of sup
, port the publication OF travialittes
The great city newspapers have com
/ to be a mixture OF Diamond Dick
5 Sherlock Holmes and Laura Jean Lii
hey, stripped of personality, ofte
= devoid of principle, pandering to tn
| intellect of the tlapper and assumin
= "mis-leadership" based on bluff an
= buster which rests on the inabilit
a of the people to tear away the mas
S of mock heroics and disclose a hal
= baked understanding OF our nationi
S vitamines. 1t seems as If we mu!
I turn back the clock and take moi
n careful measure of integrity and abb
: ity in those we must trust to do tC
o us the things we are unable ourselV'
e to understand. If not this, then "
e need some new system of educatic
q in the land.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1922-07-07

lent road leading to Tampa, going
from coast to coast in $50 miles,
whereas at present it takes 500 miles
of travel. This is said TO be the
largest road project, considering the
difficulties, ever undertaken in the
southern states"
The author gives a brief account
of the method used in building the
trail, by using the rock from the
canal to make the rOadbed. He re-
fers to the fact that from end to end
there will be but one bridge, and that
over a water trail used by the Semin-
oles.
There can be no question that the
feeling of Mr.. Burton is shared by all
who have seen this wonder road as
far as it has been completed. II VIII
not only be a commercial convenience
of immense value, but will furnish
one of the country's unique highways
for tourist traffic. There can be no
question that when it is completed it
VIII take ltS place dillOhS tiiC hlC"'
popular roads in America. 1t will
traverse a country the like of which
cannot be found anywhere else on
earth, and will lure automobile travel
from everywhere.
Those who have been on the Tamil
ami Trail so far as it has gone agree
that even though it is not yet easily
trayersible into the depths of the
Everglades, it forms at the present
time one of the most interesting trips
in this section. 1t reveals vege-
table and animal growth that cannot
be found anywhere else, and there is
nothing more magnificent in sweep
than the vast plains, grass-grown,
and islanded with hammocks of great
trees, that stretch out in all direc-
lions. The Tamiami Trail promises
to be one of south Florida's most val
liable assets and it should be pushed
to completion Miami Herald.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1922-07-07

Had the county commissioners de-
cided a year ago to reconstruct that
Arcadia road and hardsurface the APP
breaches to the bridge, we would
have said 'rah for the commission
ers," but at this late day we can onlv
say thank the Lord" This stretch
of road and the bridge approaches
are the shame of the county, and the
Arcadia road, at least, is known to
travelling men and automobile tour
lists throughout the country. Such
roads as these are just as effectual as
a means of keeping people out of
Charlotte county as a bull-high, hog
tight and strictly legal fence around
the county would be--were it posi-
bic to build such barrier-and I'M
less the Arcadia road, at least, boil
in Charlotte and DeSOtO counties, is
nut in good condition before the win
ter travel starts. it will be the mean!
of turning many people in anothe1
direction. The commissioners seen
to mean business, but if it appear
that they need help in order to d.
the work they propose within tn
next two months, we suggest that tn
people of the community turn out AM
help them.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1922-07-07

For many years, Volusia county en-
ioyed-yes, enjoyed-the reputation
of being the "champeen" political
caldron, so to speak, of the state.
The odors arising from the boiling
of that great pot were something
"puffectly orful," but what did Vo-
lusia care? Now, HillsborOugh coun-
ty, which is Tampa, Plant City and
few smaller places, threatens to
take the belt from Volusia. 1t seems
they can't have an election in Tampa
without some unChriStian people
monkeying with the voters, the poll
lists, the count or something. In GER
tain precincts, when every body has
voted. they Just retire to some private
spot, forge some pool-taX receipts an
registration certificates in the names
of other people, return to the POI
have the forged names entered on the
lists and vote them accordingly.
This procedure has caused many
honest citizens much surprise on
learning that they had voted in sever
al precincts on the same day. Fur
Their, whenever any official does some
thing that he ought to do or ought
not to do, there are plenty of people
to accuse him of being influenced by
political motives. One of the dailies
boosts the commission government as
being something. of great innocence
and efficiency, while the other repeat
eddy intimates that there lis some
thing rotten in Denmark" of which
the city government is guilty. If
Volusia wishes to retain the belt,
she had better send emissaries to
Tampa to learn how to do old things
in new ways.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1922-07-07

You should see the stately sun
flower, CROWN by my kitchen porch.
Like a Waterman on the campus,
holdin' up his regal torch. Every
day he pays obeisance to the author
of his power, smilin' at the master
planet. every minnit-every hour.
Not a frown from constant service
ever clouds his patient face. On he
grows-to full perfection, standin' in
an humble place. Keerin' nothin'
fer enyirons-thoughtf only of his
plan. settin' forth a rich example fer
his hapIess neighbor, man. Though
out station be the humblest, there is
alters room to grow. Angels from
the heights is callin-Glory beckonS
let us 90! Amt no harm to over,
shadder smaller blossoms If we can
Never will be no objections to big
ger. better man! Sunflower sets a
splendid pattern as she towers above
our head-firmly rooted-crowheu
with glories-what more tittin' couio
be said? Amt no limit to the gro"
in when our time is wisely spent
Every passion wuth the KNOWN mus
us from environment!-Uncie Johh
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1922-07-07


state. It may not be that the folk
down this way are little more pro-
gressive than they are in other sec
tions of Florida, but true 1t is that
in the matter of tick eradication they
have shown themselves so to be.
At Fort Pierce on last Saturday
cattle growers of this coast organized
for the purpose Of getting rid of the
Tick. That means that in the large
area over which this organization Will
function the tick must go. This was
1.-THE first differentiation zone to be
tablished in Florida. 1t was estab-
Ilished by men most interested, by
men who have the most to gam
through cleaning up their herds.
That is the best of signs. Compul-
sorry dipping-compulsory anything
sometimes may be necessary for
| the good Of all; but it is much better
that men do things voluntarily than
| that they be forced to do those
things.
The territory affected is the larger
parts of st. Lucie, Okeechobee, Osce-
ola and Brevard counties and part
of Orange county. Representatives
from those counties in attendance at
the Fort Pierce organizing control
fully a quarter of a million of cattle,
it is estimated. They desire their
herds to be free of tick so that they
may realize the full worth of their
stock in the country's markets.
These cattlemen have started some
thing in Florida. Another large dis
trict will be formed Immediately to
the west of this first one where cat
tlemen will join in the fight against
common enemy. 1t will not be
long until all of the cattlemen of
Florida are riding in the band wagon
and shouting Down with the tick"
Far from being or having been the
enemies of cattle growers, federal
officials will be found in the fight
with the cattlemen. Uncle Sam may
do a lot of fool things, but most OF
the time what he purposes is practi-
cal and to the best interest to those
affected Uncle Sam has been fight
ing the boil weevil for years rather
unsuccessfully, and he has been fight
ing the cattle tick successfully
There is little ticky country in Ameri
ca because of this.
Getting this fight on the tick start
ed voluntarily is the thing tina
counts so much. AS long as the
growers on the East Coast did no
clean up their herds, neither woulc
the growers of the central portions
or the West Coast. Now, however
the cattle growers of the west par
of Florida daily will be ponderinI
over the fact that their brethren OF
the East Coast have a decided adyan
Itage over them. There is something
lin pride, and if nothing else cause
them to do so, they of the western
part of the state will jump into TIL
tick fight because of pride. Hereo
fore their heads were just as goo
as those of other parts of the state
This will not be true just as soon a
the East Coast organization actuall
begins to camp on the trail of tn
tick, and it is likely that by this tim
in 1923 there will be mighty fey
ticks in Florida.
The cattlemen of the East Coast
new organization should be SALUTE
with twenty guns, or whatever nun
Der of guns it is customary to salut
with in Florida.-Lake Worth Leac
err.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1922-07-07

Two of our gorgeous" contem-
praries have accused the editor of be-
ing young. We would answer the
charge with the words of a distin-
guished gentleman of the 18th CEN
tury: "The atrocious crime of being
a young man, which the honorable
gentleman has with such spirit and
decency charged upon me, l shall
neither attempt to palliate nor deny;
but content myself with wishing that
I may be one of those whose follies
may cease with their youth, and not
of that number who are ignorant in
spite of their experience"
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1922-07-07

Governor Hardee thinks that the
men who will constitute the next leg
islature are a lot of pretty decent
fellows. He is wise in iattering
them, if he wishes to get them to
do anything worth while; but, for
our part, we shall wait to see wheth'
err or not the jackasses and grafterS
are in the majority. There will be
able, honest, patriotic men in the leg
islature, but we can only hope that
they will be in the majority.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1922-07-07

Out of three hundred "Keely In
stitutes" doing business in the United
States when prohibition went INTO
effect. there are only one or two left
to do the business of curing the jags
in this country. This fact furnishes
pretty good evidence that prohibition
prohibits. Moore Haven Times.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1922-07-07

one year. So; six months, 81;
three months 75c; in advance.
Remittances should be made by
check, postal or express money
order or registered letter. Stamps
accepted for small amounts. In
ordering change of address. give
old as well as new address. sub
scribers desiring subscription DIS
continued at expiration should
notify office in writing, otherwise
il will be continued until notice
tO stOp is received
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1922-07-07
CLIPPED COMMENT

The town manager of Punta Gorda
is Offering a dollar apiece for live
leather-winged bats. Now don't any
body say a word about his "belfry'
being already inhabited! 1900 Tampa
Tribune.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1922-07-07

The general public still seems to
think that a newspaper man has moth
ing TO do but talk. 1t is miracle
man who can write, post himself by
reading and carry on an unnecessary
conversation at the same time.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1922-07-07
Here Goes The Tick

The Florida cattle tick is doomed.
Cattlemen of the East Coast have
started in after him, and whatever
the East Coast does is but the begin
ming of that thing throughout the
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1922-07-07

City election Tuesday. To vote is
the duty of all good citizens, If you
think you are a good citizen or have
a desire to be one, vote Tuesday.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1922-07-07

\ lot OF those cocoanut trees would
look mighty fine along both sides OF
the bridge approaches. These places,
now barren and an eye-sore, may
soon be made beautiful if given a
little care.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1922-07-07

Display. run Of paper, matter 10
be set. 35c per single column inch,
each insertion: plate matter, with
no type to be set, Csc per inch,
Additional charge for preferred
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the line, l0c per line. Classified,
lie a word. Legal advertising at
rates fixed by law. Cards of
thanks, formal death notices,
resolutions. etc. 75c a c h
Notices of entertainments, where
charges are made. and articles in
behalf of mOneY-making enter
prises, at regular rates.
Make Remittances payable to
Punta Gorda Publishing Company
and not TO individuals.
The New York herald., 1922-03-26
Rare Old Horse Books
To Go Under the Hammer
Two Rare Early American
Sporting Magazines.

The sale of a sporting library in
new York next week is likely to result
IN some lively bidding for two items
that have not often come under the
hammer One is the most complete set
JSnown OF John 8. Sllinner's American
Turf Register i'm parts as issued nearly
century ago The other is a set of the
New York Sporting Mo0dsine. published
by Cadwallader r. Golden in 1888 and
1884. This short lived periodical was
the most ambitious publication OF its
31ind ever undertaken anywhere. each
Iunber having been illustrated with
costly colored plates depicting cele-
btated race horses or the period. X is
eaid that only two perfect copies OF the
complete set are known.
It's editor and publisher was a de-
scendant OF Cadwallader Golden, one OF
are last Colonial governors of New
York and a tory Of Revolutionary days.
Cadwallader r. Golden enjoyed a repu-
tation as n writer on racing and an
authority on pedigrees of early Ameri-
can race horses unedualled by any other
jorseman Of his time When Mr.. Skin
p,r established the THrf Register Mr..
Golden lent him his powerful assistance
and distinguished himself overnight by
his mastery description of the first
great sectional match race between the
North and the South. written over the
signature AN Old Turfman.
Soon after this memorable contest
or Eclipse and Henry at the Union
course in 1923. Mr. Golden became the
manager or proprietor OF The Long
Island track and was the first to en-
close n race course In the North.
AS a writer editor and track mana
ger Mr.. Golden was bold. aggressive
enterprising and courageous, but his
putspolen habit OF speech involved
him In ceaseess alterations and doubt
less contributed 10 the financial failure
pf his various enterprises in connection
with the turf. When n young man he
lived for time In England and Inn
bibed British ideas of racing. which
were reflected in all his activities, in
Guiding the New York Sporting Mdgo-
zinc. While skinner, q thoroughoing
american, cultivated tho field OF Ameri-
can horsemanship and bent his efforts
10 the difficult task OF rescuing early
american turf history from oblivion.
Coldens magazine was largely devoted
~ English racing. and it contains com.
paretively little important matter re-
iating to the American turf that can
not be found elsewhere.
When the expense Of publishing the
New York sporting MdgosiHe caused its
suspension in 1894. Mr.. Golden soon re-
.nived 1t on a more modest scale az the
United states Sporting Magosine. but
this. too. passed. away after year or
iwo. only to be followed. however, by
= newspaper called The Whip. The
Energetic editor lived 10 issue only one
number OF &C. He died In 1899 at the
fAwe -cS eixty-five.
The New York herald., 1922-03-26
E. R. N. Hartman Elected.

Special Dispatch TO THE New YORK HERALD.
GOSHEN, n. Y, March BE- Roland
n. Hartman was elected president OF
the Orange County Driving Park Asso-
citation at the annual meeting held here
this afternoon. The other officers chosen
were Thomas B. Bradley, vice-president,
and Pierre Lorillard, Jr.. secretary and
treasurer. The dates for the trotting
meeting are August s. and 10. when
$4,000 will be offered In purses and
prizes