The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1881-07-05
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tszial psespai1ys- -Gkisnlst AY~fes.. 'a, as
zsoneo u De pevble a. DE sis,s tnink Gov
efnOF BjoxhAm sold tie Okeechooee huds too
Iow: II tAkss al kinds Of people 10 nAke. up 4
eents Al scze tof The, sid landsf Governor
BIoxham deserves and receives the praise of al
sensible men fux the spIendid trade he made,
and tAese seFeAeMd grow3ers had best button
thsir liPs and give their tongues holiday
4pateeescpa xrsaxAz. So = s-8 ss Ns4 s.if :,
NE Aaxs waited fos iheAeonArmnfion Of the
basgaia entered into b. the Board Of Trus-
tees Of the Internal Improvement Fund, and the
rhfadeiphis capitalists, before expressing our
views with FssersDce 10 Tie pfopriefy oF impFo-
p<isty Of the transaction New, We understand
Il Is confirmed, and the matter settled We; are
free 20 say that we think il one Of the most bril-
liant and important achicVements Of Governor
loxhARtr a94i4etHti4sx apsA rene slsEf the
Gove,nSs Cove n:s and shs Board vii slw.ys eon.em,
this sale WI reaieve ths enbarrassments unaer
which the Board and the State have 50 ionx L.
bored, pay oH the entire in<lebledneB which
Ike mighty fpcubus has % long resarded Che
work OF Improvement 50 much desired, and
leave somewhere between Il, 100000 and 15,-
0OO,oO0 Of scres, free from incumbrance 10 be
utilized In the construction of railroads canals
etc. We extend to Governor Bloxham and The
Trustees our hearty congratulations, and feel
much more hopeful of the success of our railroad
enterprises than We possibly could, while sur
sounded with the embarrassments of this indebt-
ednes- - Tampa PreoresG M E~.f ~ -.
WE contend that if anindividual b Indebted
to smother he 10 in honor end inW bound 70 meet
the demands Of his cusditou, even though re-
ciaIm; and further IL Is decidedly to the interest
Of the dehter To make great sacrices 70 free HIM
self of vexatjOus incumBrsnccs and its necessary
annual accumulafi0ns- On the same principle,
although the State OF Florida may have been
able to realize greater sum Of money per ucEe
than it has by the transfer OF 4000000 acres Of
land to Mr. Disston and associafes by delsv. still
greater benefit Will accrue to the State by the
sale 1t this time, BY the retirement Of vast and
troublesome debt and its accamuiations of inter-
est The claims upon iha Internal Improvement
Fund were enormous and embarrassing: the an
nual sales 20 individual settlers were Insufficient
to meet the nteress the debt; all the lands be-
longing to the internal Improvement Fund were
tied up, as It WeFe BY the eredItorx and al works
of improvement were retarded. The sale Of the
100000 acres for the sum Of 81 600 900 viii en-
able the Board b free the Fund Of al incum-
brancea, and il leaves vast area Of land subject
to the future developments OF the State.
Another important feature connected with thin
sale i fhe impetus it win give TO immigration.
Mr.. Hamilton Di1ton, of Philadelphia. ex-Gox.
Stafford and VIM Parsous, Of Arizona, and VIM
b. Martin, General Agent of the CaIifornia I'm
migrant Uuion-al1 ct whom are interested in
the great land purchase-have already reached
the St&te, and are engaged n loczting the lands
they have purchased, with view Of Immediately
piacisg thereon . vast army OF German and
other enteTprieing and thriffy Immigrants
Thus, It will be observed, withia very short
period thousands ct acres Of virgin land viii be
brought under cultivation and made 70 contrib
ufe 10 the wealth and prosperity Of the common
wealth, and add to the revenues ct the govern
ment By this means taxation will be reduced
and the people made more comfortable and
happy The sale, therefore, view il from any
standpoint, viii be advantageous to the State
and its people, and we consider il naster-stroke
Of policy in Governor Bloxham and his advisers.
- Monticello Coastituti0R.
MANY rumors are in circulation cuucerning
large sales of land alleged to have been recently
made by the Governor and Board of Internal
Improvement, but up to this date nothing has
been published by authority, and the rumors
should be taken with large allowances for mis-
takes 1t b alleged in the Philadelphia and
Florida papers that the Governor has sold to Mr.
Diston, OF Philadelphia, 100000 acres Of land
for 9f,000O00; this land is asserted to be in va
rious localities throughout the State, and to be
Of good quality. That large quantity of land
has been sold to Mr. Disston IS very propahle,
but if this land is now available for agricultural
purposes, 1t is very improbable that Il has been
sold for 25 cents per acre. The State land h now
held At from 50 to GO cents per acre, and COM
missions with other expenses must be deducted
from the money received from sales when made
But to sell ii for les than fifty per cent of its
present price, because Largo quantity is taken,
does not appear to be good policy It Is true
that debt now lies as lien upon all the State
hand, and that It is very important that this debt
should be paid also that the owners Of all un-
improved hand must add, yearly, compound in
terest on its present market value, In order
properly to estimate its cost to them at some
future date. To this must be added, in case of
private owners, the annual taxes; the State paws
no taxes, but win receive taxes when the land
shall be sold Notwithstanding the fact that
one million dollars viii be added to the tax list
Of the State, We believe that good hand IN any
part Of the State II worth more than . cents per
acre to parties who are able to hold il for n tew
years, and that il s worth more than that SUM
to the State 1.-THE debt is pressing, let the taxes
be raised to pay Of the Indebtedness; good
profit viii be made, in the future, on the money
thus Eaisab ntis Hsged ahAt hrga Adafidxs will
be made 70 the taxes BY selling this land, for that
the parties purchasing win place .. population
~
u degree only; Il the parties purchasing really
mean to put . population upon the land they
uilf attempt to bring 70 this State and TO estab-
lish up0n their property such hrge numbers Of
people thai failure will certainly be the result
Such an enterprise might have been successful
few years AGO In The West but In this State. and
II the present time, It cannot succeed Many
more influences must be at work to bring large
numbeu Of people here than can be brought 20
bear bY Two or three men much greater prepa-
ration must be rnads 70 receive foreien popu-
lstion than that which st present exists =,
Since the article on the editorial page was sent
10 press< ihe Tallahassee Fl04DExN has come to
hand containing an authentic COSY Of the con-
Iract for the sale Of land referred to. The con-
iitions are the same as those IN The sale 70 the
parties who have undertaken 10 drain LAKE
and ID possihle thai both salez are
% the same parties The Land sold Is swamp or
1yernowed land, ct present supposed to be Of
yery little value This contract Is an excellent
51e for the e4Ats the sum 10 be pai4 IN mednte-
af its Indebtedness and win leave q surplns,
which en- Be devoted TO is legitimate uses
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We win give otr readefs next week the con
l1aet nlade u Gov BIoxham q she ir5arf 81 fI,r
000 acres Of FlnridA 1ands . h Bimson. of
Philadelphia. The sale is pronounced By every
ne - . splendid one Tor tue state II kassssa
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