The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1881-01-19

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ney. General, any we'll educated
man as Inspector of schools, but the
agent OF immigration must possess
qualities. that are allotted to few peo-
pie. He should be a. fluent speaker,
of good address, one intimately &C.
quainted with every portion OF the
State, with full knowledge of its
photographed position and It's Ag'
ricultural and other resources. Such
a man, if he does not already know
every portion of the State, should
first travel through it and fill his
mind with such statistics as may be
necessary, for he must first learn
before he can teach. If person
asks him, "can you grow wheat in
Florida ?" He must at once be able
to show that wheat has been grown
here with better returns than many
of the wheat growing States, but can
still continue, "We have no occasion
to grow wheat when we have so
many other more profitable products.
We can pay you tor your flour at 81
per barrel with sugar and syrup at
SIG and $18 per barrel. We buy
your apples IN the fall at 81 per bar
rel and repay you with oranges at
$40 per barrel. We buy your Irish
potatoes in the fall from you at 81
per barrel and repay you in the
spring with Irish potatoes at SIS and
$40 per barrel We buy cabbage
from you in the tall at 5 and 10 cents
a head and repay you with cabbage
in the spring at so cents per head.
We buy, it is true large quantities of
breadstuff, pork, furniture, ETC.,
from you and pay you large sum of
money for them but it is not near in
value to the amount you pay us for
cotton, lumber, pitch, tar and turpen-
tine, and then look at the $4,000, 900
that your visitors leave with us every
winter, our climate gives US that and
it does rot cost us cent TO produce
it," Shew up our undeveloped re-
sources of hemps, fibers, paper, orna-
mental woods, fisheries, manufactures,
and hundred other things besides,
and people must be convinced, tor
they carry truth on the face of them.
1t takes time to show the good that
has been done in this way. The
Commissioner cannot go North and
grab every rich man by the collar
and say, ''You sir, come right along
down to Florida with me and spend
allyour money there" Men who have
made their money by hard work take
their own time and ways of spending
it. 1t takes time for people to
realize on the property they have
out, break up old home associations
and start for new home. So if we
get a good commissioner we must all
help him and his work WILL be seen
in the future. Don't let everybody
bark and snarl at him through the
papers, when. had they been in his
place, they could not have done near
as well. The fact is money is just
pouring into Florida from all sides,
besides the shipments OF lumber,
naval stores, cotton, fruit and vege-
tables. We are selling quantities OF
cattle to Cuba as also fish. We send
vast quantities OF fresh fish, packed
in ice to Georgia and other States.
We have large manufactures OF
cigars, gather and ship immense
quantities of sponges, manufacture
and sell quantities Of curioslties
minor industries of different kinds
are continually being started. How
the money is spent can be seen in
the number of new towns starting up
all over the State, the thousands Of
new orange groves ANNUALLY com.
menced, and the fine houses being
erected on new homesteads. Those
who remember Florida ten years ago
can see the improvements that have