Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-10-03
FLORIDA AT LOUISVILLE.
THE STATES OPPORTUNITY ON
THE 18TH INST.
Some OF the Advantages to be Derived
on the oeeasion-The Coming Orange
Crop to Double Last Year's-Disston
not Unloading His Lands-Judge Baker
Sustains the Local Option Law.

Nhop 10 OOuDle Last 1ear S-DiSStOn
not Unloading His Lands-Judge Baker
Sustains the Local Option Law.
JACKSONVILLE, FLA, Oct. IL COM
mence this letter by reminding your
numerous readers in this State that
on the 18th day of this month Florida
Will have grand opportunity to cover
herself with glory and to realize SUBJ
stantial benefit. On that occasion she
VIII be expected to make such a complete
and magnificent display of her produc-
tions and resources at Louisville as to
cause the hearts of her children to thrill
with honest pride, and to impress the
minds of all visitors with arealizing sense
of her vast and wonderful capabilities.
Now how is this most desirable con-
summation to be effected, and in the short
period of a fortnight? The work should
be commenced forthwith, and prosecuted
with system and diligence Committees
should be appointed in each county in
tending to participate, with cooperating
subcommittee OF districts, to solicit sub
ScriptiOns and contributions in order to
collect, prepare and arrange everything
that is useful and ornamental: all articles
that are rare, novel and peculiar; things
that will regale the palate, please the eve,
appeal to the senses, and awaken inquiry
as to their uses and advantages.
Let this collection, when concentrated,
be accompanied by sensible, intelligent
persons from the various portions of the
State, whose duty it shall be to make the
necessary explanations, and to answer
the numerous practical questions that
will be asked. Believe me, that the re-
suits that will follow such display will
be richly worth all the labor that it VIII
involve. 1t will greatly augment the al
ready large tide of immigration setting
III this direction, create an increasing de-
mand for our vacant lands, and add ma
terially to our wealth, population and
Importance.
At Louisville will be encountered such
class as is peculiarly desirable for FlOri-
da. The Western people assimilate more
readily with us, and do not cherish the
prejudices that so often crop out in con-
Versation with those from the East. They
are better adapted also to pioneer life and
better prepared to endure hardships and
Inconvenience. These people will be at
Louisville i'll large numbers, and it is es-
sential that a good impression should be
made upon them, and this must be done
by facts, not theories. Prove to them
that hog and hominy can be raised i'll Flori-
da, by showing them sacks of corn, and
hams and sides of bacon cured here. Give
them one of our oranges and ask them if
they are not far superior i'll juiciness and
delicacy of flavor to those from the Medi-
terranean. These people are wholly ignO
rant of the merits and healthfulness
of the lime. Let a hogshead of lme-ade
be prepared, ask them to take
glass, and decide whether it does not
equal lemonade in its inYigorating and
refreshing effects. Let the merits of our
yaunted fruits be put to the test by actual
experiment, and my word for it they viii
stand the ordeal The lime can be pro-
duced here by millions, and can be made
to Supersede the lemon from South Eu-
rope. 1t is not i'll general use at the
North and West, simply because its Vir-
tues are not known, and consequently not
appreciated. In the West Indies and this
State it is held in high regard as an anti
ScOrbutic and as preventive against
malaria. In the fever and ague portions
of the West, their free use would be at
tended with the happiest results. An
other merit is their cheapness, and the
ease and abundance with which they can
be produced.
Then also the Westerners, who consume
and manufacture such an enormous
quantity of bagging in sacking their crops
of grain, should be afforded the oppor-
tunity of acquainting themselves with
the extent and excellence of our fibre
producing plants. They grow here i'll
such luXuriance, yielding a fibre suitable
for the finest as we'll as the coarsest
fabrics, that a full exhibition of the
varieties will certainly insure a favorable
reception. In this line a fine business
should be inaugurated
THE PLACE ASSIGNED TO FLORIDA
should be the centre of attraction ON the
18th instant, and it can be made memora-
bic in the history of the State by an un-
preceGented success. The mere fact that
Florida, with its sparse population, has
had the energy and enterprise to get up
an exhibition so diverse in character from
its sister States, and so unique in quality,
will be to give the visitors an insight into
the materials that go to make up this
community. There can never be in this
country but one Florida, save by the an
neXatiOn of Mexico or some of TIE West
India islands. As it is now, she stands
alone, without a rival in her climate and
peculiar productions, and has no fear of
competition. She has room enough to
locate and maintain five millions of peO-
pie, ana her doors always stand open for
the admission of those who desire
home upon her generous
soil. The census of 1890 will
give her a population Of at least 100000
Souls, and she will then be the national
green house from whence the choicest
flowers will be drawn. She will then be
furnishing over one thousand millions of
oranges to the markets of the country,
and the transportation of her various pro-
duets will tax all the facilities of the diff /
ferent railroad and steamboat lines in the
State. A splendid future lies before her, |
and her course is onward and upward. !
Texas is the only Southern State that de- |
VelOpS the same extraordinary growth |
and progress manifested by Florida. The |
growth is bOttOmed on asubstantial basis, |
and there is no reason to anticipate any
interruption or stOppage of the tide now |
pouring into our borders.
Let there be a full and generous re- |
sponse to the invitation of the managers |
to make ''F'lOrida Day" a grand and |
gratifying success. Let here be enthroned /
like a Queen upon a throne of golden |
fruits and surrounded by throngs of her |
loyal subjects. A few days of active work
will accomplish this purpose. Lose no
time-commence immediately-intere |
those about you in the matter, and you
will be astOnished at what you can
achieve.
IT is ESTIMATED
that the orange crop of 1883 will |
be more than twice as large as
that of last year. This means that two
millions of dollars will be brought into
the State from this source, and that the |
golden fruit is beginning to yield golden
returns to producers. When you reflect |
that these figures will be annually |
groves come into bearing and the older |
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