The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-01-31
FLORIDA'S RUIN:

tive can always he found for every
action of individuals, and this estab
lished fact will hold good in the
great newspapers ofthc north, which
are now Publishing such sensational
and extravagant lies in regard to
the damage done Florida by the re-
cent cold snap.
To give a correct idea of the |
motives actuating the New York |
city papers, for instance, in their |
warfare on our state, it might be
we'll to state few facts. For many
years the New York Herald has
been the leading newspaperin Amer
lea, enjoying a large advertising
patronage and a larger circle of
ieaarr- th,n any OF its CO. rnpora-
rics as new=pa - -, -"
eminent in this country until very
short time since, when the little
Dutchman from the wild west,
Pulitzer, bought the World. With
his push, enterprise and decided
ability, he infused life into the
World, until now it has encroached
on the Herald's patronage, captured
the bulk of the city advertising and
twice doubled it's circulation. Then
the Worlds claims to the position of
the leading democratic paper of the
union has brought on it the anger
of the New York Sun and number
of lesser lights, who are trying to
weaken the Worlds influence.
Such is the newspaper situation IN
New York, which furnishes the key
to the under lying motive in the un-
truthful and uncalled-for attacks on
Florida.
In the ordinary transaction of
business, the World secured the
large and flaming advertisements of
several embryo Florida cities,
which no doubt proved very profit
able to the business department
of the paper. The Herald received
just one of these advertisements, and
90 far as we noticed the San did not
print one line of such advertise
ing.
THE News does not want to be
understood as championing the
cause Of the spectators, for some
of their windy and fashy and I'M
truthful advertisements have done
great harm to the state Nor do we
want to be put on record as dcnoun-
cling all of them as frauds. Some
Of these spectators are doubtless
mere sbarpers, but some of the towns
advertised will prove up just as des-
cribed-high, dry, rolling land, cap
able of producing a variety of crops,
and furnishing many excellent and
beautiful building sites. Then
again We regret exceedingly to at
tribute so sordid motive for this
Wholesale SANDER of Q great and in
comparable state to mere struggle
for money patronage among our
metropolitan contemporaries, but
the logic of events points to no 9TH
er solution. The New York Herald
and Sun are at all times sensational,
ana while we are ready 'a applaud
then n exposing fr&ul>ir our STAKE,
we are no less emphatic in condemn
ing the SANDERS on Florida. The Her.
AIDS special correspondent visited
and "wrote up" the town advertised
in its own columns and each of thoss
advertised in the World, and while
aagnifying all their bad points, fail.
cd to notice or utterly ignored any
advantages they might have posses
sed. The places were not advertis-
ed rs large cities with elevated rail.
roads, paved streets and electric
lights, but merely as new towns,
capable of great development. The
Suns Jacksonville correspondent,
wrote such = string of flimsy false
hoods that their extravaganza could
be seen at glance, and the picture
was 80 overdrawn that none bu,
fools would beiieve it.
Florida has been damaged greatly