The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-07-03
FREIGHT RATES IN NtGEIA-
EI.tS


perwn'e.
Th. ,rgetaI.l. season for Is" Is
now drawing t. a close, and We
have sustained "ns of the most ter
uble failures in a cr"p that couId
we'll be imagined Thousands OF
dollars have been sunk, and lh some
instances entire communities have
been we'll nigh hankrupted. Farms
that ou.ht To- have yielded one thou
sand dollars clear profit have not IN
majority of eases Welded more
than Tive or ten per cent. "i that
amount. Truck farmers through,
on, this entire section are dIse"tf'
AGED. and are asking, "W hat shall
y. do They say the business has
come to lr n uncertain A. gam
bling, and but for the doubtful
morality oi the thing one would
iu-t A. soon spend his money for
lottery tickets ~ To invest 1t III
truck farm. We'll. Mr. Editor, |
am a sufferer myself To the tune "i
at ha,, several hundred dollars, and
feel like talkIu" over tins mittci
"A hl,lr, and Offering the fraternity a
Suggestion or two.
IL is >ald To- hr an "lll wind that
blows nnhn,!y any "ood. Then,
a,rnrIlu" to thl,, though til" pres
~, crop has proved to hr such a
financial failure, yet 1t must IN some
way or other have brought good to
son, of us; and ! tale i, that good
has come 10 Us in the shape oi cA.
p,rirncr. Though We are poorer IN
lur,r, We are much richer IN "Npe-
rlrncr. We have been taught some
things which, sooner or later, were
absolutely necessary for rs to learn.
We have been taught that it l. no
snIt 1T use 10 try to raI>r '"grta
bI,s for nor,hcr markets when We
have a very cold winter and late
spring. aS We're the past. Tins year
SPIN. opened throughout he south.
.rn state. month nt Us nearly as soon
"A. IL did here, and they began ship.
pln. cabbage almost a, soon AZ "c
dnl; and when savannah, Charles.
ton, and Norfolk br"ln to ship, then
Florida takes u back seat. Not, !
should think, because our yegc,a.
Llos are greatly inferior 10 theirs,
but h,ran~r, first, the rushing INTO
market. simultaneously, of such
.nurlnpnS crops run, the prices
down very low: and second, they
have greatly the advantage of Us IN
the ulilrr oi ircigh,s. Freight on
canhl.r and potatoes from Sa>an'
nah To- New ("ik i only fifteen
cent, per barrel. while We must pay
All the way from ninety cents to
4l2o While W. arc barely clear
lng c>lrusrs, Savannah can sell her
produce for the ,i,nr that ours sell
tor. aud clear a handsome profit.
We have been taught, too, that
in rtl~lng vegetables We must de.
crra>. the acreage aud increase the
attention and fertilizers. II matters
not how good our land may be nat
uraIIv. it will pay to fcrtlllzr. Finer
Vegetables are raised thereby. and
they mature much earlier, which is
the ,rInripr end Gained y very
rurctsstul truck farmer told me that
iaet year he made small piece ot
i.ni very rich by prnnlng his cattl,
on it. aud planting IN rucumbrrs
Ahuu' half ui it he also icrtlIIzcd
utL some GOOD c"mmerclal iertll
Izri. ,hIuk il was Williams
Ilr could sec no difference Will,
they were growing, but those ol
which h. us,d the commercial Ter
t,llzrr mt,urch eight to ten day'
cartier than the Others, and tu'
wA,rh hr received four 10 five dol
lars per boy. l;y the tim" III" 9th
.l~ had malurrl th" price had taller
to twp and three dolI,r-
What we want to du /, I" get on
urnd .rr into markrt- hrior" NiNan
nah aud Charleston, ana unless VI
can 10 thl. We viii los" money every
,,m~ vr attempt truck farming.
And We have been taught, la
but not least. that We must ahah
don the business altogether or gr
A lower rate Of frcights \ few
wears ago, very tcw people Wrr
engaged IN it, aud only a few ycg
.tabr, wyr" shipped, but thes'
br!nginl enormous prices, We coul'
very well afford 70 pay these higl
ireight,. l;ut thing. are vastly dIt
fpr.l,t now. The business has growl
uu,,l it Ia, attained wonderful pre-
portions; and A. til" supply has III
creased the price has decreased, M
til now We do not get for IlorId
vegetables more than ten per cent
uf what they formerly brought
Irright- OUGHT to have decrease
i.roportionareIy; but they have Nc
done ~. When The farmer gets h
rrurlurp into market early, So a. |