The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-08-13

were the vanguard Of the immigrants.
| Those who arrived last February are the
parents Of the f ST corners. Jiany Others
! are preparing 10 come out here next taIl
/ The commissioners who raised sucn a
storm when the immigrants arrived would
certainly change their tune if they took
! look at the comfortable homes and t1ne
| crops studding these little farms. Instead
of becoming paupers the Alsatans are add
| ing immeasurably to the wealth OF the
country. TneY are aided only TO the point
at which they are able to help themselves
The cultivation Of good tobacco requires
much care and perseverance, and these are
qualities in which they excel. NJ vaga-
! bonds nor disreputable persons are among
them. Several who proved undesirable
were quickly set a1rift.
Visits we're made TO other tracts. The
VlJletta is a crack Dla .taclOn. Its tobacco
ii Ids cover 5000 acres. All the plants are
in excellent condition. LaCamelIa, a plan
tation of 1000 acres, Is as fine plot as ever
gladdeled sunlight individual planters
nave caught the lever and are h1rd at work.
They are confident of splendid results The
only setback Is a lack of money for the
erection Of sheds and outbuildings A
planter who has five or six acres in tobacco
was grieving because ne had no proper
place for curing the leaf. with a good
shed, said he, ~ could realize 81 $50 from
the crop As it is, it viii not fetch more
than S4)0n
The progressive spirit, however, has
struck the village of Quincy. She is to
have bank for the first time in her his
tory, and in due time capital to aid thes5
small planter, NAV be- easily secured. The
pluck of Mr.. Storm and MS partner is pro-
dncing excellent + ait. Experts ALREADY
agree that Florida tobacco IS as aromatic
and fine IN quality as any produced else
where. It's growth is marvellous An ex-
pert tel me that he saw in plant bed
near Quincy forty or fifty stalks
of Sumatra baco in the seco id
year OF pa ting that seemed
more like trees tina shrubs They were
eight feet high, and bore ON twenty TO
twenty-five leaves apiece. The leaves were
very fine in texture and fully as large as
are ever brought to New York from Su-
matra. If tuis is 50 there ought to be small
fortunes here in the cultivation of Sumatra
tobacco alone. The syndicate lands are the
only ones on which these plants are thus
far grown. The president q. the company
is Robert c. Brown of New York. 1t is
said that it is paying handsome dividends.
Near Fac vile, on the line of the Florida
Western road, there is a fine plantation
owned bv a Mr.. Krlbly, ano her NV
Yorker. He is as enthusiastic over tobacco
culture as his fellows near Lake City and
Quincy He found the weather cool enough
t. spend his honeymoon at his plantation
in june and July.
Florida is a land of fortunes The metal
lie beds Of the border counties are undevel-
oped. Iron ore Is said to exist there in
abundance. There are also rumors of coal
fields and mari pits. The cultivation of
tobacco, however, is firmly established. 1t
IS growing rapidly, and it bids fair to be
come the richest industry in the state.
A railroa from Quincy to c ,lumbus,
Ga, is probe ted. This would give the to-
bacco planters air line roads to the north,
east and west. With sucn lines the growing
of the weed in this state would be greatly
stimulated. Tne Gro might then quickly
absorb tue $S,00J,U00 or $4,000, 600 sent
from New York to Ams.erd am every year
for the purchase of the DutcI leaf
AMOS J. CUMMINGS.