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The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-07-09
The Liquorice in Florida.


A subscriber writes us from the south
ern portion of the State that he has sew
eral liquorice plants growing finely, and
has great hopes that it will prove a prof.
liable crop and be one of the coming
industries of the State.
Why not?
The plant is we'll adapted to our climate
although we have doubts as to it's sue
ceeding on our high pine land, and those
who attempt it's cultivation there will
probably fail. 1T requires a deep,
rich loan, such as can be found in the
greatest abundance in our numerous fer
tile hammOcks.
The plant is perennial, and has roots
(Which are the portion of the plant form
ing the article OF commerce and tons of
which are annually imported into this
country from the south of Europe and
Spain) extending very deeply into the
ground and creeping considerable dis
lance on every side of the plant. When
full grown these roots are as large as a
finger, round, slender, flexible and fur
nished with few scattering rootlets.
The Department OF Agriculture is of the
opinion that the plant would do we'll and
prove profitable in the southern sections
of the United States, and especially in
Florida. 1t says that the roots for prop
agation will keep alive out of the soil for
a year if laid in sand and kept in a cool
place. The runners or buds for propa-
CATION, if tied in bundles and packed in
wet moss, can be kept alive for several
weeks. So we see no reason why those
who wish to try liquorice should haveany
trouble in getting start.
The soil in which the plant is to be set
should be moist, loose, sandy loan, I'M
usually rich, such as the black mould Of
the alluvial hammocks in the southern
section of the State. The fresher, newer
and richer the land the better it will be,
and the more satisfactory will be the re-
suits. If the land is not unusually rich
it should be we'll fertilized with well-rOtted
stable manure, mixed with wood ashes
and lime, in order to rot it more thor
oughly.
After the plants have been out three
years, and not till then, the roots will be
ready to dig. This operation is generally
performed in the winter, after the stalks
are dead. In digging, the entire root is
taken up and the running rootlets cut for
market, and the crown roots saved for
replanting. These crown roots can be
kept in perfect order until needed by stor-
ing them in a cool, moist place.
Nv xr r. vrA.1 ~
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-07-09
The Fruit Exchange Wants Harmony.

The Fruit Exchange Wants Harmony.
The directors of the Florida Fruit Elk
change held q meeting in Jacksonville
last Thursday for the purpose of receiv-
ing the report of the committee appoint
ed by the directors to answer the charges
brought against the Exchange by Presi-
dent McKibben of the Orange Growers
Union before a committee appointed by
the directors of the Union, and for the
transaction of other business. The
charges and counter charges have been
pretty thoroughly discussed in our
columns and we only refer to the matter
again for the purpose of publishing the
latter part of the report Oft the Exchanges
committee, which is as follows:
The committee recommends: "That
greater care be taken, if possible, to i'm
press upon the orange growers of the
State the fact that the Fruit Exchange
is their exchange, founded and maintain
ed for each and every one of them and
not for the profit and use OF restricted
few, that it's usefulness is advanced or
retarded exactly in proportion as it is
used, or not used, by the growers, both
small and great; and, that there are no
Interior objects OF gain or power on the
part of it's managers or directors.
"That no incorporation grows simply
from the necessities of the case; that an
exchange unincorporated would simply
be an unwieldy partnership, incapable of
buying Or selling The fact of incorpora-
ton should be an additional recommeda-
ton, as it creates a body amenable to
law, the same as natural person. The
charter passed by the Legislature the
same as other laws, must be the basis of,
and guide to all it's business acts. It's in
corporation, however, was, and is, of Or
ange growers and for orange growers.
"Your committee recommends that be-
fore another business year begins O.
bureau of CON plants be established,
whose business it shall be to receive and
speedily answer and remedy all COM
plants and grievances, real or fancied.
"Your committee cannot close this re-
port without expressing it's qualification
at the deep interest taken everywhere in
the orange belt in the well-being of the
Exchange, and the strong expressions of
hope that it will continue to advance in
strength and usefulness. We believe the
fact is recognized everywhere that the
sole hope of profitable business in Or
ange growing, rests upon the continued
confidence of the people in the Exchange,
and to this end we recommend that our
relations with the Orange Growers
Union be, in every possible manner,
drawn closer, and that through them we
endeavor to strengthen the feeling of con-
fidence which we believe ITO exist at this
time"
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-07-09
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The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-07-09
Other Reasons of Failure.

Many farmers and orange growers fail
because, to use not very elegant but
nevertheless true expression, their "eyes
are bigger than their stomachs"; they
attempt too much and as consequence
accomplish nothing. They attempt to
cultivate forty-acre farm when they
have only sufficient capital for twenty
acres. But this mistake of tempting too
much is more noticeable in the orange
growers than in the farmers, for the rea-
son that the orange grove produces lit
orally nothing at all for six or seven
years, and the man with small capital
who has attempted the making OF ten
or twenty acre orange grove finds before
the expiration of that time that he has
more than his hands full, and If he does
not entirely abandon his grove he allows
it to drag out a miserable existence, and
it becomes so stunted and dwarfed that
it is doubtful if it will ever be profitable.
How infinitely better off is the man who
attempts the making of a grove common
surate with his means, be itonly five acres,
two acres or even one acre. The chances
are that the acre we'll cultivated, we'll fer
tilted and given all the attention it re-
quires will be worth more at the expira-
ton of ten years than the twenty acre
grove which has been starved and neg
lected.
We warn newcomers against the COM
mission OF this too common error. A ten
acre orange grove requires great deal
OF work and money, estimates of real es-
tate agents to the contrary notwith-
standing. IfyOu are not q capitalist or
have not a little surplus, go slow; plant
only five acres, but feed and cultivate
those five acres well.
We would advise farmers who have
made a failure of farming, Or at
least have made a ihalf way success,
which is u virtual failure, to begin next
year by preparing only One-half their
usual amount of land, and mako prepar-
alton to put upon that hall the same
amount of work and fertilizer as they did
upon the whole the year past. Follow
the plan of a scientific farmer, laid down
in the Southern Cultivator, as follows:
Gather together in one common mass
everything which may help to form d val
liable compost. To prevent waste place
your material for the compost heap in a
ditch dug for the purpose, and into it
dump all the scrapings from your wood
yard, stable, cow and sheep lots, and in
fact, every other available substance.
Keep this up until your ditch is nearly
filled, when you should prepare a similar
receptacle for the future accumulations
The compost mass should be kept suffi-
GENTLY moist to promote fermentation J;
cover it SO as to protect it from the sun,
and secure it from the rains.
If you raise cotton to any extent, see
to it that all the seed, except those re-
quired for the next years planting, are
returned to the soil by which they were
produced. Avoid the folly OF selling to
the oil mills unless you are sufficiently
near to substitute the cotton seed meal
or cake for the whole seed, and in such
quantities as will give you the vantage
in the exchange.
Turn Ovar all Of tho land in tho fa II
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-07-09
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Entered at the postoffice at DeTIand, Florida, as
Second Glass matter.
Telegram-herald., 1890-07-27

lneegenfenee, as the pensnn p.ll staads
- Lhs solaier elemsat * tae eoslntgv
The higher taxes are ssIaPly = Deao-
crztle mag in4Isen.
oar Senator's and Representatives
Wn0 are 80 f2aafaliy redsemllg Kepub-
lcsn pledges, We ean. 0f course. sa-
doTse- b their works We know them
" boss Quay aaa Gar Reed" are
two couspicuous characters. At pres
they are almost hidden from view ~
Democrats mad. That n4ad, however.
. Al On the surface aaa all affect the
character % the Hlen about as m0ch as
~ much wind blown al them. We
never expect 70 see Quay foEglsen Tor
beating Democracy az the polls. nor
Reed for trouneing them IN Congress.
The Patriot produces no eOnsterna-
tion IA the ranks Of Republlcanlsm by
putting up THIS platform. la conelu-
s-on that paper says that the Republi-
Cans "haye saved the Democrats the
--~~-~ - A--sAA1o is&sAJiAA- AL
that the latter need to do Is 10 declare
their opposition to everything that the
Republicans have done and must IN
dofse." That is just what the Repub-
leans have done ever since the two
parties trst confronted each other.
Democrats never had a platform that
was not a mere negative OF ours but
once, and that was when Cleveland
saved the Democrats the trouble of
making platform" By writing letter.
The endorsement OF that letter by his
party 50 uekled MS simple vanity that
he has kept on writing ever since.
What success Democracy has had with
Us negative platforms, let history
avouen. 10 IS well said that i Is impos-
sl0le Ito prove negative"
Telegram-herald., 1890-07-27
THEY BITE

The TErEGRAN-HERALp, IN reference
t0 T. ~. Weston's refusal 10 serve an
other term as chairman Of the Demo
crate State CcntralCommittee-for he
did make such refusal. although be
has wildly clutched after It sucs to
haul it in and te a string 70 it-sm0ux
other things said. eff Nr Weston
really thought this to Be the year Of the
exodus, tbst his successor vas to be
the Moses to lead his party out of
Republican bondsge. would he nov
throw away the only chance of he lfe-
anaeand leave some one else 20 march
to glory and honor and political pres
dge9 By no means. Mr.. Weston i a
rc5tcian OF the Democratic strpe ard
tbey are net bult upon the self-deuy-
ing pattern"
S.nca the materiallTation of Don
Dickinson = ltsie scheme 70 run Judge
Morse for Governor, however, it = pos
vhis trss Weston sees girner ~
hope. He thinks perhsps tbs IS IT,
deed the year OF sae exodus, ssacs Dick
Telegram-herald., 1890-07-27
WlNANS & WORKS,
Successors TO A. }. Fosg Coz
s and 1 Tower Block.

yVANTYD-Nale hel3--Two good men By the
w month. $40 90 SIS pei months onc good
wood turner 10 good iafiA bAnosi one Vs~o--
man. 5 sne Tower biocA.
rINO ALL those wanting good reliable help, ar
L any one ia want o; y situation ~ any kind
viii GO well 10 cali al rooms = ana Tower
block The Old and Reliable Grand iniol
Employment Bureau.
INANTED-Feinale help-4 laundry girls.
w kitchen urls, frsi-class cooks. second
cooks, u dining-room Elris. general hoGsr
girls. 2 hotel scgabbers. second gii.s, ana
chamber mAids. M Ladies IAflois. room
Tower block.
DOR sALE-Furn,shed hotel in cliyi forty
rooms. everything new ana nice, rert 0nig
SIS per month. and ways iui. rouse tea solis
foT selling, poor nea IN. taii Al $50 loNcf
block iof particulars II you WANT ois oAf-
gala.
EOR sALE-At a bargain. lots In northern
Il part Of city; only $3.50 for the whole two
blocks from street car line. ana sI"~ef biA.
NOR sALE-Fer family use. a valuable horse,
Il worth S2S5. will sell Tor $40 for cash; only
wears Old aud sound. 5 aud Tower block.
TOR sALE-A hrst-clsss restaurant, Going a
4 good business IN q live city So.VJo. every
thing new. price $500. CAL al 3 ana Tower
block.
TOR SALE-New 6 room house on 18th street.
corner. only si2Jo; a big discount Tor pari
cash; terms easy. 81 and Tower DOCK
EoR sALE-Sroom house on Scribnerst.
good neiehborhoOd, city ana clsttfn
water everything nrstclass. ohly sSJ'J' WI
take cheaper place In part payment. ahe
Tower hlock.
WANTED-To put from $1,000 10 $500 In some
w good reliable business. furniture pre-
ferred. aud Tower bi0ck.
nor sALf-Or exchange for acre property
l0rooin house large lot or scribner-st-
well rented; Tor only 500.
TOR SALE-S lots on Mechanic 81. these lots
Il are cheap right OF cable line. only So
Terms easy. "a Tower Block.
LOR SAILS Or EXCHANGE-2 drug stocks.
Il general stock; VIII give some one good
deal. and Tower block.
EOR SALE-Three broom houses on Gilbert
and Tower block.
lTINANS & WORKS-Real estate stocks
w bought and sold. pensions. business
chances and employment bureau. money 10
loan. 3 and4 Tow er block.
Telegram-herald., 1890-07-27
Summer rxcur,ions.

Excursion tickets via the Lake Shore
& Michigan Southern Railway, at great
~ reduced rates, are now on sale 10 81.
Lawrence river points, White Noun
talns, Atlantic coast resorts, lake re-
giOns az Iowa. Wisconsin and Mime
sofa, Denver, Pacific coast resorts, etc.
Send 10 4. j. Smith, General Pas
senger Agent, Cleveland, Tor summer
folder to Eastern resorts, or apply 10
10 ticket agents for rates, tickets, etc.
Telegram-herald., 1890-07-27
OFFICIAL PAPER or THE CITY.


The Republicans OF Kent County will meet
III Convention az the Circuit Court ROOMS. In
the cify of Grand Rapids. on Thursday. August
u. a. " ael0cx g. m-, Tor the purpose or elect
fng delegates 90 the Republican state tOnYen-
lion. ~ be held az Detroit. August y and .
l1Js ana for che purpose of eiecuny delegates
% khe Republican t1ngrt S3ional Convention
ol Iii, ttf.h Congressional district. hereafter
% BE- called. and also for the purpose OF nomi-
mating candidates tor county 0rlccS 10 be
voted for ~ the general election. 20 be held
November A. ls.o. ara the transaction OF such
other business as may properly come before
fhr convention.
Zach township and ward Il entttled TO three
delegates. tg order 0f committee,
r. "A. MAYNARD. FRED ;. CLARK.
Secfct1ry. NnairnAn-
Dated July ID, 1870.
Telegram-herald., 1890-07-27
ruE INFLUENCE OF PAPERS.

The Republican State Central Com
mittee has been criticised somewhat
for not calling the State Convention
earlier. The basis of the criticism is
the necessity for getting % work, as
there are great and weighty questions
to be discussed and important issues to
be determined this campaign. Upon
the understanding o. not understand
Ing OF those questions depends the MS
dom or folly of the peoples determi-
nation OF the issues, and upon that de-
termination depends the future of the
country. Ii is highly important that
intelligence should make the deter
mlnaton, and not Ignorance. Hence
1t IS high time that the people were
beng Informed along the lines of the
coming contest. II is because such
work IS seldom done at all, until after
the conventions are held and the CON-
mlttees reOrganized for the campaign,
that the State Central Committee has
been criticized for not taking an earlier
initiative.
There Is one kind Of work, however,
which can be begun now, and which is
after all the best, most potent and most
lasting work of all. That is the circu-
latIon of good reading matter among
the voters. They are eager to learn
and ready to give their spare moments
to the consideration of the great ques-
| tiOns of the day. Never before, in the
history of our country, have the peo-
pie generally taken a deeper interest
IN State affairs than now. They
want to get ut the essence of
the great issues without plod-
ding through lengthy documents and
columns of statistics. The best way TO
reach them, then, is by circulating
freely among them newspapers which
/ discuss the several issues from day to
day, presenting them in their various
| phases, adducIng the arguments pro
aud con and exposing the sophistries
which are relied upon to lead the peo-
pie astray. There are papers which
I discuss daily the cardinal points of
Republican faith in brief, concise and
pointed sentences, which should be
/ placed IN the hands of voters.
Papers do more effective work than
orators in the campaign. A working
man does not always care to go out in
evening to hear a speech after having
labored hard allday; farmer does not
always teel ike riding or walking
two or three miles to attend a political
meeting IN the evening; but both the
I laborer and the farmer will pick UP
MS paper and read every line of
I 10 before going TO bed. Then, again,
/ II n speaker makes a good hit,
the recollection of it may grow more
aud more hazy, until the hearer is able
neither to recall It himself nor tell It TO
/ hisne ghbOr; but, If he sees a good
thing IN his paper he reads it over and
over and tells his neighbor all about il.
| A lasting record Of an important truth
i much more potent for good than any
mere oral tradition of what some one
I else said at some past time.
What = the Use of sleeping on our
oars until after the State conveution7
I By a little exertiOn county committees
T can raise funds enough from ardent
Republicans to send the party papers
ali over the state. A little lsaven
leaveneth the whole lump, but the
leaven viii not begin its work until
placed where ir viii 10 the most good
Telegram-herald., 1890-07-27
PLATFORM BUILDING.

A few days ago the Jackson Patriot
brought out ready made platform"
for the Republican party. It includes.
OF course, all the things about which
the Democracy has kept up continual
howl since Congress convened, While
the Republican party il capable of
building It's own platform-a thing
which the merely negative Democratic
party never has been able to do-let Us
look at the Patriots platform and see
whether the Republican party is afraid
Of il. It consists Of the following
plsnks:
l. President Harrison.
9. The silver bill
3. The Federal Election and Force
bill.
4. The extravaganza Of Congress.
s. Mckinley and high taxes.
8. Tneir Senators and Representa-
- Boss Quay and Car Reed.
There : nothing frightful in the first
plank. The Republican party elected
Gen. Harrison tuumphantly over the
home-skulker, substitute buyer. pen
sion-vetoer, Grover Cleveland, and can
do it again if they see ht to renominste
bifn.
As to the silver bill, il ia becoming
more and more apparent that Congress,
in that measure, struck the golden
mean" rs practical effect IS 10 turn
the silver Of the country into the treas
ury. and that silver Is represented in
circulation, at ils gold value, by treas
ury notes. redeemable IN gold and
silver. As the Toledo Blads sptly says
Of it:
"ft Is equal 20 a Free Coinage bill, be-
cause e adds 30 the circulation as much
money as Free Coinage biil could; It
is better than = Free Coinage bill, be
eaus. it Will. we think, Obviate the dan
ger Of the two money metals parting
company IN current value, and the dol
Isr being reduced IN purchase power TO
the bullion value Of the silver dollar.
The danger was n real one, and WAS
aud IS the only real objection 10 Free
Coinage bill"
The sams paper says OF the character
istic duplicsiy Of the Democracy on the
silver question.
nThe attitude OF the Democrats IN
Congress during the silver debate hss
been characteristic. Grover Cleveland
While President. was opposed to any ex-
tension 81 silver coinage. He vas hos
ale to every attempt 80 rehsbihtste sil-
ver. The Democratic national conven-
foa Of Isss. knowing Cleveland att
tade. shlrket the question I'm its plat
form. Yet the Democrats iu Congress
favored tree coinage IN the debates. but
wheu the vote on tue eprcsent bill came.
fhev voted against it. Now they are
taken by sGrprise.
The Federal Election bill has been a
fsvorite centerpiece Of the Democratic
howl'nx. The Republican party =
nieSced. BY ITS platform Of Isss, 70 en-
act sonae measure to remove the south
s~n shotgun element from Congress
eonsf aat Presidential elections. Il
~,ll DO 50 ard vii stand BY the result,
southern bluster and Northern howls
A., the contrary notwithstanding
The extrsvagance Of Congress. as
rrnresented manly IN is pension legs
1.f,cn. ,s also another item that the Re-
,nhfcan party can not repudiste and
--,it never seek - 10. Itstood pledged
49, the savors of eur country and it has
,obIv redeemed ts pledgs.
rhs Mckinney bil vii be another
rl..ivs redeemed, when passed. K
vii staud 70 the industrial interests Of
80. ronrtrv. with - greas army of
1865. who are lighting the battles
- k,ser,csn commercial and industrial
Telegram-herald., 1890-07-27
eh.Iaren Enioy.

The pleasant favor. gentle action
and soothing effects OF syrup OF Figs,
when IN need OF laxative and II the
father or mother DO costive or bilious
the most gratifying results follow its
Use so that IL IS the best family remedy
known and every family should have
bottle
Telegram-herald., 1890-07-27
Circulation Guaranteed 10 Be the
Largest OF All Michigan Dailies Ex-
cept Those OF Detroit.


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regularly. or who may have reason 10
sonapiaiR of late delivery, viii confer
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ths fact AZ once. sead postal card or call
up teie phone ssh
Telegram-herald., 1890-07-27

IL Muskegon citizens don't tear IN
pieces the Detroit Free Prsss' Washing
ton correspondent, it vii be because
sad correspondent betakes himself
forthwith 10 the wilds OF Africa, far be-
yond the reach OF Stanley. Think Of
MS sending from Washington the in
formation that Tom Palmer has ac-
eepted an invitation 10 open "the new
Haekley library al Grand Haven" He
ought 70 be boiled IN oil.
Telegram-herald., 1890-07-27

ins0a holdS cut sGcn glo11ng Raace-
EasaEs y tes Democracy, anc, trze %
h.s Democratic m&ke-0Ps he believes IA
beng AZ tie head. Il there : glory l.
be xon.
Iswill hardly pay the great taIabser
t3 tura a8otner someTsaait oa tae
strength Of Dlckinson's schemes. The
influences that elected Judge Morse
are past and gone. Tie Democracy of
Michigan hAs already made rs fatal
mistake. Their hopes are gone and
Doa Dickinson knows i. He has
simply aid neat little deAth-trap for
Judge Aorse-and now comes Weston
aud sticks MS clumsy foot IN II too.