News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1890-08-14
More About Florida Phosphates.

HARDWICK, VT, Aug. :, 1870.
Enron NEWS AND CITIZEN AS Il native of
Vermont, n resident of Florida and IL regular
reader of the News AND CITIZEN | wish to pro
test against your editorial article on Fl orida
Phosphate Lands. as misleading and injuri-
GUS to one of the farcSt regions OF the earth.
You say that 1.-THE discovery ofphosphate
in various parts Of Florida has been made the
occasion of a great deal of talk, not to say
brag, about the immense advantage to real
estate which this discovery would give to the
state" | should rather say that many state
ments Of facts have been made regarding the
incalculabe wealth which has been added to
the State by'this discovery. Government geOl-
Ogists and scientific experts unite iii saying
that the phosphate deposits are of enormous
extent and practically ineXhaustable-a per-
feet mine of wealth.
Your correspondents Git would interest
many Floridaus to know his name) states
that :" as for Florida everything is dead and
for my part think it always will be so, ex-
crpt for some of the large hotels that will fill
up in the winter with visitors" This will be
news indeed to the many whose business sa-
gacity has never before been questioned who
are investing millions of dollars in the State.
Last year larger number of individual land
sales were made, and Il larger number of peo-
pie went to Florida than ever before during
the same period.
Unfortunately, Florida is as yet unknown
even to its own people. Its increase in pOpu-
IatiOn between 1870 and 1880 was 100 per
cent greater than Vermont. 1t has an area
of cultivable land greater than that of all the
New England States. 1t will produce great
err variety of products than any other State.
1t is the most perfect sanitarium in the world.
Few Vermonters think would be adverse to
spending their winters in Florida.
The President of the Florida State agricul-
tural colege-Prof. +. l.. Kern, a distinguish
ed scholar who recently went to Florida from
the North, says: Including all deaths from
yellow fever, which once i'll ten Orfifteen years
may find its way into some seaport town
when imported from some tropical country,
and all deaths of consumptives and others
from the North. who come almost invariably
when too late for any earthly power to save
them-even then the rate of mortality in
Florida is less than in any other State in the
Union"
After making a tour of Florida during the
winter of 1880, General Grant wrote the fol-
lowing letter to the Philadelphia Ledger: - |
am very much pleased with Florida. 1t has a
great future before it. A peninsuIar extend
ing out from a great country like ours, af-
fOrding an unlimited demand for all the vari-
Gus tropical productions it can supply. there
is scarcely any limit to its resources. 1t is
capable of supplying all the oranges, lemons,
pineapple and other tropical fruits used in
the United States; one hundred million dol
lars of sugar now imported, material for
area greater than New York, Massachusetts.
and Connecticut com bined, with deposits of
fertilizers under and above it sufficient for
many generations. 1t only wants people and
enterprise, both of which it is rapidly obtain
ing Florida to-day affords the best opening
in the world for young men of small means
and great industry"
The Editress of one of Floridas leading
newspapers has very recently written: - Flor
ida is the coming Eel Dorado of our nations
adventure. This is no visionary forecast, and
not many years will have passed before it
shall have been demonstrated. The comb
nation OF advantages possessed by Florida
for the development of great wealth is not
euualed by any other State i'll the Union. In
climate, phosphate and timber wealth, in
navigabe rivers, in n long sea coast, in
healthfuness and in every other advantage
that could be asked tor, nature seems to have
done her best for this Southland The
wealth in phosphate alone is beyond esti
mate, and, in fact it's extent is not vet dream
ed Of With the rapid progress now being
made in the development of these resources
the State is entering upon n period of pros
pPrity greater than has ever been known. AT
the close of the most disastrous war in the
worlds history, the State wasin deplorablt
cOndition-beyOnd the power of words to de
scribe. So rapid has been the advancement
during the last eight ten years that the
business world is now seeking information
Capitalists in Europe and America are com
| ing to Florida as Il field for investment. The
cry is no longer 90 West but go South
young man, go South. The manufacture OF
fertilizers is to be our leading industry. Thus
many millions of dollars which formerly went
North for fertilizers will be kept at home
Every portion of the State is at work. Hel
people are awakening to a spirit of energy
and enterprise never before known. Her vast
| resources are being opened up, and their de
velopment is adding to the prosperity of ev
cry section, and her manifold attractions are
| bringing a steady stream of wealth to this
fair land. Great fortunes are going to be
made in Florida during the next few years
Men who make JudiciOuS investments now
will find themselves rapidly growing rich
| Villages will grow into towns, and towns into
cities, based on the most solid foundation
The utilization of the almost unlimited stores
OF phosphate is only question of time II
you investigate YOU will invest. No one can
study the situation of Florida to-day without
being amazed at the future prospects. Nc
/ language can adequately describe the posi-
bilities of this section nor eXaggerate the
wonderful period of prosperity upon which we
are Just now entering"
The climate of Florida has, probably, nc
equal in the world 1t has inspired the pens
of travellers. health-seekerS and pleasure
tourists, and is Il never failing source of de
light and enjoyment to all dwelers and so
jOurners in that fair and sunny land. Th,
enjoyment of Florida's climate is free alike tC
those who can live on an assured income anC
to those who must labor for their bread
There is a land that is never chilled by snow
III winter, nor parched by drouth in summer
nor swept by cyclones and blizzards-a lane
robed in perpetual verdure, where fruits anC
flowers may be gathered each month In thu
year-a land bathed in sunshine and famed
by pure sea breezes which are for the healing
of the nations. Such is Florida, and within
DOnnGS millions IN in
and prosperity. ARTHUR c. JACKSON