The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-12-19
roBACCO CONVENTION.
Our Ideas for state Instruction Con.
ventiOn EnAOrsed BY President
Noodle.

Ouf Ideas for q SeoHe AmetE WCt1OW CON
| vention Endorsed by Presidenl
/ Noodle.
LAKE CRY, November 30. 1891.
YIN. q. LGsorencs, Agricultural and Hor
tscultural Editor FIoridian, IaliGhosses
MY DEAR SIR: thank you for several
copies of your valuable paper-the old
.taunch standby" FLoRIDrAN which
have read, off and on, for more than one.
third of century. thank you particu-
larly for the reprint of my letter to the cot
ton and tobacco farmers of Florida, wherein
| l undertook to show them the golden op-
portunity of life time-indeed that "hood
| tide" in their affairs which, if taken now,
will lead to fortune and to fame" As to
the suggestion you wisely make for gen.
eral "tobaccO growers, instruction conven-
tion," have only been working and wait
ing to get as many counties organized into
local associations as possible first that they
may send their delegates or representatives
to such genera, council. Ispent the whole
of last week with the wide awake and pa
triolic vice president Of the P. A. r. R., Col
W. D. Chipley, in waking up the farmers
bacco; organizing large and enthusiastic
tobacco growers associations in the coun-
ties of Escambia, Santa Rosa, DeFuniak.
had been thoroughly advertised by Col.
Chipley and a rate Of one cent per mile
generously given-and premiums OF the
best 40 acres of land owned by the L g. N.
r. r. Co. in each county, with many
other valuable premiums, together with the
best seed for planting, and moreover an
instructor to guide them in the different
stages from the seed bed to the drying
she'd" And it was surprising and encour.
aging to see large crowds sometimes jam
med in the court rooms endure with such
fortitude from 10 TO o'clock on an empty
stomach, "dry" address ON the cuitiva-
ton of nsuseating weed But they, like
the old Virginians, ''never tired"-but after
adjournment followed us to the ~last ditch"
seeking still further information, showing
that they "meant business" for we had
urged them TO try and realize that they
were signing Declaration of Independ-
ence" when they subscribed their names
to the tobacco growers association. Il is
estimated that no less than 1000 acres will
be planted 10 90 on the line OF the P. q A.
r. r which,-no doubt will By proper
management yield snug return Of nearly
OF quite $950. 900, even TO put II mildly.
Now If all the other railroad ssmagnels" In
We lad the same f0eesi9ht and faith In
the 'sroyal weed" that Vice-President Chip
ley and President Duvsl of the r. @. q p,
have evinced would take the Steps and
hse the means that Vice President Chipley
did last week, the whole state would BE-
organized and equipped as West Florida is
now in time for 90 crop-which would
result in bringing Florida at once to the
front as the leading cigar Leaf tobacco
growing state, which would be sought ca
gerly by every country in the world. This
may be construed TO mean either Florida,
or the Florida tobacco, and the '92 crop
would aggregate len million pounds-worth
at once three times as much as the entire
orange crop after 30 years and millions in
ves'ed President Duval of the F. G. q F.,
taking me by the hand Ia 1885, bid me
God speed in my laudable effort to revive
q lost art and industry and predicted that
by proper efforts the tobacco crop of Flor
ida would aggregate 10 to 10 million pounds
In i've or six Years; and 30 ii would have
been, had not our farmers been sioined to
their idol" king cotton, and now If they
will but "sign the Declaration of Independ.
ence. as they did In Western Florida last
week, there would be planted In 80 twenty
times a. much 40 was last year, which
would raise the crop at once TO 90 million
pounds Cat least) worth nearly halt a. many
million dollars 4 speak ..6oberly'1
Seeing these results in the outset I
saw the necessity of tobacco journal to
agitate the subject and educate our own