The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-07-17
opIDA CROPS AND FACTS.
eos.ipy Letter From Sanford ON
rnrinuH Topics.

NAEAOa'
-, Fla. July 16.-Writers for the
s1-- mo state that Florida win increase
.,s Of watermelons and early veg
--svt season don't know what they
ming about. Very few growers out
---.,5s this season have made a sin
..r.- and some have not only lost
-, labor, costs Of fertilizers. farm
loving. etc, but had TO pay some
Cor freight. Glutted markets caus-
= NJ this loss, still the great COM
30 that high railroad and steamship
- left the producer nothing in the
NJ the commission merchant. Ad-
80 that the transportation charges
Inf exhorbitant, the fact, cold and
4 ,--.-s-siv remains, that the growers can
,,--fnuc in the business without great
= 70 themselves
n. great problem that must be solved
-. interests Of the fruit and early
liable growers, is that Of cheap and
Il .~lnspOrtatiOn to distant and profit
markets. Abuse of the railroads and
|--~-oissi3n merchants will not remedy
- evils or secure the desired OBJ
r. The growers and railroads are mu-
rv interested in this matter. and they
n h. compelled TO meet each other in
l+rlv spirit and arrange something
.---r than free seed distributions" for
:, season, otherwise there will be very
4 n planted for shipment to the north
west from Florida.
or- grape growers are now largely hold
= their grapes at home to be made into
r. Home markets are being sought
l. many other products that used to be
irrel. but with little and varying profit.
IN course we have certain growers in Flor
ii who are shrewd business men and
r. ample means at their command, who
dom fail to ship their early grapes,
aches melons, tomatoes, cucumbers,
.ss-s. etc. 10 profitable markets. They
+. no. complain, but where you find one
/. these men you find twenty other grow
. L who fail TO ship. except at a loss, and
tho are. therefore, compelled to use their
srm and orchard products here at home.
N certain extent this is true of every
|ult growing state not blessed with profit
liz markets near at hand or having
.heap rail or water transportation.
sanford has struck one new industry that
.0mises 10 be a good thing in several re-
'pects. It rids the country of the detested
Ilmetto roots that infest the suburbs, and
$50 gives employment TO laborers and
killed workmen. An old saw mill on the
Ike shore near the railroad wharf has
zen utilized as a tannery in which hides
Ian be tanned with the extract from pal
netto roots. So we'll does the process
york that there is talk of establishing an
ther tannery of this kind here. This
reates a demand for the entire palmetto
liant the fibre already being in good de-
band and a company here is now manu-
lcturing a fine. delicious wine from the
hlmetto berries. Then comes the in
Feased value of the land out of which the
bnoxious palmetto roots have been
rubbed.
The new Hotchkiss brick block, adjoin-
rg the Pico block, is nearly ready for oc-
Epancy, and when opened for business
fll be a great Improvement to that part
the city. The corner store has been
tied up for the Sanford Loan and Trust
ompany Bank, while the postoffice will
owe into the middle store. Postmaster
lhn Smith, formerly of Savannah, is
-eparing to give us an office of which we
AL be proud, as its grade has this month
zen raised TO second class, an indication
at Floridas Gate City is not only hold
g her own, but steadily advancing in the
after of correspondence and general pos
! business. This is great reading COM
unity and in addition to its newspapers,
agazine, etc, by mail. three fourishing
wsdealers are sustained, all of which
we large sales of the Morning News.
There is one department of the Plant
stem Of railways and steamships that
i'll not soon be in danger of a removal
ON Sanford. That is Plant System Hos
tai No. /, located on the main line,
bout mile from the city, and near the
Tops of the company. Recent enlarge
ents and improvements of an expensive
laracter indicate it's permanent location
IRE. All employees of the various lines
the system south of Du Pont are treat
in case Of sickness or accident at this
'spital. OF course, there are local sur
IONS al various points on the lines who
We immediate attention to all bad cases.
hese surgeons recently met at the hos
tai in semi-annual session, with DR..
rank H. Caldwell, chief surgeon, as
esdent, and held several very interest
e meetings. Among the addresses was
very able one by Judge E. K, Foster.
cal attorney of the system, on 1.-THE
elation of Surgery to the Railway Sys-
m"