The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1897-11-12
Fas.s ana rl.:lsa.

InfFa has hees, m..liy a change IL
regard 60 men; there location, oecu-
patton and st,tien IN life. l.. IS than
three years ago, inen in Florida we're
like swarm 1t honey bees, going aud
coming far and near collecting the
vast weai'h 81 tao SLATE.
Men Of every tongu- and nation.
have been investing ia Florida, with
An eNe to speculation. Bat just now
thc-li e has chanYed
NIncr tie fr-. " Of - ana 96 many
p~orie have gfown discouraged. we
must admit 'Th, Fl, exc, together with
Tie bank failures have struck us Il
l3eavE biow Why he respondent,
This wa~ the only freeze for many
Sesrs that dill as any III ny.
Taere are meu uhnS,y they lost all
they had through The freeze, Others
!osi heavily and LAY they will never
put a..other dollar oat on an orange
grove, or any thlng else in Florida.
see if this is wise or not Well, sup
pose we have continued drought,
aud the farmers all fail TO make bread
enough, must they, or can they fold
tier arms and say they will never
plow another furrow, or plant another
grain? ii they did the result would
he worse than a free ze, for the people
one and all wo4ld soon be begging for
bread.
\ great many have been crying
'-hard tines and many are asking
hequeston, what shall We do and
what l. the best business for IS t. fol-
low to make living? There has
been many plans and ideas suggested
which some have proven t, be good.
A. a money crop we have been
planting cotton and tobacco. Men
VITO have planted cotton barely made
expenses, while those who have grown
tobacco have made fair profit.
Our winters are mud, our climate is
the best in the world Florida has
long since been known as the best
place on earth for lazy man to make
living. Our lakes, rivers and bays
abound with an abundance Of fish
ana game.
Money was plentiful, wages good;
every man that would work could get
work. Alas, too many have wasted
the time given them, and have bur-
led their talents
Must We after the sore trials we have
had. give up in despair? No, never!
Soft jobs and big pay are both in the
past. Then let Us all 90 to work. each
to earn All honest living.
Farmers, stick to your farm fence
in more land, plant variety of crops,
and work them well and you will have
more. live better aud be more indie
pendent than many of Us to-day.
Let u- give all the attention We pos
sibly can to our orange groves. In
these once dormant groves ,lies vast
sums Of money. This is promised US
on conditions, viz: That il I've do our
part, God wilt do his, and success is
sure to f2llow.
Some men Of our county have en-
gagged IN truck farming as money
crop, some have been well paid and
others have Lot, depending largely on
tile time Of planting aud the seasons.
Some are still asking is there money
in raising vegetables? TO this we will
say that We have no home market,
ana mauy TIN. the northern markets
are a,gttei before we are half through
shipping, and they do not pay ship
ping expenses and the remainder of
the crop are allowed to remain IN the
fields and Tat Can We devise any
plan by which ge can utilize this sur
pluS? lhiak the most cessful
plan will he to erect a canning factory,
and when the market is dali, we can
Arrange to have our fruit and veget-