The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1901-09-27

required any money. He said that of
the $2,500 given by the State, every
citizen of the State paid part of this,
and so should have an equal interest
in the success Of the fair. That of this
amount only about $3.50 had as yet
been expended, That though Jack
sonville had appropriated $4,000 origin
ally, and had still agreed to give this,
they had refused to take it since lie
fire had swept the city and so many
people were even begging for bread.
He stated that in comparison to what
other States were giving for fairs of
this kind, Florida was working with
nothing to work with. That a gentle
man had told him recently that
Georgia had already expended $780,
on her fair. and that it would take
$40, 900 more to complete it,and to make
our fair a success with so little to
work with there must be a great deal
of voluntary work. The farmers can
come forward and make it a success,
he said, if they will.
Twenty counties have already been
heard from, and each has alredy ap-
propriated between 5000 and $500 be-
sides private subscriptions, and one
of the railroads will make an eXhibi-
ton. Over $50 individual exhibitors
will make displays, and we already
have more promised and ready than
we have space for, but there will be
space made for all.
There will be many side shows, cir
Gus performances and the Christian
EndeaVOr meeting, and the grounds
will be fully filed up with shows and
performances, all Of a creditable char
acter. There are the grounds to fix
up, the race track to get in order, etc.,
bue We expect to get through with it
all right. We have our hanus full
already, but will find place for every
body.
Major Healy said that the $4,000
that went to Buffalo could much bet
ter have gone to the State Fair.
Now the question is, what counties
ought to be represented? There is not
much reason why Manatee, Lee and
Dade counties should be at the fair.
Every man in Florida knows just what
they are doing. They produce oranges
and if the orange crop fails the people
starve. If the orange crop is a sue
success, they starve.
All through South and West L lorida
people want to know what they can
do to make living. Everybody knows
that it costs more to raise oranges and
cotton than the people get for it, even
if tney have a successful year. l, for
one, do not care about bringing any
more men into the State but l want
the farmers of the, State to be able to
make living.
1t is all right for good farmers from
outside to come into the State, but we
want to teach the people already here
to make the most out of their farms
and farm produce.
l don't think that farmers should be
tied up to the plOw. Th;--e is no more
reason why farmer should be tied
up to his plOw than a grocery man
should be tied up to his grocery store
He mustn't expect to make more
money at his farming without capital
than to make it in his grocery store
without capital. 1t is as necessary a
part of the one as of the other to have
capital to begin and to work on. He
for his work or he cannot do any
thing. A man who is tied up to a
counter or to a plow will not succeed.
Every man needs a special training to
do his work.
Here men do everything to develop
muscle; what they need is to develop
brains. 1t is necessary to use brains
in farming. We hope to bring together
representatives from every county in
the State to show what all can do. We
want to show what each county and
each farmer in each county is doing
to each county and each farmer in
every other county and show to the
world what each is doing.
l don't think that man who tries to
make living on any one thing will
make a success of farming or a sue
cess of making living. ALI lands are
not suitable for raising any one crop
to the exclusion of all others. No one
farm has generally only one kind Of
land, and different lands are suitable
for different crops.
Orange growers in Florida are not
making living out of the orange
crop, but out of the records in the
court house. They put mortgage on
their place and live upon the proceeds
of the mortgage. 1t is the same with
cotton. No man ever gets rich who
makes his living out of oranges or
cotton alone
But if this is to be country to fur
nish the northwest with hogs and
stock, we will go to the fair, learn how
people can make a living with kid
gloves. :.
Leon county must be at the fair,
and if you can have two or three hun
dred dollars to do it with it will pay
all of your expenses, you can sell all
your light stuff at Jacksonville, and it
will more than pay all your expenses.
in bringing back your live stock.
Bring all of your exhibits to one cen
trail point, and the railroad will ship
them for you to the fair free.
There will be 10000 to $4,000 people
at the fair, and all Of them will look
for an exhibit from Leon county, the
capital county of the State. 1 will
even come up here myself and help
you if it is desirable, You shall have
all the space you want and as good as
anybody gets.
The railroads have made cOnces-
sion of IL cents per mile for all pas
sengers, each way. They will bring
to one central point a car or as many
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