The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1901-05-17
The OCALA BANNER.
What We Can 90 If We TRY.
To the Editor or thc BANNER.

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To the Editor Of :hc Banner.
The opening blast that sounded the
charge upon that spirit Of inertuess
which consigned such a vast area of
old sugar plantations To their original
forest growth was blown with tne
hopes 10 would thunder in the ear IF
some southern oiiire hoy, or one tie.
tween the plOw handles, aud arouse
him, and call his attention To the
import Of the question propOunded,
viz: Why all the I willis and | cans
ranged themselves north Of the line
separating Florida from Georgia and
ali the cant's and I wou'ts south Of
il.
Mr. Editor, l am very diligent
reader Of newspapers and seeker OF
news. There is but little in a news
paper that ESCAPES myattention, much
OF which is rausrd 10y a sincere desire
to see in print that even one spindle
has been started, that Il hegiuuiug
might be made, to utilize another of
Florida'S resources, and to insure to
the planter, ut least, fair proportion
of the great wealth that is created by
the changing Of raw material into
manufactured goods.
Ia vain have [ looked FIR lhis. on
the contrary Isee daily in the Times
Union and Citizen, Savannah News
and Others. that thousands Of spin
dies are being put into position CD
spin the staple Of every cotton stale
into yarn, except Florida.
DO sou know the difference between
the raisers Of Florida long staple and
the spinners OF it? Wig The first.
TO get four GEMS average in the seed,
sweats, complains and grumoles be-
tween the plough handles in the hot
sunshine, wears bad clothes. seems to
be content with ''sOw-beliyn and grits.
and no recreation save an occasional
railroad excursion and pipe smoke
ing.
The other who makes the seed pay
all the expense Of converting into lint
worth, manufactured, all the way
from fifty cents to five dollars per
pound, when he dresses in purple and
line linen, smoke best cigars, rides
finest bicycles and automobiles, goes
to operas, fine suPpers, goes to the
sea side, takes trips around the world
has bonds TO clip cupons from to pay
expenses.
SHAKESPEARE must have had these
two classes before his minds eve
when the phrase Look upon this
picture, and then upon that" was
coined. There is a great difference
between this representation, which is
true, as between the two pictures in
Hamlet.
Old planters, come out of that and |
help us to solve this problem of re- |
timing sugar and syrup and canning
1t, which you have to my certain
knowledge, harped up for the last
eighteen years.
Young man, stick to those plow
handles and at the end of the hoe
handle and increase your acreage of
both cotton and cane, watch Pap
and argue with him about the differ.
ence between selling cotton in the
seed and in the lint, or selling in the
lint or the yarn.
Argue the question with him, about |
the difference in profit between sell |
ing refined syrup, put up in nice cans
with an attractive label, for which
you have the world for q market, and
throwing the unskillful and crudely
made syrup, as at present, on the
market for which there is no demand
other than local.
If you have got the ''cotton and
cane sense" like Andrew Carnegie had
iron sense" when he was of your
age and working for probably less
money, there is the same chance for
you as there was for him.
In this article make a special plea
to planters. Come up and help US,
we offer to you the very best probable
cooperative scheme ever offered you.
one in which we all can join.
If we have sense enough to make