The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1902-02-28

new century, and we can see railways
and waterways reaching into every
corner Of the state. Trains and steam
boats and ships are gathering and
transporting the manifold products of
land and water 10 the consumers.
while factories are turning raw ma
terials into cloth, earthenware, jellies
and all varieties of canned goods.
Florida, the consumer, will become
Florida, the producer, and instead Of
buying to feed her people, will, from
her abundance, sell TO feed and clothe
her neighbor-.
The varieties of stock and food and
the quantity that can be 80 easily
/ produced: the fact that cattle, sheep,
goats and hogs need bat little and III
. expensive protection against weather,
and the ease with which animals are
raised. aud the further fact that this
condition is rapidly becoming thor
oughly understood not alone by the
stockmen OF Florida, but by those of
the north and west, warrants the be- +.
lief that Florida will eventually be- .
come one of the greatest producers /
Of beef, pork, mutton, butter and .
cheese in the union.
Sooner or later the manufacturers
of fine pottery will find il to their adj
vantage to establish their factories
near the kaolin-clay beds for con-
venieuce and economy, and because
the mild climate will enable them to
readily convert the raw material into
ware at comparatively little cost.
Florida il now shipping large guam
titles of timber and lumber to South
American counties, but in the event
of the early construction Of an inter-
oceanic canal this business will in
crease to an enormous extent. That
which leaves here now as lumber will
then go in the shape of buildings.
ready on their arrival at their destina- I
ton to be put together for immediate 8
use. The manufacture of sash, doors. c
blinds, holdings and other finish
ng work, already quite an extensive !
business, will within the next few 3
years largely increase, because of the :
iced To convert into merchantable
material the timber of the exhausted
farm, and this, too, will
ind its way to foreign markets. =
Our people need to learn something !,
o help the progress of the state and q
o add to their own growing wealth. r
hey need to learn that their forests .,
hOuld be guarded against destruction VI
hat their fish and game must be pro- =,
ected to prevent wasteful killing. and !,
hat their fruits and vegetables should h,
e carefully inspected and the pack o.
ges branded before leaving the state, co
} that nothing hut good, sound, ripe 81
nit and vegetables of the first quail A
y only shall be put upon the market,
} command the higest prices wher-
yer they are offered for sale. tn
The total debt of Florida is 81 ,052,- gu
70, Of which s14s,0 is held by indi- tn
dusls, and the reminder, 1854, 800 is al
ED by the several educational funds
the state, bearing interest at the WI
te OF 8 per cent She has no floating an
,bt, and has the lowest taxrate Of vi
~ state in the union except New SIT
rsey. Extensive improvements
we been made during the past year IN
the school properties Of the state, pc
ID the work Of remodeling the CAPT. l
building is now in progress. The wi
st, when completed, will be e75,O pal
these additional expenses that at
We been incurred have been met gus
thout any increase in the rate of an'
xstiOn. No state in the union is in sbt
tier financial condition or has Q 4
ghter outlook for the future than let
5 Florida. sob
w. s. JENNINGS.