The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1905-12-01
FLORIDA
| SOLDERING
SETTLERS
Some of the Advantages IN Which
Our State tNCells.
CLIMATE UNSURPASSED
Mo State Completes with Florida in Pro-
du,ing Many Crops, t>sr> New
Conner Is Welcomed.

Assuming that We need and want
immigration, il is We'll 10 consider what
we have to offer hat Inducements to
sever present ties, tUl.ulc PIE rut sur
soundings and migrate, II may bc, hun
dreds or thousand Of mlra and make a
new home, iulm new ties and practically
begin HE over.
We cannot expect sensible people and
we want no othel to du TIA. unless We
can show them permanent advantage,
to result from the apparent .arlIll,c.
We can oher the best climate IN the
United state, There /. aI- IMPRESSION
that Florida is lnlen ely hot aud dra-
gleeabe in summrL lhi. l. not tue,
however, as the night dlr always de-
fghtfuIIy pleasant, amt nowhere can
Ole obtain more ielrc hInE sleep than
here. From November 1T 10 Aptll 3ulh
the climate Is Ideal, and IT T. DUNG tins
term that most OF the active labor ~ at-
eOmpShrd + IN TIM period that the
most profitable crops are grown and
harvested,
Flol ida is saMbriou}-- our vital staff
tics compare taNouahIy with those Of
any part Of the lnIUn, and We have a.
many vely old citizens a, may Ice found
elsewhere.
We have as fertile lands aa may be-
found in any part Of the world With the
distinct advantage Of beng able tueruW
three successive and paying crops each
season. GARDENER Who have selected
lands which may he u1Igatrd 1T wilt
We sometimes have hort dluughts a.
do all parts OF the United &tutra-. can
and do produce crops Winch weld more
than 81 100 per acre, pen annum, net,
and We have thousand Of acre. Of such
andi which can he puncha ed tol lr.s
than So per acre. We hayra large area
In the southern pant 81 the state more
than 5000 acres which are specially
adapted TO the growth Of citIua ilulta
OF all kinds and where lao material dam
age to such fruits haa ever occurred
from cold. We have counties. thou and.
OF undeveoped phosphate beds which
are ready to pour out golden stream
Tor the next century tol The men who
lnteigently work them.
We have lumber mills single mills, .
tile and brick works, turpentlne di,tiI- /.
leiles, the best Of silica tur glass MAX
ing and We produce On oar farms that
most valuable u all Nitrous products, the
Sea Island Cotton.
Our climate and conditions are exactly .
suited to the production VI most nbre .
plants SUCH as the pineapple, Leargrass, .
palmetto and siSal hemp,
Uur fisheries By reason Of extended .
seaeost and countless bays, estuaiies,
ilverS and lakes, excel in resources those .
ol AM other three State IN the Union .
!ne sponge fisheries alone ALREADY yield .
NY more tnan 1000 per annum to the
S'tilenS of this State engaged N such .
fisheries,
thousands Of carloads Of salt and fresh
water lish are annualiy ,ent Oul and dis
lnouted throughout the country, 50 that
oAs can rarely find hr5t-claSS nVte UNI
prepared TO serve to its patrons a de-
lsleuS Florida pompano
unnatural oyster bed are by far the
VeSt 70 be found in the United states.
we nave as hne SUGAR and tobacco
ANUS as can be found anywhere outside
VI euoa, and for stock raising We yield
"s palm TO hone.
wehavea splendid free school system
a"u numerous places where our youth
."ay ootaln the neces sarS training to en-
yer !he universities.
W. haVea hoslitate, moral and law
sulGilg citizenship always ready to eX-
ss.'u tne hand OF welcome to humeseek-
ers or investors,
we nave me social conditions through
wv the State, and those seer ing homes
anoIe our people will nnd that the at
.iIos ere tends to elevate and To make
! mem better, no matter from what state
'nsy may come. 4
~, W. nave our seasons OF labor and close
rppneation To the ait ans of lie and the
WS IT, OF happlnes. to OurtrlloWman.
l "o nave our seasons Of pleasure and re-
, m"a but always accord to every
"s the right to exercise the nee bent
sna us mind as to his religious, political
DO likewise, '' '''e VIC y ~ ~
nIs "" ,e nave nay more than eighty million peo-
dn,t ~ Whoin We must distribute our pro-
In as tNere Is no other section OF the
to, '' winch comes in general COMPETE {
c,a mtmn ninety days after our immi-
my crop. ~'''e '''''' '''''' pay
st D@ lettuce and beans in December,
n,a""periies, oranges, grapefruit and '
rIeapples in January and February; ;
and SSeanS, eaulillower new potatoes
''ase IN March and April. Where !