The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1906-10-12

CIeud plantation under my manage
ment IN justice 70 the good people Of
Qaeeola county and myself, ] requeBt
yoo % publish my reply 10 Mr.. Van Du-
GER which WAS sent TO the Tampa
TIMES and will doutless be published IN
that Journal ] enclose copy Of my re-
ply. Very Respectfully,
r. =, ROSE.
Tallahassee, Fla, Oct. Ord, 1906.
Editor Tampa Times, Tampa, Fla.
Dear Sir My attention has been CALI
cd 20 q letter from Mr. w. L. Van Du-
zer, dated September 18th, published ia
recent issue Of your paper As Mr..
Van Duzer mentions myself among
others personally, request the priyi-
IeRe Of replying to him 10 correct some
| OF his statements. He says, 1.-THE
present State Chemist, X u. Rose, who
spent $50, 900 on bis muck farm and
made d complete failure"
The facts are, ] sold my interest IN
st, Cloud 10 Hamilton DisBtOn IN 1888,
at satisfactory prices, Immediately af-
ter organization Of the Florida Sugar
Manufacturing Co, with d capital Of
| 81 ,0O0. 200, be- ed entirely on the re.
suits and conditions Of the st. Cloud
plantation, while under my ownership
and management, which had 10 that
| time showned an annual dividend of 40
per cent on the 100000 capital en-
Dloyed.
IN 1889 / sold the remainder Of my
farm a. 81. Cloud--less than 100 acres
for 81, 600 cash.
r. y. Rose did not make a failure Of
bis muck lands In any way, agrieultur-
ally or financially, but turned the. prop
| erty over TO the Florida Sugar Manu-
featuring Co. in May, 1888 with crop Of
cane, (420 acres) that proved one Of the
best, acreage considered, ever produced
| h the United States, quoted BY Mr..
Van Duzer IN his paper read before the
Cane Growers Association IN Jackson
VILE ii 1904.
Mr. Kinsman, Mr.. Slaven, Mr.. Fell,
Mr. Hampton and myself, each had con.
tracts WITH TIE Florida Sugar Manuftc-
/ turing. In each case the Sugar Co.
/ failed to meet lie contract 20 receive
and pay for the cane produced.
Mr., Goblet, among others, on high
pine land, as well as on muck lands, lost
/ heavily during the seasons Of 1888 $50
and go by the late February and March
frosta The failure Of vegetable grow
ers IN Florida has by no means been
confined 20 muck lands, nor TO particu-
| lar locations.
The following, quoted from Mr. Van
Duzer'a paper, read before the Cane
Growers Association, az Jacksonville,
| May 4th, 9Th and 9Th, 1904, puts the
value Of muck lands In different light.
Abiding 70 the muck, or reclaimed
land, in the neighborhood of Kissim-
NEE, he says:
"The healthfulhess Of q region is Of
the utmost Importance to any enter
prise, and especially Is this true when
the operatives must become perma-
nent residents Il can be positively
stated that the reclaimed. lands Of the
Kissimmeo Valley are free from malaria.
The employees of the drainage Company
were white men exclusively. These
men were recruited from all parts Of
the country. Many of them entered
into tho service Of the company before
they became acclimated. During u
period Of over eleven years the COM
/ pany never employed physician or
lost an employe from death; never did
any Of the men leave the service of the
company from. the fact they could not
stand the climate. Malaria and chills
are absolutely unknown.
ANALYSIS.
'"l'he following analysis of muck will
be found interesting TO those familiar
with the snbject Of sugar culture;
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