Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1907-05-06

Geo. P. Rowell editor of Printers
Ink, weekly journal for printers and
advertisers. and compiler OF the Row
ell Newspaper Directory, either
through ignorance OF the fact or for
some designing reasons. has seen fit
! in an article IN Printers Ink of
April "a. over his own signature. to
grossly misrepresent our State In
many Of his statements. In fact, none
of them are correct, and It Is the
duty of the Florida Press to take the
matten up and call the author to
| time.
In the first place. Mr., Rowell states
that there is only one paper published.
in Tallahassee, The Sun, which makes
its appearance. when in fact there are
two first-class weeklies, The Sun and
The True Democrat. Mr.. Rowell,
above anyone else, should know the
facts regarding that Of which he
makes a study and business. He
knocks" the State again by the asser.
ton that, such as they are, Florida
issues over $50 newspapers and peri
odicals, and It is quite probable that
there are more than a hundred
Florida papers that do not have
list Of subscribers that would count
as many as 200 names" The Sun
doubts seriously If there are a dozen
in this class, for, as a rule. the Flori.
da weekly is widely circulated paper
in proportion to population--m
widely in proportion than the majority
Of papers In other States, by reason
Of the fact that Florida is composed |
Of an intelligent class Of people, made |
up from every section OF the United |
States, and as a rule people Of re
hnement who insist upon reading the
papers, One may And IN the
rural districts OF Florida the-yery es-
sence Of integrity people from every
where who have come TO i've among |
as, some because Of the lnfatuating |
climate and fertility or soil, some be-
cause OF their health-and In fact, for
various reasons. Ninety per cent Of
this class who are engaged In farm
ing or horticulture or trucking are
subscribers to their county paper
Simply because the publishers OF
these papers, who. In many instances
are Indifferent as to whether they
make a report TO Mr.. Rowell's direo.
tory or not, they are credited with
less than 200 copies circulation"
Mr.. Rowell makes another blunder
OF the grossest kind when he states
that there are no stones In Florida.
and that II would be impossible 20
secure one in the entire State large
enough to make a doorstep. or even
big enough 70 throw az dog Right
here in Alachua county We can dis
prove that assertion, and n Mr.
Rowell Is willing 20 pay the freight
we can supply him with not only
stones for bis doorstep, but also
suficiency OF good ones large enough
10 throw at all the CANNES which
come hts way
The dreamy author Of this attack
On Floridas resources declares that
We have no bard roads, and that the
surface Of sand road is covered with
marsh grass or forest leaves, and
.hls again with sea shells Il Il need.
less TO defend THIS attack FOR every.
,ne who has visited Floriia knows
hat. while We may not have % great
/ mileage, no better roads are 20 be
found IN the United States than the
roads Of FLORIDA. constructed u ma,
.erlal mined from the earth of this Z
state. which Mr. Rowell states Is ]
nothing bur sand. sand, sand"
Next 70 tho peonage articles Wbich I
have become famous. this article o. d
Jeo. P. RoEell s. the most unjust mis-.
representation Of Florida ever pub. :
lshed