The Florida agriculturist., 1907-11-27
An Appreciated Letter.
Editor Florida Agriculturist:

E24A A~SAoSS0 ASSSSA'
Editor Florida Agriculturist:
No, I haven't forgotten you Not
by long shot. For once week the
clean, fresh sheet comes to our view,
SO I couldn't forget you if tried, and
am not going to try.
There are many reasons why | like
to read the Florida Agriculturist, too
many to give vent to in this short
article. One of them is this, be
cause it's a clean paper. Fit for any
member of your family to read, and
that is more than can be said of too
many papers of the present day.
You don't see in the most prominent
place in the paper, in glaring head
lines, -Four full quarts of the Dew Of
the Morning, the Elixir of Life, fresh
from the Farm Dale Springs, or the
same of the Rose of Sharon, all de-
l1vered at your nearest express office,
securely packed so no prying eyes may
know what the package contains, all
for the small sum of three dollars"
Four quarts of liquid hell, and three
dollars worth of eternal damnation,
guaranteed to ruin father and son; to
set neighbor against neighbor; to drag
down the mother and the helpless little
ones to poverty and death. All secure
ly packed so the law may not know
what is in the package
Oh, ye shades of those departed,
How long, o. how long, will such ad-
vertisements be allowed to be set be-
fore the family circle, in the most en-
ticing forms that can be gotten up by
the printers art, to be scattered
broadcast through a county or state,
where such stuff is not allowed to be
sold?
Oh, we'll, I might just as we'll stop,
but this is one of the reasons why I
like the Agriculturist 1t isn't forever
Haunting this temptation before the
eyes of the readers. It's advertisements
are clean and its entire makeup is
clean, and so every issue brings pleas
ure and new ideas and something to
think about. Every one who has pride
in the state should read it. Every
fruit grower, every farmer, trucker
and stock grower should persue its
pages, and as something new springs
into view, pass it on to the rest of us
and let us all rejoice with you We
like to read your letters, and hear
from you at least, even though we may
not agree with what you write
Well, we'll I wonder what I started
in to write about? Oh, yes 1t was
about the parcels post, packing and
shipping fruit, fertilizing orange trees,
ETC., and last but not least, starting on
a new place in the piney woods of
Florida. Oh, did want to say a word
about the parcels post to help the
grand cause along, for if there is any
one thing that has gone on just long
enough, it is the downright robbery
by the express companies of the people
of the United States, and a good,
strong parcels post is all that will
cure it-strong enough so that it will
carry, say at least 100 pounds Don't
stop at 10 or II pounds, go after
100 pounds and let all the farmers join
hands, and flight the devil with fire."
SO to speak, for these monopo1ies are
doing just as all the trusts have done
to keep our noses down to the grind
stone wish we had a grange in every
township, and would all join hands
on this question What do you say,
Brother growers? Shall we organize
or not. If not, why not? I found the
agricultural classes all organizing clear