The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1908-11-06
oM noveRNoRa IND 80.

ON GOVERNORS LAND SALES.
The Jasper Banner Of Liberty pays
its respects to Governor BrOWard's
schemes as follows:
Governor BrOward told the people
when he wanted their votes that he
was going to drain the Everglades
for the benefit of the whole people
and when they were drained that the
could be bought IN from Eve 70 FORT
acre lots and used for making soc1
truck as would be profltable % the
producers.
We see by the daily papers now
that he Is trying 10 make 3 sale OF
something like pne million bnd a
half acres to some capitalist, and II
Is understood that the price is to be
one dollar per acre.
Now, we would like TO know what
difference 1t makes to the tax payer
whether this or that set OF money
changers own the lands that he has
been telling as that we're worth so
mucn money to the whole people.
He has been building dredges and
digging I'm the mud now for nearly
four years, and from the best infor-
nation we can get, and we have
talked with people that are Just from
that section Of the country, and they
tell uA that there is more water In
the Everglades at khe present time
than has been known for several
years.
Now II all the money that has been
spent in the last four years for
dredges and other expenses has not
availed anything, where is the con-
sistency in continuing this burden on
the people?
OF course we have not been on the
ground and we don't know that we
would be any the wiser II we had, as
from what we can gather, Governor
Broward has practically been raised
on the ground and so far as we can
see, he doesn't seem TO be oVerbur.
dened with wisdom In that direction.
OF course, one doesn't necessarily
have TO be raised in the Everglades
to know that water won't run up
hill, neither does one have to be raised
on a mountain to understand that
water will rush down a steep incline,
but Just common horse sense is
enough to teach anybody that six
inches to one foot fall to take water
from any large fountain head, such
as the big lakes in The Everglades,
Ia such quantities as to drain or lower
the water to any great extent and
we have always understood that from
twenty-three to twenty-six feet was
about all. the fall that there was be-
tween the big lakes in the Everglades
and the ocean waters, consequently
the heavy rains that usually fall
throughout South Florida will food or
overflow the territory In the vicinity
Of the canals Just as It did before
the canals were Sug.
Il Is stated that this capitalized
concern that Is going to take on this
one million and q half acres OF land
IN the Everglades Is to do great deal
of ditehing- as a part OF the payment
for the lands, which Of course sounds
very much Ike a ruse, but Is put out
no doubt to make the people believe
that the State Is really getting more
than one dollar per acre for the land.
3 The Internal Improvement Board
has squandered In our opinion about
all the money they can get their hands
on that can be used for that purpose,
and as 6 JVernor BrowaTd"s term Of
office wiIl soon expire. II Is our Opin-
ion will be as we heard some one say
a Few days ago that the bitches In the
Everglades would stand as a monu-
ment TO Governor BrOWard's 1ackass-
edness on drainage.