The Pensacola journal., 1909-12-19

spread the gospel of Florida. They
poured their money into enterprises
designed to develop its natural Ta-
sources and in every way known %
man advertised the advantages OF
this section OF the United States.
Farmers Took Notice.
Gradually the farmer and home
seeker OF the frozen North began 10
sit UP and take notice OF the "I-.4
of dreams The reports of the w..-
deTfUl pTOduCtiyeuess OF Florida T..-L
like fairy tales 10 the discouraged s.
ricuHuTist wrestling an existence from
his barren field he found il hard %
believe that IL Florida The soil .r3-
duced three aud sometimes .-rr
crops in one year. Il was iIJua-E.-
Ole fer him to conceive of lana ID.
perpetual sunshine, where ten Of
/ twenty acres of ground could bee made
/ 10 produce more than 100 acres n
/ the North. However. there were
I enough venturesome spirits to take
I the plunge and see for themselves
what this new FL Dorado had TO If
Ifer. -l
What they discovered in Florida is
history, They found, indeed, that the
half had not been told. They found
a land where fruit grew Wild in luNu-
RANT pTofusiOn-a land where tn"
soil produced almost every crop that
could be grown in the North, a cli-
mate that exceeded the liveliest I'M
a;tination, a country teeming with
possibility. They found that celery
could be made TO yield as high as
5000 an acre profit. grapefruit S4O'
an acre, potatoes and ali kinds OF
| vegetables as high as $500 an acre.
Is II any wonder that they named II
the enchanted land2
| II Is almost impossible to describe
Florida without resource to SupeTl5-
Itives. It is easy TO understand pOOr
| Ponce de Icons faith in his fOun-
tain of perpetual youth-afteT one has
Inexperienced the delights of a sOjOurn
in Florida. No pen can do justice %
1.-THE magnificent yistas of waving
palms luXuriant vegetation and wide
sweeps of primal verdue.
Opportunities Offered.
| Florida offers today more OpOTtuui-
tiles to the poor man than any other
section of the country. \ little cani-
tai goes long ways here. At the
lDTeSent time good farm lands can be
lobtained as low as so an acre and
Item acres properly handled should
lprOduce "A profit of $500 a year. The
farmer in Florida does not have to
work as hard as his brother iBy-th1
North and he realizes a great deal
more for his labor. Owing to the
richness of the soil, crops spring Up
almost like magic and a time when
the Northern farmer is planting his
crops the Florida farmer is almost
lready to market his first crop yield.
The movement toward Florida is
becoming more and more pronounc-
ed as the Northern and Western
4 hOmeseekeT becomes acquainted with
% in this W,
efforts are being spared by the rail
roads and other large interests o
properly advertise this marvellous sec
ton. Millions are beinAASt> IN this
! educational work ana - 7resufCe IS
| apparent in the thousands upon
/ thousands of inquiries being received
by the different commercial assOcIa-
tiOns of the cities of the state.
Poor Mans Paradise.
II is only a question of short time
when. instead of being known as the
rich mans playground" Florida viii
answer to the title of the poor mans
| paradise Nothing can stop the trc-
mendOuS tide Of wage eaTneTs-farm-
ers who have failed Of success in 9th
er and less productive seCtiOns-and
! hOmeseekers looking for a place
/ where they can live in comfort and
realize a living from their Iand-fDOm
/ Florida.
/ Florida offers moro inducements to
these classes than any other one SPOT
on earth, and while it. has taken a.
/ long time for Florida to come intOt
! her own, the next year or two wiz
/ witness the enchanted land" taking.
Iher rightfUl position among the ag-~
.TicuIturaI states Of the union.
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