The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1909-08-20
OCALA IS GIVEN ANOTHER fine COMPLIMENT
Attention is Called to the Many Advantages OF Marion
County Is 1t Better to Sell or Consign Fruits
and Vegetables?

ing growers here. He reads the Pack
er, and always pays for it two or
three months before it is due, show
ing his appreciation of its value.
Mr.. Young said: The season as a
whole has been good. Prices were
low, but We did not expect them to
be high, considering conditions"
w. Huffman & Bros. are general
merchants and have the postoffice in
their store. J. w. Luffman is the gen.
eral mercantile and postoffice mana
ger, while W. huffman is the outdoor
manager, and, as a result, the real
producer. w. Huffman & Bros. have
10 acres in cantaloupes this season.
Of course, this is one crop, other
crops follow on this same land and
the Luffmans are leaders in beans, as
well as the production of that which
a perfect climate can produce.
Florida is supreme, not only on &C
count of some of it's fine lands, but
principally on account of its superior
climate Those who are capable of
seeing these points always succeed in
Florida. The man who comes here
from the north and looks for rich land
such as the northern states possess,
invariably goes back and reports that
Florida land is poor and will not pro-
duce, but the same person never did
consider climate. Why? Ignorance of
nature. Ignorance in this country is
| superfluous. Once study nature in
it's entirety and you will not only be
good Christian, but a good farmer,
and you will appreciate beautiful
Florida, it's climate and its land value
in connection with its climate. There
are all kinds of farmers here, but the
successful man here is the man of
brains.
]. w. Johnson grows cantaloupes as
:. general crop, but also glows other
products in season. Mr.. Johnson is
one of the leaders here and is much
interested in the Farmers Union OF
SPAR, which numbers many mem
bers, all white people.
S. d. Souter is one of the valued
Packer readers of this old fruit and
vegetable town of Spar. Mr.. Souter
is last on the list, but not least. 1t
was long after dark before the writer
was able to call on Mr.. SOuter, and
then had twelve miles to drive back
to Ocala for something to eat and a
sleep. Mr.. Souter makes specially
of lettuce and tomatoes for fall crops.
The writer had the pleasure or dis
pleasure of reading an article in your
issue of July "a, entitled "The Sour
Problem" by one Frank Howard, Il
Ludlow, VT. According to this arti
Gle there is not an honest commission
man in the world, Mr.. Howard includ
ed. Mr. Howard evidently owns an
orange grove at Arcadia, Fla, as he
says: Il consign very little of my
fruit, preferring to take any old price
before the fruit leaves my sight and
control" Now, this is rot, and is not
in view of consistent facts in Florida
The people who get the largest and
highest prices for oranges, grapefruit
and all kinds of fruits and vegetables
are the people who ship on consign
ment to good and reliable houses. Nc
one but a cheap and small grower is
willing to take ANY old price" Mr.
Howard must be one of this kind
as the Monarch grove at Wildwood
Fla, sells al it's oranges of 700 acres
on the auction block, through y. F
Young & Co., New York, and gets
from $3.50 to 81 per box. Mr.. How
ard can get but 81 On an average, il
he sells at amy old price"
This ANY old price" is disgusting
to one who knows the trade. Accord
ing TO Mr. Howard, there is not ar
honest merchant in Ludlow, Vt. The
writer had the pleasure of visiting
Ludlow some years ago on other bus
mess, and he never found dishon
est mercahnt in the town. Neither
was there one whom he would no
trust with a consignment Of fruit:
from Florida at 10 per cent. commits
sion. Mr. Howard says, "the commits
sion man RENTS what he will TO The
consigner." He gets his ten per cent
commission by condemning his Owl
town merchants. He condemns hi
own honesty. Mr.. Howard further
more says: Every man would be
tyrant if he could" If this fact were
true there would be a revolution il
the United States within forty-eigh
hours. Mr.. Howard is not only IN
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