Suwannee Democrat. (Live Oak, Fla.) 1897-current, 1909-08-06

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world with Their values
gOla Of the Klondyke and ts ailno
Of South Africa FOR centuries ke
cret Their hiding places il re ozon g
the earth, but surface mdestons Ease
the traitors which urged men % Gig
and dig, and they did dig FOR golden
and sparkling treasures, and the bar
vests of wealth have staggered the
world into establishment BY their iIn-
mensity.
The KlOndyke and South Africa are
not the only spots where wealth lies
hidden, to be brought forth for the Dig
ging. Florida offers opportunities,
which, if improved and mteIhgently
used, will produce fortunes of vast pro-
portions for thousands Of people who
are daily being robbed of those com
forts and pleasures which are their
birthright in a land where seeking is as
good as finding, for to seek is to find.
We do not mean that men may come
here and bend their backs q little and
feel and see the yellow dust sitting ike
sand between their fingers. or stOOp
down, pick up a stone and be assured
that it is a diamond in the rough"
Wealth thus found is never sppreciat-
ed. Those who get rich quickly often
grow poor hurnedly. PrOdigality IS
the natural result of easily acquired
wealth. The man who knows a dollars
purchasing capacity is the man who
has worked for and saved the dollar.
What we mean is that Florida has
within itself elements, possessed by no
other state in the Union, TO produce the
dollar, but here as elsewhere the SOW
ing must proceed the harvest and labor
must be spent and then the Sheekels q
profit. When toll comes first ease can
be enjoyed. None, save the Weary
Wilhes" pine for rest when there Is no
WEAKNESS in body, muscle or brain,
In point of agricultural advantages
Florida surpasses every state from
Maine to Texas, from the Atlantic 10
the Pacific, from the Gulf Of Mexico 10
the Great Lakes It's soil win produce
a diversity of crops astounding IN m0F
! tipHcity. Almost any crop that win
grow in any section Of the United States
will grow in Florida with the proper
culture, and there are many crops that
trive in Florida that cannot Be produced
/ in any other state. Many that reach q
f greater perfection Of favor in Florida
' than any where else. Take, for Instance,
7 our orange and compare it with the Cal
! ifornia product, and the Ofsprings Of
the Pacific coast suffers miserably n
e the comparison. And so il Is with
other things.
: Florida is young state yet and he
$ development of its resources and posi-
: bilities are in the long clothes Of baby.
r hood. These resources and possibilities
D have not thus far acquired strength boz
Y they win and when they DO the balance
of the states will recognize that down
e here, with its nose nearly jsmmed
i against the imaginary equit0Fisl hRe
S there is foe worthy 70 be reeoned
d with, if not feared and dreaded, because
n of its manifold and Incompatible ~.
o sources.
Y We, believe, when Florida gets lin.
" bered up she Will not only produce he
bulk of the citrus fruit consumed in the
: United States, but also the bulk Of the
n finest grades Of tobacco, early vegeta,
bles, celery, strawberries. potatoes.
long staple cotton, bamboo, pineapples,
sugar and syrup, and a dozen Othsl
It crops peculiarly suited to cur soil and
II climatic conditions.
c. What Florida needs now above al
m else is people. The right kind Of people
N food, industrious people. And neyel
le before in the history Of the state hal
A. there been such a movement 10 acquir,
re homes in Florida, and the people whl
n. are seeking these homes, As q rule. az,
he a high class Of farmers who have wear
he led Of the privations Of frgid states an.
want home where they can enjoy thl
ye comforts Of an slm0st perfect ehmair
he while they labor for the daily bread an
r. the nest egg for the rainy day"
Florida has kept It's light hid under
5 bushel. If the state had pushed iiasl
forward and advertised 10 po1ibIbte
and advantages as Persistsntly and h
dielOusly as California has 4 wOgh b
g one of the richest and most popgio.
VI states in the union. bot. q hst "a