Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1909-01-07

-. ,his connection occurs the sug-
.,,on that the tree greatest men
- the greatest nation on earth
~. rroduced are George Washington,
-, =. Lee and Abraham Lincoln.
"a anniversaries Of the birthdays OF
w.shinrton and Ice have been by
,--s.istive enactment made legal Holt
49, Il Is high time for our State to
-.rornise the patriotism and true
.v..tness OF Abraham Lincoln by de-
sl.r,ng February 12th the anniversary
- Ais birth. a legal holiday.
Growth Of the state.
eNothing Illustrates the growth Of
n. state more than Is shown by the
r,I,ed States census OF 1900. This
,ensus shows the following increase:
rlorida. IS per cent; Georgia, 2O.6
ar cent: South Carolina. 1914; North
carolina III: Virginia. -: Alabama,
aS. Mississippi. 2O.3; Louisiana,
IS The percentage Of increase for
fh.se States has been quoted because
rrierences have been made 70 them
ar other comparisons. No other
states have shown greater In
crease Of percentage in population. ex-
csDt North Dakota. Montana, WyO-
nlnv. Idaho, Oklahoma, Washington.
sud Texas. The latter State, Texas.
rAows an increase OF 35.4 per cent, as
against So per cent for Florida.
-Our State has made a great growth
n transportation facilities. IN COM
merce, in manufactures, in hOTticul-
tire. in the products Of the field. the
hFm. the forest, and of the mine. But
a few years since we mined nothing.
Nov we mine more than one-half Of
re phosphate Of the United States
and more than One-third Of the phos-
plate Of the world. We mine Fuller's
earth. and clay for fine pottery. There
b nothing like being a prophet. or the
sa Of a prophet: We will yet be one
b he great oil-producing States.
a Great Engineering Feat.
we are living In an age Of great
progress; men are beginning 90 under
stand some Of the forces with which
sAe earth was made. and are begin
ning 70 know how TO handle these
iorces. In this latest period In the
aesel0pment Of man one OF the great
engineering feats Of the world Is now
being completed within the borders
q oar own State-the binding of the
bland Of Key West 20 the mainland
WITH bars Of steel, and cementing % %
ne continent with arches Of masonry.
such great work can only be accomp-
hzhed through aggregations Of capital
ana combinations Of men. The natural
nan dies. The artificial man, known a.
ne corporation, lives on. The natural
and artificial man are Dotn necessary.
Both have certain rights. Both have
eeIiain duties. Neither should be al
owed 70 Cypress the other. Shakes
peare says: 10 Is nice 20 have a 81
AIs strength. but Il Is vlllalnous 20
a.e Il as a giant The State has
sAnts strength. the corporations
hl1e giants strength. Il would be
nlianious for the State 20 use its
strength as a giant against the corpora.
uoas. u would be vlllainous for the
e~pofations 10 use their strength as
giant against the people The cor
pofauons should be regulated. but
.n0aid not be regulated out Of their
boots.
Suggestions Welcomed.
Aany OF our people advocate
-ases' all Of which cost money, yet
~ an want a reduction OF taxation.
Ay observation has been that az
oesinning Of the session the news
80 say, Behold the brightest and
-i.eat set Of legislators ever as
''eo ~ Tallahassee Towards the
OF The session the same set OF
- Who could not possibly enact
avs all the various projects pro
ana who would bankrupt the
II they did, are usually. accord
% these same papers. about the
- set OF men ever assembled. In