The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1910-08-19
THE BRILLIANT
FUTURE AHEAD
Attention of the World is Now
Directed Toward Florida
SOUTHERN EAST COAST
g lucje, Palm Beach and Dade Counties
Possess Most Unusual Advantages
for All Kinds of Vacations

Everybody from the land boomer in
Chicago to the humblest citizens on the
rsst Coast of Florida,is talking about
me- brilliant future of the Southern
Esst Coast. Most of the talk being
# the spectacular variety.
While all of this howery and en-
trsncing conversation tends to incite
,heinterest of the people aud to create
desire in the heart of the office
worn hack, the factory imprisoned
mechanic, and artisan, the over
worked professional man andyOung
man looking the world in the face
and picking out a vocation, the out
| door life appears in the strongest
manner to them, and the splendid op-
portunities pictured of the development
| Of this Florida has awakened an inter.
est throughout the Union as great as
| did the discovery of gold in California
So much for the spectacular. now let
Us lay aside for a time this romantic
feature and look at the Florida pro-
position with calm bu. mess gave.
Volumes have been written in regard
to the climate of southeastern Florida
which means st. Lucie and Palm Beach
counties, tHe counties that has 4. climate
unsurpassed in the world and Dade
county. So much for that as far as it
interests the invalid and those wishing
to leave rigorous climate for one
where natureis kind throughout the year.
The greater portion of the people who
have come to this country and to those
Who will come have the business
outlook in view.
The predominating aid in advertising
this section is the wealth that is made
nom growing vegetables and the
fortunes that are to be made from
growing sugar cane and rice in the
Everglades, when they are drained and
made suitable for the purpose. All of
the stories have been told of the money
made from vegetables are based upon
net and when the Everglades are drain.
q they will undoubtedly be developed
INTO the largest sugar producing section
o. the Union, but the greater develop
nent and the one that is going to en-
pOy the greatest amount of capital are
those things that will be created and
developed by the increase in popula ton
For the area involved St. Lucie, Palm
Beach and Dade counties, have a small
population at this time compared to
'1eir size. The greatest part of this
popalatiOn being involved in interests
and IN pursuits based on the money
mace from truck farming and fruit
growing. In other words, there is
practically no manufacturing, there no
cattle and hogs grown here, only one or
Two canneries to take care of our waste
products. And only mercantile houses
% care for The wants Of the population.
10 other words these counties are i'm
porting all If their canned goods and
me greater part of their beef and pork .
practically all of their milk and butter,
nearly all Of their lumber, all of their
nay and grain and large portion of their
sgg and chickens and in the summer
ume nearly all of their fresh vegetables
y wen as many other things. All of
"nlch can he produced here.
mere is a virgin field for the estab-
ssnment OF almost any kind of bust
Rsss or manufacturing concern that can
IA imagined and the coming of the new
.Dmeseekers to Florida will mean the
stabllshment and development of all
q q these things.
ane same changes and developments
z1i take place in Florida that have
Ken place in many of the western
veg where the first rush and the in
.nt'7e that directed the first settlers
z3He The development of all the other
ne in these southeastern counties
rida the finest alfalfa grows
unity as we'll as many grasses and
and there is nothing that VIII
the tropical or semi~tropical
that will not grow here. There
town of any size south of Jack
and st. Augustine where there
n opportunity for. establish
st any business. At nearly
Wn on the east coast there Is
be- for y first-ch. O., up.to-date
It all of the large shipping
Pre- are openings. for canning
nents, in every town there
ngs for mercantile business
professional men, especially
heers, architects, and lawyers
sn of finance there are open
banks and loan and trust COM
or corporations there are open
The establishment of boat build
3, telephone companies, electric
ice plants and with the open
and settling of the western
there will be made opportunities
Investment OF capital in electric
i've only gone over the situation
in this article but the people
he into this land now while every
practically on the ground foor''