The weekly true Democrat., 1910-05-13

oaloasTsH Thsr OpIni0a q This Bsau-
aful and Advantagoous coantry.


Tallahassee, Fla:
Dear Sir--I believe n is customary
when anything goes wrong 10 blame
TIE editor Of the home paper X any
thing b left undone surely the editor is
% blame, bat II praise IL due, unless
We can take Il al ourselves, lt isn't
worth while 70 say anything about It.
suppose you will Be wondering what
q wrong now. Nothing that cannot be
figbtsd II We all are willing 10 do our
part toward Fighting the matter. !
have recently been In South Florida and
have seen people coming from the
sogth, the east and the west, on every
train not one now and then bat num-
bers Of them. / am not meaning the
tourists who come and 60 as the spirit
Eoves and the purse allows, but real
genuine homeseeksra who have money
and ere not afraid 10 invest T. The
Ode Of emigration fOg q number Of
years has been westward, then north
ward 10 the Wheat-groWing sections Of
ne Ter north. Bat thls unusually Sc
we're winter that has Just passed has
served 10 turn the people TO the south
What ! want 70 ask now, is Tallahassee
and Leon county getting their share Of
these settlers and Of the money which
is undoubtedly being invested in Flor.
ica1 ! Do not think 90. Now why mott
Do yOu ever take up q paper not print
81 IN this State that has anything ia
Vorable OF otherwise 70 say of our sec
ton Of the State 7 You take up almost
any small magazine. and some Of the
larger ones, and you will find columns
and even pages Of advertising matter
setting forth the beauties and advan-
tagos Of South Florida, Of Jacksonville,
and possibly Of Pensacola, but whoever
sees one about Tallahassee
Of course you may say those little
magaslnes don't amount 10 much, bot
DID yOu ever stop TO think they have q
Widsr circulation and are more thor
oughlS read than almost any large daily
o. weekly paper you could name.
have heard one Of TaIlahasseo's lead.
les eltlSsns and business men express
9 very decided objection 10 throwing
money away IN such advertising, bat
whon such advertising brings the rS.
cults We soo every day In South Flor
Us Il Il thrown aWay1 am enclosing |
you two letters printed in q little paper
"a NsWeomerstOwn, Ohio, . place not
eny larger than Tallahassee. The hEst
letter was written BY one Of the eiti.
Gens Of that place who was spending
ths winter in South Florida, and think
waaa't very fsVOrablv impressed. bat I
Ga proud 10 cay the answer brought
Sonr influential business people 10 Tai.
lahassss 20 see for themselves what the
eboatFy e Ike and who have promised
% invest II business enterprises In our
section thls coming fall, have also
ere promise Of three others 10 come In
tns faIl 10 look around before investing
ooms place else,
one Of The latter IL q stock dealer
from Denver, Colorado, who had been
b Cuba and several different places IN
sonlh Florida looking for q location Tor
stock ranches for himself and two or
shFee other men. and he said he thought
from what We told him that Leon and
Waukulln counties would suit them bet
Ter than any place he hHd seen.
Nov then what do you think Of a
nice, neat little advertisement IN one Of
the leading Colorado papers, setting
forth the beauties and advantages
these eouRtlos really do possess, with
cordial Invitation 10 hOmessekors TO
como and see for themselves, ended up
with q promise Of kind, courteous treat
mont Whoa they get here, and then lot
every citizen, especially the business
psopls, appoint hlmsslf q COMMITTEES Of
one % ses that promise faithfully kept.
Don's you think n it started stock rails.
me- even on q ANAL scale as they carry |
h On N ths west that Il wsuld pay fOT
ths little trouble yOu would be out
one Indiana man Saw great possibilities
for canning factory ~ Ta'lahaasee,
and Why notf Small thlnguf Yes, Of
course, bot dOeaa't enough pennies make
= dOllarf But then Why not have q
largs sannery. See the fruit that an
nnslly sOou 10 loss that might aa
zen bo saved and sold at good profit |