The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1911-10-27
fine REPORTS
/ FAIR FLORIDA
NO Fastest Growing State in The
Union Has Many Attractions
aITuRf OUTLOOKGOOD
.,.,t Statistics Show Florida Has Grown
IA Larger Proportions Than Any Other
State Fast Of Mississippi River

n ali respects the South is the fast
:, growing section of the United
s,stss In all respects Florida is the
i'stest growing State in that section.
nose two statements do not have to
y taken on faith. They are backed
N Nv the Department of Commerce
VA .abor and the painstaking compli-
atoms of the Census Bureau of Stats
v" The Star of Empire has allied in its
Westward course, and it now hangs,
,o;ssd over the Northern shores Of the
xiii of Mexico. with its brightest rays
Illuminating the resources and beauties
Il the Flowered State.
4 boom is on in the South. Not the
lind of boom whose picturesque and
aftimes Objectionable features associate
me term with the rapid growth of the
Vsst. but a boom, none the less, that
i attracting population and new enter
mses. stimulating the development of
mtural resources and encouraging the
nyestment of millions by far-sighted
Urporations as well as by shrewd indi.
Tdual investors. The visions revealed
generation ago to Flagler and Plant
ne low being realized. The ignorance
| II that day that looked upon these pio-
seer builders as wild enthusiasts has
Gyen way to general knowledge of
he natural beauty, the fertile soil, the
nuntless resources and the tremendous
numerical advantages which in the
nst ten years have made Florida the
istest growing state in the fastest
rowing section of the country.
The approaching completion of the
Panama Canal has awakened the coun-
tu to realization of the fact that the
I'd commercial order is about to change.
Eastern and Western channels of COM
MERGE must at least share their tolls
With new lines North and South.
This hemisphere's great inland sea,
the Gulf of Mexico, comparable in so
many ways with the Mediterranean, on
whose shores have grown and crumbled,
and grown again, the wealth and gran
aur Of many periods, is soon to be the
elective of worlds commerce. The
rgoses of multiplied modern trade
will plOw the waters that once bore the
fleet Of the bulliOn-laden galleons of
Spain, and with freight for all parts of
thsglobe a thousand. fold more valuable.
These considerations but emphasize
the Importance of the few available
god harbors and ports on the Gulf of
AexicO Galveston, New Orleans, Mo.
Bile, Pensacola, st. Andrews Bay. Tam
and Key West. They are but few,
bit all but three in Florida. Tampa
nod Key West are, and will be, impor-
ant shipping points, but the harbors
AZ Indifferent and dangerous in heavy
WINDS or storms. Pensacola is more
xotected than the two named, but its
libor lacks depth of water and is open
the occasional tempests that sweep
y northwesterly from the Caribbean.
The best natural harbor on the Gulf is
" Andrews Bay. situated on the broad
INJECTION into the Gulf from the West
en- arm of Florida, This bay has deep
Mter, an area of over 100 miles, is
ad-locked and fully protected, and is
e nearest harbOr of its class in the
united States to the Panama Canal.
y anticipation of the commercial
aanges that will be created by the
Renlng of the Panama Canal. the
vnlted States Government is spending
andreds of thousands of dollars in pre-
Hnng the mouth of the bay for deep,
lt carriers and in dredging canal
aaoectiOns with the large tributary
~Gmerce of the navigable river sys-
go Of the Apalachicola. while already
~ new railroads have been cOmmenc-
% give the trunk lines of commerce
Juliet on st. Andrews Bay.
sne influence of these facts and con,
uons on the people of the United
asss Is shown by Florida's growth IN
alatiom during the past ten years
:Ariy AZ per cent, or double the
OF growth of any other Southern
sNrlda has longer coast line and
y navigable rivers than any other
e IN the Union. Her straight
y line, not counting bays and inlets,
y round numbers 1,l6O miles as
Is the balance of the Atlantic sea-
~ up to New York City. and then
~e Hudson to Albany. The ADA
waters of the ocean and Gull
r1c IN countless variety of food hsh,
s,orlda's fisheries have now placed
aItn IN rank of the fish-produclng
~: with annual catches running m
UNIONS in value. while she maintains
:.oUpoiy of sponge production.
iSr''n an area of over $1,000 square
n Florida is the largest State east
mississippi, with one exception
orders would easily accommodate
qampshire, Vermont, Massachu'
Rhode Island, Connecticut, Mem
Delaware and Maryland with