The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1911-02-24
LOR|DAWARD
NEW SETTLERS
Peninsula State Makes Rapid
'rogress in its Development
|ME OF BIG PROSPECT
|ortunlties Regarded as Remarkable
Ia Climate Is Famous Side of I'm
Emigration Turns to the Southeast

migration Turns to the Southeast
s far as the interests of settlers are
j|terned, Florida is one of the newest
les, although historically it is the
st Like several other southern
S{es it's agricultural resources have
dormant because of lack of serious
70 along systematic lines. Until
Lin the last few years agriculture
6lopment in Florida was merely in
htal the push and energy that built
he west were lacking. A few men
possibilities in the cheap, neglected
but MANY years had to elapse be-
the settlers who were pushing west
willing to look toward the South.
More people are pouring into Florida
N than at any previous time in its
6ry," said Louis Larson, of st. Aug
ne, who has taken an active part in
campaign to turn settlers toward
South. "Up to within few years
LEO per cent of the immigration and
|eseeker movement was toward the
and northwest, then the south had
inning. During the last two or three
Is there has been tremendous in.
Use in the movement to all the gulf
les, especially toward the southeast.
Various causes have contributed to
. about the change in the popular
lutte toward the south. Publicity
and advertising done by railroads
ed get the movement started. Then
& a sort of educational campaign,
many newspapers and periodicals
ted articles describing the charm Of
6try life and whetted the appetite of
Bic to such an extent that they were
proper mood to buy land.
knother thing that helped to bring
III the change was that quantities of
priced lands could be bought in large
Is. Land companies and real estate
hts in the north saw the opportunity
started an advertising campaign
er before equaled in the history of
hizatiOn work. The advertising in
prated by these people seemed to
b the public in exactly the right
"a, for the prospective settlers were
hungry;in fact. they were so eager
let plot of Florida soil that they
kht 'unsight and unseen.
|If you were to try to sell these peo-
"a horse, a COW or even a watch, they
Id want to examine it first, for fear
te might be something wrong with
"A But with land-well, you see, that
he'd to be different. They figured
no one could get the land away
h them. When they had paid for it,
received the deed and attended to
taxes, no one could steal their land.
Now the greater majority of such
ehasers are not farmers, 1t is fair to
pme, and they do not know that there
nuch poor land in Florida along with
Eh that is good. There is land in
tida that is not good for farming of
kind, Just as is the case in any other
ke, and there are some who have
ght places of this sort.
Because of this tendency, land COM
les have a clause in their contracts
living the purchaser from thirty days
Four months time in which to exam
the purchase. If during that time
purchaser examines the land and
Is it is not satisfactory, the seller
lees to either refund the money paid
10 grant an exchange for other land.
Beems to me this is a fair proposition
that IN case a buyer does not inspect
7purchase and later finds his land de-
Hive he is as much to blame as any
because he has neglected one of
first principles Of any transaction.
n have lived in Florida upward OF
hteen years. have been over almost
parts of the peninsula, have exam
q all kinds of land, and know what
M is suited for. But even though
Lifted with this knowledge, if / were
Start out to buy site for my home,
5ould not close deal for land in my
b county until had examined it care
Ay, ev..n though l already had some
bwledge of the ground as a result OF
hing passed across it several times.
FLO those who may be thinking of 60
to Florida ! would like to give a
endly word Of advice.
First, do not get the idea that sue
h is attained in Florida without intel
ent application and hard work. We
be combination of climate and soil
u is hard to beat. but without per-
Tent, careful work and attention on
J part of the farmer they would be
Hess. Any experienced farmer or
)it grower knows this without being
b. but the thousands of inexperienced
bple who have cast their future lot IN
brida will need to have this truth
broughly impressed on their minds.
'Second, if you expect to start on
ID land with little capital, find out by
feful investigation just how much
bh will he needed in getting your place
IDLY. You ought to know exactly how
kch money will be required to provide,
Rnme and to leave something saved
emergencies, because the chances
: about even that you may not MAKE