The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1911-10-13
INV SETTLERS
LA Offers Advantages Not
I..sessed by Any Other State
hl1fMISRtPRESENTED
:, seheming "Sharks" Have Done
81. s Much Damage Which viii Be
uost Difficult to Overcome

c,;as offers to the worthy settler"
m .ao "settle" down and settle"
greater opportunities than any
!, Kate in this Union. 1t has de-
,.asd more rapidly than any other
.ronwealth and its lands are not
s,sd for productiveness anywhere
he habitable globe.
vm with energy, patience and
"ah money to live with until a har-
csn be reaped. have made TO .
~ here. They can raise two crops
~gstables every year, while their
mai neighbors in western and
thprn States have the poor house
+ ~ recent years pine forests and
u branches of wild shrubbery have
~ way to comfortable homes and
s,o6cent truck farms, and the pro.
rIlop of citrus fruits.
me climate adds to the temptation
lave the barren fields of other
MAJ and as a rule immigration has
mont US hundreds of families who
attribute to the development and
raperity of the State.
PspOnsible for this new and most
Unable citizenship are the honest
n estate dealers who through judi
sEs and truthful advertising have at
a.ted attention to Florida.
nets most inviting have been given
i those who embraced the opportuni-
have been made happy, and are
knfore contented.
here is. however, an army OF dis
infants.
there is an army which was made to
kdeye that all that was necessary was
Auek up clock, stock and barrel. -
sne to Florida, take things easy and
how rich. ..
This army has discovered that it
tks toll and struggle. Lands must
keleared and they brought but little
hDd to tide them over until the crops
nud be raised and gathered.
These people were over-sangulne;
HEY expected too much. They had
Ken deceived by some greedy real es.
hh agent who would rather lie and
nike dollar at once, than tell the
nh and make couple of dollars a
Itle later on. .
florida Is disgraced by this band of
Ind sharks, which should be driven
atof the State. Their work in Flori,
hind through Offices in Chicago and
sAef cities has caused many who IN.
Isted to believe that Florida is full of
nj estate agents who ought to be in
Dc penitentiary.
Disappointed and the victims of the
ront liars extant, these immigrants
mite home to friends and relatives to
,Iod Florida.
While Florida has the richest and
ldt lands in the world, there are hun
dsds Of thousands of acres that are
nt worth a "tlnker's DAM
Auch Of this land has been secured
y koundrels and advertised for farm
/ purposes, when the only thing a
iaow could raise on it would be eth er
ieees or an umbrella.
lhese real estate dealers know how
eNlnt pretty picture in an adVer-
uenent and catch many innocent
ssers in their net, thereby.
worthless lands have been sold To
keple from all sections of this Union,
50 the robbers only laugh in their
ssves In witnessing the distress OF
ese whom they deceived.
looay there are young men and mar
g men in Jacksonville with haggard
and hungry. looking for work be-
se OF these criminals who operate
ef q license and, under the pre-,
o. being real estate agents
'a'ed them.
lands under water-lands where an
ator would be ashamed to dwell -
Y peen advertised and sold as rlch
set'da with all its advantages has
no effort to protect the people
y y these sharks. 1t has no bureau,
eoy all lands offered for sale can
soperly inspected and receive the
~ Endorsement of the State before
9 placed on sale.
s1ere's been a mighty rush Florida
70 recent years, but as the re-
q the dirty work of unreliable
- the pendulum will swing the
- way unless q check is made.