The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1912-04-12
Florida Badly Damaged.

run iSlNS ANCNo
Congressman Frank Clark is sending
out to the voters a copy of a speech
which he delivered in congress, and in
his speeches and through his lieutenantS
they point 10 this speech as the one in
which il is claimed be has damaged
Florida and its schools millions of dol
lars No voter should be fooled with
this argument.
The great bulk of Clakr's blatant TRADE
against Florida in general and the Ever
glades in particular occurred before this
speech was made. For year his TRADE
has gone on, and it became so nauSeat
ing that other members of congress and
the internal improvement board deemed
it best for Governor Gilchrist TO go to
Washington and refute Clark's SANDER
Gus statements. The appearance of the
Governor in Washington with the inten-
ton of boarding the lion in his den,
brought forth the speech which Clark is
now circulating as his "only assault
against Florida"
Governor Gilchrist was not the only
Florida citizen that went 10 Washington
TO refute CIark's statements, but the
other were not big enough 10 attract the
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try, and they demanded that Gilchrist ap-
pear.
The Fellsmere Farm Company found
that Clark's TRADE was causing them
great damage, and sent representative TO
Washington TO call halt on Clark.
Although the Congressman had never
seen FellSmere Farms and knew moth
ing about them, he readily gave them a
clean bill of health, and stated TO the re.
preventative of the company that he did
not intend to do them any harm, that
ex- Governor Jennings was the---that
he was after.
He would damage the whole state TO
damage a man who had given him a
fair and much deserved licking.
That he has damaged the state is amp
ly proven by the following letter, which
| affects lands situated in Jackson county,
on the Georgia line, five hundred miles
from the Everglades Hundred of these
letters could be published, if space per
mitted. While the Congressman only
wanted TO vent his spleen on three OF
the eight companies operating in the
Everglades, the damage is extending TO
more than three hundred companies
operating in other parts Of the State:
Grand Forks, n. D., March p, 1912.
Milton Land s. Inv, Co.
Mariana, Fla.
Dear Sirs:
1t will be impossible for us TO come to
Florida now to inspect your lands, after
the way Congressman Clark from Flori
da has exposed the land schemes in thai
State.
There are about twenty people here
who were very much taken up with
YOUR proposition and four OF US were go
ing down to look over your lands, blu
since the recent disclosures made by
your own Congressman we have passed
up Florida and will now look into Cali
fornia lands.
We were exceedingly glad 10 learn The
news regarding the way the land men o
Florida were swindling the people, ant
Mr.. Clark's exposure came just in tim'
to save us a trip down there.
We will do all in our power 10 turf
the tide of immigration from Florida.
Yours truly,
c. NJ. Campbell,
S12 Harrison Block
With such great damage resulting ii
distant parts of Florida, what can be thu
results in St Lucie county, especially a
the East Coast Railroad booklet on tn
, East Coast in describing ST. .Lucie coun
/ ty states that "a large part OF the Ever
, glades OF Florida are located in st. Luci
county"
To redeem the State from the damage
: done, Frank Clark must be retired +
private life-in Oklahoma, or the ia
western States which he has benefite'