The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-09-10
GREAT POSSIBILITIES
Of CANE GROWING
4 Source Of Wealth in Florida Thai
Should Command the Attention
of Growers and Investors.

| tered spots have been found TO De
particularly adapted to the raising
of particular product, and have
been put on the map" by that dis
covery Large parts of the State have
not yet found themselves.
Quite a number of years ago ex-
tensive experiments were made in
the raising of cane, experiments
which failed at the time because OF
poor business management. During
recent years sugar cane has been
grown in almost all parts OF the
State on small scale.
Capt r. f. Rose, State Chemist,
has long cOntended that cane is one
CT the things which can be success
fully raised in any part OF the state
aid which should become Florida $
great crop He has recently pub
lshed at his own expense pamph-
Let containing two addresses dcliv-
cred some years ago by him, tOgcth-
cr with considerable other data, re-
sarding sugar production, its pos
sibltics in Florida, and the means
of successfully carrying on the in
dustry
The brochure is OF particular in
tcrest in this section by reason of
! the fac, that the figures show that,
il spite of the experimental work
done on the East Coast, by far the
greater amount OF cane now raised
| /. in The northern counties of the
| state.
capt Rose claims, and supports
| | i, argument with Il conclusive ar
ray OF facts that Florida can raise
cane as chcaply, and extract the
llirc and make he sugar as cheap.
If not more chraply than can Lou
ieiana. He advocates the erection of
large central mills in various parts of
the State. AT which the cane can be
economically handled, and the plant
ing Of enough acreage in Florida 10
take care Of the tremendous demand
| Tor sugar which is now supplied bv
| foreign countries.
The cane, according 70 Capt Rose.
readily stands The coldcs, weather o.
he aycragc Florida winter AM
soil in FloridA which will raise corn
viii make good cane. The plant is
robust and eaSill AIRED ior
Florida climate is superior 10
that OF any other lie for sugar
growing The rainy 'ason comes
Il exactly The proper i'm the STATE
| tcing almost entirely free of the wet
winters With rctard the lipenins
o. ~ frequently in Louisiana. With
good soil and culture wondcrlallr
fine cane can BE- raised in any par
cf Florida
From the showing mad. by capt
Rose. there seems no good reason
Nhy Florida should not become rs
famous for its SUGAR rs for its or
angcs and il~ sunshine Certainly
there is market Ter SUGAR
The Manufacturers Record. in
commenting on The pamphlet bs
capt Rose says that the United
states annually sends abroad hun
drcl million dollars for sugar. the on
~ agricultural product which We inn
port. The consumption of SUGAR is
increasing nearly twitc as fast n
tie production. in spite o. The rapid
growth of The beet SUGAR industry
The Record says:
In view OF these faelS.. as to tn
growing. as 10 the enormous increas
consumption in this country and the
expenditure of over Steo. o0o, oao =
year, winch we now pay for foreign
sugar. 1t is Il matter of nat ional con.
Germ. as well as of local interest Ia
Florida and Louisiana and Texas
that the government should do all in
lis power 10 encourage tho develop |
pcnt o. The sugar industry. in order !
that the South may become the pro- /
Queer cf our ever-incrcaSing sugar |
needs on a scale commensurate with /
lis natural advantages for this in
Guslry Pensacola Journal.
Micky and Par had been AT school
together, hut had driftcd apart in AZ
Ter life They met one day. and Ia /