The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1913-11-14

dence of God its destiny was to fur /
nish the great white staple to clothe !
the world. So they rather discourag- |
ed immigration than otherwise.
All that is now changed. The press !
of the south is devOting its energies
to the development of the rich re-
sources of this section along all lines.
The press of Florida is particularly
awake along this line, and its efforts
are bringing forth fruitful results.
With everything conspiring in our IA
vor. a soft, salubrious climate, q fruit
full soil and magnificent waterways,
and a press teeming with its praises,
it is not unnatural that our state is
making a greater progress along many
lines than many of the other states
of the Union.
We feel that we are particularly
fortunate in this immediate vicinity.
Blessed as we are in so many ways
we feel that We art not receiving our
full share OF the tide of immigration.
We want to be discovered so we
are glad to have you with us. We
want you to see with your own eyes
our rich and splendid lands. We want
you to note our elevation. We want
you to see our farms and note the
character of stock and the abundance
of hay and grain. We want you to
examine our lakes and rivers and
measure with your own eyes the
shortness of the distance from the
Oklawaha to the Withlacoochee riv-
ers and examine the maps that have
recently been completed showing the
easy feasibility of connecting the At
lantic ocean with the Gulf Of Mexico
by uniting these rivers by a canal De
want you to examine our lime, phos-
phate, turpentine and lumber indus
! tries.
An eminent author has said that
! lime is the very basis of civilization.
! It's practical and scientific applica-
! ton to the soil of Egypt and China
! kept their soils in a high state of fe-
cundity through the centuries with
out the use of commercial fertilizers.
! We have lime deposits enough to sup
ply the world for perhaps hundreds of
years. We want you to familiarize
yourselves with these things so you
may help discover us to the world.
We all recognize the fact that the
press is powerful and potent, but we
fear that it is gift horse that is
being ridden too freely" We are SO
interested in the general welfare that
we often lose sight of our own.
We want the Cost Congress- to
change this. The larger the receipts
in the business office the more potent
for the general veal the newspap pei
may become and We sincerely hope
that this congress will help in this
: direction.
We trust that it will fulfill in c
large measure the sanguine anticipa
tons of MIR. Harry Brown and thai
1.-THE next time we meet we shall be
| able to return to our homes in auto
! mobiles.
: Mr.. R. W .Storrs of DeFunial
Springs, came next and made shor
talk. Among other things he sait
was that when the state thought o
I live stock. fine cattle and bloOdeG
! hogs. it thought of Marion county
! and he remembered we'll the frs
: sale Of blooded live stock he ever at
! tended in Florida was not far from
: Ocala. When the state thought o
: hard roads it thought Of Marion
e county, and it was. thus that
thought of our schools and churche
f and civic improvements in othe
! lines.
q Rooney, Leavengood or Harris 0
Il some other of the bunch had put tn
5 name of J. H. Benjamin, editor Of tn
Star, down on the program for pa
e per on "Quads and Spaces and Old
= Time Ideas" which he had been TO
h busy to prepare, and Mr.. R. R. Cal
J. roll answered 10 his name and begge
s off for him.
/ Lastly came Mr.. L. W. Flagg. {
c. Chicago, of the United Typotheta'
If who made a short and interestin
d talk on the value Of organization
s. the printing offices and the great hel
If OF the cost system. He said that II
s impression prevailing among SON
that the installation OF the cost sy
t. tenn would advance the cost Of a
ii printing was erroneous. It eQualizt
le the cost, though. and lets each j.
Is take care of itself and bear
T proper and just profit, none 10 u
too much and none TO pay too lit
$ for a job Of printing. The mercha
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