The Lakeland evening telegram., 1913-12-20
CHICKENS AND COWS
ARE DISCUSSED

Editor Telegram: | note with in
lerest Mr.. Munn's desire to estab-
lish a chicken ordinance, which is
also we'll and good, but | believe in
doing things to finish, and as we
go, and not in part, and this looks
70 me like leaving our work undone
Dehlnd us. This, I wish to saw has
to the COW ordinance and
"hlch Is an imposition upon the peo-
PIE who are doing everything in their
power to make and develop the old
village into modern city. Here I
WISH TO ask if we must continue our
eHorts In this direction; if SO. let it
De consistent. Can we imagine our
selves in a modern city with village
conditions? Certainly not; if we de-
sire truck gardens and pastures. or
ange growing and such industry
Wnere 1t takes room and sufficient
acreage we should 60 to the country
ana not impose upon the people of
the city to pasture our cattle.
If some good citizen will show me
what right | have to turn my COW out
on my neighbor's lot to make her liv-
ing, then | will not contend for a
COW law.
AT this point | hear some good
man say: What is poor old Widow
50 and So going to do?" In answer to
this question, | wish to say that /
have all the sympathy in the world
Tor this widow, but don't you think
that if by fighting this very poor
widow and several men who make
their living selling milk made from
city grass we having established for
them a good market for their milk
and at the same time increased the
value Of their property two times,
that it would be money to them to
sell and get outside Of the city, than
to be he who wishes to live in the
city and enjoy every advantage of
a modern city and have a COW walk
in his front gate and down the side
walk? Such is not consistent and is
imposing upon and hindering the de-
velopment Of the city. AS an exam
pie, | wish to call the attention of
the people OF Lakeland to the fol-
lowing condition: About thirty days
ago | bought a tract of land five
blocks from the kibler hotel, invest
ed about $4,000, cut this property
into city lots, and to do this had to
pull down the fences. This property
was an orange grove. We commenced
to build sidewalks The first thing
we had to contend with was a herd
of cattle which deliberately walked
down the sidewalk for a hundred feet
or more, leaving an impression which
made it necessary to work the whole
walk over again and this same herd
stays in this grove throughout the
day and almost every day have the
same trouble in DiXieland.
Now | wish to say that ! am for
progressive city, not village. | am
not selfish but wish the best govern
ment we can make consistent with
the making of city whether it Is for
or against me, but from an unselfish
standpoint i Will state lot lnlorma
tion that I have put into city i'm
proyements over $4,000 in the past
three years and am directly connect
ed with improvements in excess OF
100000 and | desire to continue
this work of progress. Then do we
wish to have village mingled with
the cows, hogs and chickens, or shall
we encourage modern chicken farms,
dairies and truck gardens surround
ing modern city.
| am for the best interest OF the
town and community, but | cannot
see the COW way. Let's get rid OF the
COW first and then start something
else. Sincerely yours.
r. L. WARING.