The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-06-20
sec. BOARD Of
TRADE DEFENDS
. ]. STATES NAME
CHIC INQUIRER IS ANSWERED BY
SECRETARY HOLWORTHY
REGARDING KNOCKERS
He Ably Refutes All Untrue State
ments and Gives Authentic
Facts and Figures


"If Florida was not all we know
her to be, with her present splendid
development and magnificent oppor-
tunites, she would have a hard time
to combat the knocker at home and
the liar abroad, for there is consid-
erable difference between the two,'
said Secretary Holwortny Of the
Board of Trade this morning.
"The former Is. and may we'll be
treated as, a poor ignorant fool, who
really knows no better, handicapped
as he is by the environment he
moves in and by the selfish motives
which prompt him. The latter, how
ever, is and cannot otherwise be
prompted than by a malicious mo-
tive to wilfully contravert the
truth.
II am this morning in receipt Of a
letter from Ohio stating that the
writer has been hearing q lot of
things about Florida lately. mostly
lad, and asking for information. The
letter goes on to say "They say it is
so hot down there that the heat Ia
almost unbearable. They also say
that the times are getting very bad
ir the South and tLat everything ia
at a standstill. They say that the Or
ange crop is an assured failure for
next year on account Of the wet
weather last winter. They say that
real estate Is not moving. This writ
er states that he has been making
arrangements to move to Lakeland
next fall and that the above kicks
sound bad to him. should very
much like to know who they are,
for l would take some pleasure in
making it 'unbearably hot for them.
1t has been warm here during the
past week 1t has been warm, more
or less, all over the country. Turn
ing to the U. S. weather bureau re-
port for June 10, we find the follow
ing: Des M0ines. "a; Huron (on the
Great Lakes), 90; Kansas City, "a;
Knoxville. 80: Louisville and Men,
phis. "a; Mobile, 100; Montgomery,
98 New Orleans. and St. Louis, Sc;
Phoenix. 1902; St. Paul, "a. We have
no official readings of Lakeland. but
with our fine elevation of 200 feet
or more, we are always from to 5
degrees cooler than Tampa, and the
official reading for that city was 81.
the maximum temperature at 2 p. m.
The average for the month, SO far,
has been S7.9.
with regard to the statement
that times are getting very bad in
the South and that everything is at
a standstill, referred the writer to
Manufacturers Record for June 5,
giving 1894 items relating to indus
trial development, building opera
tions, railroad construction, financial
and general business interests in the
South; and the fact that our visit
ors daily congratulate Lakeland on
the splendid activity shown in every
line of development.
The prevaricatOr, who states that
the orange crop is an assured failure
lCr next year, if he really knows
anything about 1t at all, knows that
fc is maliciously lying, for the indi-
cations, as well as the reports COM
ing in as to the crop for the coming
season, point to nearly as large q
crop as for the Season just closed
The last years crop was the largest
ever produced (nearly 100000
coxes). The present estimate for this
years crop is 100000. From the
report Of the Florida Citrus Ex-
change the average price received By
he Exchange for the last oran 90
,rop was $1.92 per box, which, de-
iucting cost Of picking, packing and
selling, leaves sl.20 Per box net to
he grower And, l may we'll add,
TIE average price received for this
product was 1921 (the
lishest) and with only 10 per cent
the lowest) Of decay. And every
hing seems to point to the coming
year as Florida's golden opportun-
ty. The big freeze of 1905 was CAL
fornia's opening. This year The
boot is on the other leg. Thousan Is
of people enjoyed Florida fruit this