The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-01-13
EEERLAS TI%GLY AT 1T

INCREASINGLY AT 1T
a Star reporter, straying into the
Board of Trade office, where he al
ways picks up useful and interesting
information, took advantage of Sec
rotary Rooney's back being turned to
look over his private file. He found
there copies Of letters written to peo-
| pie all over the United States and
Canada, said people being OF the
class desirable to attract to our state
No two letters were alike, and writ
| ing or debating them would be full
sized job for any pan outside the
newspaper business.
The reporter proceeded to swipe
one letter because it contained a lot
| of good stuff for our own folks to
read. 1t referred to the canning in
| dustry, which is one of Florida's
| hopes, a sheet anchor that will al
ways hold, and which can find firmer
ground to hang to in our state than
il any other part of the Union. We
take from the letter the following
extracts:
''If | could have what has been
wasted, decayed and been lost in this
great state in the past five years, for
| the lack OF this great industry, I
would be the wealthiest man in the
world thus you see the wide area
and great possibility that commends
this industry and its Development
LAS to the possibilities of sale of
the product, there will be no diff
Guilty | have heard the wholesale
merchant, the jobber, the broker all
express this, that they preferred the
| home product, and this can be plant
| ed. gathered, canned and marketed
for less than the product that we
ship in from Baltimore.
Mr.. Bailey, of the Oak Farms, has
in mind an introduction of this in
dustry both on their present Oak
Farm location, as we'll as the An
| thony Farms which is another large
interest that Mr.. Bailey is connected
with. Out of this we see many large
farming conditions and extensive
truck raising throughout our entire
county.
Il am sure a large warehouse To-
Gated in Ocala, to handle fruit and
vegetable products that we pour into
an enterprise of this character, and
is connection Herewith a splendid
canning factory also syrup mill would
be one of the best money getters and
money makers of almost any invest
ment that could be undertaken. The
only trouble with our home people is
they realize its great necessity but
are not familiar with the manufac-
have the nerve to go into this pro-
iect, although just within the last
few days | have been discussing this
matter with our very strongest busi-
ness men and they are very much in
clined to take up this project.
"All we need is some good man
practically who understands the bus
mess and knows how to operate the
canning factory, and with a certain
percentage of capital to come to us.
There would be no trouble as to flu
ture Developments.
Now your inquiry as to my opin-
ion of how many cases of canned
goods that | think you could sell in
the course Of a year, l want to say to
you frankly that the different whole
sale merchants, brokers and jobbers
that l have been thrown with in my
work throughout the state leads me
to say that it will be impossible fol
you to manufacture enough
There has not been to my knowl
edge, even the very smallest home
canning plant that has not been tax,
ed to its very limit to supply fol
. home consumption the product they
l put up. In fact, at our recent count.
| fair there was a most magniflcen
display by the canning club girls, al
most the entire business was sold GU
{ and delivered on the last day Of thu
fair to private individuals and loca
grocerymen. Because the product i
the best, stands the test and is pu
up under the government formul;
and process, by the same direction
thus you see the goods always stant
- the most rigid inspection"