The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-02-06

.,,,. BY Richard II. Edmonds

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-. q pre-eminently the citrus
er ua,. -..,er so far as the quality OF
shin !. ,',a, q concerned, of the world.
ow ...,gss and grapefruit have no
:. enough sometimes small and
-o'A Ne t. sruit is shipped away or fur
eras "a to the guests of boarding
s,aw. Il. and hotels to the real disad-
nc =. n,age Of the state.
tea s% '.,.r,aa,s strategic location, stretch
dit soo miles into the Atlantic Ocean
thar che Gulf with rapidly developing
the ii. - chose foreign commerce is
ansth, .a,,v increasing, will give it very
.dvantage for expanding trade
loras - commerce upon the opening of
Mono, 4 panama Canal.
wons FLORIDA is the worlds chief center
ana passss phosphate rock production, upon
he ne ,oh the prosperity of the farmers
Their -. ,h,s country as we'll as other lands
#pends.
De then rlorida Is a great timber state,
ms. Faik !. vast numbering and naval-stores
4sS cor erations.
$ Of IL Florida is the market garden of the
not oub nrtrv. producing millions of dollars
e left d 0rtb Of early vegetables which go in
tne ciyn cat trainloads every day of the
iolloz inter To the North and West.
'nt ari Florida's development in all of
ase industries, except perchance in
descend at of timber, is in its infancy. It's
ants ans trus-fruit industry can be greatly in
eased. It's truking business will
necessarily have to be expanded many
Oh the has az the population of the nation
" and Outinues to grow Its phosphate rock
ths Iusiness, by better methods of hanGl-
was hg and by the utilization of the raw
was Material in the state, will doubtless
ng Tie lad far more to the wealth of the
IN TIE #wners and to the state than it has
'ion let done.
tyfoH Floridas ports will grow even more
and rapidly in domestic and foreign trade
ement han they have done in the past
ormN And vet, Notwithstanding the fact
Inter hat all of these things be true, Flori-
feclP has greatest asset is its climate.
once Tropical luxuriance of plants and
~ to khrubbery which appeals nightly to
Was Everyone on the land. The capita
ization of its climate, which is being
noice bone, viii produce tangible wealth
AFTER comparable to that made in the de-
o. elopment of coal and iron in other
Up states. Moreover, tens of thousands
my. pf people who have made their wealth
akef Elsewhere will seek Florida in ever
inc Increasing number as a winter home.
aen All over the state there are to be
MY found beautiful winter homes OF
ioaf Northern and Western well-to-do-men
UNI They the developers, they are in
ar yestors, they are the forerunners of
ent permanent settlers who come in their
hh trail, and they make possible the de-
y yeopment of railroads. and hotels
ea and kindred interests. Of necessity,
o@ the number of people who have wintec
houses here will rapidly increase. The
re population of the whole country is
Oh growing tremendously. In 20 years the
~ Increase of the country's population
VIII largely exceed the total popula-
ton OF the Is Southern states. Thus
Whole South in population, and far
more than the South in accumulated
wealth, will be added to the nation
IN the next 20 years, and still larger
population and a still greater wealth
N the next 20. This all spells a larg-
er population OF permanent homo
makers and winter tourists in Flor
Ida