The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-09-18

SECRETARY ROONEY AND DR..
WEAvER'S ADDRESS

the treasurer of the Jacksonville Real
Estate Exchange at the meeting held
yesterday afternoon at Olivetto's res
! taurant, a great deal of interest cen
tered in the report and addresses of
the honor guests, ]. ,. Roney, secre
tary of the Marion County Board of
| Trade, and DR.. r. T. Weaver, prom
inent member of that body, giving a
great deal of credit to B. K. Hall,
George Leonard and w. A. Riddle for
their work at the Pittsburg conven
ton.
Mr.. Rooney and DR.. Weaver also
held a consultation with the Los
Angeles committee which was ap-
pointed to work for the 1916 conven-
ton of the National Association of
Real Estate Exchanges, which will be
held at Los Angeles next year.
Secretary Rooney state that Ma
rion county intended to send through
the board of trade several car loads
OF citrus fruits and offered the sug-
gestion, which was most favorably re-
| ceived, that all the counties of the
state combine and send, altogether,
about ten carloads of citrus fruits
to Los Angeles with the committee.
This, he believed, would be one of
4 od
sible and would have more effect on
making an entering wedge into the
western market with Florida citrus
fruits than any other method that
could be devised.
He dwelt principally upon the CO.
| operation of all sections of the state,
likening Florida to a hand. The hand,
! he said, was useless without the
/ wrist, through which and by means
of which the entire state is benefited.
He made it plain that Marion county,
through its board of trade, was in
! hearty cooperation with Jacksonville
departments of it's board of trade.
Following this line of thought he
would have the Jacksonville Real Ee-
tate Exchange become an all-state or
various other similar organizations OF
the different localities and with the
new Florida Vegetable Marketing Blu
reau, which was organized here this
week largely through the efforts of
Mr.. Rooney.
| In connection with this, building
is to be rented here by the real estate
men to hold exhibits from each coun-
| ty in the state, it being the belief of
Mr.. Rooney that Jacksonville should
have this, as, viewing the matter
from the standpoint of an outsider,
it is the logical gateway into Florida.
The railroads have already promised
their cooperation.
The tendency of this exhibit will be
to secure settlers for the various Sec
tions of Florida by honest and prima
facia methods, letting them see for
themselves what they are getting.
| A rest room will also be provided,
where the prospective settler may get
actual information as we'll as COM
fort and have other advantages.
! Dr. Weaver outlined the work and
purposes of the meeting of the farm
ers and truck growers here when
they formed the marketing bureau.
He stated that the only way to in
and Duval county through the various
duce the home-seekers, the little
farmers who come to the state to live
and who invest everything they have
in their new homes, is to provide a
good market and good marketing ia
cilities, so that they may be reason
ably sure of surplus.
The charter committee also report
ed that it was ready to submit the
amendments and changes to the char
ter at the next meeting of the char
ter convention. These were approx
ed.
Mr.. Rooney and DR.. Weaver re-
manned over in Jacksonville for few
days in connection with the work of
the Florida Vegetable Marketing Bu-
reau, holding consultations and secur-
ing the cooperation of the various
concerns affected by the organiza-
tions.-Jacksonville Metropolis.