The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1915-02-23
SHIPPING SUPPLIES
INTO THIS STATE

nave seen lately IN an Albany, la,
paper certain statements that prompt
me to write this letter.
1t said that the state of Georgia
sent out of the state S15O.0OO,0oo a
year for such goods as could and
should be made in the state.
Having before me statistical re-
port of Georgia, shall draw few
comparisons.
Sending out s150,o00,OoO a year
for the goods that could and should
be made in Georgia means that each
year she sends out more money than
the value of her railroads. It means
two-thirds as much as her farm pro-
ducts, two-thirds as much as her
manufacturing products. It means
each five years sending out the as
sessed wealth of the state.
Statistics of South Carolina are
similar. North Carolina also
The traffic manager of the Jack
sonville board of trade writes me giv-
ing the exact number of cars of hay
and grain that came into Jacksonville
in 1913 and 1914 It numbers nearly
10000 carloads, and / suppose that
other parts Of the state get like
amount Al trainload Of so cars Of
hay and grain coming into Florida
each working day and the money for
same going out.
am informed by good authority
that Florida does not raise more than
one-half the hog product consumed by
the state.
honestly believe that Florida
sends out Of the state fully s50.000,-
600 for that which could and should
be grown in the state
The mind can scarcely grasp the
gain Of wealth in the southland in the
last thirty years, and had she practic-
ed the same frugality and husbanded
her resources as other countries have,
she would today be one Of the richest
heritages in the whole world.
The people in south Georgia realize
the fact that full cotton crop would
be ruinous to the South this year.
Therefore efforts are being made to
increase the producing Of such other
crops as. can be grown in Georgia and
are now bought in the North
The people of Florida should know
by this time that large vegetable
crop, large orange crop, and short
hay, corn, hog and other crops that
can be grown here and are but little
grown, means more and more misfor.
tune.
Every intelligent farmer in South
: Georgia and Florida is asking the
question, s'Where will get a narkei
for my surplus hay, corn, pork, etc
Why should grow more hay, corr
and hogs than ! can use if cam
dispose of them y,
In South Georgia the banker, tn,
wholesale merchant, the retail mer
chant and farmer have called meet
ing of the counties of South Georgia
giving a representation of twent!
delegates from each county to NEE
and take such steps as will enabl,
them to better help the farmer t,
prepare his crops for the market, ant
they the wholesale and retail merch
ants are going to patronize hom
grown crops first.
Owing to the excessive wet weathe
in South FLORIDA, South Florida an,
our section will be shipping togethe
If we wait any longer to plant, the
Florida and Charleston will be ship
ping together. This means more dis
astrous sales for our vegetable grow
ers than last year.
Bankers, wholesale merchants, re
tail merchants, we farmers are u
against hard proposition withou
help from you to buy and sell our SUI
plus. crops at home. It's simply use
less to plant more than we can cor
sumo.
individually / or no other farme
can solve this problem. With the &C
operation of the banker, the whole
sale merchant, the retail merchan
the farmer, the Florida legislator
the Florida Marketing Bureau can /
the avenue whereby, unitedly, we ca
solve the problems that are confron
ing the whole southland.
Banker, wholesale and retail mercl
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