The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-01-11
WANTED
STATES RESOURCES VA.
RIED: ITS GROWTH HAS
JUST BEGUN.

'iio'N iN'idiiiS IN lilN sat- Ieui
ize the various resources OF Flor
ida.
To theuniniormed the state
products are known as early veg
ctables and oranges and turpen-
tine and timber.
As matter OF fact Florida
produces the highest grade and
most expensive cigar wrapper
grown in the United States,
This crop sells often as high as
hoc per pound in the field and has
been known to bring as high as
SI.oo per pound. This tobacco
land is in the northwestern part
OF the state and some OF the land
that is adapted to its growth IS
worth $1,000 per acre, unclcared.
ct is believed that investigation
will disclose the fact that equal
tobacco land can be found in ST.
Lucie county,
Strange to say that a majority
of the large tobacco growers in
the state are Jews. in fact the
largest tobacco plantation in the
world is in Gadsden county and
is owned and operated by a COM
pany Of Jews. OF which Duke,
one of the tobacco trust promot-
ers. is large stakeholder.
Florida produces the greatest
part of the Sea Island cotton
grown in the world. This is a
very high grade cotton and can
only be produced in Just few
spots in the South. 1t is used in
the manufacture of imitation lin
en- goods and in spool cotton.
An average of $4,000 bales is
raised in this state annually,
bringing to the planters several
million dollars One pound Of
this cotton sells for about three
times the price of the short sta
pie cotton. which is raised in all
parts of the South. The coun-
ties in which this cotton is raised
comprises ten OF the extreme
north-central countries.
Florida produces the finest
sponge in the western hemis-
pherc. Two towns in the state
are supported almost altogether
by the sponge industry. namely.
Farpon Springs and Clearwater.
while large quantity of sponge
are caught at Kew West. 1t is a
big industry. and supports A
good many thousand people
Florida ranks as one OF the
largest fresh and salt water fish
shipping states in the Union.
Something over 100000 worth
OF fish are shipped north ont OF
this state each year.
The value OF its cigar manu-
featuring industry is worth mil
lions upon millions annually.
hey West and Tampa two cities
with population combined that
will reach near 100000 are main
tanned almost exclusively by the
cigar industry. Those two cities
manufacture more than a million
cigars per day, which retail from
SC apiece to more than a dollar
apiece.
Florida is perhaps the greatest
cattle state cast OF the Nrissis-
sippi. Only last week one coun
ty-Oceola-Shipped over So
900 worth OF cattle to western
states.
Florida produces three-iourth>
OF the worlds supply OF phos-
phate, worth, perhaps. more than
S5o,ooo.ooo annually. This phoS
phosphate is exported to Ger
many and France and other
countries where it is made into
the highest quality OF fertilizer.
Florida produces the greatest
amount II turpentine and rosin
OF any equal territory in the
world. Those two products
alone bring into the state more
than SS5,ooo,ooo per anuum.
Florida is one OF the greatest
lamhcr manufacturing states in
the Mon. 1t has more virgin
timber standing toIav than any
other state east OF the Rocky
mountains. This state has more
different kinds OF wood suitable
Tor timber than almost any Other
place on earth. but the manu-
facture OF yellow pine timber is
the one mostly dealt in at pres
cnt. but the writer believes that
iii few short years it will be
great state in the manufacture of
hard woods. There are more
than 100 varieties OF trees grow
ing in Florida of commercial val
ue.
Florida has some of the largest
apiaries in the world, shipping
honey by the steamer and car
load. These apiaries are mostly
located in the extreme north