The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-05-04
MUCH INTEREST IN
MEETING SOUTH FLA.
CHAMBER COMMERCE
TO BE HELD HERE
NEXT WEDNESDAY
Jacksonville Metropolis }

ganiZation Of a Statewide chamber
of commerce will be inaugurated
Representatives of the Florida East
Coast Chamber of Commerce will be
in attendance for the purpose of con-
sidering the matter of consolidating
that organization with the South
Florida organization, and thereby
laying the foundation for State or
ganization.
w. F. Miller, of Valrico, presi-
dent of the South Florida Chamber
of Commerce, is behind the move
ment and is addressing letters to in
terested parties throughout the State
on the subject. Enclosed in these
communications is a reproduction of
an editorial published some time ago
in the Florida Metropolis, which calls
for united effort on the part of the
people of the State to bring about
the development of the hundreds OF
thou ands of fertile acres which are
now lying idle.
The letter, the wording of which
surrounds the Metropolis editorial,
which is reproduced in a box in the
center of the page, reads as follows:
Lets get together"
The following article, from the
Jacksonville Metropolis, reproduced
by the Tampa Tribune March %,
1916, is timely and hits the nail
iEquarely on the head and states in a
few words the real benefits that will
come and, must come to us when we
take advantage of our opportunities
and build upon sure and sound
Committeeman get together.
The central thought in the minds
of the progressive business men who
start boards of trade or a similar or
ganiZation in town or city is the
idea Of Let's Get Together mu-
nicipal advantages in social, civic
or commercial life. The county or
sectional boards of trade are but an
other link in the Let's Get Together
movement, in order to add strength
| to the cause The formation of the
East Coast Chamber of Commerce
and the South Florida Chamber of
Commerce are only another and
stronger step in the Let's Get To-
gether' movement.
Now, why not Let's Get Togeth-
err in reality through the formation
of Statewide Chamber of Commerce
with all our organizations working
and pulling together for The Good
of All for One thereby helping to
place Florida-your Florida my
Florida-in its proper place among
the States of the Union.
This matter is but one of the
many vital questions that will come
up for action and discussion at the
meeting of the South Florida Cham
Der of Commerce to be held at Lake
land, on Wednesday, May 10, at 10
a m, and we need your help and
ideas to work out these important
problems.
Can your community, town or
city afford to miss the opportunity
of getting together? Most assuredly
not.
Therefore, make your arrange
ments to send strong delegations,
and let us start the plan under way
that will put us on the right track
in this Let's Get Together move
ment.
Yours for a greater and united
Florida,
Sincerely,
SOUTH FLORIDA CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE,
"W F. Miller, President "
| i me- htlIOpOllS tullOTldl IOllOwSs
There is hardly any diversity of
opinion as to what Florida needs.
1t has more than any State-land
that is tillable, and that will produce
profitable crops. The r. lands are ly-
ing idle, and very few of the acres
comparatively speaking, are at pres
ent producing any revenue. OF all
our millions of tillable lands, less
than 8 per cent are in cultivation
or are being utilized to produce any
revenue.
+ OF the lands that are being titled
on account of the lack of hiah--class
shipping and marketing facilities
there is not the profit in them that
there should be.
Nobody will deny that there ought
to be millions more of our idle acres
put to work.
Nobody can successfully say that
our shipping and marketing facili-
ties are organized as they should be.
Then, why can't we get toeether