The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-07-25
PRODUCING CLOTHES
in THE SOUTH

SIDE by side were two important
items of news in the Saturday Times
Union and the significance of these
may be thoroughly appreciated by
those who have given the matter of
the rather remarkable advance of de-
velopment in the South and especially
the southeastern portion of the United
states, any careful thought and study.
One item tells of another cotton
warehouse to be built on the munich
pal dock by the city of jacksonville
and the other states that Governor
Dorsey OF Georgia has called the
farmers of his State together to dis
cuss the raising OF fax, which has
been found to be a success IN Ger
tain portions of the southern section
OF Georgia. Alongside of these should
have been another item telling about
the interest being taken in Florida
and South Georgia in sheep raising.
as that would have completed the trl-
angle Of materials that will be raised
in quantities in the new South to help
clothe the world--cotton, linen and
wool.
Until very recently cotton was only
raised in very limited quantities in
Florida and then only in the north
western section, but this year 1t Is
evident that cotton is being raised in
almost every county in the state and
in considerable quantities TOO Last
year thousands of bales of cotton were
handled through Jacksonville, but
with the greatly increased production
1t Is expected that the amount will
be more than doubled so another
warehouse is deemed necessary. The
next move should ne to establish cot
ton mills and factories here, so that
this splendid product can be trans
formed into cotton cloth and cotton
garments of all kinds. There Is no
reason why the raw product should
be shipped thousands Of miles to the
factories in the East and North and
the finished products shipped back
South for use. Transportation facili-
ties should not be hampered by such
methods and 1t is easily apparent that
manufacturing costs can be greatly
reduced here, as no heat will be re-
quired in the factories and the build
ings can be less extensively con-
structed.
The raising of live stock in Florida
has been extensive for many years
but It has been done In an old fash
Toned, happy-go-lucky way, the own
ers depending on nature and the 9th.
er fellows lands to provide pasture
and taking what they could get for
rough stock, figuring that 1t was
mostly profit anyway and why worry
II It was not up to standard This
condition has been gradually changing
in the past ten years and now 1t has
every appearance Of the total aboli-
ton Of the scrub cattle and The razor |
back hog and the development along |
extensive lines of the best grades Of
animals The sheep has been neg |
lgible and neglected quantity for the
most part but it, too, is coming into
the limelight more rapidly and many
flocks of pure bred and graded sheep
are now seen in West Florida and
even in South Florida and some small |
fiocks are being introduced in several
other sections of the State so that the |
production of wool will soon become |
a factor and another essential IN the |
clothing Of the world will be one Of
the assets or the state.
Flax Is the latest of the cloth pro-
ducts to be introduced in this section |
but it was clearly shown in an Illus
trated article and editorially in the
farm and live stock section OF the |
Times-Union in June, that fax was
grown successfully in South Georgia. |
at st. Marys, near the Florida line
and was unusually prolific both as to
stalk and seed. Now that the gov
ernor of that State has taken the mat |
ter I'D and is going to discuss the
raising of fax with the farmers, IL
will soon spread and crops Of fax
will be seen in ever-increasing acre
eges in the next few years, as 1t n
easily grown and both the stalk and
seed are valuable, as linseed oil is in |,
demand at all times and linen is now
at its highest point in price for many |
wears Jacksonville Times-Cnion.
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