The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-10-12

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Florida clay makes good bricks.
Severe windstorms are rare in
Florida. Hurricanes originating in
the southern seas swing around the
west end of Cuba, cross the Gulf Of
Mexica, and usually strike the coast
about the mouth of the Mississippi
river
Fliroda mas a climate that allows
the growing Of food crops in every
month.
Florida has sea beaches as extern
sive and as fine as any in the world
National automobile races frequently
are conducted on them in winter.
Florida produces the finest of pine
apples and has shipped as many as
100000 crates of them in year.
The most extensive pineapple plan !
tations are along the east coast, and
in sand so pure and white that a
handkerchief can be dragged over it
without discoloration. /
Florida sand is productive. Why?
Because mixed with it are particles
Of mineral matter, carbonate of lime
from shells, combined with decom-
posed vegetation.
Florida can be made to produce
enough sugar to supply the needs OF
all America-and more. Sugarcane
grows in every county. Drained
swamp land will yield twenty tons
to an acre-the potential equivalent
of 5000 pounds of graduated sugar,
besides residue of value.
Fuel and clothing bills are much
less in Florida than in the colder
Northern States.
Florida contains four agricultural
experiment stations established by
the Federal government. Florida
contains four experiment stations es-
tablshed by the Federal govern
ment for testing for use in the warm
err sections of the Union the many
kinds of useful products (not nativel
brought from other continents.
Florida does or can produce all CT
the American varieties of fiber
plants, including sisal hemp, for
which our Union annually pays Yn-
; catan millions of dollars.
Thirteen cities in Florida each has
more than 5000 people.
There are 2,916 public common
schools and 1O4 public high schools
in Florida.
There are seventy ice factories In
: Florida. We have no ice unless we
make it. The discoverer of the pro
Il cess of making artificial ice was q
Florida man.
}. Florida has spent more per capits
in recent years for road improve
ments than has any other State
III Florida's roads comprise 4,15
miles Of graded earth roadway, S.
miles of asphalt, 4S3 miles of brick
| IS miles of concrete, 1,26S miles o
oiltreated rock, 53S miles of shell
and 1,944 miles of sand-clay-a gran,
total of 1924 miles. More roadwa
constantly is being built.
| Eighty.five per cent of the whit
farmers in Florida operate their ow
farms.
Seventy per cent of Florida farm
ers are white.
Eleven steam boat lines operate /
Florida waters.
| Twenty foreign countries have col
sular representatives In Florida.
The Smithsonian Institute, Q
Washington, d. G., contains NOR
than 1900 kinds of shell collecte
along Floridas seacoast
The average number of persons
the square mile in the United State
was 800 by the census of 1911
Florida's average was 1877 persons
the square mile. Which shows thei
is plenty of room here for more pc
pie.
Florida is one of the very fe
States in the Union without del
held against its State treasury /
outside creditors. Our States sms
public Indebtedness is owed to OF
State public-school fund. In 9th,
words, or left-hand pocket owes Of
right-hand pocket.
Do not get "skeered" about snail
and alligator stories that may be to
to you before you come to Florid
Tourists visit here year after ye
and never see anything more stal
ling in the shape of these reptil
than the commercial articles ma
from their skins and placed on sd
in the curiosity stores.
Florida's average value of taf
products per acre is $149.
Florida has more than 100000