The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1919-05-27
BOARD OF TRADE CHAT

New York City is having cleanup
campaign. The Merchants Associa-
tien is urging its Importance as a
preventative of disease.
The Jacksonville Times-Union in a
leading article says, in part:
"a city that has many advantages,
that is growing, and that wants to
continue to grow in area, in popula-
ton and in commercial Importance,
ought to be for sale; not, however,
as a corporation. Selling a city, as
here contemplated, has reference to
the sale of it's opportunities and ad-
vantages.
SELLING a city, town. or a county,
in the manner here indicated. is a
proper procedure if fullest measure
of growth and development is desir-
ed The city, town or county that is
not for sale in the sense here employ
ed is either "a dead one,' or has no
advantages to offer enterprising peo-
pie seeking homes and places advan-
tageous for business purposes.
"To make the selling of city sue
cessful, it must have something worth
while, something of a superior order
such as will prove inducing to those
whose enterprise and capital it is de-
sired to attract"
With a Woman's Club, a Rotary
Club, a Motor Club and Board of
Trade, Ocala's future appears bril-
liant.
Every bit of building that is being
done, if only new porch, front steps,
or window box for flowers, is a part
of community building.
A progressive city is not content
with being Gas good as any,"
*%&
Perhaps the Board of Trade is not
doing the thing that you want done.
Are you attending meetings to pre-
sent your views, and to work for
them?
The state of Arkansas is to spend
$80,000,000 on good roads.
$50
Do you know that this country i'm
ported 68.281 ,OO6 pounds of peanuts
from Japan in 1918?
A worlds fair for Florida is pro-
posed for 1921, to celebrate the ceding
of the state to the United States by
| Spain. Ocala should begin making
preparations now to accommodate the
immense crowds that such an exposi-
ton will bring to Florida.
The following new freight tariff
supplements are on file in the Board
of Trade room: Rules governing the
handling of exhibits for expositions
and fairs; storage rules and charges;
commodity rates on building mate
rial, live stock, grain and grain pro-
ducts, lumber and forest products,
and petroleum, and rules for con-
structing combination rates.
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| Why not build one of those modern
] neutrality-suspicious. this summer
two bungalows under one roof-to
rent next winter?
One of Marion county's large or
ange groves has recently been sold for
big price. Let US not forget that
Marion is one of the most important
citrus fruit counties in Florida. The
fruit grown on the rich soils of this
county has a finer flavor. The groves
here are nearer the market.
! Having within its borders the two
largest springs in the United States,
as shown by the records of the United
States Geological Survey, and another
spring of valuable medicinal proper
ties, Marion county has tourist at
fractions of the greatest Importance.
i Attendance at Board of Trade
meeting and at committee meetings
has been excellent. Let the good work
go on.
The ordnance department of the
army is offering for sale vast guam
titles of material, machinery and
equipment. Interested parties should
communicate directly with the Gin
lcinnati District Salvage Board, Gin
cinnati, Ohio. A list of articles for
sale by the department is on file in
the Board of Trade room.
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No, the civic committee has not
gone to sleep on its plans for parking
the union station plaza. The commit
tee has requested a meeting with a
representative of the railroads, and
expects this official to be in Ocala any