The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1919-07-31
THE WHOLE COUNTRY
SHOULD Be SUPPLIED
With Sugar From Florida Plan
tations
WHERE CANE FLoURIsHEs
Limitless Production at Least
Cost.-Congress Taking Cog
nizance of the Situation.-Flor-
ida Sugar Production Assured.

lld sugar frOuucJ1On Assured.
1t there ever was n time when
opportunity Knocked at the door
of Florida that time is now and
TIE occasion 1or the knocking is
the sugar industry that claims ad-
mittance.
1t is time right now to get busy,
to hear the knocking at the door
and to throw it open,
Through earnest, practical pro
sentation of the facts relative to
Florida's s advantages of soil and
climate for the production of
sugar cane and the very urgent
and growing demands for more
extensive sugar output, Florida
has been put in the forefront Of
the consideration which is now be-
ing given to the sugar industry in
all its phases, from the growing
of the product in the form of SUI
gar ana SyfupS.
Individuals, refners, wholesale
and retail dealers, and equally
with all of them, the consumers,
are delving deep into the sugar
situation, endeavoring to find a
way by which the supply of sugar
may most abundantly and most
satisfactorily meet the demand
both of this country and abroad.
So intensively and so practical.
ly have the facts been presented
that they have reached the con-
gress of the United States, only
within a few days past has the
chairman of the all-powerful ways
and means committee of the house
Of representatives written to the
officers of the Jacksonville Realty
Board asking to be supplied with
all possible data with reference
to Florida as related to the sugar
industry. This means, if it means
anything, that congress may take
very important part in develop
ing the sugar resources of Florida.
1t is known that the sugar
growers Of the West are impor-
tuning congress for an appropria-
ton to promote their immediate
enterprise. There can be no rea-
sonable opposition from this sec
ii of the country to such assist
ance as the beet sugar growers de-
sire, but at the same time that we
say for our Western friends, let
them have a federal appropriation
in the manner and form they re-
quest but give to the South such I!
equal financial aid as is demanded |
by the important assistance that
here can be given toward supply
ing needed supplies of sugar, to-
ward establishing in Florida and |
in the South sugar industry that
is of utmost Importance to all the
people of the entire United States.
Say this now, and say it in such a
volume of reasonable sound that
it will reach the ears Of our men,
bers in congress and those of the
from other states.
The Times-Union has from time
to time presented the facts rela-
tive to the adaptability of Flori-
da to sugar cane growing They
need not at this time be reiterated.
But right now it is important to
urge action, not only through ap-
pealS to congress but in a practi-
cal demonstration Of the fact that
Florida can and will produce un-
limited quantities Of sugar cane.
The start has already been made
n various sections Of the state
where more and better sugar cane
s being grown and of intentions
o give over greater areas next
year for the growing Of the stalks
rom which sugar is produced. S
This is as it should be. The erec- .
ion of mills for the grinding Of Il
Florida grown cane is also well {
Inder way. Indications are that t
ugar refners, men of large finan- :