The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-05-19
Facts About Florida
Compiled by tho State Marketing Bureau.)


Florida has some of the largest and
most beautiful springs In the world.
Several Of them flow at the rate OF
100000 to 100000 gallons minute,
large enough to float steamboats, Sill
yer Springs, near Ocala, flows $4,000
gallons minute. 1t is believed 10 be
the largest spring on earth.
Tourists spend $3O,OO00OO in this
state every year.
There is $SOOOO,O00 invested IN ho-
tells in Florida. The Royal Poin
cianna at Palm Beach, is the largest
frame hotel in the world.
Florida has $500 miles of railroads
operated by thirty different COM
panies.
Florida has the lowest death rate
or any state IN Tue UHlou.
The population of Florida has in
creased 80 per cent within the last
five years.
Florida has a local option compul
sorry school law.
Florida has several fine institutions
for higher education.
Key West is nearly 800 miles nearer
the Panama canal than is any ether
American seaport.
The tarpon, the worlds most noted
game fish, abounds in the seas con-
tiguous to Florida. Catching 1t IS one
of the most exciting sports known to
fishermen.
Shad, pompano Spanish mackerel
sheephead, trout, reddish and mullet
are among the many fine food fish
Of Florida. Fishing is one Of the
great industries of the state.
There are large deposits of psat In
nearly all parts of Florida.
Flowing artesian wells, some fore.
ing water as high as twenty feet
above the surface, are found in many
sections Of the state.
Florida has the only sponge fisher
les in the Union. Tarpon Springs
shipped more than $1,000,000 worth
in 1917.
Coquina rock, made up mostly Of
shells, is found along the east coast.
It was the first stone used in Ameri
lea for building purposes. Limestone
exists in nearly all parts Of the state,
The manufactured products Of
Florida aggregate $1O0,O0,000 a year
The manatee or seacow, Weighing
up to 1000 pounds and turtles weigh
ing up to 200 pounds still are found
in Florida waters.
More than 5000 different species
Of trees, shrubs, ETC., grow In Flor
ida.
Florida leads all other states In
producing fuller's earth and ten
times as many.
Florida reported 50.016 farms In
1910. The state could contain ten
times as many.
Florida ranks first among all the
states in the Union In the production
of turpentine.
There are seventy Ice factories In
Florida. We have no ice unless we
make 1t. The discoverer Of tho pro.
cess Of making artificial ice was a
Florida man.
Ninety per cent of the original for
ests Of Florida still are wooded, the
many acres are being thinned an
nually.
Florida has spent more per capita
in recent years for road Improvements
than has any other state.
Florida produces the finest OF pine
apples and has shipped as many as
100000 crates Of them a year. The
most exclusive pineapple plantations
along the east coast and in sand so
pure and white that handkerchief
can be dragged over It without dis
celebration.
The average number of persons to
the square mile in the United States
was 800 by the census Of 1910. Flor.
ida's average was 1877 persons 10 the
square mile. Which shows that there
is plenty Of room here for more pee
pie.
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