The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1920-01-30
THE FLORIDA DEVELOPMENT
BOARD


of the Florida Development Board
Mr.. Edwards was persuaded to serve
by the committee Of three, consisting
of Mr.. John H. Taylor, DR.. ]. E. Chase
and Mr.. ]. NJ. Meffert, who were ap.
pointed at the meeting in the Marion
County Board room, Monday morning.
This committee of three will also have
the task of raising the $4,000 that this
section of the state has been called
on for as part of an initial sum of
$4,000, which is to be in the hands
|of the organizing committee before a
charter for the Florida Development
board is asked for -
The Florida Development Board is
the name given to the new State
wide organization which has for its
lobject the upbuilding of Florida in
particular, and which is part of gen
eral organized movement looking to
the development of the Coastal plain
States of the south, from Virginia to
Texas. The membership of the or
ganizing committee of the new body
is an excellent indication of the sub
lstantial character of the new organi
Ization. The members of the organic
ing committee are: Jules M. Bur
guieres, West Palm Beach. Chair
man. Arthur G. GUNNER, Jackson
vile, Treasurer, DR.. L. A. Bize, Tam
Ipa; DR.. w. F. Blackman, Lake Mon
roe; A. Hunter Brown, Pensacola;
John L. Edwards, Ocala; F. Grower
Jacksonville; Mrs. Edgar Lewis, Fort
Pierce; C. E. Stewart, Jr., Tampa
William L. Wilson, Panama City; c.
is. Ucker, Baltimore, Maryland.
The objects of the new organization
lare stated as follows in the constitu
ton of the Florida Development
Board:
A. To arouse in all the people OF
Florida and of the United States a
more adequate sense of the resources
land opportunities of the State, espec-
tally as regards it's vast areas of un-
occupied and idle lands.
B. To unite the residents of all
parts of the state in a common en-.
thusiasm for Florida and cooperative
efforts toward it's rapid and substan.
tial development.
c. To conduct Statewide cam,
paigns of education, looking to the
complete education of the cattle tick,
and the largest possible control of hog
cholera and other animal diseases;
the extension of the reclamation pol.
icy of the Federal Government, so DIS
to include the swamp and overlooked
lands of Florida; the development of
the citrus, truck, live stock, fish and
other sea foods, cane sugar. phos.
plate, lumber and manufacturing in.
dustries Of the state, and of and pro,
feSsional classes of the population !;
and the enrichment of rural life es-
pecially by means of better schools,
better highways, better sanitation
and community activities
d. To cooperate with all boards
of trade, chambers of commerce,
rotary clubs. boards of county commits
sioners and other trades, civic and
professional organizations, in the de-
velopment of the state.
E. To maintain an information bu-
reau for the benefit of tourists and in.
tending settlers.
F. To establish and maintain a
service bureau for collecting and fur
nishing without cost to its members
information of useful character
which will assist them in the develop
ment and marketing of their holdings
and products
G.. To discourage such land selling
and colonization schemes as are eco
nomically unsonud and essentially
dishonest.
Fl. To conduct nationwide publ
city campaign with reference to the
great opportunities offered in Florida
looking to the bringing in of settlers
in large numbers and of the right
character. upon the unoccupied lands
of the state. And further, that the
Florida Development Board shall not
operate for profit, shall not deal in
real estate, shall make no charge for
its services, shall not concern itself
In political or religious affairs, and
shall not seek to promote the inter
ests of any particular individual, cor.
poration or section of the state.