The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-05-16
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ing the Saturday Evening Post, In
which he points out many mistakes
made by the Sage Of Potato HILL" All
of this, however, Is in the kindliest
tone, for Mr.. Sweger, Is an admirer
of Mr.. Howe, no less than are other
Americans who admire strength allied
to truth. Mr.. Howe's reputation for
truthfulness makes the article the
more misleading, as statements made
by him are not likely to be questioned.
Palm Beach, for one thing, he makes
the statement that one seldom sees a
Southerner In Palm Beach and con-
tinues land this is true of Florida gen.
orally" This has about as much truth
in it as the statement OF winter
visitor to the Miami Herald that he
had frequently heard Dixie played be-
fore northern audiences, and always
with applause, but that he had never
heard southern audience applaud the
southern air. Possibly the reasons for
both statements were much the same;
Mr.. Howe has never visited Florida
enough to know what he is talking
about. He spent one winter in Tampa,
two in Miami, and has visited Palm
Beach; the other northern gentleman,
probably had never been present when
Dixie was played before southern
audience. either that, or he was deaf.
The Quincy Times says that Mr..
Howe has possibly forgotten that Flor
ida extends as far west to Pensacola
as it does south to Miami and con-
tinues:
"a vast majority Of the people who
live in Florida are Southerners, many
of these descendants Of the sturdy pi-
oneers. who came in colonial days,
braved the dangers of the wilderness
and laid the foundation for the present
splendid state. The Yankee is the
exception and not the rule in Florida.
He has received a hearty welcome
here. With his ambition. energy and
ginger he has done his part toward
developing this section of the country
but he by no means deserves all the
credit, nor the larger part of it.
Mr.. Howe forgives the high prices
charged at Palm Beach hotels on the
ground that practically everything has
to be shipped in from the North, with
the possible exception Of fish and
oranges. This is absurdly wrong as
South Florida produces not only
oranges, but grape fruit, guavas, ba-
nanas, strawberries, kumquats, man
goes, and various other fruits. Car
loads of beans, peppers, tomatoes, and
celery are shipped every day for sew
eral weeks during the fall and winter.
Surely the managers of the Palm
Peach hotels do not import these things
from the North.
hn Dol ~, H. al -.
poultry products, syrup, pork, sweet
potatoes and rice from the north, they
go to unnecessary expense, for there
are counties in middle Florida that
produce as fine porkers as are raised
IN the Middlewest, as fine corn as is
grown in the corn belt and as fine
sugar cane as Louisiana. The Hastings
Irish potato is famous all over the
country, and one middle Florida county
alone last year produced $4,000 bushels
of sweet potatoes. If one did not con-
slider West Florida at all, there are
vast quantities Of all the staple food
stuffs produced below Jacksonville. Mr..
Howe and other writer's who spend
their time at the winter resorts do not
themselves with the agricul-
tural conditions and when they write,
they unwittingly give the impression
that Florida is nothing but sandy will
1erness with wonderful climate, ex-
sellent bathing beaches and fine hotels
where tourists are relieved Of their
No finer general farm products are
grown anywhere than in North Flor
ida. Gadsden county alone shipped be-
tween 100000 and a million gallons Of
excellent cane syrup last year. Thou
sands of bushels of beans, peas, pea
nuts, and corn found their way to the
markets from this county and sixty
thousand pounds of choice pecans were
shipped at one time last season. IL 900
tine porkers were shipped on hoof be-
sides the thousands of pounds of home
cured bacon and sausage.
The people Of the northern part of
he state have made mistake in that
hey have not let the rest of the coun-
.ry see what they are doing, nor have
hey made any concerted effort to ex-
oloit the resources offered here. They
should not be offended, if those who
write about Florida make erroneous
statements, nor should they feel abused
f writer's ignore North Florida. People
generally do not know that Gadsden
county has probably the richest FulIers
earth deposits in the world, nor do
hey know that the finest wrapper to-
1acco grown in the United States is
grown in this county. They have heard
1othing about the possibilities here
or the general farmer.
Mr.. Howe thinks that the F1oridian
s dependant upon the tourist for
living. The tourist trade means
great deal to a limited part of the
state, but if tourist did not come to
Florida for ten years we could still
i've and live well. There was a time
when the we'll TODD went to Europe
,r to California. Even in those days
here were people living comfortably
n Florida who sent their sons and
daughters away to college, and were
as happy as those whom the
ourist trade has made rich. We enjoy
he tourist, we like him and we want
lin to come. We try our best to give
linn his moneys worth and we helieva