Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, November 8, 1911, Page 4

e T PAGE FOUR. e ————————— A e THE EVENING TELEGRAM LAKELAND, FLORIDA, WEDNESDAY, The Evening Telegram|Independent Growers Publ Kentucky Building, Lekeland, Application Pending for Admission as mail wmatter of the second-class. M. F. HETHERINGTON, A. J. HOLWORTHY Business and Circulation EDITOR. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One Year ........oooees $5.00 Six months ............ 2.50 Three months ....... in 1:20 Delivered anywhere within the limits of the City of Lakeland for 10 cents a week, From the same office is issued THE LAKELAND NEWS a weekly newspaper giving a Te- sume of local matters, crop condi- tions, county affairs, etc. Sent anywhere for $1.00 per year. PES————— e SWAT THE FAKER While the cry of “Swat the Va- grant” is floating on the breezes, this paper desires to inaugurate a kind of alternating or responsive chorus, with the words “Swat the Faker!” By the latter we mean the perambulating gentry come down here in the winter time to live by their wits or rather by the lack of wit that is frequently dis- played by the Florida business man. who The time is at hand when our peo-| ple will be Leseiged by these itiner- ant grafters (o patronize all Kinds of advertising; =chemes and dodges. There will be “directory” cards of every conceivable variety, which di- rect nobody anywhere—though they may direct attention to the gullibil- ity of the adveriiser, who is set down as an casy mark for the next adventurer. There will be maps, road sigus, bill boards and innum- erable otlier schiemes, and some men will “fail” for this class of worthless advertisivg who never spend a nickel tor lecitimate publicity. These i:iors, peddlers, beggars, and sometimes, i we must say it, itiner- ant impo-tor preachers, are regular winter p that detract (rom the Joy of lite during Florida's “'““"r}’l‘hrsv season, and they should be swatted| vigorously. In some towns merchants have| agreed to have nothing to do with! outside advertising schemes manip- ulated by these perambulating gen- try unless vouched for by the Board of Trade. There should also be a| charitable organization to which all appeals for charity should be refer- red before a canvass of the citizens is permitted, d every afterncon from the Fla. Meet at Orlando (The following articles has been furnished this paper as the official paper maintains an attitude of im- partiality towards the Citrus change and the Independént Grow- Manager. | ers, believing that there are two sides to the controversy.—Ed.) The citrus fruit growers of Flor- ida who reserve the right to pro- tect themselves, and who feel confi- dent that they can guard their own interests best by selling their pro- duct when, where, to whom, and for what they think right at the time; who do not believe in paying salaries, one of which is as large as $8,333.33 annually, with heavy per- sonal expenses, regardless of wheth- er their crop is large or small, the price high or low; who know that their fruit does not carry deadly contagion, though the peel may not be as yellow as a newly minted gold piece; who are loyal to their state and do not think it ought to be sac- rificed to build up California; who resent indignantly being called “fools, liars, and scoundrels” be- cause they will not wear the yoke made for them; who desire to re- main independent and free—these fruit growers have put themselves on record. e 2 S S e l The meeting was held at Orlando, Saturday, Nov, 4, 1911, at the Arm- ory. The call clearly stated the ob- ject of the gathering and confined the attendance. The call said: “In view of the libelous course pursued by the Florida Citrus Ex- change in stigmatizing Florida or- anges when shipped at this time, as poisonous, and in view of the in- jury that the industry is likely to suffer from the gross misrepresenta- (tion and misstatements that have | been spread throughout the United i States ,a convention of citrus fruit growerss is called to consider ‘mnllc-r and present true facts,” I There were in actual attendance Zhrlwm-n forty and fifty representa- ftive growers. And letters were re- ;(1\1‘(] and read from 286 other grow- ers who, on account of distance, the day of the week on which the con- | vention was held, business, and oth- jer good reasons, could not attend, personally signed letters, gave ,:l(lill‘v.\ws, and extent of grove prop- the More than 8,000 acres of i bearing grove property were repre- sented; estimating 500 packed | boxes per acre, would aggregate two | million four hundred thousand (2,400,000) packed boxes of Florida citrus fruit, against about eight hun- dred thousand (800,900) boxes mar- keted last season by the Florida Citrus KExchange. Each letter stat- ed that the writer wished to join in [erty owned and controlled by signers, It we were going to deliver a lecture to youth as to the best plan o win favor with employers, we would take as our text the injunc- tion, "Learn to do common things| well.” Experts are all very well, and we would encourage every boy or girl to master every detail of whatever avocation they may chouse as a life pursuit, and try to rise in it above the level of mediocrity; but, meanwhile, the assistant whom & busy man regards as a thing of delight is the person upon whom he can depend to perform quickly and carefully the innumerable simple lit- tle things that go to make up a bus- iress day. To perform an errand quickly and iutelligently; to do the thousaud and oue things that any| one can do, but to do them with]| promptness, thoroughuness and care— these are qualifications that will | make you more indispensable and | more leaned upon than the person | with vastly more hrillfimvy but with less dependability. And these char- acteristics, developed while work- ! ing for others, will tend also to in-| sure your success when you launch! out in business for yourself. H Nearly all of the representative | business concerns of this city have #pace in this paper, because they re- alize that it pays them to do =0, and that it is a great advantage to have a daily paper in the town. We lre! sure that those who do not look at the matter in this light will soon change their point of view. { the protest outlined in the call and authorized the use of his name in the action taken. report of the Orlando meeting. This Ex- ”ll‘[ warning them against immature nnd‘} poisonous oranges with which dis-; tributors and growers, as the v.elc—1 grams allege, had plotted to endan-' ger the lives of the public. Major| Abrams condemned the bribe ofl'ol‘: of $100 to the inspector in each of | 400 or more cities who would de- stroy the first carload of Florida fruit. He showed that at no time| does an orange contain poison, and quoted the highest authorities to prove it, stating that it had long been the custom with children in Florida to eat oranges at all stages of growth. He charged that the tel- egrams were inspired by malicious motives, the intention being to pre- vent the sale of all other fruit ex- cept that forwarded by Citrus Ex- change. The speaker was loudly cheered iby the meeting, and frequently in- i terrupted by W. L. Palmer, of Or- lando, who admitted he was a mem- ber of the Exchange, and who re- fused to approve the call under which the convention had met. After iseveral attempts to disturb the e —————— meeting which efforts were applaud- | ™€ ed by the galleries, Mr. Palmer was allowed the courtesy of the floor, jand abused it for an hour, using llungunge that was unbecoming. Many times during the proceedings Palmer was on his feet In opposition to those who had come to transact clearly defined business. In fact no member of the meeting was so talkative as Palmer. B. Beacham, |unolh(-r citizen of Orlando, who de- [ clined to sign the call, insisted on| |s1wuklng several times, along lines| ' similar to those of Palmer. The committee on resolutions r(‘-l "ported at the atternoon session. In substance the resolutions recited the grave injustice and great dam-} age done by the broadcasted letter- | !;.:nuns of the Exchange, and demand- | = ——-— . = .. oo ed that a retraction of the libel be| Inmdn, with an apology; that the in-i jury done be corrected by the Ex-| change so far as possible. The m-: itempts to coerce independent grow- | ers were denounced; also the false! 'rlmr-.:un that othet fruits are infer-| tior to those packed by the Exchange. The marketing of immature fruit was disapproved; the so-called Flor- ida green fruit law was condemned as unreasonable because it fixed no standards and provided for no in- L It was declared that the distributors of standing who in the past have haudled Florida fruits are, | in the main, vs hon rable and hon-| est business men as ean be found in | any line, After some disenssion the resolu- tions were adorted as veported with- out change, FACTS AND FIGURES FROM FLORIDA. Plant City.—The fruit packing house has opened up, and all the early varieties of oranges have begun to move. Largo.—The citrus exchange sold citrus There were quite as many specta- tors, including members of the Cit- rus Exchange in the hall as dele-| gates. Those who came to take part under the call for the meeting were asked to give their names; the oth- ers were requested not to occupy seats on the floor, The meeting was called to order by J. €. Chase, secretary of the Florida Fruit & Vegetable Growers' Protective Association, and the call read: On motion, J. DeV Hazard, of I'Ius-' tis was chosen temporary <-Imirman:’ Mr. Yowell, secretary; and J. Meir-! owitz assistant. The chairman brief- Iy thanked the convention for the honor couferred. | In compliance with different mo- | tions the chairman announced the! following committees: Permanent organization— P F. Tillinghast, W. L. Pattishall. s. 1. Carlton. | Resolutions - Major Alex. St. (lair| Abrams, M. 8. Moreman, 8. 0. Chas, John Lee, E. A. Thomas. 1. T. McLain and Fred Fee served as tellers. Major Abrams, by invitation of the chair addressed the meeting for an hour or more. With great abili- ty and much earnestness he reviewed the conditions of citrus fruit grow- ing. He denounced in strongest terms the action of the Exchange in sending scores of telegrams to gov- ernors of states and boards of trade for Bernard Kilgore 309 boxes of | grepetruit at $4 per box f. 0. b. The land and was well colored. Sydney.— Truckers are through setting out berry plants for this sea- son. The acreage will be short this year on account of scarcity of plants and dry weather. Tampa.—J. R. Scally will plant ten acres in celery this year. Mr. Scally says he netted last yvear about $66 per acre from his celery crop. Deerfield.—Truckers are busy set- | ting out tomatoes and peppers. ‘ Tampa.—A. H. McRue, one of the large poultry raisers of Pennsylvania, is in this city looking for a lm-atlon: to start a poultry ranch. [ St. Petersburg.—D. J. Etley of | Pittsburg and the truckers in this| vicinity are talking over the advisa- bility of locating a canning mvmr_\': here. Arcadia. fruit was raised on shell hammock | The Farmers, Educa-! tional and Co-operative Association will hold a fair here “ovember 89 and 10. Many premiums will be given for fruit and vegetable ex-| hibits. Lakeland.—E 8. Anderson, who has a large irrigated truck farm near this cityfi has tomatoes and rurum-| bers in blossom and will soon be! ready to ship. He anticipates a profitable season. i Pompano.—Carlton Marshall has planted about 35 acres of tomatoes, Peppers and other vegetables. Hel began shipping peppers this week. :m& 25_5..754'..‘.“5. ! of negro help, and second, to arrange {just installed a first-class, Herron Theatre NOVEMBER 8, 1911 ——————— SAVE MONEY'! : —— Not for to hide it in a hedge. Not for a train attendant; But for the glorious privilege Of being independent.—Burns. e ——— | 1 i It is as easy to be unfair as it is important that you should not be. | $5.25 meal tickets for $4.50 at Hansard's Cafe. It has been found in cities where three or four families would combine . and have their household work don¢, in common, they could save nearly: one-half. Ome writer tells how & family reduced their monthly ex- penses from $75 to $45 in this way.' Why can't any small town, or pros-| perous country section, for that mat-| ter, combine and have their common laundry, bakery, etc., and thus re- lieve our wives of much work and L L W)/ T drudgery? We certainly can, and all e we need is a few enterprising men of preeyy sound business judgment to com- nce and blaze out the way. To our mind two things are now essen- tial; first, to get more independent If all the business men and farmers in this commu: BANK their money right here at home instead of hoid: sending it away it would help every other man in thi: 3. ty and therefore help himself. It is merely SELF-ioin and SELF DEVELOPMENT for us to keep out nion:) and help OURSELVES, \We will gladly give our counsel to anyone who v . ness advice—especially if we can steer you away 1 vestments which might cause you a loss. BE CAREF!I | i by every known modern convenience to lighten the domestic drudgery of home life. We can do this by fixing up more conveniently around our own kitchens, and by combining to- gether in communities as we have stated, There is a little community in Let OUR Bank be YOUR Bank. Minnesota, consisting of about two We Pay 4 Per Cent. on SIVillgl Accounts. hundred and fifty farmers that has modern laundry in connection with their cooperative creamery. It is estimat- | ed that the washings can be done for the patrons at a cost of about one dollar per month.—Exchange. First National Rail of Lakeland Under control of U.S. G Our sifie epaiinie FOR RENT-—Two well furnished —— = rooms, close in, modern conven- iences, 409 South Tennessee, FOR RENT--Furnished rooms, with or without board. Also one room for housekeeping, with use of kitchen. 411 New York avenue 1tp. FOR RENT—Unfurnished rooms for light housckeeping with light, 'phone, fireplaces and bath, 3 blocks from depot. Address P .0. Box 328, City. Man and wife from the north wants.gentleman’s place to look af- ter. Best of reference. Apply, stat- ing wages and duties required to J. Goodenough, Postoftice, Lakeland. 3tp. FOR SALE-—Confectionery store; a good paying proposition. Big Bar- gain. Owners have other business to look after. See S. L. A. Clonts at once; Office in Clonts' building. 11-6 FOR SALE—6 1, P. stationary ges engine and complete outfit, price $110 new; 3 H. P. stationary gas engine and complete outfit $50 new; 720 gallon water tank and belted pump price $100 new; 33 cell storage baitery and switch board, price $110 new; 1 1-2 K. W. belted motor and line rheostat, price $65, slightly used; 35 passenger Buick automobile, model D, good condition, new tires and three ex- tra tubes, two new storage batteries, electric lamps, full set of tools, an exceptional bargain at $500 cash. All of the above lately shipped: to Lakeland, Fla.. from Chicigo, .; offered for sale on acf den illness of owner, A Allfree, Lakeland, Fla, * FOR EVERY LITTLE GIRL IN LAKELANI Under 14 Years of Age WE'VE A MOST INTERESTING PUZZLE TO SOLVE. AND TO THE LITTLE GIRL WRO SOLVES IT (SOLVES *_ NEATLY) AND BRINGS US WITH IT THE LARGEST L Z*PEOPLE WHO WILL NEED A NEW STOVE OR RANGE ° % "UIVE FREE THE HANDSOME LITTLE “BUCK'S™ I * RANGE NOW ON EXHIBITION IN OUR FRONT WIND(F THIS INTERESTING CONTEST CLOSES DECEMBER 5 ° COME NOW GIRLS, GET BUSY. R e LT e SR, Who’s Going to Ge That Range? J.W. 0’Doniel & Sons ( LEADING FURNITURE DEALERS. ~ Saturday, Nov. Il BERT'II“.E—IGH THEONMAN THE BOX