Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, July 22, 1912, Page 7

g0t The new faces and mew places i Vadation Days invite your KODAK .« casy for anyone to Koaad. Let us show you. We have Ko- daks from S5 up. Brownie Cameras $1 to $12. CENTRAL PHARMACY Quick Service Phone 25 PRI ORI I BCIICI VIS ~ PO O Inman Blunt cigar. antirely. for a J-cent cigar? are justified, 3 THE WORLD SMILES AT YOU through the fragrant smoke of of an As you smoke it your troubles vanish as if by magic. Mind and nerves are soothed and dif- ficulties become tritles or fade away Think that's a lot to claim Well, try an In- man Blunt tonight after supper and it's a safe bet you admit the claims that the Industry may not be injured. Correspondence with our members, through the office of the secretary, leads us to believe that the jol.sben| prefer to handle mature, ripe stock, and, further, wish to advance the or ange and lemon growing industry in the United States.” On page 132-134 is language: ; “The next topic for discussion was; ‘Green Citrus Fruits. “Mr. 8. R. Lux: ‘Florida seems to the following | jand the general ‘pure food law’ to-| 29 =2, FLA, JULY 1912. commissioner of agriculture, the lut' paragraph reads as follows: “Under the general pure food law, you have the authority to have ex- aminations and inspections made of citrus fruits for the purpose of as certaining whether there is any mis- branded or artificially colored fruit. | Constructing the ‘immature fruit’ Iaw: gether, it is my opinion that your de- pariment is authorized to make in- spection of alleged green fruits and have had the first trouble. We be lieve it would be better if the ship:| 'pors of citrus fruits would wait unl'xlE such time when the fruit is suffi-| ciently matured before shipment is made. As jobers, we naturally like, to order early, and we always goll | the first car of oranges, but frequent-| Iy when they arrive, they are as green as grass, with no color. They are immature, and the grocer who| buys them is led to believe that they | are fit for use. His customer buys them once and may make another purcahse, but iinding them worthless, | he refrains from buying more for some time, therchy retarding the con sumption of fruit} “Mr. Charles 13, Bills: ‘1 would like to sce this recommendation adopted. make such reports thereon to the preper police and law officers as may Le required by law, Under the ‘im- mature fruit law.’ however, the ac- tion of your department would, per- haps. for recasons herein stated, be entitled to no more consideration than a complaint made by any citi- zen of the state who may complain and allege a violation of said stat- ute.” A lengthy correspondence ensued between the officials of the Florida Citrus Exchange and the commission- er of aczriculture, the latter taking the position that the immature fruit law was a genéral law, that it did not devolve upon him to enforce it, nor to participate in enforcing it, and refused absolutely to have anything MUSIC cn the Fourth as a matter of course. TIC But how about a piano to accompany the singers? You certainly should Fave one and there is no reason why you can't, and at once. Cur pay a8 you play plan will enable you to se- cure a splendid piano right now. Some bargains in slightly used pianos. % g \ u Last year we commenced shipping | to do with it. The Florida Citrus Marufactured by and packing oranges when they wcrci I'\change based its action upon the : 1 about onethird colored. The result|opinion rendercd by the attorney gen- B s Phone |nman Ci ar ractor Lakeiand was that there was nothing but gricl | el as quoted above, insisting that . hadiens TR : 133 Red Fla. on all early shipments his year {{the comn wor of agriculture per = — e e e reversed the order of thinegs and did o form the duty devolving upon his of- MAP T T e not allow a singl er to bri fice. The Exchanee sent a personal ] o B 77 o { = frait until it colored 8} wive 1o Tailahas en A0 i § sugared up to a certain pereentage, | p el there other than the ' y\faps of any description compiled on short rotice, Speclal sttentice ‘ IH“I\I!\ " e T { ved the co .~iiu\!ll‘]l: Inl' l" [ glven to compiling city, display and advertising maps. County & i ae | 10V« | at which intrview Staie | waps kept on band Chemivalty prepared, nou-fading bliue prints st reg= s R, I Kose was present, and A wantitie H h T srticiRalnd. The 1 | Punable rates. Special rates for prinis in la quantities. ‘ ropt ative, with its at & : Al conlorred with the atlorney | Prompt attention yiven mall orders ! ) \\ vecal, who reatfirmed his opinion . ] o oz th val pure food law™ v conded and car T At e S | . Pand the “immature frait law,” and : I T LAKELAND, FIA \ P e of the Tapee, | thate ander this construction, it was | Room 213-215 Drane Building T : v/ \) IRy sor R ‘ :"IZ]_' “{the dury of the pare food department e ———— A7 8 L PG A SOV "\\ ° ‘ :I\:Hur\' in Top i e N 2 M] .‘l(..h‘ }.“ foi e state ®0 0 make iNSPeCtons | oo oo s s 50806 OEOHOS V3O o0 T PGSO QDO EOP0FOS OROEIEOR " : Wil ;" el ) ‘I‘ "where complaints were filed and to | & 5 aga ¥ ".,‘ (UL, i ].. deint of Y.I.. r I recure samples and to hold lll(-st-\? lakc'a“d Art'flclal StO“e wor s ‘ ‘-“‘ ! J-“"‘ ; i g | lf'l“; “ Usamples subject o inspeetion by lllv-ii) al. which hand avonsiderable ) © L e : R PR R A A . volume of s fruit | fopee o It T, “"l‘ :‘I’l‘.!é Near Electric Light Plant i ‘3 tus | uested and | & o }\E{ a Wa e Thoere a8 a0 moderate domand 1o y {40 - veiny fonor ]r\l' asrienl C\ MARES {8 I I el [ oranzes throush L UT T et AR e It P ) ¢ Thanks Following (his! (v | ke, ol e it e . x§ RED CEMENT PRESSED BRICK WOork, oliere: »odelray ©oeXpense v gl s a tremendons demgnd i OVRNBOS HieE il s o Pind nvalablo: rom !E: CALL AND SEE THEM. CAN SAVE YOU MONEY r the Chri trad heve i i 2 e 1l Fhose vholo Y wiTile Compintion: o the 1att L] do e ptha, 108 R0 & Crushed Rock, Sand and Cement for Sale ) i ot i Hline of correspondence doveloped ih " uld talk perconsily fo cvery man and womar who reads Jeulers o suppiy this d and e m;‘n ne xl:‘ wroth mmm‘; sioner |2 BUILDING BLOCKS OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS OF A EPGAL Ny Y, ‘:Hm'l’* Hloi agrientture nor Mo state ehenist | % 2 and 18 inch Drain Tile for Sidewalk, Gate Posts, Flower ! : s indulged in the practice of ship | gesirod to or had i asition Q@ Mounds, Ltc tisement—tell them hew we carefully examine every bi bt Sl ; A S delar | 9 d J ; i ) : ‘I}‘:' i 'I i Ml‘.-umn.v“ n,:.'l‘”-\l“.“ it : nding the "'l “"‘I"";' ]‘”'"""‘ {0 ;"" ;‘“ 2 Good Stock on Hand WE Deliver Free of Charge : Vil bt R B s nEYEL, TOE) forcement ol at law, nor to dis . wiore it is }“I"\'\'l in our store: how we search e ‘l:l.ll:h wiviy dhid s roon il.n i .-‘4“:“..1., the daty devolving upon them H B. ZIMMERA‘AN. prOl)rletOI‘. Ihank .\.1::' un. arve nifed the under the opinion rendered to the “; B SBHGD '3‘3:"0*3'0E'Ofios‘C'?wdvoioww 1 defects and diserid every articie that we beliey o ol U BRUBOH A CRNE ) conmfeflonsie ot durlgiftins by il = = ) o betin ““"" §- 2O Lutisling . Py fattorney soneral of the state, whos pe St ovasrmat i e Bl '“; L "v N5 MOUSCS L quty it is to advise the :uzrlrunl‘n';\!: ¥y war prove unw uy waen placed te the test of ac- .le the sthouninl the m‘m “‘Ium*lnin:mu v oand pure food depart. | CPRias B L HOU OPEIL asalin Wyt g fo their duties in snch mat ey would realize why thoy conld not afferd to buy goods 9 ! there is deiand from the Easierit| o On October 6, 1911, Commis: | ”I""I"" 'I’ ”'”" l“'l"““' "" - ”"‘I"l" I S sioner McLin addressed a letter to } Fhott period between the Thanksgiv-f e W, €. Tomple, ‘general manager ing ||.|vh‘ : and the Christmas trade | oo g Blorida Citrus 19 hange, Tam = which gives the dealers an oppor- fl tor instance, granite ware, All stores are not as careful e, A tiny chip off or q slight blemish here. and the ar ives not go out to any customer, because right at that flaw “uins to work, and the articie is worthless. Eerything you * 15 exactly as represented. No matter what you need—a wrench—pump—ssod chopper— ome to us. Let us show yeu our stock and live you our _ 4 Ihe Jackson & Wilson Co. o tunity to clean up the poor stuff which { they have bought, which they rarely ever do at a profit to themselves or to the s ction of the consumers, After the Christmas trade is over, | there is a lull, sometimes of thirty | days bhefore thera i8 any considerable movement of California oranges. This gives their fruit an opportunity to ma- ture, In Florida there has been a dis- position to begin in September and to keep a continuons stream of or anges going to market, regardless of market conditions or the maturity of i the fruit, and we can look back over the past ten years prior to the s of 191112 at the conseeutive of disaster to growers and dealers due to this foolish policy of torcing immature oranges upon people wha do not want them, and will not have them. In a vain effort to por nade growers affiliated with the Exclonge, and operators not affiliated wih it, i to refrain from this suicidal course the Exchange took up the mattor legi n and euccecded in ! | a bill passed by the Florida | ture making it a crime under " for any person to ship, or o! or | sh ent, from this state citry te b et ¢ : .2 | that were immatare or other n [ — e e - e | 01t for consumption. This act d -'5-.‘;; | the 1 ture slmost imme It was heralded as a zood la ¢ tically before it was out of 1 is L O C K A D E D of the governor, agenci 1 | profited and would continu t — . through the handing of tiis tire fruit, took steps to offset it n fluence, and to this end w But still doing Business at the OLD STAND Ak ied to have employed eonim of |into the law, disscet a weakness, il it was ' would make it inoper: ‘ of | their number visited Tallal i | in some of the trade and ada | . appeared what purported 1o pa, Fla, in which he says: “l have referred to the attorney general the proposition as to wheth- er I would be authorized to take any legal steps as an official under the immatire fruit statute. Should the attorncy general hold that I am mis- taken in my views as to a want of authority under the provision of the said immature fruit statute, I shall conform to bis opinion on the sub- jeet, as he is my legal adviser on such matters, Having submitted the question to the attorney general, I will transmit to you a copy of his opinion on the subject,” It will be seen from the commis- sioner’s statement in this letter that he had submitted the proposition to e attorney general and that he would abide by the attorney general’s decision. lowever, after this decis- fon was rendered, the commissioner of agriculture did not change his views, \We were again advised by him that the immature fruit law was a eencral law, that it eould be enfore- ed only by the usual process for en- forcing general laws, that some eciti- zen should complain to the proper officers in his county, that this offi- | cer should take the usnal routine, and that the fruit should be brought before a court which would determine on examination whether or not the fruit was immature within the mean Ing of the law. There appeared to | be 1o course open 10 the growers of Florida excepr throngh their organi- zation, the Fiorida Citrug Exchange. The Florida itrus Exchange was, therefore, foreed into an attitude of | prosecutor in an ¢fiort to have thfs( law enforeed, iy ne the growers of | this state the provcction they were | 9 entitled to in resiraining persons | from violatine 1hiz Jaw, thereby de- stroying the marke's for their prod- . jterview with these eontl » m;""« A num! csts were made ta : g which i ras o 1In this ¢ ‘ ion of thig € of special sales all arourd us and blockaded for several mz:]ceh lff, ‘;:0‘ b ot tea | et it 4 4',,],':'““1‘::; oid postoffice building, we are still selling pure, clean ment; hence it was a dea r.|known to b green and im- ' tting them out promptly. It we cannet do business by iront door, we will try to keep open the back door. orders, U)X . P. PILLANS & CO0. They were reported to ha ! |a pool among themselve | paying his pro rata of the | to fight it. The Florida ¢ | change, 1 after the I | took it up with the ¢ agriculture, whose d officials had been a | have this law enforeed ¢ state p food d ner of agric position outlined in th tervi ve referred | torney general of the 4 0 e p comy | and an inspection : zathered ypon w) be fileq mature oran: Frowers forbidden affi 1 who were i ment of 1} A\t this ju and most immature fr | % | me of the larg. shippers of Lipping freely nz houses to » admit any per- who could make o a complaint, as ton could not be ch complaint ecould as the complainer had to 6‘. st closed the the publie, ref son to their } sufficient infor ) I ‘ | | | | | § | m % the Exchanga | Hln the enforce. | I : , Carver’s Daylight Store The Pure Food Store Ask the Inspector PHONE 93 | ipealed to through the ot make a specific charge that ho had | seen this fruit packed, loaded and | of agriculture. In 1! dered by the attorney : rk | shipped. On Oectober 5, the followin . ‘Trammell, under date of Oc'olcr 10, telegram was gent to B, B McLlfl‘" Q‘ 1911, addressed to Hon. lcLin, | the commissioner of agriculture at | LIFE TIME 1 am going to retire from active business and in order to do this, 1 am offering my entire stock of Dry Goods, Notions, ete., ABSOLUTE COST 1f you want to make $1do the work of $5, come to my store and lay in a supply of Spring and Summer Goods. Everything will be slashed to rock bottom prices, including LAWNS, LINENS, GINGHAMS, PERCALES, CHAMBRAYS SILKS, SATINS, SHOES, HOSE. Come land See My Line. My Prices Wilf Astonish You N. A. RIGCINS BIG Reduction Sale Beginning————no—_ WEDNESDAY, JULY 17th RSN “At The Corner” i VR U e 0(1?“[1_)‘ ). ),‘.S“‘;“ g 3,