Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, October 31, 1914, Page 2

One Car of Fla. Cattle Brings Over $12,000 The Jacksonville Metropolis is running a head entitled “Plant More Hens, which is good enough in its way but does not cover the field. We would sup- plement that by adding, “Flant more cattle, sheep, hogs and goats,” for in this our future prosperity will expand greatly and redound to our credit. There is no reason in the world for Floridans to buy cattle, sheep chickens, hogs, etc., fromr any other state in the Union and our people can laugh at the idea of eating ‘“‘embalmed beef” that comes to us from the big pack- ing houses of the northwest. Cattle raising in the past has been confined somewhat to the Kissimmee prairies and only in the past year have our people woke up to the possibilities of raising cattle in this part of the state upon a large scale. The great prairies of the upper St. Johns river are the ideal spots for raising cattle, sheep and hogs and their possibilities are loom- ing larger each year. An item in the papers of Kissimmee last week gave the high water mark in prices of a car load of beef shipped from that place, the price being better than $25 per head. Seminole county can beat_that and two of our cattlemen have probably reached the high water mark this week in the shipment of a car load of cattle to a Jack- sonville firm. The cattle brought $35.63 a head, the car bringing over $1,200. Nicholson & Pre- vatt, of Geneva are the men who raised the cattle and sold them, and this price demonstrates that cattle raised here can bring top notch prices. This undoubtedly is the highest price ever paid in Florida for a carload of grass fed cattle and is a matter of congrat- ulation to the men who raised them and Seninole county. Verily, plant hens, plant cat- tle, plant hogs, plant sheep.— Sanford Herald. LAFOLLETTE'S TRIBUTE TO WILSON. (New York Evening Post.) Passenger Agent Is Enthusiastic Over Prospects After a month’s travel in the Northwest advertising Florida, Cole Danley; Florida passenger agent of the Nashville, Chatta- nooga and St. Louis railway, re- turned to Jacksonville Monday night and is very enthusiastic over the prospects of a big sea- son here this winter, both in tourists and in homseeekers. Recently the Atlantic Coast Line, the N. C. & St. L. and other roads interested in the Dixie Flyer route, appropriated $10,000 to be used in advertising this State throughout the West and since that time Mr. Danley has been busy booming a big passenger traffic for Florida. His views on the subject are very encouraging to business men and hotel proprietors here. He has seen the conditions in the West, has talked to citizens there in every walk of life and is prepared to tell the exact situ- ation. “There is plenty off money coming into the pockets of Flor- ida people this year as there will be more wealthy tourists here than ever before at one time. I |have carefully studied the situ- ation and am convinced that the people are going to travel re- gardless of the pressure caused by the present war. “Florida has been more exten- sively and widely advertised this year than ever before in the his- tory of the State. The railroads and land companies are dxrectly responsible or this increase in' advertising and should be given all credit. “There are fully fifteen repre- sentatives of local railroad com- panies in the Northwest work- ing in the interest of southbound travel. Most of them are caus- ing literature to be distributed among thousands of people and the inquiries received by agents there, after receipt of such read- ing matter by the peope speaks of the splendid results obtained. “One feature that pleases the people of the West is that they ‘can get on a train in their home Itown and come straight through to Florida in forty-eight hours. “Incidentally, the country re-|California is greatly advertised joices that Wilson is president, not Roosevelt, whose recently expressed attitude towards dis- armament confirms this judg- ment. The accumulating and increasing horrors of the Euro- pean wars are creating a great tidal wave of public opinion that sweeps aside all specious reason- ing and admits of but one simple common sense, humane conclu- sion—a demands for peace and disarmament among civilized nations.” ] The author of this just and proper sentiment is Robert M. LaFollette, not so long ago a hero of Roosevelt’s, showered with praise by that dispensor of blame and of rewards. Mr. La- Follette is nothing if not a keen observer of political currents and popular opigion, and in' his Weekly he declares that Presi- dent Wilson “today holds a su- preme place in the confidence of among these people, but Florida is yearly becoming more widely known, and in time will be far in advance of her rival State. “Another thing that is a sure- ty is the prosperity of the Wes- tern people this year. The greatest crops ever harvested have been cut, and every farmer has a neat pile set aside. The only busknest suffeping any is the ‘banking. No one wants to borrow money and banks cannot be prosperous without loaninf The people have too many safe deposits to want to borrow. “With all this money they will surely travel, and I firmly be- lieve that we are going to have them here by the thousands. “A better class of homeseekers than have ever before been here will come this season. Several years ago the people that bought farms and land here did so mere- ly from speculation, and man; which is summed up in the sim-|ing. ple phrase, “He is keeping us out of war.” The praise Senator LaFollette bestows upon him and Mr. Bryan is unreserved. Those who, like Mr. Roosevelt, mocked at Mr. Wilson’s Mexi- can policy now offer up “prayers of thanksgiving” that we were spared a war with Mexico. As for the peace treaties, negotiated by Mr. Bryan, which Mr. Roose- velt scorns, the Wisconsin sena- tor declares that they constitute a ‘“great service to the human race.” From our observation of press and public, we believe that Senator LaFollette is correct in his estimate of what the public, is thinking. We can not but feel that Mr. Roosevelt’s rehash-|" ing of his mistaken militaristic theories just at this time is as _grave a political mistake as an of the many that he has recently made and that have caused his friends to wonder what has be- come of his once great political skill and intuitive knowledge of public opinion. That the Pennsylvania is tighten- ing its grip on the New Haven is said to.be evidenced by the recent election of J. Horace Harding as a| New Haven director. Mr. Harding is a close friend of Henry C. Frick, who is the largest individual stock . holder in the Pennsylvania. “Today the. farmers are com- ing from the West and have to be shown before they will invest. This has a better moral influence and causes the higher class of homeseekers to come here. The land companies have had many agents stationed throughout the country and should do a fine business this year.”—Jackson- ville Metropolis. STERILIZED MEAT ON MARKET Washingtoc, Oct 3.—Under the new meat fnspecicon rules, which become effective tomorrow, packing houses will_be allowed io sell as ‘“‘second class starilized™ certain meat, cooked and canned, from ani- malg which suffer from “purely lo- 'cal diseases.” H=::etofore large lquantltlefl of p2at which were per- Ifectly good and wholesome foods {when thoroughly cooked aad steril- ized, have been condewnte and thrown out because of the presence jof strictly localized lestons or af- |tected parts. This regulation ie Good Tenants of Florida Farms We wonder if our land com- | [ BRINLEY | slbrlmes for securing a large ac-, cession to the number of their, clients in the war devastated Just received, a complete kingdom of Belgium. The Belgian is an characteristic to utmost out of the soil. ers on Florida’s lands they would only have to learn the character of the climate and na- ture of the crops grown, to be- come eminently successful cropping our lands. The people themselves would make very desirable citizens, as they are a quiet and persistently industrious lot, and every month would be utilized to the limit in making the land productive in a paying way. These people, suddenly torn from their homes and firesides which they have seen laid waste by the fury of war, have been expatriated by the hundred thousand and are crowded into Holland and England in vast numbers. There is nothing be- fore them except years of hard- ship and privation before they can hope to recover what they have los}, ‘ with the possibility of being obliged, even4 though they be eventually restored to their homes of being obliged to submit to an alien government, and the certainty of being crush- ed down by a burden of taxation which will make the future out- look of the present and following generation one of gloom and hopelessness. Under such circumstances the possibilities offered in Florida' shoud appear to them like glimpses of the promised land.' We have no doubt but what both Holland and England, loaded up with their own personal troubles, would be glad to contribute in every way in their power to the transplanting of a -portion,. at least, of these most desirable ones to a land where opportunity stretches out a hand of welcome. It would pay to investigate this field for supplying our Jands with tenants of so skilled a char- acter.—Felesmere Tribune. FLORIDA TOMATOES BEST The Times-Union of recent date says: That Florida can-; ners can claim the same trade quality with those of Mhryland, and other states is the opinion of D. Rooney, secretary of the: Marion county board of trade. Cited as his authority is Secre- tary Wiley of the Western Asso- ciation of Truck Growers. Be- ing an official of the American Canners’ Association, Secretary Wiley some manths ago made a trip to Ocala. At that time he compared to- matoes grown and canned in this state with those from Marylan y d th: the people of the United States," dxd not even see Iand before buy- B¢ 1y ropwed 93 Rave ahbe ‘t the Florida product was superior to that of Maryland, Just at pres- ent the plan of getting the Flori- da wholesalers and brokers to push the sale of the canners’ products is the general problem. It is believed to be a fact that nearly all of the canned tomatoes and other vegetables used in Florida are brought in from oth- er states. Several members present here at the recent organ- ization meeting of the Florida vegetable marketing bureau, said that the over ripe product of Florida’s vegetable farms should be directed to the canning plants. Owing to the fact that Florida tomiktoes . compare well with those of other states, it is be- lieved this should encourage such industry together with the establishment of canning plants. It is the belief of Mr. Rooney that a canning community in many sections of the state will soon be a reality.—Ocala Ban- ner. Changes in interstate passenger fares will necessitate the issuance of |regarded as most timely in view of [mew tariff, the compilation of which the fact that every pound of meat jwill require several weeks by east, condemned necessarily adds to :he [ern railroads. The law requires thir- cost of that which is passed. Twenty thousand men are em- ployed in conmstruction work on the new dual subway system in York City. ty days’ notice before an increase in ‘rates can become effective. —_—— Chile plans to wuse oil-burning New ‘equipment on all government rail- ‘ways. intensive farmer-of the very highest type. Generations of him have lived on the small acreage of the farms that country, and has by both training and heredity learned how to get the As farm- in irefuge under the line of 10 ar 'd 12 inch 10 to 14 inch Regular Turning Plows ‘ The Brinley Flow one is fold with a guarsntee of satisfaction or your money back. MODEL Phone No. 340 SUPIPSOPOPOFOICSCECPOPOPTE OS QU0 3§ QFOFOPAFIPTIINO. A CLASH WITH THE CEN- SOR Old John Tellit had a fight a few days ago, and the James- town (Kan.) Optimist reporter. having heard but on side of the story, interviewed Mr. Tellit with a view of getting the un- censored details. “I understayd,” said the re- porter to Mr. Tellit, “that you were engaged in a fisticuff with your nexghbor, Mr. Berlin. Kindly give me the details, Mr. Tellit. I want your story, be- cause the other man is claiming a complete victory and says you were put to rout.” “You have no doubt heard one of these unconfirmed rumors,” yMr.Tellit remarked. “I refuse to give you any imformation be- ,cause it is essential to my suc- cess that the operations be cov- ered by an impenetrable veil of sedrecy. If you will visit my wife at the war office, she will give such information concern- | ing the movements as we care to, divulge at this time.” When the reporter approachedl Mrs. Tellit she frankly admitted that there had been an engage- | ment, but asserted that it was of minor importance, and the! enemy suffered heavily. The re-| porter asked if it were not true that Mr. Tellit had been knock-! ed down, that his face had been walked upon, that he only es-| caped by shedding his coat, roll-l ing into the gutter, crawling ,through a drainpipe, and takmg bed in hxs “It may be true,”. said Mrs 1Tellit, guardedly, “that Mr. Tell- jit was knocked down, but this was only a part of our precon- certed plan of action. It was also part of Mr. Tellit’s strate- gy to allow his opponent to walk on his face, for during the time |Mr. Berlin was engaged in this harmless attack Mr. Tillet in- flicted severe scratches upon his enemy’s legs, and also deter- mined his enemiy’s strength and i position.” How To Make- Citrus Fruit Boxes The United States Pure Food Department has recently made an important rulmg regarding the marking of citrus fruit boxes intended for market. We had a' great deal to say about this' matter last week. We told how the count and diameter of the fruit would have to be plainly marked on every box. This is the method of marking that was adopted at the dlrectors meet- ing of the Florida Citrus Ex- change, held at Tampa last week. It now appears that there is another method, and it appears to be the opinion of the indepen- | best method. The law says that the boxes may be marked either with the numerical count, or by the measure, or content in pecks and bushels. The regular citrus fruit crate of Florida holds one and three-fifths bushels of fruit. If this content is stamped on the box it will do away with the necessity of putting on there the diameter of the fruit con- tained therein. Those who fav- or this method state that all boxes could be marked by the mkers,thm saving the seae ‘Continued on Page &.) = dent shippers that this is the {§/ PLOWS [ BRINLEY ] Orange . Plows is built especially for Florids soils. Each HARDWARE Co. C. E. 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