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has not been grown but which may be 
grown, more than offsets the 24 per cent 
or 25 per cent of this amount for which 
we are asking. 
I made a tabulation of what certain 
counties to the northwest would pay, and 
I remember one county would pay $420.00 
per year for two years to vote for this ap¬ 
propriation. 
The members of this Committee who 
have been in Tallahassee cannot conceive 
of the narrowness of some of the mem¬ 
bers of the Legislature, and with few ex¬ 
ceptions we believe that when this subject 
is presented to- them so that when they 
have an opportunity to consider it from 
their own view point and from ours, that 
when the vote is taken, the measure will 
be passed. 
We are not sure, however. We still 
need help. The growers of this state 
can do for us what the members of this 
Committee cannot do-. Every member of 
the House and Senate from South Florida 
and every citrus county in Florida, are 
solid to a man on this measure. But let¬ 
ters, telegrams and personal appeals from 
you, and you, and you, and you, to your 
delegation there, is what will bring this 
through. If you will impress upon those 
members of the House that represent 
your county, and upon the senators who 
represent your District, how vital this is, 
what it means to the State, and do not 
take it for granted that they know how 
you feel about it, you can do your part to 
put this bill through. If you have al¬ 
ready told them, tell them again. There 
is safety in numbers, and the more letters 
they get, the more telegrams they get, if 
they are friends of the industry, and you 
know they are going to vote for it, it will 
make them get out and go to work on 
those who are doubtful, and they are the 
people we must win. 
There is no doubt in my mind but that 
we are going to have that $300,000; how 
we are going to- get it no man here can 
tell, but with that, and what it will bring 
from the Government and with tfie assist¬ 
ance of our growers, I feel safe in saying 
that you will soon be relieved of the nec¬ 
essity of coming here every year and 
hearing citrus canker discussed, for I 
know it shall be driven from our borders; 
we have it on the run now. It is only a 
matter of 'a little more time and a little 
more money to complete the work, and 
then our state will bloom as never before. 
Tomorrow morning we are to have 
with us members of the Farm Loan Board 
who are coming here for the purpose of 
trying to determine the valuation they 
shall place on citrus properties. If citrus 
canker is driven from our state, I will 
venture the statement that the day will 
come when Florida and California will 
have a monopoly of the citrus industry of 
the world. The sooner we get it out, the 
more stable our values and if we do not 
get it out I do not believe the Farm Loan 
Board will be seeking loans in Florida 
much longer. 
Look at the great state of California. 
They were wise enough to surround 
themselves with adequate laws, which 
Florida has done, but they took the fur¬ 
ther precaution to provide the means to 
enforce those laws, which Florida has not 
done, and to-day they enjoy an enviable 
position in this fight. But still the solid 
California delegation in the House and 
