Florida

Florida is a sunny state; her ground is rich, her seas warm, the hearts of her sons blithe. But the milkmen of Florida do not leave bottles of champagne on the stoop with their morning deliveries; cigarstore men do not use ten-dollar bills for coupons; melons are not filled with wine; cream does not run down the hills; checkbooks do not grow on trees in Florida. Last week in Manhattan a dozen prominent Floridians gathered to protest against the reckless and fraudulent exploitation which is hurting their state. Governor John W. Martin of Florida was in the chair. Coleman Du Pont sat by. Said Herman A. Dann, President of the State Chamber of Commerce: "I bewail . . . . those fictionists and self-serving plungers whose work and words are an abomination. . . ."

"Just tell the truth about Florida," advised her Governor.