The Louisiana cotton-boll. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], Attakapas, La.) 1872-1883, 1878-01-02
LINTs 10 SUGAR PLANTERS.

ST. MARY, Dec. 29th, 1877,
Nix. EbIloR.-0ur parish throughout
seems TO wear u dtsUunsUlata face. There
has not been q year since tho war that
has been more trying to the small plant
eis than the p~resent-not but what the
yield has been good, but the prices are
such that no planter can stand it u
second year., There must be- come
change. There is 9 solution, and ii prop
erly handled, will be satisfactory. The
planters must bestir themselves aud
make some radical changes, and no fear
of success. In the first place, prices of
labor of all classes must come down.
There must be more ecoAOny used ia
all departments, and every M attend
to bis own business, and not trust so
much to others.
We need more steam trains and va
euum pans. Louisiana must make white
sugar ii we wish 20 compete with North
ern refineries. Now 10 the time for men or
large capitalists to come in and put up
retinerie8 aud make up syrup ct 80 nSuch
per pound for the sugar. At present il
is made up in this parish for II cent,
and the manufacturers furnish oil packs
ayes. We predict . rise in the price M
less moro factories are started. This 10
the only solution for planters, and the
sooner they make the change the better.
Sugar 10 being shipped from New
York to-day aud sold cheaper than tho
planters q self t, and yet, on the other
hand, planters can get more for their
sugar III Galveston than Nav Orleans.
This 10 o problem that deserves some at
tention. 1.-the planters do not wish TO be
mede tools of by spectators aud the re-
finsries Of the North, they must form 9
self-protection union, aud 500 that they
are not dealt with otherwise than faiE.
How is it that sugar from Now York
can be aold cheaper than Bugar from tho
planterf We cannot tell, unless it is
done through "roodes nutmeg order.
Why don't the planters post them
selves on shis business, and exchange
ideas through their parish pape rs7 And
why do they not al take their parish
papers, subscribe for and pay for themP
they will talk about the high price of
their country papers. bat never think
for q momen they are individually II
not directly the sauae. Let every
one subscribe for the country paper,
and We win get il for q dollar apiece,
and the publisher mako Hlore money
than at %.
There is no farming people in the
werld taat pay less attention to
their business than the planters Of Lou
isiana, and tho time has coES when the
planter, too, must watch I'll the little
odds and ends, If they wish to succeed.
The planters Of st. Mary haze already
started o Labor Association. but IL must
not be confined to this. They must see
and ind out how other countries plant
and sell; they must publish regularly
their progtsss, and not forget that inn
migration Ia needed TO the country. This
Association, il properly conducted, is
one OF the most essential things needed
In this parish. There il much work for
it to do, and would take twelve months
to get established ON q good footing.
This country Is becoming like other
countries il needs more rim and industry
TO succeed in life. The time for laying
back and making fortune on what outs
has been or what "pa3 has been is
'plRyed.R A common individual could
make q fortune here, years ago, bat now
it takes q pretty sensible man to make 9
tolerable living.
Planting liz the soul OF this country,
and it should b everybody's theme, and
each should do al in bis power TO see
that the planting interest is not brnken
down.
III this fails, everybody goes by tho
board aud We must all hunt . more
genial c ime. But, at the same time
planters and lawmakers and man par.
tfcularly Police Juror planters, mnat not
forget there are q few Others besides
themselves whe must live too.
We hope to see more factories aud
more white sugar made in Louisiana,
and that next year St Mary will be
proud Dc her years work. s. d.