The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1881-10-15
OF THE PEOPLE is THE SUPREME LAW

they 'lo not get more, who are cOntinuo,
" blocking the wheel Of progress, dc
served to be crushed under it.
II iSa :amentabIc fact and one whic]
Is as hnmiliating as il il true that ever,
town contains its full share Of hot ncrel,
'diers in the great beehive, hut grumbler
VII" throw every obstacle in the wsy @
those VIII" are striving to keep pace will
the rushing ear Of progress; men who dc
cry every project set on foot for its pros
perity and material growth; who deer,
henehcent schemes; who question, cayil
doubt, sne'r at riIicule every improve
ment WHICH connects the present with til,
future in u glorious success; men VIII,
thrust their hands deep int their pocket.
aud jingle their gains while they rcfi,s.
to contrilMts . dime I" carry ON tl,o.,
very enterprises in which Il. y are u.ost,,
concerned and which are closely interwoy.
en- with their future business success
They are always on the watch for self. but
approach them, and reach out q hand to,
a'd and support in some undertaking, anil
like turtle, they draw in and shut them.
selves within an imperviony shell. II
there was any method 10 reach these self
"pinionated and selfish GROWERS. any
method to prick their cautious souls iuto
energy, activity and generosity looking
beyond the mere present We would use the
means as . flaming sword, and awakens
them out Of their bcnighted condition,
We greatly fear the task is a much more
difficult one than untangling the famed
Knot with which Gordi"s, King Of Phry-
g'a, tied the pole Of his chariot to the
yoke; only the Alexaudrian method will
avail t" solve the inextricable difficulty.
The New Orleans Lewo,at makes these
sensible suggestions in the matter Of seen.
ring e,nigrants:
The States that comprise this section
and particularly the Gnlf States. seen, ~
M extremely anxious to secure emierants
10 occnpy and cultivate their waste lands
"a they are certainly sincere in this mat
ter, We wonlal advise them to follow the
eAampl. ofthc Missouri Emigration So.
c'eiy. This society has just sent to Ger.
many Al, WW additional copies OF its hand
hook on Missouri, which makes the totn,
distributed by its agents, 10000 in Pru,-
STA alone. 1t has established suh.aoen.
cies in almost ali Of the principal cities in
Europe, and offers very fiatteriny induce.
~, uMshts !" emigrants to settle in the State.
! Inc results OF their work may be seen in
the large number Of emigrants that have
lately gone to Missouri; no if the Gulf
states desire to turn the tide Of immiyra.
tlon to the South, the same means mirht
Y. employed, and the same rcsults will Nv
most likely to follow.
Something ola similar plan has beer
adopted in the State Of Texas and foreign
immigrants are pouring into that State By
the thousands. It is useless to advocate
any special plan or scheme in the news.
papers. This has been tried long enough.
Like everything else which is success.
It must be accomplished by means Of capi-
tai inlicionsly invested backed by down.
right hard work. Louisiana situated be-
tween mississippi aud Texas, sssure,lly
Possesses advantages Of soil aud climate
equal II not superior tn her two sister
States, and can control the tide Of imn,i.
grafton only by the means 60 successfully
adopted elsewhere. The only question is
will her citizens make the effort.
One Of our exchanges makes this follow.
ing terse comments Oh subject Of the ut
most Importance to newspaper proprietors
and publishen:
Experience teaches every newspaper
proprietor the evils Of the credit svsfem
IN conducting newspaper, but il has
l.oen long time since We have seen 60
tOrcible an example - the following:
I'm an address on the powers and du.
ties Of the press before the Northern In.
diana Editorial Association, ut Wabash.
Mr.. Richard Smith, Of the Cincinnati Ga.
zette, speaking Of the evils Of the credit
system, said: "When the Gazette Com
pany changed from the credit to. the cash
IN advance system, there were 40O, 900 due
% the books from weekly subscribers
alone, that hsd been accommodating for 4
third OF . century. OF that amount mot
~, UO cents were collected. We employ.
III . man and furnished him good horse
md sent him OF on . collecting tour. Il,
sig months the horse died, the saddle and
bride were pawned for food, and the man
returned considerable balance against
The Company. We sold the books iSr old
paper and called those credits lost"
Experience also teaches this much
abused and hard working class 80 promi-
nent IN this century Of enlightenment and
civilization, that the only safe method by
which to achieve success sells q strictly cash
basis. People scem 70 think that the
''on-paymcnt ofa small amount for snb-
'cription, Or . local item, or for even .
copy Of the home paper, ID IN magnificent
matter. But these email items make, in
the aggregate, hundreds and thousands
Of dollars, even ~ drops form the mighty
Hood, or grains Of sand tho outstretch-
ing desert. and in the course Of 4 year
would pay OIL thu expenses incurred in
. Journal. A paper that il not
worth supporting with money, not promi-
ses, 10 unworthy issuance or IN existence
10 any community. Ponder we'll these
truths and then say whether the mentally
and nhvsiNa11v Overvrnrk al a11itnr .,,.l No.