The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1885-08-29
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never had occasion to say that III
Worlds Fair, held at Now Oflesn
last winter, has MT been Of great ben
eft to the South, and especially to tn
State Of Louisiana. The benefits dc
rived from this Fair arc felt in ever
community, and the money contribu
| ted by the different parishes through
ont the State to get up exhibits .
their resources, if not already, win il
the near future, return to them ten
fold.
/ The resources of Lonisiana were un
known, in a manner, until the World
Fair was inangurated. Then her PEG
| pie awakened to the fact that through
this Exposition they could place be
fore the world our unbounded re
sources, open up our waste lands tt
settlement, invite capital to come ant
help us work our coal and iron mines
ana last, but by no means least, show
to our Northern friends that Lonisiani
was something more than the refuge
of the "bnlidozer" and the home o.
the alligator.
The business men of New Orleans
having experienced good results from
this Exposition last winter, immedi
ately on its closing last June, tool
steps to reopen it, in order that the
thousands who had been prevented
from attending then, owing to the gen
eral financial depression that pre-
vailed throughout the country, might
have another opportunity to see the
grandest display Of the earth's re-
sources ever attempted by man.
To this end their efforts have been
crowned with success. But our peo-
pie must bear in mind that Louisiana
will not be represented to her full
credit at the opening of this EXPOSE
ton in November, unless her citizens
display that public spirit which they
have always shown under critical Cir
cumstances. There is no appropria-
ton from the State to assist in gath
ering exhibits, and the burden of this
must rest upon the parishes indiyidu-
ally, and as the Exposition is to be
held upon Louisiana soil, and as we
will be the chief benefciaries there
from, it would be humiliating if the
State was not crcditably represented.
Now, with these facts before us, the
question naturally arise, "shall Cal
casieu be represented at this Exposi-
tion or not?' We say by all means
our parish should be, and that, too, in
manner that will show to the world
what we are and what we have. To
accomplish this much desired end, we
know of no scheme by which it could
be more readily obtained than by the
immediate organization of a Parish
Fair Association, for in this way a
spirit of energy and enterprise would
be infused into people that now take
no interest whatever in exhibitions of
this kind. Through this Parish Fair
Association many valuable articles
could be secured for the Exposition,
and at very little individual cost, as a
little prodding of the people on the
subject would soon convince them that
it would be TO their interest to have
the parish make respectable appear
ance at this Exposition, where strangers
from every point of the globe vii con-
gregate, seeking localities to invest
capital. So we say, let us move i'm
mediately in this matter, our Jennings
friends are ready and endorse the
move. What say other sections of ouI
parishl We have no time to lose. We
want immigration, and through our OWL
exertions we must endeavor to secureit
We have plenty of land; now we wani
somebody to work it.
Therefore, in order to facilitate the
getting up of respectable exhibit, anc
such one as Caleasieu should make
at the forthcoming Exposition, We
will say TO the farmers of the parisl
that if they will, in harvesting, select
samples of the best products raised by
them, such as corn, oats, cotton, sugar
cane, rice, potatoes, etc, and forwarc
same TO the Echo, we will see that the,
are sent to the Exposition and proper,
cared for and exhibited.
| The fertility Of the soil of Caleasiel
and its adaptation to diversified farm
ing is mot known to any great exten
abroad, and if our people will only in
terest themselves on this occasion, an,
I
in the way suggested above, they vii
not only benefit themselves, but wi
nobly assist in developing the =,
sources of the whole parish, and bring
ing among us class Of immigrstio
that will make of what is now consic
cred waste lands blooming fields q
grain.
THE Iberyille South advocates th
{ abregation Of the present penitentiar
7 lease and wants the State to tax
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