The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-07-17
The Sugar Factory.

We call the attention Of the public
to the call, in this Issue, for a Mass
Meeting of the farmers, land owners
and all others Interested, to take steps
TO establish a Central Sugar Factory,
SOME where in this Parish.
From what we learn it vii! require
a plant cos,ing about one hundred
and fifty thousand dollars to establish
a factory for grinding cane and ref
ming sugar. Assurances have been
given to some of our business men by
capitalists that the amount would be
raised, provided the people engaged
in farming wonld take stock to the
amount of one third or one fourth, so
as to insure the planting of cane, and
thus make the enterprise success.
From what we have heard there is
no doubt of the almost unanimous wish
of the people from this point down to
the utrnott lower limits of the Parish
for this enterprise. Instead of the un-
certain cotton crop, which is without
profit, the fertile lands on Bayou
DoueH would all be cultivated in sugar
cane. The Bayou Bouetf and the
railroads can furnish the needed trans
portation, and maze the central facto-
ry a grand success, and secure to the
farmers an opportunity to diversity
their crops, and substitute cane for
cotton. If this is accomplished all
along the line of the Il. Il L. Rail
road, and on both banks of Bayou
BoueH will be witnessed an almost
complete change in our industrial sys-
TEN, and soon white emigration will
lie induced to come and locate on
these rich lands, and engage in the
cultivation of the most productive of
crops. 1t is of the utmost importance
that the whole population Of all trades
and occupations in the parish attend
the meeting next Saturday at Cheney
Vile.
Let orr farmers and merchants along
Bayou BoueH have some cooperation
in securing this enterprise; let their
presence at the meeting show an ear
nest of their good will aud interest, and
thus accomplish great good for them
selves and the parish. There will no
doubt be large attendance, and the
meeting very interesting one.
Nowhere in this City, nowhere in
this State, nowhere in the Red River
Valley, will you find larger, better,
fresher and more carefully assorted
stock of Fancy and Domestic Dry
Goods, Ribbons, Laces, White and
Colored Embroideries, White aud Col
ored Lawns aud Orgaudies, Imported
and Domestic Sateeus, plain and fig
ured, Hosiery, Corsets and Under
wear, etc, than at Bauer & Wells,
Front street, opposite Ferry landing.
Call on them.
In its issue of last Saturday. the
Ouachita (Mouroe) Telegraph has a
long article under the heading "Mon.
roe's Opportunity" in which the ques-
ton of the establishment of cotton
bagging factory at Monroe is dis
cnssel. We understand the object of
the article, viz to make the Monroe
people literally subscribe for the fac
tory, and try and Guido Alexandria
and other rival towns in the State,
where the factory might be bnilt. In
this the effort, we believe, will be a
futile one. The mention is made of
AleXandria's offer, to give a honns of
ten thousand dollars and ample build
ing grounds; also what the other pla-
ces competing propose to give. The
boast is made that "Monroe has more
advantages than any other locality,
being centrally located, easy of &C
cess, healthy; plenty of labor, cheap
fuel, competing lines of transportation"
This we do not admit, nor will any
other Alexandrian. We have only to
wait and see what the State Farmers
Union do at their next session, which
lis to take place here shortly. We
have all along believed the factory
would be built bere-where it ought
to be.
Our ambition is not merely to be
the leading house in our city, but to
continually increase our sales. To
accomplish this We must and do at all
times offer great and many induce
ments. such as other houses can no!
and will not offer. We carry a very
large stock Of Clothing, Hats, Shoes
and Groceries. We make all pnrcha-
ses direct-no middle men-and are
enabled to undersell all competitors
Cal! and examine our goods and prices
before Purchasing elsewhere. Baael