The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-07-31

Bay your Boots, Shoes and Hats
from Bauer 4 We'll.
Other Vegetable Fibres Than
Cotton.
1t would be Of iuestimablc economic
value to the South if the present agi-
tation Of the bagging question, which
comes so close to the pocket of nearly
every Southern planter, would result
in the introduction of the raising of
jute and other vegetable fbros in adj
dition to cotton. We import into the
United States something like AGO.
100000 pounds of jute, hemp, s,sal
grass and other vegetable fbres each
year. This fibre is manufactured else
where, then sold to the South. So we
are paying East Indian OF other plan
tiers to raise the fibre, English or other
ship owners TO bring it to our shores,
and Northern manufacturers to make
it into bagging and cordage. 1t
would be very little trouble or expense
for each cotton planter to agree to de-
vote certain proportion of lis land to
raising this fibre, and it would be a
great benefit to him and his neighbor-
hood if he would DO to this little trou-
BILE, for 1t would be a step toward the
Investigation of crops; it would bene-
fit his lands; it would leave money in
his pocket which be is now sending
out of the country, and it would open
the way for new industry in the
South, aud thus distribute among his
ueighbors the money he is now paying
people in the North to weave his bag
cling for him. Jute raising would be
no untried and uncertain experiment,
as the following extract flom the Neec
South, published by the Mnayactu-
rcr's Record some two years ago,
shows: 81 planted one-eighth of au
acre with jute. The land was alln-
vial, such as is used for corn and cot
ton. To my surprise | saw the crop
grow magniiicently to perfection. |
took some stalks to the Cotton Elk
change in New Orleans which meas
ured fifteen feet high. I induced the
commissioner Of agriculture of Louisi-
ana and other friends of mine to plant
several acres, and | have been through
their plantations, and it seems to grow
admirably; so there is not the slightest
doubt that jnte will grow splendidly."
The writer was a gentleman who
had lived in India ten years and we'll
understood jnte cultnre. The raising
OF sisal grass aud other fibre has prov
cd so profitable in Southern Mexico
and Iucatan that the people have
nearly abandoned food crops for them,
according to our consular report. This
certainly would not happen were there
not money in them. In the PHILIPPINE
islands and elsewhere in The East In
dies the same is true. The Mmautac-
tSUer's Record has hope that the plan
tiers Of the South will not only make
a systematic effort to raise these fibres,
but go into the undertaking with the
determination to manufacture the fibre
also Exchange.
Did you ever think how fast pen
MES count up to dimes and dimes to
dollars : 1t is easy enough for one
earning large sums to lay aside a hun
bred dollars at a time. The sum is so
considerable that only a very foolish
or reckless man would waste it, but
for the mechanic Or laboring man,
though every cent comes to him as the
fruit of hard work, it requires 30 little
strength of character to save the small
sums that he can spare from his mod
est earnings. TO such persons the es-
adjustment of Bauer & We'll is real
boon. IF a laboring man feels that he
can properly spend any given sum for
Clothing, or for anything he may need,
he has only to visit that establish
meat, select and buy what he desires,
and after he has paid his bill he will
fud that he not ouly has better gar
tnents than he could ever before afford
but has made a handsome saving in
money from what he expected to pay,
aud all without any self denial. This
is the true attraction for economical
persons. When they find a place
where they can save money aud gain
in quality, they will go there. Such a
place is now open to the public, viz /:
Bauer & Wells mammoth establish
ment, Front street, opposite the Ferry
landing.