The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1890-04-26
LIT Us REASON TOGETHER?

Now, that newspaper writer's. fluent
correspondents ard imaginary geniuses
have expended Il vast mount ofelo-
qnrnt denlnciati0n, ard worked oil
al s~HncItrOuS anger, whilst the I'M
fortunate rice dahl has been The poo!
ito% that has to bear these awful
blows, one and let IA reason together.
The parish Of kafcurche has had more
~cifYaSaes than any parish in the State,
and but L Of them has been caused
by a rice fame. That occurred in
1906 on the Auhcrt Plantation now
belonging 10 Lerine s. Barker. and
that hume WAS not finished before the
rising waters were against it. That
dahl should not have been made at
the Neasen Of he year in which Tie
work was done. Had it been
constructed in the summer previous
there is hardly Il doubt that it would
have witIistood the pressure.
Tie cievasse running now at ST.
Mary Pamela was not caused By Il rice
dahl.
The one mt Mia that is inhictine so
much disaster on the river is not oc-
caSioned hy Il rice tlume. There are
plenty Of men IN Bayou Latonrche.
VII" can, and do, construct fumes that
are as sufe and sound as the Ievee
above and below, and will never Weld
to the Ordinary pressure Of the water.
The trouble and danger Is not found
Il the haEuos that are built properly.
aud 1t The proper season Of the year
The danger lies in allowing them to
remain tao long without inspection.
and IN not having t~hemrcinovcd when
no longer used.
The Parochial or State authorities
should appoint Il competent inspector
who should carefully examine every
trough when the water falls and as
certain whether there is any damaged.
or rotting material in the work, and.
if so. require the owner to have it re-
paired forthwith if capable Of repair.
and, Il net. to remove it ut once, and
also to require every proprietor to re-
move any ldme if he has ceased to
use it.
He should supegintcnd the construc-
Of all new fumes and have them
properly constructed and with first
class material.
iftiis We're done, and no fumes al
to be placed in the ~lcvees after
first OF November of each wear. no
need be feared from ~crevasses
caused by rice fumes.
These breaks in levees are OCCASION
by neglect in permitting them to
too weak, OF BY the. crayfish
md muSk-rats who harbor in them.
ma III ali these cases the unfortunate i.
ice fiume must bear the brunt and f;
the blame. The Rice culture {
be destroyed without impoyer-
shing q large number of hard work )
Nc citizens, and there is o way to ir-
lgate rice, for a poor MAJ or small 5
armer, except by The nse Of dalils.
A proper law regulating the con- ,
trUcticE and care of fumes would ,
void all danger Of c~reyasses from /
henI, and the method of construction e
hould be given to the I,arochial a,- |
h-orities who understand the stvle Of
obstruction best adopted to their To-
.alities. :
Let not a wild cry Of men who do
Of investigate, Eut jump to conclu-
.ons, cause 50 great an industry rs
growing is and has been, De de-
The rice fune properly constructed o
nd cared fer is no enemy and viii &
tiiSe no creVasses. .
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