The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1892-08-19
WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN.
Chances In Rai~~i~sipPi Towns,

Chances In BaInsi~sippi Towns.
A cotton shipping village Of some
thing less than half Thousand people,
situated Oh the n. P. d c r, r., a
baby road as yet, but with a promise
Of sometime reaching manhood. THIS
is Utica, the duplicate Of most
southern villages.
We are all southern born and bred,
hence our R'P Van Wlnkle sIumber Of
three scores Of years.
Our milhonaires, dIsdaining the
small potato manufactures that have
81 far kept the norlnman from the
poor house, invest their capital in
farms for negroes mules and ny
country supplies, for the same, because
they want only cotton, and more cotton
yet, You know.
a C"untrymau cant come 10 oar
town bringing his farm products, as
the Mag, WHO edit our TuraI press,
advise, and fiDd ready market for
hIs fresh meats, his gardeD, orchard and
DAIRY surplus. Why NOT ? Because
as snbnTbun farmer remarked, "a
cows rear leg could stock our beef
market, and one spry Leghoru puller
supply us with eggs.7 But as he was
hauling back home four legs Of beef
and bnsbel basket Of eggs.from which
be had sold one dozen, receiving there
for one PonDd of soda, ! think I can
comprehend the reason for his bilious
stale thrt day.
How different things would be if
jos! one millionaire Of the real scratch
ing kind should desert the north and
come 10 live with rs. Now, I love nv
great grandmama Virginia, much bel
Ter than do nv graDdmamma New
England, but | have enough Of the lat
EeFs energy to like the energetic, of
Der persistence to admire that lrait, OF
her love for her Own white race to
think At should stand upon its feet, and
10! It's knees. Add should prefer TO
pat ''tbe person in black" upon some
tody else, as gEandmama New Enland !
Is 60 fond Of doing, or what Is better
still, uPou himself.
Bot if Nj. Mlllionaire Nortbmap
should come here do you think be
~onid buy cotton plantations and
mutes, meat and corn I Not be; his
money was not made 10 that wav: nor
would nF throw 1t to the dogs 10 that
style. Re would go in to make moth
ing that We do, but everything that We
bay. He would, if be was a church
Man. and be is very apt to be that even
If be Is not a christian, say be would
orgin By inspecting our churches. and
OF them be would nod an approval,
Then he would eye our cemetery With
dIsapPFoEal and we all know wbv
Then be WOnld sniff about the stores
and ask Why the fifteen of them
should get all their cotton goods from
the far of north, when the cotton and
the labor and the water power Law at
our feet. And why we bought station
cry, and wrapping paper, and boxes
and sacks afar when every cabin had
lis compost heap of rage. And from
What foreign land our soap and GOOD
cts articles and hardware came. And l.,
80 on through the entire list of MONEY
sqnandsEed OF impoEtations, when the
srtIeses HDmanufaelEed we're rotting
Il our door. And be would walk
down our spinal eoIumn, which is Main
ltEeet, and out on our ribs, which arr
" hIIeoak and the rest of them, and ,
'Py ont the advantages.
Then be would bay half The town
of one-ffsh part of the sum it would /
lost him 10 his own land. Then he
'ouid Put a shoe factory in one ulsce |
nd a paper, and a button, and a pre. 1
ergilg and canning, and perhaps a
lat duzsn more, and be would BRING !
he managers from home because tbeT !
Fe net TO be found among as. and ne
Eouid dot his Possessions with cot. q
ages and people them with white q
sboEeEs.
Then be would send the negroes |,
afsstlDg Our suburbs back 10 sork
? me county, and say 10 boys thar :
mp post the streets, trading ancient
Aeslnuts snd wasting All their capital
2 cigarettes, Hroll Up your sleeves and
g e work. Black shoes, chi bziT
weep SloEes, attend to horses, make
asuenas work st anything. Do come A
ing 70 make men Of yourselves" "
Aass oaE paper that we starved tolr
aa'1h nve % SIX years ago Woula ~ y
Eoaght 70 life, and We Would ~ spr y y.
ilssa q find Our village ID is I'D ar pl
rowing into city. A
And our energetic, thrifty vb;ts Z
.ffaefs' DE men Ehose strong ana
'eEi'ng manhood has gwen opF tor q
20 aa bp1olsd name ID Ihe poIs,iaa' 4
isl9sy q or state. having iacratiTs
Isskst tos other prodaeIs tbsu ~
~ y tstleh coitea, would slop sgTlI
g ihslr land b neggoes aBd 1900,
g p the B0fId.
S'oe ! msan 1aat 81 thn m,gh, u
gar 4 one gf thoas Bortbara miI,Is. los
e, VIC sEe rel 3 msnbogd = ~ 81
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