St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1892-06-18
Why Young Men Are Afraid.

ard OF salaries is as high perhaps as IN
any American city, it was recently
shown that of the young men in good
commercial positions 70 per cent. earn
ed So, 900 per year and only 8 per cent.
exceeded $3 800 per year Upon these
incomes all the home comforts OF mar
ried life are possible, but only by good
management. Girls with frivolous
ideas of life make failures of such
homes, but the earnest girl can make
happy herself, her husband and her
children. Into these homes our girls
are daily going as wives, and it is ap-
parent that young men mnst be care
full in their choice.
The young men whom our young
women meet in the incest homes OF
our largest cities are those who are
earning the incomes referred to above.
Large revenues are few, and if by a "de-
sirable" marriage is only meant the al
lance to young men of dazzling sala-
ries, just about one girl in every thou
sand will make desirable" match.
Facts such as these must be taken into
consideration by the girl of to-day, and
when they are, it will be more clearly
understood why young men are apt to
be frightened from rather than attract
ed to the girl whose chief idea of pop
ularity is to be "smart" in her chat
and careless" in her manner.-Edward
/ w. Box in Ladies Home Journal.
It has been asserted repeatedly, re-
marks the Lanesville Record, that the
differences In the valuation of the
property of the man of wealth and the
man of limited means is.too great, and
| that the burden of taxation falls un-
| justly on the latter, through the ex-
cess in the valuation Of his property
| 1t is just such differences that police
juries should regulate, in accordance
with the spirit of the law requiring an
impartial and fair equalization of ev-
cry kind of property liable to taxation.
| If the little home Of the poor man, val
ued at ST. 600, is assessed at two-thirds
of it's cash valuation the owner of a
| $50, 900 mansion should be assessed on
| the same basis. There is nothing SEN
timental III the assessment of proper
| ty, nor should the claims Of friendship
have any consideration in the settle
ment of the question. If the basis is
fixed at one-half or two-thirds of the
cash valuation, it should prevail and
govern the assessment of every piece
of property subject to taxation. This
is fair rule, which if applied, will OPP
perate impartialiy on all concerned.
The town of Houma will submit to
the present Legislature an act to ex-
empt all persons doing business in in
corporated towns of this State, from
the payment of parish licenses, and to
exempt all property within said corpo-
rated towns from the payment of par
ish taxes, except the tax for the pub
| lie schools, and for public improve
ments. The bill will be founded on
equity and impartial justice, and we
hope to see every country town in
| Louisiana take the proper measures in
order to instruct their representatives
to support this bill.-Houma Courier.
Such a bill may be founded on
equity and impartial justice" but we
fail to see it at first glance. Our con-
frere should go further and state the
justice and equity part Of the bill.
Colfax Chronicle.
The Lafourche Comet, published at
Thibodaux, La, and which was, during
the last political campaign, strong
supporter of the lottery and MeEnery
says:
'The Foster State Central Commit
tee, which undoubtedly now is the only
/ legal one, met in Baton Rouge this
week end ordered primary election
to be held on the 9th of June, and a
State convention on the 14th, to select
delegates to the National convention
to be held in Chicago.
The great political fight which has
just ended should be lesson to the
! politicians of Louisiana. It has shown
them very plainly that tits best some
times to obey the goodwill of the honest
voters who elected them, and not be
come tools and ragamuffins for such
men as Houston. Morris. Crandall &
Co.-Mer Rouge Vidette.
An appropriation by Congress of 90,
100000 for river and harbor purposes
sounds mighty big to the men WHO are
going to handle it, and who see the
fortunes that are to be made out of it
but to the planters of the Mississippi
bottoms, whose plantations go under
water every time the floods come, ane
who for one-quarter of a century have
been reading the bulletins sent out b,
the engineers that the levees were il
better condition than ever before ane
capable of standing any stage of water
it sounds just like the reading of 81
many meaningless words.-Mer Roug'
Vidette.
That is what the appropriation j
made for-for the benefit Of 1the mel
who are going to handle it," But tn
planters must be made to believe tha
it is for their benefit, in order to appa
rently justify the appropriation.
) Collector Warmoth's collision Will
: the virtue and manhood" Of Louisian
in the late election cost him the recog
milton of the Republican national con
vention.-Natchitoc Review.
Breaux, gubernatorial candidate c
the Warmoth wing. received one-fftl
: of his entire vote in this parish bu