The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1893-03-18
OPINIOVS OF THE LOUI-
SIANA PRESS.


SIANA PRESS.
| IMMIGRATION AND SCHOOLS.
Jennings Times: The state mnigra-
tion c"nventif II should deal with the
ttd of more liberal provisions for
public schools.
CAPITAL AND PEOPLE NEEDED.
jackson Felirianian: That We need
capital and immigration is a fact that
y" one Is inclined to dispute, and if
the many good features OF our state
are pre- ent.d in the proper way we
cannot fail to secnle it.
AN OPINION OF PRIZE FIGHTS.
Ra'"n Rouge Advoc.te: The brutal
and disgusting exhibitions gwen at
New Orleans this week cry aloud tn
the next legislature f,r tlr. passage, of
Il law that will speedily put II stop tu
such dehnmanizihg spectarl.'s of bar.
baii.y.
WANTS THEM PROHIBITED,
lhe'vlile South: 1t Is TO "- hoped
that '''he day is not far distant" when
the legl~'aInie of Louisiana will pro
hlont the prize tig'ls or glove contests.
and hot permit the ,lisg,acefui exhibit
tl"ns t" take place within the limits uf
the state.
WANTED, A SCHOOL SYSTEM.
Lake Arthur Herald: What Lonisi-
ana needs .sa good school =. ste Al.
Without this il is almost u hOpeltss
task to 'duce the northern in,aigra t
to come heie AN stay. We should
have IA local s"lionl govei nment, will.
board elected by the people aud en-
powered to secure teachers, levy sci.nol
tax aud have general charge of the
sclm !. under the supervision of \ par
isii snpefintend-nt, also elected, who
will act "a advisor uf the local board.
parish board of examiners should
lave charge of examining teachers
and issnin! certificates. With such u
system in practice, II local pride would
be taken in the schools tar greater
than at present and our schools could
s'on attain IL much higher standard of
efficiency.
A TIME TO HUSTLE.
Mansfield Democrat Blest
as Louisiana is with excellent natural
RESOURCES, her people have acquired
the habit ot trusting too much to the
honnti-s of nature. the common veal
depends moie on weather and worms
than IN the skill and energy of the
workers. Popular sentiment is color
ed through and through with sense
ut dependence on the unaided forces
Of nature. 600 oh in the old way and
leave the rest to Provid. nee" !" is mot
to adopted in practice it not in speech.
That change of methods in tho estab
lislled industries, and the de Eelop-
! ment nt others made possible oy the
conditions of soil, climate, aud topog-
| rapiy, would diminish the uncertain
ties of busiuess--SeemS never to have
been fully realized. 1t is in the possi-
bilities Of the country to sustain va
rious profitable industries that must
be proven to the home seekers before
he will consent to stake his fortune
upon it; aud had the native popula-
lion been more adventurous, the evi
dence of actual experience would be
at hand TO show what can be done ;
bat in the absence of that, the immi-
grant must be convinced that he can
do what the natives have never had
the hard!hooi to attempt. 1t is =
great undertaking. but success is pos
siblr.
SUGAR CULTURE AND lMMIGRArlON.
Louisiana Sugar Bowl: Sugar plan
ters hitherto taken but little interest
III immigration, as they have been less
concerned than any other class. be-
cause their work was largely done by
| gang labor, and northern Immigrants
| were not of a CLASS to be thus Utilized.
Now all that has changed. RS the very
life of the sugar industry depends upon
central sugar factories, which gang la
Dor cannot support, and this opens q
wide field for profitable employmen,
for the most skilled and intelligent
white labor, in cane culture. The
| gang SYSTEM of labor will rapidly dis
appe,rand the agricultural and man
utac;uring departments be wholly sep
alated No country on the face Of thu
globe ever before offered Immigrant
such inducements as are now offere,
to the class referred to. Here, land
can be readily purchased upon which
the gross product will the first yea
exceed the cost of the land from Eve t
ten times, aud the net annual proceed