The Progress., 1893-01-07
AUDI ALTERAM PARTEM.
oother Discusser of the MooringsPort
Ferry subject.

b. the Editor of Tho Progress
Emerson says. in one of his essays,
~ what is bad for the bee cannot
E.e GOOD Tor the swarm. The con-
poree of this is equally true-that
Lvbst is for the benefit of the bee,
nnet he Tor the good Of the swarm.
How the Mooringsport free Terry,
1whicb certainly benefits large por-
r t;on of the parish, can be only for the
W.foyored few" does 10, clearly appear
|That il IS of much use TO the dweilers
H. Ward Two goes without saying
IEt ;s also Of much advantage To the
Xii farmers in Ward One, and tC
nearly all in Wards Three aqd Four
Were YOU hill farmer IN Wards One
or Two. ycu would certainly be il
favor Of The free ferry. After cross
mo az 1Iooringsport, there ia ferrl
age at Tim Mooring's Jerry, and an
ofber at Shreveport; or the farmer
,nav fake his choice OF crOseiu.
BIack Bayou, wading through tbe
mud along the lake shore, wiih th'
risk Of begging down, or OF heading
the lake by going around by Green.
wood. III.
But to 90 from generallties to par
t;culars. Il is easy to count up 1
tbousand bales OF cotton which go tC
Mooripgsport and Shreveport, which,
before the free ferry was established.
want TO Texas. At least seven hun,
/ dred bales OF this stop, and are spent
in whole or in part, with the mer-
chants in Caddo parish. Ii the oil
root gain on each bale Is only oae
! dollar. and the profit from the good.
! three dollars-a low eStlmate--we
have nearly three thousand dollar
clear given to the parish rs direct
result of the free ferry.
Some fifty families have settled IL
Ward Two since the ferry was madt
free. who otherwise would not have
come. Their taxes nearly do nov,
and in a few years will more than
nav the expenses Of the ferry.
Ward Two, in 'he memory OF the
oldest inhabitants, mas never had g.
hundred dollars Of the bridge iund
ONLY few weeks ago the citizens b.
uriyate subscription built olldS
which would have cost the parisA
from thirty to fifty dollars. As Ioi
ranairs on the ferry, look at the Po-
lice iury's report, since July, and see
If anything has been paid out. Ash
Il the inryman from this ward Il Ae ha-
III NOT paid for repairs on the ferry from
his own pocket.
A gentleman recently met thret
wagons from Arkansas, which hao
taken twelve bales of cotton t.
Shreveport, and spent about fou'
\ hundred dollars there. "Nolid You
have gone to Shreveport had 1t no.
been for the free ferrye" was asked
and the answer was, mo, we WoaI"
not.n And this is only one instance
among many.
Wards One. Two and Three, pay
ing taxes on $347, 900 worth OF prop
erty. are in favor of the free ferry, a
is the mercantile interest OF Nard
\ Four.
Why do not Messrs. Youree AM
| Taylor, in their zeal for economy, Gu
| down other unnecessary eXpen-eS
Why not dispense with the parish at
torney. with a saving OF $500 year
II is claimed that the district attor
ney proposed to do his work free o.
charge, and says that it is his duty t.
H do SO. Could not the police Jury
\ meet every two or three months, IL
stead of monthly? / have heard that
about half the members are In taVol
of this, and it is generally thought
among the people that the buslne5'
\ could be transacted at a quarterly
meeting. These items would save
i the parish directly about a thousane
dollars per year, and probably lnGi
h rectly, in the fewer number or Dill
which would be presented, etc. near
Il ly as much more. Then taSes coulI
be reduced, aud still leave money
enough in the treasury for Necessary
\ such as the Mooringsport free IeTry
The farmers in Wards One an,
Two say they can hurt the parrlsll
much worse by taking their trade i'
Texas than the police jury can nun
them by refusing to continue the ire'
ferry. IAAPAiER'