The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1899-07-22
IND USTRIAL SCHOOL.
Mr.. EDITOR

HOW III MY /4tH yCdt
not SO much worn out mentally as
physically, having been unfortu-
nate enough through numerous ac-
cidents to be crippled for life; yet
! am like an old worn out hunter,
when l hear the sound of the
huntman' horn and the cry of the
hounds it brings me to my feet. l
can't sit still without taking a hand
in, when such important game is
turned loose.
On the 4th., OF July | managed
to get out to the great Barbecue at
Bcausejour's Springs where l met
at the residence OF a friend of mine
quite number of farmers from the
country. one farmer who owns
three or four hundred acres Of land
living ten miles out OF Lafayette,
another five, another two and my
friend who lives within a mile of
town has abou, two hundred acres.
The conversation naturally turned
to the Industrial School question.
One farmer said to me, it is all very
we'll for you people living in La!a-
yette and owing property there to
work hard and do everything in your
power to get the Industrial School,
believing it will be one OF the
great starting points OF doubling
in few years your population and
very materially drawing the val
ue of your property; and if you
&c. it. it brings the School or Uni
verdty right to your doors where
you can give your children a first
class education free of cost, while
we farmers living SO far away can't
send our children, and although
We pay the same amount OF taxes
in proportion that you do, we will
receive no benefit from it whatever.
l said: My dear sir, your ar
gum=nts sounds very plausible
viewing them from your stand
point, but must say that with one
or two exceptions you are labor
ing under a VERY, VERY great
mistake. It is true that the people
Of Lafayette are doing all they car
to have the Industrial School 10.
Gated in their town believing that
they have the best. healthiest and
MOST suitable location to Ee founc
in the state. AS to its being ths
starting point Of doubling our pop
ulation Id few years l believe j
will be one Of the principal ones
and the rise Of property always
keeps pace with the population
1t is true comparatively speaking
that It will bring the University t
the door Of every one living in TIL
town of Lafayette, but it would b.
impossible to bring it to the doc
OF every one living in the Parish
In regard to the farmers livin'
eight or ten miles out receiving n
benefit whatever is very grea
mistake. l claim that the averag
farmer living within eight Or te
miles from the town will receiv
morobeneft and more real wealth j
the rise 81 value in his lands an
other properly than the avcrag
citizen living in the town Of Lafa
yette. This l think l will be Iabl
to prove before get through t
the satisfaction OF every reasonabl
minded man. The majority Of ou
tarmIss who live six, eight and te
miles in the country own from on
to txp, three to four hundred q
cres . as fine farming lands as tl,er
is to 8 found in the country, "
many - them do not fxise encug
out Of their crops to carry thel
through (and as the old saying
make both ends meet atsthe en-
' Of the year" They have to bol
row money to carry them throug
the next. You ask the farme
why this is so, he viii sell you tn;
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