The weekly messenger., 1899-03-18
TALK ON REFINERY.

confronted Win serious pfooiem, auo
upon its immediate solution depends
their future prosperity in general.
That problem is the maintainance OF
the sugar industry within the trade ra-
dius Of the town. As 1t will appear to
the casual observer, this can only be Of
fected by the erection OF Q reanery by
the business men and planters OF the 10.
cality. Too much reliance 50 far. has
been placed upon our natural advan-
tages. and not enough has been thought
of the brains necessary to take adva1-
tage of these resources that nature pia-
ced at our disposal. In planning the
erection Of q refinery or any other IN
dustry it ia important 10 look for the
men who can take hold Of project and
materialize 1t. Capital does not come
to foster industries unless IL is made
available by a certain expansion OF
energy on the part Of men who devote
themselves to the snccess Of these in
dustries. That St. Martinviile's success
full enterprises are headed by men who
have grown and prOspered here, Is an
Indication that the material is available
in our own midst and can readily be
called forth II only the people call for
it in proper manner. and o6sr their
moral support and cooperation. The
plan Of securing local capital suflcient
to organize a stock company upsa the CO.
operative plan has been thoroughly die.
cussed and deemed feasible. So far. the
only obstacle perceptible seems to be the
lack Of leader to organize and carry on
the project. st. Martinville possesses q
man tn whom it should be grateful for
an industry that half supports 1t BY the
weekly salaries paid to its employees,
and at this stage of its progress. the
town ought to call upon this same man
that has played such an important part
in its prosperity to head stock compa-
ny to erect and operate refinery, Mr. F.
Rousseau is a man Of ripe experience.
and a constant worker, he is essentially
self made man, his knowledge Of busi-
ness he acquired in the never failing
school of experience, his success Id life
is due to hard work. q man with such
qualifications at the head, with q board
of directors composed Of our best busi-
ness men would nmand the conf
dence Of the peo prrsnt the sue.
cess of the ent
The sooner Gnts realize that
the growth - depends entirely
upon the GoNn = Its industries. the
sooner ~ ~ take steps to foster
these Large stocks and con.
sequeoe ~ tes due to competition and
an 49, Jtruggle to share the trade
wtlt - 141Pcrease it. The increase
49, nd the resulting increase Of
- 1Dee and other values depend en-
5o1& epon the amount Of money pro-
49, from the ground and by labor.
E< would be more profitable for mer-
snts to decrease large stocks and In.
Vest in industries that will produce
trade.
The volume OF trade depends entirely
upon consumption by the money produ-
Ger, such as the farmers and wage earn =
ers, and consumption is in proIrotion
to the amount of money or Its equiva-
lent produced by these farmers and wsg 9
earners.
It cannot be said that the town has
not prospered for the last ten years, Its
commerce has certainly increased. bull
dings adequate to meet the demands Of
trade have been constructed, q Bank ID
in operation With all this II cannot be
gainsaid ...s the town has apparently
reached its maximum OF advancement
unless it looks after and fosters some
industry that brings In revenue.
How many prosperous and booming
towns have come to their everlasting
sleep because It inflated and doomed its
commerce until It attracted capital to en-.
gage in trade instead Of industries and
ruinous competition resulted from the
struggle between overlooked merchants
trading with people to an extent beyond
the revenue Of the peopleP
The problem is very important one
and is not q new one, IL confronts thl
Statesmen in every department Of gov
ernment, and the individual In ever
avenue of life. and to Us II unsolved
means retrogression in our development
We have reached that stage Of our de
| xalanmant Whan Wa will s00n liYA h0