The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1899-05-13
OPINION VS.: OPINION.


from Our friends and othe "
chcerfully give itspace.
SC)rr, "a, NAY S'h IS9
Editor LAFiYE TIE ADVERTISERS
10 one Of yolr readers, who his Il
heart, the Welfare, the success of il
enterprises and !rihcipally the a,lvan
Cement OF IT . Iulm!ng interests, GU
ch'ef snp?"rt AMI reliance. you
remarks under head Of Farmer
MEETING, in yonr last isaac. seem t,
be If Il kind calcal,lvd to inJure NOR,
than 10 ben,f'.
The feeling between employee ant
employer, between producer and
m,uufa :snrfr sh,ll be one of good.
will aud ,riiaIiiy, which, when once
established, TENDS to insure ,he pros
Perliy of one and the success of The
other. You have always advocated
the establishment Of manufacturing
enterprises in our midst invited cap
ital to cme dwell uvong lis assuring
the former Of The benefits 10 be deri
we'd and the latter Of the hospitality
which we extend to a sfraagar.
Il strikes m therefore, that your
nlticle, although perfectly prsper and
som ,what true, WAS in the wrong pa'l
Of the paper and shnull have no
connection whatever with the pro-
ceedings If the Farmers Meet
Ing', which had for its Object The
d.scu sian OF cane contract offered
Ivy The Lafayette Refinery and not
for di.cuSsion. If the woes aud
sl,very' Of .hc farmer: 1t tend, to
give an injn'ed feeling 10 both the
producer a;d the manufacturer #
cane in our Par:-h; the pfolncer,
because he may !hink yam know more
about it than he does, therefore
hat the Re1inerIcs are HE
Cause Of his non success; the hianufac-
turer, because he can imagine realing
between The lines, Il til, usht iiiimical
10 his interests.
Could comparison be made Of the
Invested by the prad ncers III
forty th ,usanl ions Of cana
10 that of ,hs Lafayette 4 Gnery's
nvestm anL of qlltter milii N dollars
n the plant for the manufacture of
hat cane, and of the pr.Gls Of each
,i,le, am inclined to thiuk. that in
his case, at least, Mr.. Editor won!d
change his mind as regards which
Cas-" sh ,uid. be emf that this
world wa, not made 5na s5led''.
Th. Lafayette Refinery is The best /
nd the m ,st useful Institution Of the
lind that ever was in our parish and t
low that we have it With. u,, we
hould be careful in not fostering a III
,,,irit of discomfort t,warls it. We t
should encourage it in every possible |
;ay, settling our differences in a Z
hough,fui and friendly manner. as 9
vas the obj ,ct IF the planters in APP
,oiniing committee look into contract !, !,
natter. but not raise the worn out Hue
md cry Of Greedy capitalist vs. the !.
} ,wn troll, ,n farmer This kind of ;,
,lk or inferences are political wea-
ms. the hard worked does not use I
hem.
This an epoch of cheap things, a
verything the farmer produces is Il
heap except cane ana we should t
ocoursge its production ill the times |
,me when it can rank with cotton t
r. :on remuneration. G
The farmer feels mos t of all the +
ouractiou in prices because his y
o owers Of production are limited and :
"a necessities increase. The same :
,,.., affect hin that affect every. ;,
ID velse, from the manufacturer to s
!. publisher. n
Truly Yours,
LEO JUDGE. :
We might. as some lawyers do, Y
.i,o ,hove TO the Jury (our o