The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1899-07-22
TIMELY SUGGESTIONS.

day afternoon Gen. Leon Jastrem-
ski, q man Of wide experience and
good judgment, made very sensi-
BILE talk on the subject of co-opera.
ton among the country and towns.
people toward the upbuiiding OF
the centers of population, thereby
creating = demand for the products
of the soil. Gen. Jastremski ar
gued with muck re ason tina: it Is to
the interest OF both town and coun-
try to join hands in any movemeu,
calculated to benefit one, for, lust
as certain as night follows day, the
prosperity of one carries with it the
prosperity of the other. A narrow
spirit of antagoLism is hurtful to
both. IT one pulls against the
other. both are bound to suffer.
On the other hand if they work to-
gether in harmony the bright SUM-
shine Of progress smiles with equal
| benignity upon the two. 1t is only
the arrant demagogue or superan-
nuated mossback who tries to array
the country people against their
brothers in the town. 1t is the lit
| tie zx4 fellow who, with mulish in
stinct. kicks against the progress OF
the world and persists in viewing
this vast universe through a gimlet
hole. The welfare of the town is
dependent upon that of the country
and vice versa.
Recent developments in the com
mercial world disclose d very strong
tendency on the part of capital to
combine, and by methods not less
criminal that those employed by the
highwayman, to control the markets
and fix the prices on the products
Of the soil. And upon almost
every article that the farmer has to
buy there is royalty for some
capitalist who spends his time in
Europe to marry off his daughters
and to escape the payment of taxes
levied by the American government
upon his personal property. These
conditions, as aptly said by Gen.
Jastremski, should cause the farmer
to open his eyes and see if he can
not find some way out Of the di- |
lemma of trust made markets. The
time of 10 cent cotton has passed |
and IN order to keep the traditional |
wolf from his door the farmer must |
look to the local market which he
must help build and thereby
create demand for the fruits of |
the earth. This he can do by
working with the people of the town
and striving with them to build a
city where there will be a market
for those things which the farmer
can not use at home and which can
be transferred into ready cash.
One Of the gentlemen who came
here with DR.. Stubs, and who is
one Of the best informed men in
this State, told The Gazette that
the parish of Lafayette is, in his
opinion, the best in Louisiana for
the prosecution of agricultural pur-
SUITS; that it offers unparalleled ad-
santages for diversified farming.
Divided as it is, in small farms and
having a splendid soil, adapted to
he cultivation of all kinds of
and the raising of stock.
t seems to have been OWNED for
he building and maintenance of
arse city affording a ready market :
or the products of the thrifty hus-
,andman.
The Gazette has not attempted
o write a treatise on this subject l
because it has neither the time nor
he ability. 1t merely wishes to :.
emphasize what has been said by =.
'thers. The suggestions offered by
Zen. Jastremski are based upon
road lines Of thought and are en-
tiled to the earnest consideration c
# our people, particularly at this G
'me when an effort is being made y
. unite the people of the whole
arish in movement whose sue.
ess means long step forward.
NIX. BIZ YAN TO 1NR. v
no WELL .