The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-04-07
FALSE ARGUMENTS.

L
lana, hare been pu. to recently for
campaign arguments, EXHIBITS their
inherent weakness and. the hopeless
ness of their cause. Last Saturday
they held meeting in Donaldson
Vile, when Henry Mccall and 4. n.
Pugh shrieked for revolution in a
tone of ferocity which, the Daily
States says, would have done credit
to Parlsian Mob in the Reign of
Terror. Mr.. Sholars also cavorted
around and almost took the roof off
with the thunder of his eloquence.
The amalgama'ed party, com
posed of these different parties, is
an animal Of some very eccentric
characteristics, aud one of these
characteristics is TO use false, in
stead of true arguments. In fact,
there are no array of true arguments
that could so yillify the fair name
of our State as the Cafery combine
is at present seeking to do. For in.
stance. one Of their pet arguments
is. that the State has made no ad
vance in prosperity during the eight
years Of Gov. Fosters administra-
ton; .stbat values Of all description
of property are less now than they
were in 1892. and that the increase
in property values indicated on the
books Of the several assessors Is
purely fictitious and has been pad
| ded 10 order to raise revenues TO be
squandered by the administration. "
To prove the absolute falsity of
such statements, the Baton Rouge
Advocate, of recent date, gives a
| list of the advances Louisiana has
made in all the branches of business
aud internal progress during the
Foster administration, which We
cannot do better than by submitting
TO our readers:
ITO a citizen OF Louisiana it is use.
less to point out the tremendous strides
forward this State has taken during the
past eight years. The perfection of the
levee system since that time has put in.
10 active ard profitable cultivation
thousands of acres of the most produc.
tive lands in the world; railroads have
been built throughout the splendid pine
belts in Northern and Western Louis
lana and in many instances have qua
drupled the spot cash value of the
lands. besides adding material i'm
provements which largely swell the
taxable values of the State. Since 1885,
MANY miles of the finest ystem of irri
eating canals on the continent have
been constructed in Southwest Louis
lana and the producing capacity, and
per consequences the spot cash value Of
the lands have increased to an extent
unheard of in the South before. Twice
as many rice mills have been built in
Louisiana since 1892, as had been con
structed in all the previous history u
the State. More lumber mills have
been put in operation during that peri
cd than in any like period in the history
of Louisiana. More sugar machinery
has been bought during that time thar
in any similar period in the State,
history. The transactions in real es
tate have during the past year been or
a more extensive scale and property
as a rule, has brought much higher
prices than ever before. More school
houses have been built and provided
for during the past eight years than
during any other twenty years in the
States history. More State banks have
been established during that period
than have been established in all the
history of Louisiana prior to 1892
More street railways have been laid
since 1892 than has been the case in all
our history prior to that time. More
electric lighting and waterworks plants
nave OeeIl eSttpliSutu eiuCc tHdI pCliOu
than ever before. More capital is in.
vested in manufactures in Louisiana to-
day than ever before; more money il
invested in agriculture in Louisiana to.
day than has ever been the case since
the abolition of slavery. and the out.
put of the States products is much
greater now than it ever was prior to
1892 Flourisbing towns have sprung
up out of the wilderness since that
time. others haye doubled and treblerd
their population and their commerce,
and prosperous farmers have made the
wilderness and the solitary place tc
blossom as the rose.n All these facts
need not be told to any citizen Of Lou
isiana. because he sets the evidences Of
it around him; but it is necessary to
call attention IT, them in order to re
move the damaging impressions thai
may be created outside of the State by
the miserable Galatians who, in order
to get office. are willing to blast tn,
reputation Of their State for law ant
order. to destroy her crdit and to dc
fame her honest NAME"
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