The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1902-12-27

man wonld become so intollerably
;nso,ent that he'd habitually sui
eide to avenge the insolenee ne
practiced upon himself. The pro
press of the outer world reached
our grand old metropolis, in many
respects SO superb, and reused
her.
Competition forced upon her
new era. retaining al that was
beautiful, eradicating what was
| absurd and adding what is divine
- ambition and the self confidence i,
which alone is the offspring OF
dare and work.
| The new -ra is on. What a
tremendous toll Of experiment, dis
enlargement, disparagement, dis
gruntlement, moss backisn,, back
Tapping. stupidity, asinity, cross
purpose, that gigantic engine OF
metropolitan progress. the New
Orleans Progressive Union-now
so powerful -once SO weak,--has
cost. Through what bitterness OF
encouragement and opposition
has it served in bringing about
the new era. How fondly the
dear old moss backs from utter,
eroaking failures t, peev:sh three
ball sharks,-by courtesy called
bank have clung to the idea
that the world knew New Orleans
and ALI those new-fangled ideas
about advertising the city and
4 getting the vast multitudes to
4 know it personally and inducing
cage: capital to investigate it were
the dreams of young upstairs anG
know-nothings. Que diable! Did
\ Eour fathers do it OF their grand
fathers? Truly no; nor indeed the
first settlers who dwelt among the
Indians. But this is to day, my
venerable fossils, and today has
its own creed and It's own problems
. And so, under the breath of that
! conviction, the great old City'seef
to-day the dawn of an unpree6den
{ ted industrial era. The agitation
. has brought home one paramount,
, central thought; that to grow to
become rich and great, to hold it,
own in the procession of American
cities, ITO retain the trade of the
. vast and rich country naturally
! tributary to it, New Orleans mns'
= be a manufacturer; must he ablt
2 to supply consumption in a direc'
8 line from frctories; must banisf
T. forever the idea of middle man
must get i'll close touch personally
with the vast populace 1t woult
." supply, and must meet the world
y in manly competition Invested O
II any local or provincial sentiment
which must be allowed to worl
O. out simply as a pleasant incidenta
" amenity and advantage. Had tn
Is Progressive Union of New Orlean
ID done nothing more than plant ant
ne nurture into healthy growth thi
re popular conviction, this ideal,
OF could 60 out of business and sa
ne 81 have completed a monunen
at more lasting than Brass
As But. through this organization
II and even more important thin
40 has been accomplished for Ne,
u, Orleans. An even more importar
TO thing is being accomplished fl
IN our splendid State. We, of Ne
ne Orleans: We, of Louisiana, arc di
ny tinctly arriving at the conclusio
20 that the earth contains. no fine
al state or country than ours. q,
If of that conviction is springing u
Or. in the various towns of-our Stat
e. similar bodies as the New her
Ter Progressive League. What is. Il
ap in its final analysis but ain EXPIRE
IFS sion on the part of the gloriol
IT. land of Evangeline that there
III no other spot ON earth than. lii
gef Teche country! Do you not say
cal the entire world, Here We are
ter inviting your closest-lnyestigatie
ne aud your money! We champit
M comparison with all the worl
mt We guarantee that investigate
- will lead to investment. Th
au' pride In State, this confidence, til
ne aplomb, is the first step to supe!
AN and substantial greatness. It
rlS- the neODl. who make a 0tatn