St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1906-10-13
oPELoUsAs, La SATURDAY, OCTOBER 13. 1906

was a man here sometime ago. W
was willing to furnish the bulk Of t
money to build factory. if he cou
. meet with proper encouragement al
obtain guarantee Of the. farme
planting cane. He urged the farr
ers and business men to agitate IL
question talk it over among then
selves and meet at some future da
to act. Lawyers cant build ia,
tories. They are looked upon !
takers. This is the fight Of the bus
ness men and farmers. It is wit
/ them that the success Of the move
ment depend, Z said the gentleman
Mr.. Garlands
Mr.. ", D. Hargroder, Of Plaisance
agreed with the speakers as to til,
necessity for action on the part o1
the farmers, but thought, with them
that the meeting was not sufficiently
attended to warrant definite action
at this time, and agreed with the sug-
gestlon to start an agitation Of the
question, to be followed up by a meet
ing later on. He said that he him
self proposed to plant few acres Of
cane, whether the present move sue
ceeded this year or not, and advised
his brother farmers to do the same
4 motion having been made that
the meeting go into temporary or
ganlzatlon, to be followed up by per-
manent organization later on. was
seconded and duly carried.
Mr.. ". J. sandoz made appropriate
remarks on the subject in question.
saying that the proposition struck at
The very foundation of the business
and social circles of the country
Something must be done. Wise
orecaution tells you that you must
liant some other crop but cotton ;
5ut sugar cane was not the only
'ther crop that would pay in this
'arish. He had been told by farmerl
riend that he (the farmer) had e!a-
erimented successfully with tie
roWth Of tobacco. Diversifcasionl
as the watchWord. A sugar refn-
y, as suggested, was the Immediate
eed.
The naming of officers of the tenn
0fary organization being then in
der, Mr.. R. Lee Garland placed the
ame Of Mr.. F. E. Stokes, Of Bellevue, I
president. He said that the it g
sss Of Mr.. Stokes for a position Of =
is kind had been amply demonstrated
E 81 A /. i tya
the Jealous and patriotic work of ?
at gentleman as president of the. =
rish branch Of the Southern Cotton ii
'sociation. 81
Mr.. Stokes arose and thanked the @
eeting for the honor it sought to le
afer upon him, but modestly said q
It his failure Of accomplishing any nf
'ults as the president Of the South q
Cotton Association made him %
u choice for the position Of presi- p
It Of such an important movement. oV
y someone else. did everything se
ould to rouse the farmers of ST. "a
1dry. | failed. See if someone an
can't do it. am anxious to see Ie
experiment tried, so / can see ne
ether was deficient, Of that it is
'ossible to rouse the farmer at 20
You are on the Fight track. A "
ar refinery at this time is the very me
t thing our farmers could interest oeI
mselves in, because they want to th'
W if they will have refinery to ye'
their crop before they plant the co'
e, just like the refinery man wants yea
now # cane will be planted be- n
he builds d refinery. Devote oI
energy to Shis, and don't let up g
it will be built. That will stirnu ges
other enterprises. Talk refinery efs
and spoke factory, cotton mill, reg
when that is assured. Don't do IaC
you did with your hotel here. I glV
seen it printed, have heard it on als'
streets, that work was inst aho,1t our