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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-08-23
Something the Voter Would Like tC
Know.

1t matters but little to the mass Of
the voters of Louisiana, as to "Who
paid for the Shreveport TimeS,' or
"Whether New Orleans shall have diff
erent laws regulating her gamblers
in their betting on horse racing
Neither is the two cent railroad fare
of sufficient Importance to the average
voter that he cares to make that the
principal question in determining for
whom he will cast his vote fOrIgOVern-
or. Neither is the fact that one can
didate had fight with a ships CLERK
when a boy, or that the other stopped
q creyasse in the levee during high
water, of vital interest 10 the voters.
Probably better aud worse men than
either of them have done both these
things.
But, the voters do want to know
where candidates stand on the vital
issues Of the day; issues that affect
not only the material prosperity Of
every voter, but of the state as whole.
They want to know where these candi-
dates stand on the question of sepa-
rating the offices of sheriff and tax
collector: where they stand on the
present fee system, whereby sheritfS
and other parish officials are enabled
to eXtOrt enormous sums of money
from the tax payers annually for their
own enrichment; whether they propose
to make the assessment on realty and
improvements separate; what is their
position on the inland waterway ques'
ton; and whether the Cumberland
Telephone company is to be allowed
to wax fat and grow rich at the eX
pense of a long suffering people
These are few of the questions tha
the men who are going to cast tneil
votes this fall would like to know
and the candidate who puts himSel
right on these vital questiOnsc vii
| find that be has the support OF th(
people Of the state back of him mex
| January.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-08-23
Jeanerette Fair Promises TO be ;
Winner.

The managers of the Jeanerette
fair association have spared no pains
in their efforts to make the fair a
grand success this season. They have
secured liberal concessions from the
railroads for transportation of ma
terial for display and have done ev-
ervthing in their power to insure salts
faction to all corners. They have
been very fortunate to secure for the
fair hrst-class list of exhibits in all
the several departments, e, agricul-
ture, stock, poultry, woodw Ork ing,
machinery the Ladies department,
etc.
An exhibit of queen bees in glass
hives showing the process Of honey
making from the beginning TO its
bottled state.
The Acadian hOmespun workers Of
the Teche, above New Iberia, will also
he on hand with their looms in full
operation.
Indian basket makers of Charenton,
La, will have a number of their men
and women at the fair making baskets,
which is very interesting sight to
those who have never had the oppor-
tunity 70 witness their handiwOrk.
The exhibits of cattle and live stock
promised number many, and this show
will be worth auybody's money.
The program of both running and
harness races will be the very best.
The state of Louisiana will have an
exhibit of the chronological depart
ment of the State Crop Pest commits
sion. There will be a lecture on one
of the days of the fair by the Louis
lana state board Of health, on the n.y.
giene of the home and farm.
Governor Blanchard will open the
fair September II, and Hon. j. Y
/ Sanders, Thee. S. Wilkinson anC
Leon Jastremski will speak on tina
! day. Hon. ]. B. Aswell will deliver
an address on Thursday, September
-, School Day. On the following
day, Ladies Day, Hon. Murphy J
Foster will deliver an address and or
Saturday there will be addresses by
Hon. r. F. Broussard, Judge a. V
Coco and other prominent speakers.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-08-23
THE BEST WEAPON.
Fight Mail Order Houses With News
paper Advertising.

The sentiment exhibited in the nu-
merOus articles now printed in coun-
try newspapers for the purpose of in
ducing people to trade at home IT,
stead OF sending their money to mail
order houses is good and noble. but
we doubt if it appeals to the multitude
who patronize these mail order
houses.
The more these houses are brought
to the attention of the people the
greater the volume of business they
are likely to do, for all this nice talk
about keeping the money at home,
spending it with the men who help pay
for YOUR churches, schools, ETC., pat
lronizing the merchant who extends
credit to YOU when you are out of
money, etc is only indirect advertis-
ing for mail order houses, and the
managers of these concerns are
! shrewd enough to realize this and
make sure of the benefits derived from
it.
The best way in which the mer.
chants in the towns and smaller cities
can fight the mail order houses is to
advertise. They know most of their
patrons personally, can show them
the goods before they buy them, have
many other advantages over the mail
order house and in almost every in
stance can sell just as cheap, if not
cheaper.
If the home merchant lacks fore
| sight and is too penuriOus to properly
advertise his goods, why should the
! publisher exert himself to keep the
trade at home for him? If solicita-
tions on the part of the publisher fail
! to educate the merchant to the fact
| that he must advertise if he wants to
! keep up with the procession, then
nothing is left to the merchant but to
learn in the school of experience, and
if the teachings of that renowned
/ school are of no effect on him then
there is no place for him, and evident
" his place in the commercial world
will be taken up by some more enter
prising competitor. Buckeye Inform
! err.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-08-23
Attorney General GuiOn Says Cumber.
land Telephone Co. Must Observe
Railway Commission Rul-
ing on Night Rates.
ing on Night Rates.
New Orleans, August y, 1906.


On the 18th of December, 1905. the
Railroad Commission of Louisiana
adopted an order, known as Order
No. 4SS, by which long distance or
toll messages sent by telephone were
fixed; and in the Order it is provided
that telephone rates for night and
Sunday messages should be one-half
the day rate. Subsequently, by its
Order No. SOP, the Railroad Commits
sion undertook to make a further re-
ductiOn in telephone rates in the
State of Louisiana, but the Cumber-
land Telephone & Telegraph Compa-
ny filed a suit in the United States
Circuit Court to prohibit this Order
from going into effect, and the suit is
now pending and evidence being taken
therein. After the institution of this
suit by the Cumberland Telephone <
Telegraph Company, application was
made by that Company to the Rail
road Commission for authority to
make the same charges for night mes
Sages as for day messages sent by
! telephone, but the Commission re-
fused to aCcede to this request.
| ThereupOn the Cumberland Telephone
& Telegraph Company sought to OBJ
tain an injunction from the United
States Circuit Court prohibiting the
Railroad Commission from interior
ing with it in its attempt to charge the
same for night messages as for day
messages, but the United States Cir
cult Court, Hon. +. D. Saunders pre-
siding, refused to grant the prelimi'
nary injunction prayed for.
BUnder the circumstances, therefore,
the Cumberland Telephon & Tele'
graph. Company is without authority
to charge its patrons the same rate
for messages sent on Sunday and al
night as for day messages, but is
bound to comply with the Order of the
Railway Commission, which fixes the
rate for night and Sunday messages
at one-half of the regular tariff o.
messages sent in the day time.
This notice is now given in order tc
inform the patrons of the Company o
these facts, and to advise them that
| if there be any violation of the Order
OF the Commission, to make the same
known to the Commission through Its
Secretary, Mr.. w. NJ, Barrow, a
Baton Rouge. as it is the intention o
the Commission to enforce its orders
WALTER GUION,
Attorney General.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-08-23
Better School Methods.

Gradually local school boards are
introducing the tried and approved
methods of northern states and with
the same measure Of success that was
experienced elsewhere. a noticeable
instance of this is the provision for
concentration of pupils into graded
schools instead Of the maintenance
of ungraded schools of the country.
But while the local boards are doing
their part,Hit would seem that the
state board of education ought to be
equally up-to-date and contribute its
share to the advancement of the school
interests. So far as observable, it is
doing nothing in this line, -New
Iberia Enterprise-Leader.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-08-23
Should Reduce the Fees.

Alexandria Town Talk: The Town
Talk fully agrees with Mr.. Polk in his
advocacy of reductionIin the amounts
Maid tax collectors, assessors and
narish treasurers, for handling the
monies that they collect When par
ish assessments were low, the present
fees were not too much, but when men
are making from $4,000 to 5000 for
collecting and handling money that
people pay over the counters TO them'
# is too much and the legislature
should reduce the fees.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-08-23
On The safe Side.

Neglected Coughs and Colds put one
on the unsafe side. There is no need
to take these chances. ROyaline
Cough Cure, taken in time, will quick
" put you on the safe side. You VIII
find nothing better for Coughs, Colds,
Group and Whoopins Cough. Con-
tainS no opium. Pleasant Safe, sure
Keep il on hand. - cents. Money
back if YOU want it. Get 4 bottle to-
day. FOR sale br Co.uer Dgng CO.,
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-08-23
! alcE FARMER is IN GOOD SHAPE.

Tsehinery Men IA! h0 nus nv
Money Than Ever BeEOre-Wiu
yot Accept Advances Offered Him
ROcauSe He Has Money in the
Rank to Pay For What He Needs
What Thresher Men say.
The farmers of the rice belt are in
hstter shape financially than they
t,,0 ever been before. Their credit
!, hotter than ever before in the histo-
: NJ the industry in Southwest Lou
l.,.na and Texas, they have more
money in the bank and they are buy
ng more machinery and supplies for
.,sb than in any other previous wear.
This is the substance of Q composite
statement by the manager of the three
fading threshing machinery houses
doing business in the rice belt, with
Asa5anarters in this city. Frank Fo-
+
81 the Bufalo-Pitts Thresher Co.,
E. Adams. of the Advance Thresh-
ii Company and F. NJ. Joplin, Of the
Iarr.Scott Thresher Company, inter.
viewed separately, made substantially
he same statement.
FARMERS are not asking for cred
10 said Mr.. Foley, They are buy
hg Only what they need and they are
usying cash. Not only are they not
asking for credit but they are refus-
Inc offers of advances, They are
generally out of debt and seem deter
mined to keep out. The farm machin-
err trade is in better shape than il
has been during the seven previous
esrs | have been selling machinery
ID The rice belt.
This is our best year since 1907
and, all things being considered, the
best We have ever had in the rice
bell, said NJ. H Adams, manager Of
The Advance Threshpr Company
''0n account of hard times in the belt
and the general inability of farmers
to pay their debts, our 1904 business
tell of about twenty per cent. In 100;
asgain fell off heavily, on account
Of the same conditions and the yellow
fever. In 1906 it rose rapidly on &C.
count Of improved conditions and this
season the number of sales is nearly
double the number of sales made ir
las, The Improvement is attribute
bletO the fact that farmers are able
topay cash for what they need"
i NJ Joplin, manager OF the Gaar
Scott Company, is himself a large
nee planter and has been in the ma
enlneFg business since the industry
aarted in Southwest Louisiana anC
Texas, HIS statement as to compare
we business done agrees with the
statements of Mr.. Foley and Mr.. Adj
ans. THE rice farmer is is doine
NslleSs On an entirely different basi;
aem mat on which he operated in the
eais When the whole rice belt bought
el credit" said Mr.. Joplin. "Tht
a3 oelt farmer has been sweating
as0od Tor the past four years, but ht
! aoE out of debt, and nv observa
sOu convlnces me that he is going tt
10y out OF debt, There is plenty O
@0aey In the rice belt for him, be
.Ause ne has settled up, but almost ne
1ers are accepting advances from
= machinery houses, which have
0lie0'ed up all their, old rice bel
1--WE have no hesitation in saying
~ sne farmers of the rice belt are il
4 oest shape they have ever been il
history OF the Gulf Coast indus
''ore threshing outfits have beer
viewed at Crowley this season thar
eallng any other seasnn in the histnr,
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-08-23
Post Cards

Large selection of new cards just in
ranging from two for ) cents to %
cents each Journal Book Store
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-08-23
FOR SALE.

A team of good mules,
double harness, wagon
and a Deering Binder.
Inquire of J. F. Bower,
Welsh, La.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-08-29
NEW yoRK's TUNNELS.
VOW AmerIoan MagazIne.

The Pennsylvania railroad alone is
spending 800, 100000 to tunnel the two
rivers and build a terminal In Manhat-
tan. The McAdoo tubes under the
north Cor Hudson) river win cost SIS,
600 600 more. The New York Central
railroad Is going to erect an enormous
new terminal station and bring all its
trains into the city by electric power
The Belmont tubes under tho East
river to Long Island city and the city
subway tubes from tho Battery to
Brooklyn represent the expenditure OF
millions more. And now subways under
the East river and north through the
city itself are being planned. while a
now bridge is under way across Black
wells Island. Tho creative artists of
the twentieth century are undoubtedly
the engineers Cthe creative instinct is
not dead; IL is merely working In an
other medlum); and New York city will
soon contain one Of the greatest
achievements, an achievement even
more radical than Mt first glance ii APP
pears, for 1t is made possible by cleo
tricity and represents for the first time
on thoroughgoing scale the change
III motive power on railroads from the
steam locomotives OF the past 10 years
TO the electrically driven train. In a
short unexpectedly three years at
most-four railroad systems will bring
their enormous traffic into the very
heart of Manhattan Island under rivers
and streets and avenues. without puff
of smoke or a sound of steam. Under
ground In silence and clean air. they
will come and so depart again, while
the Hudson river steamboats, pass over
the Washington Express and the car
liages on Park avenue roll above the
bay state Limited. The achievement is
StuDendOus and unique
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-08-29
VEGETARANIsM.

II Is tho opinion Of DR., Colliere. a
recent French vegetarian writer that
the doctrine and practice OF nom
flesh diet has now entered upon a
scientific phase OF it's history.
Tho thesis is that the use Of animal
flesh as food. and especially It's abuse,
are condemned by the physiology Of
nutrition; meat is AN Incomplete food
not containing carbohydrates. over
stimulating, inviting to habltual over
feeding. ana bringing about. Ike all
cehol. state 81 mind IN which tho
consumer believes that he can not pos
slbly do without r.. II Is a toxic food,
containing numerous poisons. such as
ptomolns, loucomalns. purlns. etc, II
an exclusive fosh diet would be nom
sensical, a partial flesh diet is also
illogical,
SO runs the scientific argument for
vegetarlanism. But II must be admit
ted that apart from empirical expert
ence we have little knowledge upon
which 10 base theory OF food for
human beings
The proper ration for a horse II
steer. pig. or a hen, has been the
subject OF various feeding tests at
tho agricultural experiment stations
throughout the country. and much Is
known as 10 what may properly, that
is, may prohtably be fed to these
classes OF animals. Tho duo proper
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-08-29
JUST FOR FUN.
Speculation.

Morris Sellers Largey, the young
Montana millionaire who Is devoting
himself to the theatrical business said
at dinner apropos of his new theater
in New York.
II think tina. theatricals offer n fine
field for shrewd investors. They are
very steady They are not ms the
slave trade was during the Civil war.
Perhaps you have heard of the
slave who wanted to buy his freedom.
This was before the war, and. since he
was a very good slave. his master
would not sell him to himself at any
price.
But as the war approached its end
the master not unnaturally changed
his mind. He sent for the slave one
morning, and asked him il he was still
OF the same mind about purchasing
himself.
THE slave scratched his head, look
ed at the ground and faltered:
Well, Marse Henry, All did wanter
buy mase'f, but All been a-studyin'
erbout it right smaht lately. sah an
An done come to de 'clusion dat in
desc times niggah prop'ty am too on
sartin,' sab, to put any money in -
Washington Star.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-08-29
IN RESTRAINT or TRADE.

II an Investigation should disclose the
fact that there Is organized effort IN
this city 10 maintain the prices on the
necessarIes Of life at soaring heights,
by unlawful means, the guilty parties.
whoever they arc, should he dealt with
according to low, without hesitation.
Public opinion will sustain any legal
measure for the maintenance Of natural
trade conditions, But such an invcstl-
cation would hardly meet the require
ments, II II Is confined 10 one class
Unless II becomes general I'm It's scope.
It win fail In It's purpose
There Is this TO say for the butchers
and groocrs, that no other class OF busl-
meas men has been sinned against as
frequently and Rrievously as that class.
The number OF customers who seem 10
think that to cheat grocery store Is a
meritorious act, Is astonlshingly large.
Even some people who are we'll TO do
WIN rather spend money on amusemonts
than 10 pay grocery bin that Is over
due II, under the circumstances, the
victims OF dishonesty combine FOR pro-
tection against dead beats, they do but
follow the dictates OF the laws Of self
protection. They are justified IN try
Ing TO keep track OF the customers who
move from place 10 place and always
leave unpaid bills behind them. But
this is entirely different from unlawful
combinations IN restraint of trade.
The artificial raise OF prices Is really
equivalent TO a corresponding deprecia-
ton Of the wages OF the worklng-men.
Every time a manufacturer or dealer
ADDS a few cents 10 rhe article the
public need, the wages arc reduced that
much This may not be 50 very bad
when the luXuries OF life only are in-
Volyed, because you can do without
lu1uriesi but when q comes to food, Il
Is different Much OF the unrest OF tho
present time is due TO the fact that the
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-08-29

pay OF the laborer has not Kept pace
with the advance in the cost OF living.
And this Is not all. People who are
looking for a city In which TO locate
permanently win naturally shun those
places where the cost OF living is be-
You'd all proportion TO the wages paid
the common lahorer. Unreasonable
prices on the nocesssrics OF lie, and
high taxation mostly because Of pub
lie debt, do not form attractive features
for permanent settlers. Combinations
in restraint of trade are, therefore, in
furious to the very men that engage In
them They are, virtually, killing the
goose that lays the golden egg. by doing
what they can to retard the growth of
the population by immigration; and
check the natural development.
There is another matter that should
receive attention. and that is the kind
Of computing scales that are used. It
ls claimed that some scales are made
so as to short weight the public, though
they weigh correctly, the fraud being In
the computation, 1t is said that 10000
such scales have been disposed OF
throughout the country. and that by
that means the buying public is robbed
OF from eighteen to twenty million dol
lars annually. This, however, Is mat
ter which the customers can correct
themselves, by giving their trade only
TO those dealers whom they know to be
honest and reliable. And 1t should be
said that there are in this City many
such men in the business of food dis
t,ibution. In fact, dishonesty ~, we be-
lieve. the exception and not the rule.
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OUR DUMB ANIMALS.
Brooklyn citizen.

II might be a long step forward In
civilization and In the development OF
the better Side OF human nature II
IN Brooklyn would pay heed TO Inc
plea for Dumb Animals" made by Mr..
Howell. This Is not matter which
can be safely ignored hy parents on tho
theory that It can be safely left 10
those who are expected TO teach the
young idea how 20 shoot" The graoes
OF life are gathered chiefly and ofton
only In the home, or they are never ac-
CURED at all The breeding. not the
Dirih, makes the lady and the gentle
man. and the chief characteristic OF
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-08-29

Graft Is n tendency, an atmosphere,
an influence, an Impulse. an instinct.
II Is a reaching out for more. It is
an evolutionary effort to survive. It
is selhshncss, IT is egotlsm. II is fraud.
injustice. II is an effort to get more
than ones share. II IS AS old as the
world and as universal as sim says
the Cleveland Plain Dealer Which Is
all very finely said, and sounds philo-
sophlcal, but graft is just wilful
breaking OF the eighth commandment.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-08-29

THE people Of San Francisco who
yearn for good government VIII not in
quire very anxlously about the parti-
san antecedents OF candidates In the
next election. All they will ask Is the
simple question whether the man for
whom they are requested to vote Is
capable and ready To serve his fellow
citizens." says the $. f. Chronicle
The people OF Salt Lake are very apt
to take the same course
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DISTRIBUTION OF IMMIGRANTS
Chicago Record Herald.

II is well that the federal government
has turned its attention 10 tho question
OF facilitating the distribution OF the
admitted aliens. Whether we restrict
immigration further or leave the law az
II Is, the Importance OF checking con
sestion in the eastern cities and
states, and Of preventing conditions
that Inevitably beget misery crime,
Alth, and disease. is undeniable.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-08-29

Jimmie Duncan OF the Herald" Is a
love story OF new mould. "The Pa
tricians" Is a delightful story OF the
days OF Columbus, and "The migrate"
is the story of the street Arab a we'll
meaning lady. and her attempts to re-
form him In addition to these fea-
lures will be found q group OF ten
minute Stories and variety of fun
and humor in Bohemiana, depart
ment OF nothing serious, ia South
Clark St, Chicago.
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needs, tho wishes and the feelings OF
other beings. human and animal alike,
OF which the poet spoke who said:
He prayoth best who ovcth best,
All things both great and small;
For. the dear God who loveth US,
He made and lovcth ALL
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-08-29
M Get Retter Mon.

A Scottish minister was one day
talking to one OF his parishioners, who
ventured the opinion that ministers
ought TO be better paid.
Il am glad to hear you say that"
said the minister. II am pleased that
you think so much OF the clergy. And
so you think we should have bigger
stipends?"
'Ay," said the old man; then we'd
get better class o. men. london
Spare Moments.