New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1910-05-14
ADVERTISING LOUISIANA

We agree WIN tne eStecAIeu
New Iberia Enterprise when it de-
CARES that advertising the State
of Louisiana is not such a diff
cult matter. As the Enterprise
says, all that is needed is little
good Judgment and some money
to speed the good work along.
The recent attempt to get into the
limeight at Alexandria was a
move in the right direction, but
after all this Land Congress was
but the beginning of a movement
that ought to result in some more
effective manner of placing the
State before the world at large.
Up in Chicago there is to be big
land congress late this fall. I'm
doubtedly that would be the bet
ter place to make display Of the
resources Of this State. AS the
New Iberia journal so ably points
the way, we urge our people to
prepare now to take advantage
of the splendid opportunity Of
fered by the holding Of a land
congress in Chicago. We want
and must have more strangers to
come and people our vacant lands.
It is we'll and proper for the citi-
zens and land owners Of the State
to assemble two or three times a
year and discuss the best means
to be used in attracting immigra-
ton, but the more effective way to
reach the desirable class is to go
after them by making displays in
cities where they can be seen by
the people seeking new locations.
So, in like manner. our entire
citizenship should be interested in
the proposed Worlds Fair at New
Orleans. This Exposition will at
tract the best people of the earth,
and Louisiana will receive more
benefit than any other State in
the Union, and it behooves the
entire citizenship to manifest an
interest in the matter. and when
the time comes, there should be
no opposition to the proposed
State tax of a mill or less in order
to raise the amount necessary to
carry the great enterprise to a
successful conclusion.
Whether we recognize it or not,
the fact remains that Louisiana
is certain to expand and develop
beyond the roseate dream OF the
most optimistic "boomer," and
if the citizens prepare to take adj
vantage of the tidal wave of pros
perity, greater will be the benefit:
The eyes of the world is turned
upon the entire South now as new
er before, and the communities
that reach out and grasp the OPP
portunities are the ones that will
. profit the greatest from this spirit
of development so pronounced at
, present.
In the meantime. as the Enter
prise says, the people of the whole
United States have a mistaken
idea Of the State of Louisiana.
There is NO doubt but the most Of
them believe that it consists main
~ of lowlands and swamps. Not
one person in a thousand really
knows anything about Louisiana
and half of those who do know
the State have not taken the trou-
BILE to find out all about it. Their
knowledge is limited to a few OBJ
servations from a train window
and these may be good or bad as
the state of the weather and the
season may be.
But the truth is gradually be-
ginning to find it's way outside Of
the borders of the State. Some
time it will be all exposed but in
order to hasten that time, would
it not be well to do a little of the
real boosting by taking exhibits
and displays out into the other
world and letting the people see
for themselves that Louisiana is
the State where things grow at
any and all times and that there
is no other State in the Union that
has so many possibilities and Of
fers so many opportunities
Monroo Noxua.Sfar