The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1910-07-02
A GREAT SPEECH.
Address of Congressman Jos. E. Ransdeu
of Louisiana Before the National
Lawmakers Should be Read by
Every Southerner,

oI louisiana, entitled "On to Dixie" de-
llvered before congress last month, is now
being put in pamphlet form for general
distribution.
The reason for its preparation is the ac-
tIVity of the Canadian government in
tempting American citizens to try their
fortunes in the far northwest, where the
short growing season prevents more than
one crop year. Mr.. Ransdell as presi-
dent Of the National Rivers and Harbors
Congress, has been accustomed to con-
slider national questions and his explana-
ton of the national opportunity that rests
in the south is authoritative.
The speech, as delivered. is supple
mented with a number of valuable ap-
pendices, from various sources, to sustain
the urgent plea of Mr.. Ransdell that our
people who are unsettled in their condi.
tons should first investigate the great
southern states before turning to regions
OF less natural resource. An appendix
prepared by Richard H. Edmonds shows,
in statistical table, the progress of the
south in fifty years. Another appendix
that brings out many remarkable evil
dences of southern growth is that pre-
pared by the Southern Commercial Con
gress.
Petroleum production, as shown in this
appendix, is the most startling of all in
creases. In 1876 the south produced 12O,-
900 barrels; in 1908, "a, 1O6, ,54S.
Lumber production in the southern
states in 1908 is shown, by this appendix
to have exceeded, for the first time in
history, the lumber production of all tie
other states in the Union put together.
School expenditures, as analyzed by the
Southern Commercial Congress, are shown
to have increased SIC, ,00O,0 between the
years 1907 and 1908 The total educa-
tional expense in the southern states for
the last mentioned year was $62, ,945, ,359.
The southwark swing of commerce is
shown by the fact that between 1899 and
1909 Mexican border ports increased 2z9
per cent, Gulf and SSouE tlaak
t6getller pei cent. aeilie 9ogts 81 p9r
cent, North Atlantic ports e9 per cent
Export gains of the same period show
Mexican border ports II per cent, Gulf
and South Atlantic ports together ST per
cent, Pacific ports ID per cent, North At
lantic ports II per cent.
The speech and its appendices should
be considered by every man in the United
States who is interested in understanding
the relation of the south to national
strength.
Hay Fever and Asthma.
Bring discomfort and misery to many
people. but Foley's Honey and Tar gives
ease and comfort to the suffering ones.
1t relieves the congestion in the head and
throat and is soothing and healing, None
genuine but Foley's Honey and Tar in the
yellow package. Sold by X-Ray Phar-
macy
Don't Borrow Your Neishbor's Newspaper.
Once upon a time, a man who Was too
economical to take newspaper sent bis
little boy to borrow the copy taken by his
neighbor. In his haste the boy ran over
bee hive and in ten minutes looked like a
watery summer squash. His cries reached
his father, who ran to his assistance, and,
failing to see a barbed-wire fence, ran
;,to - braoLipa Il 1o1vr opd c,,tt;pd :,
handful of flesh from his anatomy and
running five-dolIar pair of trousers. The
old COW took advantage of the gap in the
fence, got into the cornfeld and killed
herself eating green corn. Hearing the
racket, his wife ran, upsetting four
gallon churn full of rich cream into
basket of kittens, drowning the whole
flock. In her hurry she dropped and
broke a Seventeen-d dollar set of false teeth.
The baby left alone craWled through the
split cream into the parlor and ruined
twenty-five dollar carpet. During the ex-
citement the eldest daughter ran away
with the hired man, the calves got out and
the dog broke up ten setting hens. Moral:
Subscribe for your home paper and don't
run the great risk this man did in trying
to borrow your neighbor's paper.
Chas. G. DaigIe. a well-known Ascen-
sionite, writes to The Chief that owing to
the closing down of the Clotilda sugar
factory in LafourcIe parish, where he
has officiated as chief engineer for the
past seven years, he has accepted a
similar position at Judge E. D. Whites
Brousso factory. near Thibodaux. Mr.
Daigle is one of the most competent and
reliable sugarhouse engineers in the
state, and his many friends and we'll
wishers in this community are confiden
that in the performance of the duties 0
his new position he viii aequit himsel
with the same degree of credit and eff
: eiency which characterized hic incI,rn