The weekly messenger., 1910-02-26
To The Farmers.
st. Martinville, La, Feb. 81, 10

81. Martlnvllle, La, Feb. II, 1910
Editor Messenger
Dear Sir:--In your last issue you had
an article from the Farmers Protective
Association In answer to my article in
Messenger Of last week. will say in reply
to their article that this is to the actual
Farmers and to the Disgruntled Few,
the word Few mean not over p. c. and
as you have oyer 300 members there must
be 293 actual Farmers. leaving out the
Disgruntled Few. This movement for
protection on the part Of the Farmers of
our Parish, Is one that we must think
and act for ourselves our very homes are
interested In the movement. There has
been no question before the people that
to my way of looking at 1t that In any
ways compare with 1t. And for the good
Of the Parish and yourselves don't be
hasty in choosing your Band wagon.
Don't let the fact that you need prOtec-
tiOn cause you. to join the LIST movement
that comes along. Think for yourselves.
Try and think for moment of the Great
Atchafalaya River in its mad course to
Gulf tearing acres upon acres from its
banks and deepening its channel at a
fearful rate with the prediction of Capt.
Eads that in the course of time the Mis-
sissippi would come through the Atcha-
falaya. a prediction which We are facing
to day to certainty. Any one who is
acquainted with the Atchafalaya River
can tell you this we are getting more
and more water every year there is
cause for this and 1t is the widening of
the Atchafalaya River.
To my way of looking at it the people
on the east side of the Atchafalaya Ri.
YER knows this and are building noun.
tains with our money to protect them.
selves, we have stopped them in their
unjust actions, why do you want to put
the bit In their mouth again with their
inside lsvee proposition. They are all
powerful II turned loose we will not get
a square deal. Remember the old say.
ing charity begins at home" and to our
sorrow we have to admit they have fol.
lowed the old saying to a letter.
The moment you start your inside le-
wee the same moment they start their
mountains. that moment you can fine
the waters more and more into the Ri
YER widening and deepening it. natu-
rally and in FEW years We will have
the Mississippi River at our back door,
and our Mole Hill Of back levee will
be no more than potato row.
Your article must have been written
by one Of the Disgruntled Few as it does
not show the old times Fairness which
Farmers are noted for. he has misquOted
me. he says lis 1t proper or polite or
charitable for the fellow member Of 25
years on the spot to tell US to shut up."l
l said as private citizen that, il you
had no other way to help things along
than by counter propositions at this
particular meeting you had better shut
up and still think 50.
This is a free country 60 ahead and
show US something you may get your
inside levse but remember the Mississi-
ppi will be thrown in for good measure.
and please remember MIR. Would or
Should be Farmer that the actual Farm
ers Of your association are studying this
question and my advice to them is to
burn midnight oil and get posted and
don't make mistake, haste makes
waste take your time and come over to
that good old crowd who have the inter-
est of the parish at heart. This old
crowd is nOn-pOlitical. nothing to hide,
and only fault they have is that they
eau not give you protection tomorrow
but expect to keep at it and by the
above rules expect to have all in line
when the question is understood.
Respectfully