New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1910-11-05
THE FINAL WORD.

THE FINAL WORD.
Before another issue of the
| weekly newspapers shall go to
press the people of Louisiana will
Ihave decided at the polls whether
l,they desire that Congress shall
locate the proposed exposition at
New Orleans or at San Francisco
| It is not probable that a single
|right-minded person in the State
would wish to see the choice go
! to San Francisco, though not all
may understand that the defeat
of the two amendments relating
to the exposition is equivalent to
instrrDoting Congress that Lo1llsl-
ana does not want the exposition.
San Francisco, being the only
other contestant for thel honor,
will get the prize by default and
that city will reap the vast beno-
fit that under a broader and Wis
er policy would come to us. AS
this is the last word, it is per-
MISSILE perhaps to epitomlze IN
a desultory way some of the sug-
gestions advanced from time TO
time to show that not a single
vote in Louisiana should be cast
in oppOsition to amendments num-
bers one and two.
It is we'll to bear in mind that
without the tax there can be no
exposition; hence, in order to get
the exposition it will be necessary
to ratify the two amendments.
It is important, furthermore,
that no possible ground should be
given the most exactins critic to
question the integrity of the
ballot or the CORRECTNESS, OF
the count. We should 60
to Congress next month with
clean hands, with our financial
arrangements beyond question and
with the people of the State unit
ed and enthusiastic in their sup
port Of the movement.
The tax upon property in the
country parishes is so insignificant
but thirty-seven and half cents
pert thousand dollars Of assess
it is impossible for it
to be burdensome upon any. A
dozen eggs will pay the tax on a
thousand dollars assessment.
The benefit to be derived are
unreasonable. It has been es-
timated upon the basis of six
exposition, that no less
than ten million visitors will be
to The state by the big
fart We lack the capital to de-
velop our abundant resources, to
enable us to cnvert our raw ma
terials into finished products and
to put our State in the van Of
progress. Capital in this country
and Europe is looking for just
puck opportunities to invest as
,ur resources offer to them; and
he exposition will bring investor
md opportunity face to face.
Not one per cent Of the peopl
II Louisiana could hope to visit |
IN exposition held on the Pa
.ific Coast. The cost both in
money and time would be pro-
libitive. Hundreds of them could
risit i'm New Orleans. and pay |
he expenses of their visit out Of
he increase profits which the ex-
position would give them On the
ale Of their country products; |
or it must be remembered that
he ten million visitors must be fed
md it is the business of the far
ner to feed mankind.
And finally, proper State
ride forbids that we should re-
edt this opportunity to put our
tate forward in this most mo-
nentuous undertaking. Louisi-
mans have never yet failed to
leasure up to the standards Of +
uty required Of real men and it
] impossible that they should be-
in to fail now. The remaining
tates of the South of the Miss
sippi Valley, Of the West Of the
Worth and Eaet- all are look |.
az to Louisiana to make good in |,
his crisis, for our success means
nmeasurably more than can be |,
Did, to rs, to them, and to the
ntire nation.
Posterity would be ashamed of
. and rightly 80, should we re-
sct This most rare opportunity to 4
chieve great results in a great
'ay.
Those who do not want the Ex-
osition to 20 to San Francisco,
i'll vote for Amendments One
nd Two ON The official ballot.