The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1910-09-24
A Vote for Prosperity.

In all political campaigns occasion is
afforded for differences of opinion among
men who are equally honest and patriotic;
for it is in the clash of contending opin-
ions that great ideas are evolved and
great reforms are wrought out Our fore
fathers. perceiving the necessity in a pop
uIar government of the fullest freedom Of
thought and speech, made them essential
parts of our great national political edi-
fee; thereby imparting to the voice of the
people an Importance and dignity which
it enjoys no where else in the world.
Therefore, it is not surprising, nor is it a
matter to cause concern, that men should
differ with regard to public policies, po-
litical platforms and in their respective
estimates of measure and men. So long
as they hold to the vital certain few great
principles which underlie the structure Of
all Well-ordered government. honest differ
ences concerning methods, measures and
men, constitute the most certain guarantee
of good government.
The exposition amendments to be voted
upon at>the election in November are non
political in character, for the benefits that
great exposition will confer upon the
state cannot be monopolized by any party,
any faction, or any group of individuals,
however powerful they may be. These
amendments constitute one issue upon
which men of all shades of political be-
lief may stand together in the knowledge
that in supporting them they are perform
ing patriotic service to their state, and
making possible the opening of the
greatest era of prosperity that has ever
dawned upon the south.
Commenting upon the value of the pro-
posed Panama Exposition to this section,
the Crowley Signal aptly observes that
Father Cary" who led the host of west
ern farmers to southwest Louisiana, paid
many times over the cost of the Cotton
Centennial held in 1884. That is not put
ting the case too strongly. The Cotton
Centennial determined Mr. Cary to locate
in Louisiana. He brought down hundreds
of farmers from Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas,
Illinois and other states and located them
on the raw prairie lands which were then
to very great extent wild, unfruitful and
comparatively yalueless. These western
farmers added many millions of dollars to
the annual value of the agricultural pro-
duction and the permanent wealth OF the
state. They helped US to build good
roads, good schools, good society, churches,
ETC., while every year the pay into the
state, parochial and municipal treasures,
in taxes, more than the amount of money
that was required to finance the little ex-
position that attracted them to Louisiana.
So then we see that the Cotton Centennial
Exposition, although practically a failure
in its day, has been paying for itself over
and over again each year.
Would it be possible to conceive an OBJ
ject lesson more impressive and conyinc-
ing than this one is of the value of an ex-
position to the state in which it is held?
In the presence of such facts can any in
dividual in Louisiana say that he has not
a direct personal interest in securing the
exposition for New Orleans? These are
things that make the exposition amend
ments the most important issue before the
people of Louisiana today, and that is
why they should receive every vote that
is cast, regardless of whether voter be a
Democrat or a Republican, Regular or
Reformer, a Socialist or what not.
When it comes to determining whether
or not one should be willing to pay thirty
seven and one-half cents tax on thou
sand dollars assessment in order to finance
an enterprise that will double the wealth
of the state within less than decade,
that will furnish steady demand for all
that the farmer shall belable to produce,
that will people our waste lands with
thrifty farmers, that will bring opportuni-
Tics lU UuI SUliS anu uduSltEio dilu piO5-
perity to all-the question appeals directly
to every citizen and is becoming the
paramount issue 1t is one issue to which |
every voter in Louisiana may conscien-
tiously give his most enthusiastic support.
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