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St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1910-10-29
one CENT POSTAGE IN SIGHT
Postmaster GenereI Hitchcock Has Practical.
ly wiped Out the Postal Deficit

If Postmaster General Hitchcock
is to be taken seriously he has applied
himself SO industriously to the task
Of cutting down the expenses of his
department that the postal deficit is
now practically wiped out. With the
department on a paying basis Mr..
Hitchcock tells US he is looking for
ward to a reform which will touch
more people directly than an other
the government could undertake, and
that is one cent postage.
All of US will agree that a one
cent rate on first class mail matter
would mean a great deal to the peo-
pie. but Mr.. Hitchcock will not re-
commend it uutil the department is
placed on a paying basis and he can
reduce the present rate without any
great drain on the Treasury. His
idea is to run the Post Office depart
ment as on a business affair and not
as a charitable institution, but he
assures the pnblie that the day when
one cent postage may be adopted
without fear Of a heavy tax to make
up the deficiency seems to be near at
hand.
Mr.. Hitchcock is to be congratula-
ted upon the businesslike administra-
tion Of his department, and upon the
prospective reduction in letter post
age made possible by his efficient
management. Daily States.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1910-10-29
LOUISIANA'S AGRICUL=
TURAL AWAKENING
By J. n. T0ALE,
(Head of the Agricultural Department, Grand Prairie High school3

Bv J. N. TOALE.

beginning u agriculture has been
characterized by its ex~tensiveness
rather than by its intensivensss.
Broad acres c~arelessly attended have
been preferred to smaller farms IN
der systematic management. The
trouble is we have always looked
upon farming as an occupation that
requires no special fitness on the
part of the farmer; anyone who was
able to do the manual labor could be
a farmer. Education has, until re-
cent years, been considered wholly
unnecessary. Indeed, the establish
ment of schools Of agriculture was
once an occasion for jest and ridicule
and the movement to improve agri-
culture was dubbed "book farming"
and | am sorry to say that the farm
err was the worst enemy to the es-
Establishment of these schools, but
with the coming Of the boil Weevil
and with the decrease of the natural
fertility Of the soil conditions, for
the soil is the foundation of not only
the farmers business but Of all BUSH
ness. The one crop system of grow
ing cotton, so long practiced, has led
some of our farmers to believe that
Investigation is altogether imprac-
ticable, and thus year by year many
of our soils have been so robbed of
their humus and nitrogen until they
have become so depleted as to be
almost worthless for growing crops.
The meagre equipment of the aver
age farm necessitates an extrava-
CANT use Of labor. The crude meth
DDS of culture, together with the in
attention to drainage, has caused an
unsightly erosion of our uplands as
well as the drawing out of the lower
ones. As a consequence Of such con-
ditions farming has been considered
a poor and improbable business by
some and farm work looked uDon as
a drudgery. Under the influence of
these circumstances many boys have
migrated to the cities in search of
more lucrative and pleasant occu-
pations. Many noble country homes
have been deserted bv the farmers
themselves, and the farms and the
dear old homesteads that hold so
many sacred memories, have been
abandoned and left in the hands of
the ignorant and thriftIess negro.
To-day, however, every true Lou
isianian should look with pride upon
the improvement our farmers are
making. Things have suddenly made
a change and the farmers are begin
ming to realize that there is just as
much dignity and honor, and often
more money in pulling the proven
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1910-10-29
sloYenly practices.

sloVenlY pracGlces.
But with all this in view, we must
be careful in order that our imagina-
ton may not unduly magnify the
conditions, and to prevent this we
must view the situation with a tele-
scopic eye SO that our vision may be
a conservative one. The ideal agri.
cultural conditions of Louisiana must
be considered as largely in the future.
It is not to be expected ever with
the establishment of agricultural
high schools, that u agricultural
industries will at once rise into one
of power and wealth. Progress will,
of necessity, be gradual; failures are
sure to be met with; new difficulties
caused by new conditions are to be
overcome. Nevertheless, our latent
resources will, ia the bye and bye, be
developed. Time, linked with the
new impulses Of the farmer, will
gradually uncover the hidden wealth
of the State and distribute it among
the rural population until our assets
will be doubled and trebled. Rural
con~veniences will be multiplied and
modernized. Our roads will be i'm
proved; sanitary conditions will be
bettered; the telephone will reach
the remotest part Of every parish.
Along with these improvements new
social conditions will arise. The So
cieties of the rural communities will
emulate that of the towns. The peo-
pie will devote more of their time to
the home and to the u%pbuilding of
the community. Analogous to the
gentlemen's clubs and the ladies' So
%cieties Of the city will be the organi-
cations of the farmers, end of the
farmers wives, at which the monot-
ony Of daily domestic life will be
varied by regular meetings where
various questions and problems Of
public and domestic life will be in
telligently discussed. The home
library will be the pride of the house
hold and the cultured farmer will be
a reader of taste. In short, the
rural population of this country, ]
believe, is destined to be a powerful
factor in the development of our
civilization, from a social and politi.
cal, as well as from a financial stand
point; and the station of the farmer
will no longer be looked upon as IN.
fortunate, but will be as enviable as
any in the land.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1910-10-29

Natchitoches, La, Oct. 22.-Bouy-
ant with his success in getting the
West and the East and the North to
shout for New Orleans as the logical
point for the Panama Exposition,
Governor ]. Y. Sanders made a not
able speech here today, just as the
Fair was closing.
He spoke particularly on,the amend.
ments, urging in forceful language
the adoption Of every one of them.
1t was at this point that he stirred a
storm Of applause by saying: Should
i introduce the ten commandments
they would fail Of a second by a GER
tain class Of people solely because
Sanders introduced them"
Gov. Sanders presentation of the
claims to the support of the people
of the Panama Exposition tax amend.
ments was strong and forceful anG
the applause received showed the
favorable temper of the people. The
good roads tax amendment was also
specially advocated by the Governor
and received most hearty evidence Of
endorsement.
The sentiment in this parish i;
strongly in favor of the good roads
movement.
Governor Sanders took occasion al
the close Of his remarks to refer tt
some of the criticisms of the amend.
ments, that were being made by some
Of the newspapers and against his
administration and was forceful in his
answer to those critics. Especially
did he protest in his defense of the
general assembly against the charge
that they were controlled by him.
Governor Sanders has hosts OF
friends in this section, and his re-
ception was a splendid one. He was
met in automobiles and conducted tc
his hotel.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1910-10-29

On visiting the Southern Pacific
Demonstration Train, which is now
passing through the State, and lis
tening to the splendid addresses Civ.
an by DR.. Lazaro, Prof. Roy and
others, and seeing the wonderful.
display Of livestock, poultry, vege-
tables, farming implements, ETC.,
which is in every respect unique, |
am more forcibly impressed than
ever with the great agriculture
possibilities Of Louisiana.
Louisiana is, indeed, a great State.
She has a splendid railway system,
which has linked town to town and
parish TO parish until our travelling
and shipping facilities are almost IN
equaIed. She has the Mississippi
river on the east and the Gulf OF
Mexico on the south, which have
opened to us the commercial doors Of
the world. In the southeastern por.
ton of the State we have our won
derful sugar plantations, and in the
southwestern part we have our mag
nifcent rice fields, which are grand
to behold. Louisiana is also rich in
oil and other natural resources for
which every loyal Louisianian should
justly feel proud. We not only have
our oil wells and a land suitable for
the production of rice and cane, but
throughout the entire State we have
a soil that is wonderfully fertile and
adapted to the growth of almost
every crop known to man.
Ii is true Louisiana has some dis.
advantages. For instance, we have
the boil weeviI, which has proved dis
astrous to the cotton crop and made
things a bit dark for the farmers,
but it has been said that every cloud
has a silver lining, and it seems tc
me that the receding cloud Of dark
ness that has been lowering " oul
heads since the boil weevil came is
gradually being illumined by its lin.
ing of silvery brightness, which
shows to US conditions, yet young II
our memory, that are soon to dis.
tinguish Louisiana from every Other
agricultural section in the United
States.
Our farmers have been considered
and often referred to, by those who
seem to see more clearly the rea
condition of things, as an Indifferent
careless, extravagant and systemles;
class of people. No doubt we have
deserved this criticism in a very
large measure, For our agriculture
methods have been anything bui
ideal. Our farmers have failed tt
keep pace with the agricultural prog
ress Of the country. From the very
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1910-10-29
A Gard
"a whom it NAV concern:

To whom it may concern:
It having been brought to our at
tention that we have been accused OF
slanderiDg Miss Estelle Higginbottom
u sister-in-law, by saying things
which may be construed as as a re-
Election on her honor as a lady. We
desire to say both in justice to our
selves and to Miss Estelle Higginbot-
tom that it was never our intention to
reflect, nor do we believe what we
may have said can be considered as
a reflection the virtue and honor Of
the said Miss Estelle Higginbottom.
The entire matter was a very I'M
pleasant o%ecurance and was the re-
suit Of a rather heated discussion
and what was said was the mere re-
suit of anger and passion.
MRS. THOMAS HIGGINBOTTOM,
her
MRS. ROBERT K HIGGINBOTTOM
mark
Witness: R. LEE GARLAND,
w. G. DEJEAN.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1910-10-29
Wanted.

Owners Of we'll improved farms
and plantations to list same with me
for sale.
have every facility for the sale
Of lands, and desire to hear from
owners, giving full particulars pIats,
and lowest prices and best terms.
E. L. PAGE,
Real Estate Investor and Agent,
613 Whitney Central Bank Bldg,
oct 20 3-t. New Orleans, La.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1910-10-29
Columbus, O., Oct. Is.

Columbus, o., Oct. 18.
Governor j. Y. Sanders, Baton
Rouge, La.
State Committee and friends
you made here two years ago
insist that you be with US for at
least a week. This is no ordin-
airy appeal but a special request
from your admirers who have
confidence in your ability to
make Harmon's majority twenty
five thousand more than it
would otherwise be.
H. G. DEVICES.
Mr.. Devices is secretary of
the State Committee.
Columbus, O., Oct. Is.
Governor J. Y. Sanders, Baton
Rouge, La.
Ohio needs you again in this
campaign. How much time
can you give us?
W. B. GOSHORN.
Chairman Speakers Bureau
Ohio Democratic Committee.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1910-10-29
HAD SANDERS INTRO
DUCED COMMANDMENTS
holy Injunction Would Be opposed by Many
Critics Of Present Administration
MAKES A TELLING SPEECH
At NatehItOGhas- Sentiment there Favor the
amendments -GOVernOr ArOuSeS
Enthusiasm
A Telling SPEECH

z "Should Z Introduce the ten
commandments they qcould fail
Of a second By q certain
class Of people sote1y
because Sanders introduced
them. 1t as the nature of some
people to criticize, to tear dorm,
to oppose arg and all things
that is not of their oacra co11-
struction. NJ. Y. Sanders, an
\ speech at N0tcHitocHeS
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1910-09-17

Mr.. r. P. Spalding and wife return
ed to their home on Kauai last week,
taking with them their fine new seven -
passenger Stevens uryea touring
car, which they recently purchased
from the Won Hamm- Young Company.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1910-09-17
GARAGE AND AUTOMOBILE NEWS
ELECTRIC AUTO
MEN ORGANIZED

sAN FRANCISCO. Sept s.-Tu.IE
q. appreciate fHe important position
chat tEu electric vehicle H.a assumed
Boz .hu automobile world one bias uul.
Goo consider tHlt .H. manufacture 0.
eIcguias HHa grown COB such import.
guca tHH. u hHH been possible for the
makers OBJ. these vehicles t0 form %
national association The orgauiza-
ton has been formed looking To- great
er cooperation between the makers
aud the producers of electric power
current The new organization, which
is known as the Electric Vehicle Assoc
citation of America, has been incor-
porated at Albany, n. Y. and is to
have its principal Offices i'm New York
city The new association is i'm no
sense "a combination OF makers of
electric vehicle and battery manu-
facturers. as the active membership
is equally open 20 central station cor
porations. makers of motors and cleo
trio vehicle body manufacturers, while
owners of electric vehicles and others
who are interested i'm the electric
vehicle transportation problem are
eligible to the honorary membership
list.
Chief among the objects of the asso-
citation is the promotion of the adop-
ton and use of electric vehicles by the
public for pleasure and commercial
purposes and active cooperative worl,
among the concerns supplying electric
power and the companies making the
vehicles.
An organization known as the Elec-
trio Vehicle and Central Station as
sociation, which has been active in
this direction in New England, is to
be absorbed, and the Pacific Coast
electric vehicle association has indica-
ted its desire to affiliate with the new
national body, I'm addition to the
offices in New York branch offices are
to be established in the near future in
Boston and in San Francisco, while
the branch office system later may
be extended to include practically
every large city in the United States.
, The incorporators include Hayden
Eames Of Cleveland, William II. Blood
Jr., and Frank J. Stone CT Boston,
Charles BLIZZARD of Philadelphia, Her
bert Il. Rice of Indianapolis, Weldon
H. Freeman Of Brooklyn, Frank J.
oyer of Orange, n. j., Arthur Will
hams, Harry c. Cushion Jr. and Har-
vey Robinson of New York city.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1910-09-17
CADILLAC RODIES
MODELLED IN WAX

How does 8u automobile company
work out the artistic, graceful lines
0I t1a bodies of its cars2
This question is answered in @
novel way at the Cadillac plant There
the bodies are first nodded I'm wax,
s0 hat the builders know the effect
of every curve. every swell, before the
design is accepted and the order given
to ego ahead with the building of the
bodies.
Moreover. the model Is life size. A
rough framework of wood lis built ON
q chassis Then the wax modeler goes
/ To work. From the plastic brown wax
. he creates a body-perhaps with a
/ blue print to quite him, perhaps with
merely some verbal suggestions born
of embryonic ideas
! When the wax body is completed, the
I heads of departments gather about
. it. A line is eliminated here; a curve
/ strengthened there; a swell eInphasiz
ed or sOftened; sometimes the contour
/ OF a whole side changed.
Finally when the design is approve
ed plaster casts are made, faithful
to the last small detail. From these
are made steel dies; and then the rea
; worl, of the body building is ready
4 to proceed. For these dies are useC
to shape the sheet metal panels which
constitute the body of the car.
Thus nothing is left to guess work
The eye is not called upon to con
struct a curve such as woodworkel
, could never achieve. No line is i'm
possible; no graceful sweep has to be
I abandoned because a wood or meta
worker cannot attain
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1910-09-17
A PARTIAL LIST
HUDSON OWNERS

The following is partial list of well
known people of the Islands who have
purchased Hudson autos this year.
Honolulu-Hon R. w. Single, pres
ident Waterhouse Trust; George Sher-
man. capitalist; John L. Fleming,
stock broker, ETC.; R. w. Atkinson,
with Dillingham; Company; Prof. E. NJ.
Ehrhorn, government entomologfst;
H. T. Holman, specialist Board of
HEALTH A. T. Conner, Pearl Harbor
works; DR.. John S. McGrew capita
list; DR.. Sexton, physician, with DR..
Hodgins; H. L. Kerr, architect; Ed.
Duisenberg, architect and oil stock
broker; J. D. McVeigh, superintendent
of the Molokai settlement.
Kauai-Francis Gay, capitalist, Ma
kaweli Charles Rice, manager Lihue
Ranch, Arthur H. Rice, county trea-
surer, Lihue; H. P. Faye, manager Ke
kaha Sugar Company; John H. Coney
manager Coney Garage Co., Nawlli
will; w. D. McBryde, manager Kaua
Fruit & Land Co., Waimea; R. Smith
sugar boiler, H. S. Co., Maxwell.
KahUku, Oahu-Dr. Charles P. Dun
ney, physician.
Maui-A. F. Tavares, deputy tax as
SCISSOR, ETC., Makawao; DR.. Oyamt
physician, Wailuku; Hugh Howell
county engineer, Waikiki.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1910-09-17
A RURAL oUIBBLER.

w. R. Duley, mayor of Little Rock,
rebuked, the other day. political
opponent by means of an anecdote.
"The gentleman does not really ans
wer me. He bubbles" said Mayor
Duley. "His words are like a little
farm boys.
"Once, in the country, came upon
little, freckled, mischievous farm
boy. He proved to be bright and in
telligent, and l said to him:
Have you lived here all your life
my little man?'
mo sir; not yet he replied"
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1910-09-17
MANAGER HALL TALKS
ABOUT CHALMERS THIRTY

The Chalmers Motor Company. In
event off accident the car owner may
secure "a part i'm the shortest time.
The chalmers is the first company to
establish branch supply houses In this
way.
Two more Chalmers cars have been
sold log the Associated this week. One
the thirty pony tonneau, which
created such a sensation around town
last woek-was shipped on Friday to
Hams lsenberg, manager of Lihue
plantation. on Kauai. Attorney d. L.
Marx has selected Chalmer 80 tour
ing car from the September allotment.
This makes several cars already en-
gagged from the September allotment.
Mrs. Montague Cooke, who is an
experienced autoist, is greatly pleas
ed with her new car, both as to its
running qualities and its appearance.
To ladies' the Chalmers appeals most
especially for its simplicity of opera
ton and the fact that it starts from
the drivers seat practically every
time; so that while calling or shop.
ping cranlling is done away with.
The high character of the work
done by the Associated in vulcanizing
has kept that department exceedingly
busy for the past month. Only a
small proportion of autoists in the Is
lands realize the feasibility and prac-
ticability of retreading auto castings
which can be done to great advantage
provided the side walls of the tire are
in good, firm condition. There are
many retreaded tires in the Associated
Garage which have already gone 20OC
miles and more on the retread.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1910-09-17

Mr.. and Mrs. Francis Gay are in
town with their six cylinder
Stevens-D uryea touring car.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1910-09-17

control of corporations and other ques-
tons.
They say, DO not give the govern
ment too much power" he said, Ger
tainIy not l dc not want to give the
government any more power than is
necessary. You would not have to have
SO that a single man is powerless
eminent II you were dealing with in
dividuals, none of whom were very
rich, but when you get an aggregation
of rich individuals you must master
them through the government.
Some of the people will say that
interferes with individualism. 1t does
not. 1t is giving the government a
chance. The individual has no chance
if you permit a business monopoly tC
be established or permit it to develop
sothat a single man is powerless
against it or can be crushed by it,
Under the law there has grown up a
system of enormous monopoly which,
in fact, is the very negation of in
dividualism, and the government is re-
quired to regulate these great con-
Germs to permit the average individual
citizen 10 retain his rights unim-
paired
q am not speaking in hostility to
corporations. l recognize the need of
the great corporation as a necessary
instrument in modern individualism.
Our conditions are new and we need
this instrument OF the corporation,
but also we need the complete control
by the people through the government
of the corporations. | cheerfully adj
NIT one new thing is necessary, only
/ insist that the other new thing is
necessary, too"
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1910-09-17

Among them were some of the bestknOwn
automobile judges-men who can buy any car,
regardless of price. There were also many
to whom price and cost of upkeep must be
matters of careful consideration.
The result was an advance sale of Chalmers
Cars without precedent in our histOry-indeed,
we believe without equal in the automobile in
dustry This really proves the weakness of adj
vertising alone-the inadequacy of the printed
word clearly to convey the supreme merit Of
the Chalmers.
There is only one way to prove the value
of the Chalmers, and that is the test of eye and
reason Go over it with minute care, from the
finish of the leather to the construction of mo-
tor, CLUTCH brake, transmission, frame, wheels,
control, workmanship and finish.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1910-09-17
COLONEL DEFENDS
NEW NATIONALISM

CINCINNATI, September 9-Former
President Roosevelt defended his doc
trine of new nationalism" in a speech
at the Ohio Valley Exposition here to-
day. He also commended President
Taft for his appointment of two public
officers,
Colonel Roosevelt's day in Cincin-
natl was one of the Quietest he has
had on his Western tour. There were
no bands to meet him, and the people
of Cincinnati had not a chance to see
him, except when he was at the expo
sition grounds III the afternoon. The
! Colonels tour has been a severe one,
and it was at his own request that the
program of the day was simplified,
Congressman Nicholas Longworth,
his son-in-law, with whom he stayed
had several talks with the reception
committee, and the result was that
| llGlC Noo AlO ttletdS anu ~ PNbAAN
| demonstration on the ColOnels arri.
val He left the train at Torrance
Road station, a suburb, and spent the
morning with the Longworths. Then
he went to the exposition grounds
looked at the exhibits, attended a
luncheon, and delivered an address in
the Music Hall.
Returning to the Longworth home
he held a reception. George R. Cox
leader of the Republican party of Gin
cinnati, was there and met Colone
Roosevelt. After dinner the Colone
went to the opera at the exposition
grounds. He spent the night with thu
Longworths, and was to leave earl!
tomorrow morning for Columbus ant
Pittsburg. He will speak in both cite
| tomorrow. From Pittsburg he will g
to New York, winding up his Western
trip Sunday morning.
= Defends New Policy.
Colonel Roosevelt, in defending "nel
/. nationalism," replied to those who Of
IL
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1910-09-17
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