The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1911-01-28
had the effect Of para!izing every
effort made in behalf Of the town.


effort made in behalf Of the town
until civic pride was in a moribumf
condition. lie noted the fact thai
many Of the SlgneIS Of the call fol
this meeting were pursuln. then
time honOred keeping
away. lie deplorcd such methods
and declared it unworthy Of intel
llgtnt business men, chelISlng a
real desire for the advancement Of
the town IN which they lived.
Such indifference ana negiec'
crushed hopes, paralyzed energy
and was sure to result in stagnat
ing industry and city growth: HI
said the same few faces Wele t.
be seen at all meetings Of, .his
character they were there that
night aS they had been at All simi
lar gatherings for the past II
years s-ihr same fcW-uO new
ones the great mass Of hc bust
ness men of the community were
made conspicuous by their ab
sencc. He declared that he had
been enthusiastically in favor Of
canals as a prime feature for the
up-bulldiDg Of the commercial in
terests Of this clty-a canal con
Meeting the Tcchc with Grand
Lake and A canal connecting he
Tcche with the NeImlion Bay
but this studied ind ference on
the part Of the business men of
this town was chilling the energy
and enthusiasm of every worker in
that direction until the braVest
Of the public spirited few was now
discouraged and disgustcd, feeling
that time and effort spent III this
direction had been wasted.
Mr. f. l.. Estofge followed in a
brief statement Of his sympathy
with those encouraging the pres
ent movement, AZ he has always
been towards. any movement for
the upbnldng Of the city's best
interests He WOnld do all he
could to advance the present ei-
forts.
Dr. j w. Sanders responded to
the chairman 5 call next and stat,
ed his confidence in the worth
ness of the PROJECTS for which the
meeting was called 1t would un-
quesliOnably better the health and
comfort Of the whole people to
have sanitary sewerage and paved
streets. He stated that the sav.
ing in doctors bills and in drug
bills would, in the course Of 81
years equal the cost of the sewer
system.
Mr.. Jules Dreyfus followed in a
speech full Of vim and snap, de
voting considerable attention to
replying to Mr.. Burke, and declar
ing thai there was sad want of
Appreciation, on the part Of the
people as whole, Of the invest
ments made by citizens and others
in industrial institutions. There
is lack of that encouragement
here which is readily extended 10y
other communities to the indlvidu
al who will invest capital III any in
dusirlal undertaking. There seems
to be a lacking Of the realization
here that the success Of the facto
ries means the success of The town.
UEtil the people awake to a proper
realization Of their interest il :he
succeas Of the factories and extend
to them a proper measure Of en-
couragement, there will hardly be
any acquisitions to the present
list aud but little expansion of
those existing. These factories
must be operated if the people are
to be fed. The people should be
fed before undertaking paving OF
He declared himself
nnalterably opposed to any propo
sition which had for its purpose
the imposition of an additional tax
burden upon property, where the
proceeds of that extra tax were to
be expended by any political fac
ton. He wanted the assurance
n advance that any tax voted
shall bring benefits to the people
equal to 100 cents for every dol
ar to be paid by them.
Mr.. Dulaney asked for the floor
n order to put question to Mr..
Dreyfus, at the conclusion OF the
alters address. "Do you believe
paving and sewerage will yield
values to the people worth to them
lGO cents on the dollar of their
;ost?" asked Mr.. DuIany. Eyes
sir" replied Mr.. Dreyfus.
Mr.. Victor Erath was invited to
tell the meeting of his views Oh
the questions Of paving and sew
.rage. He arose and in brief
talk said that he favored conser-
yative plan in such matters. be-
lieviDg that any step should be
we'll prepared. He favored the
proposed.
Mr.. Gordan A. SandOz next res
Donded to call and be thought |
that New Iberians would do well
20 undertake the projects for
L;h +ba ,oaatino uua callpI |