New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1911-08-12
WHAT WE HAvE-WfiAT WE
NEED,

WIFI APOLOGIES TO tIlat 1Uit
journal, the Natchez Miss, Jews.
we take the liberty of reproducing
the following article, making it
applicable to Louisiana;
From whichever point Of view
We contemplate its natural advant-
ages, we find that nature has fav-
ored the South, and Louisi. Ia no
less than other states. The ter
rifle heat wavs which have been
passing over the length and
breadth of the whole country have
made themselves felt here; but
when the total amount Of the dam
age to growing crops and the suf-
fering and discomfort to the in
habitants are compared to the re-
suits in the North and West, all
comparisons are in favor OF the
South. Nowhere in Louisiana has
the temperature reached such ex
tremes Of heat as were to be found
in many cities and towns OF the
far North and West; many small
cities in the West have had more
prostrations in one day than the
State Of Louisiana in the whole
season. Here, also, no matter how
hot the days, the nights have
been fairly comfortable.
Again in the matter Of vegeta-
ton and the fruitfulness of mans
labor. Louisiana fares better; il
temperatures in May and June are
too high for certain early maturing
crops, our climate and soil permit
the planting ~f other crops matur.
ing long beyond the frost date of
the North and there is therefore
less chance Of total failure of a
mans seasons work. The adj
vantages Of the climate are shown
in late report issued by the de-
partment Of agriculture on the
condition of growing crops.
wherein it is clearly demonstrated
that the crops of the South, cotton,
rice and corns, have suffered much
less than the staple crops of the
West, where the hay crop, for in
stance, is total failure, or the oat
crop lower than that for number
of years past. AS to cotton, It's
condition is the best on record.
The North is frostbitten in the
winter and parched in the sum-
mel, with a season just long enoagh
for one crop possible efforts must
be exerted there to keep warm IN
the under favorable meteorological
conditions. The greatest winter,
and no amount of effort can keep
the sweltering multitudes of the
Northern cities cool and comfort
able in the summer. :
But Louisiana can learn one les
son from the North and learn it
with profit. and that is diversifi-
cation; Investigation on the farm
and diversification in the city. To
the credit Of the farmer be it said.
he is making more progress in this
school Of experience than his city
neighbor. The boil weevil in some
sections and the fear of the pest IN
other sections have transformed
the appearance of most Louisiana
farms in-the last few years, and
with each season there is more and
more demonstration that Louisiana
soil can and does raise an infinite
variety Of products. In respect of
diversification the cities have made
comparatively little progress; for
the most part only one branch of
city life is rapidly developing and
that is the mercantile business.
Manufacturing enterprises are still
woefully rare and not varied, and
with practically inexhaustible raw
materials Of all sorts ready to
hand. the state depends on the
finished prduct to be brought
from elsewhere. A glance at the
innumerable articles Of commerce
and consumption handled in every
class Of merchandising shows that
not one in one hundred is manu-
featured in Louisiana, and that
hundreds of them are manufac-
fured from raw materials hun
dreds and thousands Of miles
away, and shipped back here in
finished shape to be sold at sew
eral times the cost Of the raw ma
terial. Northern communities de-
irving the full benefit Of the pay
rolls Of factories. -News-Star.