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The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1911-08-26

promised, will give us closer con-
nectiOn with the great western
country. 10 full of life and ener-
gy-a connection that must bring
us results for good.
Mr.. l.. T. Dulany. City Attor-
ney, was the next speaker. There
are three factors which make a
country great soil and climate,
the activity of the people, and
transportation. After briefly de-
claring the merits Of our soil and
climate and the virtue Of the pe0s
pie, he accepted the ceremonies of
oday as an evidence of q desire
Of the people for greater activity
and greater development OF this
section.
Mr.. Jules DIE, fus, President Of
the New Iberia Board of Trade,
was the last speaker. After
briefly tracing the star ct progress
and ci7ihzation through early his
tory he declared that the Romans
we're the founders and fathers Of
the ssgcod roads" movement; that
their 6rst effort. after subjugating
q country, was to thread it with
good roads-militHry roads, it is
true; but they were the highways
of civilization. carrying the prog.
ress aud commerce of their day.
Railroads are typical of progress
today. The steam rails have
taken the place Of the warrior
roads Of the Romans. Com
merce is ever the great civilizer Of
the world. Louisiana had been
slighted long years in the matter
| Of railroad building, bnt OF late
| she has been coming INTO her own
He then, in closing, paid . glow
ing tribute to the energy and pro
gressive spirit OF Capt. F. ~
Welch, who, moro than any otheI
man, has made the ceremonies Ol
today . possibility.
Mra. A. B. Murray was then in
Ivited 60 claim . her own the dis
tinotive honor and privilege q
l6rst breakisg DIRT for the lnsugn
Jsatioa q the work O colnotfMettnl
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our FIFTH
RAILROAD.
The People Turned Out to
Celebrate the Inauguration
OF the Construction Work.
Thirty-two Years to the Day
Between the First and Last.

Tuesday morning. August 22nd
1911, was the occasion of "break
ing dirt" for the beginning of the
construction OF the Iberia, st
Mary 4 Eastern Railroad, at the
eartegn corporation limits Of this
city. The hour sc: for the cere.
monies was eight O'Clock, but it
was about $50 before the crowds
had fully gathered.
Capt. +. M. Welch, the indefati.
gable and undauntable promoter
of the line, acted as the master of
cerimonles and directed the carry
ing out of the program.
Judge Jos. A. Breaux, being
present, was called upon to make
few remarks appropriate to the
occasion. After protest of be-
ing taken so nnawares, lie gave
expression, IN a brief talk, to
thoughts which we're listened to
with the closest attention by all
present and which won very
hearty applause lie saw, in the
coming of this new road, greater
possibilities for greater progress
for this rapidly developing coun-
try. Such features, as new rail.
roads, are great blessings to the
people, makes us better citizens
makes us kinder. Their building
is mutual. The people of the
country as we'll as the builders ex-
pect benefits. This new road 1t is
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the new road. Provided with a
short-haDdle shovel, the contribu-
ton of Mr.. Octave KenOudet, she
turned the first bit of sod, The
shovel was replaced in the cut,
when Hon. j. S. Power, Mayor,
broke the bottle of champagne, the
gift of Stafford Brothers, over the
blade Of the shovel, spilliDg the
contents Of the bottle over the i'm.
plement and the newly broken
earth. baptizing the new road
with the best wishes of all the
people of New Iberia and Iberia
parish.
Judge Breaux then held the
handles of the first plow as IT
turned the first sod.
Mr.. I. A. Martin next cleared
his camera for action and took
picture of part of the crowd,
gathered Immediately about the
scene Of the ceremonies.
Immediately after this the
Welch Brothers directed some
dozen teams and their drivers to
their work III earnest.
just thirty-two years ago the
people of this city celebrated the
advent Of the first iron horse with
booming cannon and great popn-
lar rejoicing!
Saluting the zrain.-A party of
our citizens, headed by Captain s.
Boudreaux, assembled at the cor
ner of Washington and Corinne
streets, on TUESDAY morning
last, to celebrate the completion
of the railroad to the New Iberia
depot grounds, and saluted the in
train of the Morgan Louis
lana & Texas Railroad with eight
rounds fired from our cannon as
the train drew mp near the switch. !
The compliment was duly &C.
kn0wledged by the officers and EN-.
ployees Of the road present.-The
La. Cotton. Roll of August 28th,
1879.
Just thirty-two years after, we
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1911-08-26

Republicans, led by Joe Cannon,
voted, roll call after ro'l call. with
the regular Republicans. | read
that portion of his speech to hlm
the first and only time that l have
met him on the platform. at the
meeting in Amite on Aug 10
Proceeding with the official record
IN my hand, called his attention
to the error which he had commit
ted, and | there said to him that I
did not accuse HIM of "falslfyiue"
the records, term the Governor
IS fond OF using, and had used in
his Baton Rouge speech, but that
| did accuse him of speaking on a
subject about which he was dense
ly ignorant. | told him, further,
that l would not refer TO the sub.
Ject any more unless he persisted
IN mlsqIoting the records, which |
then and there read to him.
Later, when reached Opelousas,
! found his speech being clrcu
lated, and the same mlsquotation
from the record still in the speech
l treated the matter just as il
should be treated, and thereby |
seemed III some way to have dis
turbed the Governors usual ur-
banlty.
"While he was to speak at Mar.
thaville Aug. II, he could not
wait to reply to me in that speech,
but gave an extended interview
from Baton Rouge on Aug. l6.
For the first time he discovered
that all the records he has been
quoting on me we're put in his
speech by virtue Of a 'typograph
ical error
"a mere glance at the Cover
nOr's speech will show that he
himself into a fury be-
cause he said that in this March,
1910, contest | had followed Can
non and abandoned the Demo
cratic party. His indignation
must have been superb! II
thought that If, IN my innocence,
| pointed out to him that | had
lone no such thing he would feel
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again celebrate-this time. the in
auguration. of the work of build.
ing a line out of this city on its
eastward course. more closely fol.
lowing the meandering of the
beautiful Teche than its predeces.
sOr.
"Wlth the return of good
weather, work on the track of the
Morgan Louisiana Il Texas rall.
road has been resumed with great
vigor, and has reached New Iberia
as our paper goes to press"
The La. Sugar Bowl of Thurs.
day Aug 21st, 1879.
As the coming of the first
railroad marked the dawn of a new
era for this fertile region of limit
less possibilities, 80 We do, today,
accept and view the new work as
the marker of q new epoch Of
greater possibilities for greater de-
velopment of this fair land.
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sentiment in this State against
these industries. ana he mast
either fail of his election or these
Industries must Of necessity meet
their deathhlow in the coming re.
vision OF the tariff. His election
TO the Senate means Reputation
of the course of the men who have
fostered these industries in the
past, and the approval of the
Governor 5 declaration against the
further continuance Of the policy
under which these industries have
thrl ged.
"Make no mistake about the is
sue. 1t is patent, it is palpable,
that the success of Coy. Sanders
candidacy for the Senate on the is.
sue which he has raised means
that his arguments in this cam.
paige shall be turned against
these industries, and with all the
force Of the approval of his candi-
dacy 10y IA majority of the people
Of this State Will he conclusive
against these industries.
"The Governor declares himself
a convert to new dispenSation.
He calls himself progressive.
There are progressives in Wash
ington, some are Democrats and
some are Republicans. But
whether they are Democrats or
whether they are Republicans,
they are found antagonlstic to the
sugar industry, to the rice indus
try and to the lumber industry.
The Governor cannot mistake his
position. He draws his aspira-
ton from those progressive Demo-
Gratis and Republicans in Wash.
ington who can see no good in
LOuisiana's great industries, and
whose efforts have been consist
emily and persistently exerted to
place them on the free llst.o T. D.
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SUGAR MAN DIES
AFTER OPERATION
Joseph E. Burguieres, Promi-
nent in Business and Mem
Der of Well-Known Fami-
ly, Succumbs at Hotel Dieu.

Following an operation for ap.
pendlcitis, Joseph K. Burguieres,
one of the leading sugar men Of
the State and a member of
prominent family, died last night
at the Hotel Dieu. He had been
i'll only three days. Plans for the
funeral were not arranged last
night. but it is believed it will be
held Friday at Cypremort, one Of
the BurgEieres plantations, near
Franklin, where Mr.. Burguieres
was born. o
Mr.. Burguieres was president Of
the Louisiana Sugar Company,
sugar factors, which he was in
struaaantal in forming; vice presi.
dent Of the J. Nj. Burguieres Com
tpany, and director in five or six
other sugar companies; member
of the Sugar Exchange, The Stock
Exchange and the Board of Trade,
and of the Boston, the Pickwick
and the Louisiana clubs, and a d.
rector of 4he German American
Bank. lie was educated at
Spring Hill College. On leaving
there he entered ~ employ OF
Levert, Burguieres 4 Co, with
which concern he remained until
it's dissolution two years ago.
Mr.. BurgnIeres was thirty-hve
years old, and leaves five brothers
and two sisters. He married
Miss Laura Fauntleroy OF Rapides,
who died three years ago, having
survived their marriage only one
year.
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AMONG HIS
OWN PEOPLE.
Mr.. BrOussard Attracts Bic
Crowd at New Iberia.
Arraigns Mr.. Sanders for
His Views on Tariff.
Declares Governors Election
to Senate Means Death
Blow to States Industries.

New Iberia, La Aug. % -Ful
Iy 1900 persons heard Congress
man Broussard and DR.. }. B. As
we'll speak here tonight. The
large crowd was attracted by Mr.
Bronssard, who has strong FOL
lowing in this parish.
DR.. AsweIl was introduced by
Judge Davis and made practically
the same speech as the one deli
vered at Crowley, with the ex
ception of one point, that OF
charging Judge Hall with having
been a regular all of his life.
Mr.. BROUssARD's SPEECH.
Mr.. Broussacd spoke in part as
follows:
"In his Ruston speech on July
4, Gov. Sanders made a pronounce
ment of his attitude on the tariff
question, which caused every one
in the State to mark him a free
trader. That portion of the press
in Louisiana which believes IN
that economical doctrine applsuded
his utterance, while another por-
tion of the press in the State that
IL supporting his candidacy but
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1911-08-26
MOSS CLUB SAUCE
Now IS Cents. Buy a bottle.

We ottenw0nder that the golf
do not sue for an III.
junction against the sporting page
and ask to be put over in the soci-
ETY. department, where they would
feel more comfort able. N
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OIEYSKpbNEYp6Is
's' s.s.4s"if f''"'"t t,>''''.'

One newsbaprr that tried to
forecast what the world would be
like 900 years from now made an
amusing blunder. It forgot 70
note that the LOrlmer {nvestiga-
tion care would be still running
on. With The end no: in sight.
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happy and would acknowledge his

happy and would acknowledge his
error. Instead of that, he as
signs his blunder, in referring to
this record, to typographical er.
ror' And in his interview of
Aug. l6 one finds him in even
more violent rage over the fact
that the records show that stood
by my party associates and
against the Cannon organization
in that memorable fight.
"But l shall not quibble with
the Governor. ] have no inclina-
ton to do 80. The vote cast OH
that subject, and the other votes
OF mine of which he complains,
were in the interest of the rice and
sugar and lumber industries OF
Louisiana, to which l stood com
mitted by pre- election promises.
The Governor knows 1t. The peo.
pie engaged in these industries
know it. The business people OF
New Orleans, who are directly or
indirectly interested in these in.
dustries, know it. The masses of
the people of the State know it.
And, Furthermore. / have never
denled it. nor will l attempt to do
so in this campaign.
INDUSTRIES ON TRIAL
"But, my friends, am not on
trials McEnery, Foster, Estopi
nal and the other gentlemen who,
like myself, have stood by the in
terests of this State are not on
trial 1t is the industries of Lou
isiana that are on trial. There
will be revision of the tariff this
winter. and the Governor has TAX
en- a position adverse to Lonlsl-
ana's industries. He is furnish.
ing evidence to be used against
these industriesaat this revision.
He is making the same argument
in this State against these indus
tries that their enemies have ad.
vanced IN Washington. In the
hope of securing support for bis
candidacy in other sections, he is
attempting to build . sectional
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believes in shielding the three
great Industries of Louisiana
sugar, rice and lumber-took ex-
ceptiOn to the Governors attitude
in that respect, and editorials
we're written showing the Ceed OF
a tariff on these industries geDer-
ally, and specifically calling atten.
ton to the fact that to be a Demo
crat one need not commit indus
trial suicide
"In 40 far as sugar is concerned
you will recall that the Sully Mar.
tel letter came to the Governor to
afford him an avenue to relieve
himself from the effects of his
Ruston speech. Now, a. we
know. the Governor recaDtet, and
stated that he favored a tariff on
sugar. 0
.For an entire month succeed
ing the Ruston meeting the Gov
ernor remained silent. Invita-
tiobs. 80 the newspapers Informed
us, poured in on him, inviting him
to meetings, barbecues, etc, but
all to no avail. The Governor
was said to be preparing a great
speech, and a month and a day
after his Rus.on speech be deli
vered an address at Baton Rouge.
In it he declared his opposition to
duty on lumber. / shall not on
this occasion deal with that sub.
ject. bat will deal With it in an
other speech on another occasion
"In his Baton Rouge speech be
declared that a duty on rice is i'm
potent, and does not aopct The
price Of rice. At Crowley | deal'
with that postion of his speech.
nov await his further position OF
rice.
HAD WRONG "RECORD."
"He accused me in his Bator
Rouge speech of having, IN March
1910, in q contest in the House
participated on one side by thu
Democrats and insurgent Repnb
|licans, led by Chanp CLARK, ant
On the other sids b. the regula'
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1911-08-26

Whatever motorcycle company
invented putting pretty girls on
the rear seats of the machines,
had a long head for business.
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For Job Printing go to Aillard's.
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she subsequently, went to her friends and
reported what had been done at her
house and bonfire smoke soon arose IN all
parts OF the village. Now most OF the
yards are in quite respectable condition
.aThe teacher at Juneau writes me that
one native spent more than S40o in i'm
proving his house last year Another
man tore down a comparatively new
house and built a better one of two
stories. One other had electric lights put
in his house The last time the teacher
called to see him he and his wife were
cleaning house. They had the bedding all
covered with sheet and were taking
the pictures down from the walls. busting
them outside, and brushing down the
walls, which We're neatly papered-a
spring cleaning not at all unlike that Of
their white neighbors. There are now
several native houses in the village light
ed by electricity.
In the homes of the householders in
Douglas there is evidence of thrift, and
the housewives do their part in keeping
everything in order. Hearing some loud
and excited talking in one of the native
houses a short while ago the teacher in
that village went in TO see what was the
cause. She found "Sitka jim ordering
his tenants. Italians. to keep their 70 ms
clean or get out. The great lack notice
able N all the homes is the absence of
closets or shelves. Everything grav:tates
to the floor or the bed and under the
bed"
There is much social work done by
Uncle Sam in Alaska. The commissioner
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ences of some of the nurses have been
nara. The natives are subject to tu-
perculosiS more than to any other dis
ease The conditions under which they
normally live are most insanitary.
The nurses not only have to nurse and
render surgical treatment under the
most adverse circumstances. but they
are often thWarted in their efforts to
get the natives to clean up their homes
Some of the houses consist of only
one room. In this room from six to
eighteen people cook, eat and sleep
usually with several consumptive cases
sealed all the time and the stove red
hot. This was before Uncle sam in
augurated his crusade
Since the work was started however
in many of the villages the natives
have been taught to clean up and i'm
prove their houses. Since they have
come to understand the reasons for
sanitation they try to keep clean and
there Is now some attempt made to iSo-
late the cases of infectious disease.
Some idea of the work of the teachers
may be, gained when it is said that
sixty eight teachers rendered medical
assistance last year 14,159 times.
There are altogether seventy-seven
government schools in Alaska, with
more than 5000 pupils. Manv of the
school teachers. being young women.
found the task much greater than they
had anticipated.
One of the first things taught in the
schools was vegetable raising. To raise
vegetables in latitude g. degrees north
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another chemist was examining similar
sample But the result was a corrobora-
ton OF the theory. In discussing that
case DR.. Lynch said that every condi-
ton present at the time OF death helped
this theory.
1t was a cold day. The room wherein
the deaths occurred was tightly closed
and a stove was burning natural gas.
The hue OF this stove was stopped up
and consequently threw the gas into the
room, where this carbon monoXide was
formed. The result Of this poisoning Is
that those affected are SO quickly over
come as to be unable To aid themselves.
While this work takes up a considerable
portion of DIR. Lynch's time. ii is. never
theless. rot his chief function. for he is
the chemist of the health department OF
the District What DIR. Wiley is to the
whole United States DR.. Lynch is to the
District He examines chickens to find
the effects of cold storage upon them.
while the samples of milk he tests form
the largest portion OF his work. And
beyond this he also finds work 10 do.
in which a residuum from a gas plant is
being examined to discover its nature.
But even that does not cover the field
Besides the police work done by the
chemical laboratory In the District build
ing Is the testing of foods, fruits and
beverages. in accordance with the pure
food laws Oils are tested for the fire
department in order to ascertain their
flashing point which shows whether or
not they can be lawfully sold Disin-
fectants are examined for the property
clerk who uses them in connection with
the school and other District buildings.
Other work done for the property clerk
is to ascertain which is the best of seV-
eral samples OF the same thing to obtain
for use in the various institutions under
the Districts control. Lately this was
done in the case of butteTine, the best
OF several samples being selected. And
the end is even not yet, for sometimes
calls from the inspector of plumbing
have even to be answered.
When II is realized that during one
year alone DR.. Lynch examined tota
OF 4.J7S samples, the enormity of his
task becomes apparent. Milk played tiIt
most important role in the list; of the
entire number of samples examined three
thousand six hundred odd were of thai
commodity. But there were variety ol
others. ranging from the various weapons
ana clothes to sausage, mustard, ict
cream, candy and water. Among the
cases connected with the Police Court o.
the same year were five in which alleged
cocaine samples We're examined. As a re-
suit of this examination prosecution Wa;
instituted by the police and a fine of S2Ot
and six months Imprisonment was i'm
posed i'll each case Examination va:
also made of opium, prepared for smoh
ing purposes and known as ''penyan.
The rest of the years work can best bt
quoted as consisting of the examination
of "a rife, hats. shoes, pants, suspenders
vests, sweater. coats, collars, shirt, neck
tie, hatchet, etc, for blood stains" These
naturally, figured in murder cases.
The health department itself was estab-
lished in the early part of 1871, but al
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grace for a week and could not have the
privileges accorded to the clean pupils.
This led to a rivalry in cleanliness, which
resulted in clean bodies and clothing and
the outcome of it all Is that visitors to
the school invariably remark about the
bright and neat appearance of the school
room and the pupils.
Since spring many of the natives of
this village have cleaned their dooryards
quite nicely. Others made no attempt at
outdoor cleaning until the whole school.
headed by the teacher and nurse, made
raid upon one of the worst and cleaned
out and burned al least a ton of trash of
all kinds. The woman was very angry
and said they made too much smell This
did not stop the work, as the teachers
knew she could stand little more odor
than usual for a while for the satisfac-
ton that would come when she saw the
good results This proved to be the case for
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A Mean Man.
PROFESSOR JOHN DEWEY of Column
..-o.. i,.,.1t Inoisla TOR SA,hn

PROFESSOR JOHN DEWEY of Colum-
bia was talking about a legislator who
had turned traitor To the suffrage cause
"A man who could he so mean ID
woman, he said, must be the original OF
the Clayton Jail story
"A convict In the Clayton jail, you
know, managed to do a little flirting over
the wall He fiirted for some weeks with
a girl who MIXED the cows I'm field ad-
joining the jail, and one evening he called
to her, and they struck up a conversation.
Every day after that, for year or
more, the girl came 10 the wall. Then the
convict. getting tired Of her, told fIer II
was no use waiting for him, as he was in
for life