The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-08-12

unfortunate wards Of the people ap-
peal with peculiar force to the sympa-
thy of those charged with the duty
of administering public affairs. Two
state asylums for the care and main
tenance of the INDECENT insane nave
been provided.
Great as has been the provision
made for these dependents, however,
II falls far short of requirements. ana
the spectacle of insane men and
women languishing in prison cells
ill-suited to their treatment or their
needs, is unfortunately. by no means
a rare one. The city of New Orleans
has met the situation with the con-
struction OF a properly equipped ana
well-constructed hospital for the oe-
tention of it's INDECENT insane. but
number of parishes are not IN po-
sition financially to emulate the city's
example.
l strongly favor providing sucn
additional facilities at Jackson ana
Pineville as are needed to meet the
pressing and growing demand for
larger provision for the states insane.
II is blot on the fair name of the
state that any man, woman or cniid'
afflicted with q mental disorder. cur
able or incurable, should be forced
to languish in a prison cell because
the state failed to make ample pro-
vision for his or her maintenance ana
care.
HonorInq Confederate Veterans.
The gallant men who responded to
| the call of the state In the hour OF
peril and who by their fortitude and
| heroism gave to mankind new ex-
ample of human chivalry, have estab-
lished a claim on our gratitude, and
bounty, which no other demand. how
ever imperative 1t may be, should be
permitted to supersede. They must
be gratefully honored and generously
provided for in their declining days.
Capital and Labor.
The right of labor to organize for
its protection and advancement Is
as inalienable as the right of capital
to combine its interests. within the
law, for the same purpose. Equal
rights to all and special privileges to
none is a fundamental principle OF
our democratic government, and l am
in favor of applying 1t. with the strict
est impartiality, to the treatment Of
capital and labor in the passage and
enforcement of laws governing these
two interests.
The toilers of civilization are the
builders of the world, and they have
a just claim to the protection OF the
law in the formulation and execution
Of legitimate plans for the bettermen'
} of their condition. Measures intend
} ed to minimize personal danger t.
those engaged in hazardous occupa
! tions. or which aim to improve work
ing conditions in any particular hnt
of industry, should receive. when pre-
: scented, the earnest consideration o
these officials charged with the dut!
of framing our laws.
immigration and Land Reclamation
Although Louisiana Is perhaps
. richer in agricultural resources thai
. any other state in the union. there re
+ main large areas Of virgin land
1 which are capable Of being converte'
Y into prosperous homes for man
: thousands Of Industrious farmers. Tn
n work of retaining low-lying lands
y which has been successfully carrie
+ on during the past few years,
/. fraught with tremendous importance
r adding, as 1t IL even now doing. VI
l. told thousands to permanent value
S and wealth of the state.
b These reclaimed lands, being fal
; ned constantly by the salt breezes 9
n the gulf, and being located All tn
r. most salubrious and healthful secfio
v of this continent, produce q contin'
If GUS and great variety of crops. Man
Western farmers have already mad
themselves homes In this section, an
10 strong effort should be made to d
= vert in this direction the stream
= immigration now flowing from Ii
I Northwestern states and Canada
J; Reclamation and the peopling {
- every section of our state with ho
"A est, Industrious white American farr
: ers should engage the earnest effor
:, of the state administration.
IN Charity Hospitals.
lie The state maintains, for the benef
le of suffering humanity, two CHART
f. hospitals, one at New Orleans an
ID one at Shreveport. By reason Of Il
Sc fact that it is situated In q mo-
rs populous community. and the scol
of its activity is, necessarily, create
I'll the Charity hospital Of New Orleal
in commands a larger share of publ
en- attention than the institution
e. Shreveport.
re The North Louisiana hospital
W. capably administered. and Is perforl
ing a splendid work, and it is a ples
m ure to testify to its great importan
IN in the world of humane philanthror
Al The New Orleans Charity hospit