The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1912-02-29
From Cur State Exchanges

under the avalanche of Goo Goo votes we
are confronted with proposition intended
to probe the money trust. They seem de-
termined to persecute the newspaper men
of Louisiana.
Baton Rouge State Times: ''Doc" AS
well, before deciding definitely to brace
the people Of his Congressional District
for Elder Watkins seat in Congress had
best remember the facilities for political
such campaign would offer.
Jim Bailey could advise him we'll.
Mansfield Enterprise: The first ballot
box crook, who was tiled for election
frauds in New Orleans, at the late primary,
was convicted and fined three hundred
and fifty dollars. His case was appealed.
From this it would seem that Gov. Sanders
influence was not so great in New Orleans
as it is in Baton Rouge, where the Grand
Jury refused to indict the culprits.
Mansfield Enterprise: The man who
makes the most Of every opportunity he
gets will never have any time left to be
envying other peoples opportunities. I'm
proving his own will keep him busy and
happy. The man who never sees an OPP
portunity going around by itself, but only
notices those that other men have taken in
hand and improved, is the prince of COM
planners.
Monroe News-Star Anyway, there is
some consolation in the fact that there
were no baldheaded men or newspaper
men in Dante's He'll. We presume the
ancient poet, looking down through the
mist OF future ages, realized that the aver
age newspaper man had little hell all his
own here on earth. AS for the 'sbald
heads" they also have sufficient troubles
of their own.
Lake Charles American Press: A num-
Der of Lafayette citizens have signed a
petition asking Thomas H. Harris, Super
intendent of Education, to resign and
make way for somebody who thinks he
can keep the schools going, even after
Judge Hall becomes Governor. This is an
invitation Hon. Tom will not hear so
readily as he did Hon. Johnny Michel's
shrek for assistance.
Hammond Sun: The hooking birds
are again piping their sweet songs, the
violets are, pertaining the air about Ham
mond, the strawberry plants are looking
sumptuous like, and whispering of boun-
tiful crop. The ozone from sea breeze
and rustling pines is expanding the lungs,
hearts and souls of all our people. This
isn't a rhapsody, it's just the plain truth.
Come to Hammond. Do it now.
Sabine Banner: AS a matter of fact
the people of the North are living in
houses made from Louisiana lumber; they
are clad in cloth made from Louisiana
cotton; their tea and coffee is sweetened
with Louisiana sugar and their pancakes
are spread with Louisiana syrup. They
eat Louisiana rice and oysters, as we'll as
early vegetables and fruits. They use
Louisiana oil and sulphur and turpentine.
The Louisiana farmer may not produce
everything, but he is producing his part
and can take joke about wearing over
alls from Detroit.
Homer Guardian-J Journal: Cotton prod
ucts are up, above the reach of the average
man. Fertilizers are high. Corn is high.
Hay cannot be fed to farm mules unless it
was raised on the land of the man that
owns the mules. To purchase Texas made
hay and corn at 81 per bushel to make
cotton is suicidal, financially speaking.
We therefore conclude the coming crop
will be costly one to the Claiborne
farmers. The forage for stock feed crop
was short last year, and it will require a
considerable outlay to purchase the neces-
sary supplies for the current year.
Monroe News Star: Those in a position
to know declare that there are enough food
supplies in cold storage to meet the de-
mands of all the people in the United
States for at least six months, and that
the high prices demanded for the actual
necessaries of life are unreasonable and
/ unjustified. Congress, we think, should
adopt drastic law forcing the cold stor-
age companies to reduce their supplies al
least 80 per cent, and not permit them tc
accumulate more than enough food sup.
plies to meet the legitimate demands fo1
one or two months. For several years the
crops have been bountiful, with large
increase in the supply of meats, chickens
eggs and butter, but still the prices were
advanced by the trust magnates- latter the
producers had disposed of their products
Perhaps the State Legislatures could adop
law that would afford the wage-earners
some relief
Monroe News-Star: Apropos of thu
proposed constitutional amendment to bt
submitted by Representative Locke of Cal.
casieu, limiting the sessions of the Genera
Assembly to thirty days annually, instead
of sixty days biennially, and requiring
members to introduce proposed laws at on,
session and vote on them at the next, it il
we'll to seriously consider the business o
making new laws. It has often beel
asserted that "there are enough laws OF
the books now," the trouble being that to,
few are enforced as they should be. Som
able men, in the years gone by, have de
c]ared that the best act of the Genera
Assembly-one that would endear tn
members to all the people and save thous
ands OF dollars-would be to convene, pas