St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1912-11-09
SOUTH'S MARVEL
OUSLY RICH Re-
SOURCES WAITING
FOR DEVELOP
MENT.

In every country where the
government concerns itself with
promoting and conserving the
welfare Of its people, but parti-
cularly in ours, where the people
choose all public officials, it is
the highest duty of the govern
ment, while maintaining public
order and protecting the lives,
rights and property of the people
so to shape all public measures
that the growth and develop
ment of the political, moral and
material interests of the country
are carried on tremendously,
each contributing to the promo
Ition of the others.
Thus the Wisest aud most en-
Heightened craftsmanship makes
Iall political measures tend to
that end. Instead of attacking
great industries and productive
business interests to the injury
of the entire country and people,
it will see to it that the develop
ment shall conduce to the inter-
Tests of all.
We have arrived at a period in
the career of this country, and,
indeed, of every country, that
the production Of necessary arti-
cles of consumption must be con-
Quoted npon a large scale. Thus
in the United States in a single
century, the population has in
creased from three million souls
to nearly or quite a hundred
millions, and, therefore, the
means of production which were
sufficient to feed and clothe the
people at the first must. be in
creased and multiplied upon a
yast-scale to meet the demands
of to-day. Any number of small
establishments that might have
been able to supply the needs of
the people of the republic at the
time of its beginnings could not
to-day contribute a mere drop in
the bucket to supply their neces-
sites, but, on the contrary, vast
aggregations Of capital, employ
ing the intense energies of steam
and electricity are necessary to-
dry to minister to the daily wants
of our great population, which
embraces one-ffteenth Of all the
people on ihe globe.
It is therefore absurd to sup
pose that the immense volume Of
the business of this country can
be carried on with hand labor
and oy-cart TRANSFORMATION thar
were sufficient to meet all de-
mands in the early days Of the
The means and IN
strumentalities for the conduct
Of business have been increased
to satisfy all modern demands,
and it is insanity of the worst
from to claim that all modern in
strumentalities shall be destroy
ed, paralyzed or even hampered
or DISTRACTED. On the contrary
every possible increaseof energy
and capacity, properly regulated
and restrained in the interests
Of equity and economy, is neces-
airy, and while wise statesman
ship is contributing to it all, it
provide that such instrum-
shall not be operated
'or the benefit of a few to the in
Jury of the greatest number.
The Southern section of our
country is by nature the most
endowed, and yet it is the
east developed. We lack the
population, and we lack the free
necessary for the required
levelopement and we are lacking
n the energy and untiring en-
erprise which are necessary to
our part of the work, while
Waiting for strangers to come
nd help US. The Manufacture
RS Record, which never loses
n opportunity to advertise the
alive resources of this section, (
avs in its latest issue: {
1.-The South is a vast mine IF {