The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-11-01

oo, Win view OF stimulating an
dustry on East Bank of River
A Forward Movement that De-
serves Encouragement.
The Chief gladly gives space to
the following Interesting communica- |
ton, and adds it's unqualified endorse
ment and approval Of the project
therein outlined:
New Orleans, La, Oct. 20, 1913.
Editor Chief:
The success of the Donaldsonville
fair showed me Just what our people
in this part of the country can do if
they only put their shoulders to the
wheel and give hard push all to-
getheE~ The exhibits at the fair
also proved to me what I had long
felt, and that was, that the true
wealth Of the state of Louisiana was
in it's soil, and while other sections
of this country might be working at
top pressure to secure factories and
industrial enterprises, our own neigh
borhood could do wonderfully well if
it would only utilize the wealth that
With all of this running through
my mind, l surveyed the situation
and concluded, as result, that
something should be done to deyel-
ope a proper interest in agricultural
pursuits and to provide as nearly as
possible a stable, profitable market
for the products Of the land. Wish
ing to make a start with something,
no matter how insignificant, I decid-
ed that / would undertake cam.
paign among the people on our side
of the river with a view Of getting
them interested in the raising of
chickens in quantities sufficient to
supply our local and nearby markets
with eggs and poultry, SO that Meth
er of these articles would have to
be imported from elsewhere and the
value of the products could stay
| with us and help build up our sec
| ton.
l have already held two meetings
at which this subject was taken up
| in a practical manner, and I am
happy to say the people who have
attended the meetings are genuine
| ly interested and I see nothing ahead
of the movement but success. The
two great problems, find, which
have confronted the egg-producer in
this neighborhood, are: first, uncer-
tainty and irregularity of yield, and
second, restricted market in which
the price drops discouragingly as
soon as anything like a normal yield
is being made. Both of these OBJ
stacles, am sure, we can overcome
by concerted action, by study and
co-operationl It has been done in
other parts of the world and it can
be done here.
In order to awaken the whole east
bank Of the river to this movement,
I have decided to hold a poultry
show in ST. Elmo ON Sunday, Novem-
Der 80 The affair will be called the
Fifth Ward Poultry Show and I
hope to have exhibits from every
one in the ward who has any chick
ems at all.
Mayor Walter Lemann, President
Ghas. Maurin and Secretary R. S.
Vickers of the Chamber Of Commerce
have signified their Intention to
: - ~,
take in the show, and ] am informed
quite a few other prominent men
from DonaIdsonviHe will be with us
at the same time Il hope you will
find it possible to attend also.
l am asking the State Department
1 of Agriculture to send down a man
if they possibly can, and / believe l
will be able to get Mr.. Bruce, the
chicken fancier Of New Orleans, to
come up. (No admission fee, by the
way).
Altogether, think we will have
good crowd and a nice lot of exhibits
| The idea I believe is worth while
encouraging, especially as it's success
will undoubtedly lead to more and
bigger things along similar lines.
Yours very truly,
GEO. w. REESE.