New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1913-05-10

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Washington, ID. c.. May lst
The hight TO prevent the felonIous
and Wllful obstruction Of the
main industry Of whole state
has been fought and lost in so far
as the House of Representatives
Of the United States is concerned,
and after all attempt at amend
inc had been defeated, the brave
few of the Louisiana delegation
who have risked the displeasure
Of their party leaders are wearing
today a forlorn and dishearten-
ed Look. Failing to get recogn,-
tion from their own leaders their
last card in the game was played
TO no avail. when the Honorable
Robert +. BrouSsard. Of the Third
District. asked and received from
the floor leader Of the Republi-
cans portion Of their time in
which TO voice the protest Of the
DcmOcr State Of Louisiana.
His impaSsioned protest went IN
needed; but IN going down to
glorious 6pfcat he marked the
pathway by which the fight in
thr Senate has to be made if any
relief is to be expected in that
branch Of the law making Depart
ment of this Government.
In the discussion today the
proponents Of the Underwood
bin came out in the open and
frankly admitted that, in their
opinion, if the bill became a law,
the Louisiana cane industry could
not survive. They said they
knew this; and, for that very rea-
son, they had given the Louisiana
sugar people three years in whicn
TO arrange their business, move
out, or 90 into something else,
Do the people of Louisiana full
" realize what this means to
them Three years to arrange
their atf'aias, move out. or go into
some other business. Sell out to
who? Move where? What 9th
er business to go into? With an
almost total loss of the thousands
and thousands of dollars tied up
in the sugar industry, with the
rice industry so badly crippled
that its future hangs by single
thread, the people of Louisiana
today face a disaster more serious
and lasting than has confronted
them since the Civil War.
The self confident students and
theorists who think they think,
and who say, if this theory hurts
your business so much the worse
for your brsiness," are tinkering
with a mighty dangerous piece Of
machinery.
When all the cane and rice
lands have been planted into cot
ton: and cotton goes down as it
will to starvation prices, the cot
ton planter will realize what it
means; hut, unfortunately, it will
then be too late to preach the
gospel of "tDeversification it
will then be too late to shift to
cane or rice and the whole state
will be forced into poverty and
bankruptcy.
If this nation is to get it's rice
from China, its sugar from Cuba
and San Domingo, it's wool from
Australia, its machinery from
Germany, it's cotton cloth from
England, it's eggs and butter from
Denmark, etc, what in the name
of common sense are the people
of this Country to for living ana
have sufficient funds ON hand to
meet the taxes and expenses OF
running the Government. Are
the Cubans, Germans, English
and Danes going to keep up the
government, its schools, roads,
hospitals, and build it's battle
ships and maintain its army? Ii
any one thinks so, he has another
think coming.
This country ought to be big
family with your Uncle Samuel
taking the place of father, and
the citizens be like brothers and
citizens. They ought to farm for
each other, buy of each other,
hire each other, and pay each 9th
er well, all. like brothers and Sis
ters.
What head of a family would
continue TO receive in his home,
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