New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1913-07-05
THE "IBERIANS" VIEW
POINT


have seen fit TO select The New
iberia Enterprise as lis oificla
organ if seems TO be Il great an
noyance 10 the editor Of thu
"Ibcrian, who has been the OF
fetal ORGAN of New Iberia for The
past eight Years, the editor anC
proprietor Of that paper glve'
vent TO his spleen by maxim.
comparisons between the bid sub
mitted by him and that offered b!
us, which resulted in a IMAM
nous vote being given The En-
terpriSc. Our eOnfrere cites the
mluultS which appeared III oul
issue Of June Dist when 6S inches
Of proceedings appeared IN oul
columns. netting us, according Il
his calculations the handsome sun
Of $2.4O. when had it appeared II
the Fberian it would have cost
the City only $144 for tn,
identical work. Our contract be
ing on "A flat rate basis of Sl2o.OC
per annum for the publication o.
all minutes. together with Tho
ordinances, lSome OF which hav,
70 remain in our columns thirty
full dals) had the editor of tn,
Ihcrian waited until the issue OF
last Saturday when the proceed
ings measured 16S inches, 50 o.
which was IN tabuIated form, h
would have found, according to
his bid the City Of New IBERIA
would have been obligated to pay
him about $3.il for same as
against our flat rate of $40.
Were if not for the fact thai
we owe it to the members OF the
Commission to protect them
against the unjust criticisms made
bv the editor of the lberian, we
would let the matter go by unn"-
ticed, but in justice TO them we
feel it our duty to defend them
from these uni uSt innuendoes.
Certainly the editor of the he
rian has had practically a mo-
nopoly of the Cily's business for
the past eight years, doing all OF
the job printing as well, at has
own figures. Only in one IN
stance and that was recently,
were we permitted to bid on soma
specifications for sidewalks by the
City Engineer and in that i'll
stance we were awarded the work,
being the lowest bidder.
The editor Of the lberian should,
we think. be the last to complain
of his treatment especially when
taking into consideration that
no record could be found of his
PAYING into the Golfers Of the City
Treasury one cent license as an
editor. when we have in accord
ance with law paid yearly a IL
cense of $500 to edit The Enter
prise. Whether he felt that be-
cause he was so close to the ad-
ministration he was entitled to
these privileges We do not know.
Bv reference to the license books
it will be noted also that he has
not even settled with the City for
his license 10 operate his station
cry store for 1912 and mp to this
writing has not paid the 1913 IL
cense. which is an injustice to
others engaged in business pur
suits, and loss to the City Treas
ury.
When our attention was calico
f. these matters by one of the
new City Officials. we asked per-
mission TO see whether his ma
chincrv, 1--WE presume he has
some in his Plant was assessed
or not. and found no machinery
assessment for 1912. while oar
machinery is properly and justly
assessed.
We had long since made up
our mind not to engage into|
further newspaper controversies
as il is distasteful to IFS and there
is ample room here for both pub
lications. if conducted on safe
and sane basis. but in justice to
ourselves and the Commissioners
who gave The Enterprise the pref
erence, we felt compelled to say
a few words about the matter
and thus bring the issue to n
close. 1t is needless for MS to
again call the attention of the
taxnayers TO the fact that the
work we propose doing for $40
per annum would cost in anv 9TH
err City the size of New iberia
every cent of $4,000. Under
those circumstances we believe a
ma ioritv of the taxpayers are per
fectly satisfied with the selection