New Iberia enterprise and independent observer., 1913-11-15
|proRITY OF THE AGRI.
1m1RAL INDUSTRY.

RlUNlA
I.TuRAL INDUSTRY.
;oulture is Louisiana s
industry. The vast major
her citizens earn their live
! directly from agricultural
ts or from businesses that
not survive a single day If
trieultural industry were to
ftroyed; and the same thlns
Of a majority of the States
Union. In some sec tions
country mining and man
ring take precedence over
har industries, and there
auy who, seeing the appar-
rosperity Of the mining and
racturing States, really be-
hat Louisiana will not pros
Until she becomes a great
featuring State.
.se who think thus are
s,ehted indeed. The glare
|oned BY the pomp and dis
e the few who posses swoi-
brtunes blinds their eyes to
byerty and squalor and slav-
uto which the many are
lea in order to create scan
Nv overgrown fortunes for
pw And in order that the
! Of industry may the bet
Ben labor in subjection vast
I Of foreigners from the
and ghettoes of Europe
inp strange tongues, prac-
strange customs and en-
a in ignorance, immortality
bftentimes in crime, are pre-
ted upon society; many o.
manufacturing communities
East resembling foreign
unities, or fitting more ac-
ely, perhaps, the description
bel in the time of the con-
l, Of tongues. The com
live isolation of the South
protected us from such con-
,s 50 far, and it is to he
b that we shall have the wis
to preserve our section IN
e against being overrun by
conditions.
need immigration. un.
tedly, but it is farmers and
Serfs and criminals. Certain
Of manufacturing we need
courage, also, in order to
/ our waste products to best
ntage; but we do not need
prt Of manufacturers that
ihe bodies and souls of ope-
y into money in order that
y nabobs may invent new
Of vulgarity, Of immortality
debauchery with which to
n mankind.
hat we Of the South need
is the development to its
latc conclusion of that in
ty which nature herself by
generous provision Of soil
seasons, has indicated as best
n to our conditions. And
| Industry is, beyond all ques-
agriculture. By this term
leant, not merely the tillin.
Ne soil and the harvesting O1
e,but the prosecution of those
nits that grow out of agricul-
and are so closely allied to
= to be part and parcel of a
general industry for which
0ulture is, in a sense, the
frally descriptive term. In
simple pursuits of rural in
FFy we may not create many
osi1g millionaires. but Meth
y we produce the moral mon.
mites and criminal degene-
h which result from unre
med indulgence and the com
d Of unlimited wealth. We
pot produce many spectacular
lains Of industry, blazing in
lar display Of gold and dia.
|ds; neither are our dreams
nted by the cry of those
|ee blood has been coined into
gold which forms our wealth
are our nerves racked by the
constant fear of retrihutiyt
egeance in the hurting bonn!
'ne dynamiter, or the stilette
~ vendetta.
= Father Cary" the fine ole
lser Of Western farmer imml
,on into Louisiana, is fond
9ying: "The beds of gold
lie beneath the surface o.
7aana's soil are richer thar
ulnes of California, becaus,
Nealth which they produce
regularly to the homes
4 end the supply is mex
| ole growing more abund
4 longer they are worked.
ere, too, We extract in ad
70 comfortable compel
suits we So often look fo'
mood, robust health
moral character Coun
eyiew.