The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-06-20
ASSOCIATION PLANS
A LOUISIANA TOUR
Rural Cooperative Organization Plans
Big Publicity Campaign for
States Advancement.

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New Orleans.-With Hon. Martin
Behrman, mayor Of New Orleans;
James M. Parker, president of the as
ISOLATION, and more than a dozen
Louisiana boosters and members OF
the executive committee, the Rural
Cooperative Association met last week
and adopted plans which embrace
statewide membership and q tour for
train of agricultural boosters that
will eclipse any previous undertaking
The train will be known as the
agricultural special, and will tour
the state from the TexasLouisiana
line to the most southerly rail connec
tions. The month selected for the
boosting trip is next October.
The way for the agricultural special
will be blazed by freshly whitewashed
telegraph and telephone poles, barns
and outbuildings, and will be known
as the great white way.
Plans for the financing Of the cam
paign of agricultural development in
Louisiana were thoroughly discussed
at the meeting, and resolution, IN
troduced by Mayor Behrman, was
adopted for a committee to call on
the various Louisiana railroads ask
ing them for an annual contribution
Of So a mile on their respective track
age in this state. The building OF
good roads was taken up and the prop
osition heartily Endorsed.
To increase the membership OF the
Louisiana Rural Cooperative Associa-
ton 1t was decided to divide the state
into units, parish to embrace unit.
Agents will be sent to each parish to
preach the doctrine Of cooperation,
and to organize a chamber OF COM
merce wherever one does not exist.
Enthusiasm will be injected into the
people, it is proposed. and every man
and boy will be made a booster for
Louisiana
1--WE realize the great necessity for
cooperation between the farmers OF
Louisiana and the bankers of the state
| to the end that city business men may
assist the rural residents to help them
| selves" President James M. Parker
said after the meeting. "Our conven
ton has, therefore, issued this mes
sage to the people of Louisiana:
"First-Show the farmer, business
men, stockmen and all others the
prosperous condition of Louisiana.
"Second-Cultivate feeling between
the farmer and the business man Of
the mutual benefits to be gained
through cooperation.
| Third Educate the farmer ant
the farmers children in order t
make them prosperous.
/ '.Fourth-Show the rural citizen tn,
benefits of living on a cash basis ant
of raising all they consume on theil
farms.
"Fifth-Convince the farmer tina
every square foot of his property Il
worth its weight in gold If he will
cultivate his fence corners.
4Sixth--Let every community hav
it's boosting organization, to the emf
that the farmer may know everything
that makes for the future of his ind
vidual locality and his state.
"Seventh--Let every farmer utiliz
all his acreage to its maximum eff
cheney by diversity of crops and cor
servation of the fertility of soil.
/ Eighth. corn and feed sui
plus yield to stock.
Ninth Grade your cattle and hog
Remember that native mothers PR
duce fine general purpose food stoc
il placed with registered sires.
"Tenth-Last and most importan
accept as your slogan the official slt
gan of the Louisiana Rural Co-oper'
I, tive Association:
II Believe In Louisiana.
The meeting was presided over b
!, Hon. Martin Rehrman, chairman
the executive committee. Others pre-
, emit were: James M. Parker, of MAJ
| roe. president; Luther Ellison, Of Mo-
! roe, secretary; ]. P. Savant, OF Whit
castle; Guy G. Fenner, Of Alexandra
w. D. Hass. of Bunkie; Louis N. Br'
, eggerhoff, of Shreveport; s, Arthl
Knapp, of Lake Charles, and H. D. A
gar, of Monroe.
The Louisiana Rural Co-operatiN
, Association was organized at Alexa
! iria last April 20. Its purpose Ii
: develop agricultural resources Of Il
|. state.
Florien. new mill two milk
, south of here iS progressing nicely.