The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1914-04-25

upon our own eIIofts, Or cOnflden
of our own work. The origin @
these hard times our sugar plante
friends are now facing dates from
the time of the high tariff on su
gar. We have got to change tn,
whole system and make this section
of the country se1f-sustaining LIE
US quit complaining and try to d,
things to demonstrate the prosper
ity that is ours. Better than al
the advertising and sending of ennis
saries is to have lot Of prosperou!
and contented people in Donaldson
vile and the surrounding country.
eve should forget the boil weevil
the overflow, the tariff on sugar ane
the regional bank, and go to work il
earnest to improve our unsurpassed
opportunities and reap the benefits
that lie at our doors. Let us bash
in the idea that Louisiana is the
best state in the union, and strive
together to make her what she
should be. We want good schools
fair assessments and taxation, we'll
conducted farms and Industrious I'M
migrants of a high order of intelli.
/ gence and morality, and then will we
see prosperity on every hand"
Secretary Waterman of the State
Chamber of Commerce advocated the
issuance of bonds to the amount of
100000 to place the public institu-
lions of the state in first-cIass ply
steal condition and to establish ag-
ricultural high schools wherever
needed.
In line with his suggestion, the
following resolution was read and
unanimously adopted:
Whereas, Louisiana as a common
wealth is essentially agricultural, and
: Whereas, recent years have dem
onstrated the splendid live stock
possibilities of this state, and
Whereas, the most practical lines
of economic development in Louisi-
ana lie in crop improvement, in
diVersification of crops, in extension
of the live stock industry, and gen
orally in the improvement of farm
ing methods by those now engaged in
agriculture in this state, and also
the bringing into Louisiana of such
non-residents as will become desir-
able farm owning farmers, and
Whereas, the state, through it's
various agricultural agencies, is do
ing splendid and extensive work in
spite of the fact that these agencies
are not supplied with as much money
as they should have, and
Whereas, the immigration division
nf hn or ta orfTn Of MI
ture and immigration is getting sur
prisingly fine results with a fund of
only $500 year, and
Whereas, agricultural high schools
have been proved to be one of the.
most effective possible means of i'm
proving agricultural conditions, and
Whereas, every session of the
legislature is called upon for urgent
" needed physical improvement of
existing state institutions greatly in
excess of what can be provided out
Of the current revenues, and
Whereas, the partial meeting of
these entirely just and urgent de-
mands results at best in a more or
less haphaZard and only partial re-
lief of the state Institutions, and at
the same time takes out of current
revenues monies that are urgently
needed for the current expenses of
the state; therefore
BE it resolved by this inter-paro-
chial mass meeting of citizens of
Louisiana, held this nineteenth day
of April in the city of Donaldsonville,
that we endorse. the recommendation
of the Louisiana State Chamber of
Commerce, heretofore made to the
governor and the members of the
general assembly:
First. That the state of Lou
isiana provide a special bond issue
of five millions of dollars to fur
nish necessary funds to place all the
state institutions in thoroughly up
to-date physical condition equal to
the discharge of their educational
and humane functions, and to pro-
vide sufficient funds to increase the
physical equipment of educational
institutions with view to providing
also for agricultural high schools
wherever needed throughout the
state.
Second. That the state of Lou
isiana finance it's immigration work
to the extent of 100000 year in
order that this extremely important
branch of state activity may be fl
able to discharge its work
with a thoroughness consistent with
the Importance of the work.
BE it further resolved, that the
governor of the state of Louisiana,
the members of the general assembly
from the parishes represented by
this mass meeting, and the executive
officers of the Louisiana State Cham
Der of Commerce be furnished with
copies of the resolution
A conference was held at the
rooms of the Chamber of Commerce
upon the conclusion of the meeting,
at which it was decided to appoint
committee composed of members
from each of the parishes of Ascen-
sion, Assumption, IbervilIe and st.
James, which body will meet in Don
at 2 o'clock tomorrow af-
ternoon and perfect the organization
of the COOPERATIVE immigration As
ISOLATION so auspieiously inaugurated
last Sunday. Much interest and en-
thusiasm was manifested, and there
is every reason to believe the pro-
ject in view will be successfully &C
complished.
At night President Alexander of
the Conservation Commission deiv-
cred an interesting address in the
high school auditorium on 1.-THE Re-
sources of Louisiana, illustrating
his remarks with stereoptieon views