St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1914-10-03

or of being the man who formal
ly organized the famous South.
west La. Development Bureau,
was in this city Saturday, with 9
view of arousing considerable in,
terest in the approaching conven-
ton of the members and friends
of the organization, which is
scheduled to take place in Crowl-
ey on October l3, Ia AMI 18th.
Mr.. Switzer announced that
there will be more than one
thousand delegates and visitors
to the Crowley convention, that
the officers of the Southwest
Louisiana Development were
leaving no stone unturned in or
der to assure the ultimate success
of this gathering, and that the
farmers Of this section would be
given an opportunity, after the
Crowley gathering, of having
Government expert agricultur-
lists to show them how to raise
the many crops, that the fertility
Of the soil in this portion Of Lou
isiana is fully able to produce.
Expert financiers. agricultur-
lists, as we'll as experts Of all
sorts, able to give information to
the farmers of Southwest Lou
isiana, will be at Crowley and
will speak at the convention.
The most prominent bankers, as
well as the most prominent busi-
ness men and farmers of this
section will tell the convention
what they think of the
Southwest Louisiana Develop
ment Bureau and what good can
be accomplished if the farmers
cooperate with the members and
officers of this organization in
furthering the purposes of the
bureau.
In Opelousas and st. Landry
considerable interest has already
been aroused in the approaching
convention and as the bankers
and business men of this city are
in accord with the views Of the
bureau it is expected that this
parish will be represented by a
large number of the most in1uen-
cial men of ST. Landry. Every
farmer who is able to spare one
or two, or even three days, is
particularly urged to attend the
final organization of the South
west louisiana Bureau, which
will take place at the Crowley
convention.
Both Mr.. Switzer and Mr..
Chevis, who is the able manager
of the bureau, are contemplating
perfecting the organization Of
the bureau in such a manner as
to give the most efficient service
to the farmers of Southwest Lou
isiana.
The bureau has been preaching
diversification ever since its or
ganization and as a consequence
the Calcasieu National Bank, the
strongest institution of its kind
in the district has notified its GUS
toners that farmers who do not
diversity their crop need not ap- |
ply for a loan to cultivate or har- |
vest their crop. The example
set by this strong bank has been
emulated by several other banks
in the district and it is the hope
of the ST. Landry members of
the Southwest Louisiana Louisi
ana Development Bureau that the
bankers in this parish will follow
in the footsteps of their progress
sive brothers from Lake Charles.
The bureau realizes that di-
versifcation is the one best bet of
progress and prosperity among
the farmers of this section. The
day will soon dawn that the one
crop farmer will be unable to Sc
cure one penny at the banks and
the sooner that day comes, it is
the opinion Of the members and
officers of the bureau, the better
it will be for this country. 1t is
pointed out that the farmers who 1
planted less cotton this year and
more corn, potatoes, oats, hay
and vegetables of all kinds, are
the ones most optimistic and are