The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1914-02-07
CET-TOCE1HER
MEETING.
Southern Pacific Traffic Off
cials end Our Citizens held
a Get Together" Meeting,
on Tuesday Evening, Ho-
tel Frederic.

WI "SoN"y b.
tel Frederic.
On Monday Mr.. l.. G. Bou-
chard advised the business peo-
pie of this city, rs far az was
practicable in the brief time Ut
his command. of the coming of n
number of the heads Of principal
traffic departments Of the Louisi-
ana lines of the Southern PaciHc
system, and that it was the desire
of the officials to hold "get-to.
gether" meeting, on Tuesday
evening, in the parlors Of Hotel
Frederic. The invitation includ
cd "you and your friend"
On Tuesd ay evening u very rep.
resentative number Of the busi.
Ness people Of this place gathered
at Hotel Frederic in very infor
NAL manner and very cordially
welcomed Gny Hopkins, acting
General superintendent of Tran
sportation Department. New Or.
leans; Henry NJ. Mayo, head Of
tha Immigration Department.
Houston, Tex /; q. s, Fay, Gener-
al Freight Agent, New Orleans;
and JOS. Lallande, Of the same de.
partment. Besides the visitors
ID. A. Dimitry, Agent at this
point; l.. @. Bouehard, L. + IL +.
A.. with headquarters at this
point and the veteran Capt. Thos.
L. Morse we're prominent IN the
gathering. After some half tnD-
dred had gathered in the hotel
lobby, all repaired to the parlors
on the second floor.
Mayor Fontelieu called the
meeting to order, and without for
mAlity or prelude, introduced Mr..
II. M. Mayo, whose talk was lis.
tened to with the closest attention
by all from start to finish. There
was no effort TO disguise the col.
oring Of that face of the cloud
which ia presented to this country
at this time. WithOnt effort to
appear IN the role Of an alacmist,
he reviewed the situation from
several angles, and the inevitable
conclusion Was that the Sugar
Belt Of Louisiana Is facing y cri-
sis, the like Of which has not been
experienced In recent years.
A feeling of depression Is quite
general throughout the sugar ter
ritory, he says, and the planters
can sec bnc little hope OF better
conditions in the future. This
| feeling amounts to but little less
| than Decentralization In many in.
stances. In the common parlaDce
Of the street, the sugar people
have "col0 feet.v He called atten.
tion to the fact that a sugar prop
erty IN this section had recently
sold for $50 per 0cre, and that an.
| other on the N Mississippi river had
| sold at $50 per acre. These cob
ditions have their author in the
new tariff legislatioD, which is
promising a free market to the
sugars Of the world.
While there Is no assurance az
to the effect the free sugar tariff
will have upon the price Of sugar
in this country, nor Is IL clear
what influence will be exerted
upon the price of sugar in this
country after the free importation
Of sugar from the Hawaiian is
lands and Uubs, aud upon this in
fluence rests the fate Of very
i large investments made for the
growing and manufacture of sug
ar.-while there 10 no telling
what will be the results to oil val
| ues above the surface, II 10 very
clear that these possible condi
tions, adverse 40 they may be, car
have no Influence upon the peer
less fertility Of Louisiana soil
There Is store house OF wealth
in that fertility that 10 peculiar tt
this section and It holds . won
derfully fedeeming force.
The conseq Of the loss ol
, sugar as a crop 30 this part o.
j this state promises to bear will
a heavy hand upon the revsnue'
! of the So. Pa. r. Il. The officiali
apprehend "bad business con
, dition for two or three years
Therefore, the railroad holds .
, cont mon interest with that Of tn,
people in desiring the mos
speedy possible readjusrnent O
, al industrial efforts, especially
that at farming. To this end tb'
SO. Pa. desires to cooperate will
the people, in every way not II
J conflict with law, in bringing thi'
part OF the state back to it's great
set production of the greates
: money value crop, at the earl,es
. possible date. II il be determined
t by the people that the creates
8 promise rests in immigration ant
! colonization, the road will do IL
full share through its publicity
and transportation departments
Tha road vante to know tn,