The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1915-02-06
SOUTHWESTERN
REFLECTIONS,

Hard Times, which the Soutl
western Louisiana Development
Bureau will wage in its "Prosperi
fy Campaign" beginning mex
week. There is no reason VIII
1915 should not be made a wear O
unexampled prosperity if the pee
pie will make it SO.
The Southwest Louisiana DE-
velOpment Bureau has strippe,
for the fray, and it calls upon ev
cry live man in Southwest Louis
aua 10 whose veins red bloc,
flows, to join it in the fight {,
write this section large on th
map Of the United States durin,
the year 1915,
| Tnis is bonnd to be a year o
unexampled prosperity to tbi
country, because war conditions il
Europe impose upon the United
States the task of feeding ant
clothing the world and furnishing
the nations with all manner Of
manufactured products. Every
body will share in that prosperity
in the exact proportion that they
Iprepare for it and organize tC
avail themselves of it's benefits.
The Southwest Louisiana De.
velopment Bureau does not pro
pose that the wave Of prosperity
shall pass over the land and leave
this section without the benefits
that are legitimately ours, if We &c
after them.
Hows
BY enlisting in the Bureaus
great prosperity Campaign, by
putting wheels un0er the move
ment for better farming, better
live stock, better roads, better
drainage, better schools, better
markets, better homes ard better
everything that makes people bet
ter and more prosperous.
And still, how?
Have you read the Bureaus
plan of org anization! 1t proposes
organization under three div.
sions to wit: q Division of Better
Farming and Markets; Division
Of Drainage, Transportation and
Highways and a Division of Pub
licity, Immigration and Industry.
Why a Division Of Better Farm
ing and Marketingi Because for
four generations Louisiana farm.
ers have practiseG the single crop
system. Cotton or sugar cane or
rice, as the case may be, has al
ways been low while the prOduc
tions In the hands Of local farm
ers and merchan but they have
shot skyward as soon as the spec
ulator got hold of the crop.
Better Farming-to get more
crops and better yield; Better
Markets-by wedding out some OF
the hungry spectators and short
ening the distance between the
farmer and the ultimate consumer.
BY organization and co operation
alone can this be done.
Why a Division Of Drainage,
Transportation and Highwaysi
,Drainage--How much was. lost
lsst year by delayed planting and
delayed cultivation waiting for
the ground to dryf How much of
your crop was scalded or stunted
resulting in reduced yield. There
fore, Drainage, Transportation
How about routing your freight to
the best markets; getting the low.
est rates; being protected against
mistakes and determinations, see.
ing that your produce reaches the
market ia good timef Therefore,
Transportation. Highwaysi = Don't
you know that the bad roads tax
cost you much more than it would
cost to build macadamlzed roads
around every township in your
parish?
Why Division of Publicity,
Immigration and Industrial Devel-
opmenti Say, don't be silly. We
want good white farmers to come
t.) Southwest Louisiana to cult
, ate our vacant lands, to help us
Duild roads and schools and drain
sce canals to be our neighbors.
That's why we want publicity and
hast will bring industrial develop
ment.
Therefore, everybody In South
west Louisiana should join in the
snt The funds derived
from membership goes to help the
people. Two-fifths will 60 into
the general fund for overhead ex-
penses, etc., and the subscriber
will name the division to which he
may desire the remaining three
fifths Of his subscription to go.
Gentlemen, the performance
will begin in Acadia Parish, Wed
nesday, February 10th. Look out
cOr It and be sure to attend the
most convenient to you.