St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1915-11-05

has been made by those who have as
sumed the annual burden OF making
good these festivals to celebrate the
industry and cooperation OF our
people for the betterment OF this,
our parish. The Parish Fair At
Covington has grown from q mere
handful Of poultry and pet animal
exhibits in 1910 at Bogue Falaya
Park to the present improvements
that we now occupy. We have pur-
chased these grounds and buildings
and in fact have only begun to earn
estly establish great annual exni-
bition Of the growth and products OF
St. Tammany parish.
Wherever q community exists
which is active and industrious In
thought and work the Parish Fair
has become, as 1t were, . necessity.
It is the principal means by which
to stimulate q healthy agricultural
and industrial expansion OF the pro-
ducts and resources of q parish,
which, after all, .is the only induc-
ton to prosperity in q people.
With the kind permission OF the
citizens Of the parish and my friends
I will now discard the role Of Master
Of Ceremonies and assume the garb
Of = candidate. / do this only to
deny = certain rumor that has been
throughout the parish ana
Z rumor that / think detrimental to
myself. That h, ladies and gentle
men. that / have lined up with GER
tain candidates that are running tor
Office In the parish. This IL abso-
lutely not true. ! am advocatlng NO
ones election except my own. am
= candidate for reelection for Rep
resentative Of the parish Of st. Tam
many. While your Representative
I have conscientiously tried to do
my duty and II have failed In any
way my record will confront me.
am asking for reelection on my rec
ord Of the last four years and the
great experience that the said four
years has given me. believe that
/ am better qualified than my oppo-
nent. desire to be sent back to
the Legislature to accomplish but
three things. First, to vote against
any pernicious and unnecessary leg
islation; second, to vote for any leg
islation that tends towards the bet
torment OF the people and State Of
Louisiana; and third, to complete !.
work that I have begun, namely, the
establishment Of q uniform Juvenile
Law throughout the state OF Louisi
ana. / have worked on this matter
for the past four years. want to
make q Juvenile Law that will tend
to reform the juveniles Of this State
instead Of making criminals out OF
our youths. For when all II said.
ladies' and gentlemen, the youths OF
today are the future citizens OF to.
morrow.
will now again assume the role
OF Master Of Ceremonies and intro
duce the various speakers OF the
day"
The first speaker introduced by
Mr.. Heintz was Mr.. A. J. Lea. Of Yer
non parish, candidate for the omce
of Registrar af the United States
Land ONCE. His speech was briei
and we'll received. He was followed
| by Mr.. Sette on, who a.so interested
his audience. Hon. Ferd. Claiborne
Of Pointe Coupee, candidate fol
Lieutenant- Governor, concluded the
program with q very stirring and ct.
fective address, as follows:
II thank the good people Of the
parish of st. Tammany for the kind
Invitation to be with them today.
It is with much pride that l view
the agricultural display. The corn
| hay, cane, potatoes and all othel
food material compare fav0rablJ
with all the different exhibits hav'
seen at fairs in this State, and
can assure the good people Of st
Tammany that there IL great oppor
tunity for the parish In this lin'
It IL necessary that the people ehouls
turn their thought and energy In thi
direction. BY doing SO you will i'm
prove your parish and increase he
wealth, thereby enabling you t.
build better roads and better school
l-something that il needed In thi
State.
| In this respect wish to state tina
There should be Z thorough reorgan1
gation Of the Agricultural Depart
{ment Of the State.
In connection with the Agricultul
al Department. there should be
Market Bureau" established. A
lagent should be established in q
. the leading markets, and the DE-
partment kept posted from day I
day, thereby enabling the farme
Fwho has . car load Of corn, hog
ETC., the opportunity to get from tn
department Of state the informatio
: - to prices and best market to shl
; Ito, which would prevent . farma
|; from shipping to m already owe
crowded market. which results 1,