The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1915-01-09
A BUNCH OF GOOD ADVICE.
DonaIdsonvilIe Can Profit by It as
Much as Ponchatoula or Dozen
Other Louisiana Towns-Bury
Hatchet and Join Boosters.

Under the title, BURY the Hatch
| et," the Pchatoula Democrat re-
Gently indulA "a in some pointed edi-
torial remar that are particularly
applicable il arge measure to our
some Others I'm this state and to
many more beyond Louisiana's bor-
ders. We copy the Democrats arti-
Gle in full and commend it to the
careful reading and thoughtful con-
sideration of our local readers:
1T is quite time that the citizens
of Ponchatoula should set their
faces toward the morning. They
should cease to pay attention to
the dead past and obsolete issues.
They should look solely and hope
fully toward the future. Factional
strife is the curse and retarding
factor to many communities and our
thrifty little city has not escaped
its blight.
4 Unity typifies strength; factional-
ism has never yet succored a COM
munity and never will. Nature has
been generous to the people of Tan
the full benefit of its offerings. If
there is combined effort to that
end, the result will be apparent soon
and prosperity will flow our way.
IF a citizen urges the institution
of any movement to benefit this COM
munity, do not inquire what his per-
sonal object is, but ask yourself the
simple quest Is: Is the plan feast
BILE? If achiev would it accomplish
that which isl asirable? That much
is sufficient txnoW. If it promotes
the interest the originator, why
should that Hand as a bar to its
adoption? It is an exaction OF hu-
man nature to look to ones own in
terests, and this cannot be changed.
If we search carefully, We would
find an element of selfishness in
the noblest impulses.
s'If citizen, in benefitting a
community, benefits himself at the
same time, is there any reason why
he should not? The fact that he
is benefitting the community is the
central fact, and his own advantage
is a lateral issue. Let us then agree
to lay aside whatever factional i'm
pulses we may possess and work to
gether harmoniously with the COM
mon end in vieW-the betterment OF
the town, parish and state. Tang1-
pahoa parish needs more industries
of all kinds, better system OF
farming, and a greater united effort
on the part of its citizens.
".This town should begin a cam
paign for a population Of 5000 by
1916. with good, consistent employ
ment for this number, and this con-
dition can be reached if all factions
would bury the hatchet and get to-
gether. We know we have the gar
den spot of the earth for our her.
itage, but why should We not inform
others and let them share our good
fortune. Induce more desirable far
mers to locate here until We shall
be sending solid trainloads of berries
and produce to the markets. This
will fill our banks with deposits,
build up our waste places with mod
ern structures, and fill our dwell
ings with happy families. Shall we
refuse to prosper because it will
make the banks Weather Or confer
some benefit on a neighbor?
g Get together!' That should be
the slogan of the entire parish.
When adopted, it will make us
great anG. the envy Of the less ia
vored sections of the globe. It has
hardly been year since government
statistics disclosed the fact that the
average agricultural yield per acre
for the year 1913 was s9S, greater
than any one other section in the
United States. Prosperity is wait
ing at our door, ready to enter at
our bidding. Let's all pull together
and give prosperity royal vel
come''