The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-02-26
? PROSPERITY MEETING IN WELSH
Big Meeting LAST Night in Interest of Prosperity
an'paign Conducted dy the Southwest Louisi-
ana Development Bureau

The prosperity campaign heing con.
Quoted by the Southwest Louisiana De.
Velopment Bureau and repra scented by
President P. J. ChapuiS, Henry NJ
Mayo of the Sunset Central lines. and
direct0rln the organization, and Man.
ager W. c. Chevis was opened at Welsh
yesterday evening.
The meeting was we'll attended and
notwithstanding the fact that there
were other interesting meetings beng
held at the same time the remarks of
the speakers were listened to with a
great deal OF attention.
Mayor r. S. Greer openened the meet
ing and put in nomination Mr.. CnaS. F.
Back JF. as chairman. MIR. Buck who is
himself member OF the bureau and
who presided over very important sec.
ton OF the big convention held in Crow.
ley in October made few graceful re.
marks in explaining the purpose of the
meeting and welcoming the campaign
erS to Welsh. He then introduced Pres.
ident ChapuiS who gave a brief history
OF the organization and the objects for
which the bureau was organized about
eighteen months ago by leading Citi.
Gems Of the thirteen parishes of South.
west Louisiana.
He spoke of the benefits of the great
central cooperative organization ap.
pealing to every interest of Southwest
LOUISIANA and whose activities proper.
ly exerted which would undoubtedly re.
suit t. the whole people.
He read extracts from the charter of
the bureau which showed that it had
been carefully prepared by its trainers
with view Of allowing large ATTITUDES
for the delel0pment of its work along
various lines, while protecting rigidly
the interest of the subscribers.
The Southwest Louisiana Develop.
ment Bureau IS limited liability cor.
poration regularly chartered under the
laws OF Louisiana and Mr.. ChapuiS
pointed out that no subscriber is liable
for more than the unpaid balance on
his subscription in the event that the
bureau should at any time be Dissolved.
He called attention to the fact during
the time Of its existence the bureau
had been hampered by lack Of means in
carrying on the work for which it was
organized, a fact which led the direc.
tors to adopt plan by which the PEG,
pie were to be canvaSSed and the CUES.
ton put squarely up to them to de-
termine whether or not it was their
desire to continue the bureau in it's
enlarged activities or to liquidate its
affairs
He reminded his hearers that the
first annual convention which met at
Crowley, realizing the vast benefits
that an organization Of this character
could confer on the people, determined
to broaden the scope of its activities
and in pursuance thereof it adopted a
plan of providing for departmentaliz.
ing the bureau. and for conducting its
activities under three departments,
to.wit:
First, department of farming and
marketing,
Second, a department Of tranSpOrta.
ton, highways and drainage.
Third, a department of publicity,
immigration and industrial develop.
ment.
These departments to he under the
supervision of trained experts who are
to be subject to the call of the bureau
in case Of need and whose entire time
would be devoted to the work OF their
respective departments.
AS president Of the bureau he felt the
responsibility of the position and be
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