New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1915-04-10
actually produced results. not only


done more in this little while tina
i told you at the beginning W
had right to expect, for wOr
of education must be develope,
and evolved and made to groy
f on solid foundation and in a sub
stantial way, and all such wor
is slow.
| When this Board took up tn
question as to which work W
must needs attempt, we vleWe'
every avenue of endeavor, W,
figured out that the work tina
could be done for New Iberia an
this Parish extended over various
fields, but we considered tina
while we would not neglect any
one Of them, that great part o.
our work should be to attempt thu
agricultural development of oul
resources. for the real basis OF
our civic wealth is the soil. Fac.
tories are needful to city and 4
most excellent institution to have
but in community like ours, IN
less your agricultural possibilities
are developed to a fairly high
standard that city cannot reach
its maximum prosperity.
When on a visit to this Par
ish last summer and invited to
speak at meeting here, stated
then what | conceived to be the
most urgent needs Of this section
and what activities should be
stressed. | was convinced then,
| am more than convinced now
This section needed to change its
method in agriculture, we rr,ded
diversific alton, we needed the pro-
duction of various foodgtGb and
green truck we NEEDED one Of our
main staple crops, we needed
more and better livestock. hog
raising, poultry raising, and alb
solutely necessary 20 this devel
opment we needed an orrariAa-
ton that should offer to our peo-
pie channel fo: disposino
profitably of their produce a sci
ling organization. And what
again we needed almost as badly.
was advertisement. Other cities
in Louisiana had gone ahead of
New Iberia simply because they
blew their HONS so loudly and
made so much noise that people
from other sections not only came
to see what the noise was all
about, but actually thought that
those places making all this noise
were the only places in Louisiana,
all the while with great resources
than some Of these other cities,
New Iberia basked in the sun
shine Of satisfaction and con-
tentedness, until when we awoke
we found these other cities doub-
led our population. We needed
publicity, we need it now and you
have to continue harmmering
along these lines, if you want to
do what Alexandria, Lake Charles,
Monroe, Shreveport have done. 1t
isn't work Of day, but persist
ent work in this direction has al
ways succeeded, and with only
the preliminary work we have
done, writing hundi eds of letters
to all parts Of the Nation, | feel
much encouraged with the inter
est shown by some and the
avowed intention of others to
eventually come and live in our
section. Several families we ex-
pect this Fall, and once the start
is made the rest follows easily.
We have a section that can easily
attract tourists, and tourists are
not only money SpendefS, put
they are very often looking for
and this advertise
ment is worth thousands Of dol
lars to any section. We have al
ready gotten some to stop for a
few days with us. More will fol-
low. We NEEDED the cooperation
of the railroads and rates that
would permit us to compete with
producing sections elsewhere. /
have stated that | believed we
could accomplish more by having
the railroads cooperate with US
than by antagonizing them, for
the simple reason that their inter
ests and our interests are identical
and they are as anxious to see the
territory they traverse develop
as much as we do, hence they rec
ognize the necessity Of trying to
give rates that will permit a COM
on their lines to thrive
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