Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-04-07
j6nN n. PARKER, the TANNERS
FRIEND q

The Progressive Republican Bull
Moose Independent Demo ati c.
Teddy Roosevelt candidate for Gov
ernor, the Hon'l. John M. Parker.
is appealing to the farmers Of Louis
lana to support him because he is
a farmer and the farmers friend.
Well, Mr.. Parker is a farmer, apd
. very prosperous one. He has been
cultivating a sample farm" few
blocks from the New Orleans Cotton
Exchange for years and has grown
rich by the process.
But what has Mr.. Parker ever
done for the farmers? In 1915, when
the Legislature met in extra session.
among the matters for legislation
included in the Governors call was
the passage Of stringent antitrust
laws. Antitrust bills were intro
duced, which were 30 stringent that
the sugar planters of Louisiana went
to Baton Rouge in force to urge the
General Assembly to pass them, be-
lieving that the passage Of such laws
would mean their deliverance from
the vile clutches Of the Sugar Trust;
the rice planters saw in their pas
sage freedom from dominion and
persecution by the Rice Trust and
besieeed the Legislature with ap-
peals for their passage; while the
cotton planters of the State appealed
70 their members Of the General AS
sembly to pass them, 80 as to de-
liver them from oppression by the
Cotton Seed Trust; merchants, bank
crs and business men generally from
al portions of the State went to
BATON Rouge to urge the passage OF
these measures in the interest of
the farmers of the State, but JOHN
NJ. PARKER. THE FARMERS
FRIEND, the man who now claims
to be the very Moses who will lead
the farmers and deliver them from
every i'll that farmers are heir to,
was conspicuous by his absence!
Mr.. Parker cannot point to one
single thing that he has ever done
that resulted in benefit to the farm
en- Of the State. but yet appeals to
them, claiming to be their friend !;
that be will see that they get all the
money they want at from 3 1-2 to
8 per cent and on long time, but
takes great care not to explain how
he will perform such wonders. His
promise reminds us Of the old prom
lee made the darkies during the re-
construction era. by the Carpet Bag
gers, OF forty acres and a mule. and
Just as the darkies were fooled and
finn TANNED 90 will the farmers OF
louisiana be, II they listen to the
song Of the sirene.
The very idea of John M. Parker
talking to the farmers of this State
about 3 IL per cent money on long
timel Mr.. Parker has grown rich
of of the the farmers of Louisiana
through interest, discount, commits
sions and samples. Let the farmers
figure up their interests paid to the
firm Of which Mr.. Parker is the
head: 8 per cent discount, 2 1-2 pei
cent for buying, 2 IL per cent fol-
selling your cotton, besides the sam.
pies, belonging to you, which have
been estimated to be worth as much
as $12. 10000 in one year; figure i
up and you will find that the mar
who is now trying to fool you into
voting for him. by promising you
3 IL per cent money, has been
charging you from 10 to Is per cent
whenever you did business with his
firm.
We-do not believe that the farm.
ers Of Louisiana will be carried away
by such clap-trap arguments and
promises, nor do we believe that
any considerable portion of our cleo.
torate win stultify themselves by
voting for Mr.. Parker, when they
participated in the Democratic pri.
mary election which gave Col. Pleas.
ant such f1attering victory.