The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1916-08-05
TICK LAW.

to the dipping law crystallzing
into a political power and iDhu
ence that will greatly interfere
with the selection of our District
Judge and District Attorney this
Fall.
Why such insurgency should be
encouraged is beyond our range of
political wisdom. Why It's mill
fancy should be applauded by a
few prominent leaders in public
life is one of those puzzles that
generally destroys the usefulness
of the wise acre or prophet.
The dipping law WAS placed on
the statute book as an insurance,
protection of capital INVESTED in
the young, still undeveloped stock
industry. 1t is the response to
those whose pioneering work has
encouraged diverslfcatiOn and
made the utilization of field, for
est, marsh land and climate not
only solve successfully the much
exploited diversiticatiOn problem,
but made it highly profitable as
set Of the country.
Due to our mild climate and
winter pasturage, with the help of
trained specialists, experts from
the bureau of Animal Industry of
Washington, ID O., many thou
sands of dollars are DOW found ID
vested in The breeding of graded
cattle and hogs, in creameries and
dairy business. Protected 10y a
reasonable, sane chattel mortgage
law. even our banks and financial
institutions have loaned and ad
vanced money to these enterprises
and have given substantial i'm
petus to the development OF this
phase of farming diversification
Then, why, should the protec
tiOn to stock, the basis of a new
industry, b. menaced by mlsgud-
ed citizens, victims of prejudices
and traditiOnsf
IL this notification process,
started by these small planters,
should receive legal sanction by
our Courts, you would not only
find the stock industry crippled,
but forever Frustrated by the
staggering blow. The fancy cat
tie breeder, the dairymaD, the
beef cattle man ls as much enti
tied to protection, insurance and
consideration as the stock of mer.
chan,iise of the store keeper and
the capital and deposit of the
bank. The enforcement of the
dipping ordinance, the thorough
eradication of the cattle tick, is
the insurance, the protection, the
government owes to this invest
ment. No farmer has q right to
oppose progressive farming, en-
lightenment in agriculture and the
modern use of soil and land
Without an Intelligent disposition
and distribution Of faim products
no success can be attained on the
farm. The vocation would be fu
tile and destroy all interest IN
farm life. The fattening of beef
cattle aud the other processes of
the cattle industry are merely the
conversion of forage and field feed
into meat which commands a
ready cash market. 1t means a
greater, q new independence of
the tiller Of the coil. II intro.
duces q diversification of farm
life aud occupation. Because il
does violence to custom and tradi
tlons, to passion and prejudice is
no reason why obsolete aud effete
sparks Of q Js-Dile civiiiz ,tiOn
should not be extinguished We
have as yet, though, to see aud
hear q registered protest from
those prominent IN the industrial
and commercial field of town and
parish against this tolerated ac-
tive hostility to the tick law. 1t
seems to US, that y proven santa
~ measure should be publicly en-.
dOrsed by capitalist and captain
of industry. II would not be
amiss for the Chamber of Com
merce and the kindred bodies to
formulate resolutions of approval.
An organized campaign of educa
ti0n by men commanding the con.
fidence and good will of the public
would contribute enormously to
the dissipation of existing 'fric'
tion. The effort is worthy the at.
tention of the best mindex Tespeci.
ally noted for theircfvicf PRIDE and
grasp of civic ydRtya Hoi,qiross1