New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1919-05-03
sbtutions will show his presence
promptly next Tuesday night at
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sttutlons will show his presenc
promptly next Tuesday night a
seven O'Clock.
I New Iberia must have a rea
live business organization if W
hope to attract capitalists 30 lu
cate here and make investments
No town on the Southern Pacifi
to-day is without a real live civ;
body. The town, like ones per
sonal business, must either al
vance or go backward. We can
not longer hope to keep pace will
the, wide-awake cities. unless W,
take steps and form an oreaniza
tion whose business it will be t;
do everything in their power t.
make New Iberia take its plac,
again as the third City of thu
State. In this way property val
ues will enhance fve-fold. Ther.
will be no more empty building.
here because in a few years they
will all be tenanted. Numerous
Industries can. be planted in New
iberia where raw material is sc
abundant. Suppose it does cos1
the citizens of New Iberia $250f
or even $4,000 year for the serv-
ices Of a real practical manager
of a Chamber of Commerce. II
is worth the price. 1t might prob
ably take two years before real
fruits Of an organization of this
kind will be in evidence. Then
again, may be the first six months
thereafter an industry of some sort
is promoted here that will give en-
plOyment to hundreds Of people al
a fair wage. The money will all
be put into circulation and every
business man will be benefited.
Some two years ago we had in our
employ a gentleman who devoted
all of his time in an epdeavor to
plant manufacturing industries in
New Iberia. This was accomp-
ished and more than 75,OO0.CO
was put into circulation amongst
our business men and artizans. 1t
is true,' owing to the manner in
which the promoters Of this con-
Germ handled the finance in Phila-
delphia the plant has never ope-
rated, other than to make a few
tests Of pulp in order to show buy
ers of stock how cheaply pulp
could be manufactured here. Be-
fore putting their products on the
market unfortunately the plan fell
into the hands of received. This
plant may yet be one Of the biggest
Industries we will ever have, if
,nly some moneyed men would buy
it. We feel confident it will not be
long before some one will pur-
chase it that will have capital to
keep it going and eventually man
ufacture real paper as well as pulp
which was to have been shipped
to afterwards be con-
verted into finished product. So,|
after all, every dollar spent in the
past towards the payment Of a
paid secretary has been returned
% the people several hundred
lines. There is room here for cam
,ing factories. hard wood mills,
ish industries and numerous other
hings, if we could interest out
'ide capital to come here and look
he field over. This can only be-
lone through organization and co.
,peration among our people. It
loes not matter whether one owns
me thousand dollars worth Of
eal estate or $4,000 Of property
here is no valid reason why ALI
hould not contribute something
owards an organization that will
ook after the interests Of the
,ity. No one individual has time
o devote to this important work,
nd now more than ever. we must
rganize an association with a
IAN at the head, competent and
7illing to do something big. We
ave the natural resources to make
lew iberia a larger and more
prosperous City and steps must
e taken in the near future to
waken our citizenship to- the
act that they owe their commtn-
v something. Let every one
no can be present be. on hand
ext Tuesday night at Z. o'clock
hen a permanent organization
i'll be formed. If thu organiza-
on is not formed now 1t may be
any years before another effort
i'll be made towards this end.
Vail you not be one Of those tol
nd q little time and financial aid