Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1919-04-10
A VISION REALIZED IN LOUISIANA
-BOGALUSA
CFrom NEW ORLEANS ITEM, Sunday, April 6, 1919


suffer dishonor or imposition without fighting.
The law recognizes property only because the
Of the world has demonstrated that the
wellbeng of society a whole
America has accumulation of private prop
ey but against the accumulation Of
methods
Of artificial nOnOpOies which OBTAIN
There has been ground for the feeling that
profits have often overlooked the comfort safety
and webeng Of employees IdeaHm and business expected
to go hand in hand in the old days
Some who had won the
confidence Of large capital He went cut into what literally wilder
thing bigger in his than had done that
something better
Now the who aspes do something bigger better than
done before sets himself up where who have accomplished
bigger and better things than ot that Of them have necessarily
found that fail h Along high
Of business hairs there
But who loves his busin4 who has good constitution
has youth easily man.
city here and win make With faith and the faith
Of Others with ab and the abors Of Others things
brought which have not happened before"
capital Others representing accumulated
labor performed other their
country poured by millions millions of dollars into Southern
timber lands and into the purchase and erection Of what then the
greatest lumber mill in the world the Great Southern.
wOrkingmen assembled andth Site city first
city of tents then city wood built the lumber from
the site which the mill and the wooden houses and the wooden sidewalks
Then railroads built organization formed and there
beginning everywhere throughout
Der mill organization. This the Bounding Of Bogausa
The doub the DID, successful practical" mimen
lessons
ence. burden Of their songs aesnt' Don't
soiarge pay business
Who could prove they were gbt9 There
therefore, could say whether would
talking providing facilities and water
lights modern for saw
they Worngmen such
houses surroundings spoil
the viii disappear Then investment
Il am not building saRmfl town the
country the and to another want to build
at can't be DONE" rejoned the chorus of doubters
The persisted The mills the midst Of the forest; the
wasl the mills
Peope viii come see us Most hotels bad
good-szed will build firstclass hotel
pay" prophets "Who in Heavens name
to patronize frstcas hotel?"
Build the woods Build lake by it. Pro
vide bahOuses for the guests Put in steam heat for winter electric
lights bath with each Make all the surroundings frsas was
the order.
.'Bu along with hospital Wei
of fss and physicians and must
Cbhouses for the
built operated such basis that no
better primary education can be secured anywhere
"You talking about providing facilities for city whose people
here who from abroad Many of them will come from
public spirit
nons who here will be They do not demand anything
first they will demand more said
the doubters
theme here"
Thus however great money millions of
dollars investment started city
moved in The years passed There
machine off easily Nature tricks all Of US
cyclone destroyed hundreds Of thousands Of
price the towns product
markets had be found for the output The croa
croaked mill continued produce and the city
More passed The great Europe America
finally drawn in.
The Of the big MILL and of the story
It interesting to that older and far wehier communities
subscribing their allotment the various
other funds than this Whatever established
tradition, first top
the only Orleans
its welequpped for its Significant of democracy
the fact that the Of the influential the city
volunteer and without commission the militia
No community anywhere proportion population
fight than did the little which had Of
providing the maximum comfort and
nome.
When America entered the there wrangng
which should be charged the supplies
&c. ~