New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1920-10-16

QlgnL-luLO the udfhHeSS- anu
without knowing his destiny, hut
with a heart for any task. finds
I'll, finds gold; he gets the news
back to the home guards and they
follow, making the trip in day
light.
1t is easy to pick up a fortune
after some industrious individual
has found it and pointed it out to
you.
Where would the oil industry
be without the men who have the
nerve to risk their money and
their time in developing and
proving undrilled and unknown
territory? There wouldn't be
enough gasoline in the country to
prime a carburetor. Let us give
more credit to the man who is
game and who encourages game
ness in others. Be game and gain.
And if loss comes, be all the
gamer. A man may be excused
for losing anything and every
thing but his head. The specu(a
tor, the pioneer, the promoter.
they are the boys who have de
veloped the nations resources,
who have built its enterprises, who
have established. its industries,
who have founded its cities.
With an active brain, strong
heart and a body that is all en-
ergy, the real promoter is ready
for any job. He opens new roads.
develops new territory, discovers
new wealth. Sometimes he gets
paid for his work.
Some times he does not. But
he keeps on going. That is the
way he is built. He is the fore
runner of population and pros
perity. of railroads and residences
Of commerce and cane fields.
What he gets for his trouble
may or may not be enough; it may
or may not be too much; he shows
the rest of the world how to
make money-how to get rich.
When he takes the risk out of a
proposition by proving its worth,
he rest Of us-the critics, the con
Servatives-are anxious to get in
with him and ride or take his en-
terprise away from him entirely.
Without him the rest of us
would starve, if we didn't freeze
first.
Then don't lie about the pro-
moter. Don't SANDER him. Don I
discourage him. He has a hard
enough job as it is. And remem-
Der, he is feeding you, keeping
you warm. Has given you your
automobile and installed your
telephone. He has been good to
you in spite of your ATTITUDE to-
wards him.
He must. not be hindered, but
helped. Whatever has faults,
whatever his mistakes, he is still
the worlds greatest builder. His
faults is in a class by himself. His
motives may be questioned, as
they have been, for there are
those who pretend to possess an
ability not yet listed among the
attributes of men-the power to
analyze the human soul. If the
wide world contains man who
has this wonderful power, he is
the party who should pass on and
approve the projects of the pro-
moter. If no such prodigy exists,
instinct and horse sense should be
our guides.
Their purpose is not alone to
make money, but to serve man.
kind throughout the world. So
let us quit trying to submarine
the promoter.
He is our best friend-the
greatest character in history-the
man upon whose shoulders rests
the welfare of the race. 1t is our
sacred duty and blessed privilege
to promote the promoter.
Therefore let us all join hands
and become a body, a community
of promoters. let one and all aid
in the development of our oil
field, let us cast our lot with the
Macmillan Oil Company, a local
organization for local develop
ment.
To those who cannot aid in a
financial way remains, the mate
rial way, your goodwill and en-
couragement, your breezy optim-
ism and moral support will come
in good stead.
In these days of deplorable agri-