St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1920-08-28
The St. Tammany Farmer
D. III MASON andP Proprietor
THE POITEVENT LETTER.


maes necessary in defense Of drainage to correct a
believe Mr. Potevens attitude against
msconcepon of its Importance to the parish
responsibility pr great
individual wealth.
welfare largely through the initiative O.;
big be learned
through undertakings People without tm without means ami
wealth accumulated and
porous themselves devise the
of accomplishing these things the opportunities that are Afforded
communities of making
people The stability and loyalty
labor political economic and social conditions of the people fall
guidance the direction their leadership
casting self
interest
Of the timber
terests,
problem before After the tim
will have nothing unless lands ace
Mr. plans for making this
We had hoped that the Poiteven Favre
Company would join the plan for improvement
Mr. plain just
districts that situated make
drainage
believed they
remarkable result drainage they would vote for almost
any where drainage
adopted
feasibility drainage before the into effect and
provides "sUCH. ACREAGE TAX SHALL ONLY BE
IMPOSED THE DISTRICT AS ARE NECEs
BENEFITED BY THE DRAINAGE" The dis
small understand give as uniform
possible the districts in which tho
people drained where
pumping might be at the greater cost
the people could not be convinced
with
districts which wanted drainage and willing vote it. Thus
Poeent lands put district with the same privileges as
conideae Mr.
Aorr provide for the protection OF the companies VINO mad growing
opinion of timber men
drainage hurts growing mbss
be farmed until the timber is off,
object large holders of timber lane
their lands in walton fo
years WAC would not dispose OF them as ng as the timber was stand
that the OF
holding drainage until would be
profitable by for farming II their lands were CUT
would subject goovern1
that district would have the cost
ia advance OF the time they could make prontaDe use OF IT,
until the voters of those
this placed the timber the same
footing as other owners OF land therefore, as MT FeSene says u
nothing reflex action which we
the value of their lands
people again until this
will be put the people then to vote for or
districts parh-wide
timber districts will probably be themselves Just
before
579.s4o This
clude marshes and overlooked lands The lan
would in by
the drainage of the whole parish would probably he not over Soo
maximum of SO cents tn
wou1 100000 This for gravity drainage If under the Ia"
for leVyng and pumping which allows TAX Oh ssoo Per acre
would than OOo Our land certainly does not
$4,000 year. increased
demonstrated discuss We
shall hereafter give cases in support Of it.
with him drainage
below from the drainage law under which the
that the
amount Mr. Poiteven
We believe that Mr. Po
thoroughly will change his att:
pumping
follows:
shall lands
Board Engineers that
feasible for reclama-
$3.50 be sufficient
traction OF the principal
maintaining the drainage"
bonds shall used
drain
retaining lands and performing other
herewith AND SUCH ACREAGE TAX
IMPOSED UPON SUCH LANDS IN THE II
DISTRICTS AS ARE NECESSARILY ESPECIALLY BENE- II
FITTED BY THE DRAINAGE"
initiative divide parishes
districts
contain five land III
required petition OF number OF property
land said
district"
Commissioners have and it shall be their duty
making drainage commits
specifca
project feasible the cost
h e