The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1921-03-26
INSPECTORS AND CATTLE
DIPPING

A Iettef WIIltcII ny i"i INV
this office says; 81 must say the
party attending the vat was moi
SO perservering in trying to eradi-
cate the ticks, |. do not think |
! would be exaggerating if | would
tell YOU he never stayed there long
enough 10 see them all dipped at
any time the last year and | 90
not think the parish man put In
his appearance single time dur
ing the year. Such as this made
some very Ienient in their duty
and I fail to see how they could
make an intelligent report. y"
! Many letters like this have
come to the league. There IS
ground for the criticism OF the
officials, but the people have NO
one to blame but themselves Ii
those officials fail to do their duty.
These inspectors are politicians IN
that they are a part of our polltl-
can organization. All office hold
ing politicians are servants OF the
people, servants not in deSrad-
ing sense, but servants in that II
lis their official duty to serve the
peopIe. Here is a vat inspec-
tor, a servant of the people at the
vat, walking off from his duty
before the day is we'll begun, and
The people grumble a little about
, it among themselves, but they do
not in business like way
proceed against him as a faithlesS
servant.
The vat inspector should stay
at the vat until the dipping is done
r and then use the remainder of the
day to look after any persons who
failed to dip their cattle and NJ
t should associate with the people
t and inform himself of every con
l dition in that community that at
4 fectS tick eradication. The parish
S inspector should see each vat a
t least twice during the year. Iha
means that he get to The vat early
i see the people as they come to the
0 vat, stay with them for the day
8 and give the people chance tt
u talk dipping business with him
Y He must learn something b.
S direct cantact with these people
S If he can't do That, if he has NJ
r sympathy for folks, if he will no
d listen patiently to what people
have to say and understand then
e and do business with them, and i
e de doesn't know that his job is
farmers job requiring that he sc
: up early in the morning and worl
y hard all day, then he isn't the maj
for the job. You'll never b
through with tick eradication I'm
Il der such provisions. Why, ther
| ask again, will our people Sc
their officers neglect their dut
right before their eyes and fail t
take action? You should act a
II once by presenting the Substan
d tiated facts to the proper author
y tiles. Have your vat committe
l. write at once to the Live StOc
y Sanitary Board in Baton Roug'
Send a copy of the letter to til
Tick Eradication League. If yO
don't get a satisfactory reply, wiz
r the Governor saying his live stoc
e sanitary board and tick eradics
1t ton league are no good and 20
E. want action by him. Don't della.
/. Delay means failure in your tic
s. eradication program for this yea
You can't afford to fail. You mus
moi spend all this tax money an
= all this effort and then fail, an
you willnot fail if you, the peopI
, determine on success.
The parish inspector and tn
vat inspector have a hard job,
they do their duty. 1t will requlr
) that they keep their minds on tic
! eradication all the time, but that
: the job. Unless they do, tick Grad
. cation is a failure and we migf
: as we'll stop right now.
s The farmer who hasn't dippe
3 and the inspector who hasn't il
Spected, those two, are responsible
for our long drawn out dippir1
campaign. The farmer can hand
these two hindranceS if they vii
Finally, there are some plac'
where people do moi care to rlS
violence from their neighborS b
attempting 10 enforce the law.
any person or persons find Thea
selves in this position, if they wi
write this league the facts an
mark the letter as confidential, "
will hold it, and we will take Stel
TO give the needed relief.