Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1921-02-10
PATRIOTISM
STRESSED BY
Gov. PARKER
Takes Bogalusa's Watch
word welcome to Loyal
Americans, But No Place
for Bolshevists Or Other
Disturbers."

| AiS 4p1IOWltiS SpSeCu WIS Q61lNGEEU
by Governor John M: Parker Satur-
day. February 5th, at the dedication
of the new High School building in
Bogalusa, La:
| My fellow Americans, / am very
proud to use that to the people of
| Bogalusa, who have a sign up to show
that they are 100 peg cent Ameri-
cans. / have never realized the inn
| poTtance Of Bogalusa until | came
here and shook hands with real
Americans. / am really pleased to
come here today, especially after
meeting our friend who has Just
spoken, and who has accomplished so
much for you people
with your permission, am go
ing to divide the fifteen minutes AL
/ lotted to me to something that ap-
/ peals to me very much and concerns
/ the welfare of the entire state of
Louisiana; by which we could take
care of theydeaf, dumb and blind and
| see that they are as well taken care
| of as any in the United States, and
| then have money enough left to
build an agricultural college where
every boy could work his way
through.
ut may be Of interest to you to
know that we have collected so far,
practically million and a half dol
lars in actual cash. This money will
not be used for any state purposes,
but will be used in direct mainte-
mace, building and operating of this
agricultural college, which will mean
new life to the young men of Louisi-
ana.
''This college is not going to be a
resting place for the sons of rich
men, but is going to be an institution
where every self-Tespectipg man of
Louisiana can go and learn to be an
infinitely better farmer and, natuR-
ally, great deal better citizen, and
if he has not money enough himself
to have his expenses paid, / am 60
ing to see that every man that
wants to work can go there without
a dollar and work his way through
college and have the respect Of every
body that knows him.
owe have bought and paid for, in
fee simple, one thousand acres Of
land, two miles from Baton Rouge,
and ] have had a chemist to tell me
that it represented five different
varieties Of soil, buck-shot, clay,
sandy and other varieties of soil,
which practically covers most of the
varieties all over Louisiana.
II have been in the actual work
of business and farming for over 40
years and have seen, time after
time, that the trouble with young
men was that they did not have
chance. Within the past fifteen
years have gone over q number Of
Northern states and seen how the
agricultural colleges, with their IA
eilities, have taken a young man and
built him up, and take the stand
that we have just as fine young men
in Louisiana as there are under the
sun and just as thorough Americans
as any Of these Eastern states.
II will say that ] wanted to come
to Washington parish and spend two
or three days trying TO help you.
The farmers seem to think that
this cattle dipping is something
that somebody has it in for them.
They do not realize it is q question
of helping them get much more for
heir stock. The United States eoy-
will not permit cattle to go
anywhere, nor the railroads receive
hem for transportation unless they
IRE tick free I would like to come
% this parish and spend two or three
lays meeting them face to face and
ct them ask me questions and try to
oe of service to them,
Coming back to the agricultural
college, this viii not only be an agri-
cultural college, but a mechanical
college. A great many Of our best
people do not know how much saw
ng is afforded by a mechanic, their
title jobs run all through the house.
You will have examples all over the
larish to show what q young man
With knowledge Of higher mechanics
an do to provide a country home
With every convenience.
II want to see that institution full
t young men who are not afraid 10
oil their hands TO learn mechanics.
do not want to see it full of the
elbows with the Rnanicured finger
ails, but with overalls on and grease
II over their hands, and is a man be-
ause he is not afraid TO soil his
ands DONG honest labor.
"We. have raised potatoes in
,ouisiana; we do not know what the
oil needs; we have no soil experts
a Louisiana. You go up North and
hey win tell you what it needs to
aise potatoes, corn, etc. We raise
o to rs bushels Of potatoes to an
ere. This does not look good when
re consider that Germany raises 600
0 700, and we realize the difference.
a man in Louisiana turns his cat
into the woods and expects them
o eat pine straw, and is surprised
7hen they look poor and are not fat
ened to make meat. Most of US pay
90 little attention to this. We do
OF know how to feed them to make
he most beef. My boys have the
cry best education and their stock