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New Iberia Enterprise And Independent Observer
New Iberia, Iberia County, Louisiana
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Louisiana cane fields from Franklin to New Orleans show decline due to workers demanding high wages unaffordable for planters, urging shift to owner-operated farming for productivity.
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The cane fields between Franklin and New Orleans, a distance of about 100 miles, covering the parishes of St. Mary, Terrebonne, Assumption, Lafourche, St. Charles and Jefferson, present a sorry sight, compared to the high cultivation of these same lands just a few years ago. These facts, turned face up, point directly that a new system of agriculture must be adopted if these lands are to produce a full measure of wealth for the people. The farmer of the future must be the owner of the land, interested in its development, deeply concerned in productive capacity who will receive its earnings, and enjoy the fruits of his efforts.--Weekly Watchman.
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Cane Fields Between Franklin And New Orleans, Covering The Parishes Of St. Mary, Terrebonne, Assumption, Lafourche, St. Charles And Jefferson
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cane fields present a sorry sight compared to high cultivation a few years ago; points to need for new system of agriculture
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Demanding the employment of men at high wages, that they will not work in the fields at prices the planters can afford to pay. The cane fields between Franklin and New Orleans, a distance of about 100 miles, covering the parishes of St. Mary, Terrebonne, Assumption, Lafourche, St. Charles and Jefferson, present a sorry sight, compared to the high cultivation of these same lands just a few years ago. These facts, turned face up, point directly that a new system of agriculture must be adopted if these lands are to produce a full measure of wealth for the people. The farmer of the future must be the owner of the land, interested in its development, deeply concerned in productive capacity who will receive its earnings, and enjoy the fruits of his efforts.