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The Lower Coast Gazette nthe g( PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY the w The Lower Coast Gazette Co. Ipossit F. C. MEVERS, S. B. MEVERS, Tli President. Secretary. better porter Pointe-a-la-Hache, Louisiana. the n; --:OFFICIAL ORGAN OF:-- dy, a: PLAQUEMINES PARISH POLICE JURY, days PLAQUEMINES PARISH SCHool. BOARD, PLAQUEMINES PARISH EAST BANK LEVEE DISTRICT, the d LAKE BORGNE BASIN LEVEE DISTRICT, able 1 GRAND. PRAIRIE LEVEE DISTRICT, BURAS LEVEE DISTRICT. Penn TERMS:-ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR IN ADVANCE. cost' tio.h Entered at the Pointe-a-la-Hache Postbtfice as opfio Second Class Mail Matter. taxec b l)een SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 19)9. propl made The Incidence of Taxation. ican Some of our Wild West Democrats are very conce 'much concerned about the present methods of ally securing government revenues by tariff taxes ures Sad go so far as to say it were better if we had meni universal free trade and direct taxation on the cit I people fr ji tlbe expenses of the* government, optic whetrstate or nation~l. The freedom of the dred Smericarn colhiles secured by their success in nati( the revolutionary war, necessarily developed in ized. each of the states a spirit of state pride and one ! of the profoundest questions that came up be- taxa fore the people was as to how money should be pro1. secured to pay the expenses of the national e.nr government, it having undertaken to carry on by s all of the foreign relations of the states of the popt federal union, to transport the mails, to iay the our expenses of the army and navy, to properly Rivw fortify the coast: Some of the most 'ref'actory si. states about entering into this agreement and Star accepting the federal constitution were in the yeai north and conspicuous among them was the last .state of New York, that was generally the last It is in assenting to any proposition up for joint con- ing sideration. It was agreed to secure the bulk of wh( the funds needed for the support of the national the government by the sale of the public lands, des; which were conceded to the federal government imr by the various states, by such revenues as der might be derived from a properly constructed bro tariff on imports, the constitution inhibiting a ma; duty on exports, and it was further agreed that inci any additional funds needed should be collected wh from the states in proportion to their popula- our tion. Later on, when funds were needed this Oil latter method was adopted and some funds col- the lected, but it was never found very practicable. atil TFie public lands of the country have been sold, an or granted as bounties to soldiers and to rail- to way companies, and the revenues from that th( direction were soon exhausted and the main de- ne! pepdence of the country was upon a tariff on de, inimits.tis' Ais- generally known, many coun tries levy a duty on eiports as well as imports anzjfequ.e this druble revenue in order to sup , '( b.t iensem es. The fathers of this .republic aiee'd that there Ahourd be no export duties "a! '" add agreed that there should be import duties, ne and in order to secure the necessary revenue I Fr t our imports were studied and tariff taxes laid E .thereon as was determined by congress, fir All government is one of force, expressed in ril the current laws, whether it be the government P1 S of the family, of the state, or of the nation, a S and government necessarily interfers with the fo physical and intellectual rights of the people, m who are bound to make concessions along these cr lines for the common good. It was a brilliant a political move that led the fathers of our gov- i ernment to prohibit export taxes and to author- ir ize import taxes, as from the point of view then is taken, any man could take part not, as he , pleased, in paying import taxes. The farmer Y who practically lived on his own lands and on ai his own resources and bought very few goods, g felt that he paid taxes to no one, the tax falling d n imports and he could avoid them with his V home~pu. clothing and his home grown food. h Up to 1860 this method of carrying on the a national government was one of the greatest v successes known to modern civilization. With t the advent of the civil war increased taxation t became necessary and the unpleasant and diffi cult constitutional method of direct taxation of t the people in proportion to their population was I decided to be inexpedient and a lot of war taxes I were evolved, including then an indome tax, I since decided unconstitutional, an excise tax on I whiskey~nd beer, stamp tax on various docu ments and percentage taxes on business trans actioin'ii proportion to their maginitude and frqmthse soel~led.internal revenue taxes, im mnse amounts of money were realized and the finaCtes of the federal government were duly strengthened. The judgment of the nation was thus declared in favor of tariff taxation on im ports and against direct taxation of the people o the states, excepting as reached circuitously throittj the so-called excise taxes. These latter t' dve been practically abandoned by the government, excepting as applied to malt and spiritous liquors. The great amount of revenue secured from these products was too tempting to be sacrificed by any scruples as to the pro priety of collecting war taxes in time of peace. The increasing expenses of the general govern ment consumed all the revenues and we find ourselves now with an elaborate tariff system, exploited in every direction for the purpose of securing adequate revenues and they are thus secured for the purpose and incidentally pro tcting American manufactures, which latter iolicy seems intrinsically a sound one and is practiced by every civilized state, England ex ceepted, but which was practiced by England as long as it was to her interest to do so. All talk about fretrade Ehlanci and the desjmbility of Simitating her is all~os.-- There is no govern ",,l it o earth that endeav~s'to day any more Sligios ly to take care of its people than does the government of England. This it has been as easi doing for many centuries and it of course does The or the work in whatever way experience and the situatE possibilities of the case may determine. amoun The founders of this government builded orange better than they knew when they made im- will bi ported goods pay the bulk of the expenses of but a the nation. The man who wanted French bran- work dy, as many of the good people of revolhtionary unless days did, could consume his brandy, if ite paid the pe the duties then levied upon it, while those less learne able to indulge in such luxuries could take the We m Pennsylvania Rye whiskey, at a fraction of the sons' cost for a given amount of spirituous exhliara- land c tidl The incidence of taxation left it to the every option of the consumer whether he would d inik noon. taxed liquor or drink untaxed liquor, and it has a cer been this option of evading taxation Nith 'pro- comp propriety and under legal condition that has lJn orc made tariff taxation the mainstay of the Amer- full r ican people, so far as its national government is vant concerned. The conception of this idea origin- way ally was the crowning glory in taxation meas- watel ures adopted by the founders of this govern- shall ment. We can pay all national taxes, or we resou cit do without paying them if we wish. The capa( option is open to''s today, as it was one hin- that dred and twenty-two years ago, when the the r national government became regularly organ- pose( ized. perh There may be some abuses ii this kind of hav taxation, but abuses are possible and, in fact. couo probable, in every department of hurhan gov Srnment and the collection of national revenue by a tariff on imports is one that meets with popular approval and no matter what some of Thn our wild democrats west of the Mississippi citinj River, and perhaps some few east of the Missis- Sund siippi, may say, the revenues of the United place States will be collected in that way for many ies v years to come. The present revenue bill is the fhitti last determination of congress in that direction. of v. It is idle to reproach this man or that for ignor- good ing some recent radical democratic teaching, of 4 when it is manifest that for a hundred years Hor the leading men of the United States have all Gouk desired to avail for themselves and their own Turl immediate people, of the benefits of this won- for t derful system of national taxation that has I brought the United States up to their present magnificent position in the civilized world. The th t incidence of the tariff tax falling as it does upon Biel whoever elects to pay it, is the foundation of M our wonderful progress. Such abuses as the and s Oil Trust, the Meat Trust, the Sugar Trust, and for - the Steel Trust may be benefited by tariff tax- schc ' ation, but it is the duty of the American people M 1, and unquestionably of the American democrats ent( to destroy the trusts and maintain the rights of Mis, t the individual man in the pursuit of his happi- and ness, as is stated in our own declaratioil of in n dedendence. able al Rice Our Staple Crop. last ic .In the earliesthistoryof Louisiana sice was iu • a staple crop. Indigo also came in as a promi s, nent crop in the early history of the then urd e French-Spanish colony in the 18th Century. !, d Even as late as forty-three years ago, when we 'Mr first saw the light of life under Louisiana skies, n ricewas the dominent crop in this parish of ani nt Plaquemines, and it was then producing about ur n, a hundred thousand bags yearly, or about one ,e fourth of the rice crop of the entire state. As e, methods of drainage and irrigation improve, in se creasing attention to our low lands will be had an nt aind their great merits as rice producers will be thi v- brought out, as has been so extraordinarily done Gr r- in the western parts of this state. In the par- c en ishes of Acadia and Calcasieu, lands that were he worth but one or two dollars per acre thirty le: er years ago are now worth fifty dollirs per acre A on and, as was recently expressed by a prominent s, gentleman from Illinois, considering the won- Bi ng derful value of our lands in Louisiana and their his value as compared with lands up the country, od. he said that the average net value for Texas bhe and Louisiana rice per acre for the crop of 1908 hi est was more than double the average net value of ith the same amount of land in corn and oats up in c ion the leading western states and said this could ffi- be verified by the U. S. government figures. In C of this connection he referred to the fact that the Nas lands up in the West were selling at $75 to $250 a es per acre, while in the rice belt of Louisiana a ax they were selling at from $5 to $50. He cli- 1: on maxes then in stating that we have in the rice cu- belt of Louisiana and Texas the richest agricul ns- tural country in the United States and as good and as any in the world. im- All this would be very cheering news to us the if we could have some corivincing evidence luly given to us in the way of good profits from the was res.ults of our rice culture, or an active demand im- for our rice lands or something that would give ople us more of the good things of this life than we usly who are now working the lands are able to se tter cure for ourselves. Unhappily a feeling has the prevailed among rice planters that with rice and culture no other kind of culture can be engaged inue in, as the proximity to water injures all dry ting land cultures. A very moderate amount qf pro- engineering will teach anyone how to irrigafe ace. the Irow lands and at the same timne drain the ern- higherland, provided always that there is a find sufficient difference in the level of the lands. tem, This'differenice in the level is generally found e of and we believe that thousands of acres of our thus f~oit'iapds could be cultivated in dry land pro- crops, while the rear lands could be put in rice. atter Perhaps one of the misfortunes that we are d is laboring under is the fact that a living has been ex- comparatively easy to make with any one of ~nd as several crops. The sugar planter prefers tp talk cultivate nothing but sugar cane and to buy his ty of corn and sometimes his hay in the West. The vern- rice planter prefers to cultivate nothing but rice more and during the rest of the year, when he is not does activly engasged in rice field work, to take life as easily as he conveniently can. Miss N The orange planters are similarly Miss N, situated and with a moderate Mr. V amount of attention a successful days in orange orchard of moderate size Mr. C will bring in a good living, with the Son but a very limited amount of work to keep it in fair condition, unless it is invaded by some of ! A vei the pests that 'we have not yet to Miss learned quite how to deal with. hr nit We may be a little like Tenny- her na Sons' people who live in "The was be land of, the lotus eaters, there fa, : every "oiay was summer after- late ho noon." May we not say that to on a l, a certain extent we need ,the ble, th competition of the outside world ing th in order to bringing us into a who al full realization of the great ad- Mrs. I vantages that we have in the Anato way of soil and climate and of Forsyl away. water for irrigation? When we MIrs. shall have avail d of all of our 'Tread; resources to the limit of our own Alice. capacity, then we shall think Edma that we shall be satisfied with men, Louis, the results. Most of us are dis- and J, posed to complain just now, but Cosse perhaps from the fact that we .lack have not yet done the best we Richa away, could. Franw Cosse PARISH NEWS. ')efri Daisy Miss There was a very intereiting and e Mi citing game of base ball playedinI)Ddisy week Sunday evening, between the "Hone- week place team and the Daisies. The Dais- I Mi: ies Winning at a score of 9 'to 4. The leans featitie of the ganie was 'the heavy ter, I hitting'of the Daisies and the home run of V. Fox. W. Henritzy also played a good game on first, getting 3 hits out He of 4 attempts up. The battery of the filed Homeplace team was Ballay. Babe and I Goubon and Felix Shoppo pitching and rolls Shoppo and Goubon catching, while F. show Turlich and C. Vogt were the battery Cast , for the Daisies. Cast s Junior. int t Cas Mr. Louis Treuil of Hermitage, was Cast the guest of his cousins, the Misses ca n Bieber. CasI Miss Lucie Bieber was home Sunday di e and Monday but left Tuesday morning Casl d for New Orleans where she is going to st - school. Cas] e Miss Laura Cazalas, of Nero, was Cs S entertained last Sunday evening by Misses Lucie, Sophie and Alice Bieber tr and Messrs. Louis Treuil and Allen Bieber. Mr. Wire J. Cannon spent an enjoy able evening with Misses Bieber Sunday. Mr. Henry Chedville of Potash spent Sta last Saturday at the Biebers, and then Pat paid a visit to the Hermitage on Lal Suntda. . Mr. Ralph Williams spent last Sat urday evening and Sunday here. La Mrs. Jake Conrad was the guest of Bu e 'Mr. Howard McCurdy on Tuesday. Ph Mrs. E. McCurdy spent a very pleas of ant day with Mrs. H. McCurdy on Sat Ut urday last. - Potash. da A very pleasant fishing trip was en joyed last Sunday, by Mr. Leo Rigaud g ad and a few friends on his little launch, be the Daisy R. They went as far as er ne Grand Lake and, being very lucky ar- caught a number of red fish. in !re Mr. and Mrs. L. Egle, of New Or- ar rty leans, were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Ti re A. Chedville on Sunday. nt Mr. Clinton Rigaud visited the Misses D- Bieber, of Junior, on Sunday. O eir Master Harold Potash, after spend y, ing three weeks with his relatives in C this town, has returned to his home in as Victoria, Texas, much to the regret of p 908 his friends. Mr. J. E. Pelton,was a visitor to the 9 in Crescent City for a few days last week. ld Miss Daisy'Rigaud visited the Misses In Chatillion, of Homeplace, on Thursday. the a Miss Ellen Chedville took great pleas ure in entertaining some of her friends ana at a very enjoyable chocolate party ci- last Sunday evening. 1 e Mr. Hansel Rigaud spent a most Cul- pleasant day last Sunday with relatives ood and friends in Jesuits Bend. Mr. Sam Potash, of this place, after spending several days in New Orleans. I Sreturned home Thursday. the' Miss Daisy Rigaud, who has been spending her vacation at home will soon land leae for New Orleans, where she will give attend school. we Mrs. B. Rousselle left for the Cres s- ent City, Sunday, where she will re has mair a week. rice Little Miss Gladys Perrin is spendnig aged some time with her grandparents, Mr. ry and Mrs. Leo Rigaud. Happy Jack. Miss Ella Montedonico and her little he brother Sidney were the guests of Hon, is a N. B. Cannon and family on Sunday. LndS. Mrs. F. Baril and Mrs. H. McCurdy, ound the two charming and accomplished our daughters of Hen. N. B. Cannon, spent land the day here Friday. rie. Miss Ada Cannon was the guest of Sare her sister, Mrs. H.McCurdy, Sunday. been Missjaisy.Hays was the.guest of Me of Misses'Ads and Natalie Cannon Friday. ra t9 Mrs. Joe Redman'is spending a few y his days with relatives in New Orleans. The Mrs. O. Solis'spent Sunday with her t fice mother, Mrs. J. Hingle. Sno Mr. J. S. Landry, of Algiers, was the I life guest of Dr, Hays and family Saturday. Miss A. tichardson was th, guest of Miss Natalie Cannon on Sunday. Fre Mr. W. Cannon is spending a few days in the Crescent City. Mr. O. Solis and his father, Mr. Iso dore Solis spedt Sunday in the city with the son and brother, Mr. David Solis. City Price. A very pleasant surprise was given to Miss Annie Nolan, on the occasion of F ter ninteenth birthday, Sept. 11, by her many friends. After the surprise. f the guests mairched to the hall, which c was beautifully decorated with moss, fr:s and flowers, and 'dan:ed'until a late hour. RTreshmenhs were served on; a long and beautifully decorated ta ble. the lafge'".Tute birthday cake sur-' rounded by a wreath of pink roses be- ( ing the center of attraction. Those who attended the party were; Mr. a'fd Mrs. Henry 'Preadaway, Mr. and Mrs Anatole Regan, Mr. and Mrs. Emery * Forsyth, Mr and Mrs. Evariste Tread-, away. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Treadaway, Mrs. Thomas Nolan Sr., Mrs. Ro:we Treadaway, the Misses Annie Nolan. Alice. Daisy and Josephine Treaddway, Edma, Lucy and Stella Ragas, Philo mene and Lucy Hingle ahd Elise and Louise Cosse. Messrs. Leo, Howard and Junior Ragas, Jules and Mattace t Cosse, Fred Menge, H. and A. Truel, Jlack Jewel, John Sidney, Alciede, Richard, Beaurcgard and Paul Tread away, Hypholite, Edgar, Eddie, Frank and Conrad Nolan, Gustave Cosse, Stephen Schultz and Sidney Defraites. * Miss Julia Biaggini was the guest of Miss Annie Nolan Sunday evening. Miss Elise Cos.e spent a few days this y week, the guest of Daisy Treadaway. 3- Miss'Florence Defraites, of New Or e leans is spendihg a while with her sis y ter, Mrs. Evariste Treadaway. a Assessment for 1909. it Hon. Marc Cognevich, assessor, has te filed with the State Auditor, the Sheriff ae and the ('lerk of Court, the assessment id rolls for the year 1909. The assessment F. shows the following: ry Cash value of lands $1235250 00 Cash value of lots, build ings, etc. 36635 00U Cash value of live stock 83650 00 as Cash value of wagons, es carts, buggies, etc. 11790 00 Cash value of merchan ay dise, or stock in trade 43960 00 ng Cash value of capital to stock, shares, etc. 3.09170 00 Cash value of steam boats; watercrafts, etc. 66350 00 bas Cash value of things em by ployed in oyster indcus- Dou er try 116220 00 M en Cash value of all other lady property subject to tax 606775 00 few oy- few ay. Total assessment $2500801 00 M ent State Tax $ 12549 00 A. I hen Parish Tax 14733 Q0 of 3 on Lake Borgne Basin Levee M District 8955 45 fror Grand Prairie Levee Dis- whi at- trict 2656 40 SLafourche Levee District 10850 65 of Buras Levee District 8446 25 I Plaquemines Parish East on 1 eas- Bank Levee District 7848 50 rat- Buras. fish Mrs. Fred Brinkmann and charming b daughter Cecilia, of New Orleans, are spe en- spending some time in Buras, the hor raud guests of the Biaggini's. ret nch, Miss Corinne Biaggini and her broth- Sul Sas er Bennie visited Nairn last Saturday. i eky Misses Cecilia Brinkmann and Cor- on inne Biaggini paid a social call to Mr. I Or- and Mrs. Jos. HIingle of Empire on bu Mrs. Tuesday. S Miss Angela BoPges returned to her Cil isses home after spending two weeks in New da Orleans. end- Miss Maud Himbert of the Crescent tir s in City is visiting relatives here. i E. e in Miss Marie Ruscich returned after a t of pleasant visit in New Orleans. L( Mrs. Jos. F. Bowers visit her mother hi Sthe Mrs. Biaggini on Sunday. Home Place. Iisses sday. Mrs. Gustave Ballay, after a p)leas- L Sant week spent in New Orleans, re- ft i1eas- turned to her home Saturday evening. ci ,iends }S party Miss Mollie Gilmartin of New Or-i' leans, was the guest of her cousin, m Miss Agpes Lyons, last Sunday. eX most .bl atives Mr. John Perez was the guest of t< Miss Birdie Giordano last Sunday. i after Mr. Reno Russell was the guest of leans. Miss Maria Lagarosse last Sunday. Miss Birdie Giordano spent last been Thursday the guest of her aunt, Mrs. I soon Chas. Ballay. e will The stork visited mn thisneighborhood last Monday and brought a touncing Cres- boy to the home of Mr, and Mrs, Geo ill re- Buras. Mrs. F. Giordano and Mrs. G. Ballay ;ndnig ;isited Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Ballay of , Mr. Buras on Sunday. Among the Sunday visitors here was Mr. Albert Mtzlage, who was the guest of Miss Bertha Buras. little f Hn, Port Eads. day. Mr. and Mrs. P. Jackson entertained Curdy, a few of their friends at a dance Sat plished urday night. The hall was beautifully pent decorated with star spangled banners sand ferns. Those who participate(l in the leasures of the evening were; zest of Misses N..} Woods, E. Clark, D.Jack .day. son, F., moods, G. Conaway, Mrs. W. iest of Nelson, Mr. and Mrs. Matthews, E. Friday, Lawrence, of New Orleans and A. a few Morgan; Messtis. E. Wagner, F. Ne! son, H. Morgan, P. Brown. A. and D. i ans. Douglas, R. Buras, and J. Jackson. De ith her iicious refreshments were served by Misses E. Lawrence art A\. Morgan. was the ,While tihe stoqr va making its! turday, rounds, it presented Mr. and Mrs. D. I Freel Freel Free! Free! Free! Free! Louis Leonhard & Son LOUISA AND DAUPHINE STREETS. Free Boat and Railroad Transportatlk Freight Prepaid. New Methods, New ideas. Come to New Orleans and return xwithoutt One Cent Of Expense To You, On all purchases bf $25.00 and over we wift :pay both.your freight charges athd passae way by either Railroad or Bobt t. d . BURAS AND NEW ORUEANS Enabling you to get \'½ur "goods to your house absolutely fric of any tcarges arit Visit New Orleans Without One Cet of cost to you. We have one of the largest and most complete lines of merchandf 'Th i the city. We have separate and distinct departments of - : :-" ) Clothing, Hats, Shoes, M4at tings, Carpets and Shades, ,Millinery, Dry Goods, Fancy G(oods and Jewelry. Each department by itself a store. We pay on freight charges on every purchase from $5.00 S upward........ ....... aLouis Leonhard & Son o0i LOUISA AND DAUPHINE STREETS. 00 ______ Douglas with a baby girl. that the Miss E. Lawrence, a charming young Ive lady from New Orleans, is spending ain t few days with relatives here. N Mrs. F. Meyer and her si.ter, Miss him A. Penoe, of New Orleans are guests tho: of Miss M. Clark. wat Mrs. J. Conway and family are back Ihav from the Crescent City, spending a att' while at their old country home. ati( p diti Pointe-a=laHache. to Hon. Simon Leopold was in our town on business, Friday. ing Mr. Felix Borne spent Sunday out I fishing with Judge R. E. Hingle. dr Mrs. Felix Borne and little son, after unt spending a very pleasant week at the be4 home of Judge and Mrs. R. E. Hingle, tor returned to their home in Algiers last the ISunday. NE Atty. L. R. Hoover was in our town tid ti on Thursday. t F. A. Exterstein was drumming up Ca n business in our town Thursday. ex Mrs. S. Favret visited the Crescent m: , City Monday, returning home Wednes- ha iv day evening. jo Miss Clara Borne is spending some sL it time at the home of her sister, Mrs. R. i E. Hingle. Ti a Mr. Herbert Mevers returned to the at Louisiana State University, to resume as , his studies, after spending quite a lively a r vacation at the home of his parents, b( Sheriff and Mrs. Meyvers. to Hon. Julius Struck of English Turn, S- La., contemplates leaving the parish e- for a more lucrative position in the g. city of New Orleans, although Mrs r- Struck has not yet decided to leave the Sparish permanently, he has temporarily n, established an office at room 100 Perrin building, where he wiil always be glad of to meet his many friends from 'Plaque mines. We wish our friend Julius k of y ucces.' t A Communication. rs. P Editor Lnwer Coast Gazette: An article appeared in the Plaqut: mines Pro:.ctor Sept. 14, signeld Tax tog Payer, kchl:ing abehit tihe ... ng the Inspectcr, Secretary and Attorney Co being paidt for sitt ing in th,, -:,l ;d :ian absol te)y o'inl r,,ot .... ýl. ..... . . lay state to Mr. Tax Payer that I ws s0 of the Back Levee all luring the s:,.rm and performed my duties to t` t. wry best of my ability. But I must .ay he that I am the only Inspector. and cou!ld not possibly get over the whol'h Ire, ai t Iquick as'Mr. Tax Payt r want,1d t., "' I was up as far as Mr. Arr.o!l (c -, ned place while the Gulf tide" was° 'd ;at- about three feet against the l, v ,,, tat lly was compelled to turn back on acount oers of a drain box, which had beer, tatk n oted out and rebuilt. hbt not y. t cmrn.': ere; and there was no posrit,!e way ( f ock- passing thi:; box, This was the cr`ond W. time I wa.s turned back b tn;s ,,?'. E. Will also say to our trincli 'ax iayr CHARBO ICHARBON! Have your Animals accinatpd iJ', apn u': Z:iy P3steUrs Vaccine Serni" I..L LYONS CO '1PANY LTU. that it is impossible for me to put in all the slide gates along the whole line of leveo as there are about :eighty boxes' in the levee. Now why n:ot Mr. Tax Payer help himself a little as "the Lord, helps those who help themselves." I also wait to ;tate to Mr. Tax Payer that I have all the work that I can possibly. attend to while the dredge is in opera ation. I have the digging of the drain ditches and the inserting of all boxes to attend to. I think this should be enough for one inspector, without go ing up to try and find the leak in Mr. Tax Payer's box. I am proud to state that all of the drain boxes that have been inserted under my supervision, since I have been Inspector, have proved satisfac tory, and can state positively that t there has not been any rice lost from Nestor Canal going down by the Gulf tides as our boxes worked to perfec tion. Now if Mr. Tax Payer wants me to repair all drain boxes from Nestor P Canal to Harlem Plantation at my own expense and keep the levee clear of t mangoes, why not he lend a helping hand, or send in his application for a job as inspector. Perhaps he may be able keep the levee in shape as it should be. Now in conclusion I will say to Mr. Tax Payer that I do not squander e any of the Back Levee Board's money, 1e as I have just returned from digging a pit for the insertion of a drainage box, as I could not get sufficient labor to do same. , Respectfully, ALVIN LEE, re Inspector. 'f The undertaker naturally prefers ly ' nople who are dread in earnest. Wh, n a man refuses to argue with a t wor:naa he 'c.r:(rs it a sort of ac knowledgem'nf of mental superiority. CHARLEY'S SHAVING PARLOR .O:4 ROYAL STREET ~" i(t' in ('anal and Customhouse, a NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA. ,y ' HARiLES H. WIgHTERICH, Proprietor. -rl n a rsir gieo,. Thrlen get a CUSIMAN tat The Engil:. That ung S(n Crm. 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