Excerpt from Louisiana Rice Book Southwest Louisiana is settled by a thinking people, and what are we here for? Answer: To make money, and that comes from higher prices for what we Own and produce; to make homes, and they come Of prosperity; and, above all, to make character, and that comes from Obstacles overcome, and the good Lord knows we have had our full share. I have said that we have been systematically robbed. First and most by our ignorance Of the rice business. We tried Providence and challenged Nature to a combat in which we came out second best; then tried the New Orleans 'millers and came out busted; then we tried the rice buyers and speculators and came out worsted; and last we challenged the heavens and declared our independence Of the clouds, and the angel of the harvest invoked the aid Of Neptune, and he Opened the flood-gates Of heaven upon us and never let up for our crying until there was nothing to Show for the largest and best crop of rice ever grown in Southwest Louisiana but a sea of mud. And now in truth, tell us what is the present outlook for the rice industry. Has it Overcome these Oh stacles and made them stepping-stones to success? If, so, then its character must be well developed and we can lean upon it safely. That we have overcome our ignorance of the crop we know by the school Of experience. We have beaten the New Orleans millers by building better. Mills in the rice country, where we have the largest' and best mills in the world. We beat the rice speculators by compelling them to buy in our home markets and pay for. The rice on delivery. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.