Baton Rouge tri-weekly gazette & comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1865-18??, 1865-11-25
IMMIGRATION SCHEMES.

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forming in New Orleans, which pro-
poses to bring over Chinese or Hin
doc Coolies at the rate of 1000 per
month. Agencies are being estab-
lished in the Northern and Western
cities, with a view of supplying
Southern demands for labor. Rev.
| G. X. MARSHALL, in a recent letter
to the Jackson (Miss.) zNeacs, fur
nishes the public with an outline Of
plan which he originates for the
formation in Mississippi of a Joint
Stock Land and immigration Com
pany." Among the leading features
embraced in this plan are, in brief,
| 1st-Land, as basis, obtainable by
subscriptions equal to the value of
shares taken by each subscriber; 3D.
Commissioners to be elected to esti-
mate the value of each tract and to
apportion the shares of stock to
which each subscriber shall be enti-
tied; 3d.-The lands to be properly
surveyed and laid off into desirable
lots, with roads and lanes running
through them, for farming or village
purposes; 4th.-Lithographed plats
as also publications in various Ian
guages, descriptive Of soil, climate
&C.; and agents to be sent to Eu-
rope and Offices to be opened there to
forward immigrants by chartered
steamers, as also in Mississippi, to
receive them and provide for their
colonization and comfort.-6th.
Suitable buildings to be provided on
the lands for immediate occupation
by the colonists-to be sold to them
at prices agreed on with the Com
pany Eth Alternate lots to be sold
at cheap rates, or given to settlers,
on condition that they remain as res
ident cultivators thereon, and pay
taxes and interest on their purchases
sth-The stock Of the Company to
be transferable, as an inducement to
capitalists to invest in the enterprise.
Mr.. MARSHALL is of the opinion
that the capital stock of such a Com
pany ought to be about $2o,o0o,ooo,
which might command or control
nearly or quite a million Of acres Of
land. He would embrace in his
scheme not only Europeans, but the
enterprising people Of Northern
America, also.
Mr.. MARsHALL's projet seems to
be meeting with considerable favor
in our sister State, and we hope it
may lead to the grand results at
which it aims. The vast area of I'M
cultivated land in the Southern
States, constitutes almost the only
available property now held by the
people which can be transmitted into
capital or furnish the basis for future
Developments Of industrial and So
cial enterprise and prosperity. The
philosophy therefore, which looks to
the proper organization and direction
of landed interests with view to
agricultural, mechanical and labor ia
cilities, strikes us as being the true
philosophy to adopt. In numerous
instances, it would seem to be the
only resource left, by which proprie-
tors of the soil can turn their inter-
ests to profitable account and sub
serve the general welfare and ad-
vancement Of their respective com
munities. 4'+'@ '-.
We shall hail with pleasure all ef-
forts tending to promote the whole
some immigration and colonization in
the South, believing such measures
to be highly necessary and impor-
tant at the present juncture for stim-
ulating and unfolding the many val
liable resources of the country and
comforting innumerable advantages
and blessings on the present as well
as future generations.