Baton Rouge tri-weekly gazette & comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1865-18??, 1867-10-29
A Voice from the Bureau Of immigration.

migration Of Louisiana at New Orleans
: acopy ofhis interesting Circular, touch
ing the important objects connected
with bis Office. Mr.. altman, with
alldue and proper earpestness, urges the
corporation of the citizens of the State
towards accomplishing the measures
sought to be accomplished by the
immigration Bureau organized under
an act Of the Legislature. He contends,
and with every show of reason, that un
loss a concert Of spirit and action
among ourselves, and liberal induce,
ments and facilities towards incoming
Settlers" be manlerted, immigrants
will be tarry here, but continue in
masses to find their way to the North
west, where every pains is taken by or,
ganized bodies to meet their expecta-
tons and desires Separate and iso-
lated efforts to obtain immigrants, based
more or less, a. they are, on selfish
plans and purposes, generally meet
with poor success and are apt even.u-
ally to fail Of their object altogether.
II we ever expected to have the thou
sands upon thousands of acres Of idle
lands in this State peopled by an in.
dustrious, enterprising population Of
farmers, mechanics and labore,s, and
those lands made to contribute to
to 'the greatest good Of the greatest
understanding and prospering
the State-it is alI-important and ne.
cessary that the proprie'ors of those
lands should come together and act
with the Bureau in systematzing,
upon broad, liberal and permanent
principles, such practical measures as
will induce the tide of immigration
to flow in this direction. This, Mr..
Kaufman respectfully entreats them
to do, and to this end, he makes the
following suggestions
LIST. That this Bureau should be
furnished with full and precise infor-
nation from individuals concern.
ing the lands they have for
sale. with elaborate mention of num-
Der Of acres, locality, means of access,
quality. price, terms Of credit, etc.
This will prevent no one from seek
ing other means Of disposing his
lands, through brokers. etc, but
may even facilitate them in doing 50 |
for it seems to me that a long time
must elapse before purchasers will
be found if some general effect is not
produced.
I'd. That planters should send to
this Bureau memoranda Of such con
tracts for hired labor as they arc
willing to make-stating the wages.
the quality Of land, quality of food
they offer, the kind Of work they
want done, and describing the habi-
tations they can furnish the laborer
and his family.
Sd. That District Societies Of
land owners and labor hirers should
be formed to make a common tender
Of either land or work, or both, and
to settle in liberal spirit the prices
and terms they can abide by, while
they show the extent Of the wants
Of Louisiana in regard to the labor
and the number she can immediatcly
employ or furnish with land to cul-
tivate. At present, no one can
answer this question practically.
We can only theorize and state ap-
proximatively the state Of the case
but precisely when, where, how and
how much labor is wanted or land is
for sale, no one knows How can
new population, IN masses be at
tracted here without the statistical J
and Typographical data necessary to
create such attraction becoming not
only positive but noiorious.
The necessity for prompt action,
70 promote the object in view, is
made the more apparent from the
|act, that the season has arrived
when the influx of European immi-
grafton may be more steadfastly d.
verted to our State Already, as
will be seen from the following para
graph copied from the New Orleans
Bee OF the Goth, has the tide com
setting in; but only to push {
It's way mostly westward, because,