New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-05-03
SMALL FARMERS WANTED,

Now that the pc ople Of Louisiana have
adopted constitution and elected officers
loyal to the Union, and she is fairly started
upon her career of a renewed State with
vastly reformed ideas of right and wrong,
truth and Justice, she presents peculiarly
attractive advantages to the settler. There
is an abundant field here for people Of
limited means accompanied with energy.
The lands are cheap and fertile, and labor
is plenty. A ready market can be had for
every product Of the soil. There is scarcely
branch Of agriculture that will not, if
properly attended to, yield satisfactory re-
suits. For instance, few hundred dollars
invested in a small field of cotton last
spring would to-day be worth to the lucky
owner as many thousands The same may
be said in regard to the cultivation
of sugar. Both these staples are bringing
better prices in all the markets Of the world
than they commanded year ago. The old
system Of planting, when successful at all, has
usually been lucrative. But it is liable
to many accidents. The true policy is for
the man OF small means to undertake the
cultivation of as many acres as he can do
justice to, and no more. To do this, he will
find it necessary to work with his own
hands. He may find it profitable to hire
from half dozen to twenty men, accord
ing to his ability to advance wages on bis
crop, and with these led to their daily work
by himself, and stimulated by his own ex-
ample, he may accomplish as much or
more, even, than any one Of the thousands
Of Western farmers, who have, from small
beginnings, slowly but surely grswn rich
by pursuing similar plan foT the past
dozen years.
Men Of large means who wish to have
their money do the work without any ex-
ertion on their own part and men destitute
Of means are not wanted, especially in the
interior Of Louisiana For the former class
there is really little that is inviting Their
Investments are very liable to prove I'M
satisfactory. They offer to imprudent
persons temptations to take risks which toe
often result in disaster to themselves and
loss to their creditors, and consequent dis
satisfaction and encouragement to others.
OF the latter class we have too many al
ready. There are thousands of poor men
10 the South who have never been bred to
any useful employment, and are ft for noth5
ing except towOrk under the instruction
and immediate eye Of superior intelligence.
A sort Of false pride at present keeps them
from the cotton fields, because they have
been taught to believe that such work is
degrading to the Anglo Saxon race. But
as it is q mere prejudice by which they are
gaided, and not deep-seated conviction
founded upeR reason, the example Of their
employer with his sleeves rolled up, sharing
the hardships Of sBe field in common with
bis hands wOuld have salutary effect upou
them, and gradually and surely dispel ina
siOns Of long standing, and change the fash
ions that have prevailed for many years.
We have seen thousands Of white men
working from raOEnlag till night in the
streets and oE the levees Of New Orleans
all summer Although the heat was great Z,
not q case Of sun stroke was feported |
among the laborers. All seemed TO enjoy |
good health, and all certainly DISCHARGED |
their duties .chssriully, There are thou |
sands Of such men ia The State Who are |
ready to work in the field # the wretchea |
prejudice against sueh labor can BE- once
dispsllsd. There Is but one class who car
accomplish this result, and that Is men Of
energy, industry, ana anah |
neans 70 such We say, whether IN he
NoEih Of in Europe, there are great oppoE-
alnlaea awaiting you in the aoush. /
aHA thFuBEroAz STATE COEvRN4IOH
AAla lpas7psion adjourned sfps dis yes
ssreeyI AZ wal doing ibs Werk for which |
i wa ahasmbles il procesdiags viii Be-
fonnd at leugih On lhe arst page q our
paper Ths Delegation 70 sAs National l
Convention atChioag5 TOW oofslsss sf 81