The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-07-31

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want population. We cordially
invite the laboring men from the
Northern States and Europe to
our State. A great many planters
are now offering to divide their
lands, not wild but cleared, ara
BILE lands, into small farms, to
suit emigrants, upon terms much
more favorable than the purchase
of even public lands.
People are, in fact, just begin
ming to appreciate what an acre
of land in the delta of the MiSsis-
sippi may be made to produce
Think OF two and even three hogs
headsof sugar per acre-produced
on many plantations this year
worth S125 per hogshead, and
other crops in proportion, and a
single man able to take care of
seven acres Of cane, or ten acres
of cotton, besides raising enough
corn and vegetables for his sup
port! The uplands produce cot
ton and grain, and some of them
have special adoption to the vine.
The prairies, in addition, furnish
the best paSturage in the State.
The alluvial lands are q mine OF
inexhaustible wealth. The up
lands contain vast supplies of
timber, and are drained by streams
furnishing abundant water power
for factories. The "pineries" of
Louisiana are almost inexhausti-
BILE.
There are about $50 fair, work
ing days on the farm i'm Louisiana,
against less than $50 in New York
or Wisconsin. The loss Of time,
interruption of productive labor,
and many expenses incidental to
winter, are avoided. One may
almost say that the Louisiana far
mer has to fill no hay-room, to
lprOyide no wood-pile. The fact
that he does not have to spend a
month or two in summer to gath
re forage for the six monthsof win
ter, the cheapness of fuel also, the
cheaper dwellings, and lighter
clothing-all these enable him to
make and save so much more
money.
1t should also be borne in mind
that the immigrant to Louisiana
does not take up his home in a
wilderness, but in a country pos.
sessed of towns and cities, schools
churches, railroads, and great
lines Of water transportation, with
other appliances that constitute
civilization, while, at the same
time, the cheap and fertile lands
of the State offer all the advan
tages of a new country. Public
opinion is strongly in favor OF i'm
migration both from the North
and from Europe. There is a
general desire to see the country
filled with thrifty and industri
GUS population. The political
social and religious opinions Of
the immigrant, in most localities
will now be respected.
| The laws provide for the protec
tion of his life and property
as completely as in any other
State in the Union. There are
too many white men now at work
in our fields and shops to have
labor held as dishonorable. The
enormous demand and sharp com
petition for labor would, even if ne
other influences were at work
cause the laborer to be respected
The Commissioners of Emigration
could Immediately find places Oh
} plantations for 10000 able-bodied
, men, at $50 per month, with
house rent and the principal ar
ticles of food included. There
are applications in the Labor Elk
change for plantation hands al
even S25 per month-100 men fol-
a single plantation. Manufacto
ries of various kinds are also be
ing established, which offer abun
dant and remunerative employ
ment for skilled labor.
In the early days of Louisiana
: the famous john Law sent ovel
, several hundred hard working
Germans, who settled on the
"German coast" a few miles
: above New Orleans, and proved &
most valuable acquisition to the
country. There are now some
10000 Germans in New Orleans
) and perhaps $4,000 in the State
The emigrant from Spain, Francs
! fand Italy, also finds himself quite
at home in Louisiana. He finds