The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1869-06-16
IMMIGRATION,

ing the means OF encouraging emigra
ton to that State. After q Thorough
discussion the Convention adopted
plan not long since proposed by Col
Lee Crandall, formerly of this parish
who has labored much of late in tn,
States of Georgia, Alabama, Mississip
pi and Louisiana in furtherance of the
objects of the company to which he
belongs. The following extract will
give an idea of the plan proposed.
"He proposes the formation of !,
JOINT Stock immigration Company in
each Southern State, to be managed
and controlled by officers selected by
the stock holders, and comprising a
central office at some central point,
with branch Offices or agencies wher-
ever 1t may suit the directory of the
Company to establish the same. Each
stockholder contributes so much land
to the general fund, valued according
to prevailing market rates in the Sec
ton where located, and Uote lin cleo
non OF Directors, etc., according to its
relative value to the general aggregate.
When subscriptions have been compile
ted, or whenever the limits of sub
scriptiOns have been reached, the lands
subscribed are to be re-salued, and SO
modified as regards prices as to present
inducements to the immigrant equal i'll
not superior, to those held out to him
IN The Western States. The Company
will then advertise these lands, their |
location, inducements, etc., through
Northern papers of extensive influ-
ence and circulation, establish immi-
grafton agencies in the chief cities of
the North, and thus turn that tide
which has made the West an Empire
OF unrivalled beauty and strength. into
Southern channels, to pour it's fertili-
zlng floods on Southern fields.
TO illustrate Col. Crandall's idea, we
will suppose that A. B., c. and D. de- 1
sire to form corporation on this plan.
A. snbscribes 1000 acres of black land,
worth $50 per acre. B. puts in 1900 /,
acres of post-"ak land worth $40 per
acre. c. and ID. put in 1000 acres
each OF sandy land worth SIS per acre. n
In this case, the value of their several t
being equal, the stock +
holders, A. B., c and D., will he enti-
led to equal votes say forty votes
Zach, or one vote for every $500 worth t.
# land, in the choice of President and il
5oard OF Directors. They vote in per- y
on or by proxy, for officers, who, when .,
lected, assume at once the control and -
of the COmpany's lands. o
md after having arranged the lands 81
INSCRIBED, into subdivisions or tracts. c,
blowing the plats and maps of the Al
anne, furnished by the owners, they "
fer the alternate sections, subdivisions u
tracts subscribed by A. at half their al
larket value, tO-wit: at 10 per acre, til
nrsulng the same plan with those
Inscribed by the other partners-ad-
ertIsIng the same through Northern r.,
urnals OF extensive influence and cir
'latlon, and inviting settlers to come gu
I'd occupy them, through the medium la'
immigration Agencies established on
: them in the Northern and North f.,
stern States. w
To us this plan appears, as it has al ~. ~
ady appeared to practical and expe- ve
'nced men, to be perfectly feasible, .n
d it only requires to he taken hold 80,
BY our large landholders to make it NJ,
successful. 1t must be ev- d.l
.nt to all that the agitation kept I'D 50,
the Radical party will keep immi lid
alton from the South tor an indefinite roe
ne unless some method is taken to uo
lnteract their influence. 1t is to the a.,
crest OF the Radicals to keep bona at
settlers ont of the South forever h.,
ey want no Northern men here but anl
'pet-baggers to fill the offices, which por
y expect to be conferred upon them the
the negro voters. They hate the ed
lth too much ever to wish To see IL not
I've In the improvement of it's lands new
the filing up with an industrious sto,
,niation. lis n
is now four years since the war inn
sed and no effort has been made TO IN .
upy the fertile Southern lands. We
ch have lain idle for want of culti- Mo,
ors. Immigration from the North wan
been almost exclusively confined to ben,
carpet-baggers in search of Office, the
of the foreign immigrants it is es- cula
ated that not two per cent have and
e TO the South. Assiduous efforts thei
maze 9v Radical agents in Europe tied
induce emigrants to settle at the Mr..
tn, ana the ignorant foreigners de- the
ed by their lies, prefer to settle in der,
barren lands of the cold North. quir'
er than run an imaginary risk of sabi
lives In the genial climate of the what
IN. Our people, therefore, by lain
ms of their Immigration Com ma, loo ed II
Societies, should have their agents not
lie North and in Europe, who should thr"'
bnse the minds of immigrants of not
preJud'ces engendered by interest oc''
Northern emisaries. 1t only re- SANDS
IS information on the condition and oette
s Of the South to turn to the road
hern States a steady stream of p'etl'
ty and industrious settlers. There gan s
reason in the world why these from
e lands should lie idle any longer.
settler should, therefore, be en-. on
lged in his effort to become land OF
IF. AS soon as the country shall noo
tiled up by such class of people, .o' I'll