, 1869-05-03
LOUISIANA
Lcefcr from the President OF the
Board Of Commtssloners OF Enii-


ETAA0As
To tLe Et,itor o.f Tl- Chicago Tri5un::
Your graphic letters relative to LnnIstana aul
hes resources have been read with great interest
t1z people arc indeed largely indebted to you for
The essential service you hsve rendered to calling
attentf'n to the many aad unusual advantages
offered b. OFF State 70 etu!S1ants, and especially
To capitallsta-,
In N editorial article IH1nted IN your tssue Of
the ~ inst, you ztate that to the capitalists
"thcsc plantations at tho ssath oIc1 Inducements
Of the most tempting character, but to the great
multitude OF our Northern people ther are not
oSer-tempting. The cultivation Of a hlnan crop
Of sugay or cotton viii not yield man that prot1s
which Ia 70 be gained nj The Sos.h
from the satne amount OF labor and capttai+
The fact ts, the time has not set come
End WIN cot for many yesrs, WHEN the while Labor
Of the North MI b. needed It tho South" uaa
you remained fthget Ii IouIsiana, 50 a. 10 have
learned the results Of individual eort last year in
working small faf7ns, either owned or lca.eJ by
the cuityntora, you would hare been even more
surprised than In the caae Of the successful plant
ers you mention The profits Of the l.tser seem
much Heater. This has uniformly been the case
since the war. I have myself been larger cottlr-
planter, and, in connection With my tutes, have
upon the results Of indiv,duA labor In crittra-
nng The soil ! give below few instances from
~. s" r!1}Gatio, LTG R9nasneu o. tas commission
crnts.s ~ enrfrr,1 rrlaNs Lay " Nc
Nov let Us compare II NTH the results Of lndi-
49, tth sh.s I[nt.i. ~ ~ tmu.S - ~ ~es jeas-
wron T Eesneh.n ~ ~ p11 son q ~ ~
champ, Of East FeliciAna Parish. He Is only ii
atnsns n 3sis9 hIs 1.,ha- ~ asG =! Lns
him to school, hut he declined for the reason that
hla fasher vas In debt ind could not AFFORD the ex-
peee q ana wnea be- w 1ond e,Fa,e II Sa aln IN n,s
Wnn srnnni ip,.s 9 wh9s as,q &c Tpan nake r.
wuutu sGuoo1 1Alaseu Ne1l !ca1- In1 iouoEin2 Is
ihs tss Se.Sn,. SesqIt; ,,,z.o,, .,x,o>
LAY uNsneta Sotu
naies cotton sold d.......-...-.-.-.,...-. esl-oo
1oo ousteis potatoes..- '......--.-..-..-.. loooo
~'S N''1 1''''A ~''A' '''''''''''.'''''':: -eo
I0tal amount.. 10
~ made win hts own Labor and without help,
for tNo Years
a young gentleman ratsed tn the lap OF luxury
anu edoc3ted ln 3ar1s eul1vatesa last rear With
90, On one Of the gteai plantations WORKED By
Mcssfs- s1raEuet Hort i Co, ol New York, In
lso9h ne did ~! the FoFI himself, and GaTe c1-
lat hJ In 1u15t And the yonnR man then male a
visit ol several xeeIs to Kentucky. II the atl-
tumn he PICKED rom these tEo acres ot land four
bsle4 Of Fetles COTTON, which, Ut 40 cents rcf
pound brought t6aa: In addition 70 this he sold
nom tho same csDp 3au bu2aelA Of Peeler cotton
$50 TOT se ~ making fhe end5e proceeds from the
CaAt1ea JnItet& N !niusaiots c0lored man uv-
Ing 10 CatEoA F7stsn. La, rented and worked forty
ac1eA during The past &casou ih coston, coru and
othef pfodnctS- He was As4isted by his TWO
daughters and woman. Besides raising l1rEe
crop Of corn. he sh]pped to New Orleans and sold
30 bales Of eotton-aest proceeds, &, ,ssa0a
TEo tolorrt rnc14 In the Eane parish, VINO had a
eoople ol mu.es eaeh4 out not money enough to
buy eFen their cofn worked tnutl On shares, giv-
tnK one-1onEth o. me cotton raised for rent ffe-
ates Eood stock Of Provisions and forage 12ld by
ios shh yea.s woEs ths net pnHiact Of thelr
iaoef amounted % s3ooao oa Many other col-
cuslip 4'1! VII II TUG eo'''n producing parishes o'd
- - eEeat many plantations, eoth sugar ant cot
~, ~, Hese tAst fsa[ Hofkeu "a saases thkt u the
p!aatefs Iutnisnea Ana, mnles, utensils and for-
asei ana supplseu INC bands WITH pIoFtaloas " bc
paIa ier ott oi ne crop. me freedmen lu most
eases naa oha-h4A o. INC cotton or sugar, and oue
taila o. tne corn, produced. colnmna Of this pa.
per oo1d be died With the names and earnings Of
coloted men who worked tor such share OF the
crop Tpo realized Il COO, 4. .e00 f1,60s. and In
eomo instances even more. In nce culture, In
fruit and vegetable fatstnK, the results OF inAf
sidcal eGoft, with bat Asic ar 10 capitai, hare