Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-02-19


early vegetables, and cur railways
reaching their iron arms 10 the
cities Of the east and west, viii
give them ready and speedy trans
poriati0n 10 unfaillng markets. The
Orchardest can plant his early and
rare variety Of fruits, with the full
assurance that their bending branch
% will yield him splendid Feve-
nues. Here he vineyard can be
located, aud their vats win produce
the sparkling wine that will fl0w
In full volume, true to the cluster
ing promises Of their over ladened
vines. Cur hills are peculiarly
adapted In soil and elevation to
the culture Of the grape, and the
future will develop an example In
our midst that will rival the bond
ing arches and gorgeous arb0rs Of
Italy or France. Grasses flourish
and produce the richest pasturage.
Here we may have our cattle np-
on thousand hills, rivaling In
numbers and fatness tho herds that
roamed over patriarchal plains.
Sheep with their annual increase Of
seventy five and one hundred per
cent thrive in unwOnted perfec-
tion, and our slaughter houses will
yield their offerings of bacon, lard
and pork to supply the wants
of the densest population.
These are the splendid attractions
that Mississippi and Louisiana
present to the immigrant world,
and these are the invitations they
extend to thrifty and restless agri-
culiurists of every nation. The
laborer who has spent his days In
struggling with grim want,
through the abundant harvests that
spring from our generous soil, may
speedily change the sluggish for
tune that has held him TO poverty,
and brighter change will come
over the spirit Of his dream. BY
diligent labor and intelligent work,
he will ina few years OF the cul-
ture of our prolific Southern sta
pies, place himself and family far
beyond the pinchings Of necessity,
and ere many annual periods have
passed will be invested with plen-
ty and to spare.
Attractive, however, as are the
agricultural inducements of Missis-
sippi and Louisiana, there are
other industrial processes that Of
fer to the immigrant q field Of
equal promise, Manufacturing
institutions are springing up In al
most every neighborhoOd, and arc
creating o demand for workmen
and workwomen, Offering the high
est reward. Our raw material Il
being converted into manufactured
forms. Seed that was once left to
decay and useless loss ia now be-
ing turned into oil. Paper
mills are yielding the material
upon which thought, science ana
literature are stamped. Wheat Is
being grown for home mills, aud
flour once the monopoly Of the
western and middle States, will
soon be furnished fresh at our owl
doors. Tauneries will ere long con
sumo hides that have heretoforl
been exclusively an article Of ex
port. Beef and hog packeries will
supply a want that could only bt
cancelled from the slaughter PEN
Of Kentucky, Ohio aud Missouri
Horses aud mules will be thu
products of our own pastures. The
Foundery, the Machine Shop, and {
thousand other minor institutions
will furnish the articles necessary
10 our domestic needs, and the sun
total of all our wants will be sup
piled by home industry. Our mag
nifCent railways and numberlesl
steamers offer stimulating induce
ments 10 the hardy workman, and
will give.full reward TO honest Ia
Dor. In these varied Department.
of Southern industry, are vacant
places for an unlimited number o
operatives. Our lands once supplied
with ample labor, are either crude,
| ly cultivated or lying idle, given NJ
10 brambles and weeds. The vas
wealth annually flowing from
them In former years, is lost L
commerce and the wants Of thl
community. In their successful
and complete culture, there is q val
ue unequalled by the quartz Of Call
fornia, or the golden gems Of Aus
tralia. Our manufacturing interests
are moving with sluggish pace fol
the want Of skilled intelligent labor
our railway and steamboat Interest,"
are daily jeopardized by inefficient
employees or deficient supply. Ev
cry interest is waning, on accOun
of the controlling evil Of inadequate
labor. There is q law, fixed and in
variable, that equalizes supply anC
demand; when the supply is moi
equal TO the demand, those who
partially fill that demand have q
harvest at their disposal. The sup,
ply of labor in these States is ial
below their wants, and offers tC
immigrants tho surest and most
certain remuneration.
We have thus presented. in CON
densed form, some of the fea
lures that form the attractions thai
Mississippi and Louisiana offer to
those who would avail themselve
OF advantages so manifest. On nc
other soil is labor more anxiously
sought for, and more highly re-
warded; in no other region will ii
reap harvests so full and complete
This being true, aud no one can
successfully reiuie the fact, our
section presents a field, unequalled
in attractions, Und unrivalled in Its
prOfuse offerings.
We now approach APPOINT In the
discussion OF this interesting sub
feet, of vital importance TO our Sec