New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-02-05
Sew Orleans and fts Needs.

The Mobile Register Of Sunday contains a
letter mot writer. for pubiication) from a
French gentleman travelling through the
South, which IS translated tor that paper
! oy another party than the person to whom
it was addressed. We present some e&-
| tracts:
! New Orleans - q beautiful and gay city.
| Canal street is Partisan in its aspects, its
| gaities. its richness. its variety and lie.
! 1t is softer and more enjoyable than Broad
! way. gayer than Regent street or Fan Mail.
! The thing which strikes a foreigner most
! painfully in American cities is the lack ct
! public buildings, gardens and parks. Latay-
cite square and jackson square are passa-
bic in appearance. but very Insignificant in
! area: in fact. they are greatly dispropor.
| toned to the size OF New Orleans Tho su-
| perficial area Of both OF them. were they
| thrown together. would hardly exceed tWen.
! tv-tive acres. IN :gCpica! cities parks an.
! gardens are absolutely essential to health
! and comfort. and should be laid OF and
| kept in order bv the municipal authorities.
! The CustOmhouse .s the only public
J building in the city, and IL not d: al re.
markable for its architectural beauty. or
I nicely Of proportion. Il is too large for its
height, and presents an appearance OF mas
! siyeness without architectural beauty or
| on the front would have greatly added to
| the ensemble of the building.
1t occurs to me that New Orleans is sta
| tionary: or perhaps it would be more con
sstent with truth to say il i5 slowly falling
! into a decline. though itself wholly uncons
| sciOus of the decline. BE this, however, as
| it may, its growth is certainly suspended.
| Were | a Southerner, my cry, I'm season
| and out Of season." should be, Invite and
| attract European Immigration: send agents,
| on GOOD salaries, to Continental Europe,
and supply them with funds with which to
| publish accounts of our climate, soil and
| products in the German, French and Swed-
| ish languages; donate the first lnstallment
| of immigrants tracts of lands, and help
| them along for the first few years" L
| would urge farmers and merchants TO Or
| ganize State and county immigration So
| cipties. and raise funds by voluntary CON
| t1ibutiOns to put the machinery IN opera
| ton.
What New Orleans needs is direct com
| merce with foreign nations, especially with
| South America, Central America and Mex
! leo. All the coffee consumed IN the vast fe-
| zion drained by the Mississippi and Its nu-
! merous tributaries should be derived from
| New Orleans. 1t should also import log
wood and mahogany from Central Americas
| hides from Brazil and gold and silver bui-
| lion from Mexico, and pay tor them IN
| flour, iron and cotton goods drawn from the
! seening NoI Invest. Without this speedy
! opening of foreign commerce New Or'
. leans must lose its prestige. 1t can not
+. thrive entirely upon the cotton which IS
! sold in it. All the business in this city is
transacted IN Il Few winter months. and the
| residue of the year is remarkable Tor the
! stagnatfon Of business and the exodus 81
I the weather. classes to a more logIAe!R
| latitude to escape maIarlal levers
The Sou.h might. without INCONVENIENCE.
! raise $I0,000.00O by voluntary. contubu-
! tons and these same SIC, 900 900, judiciousiy
expended, would Introduce into the South
. a 100000 of immigrants in the space 81
| five years. The tide, once started, would
! aow in with a steadily increasing volume
| for wears to come. There is, my friend.
! nothing but European immigration into the
| South needed to make it the paradise OF
! the world and the granary OF Europe
| Here are coal and iron in the richest abuD'
| dance; land of unsurpassed fertility. ready
| for tillage: wildernesses OF the most Valua'
| HE timber: water power sufficient 20 run
| thousands upon thousands OF factories: a
| climate more salubriOuS than that 0f
| France, while every industrious man enjoys
| fine certainty of accommodating competency
! in a half dozen years.
II is. by long odds, much better ccnn'fy
! for European immigrants than the Northern
po.tiono OF the American Union, Lands are
cheaper, labor is in greater demand. and
tic climate admits of outdoor labor the
wear round. AT the North al! 'e,,' IA Dor ,, +
suspen1lad FROM November TO April. "nC
.arn.ers and laborers are forced !" live or'
has. accommodation. " 20 10 the poc!A''!se
once more. my friend. lei me urge you to
ciye the public some account Oi the 3tu''h'
;aS., Of Ills magnificent country. whose
resources are not half developed; an. arr r.
cen taiuly not appreciated .Ten py the SOUL.
itself.