New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-05-11
IMM1eRAr1oN AND IT'S OBSTACLES

\ tented. should, By their influence: anu
MEANS favor all feasible schemes or iinni'
I grafton which may plant permanently on
! the soii of Louisian4 an industrious ana
law I,yinp yeomanry from other states
! and countries. in such numbers as may
double and uuadruple the crops Ut the
! STATE. and put into cultivation larger por'
.iou ~; uus y!eh. h.s: TOW ;1ls and useless
! lands.
Thi, a,ean, tina: t..e Cotton Exchange.
! whose members now sell on commission a
| million and hal: bales Of cotton. worth
$50, OOO, 900. recommends the culture Of a
! greater Breadth Of land. and to eject this
| recommends the importation Of more!abor.
In This enterprise the taxpayer. the me-
chanic. the merchant and the !aboyes on
the ieyee are alike interested. -,
4 SOD Of louisiana who has eerthinly
done as much and suffered AZ snvcI in
her service as any othere sayss
Louisiana might have been spafeI most
| of her Elections which now bear SO heavily
upon her but for the political dissensions
| and antagOnisms among our own people.
| But there is one scheme Tor saving the State
which involves no such antagonismso shat
scheme is immgrations
Take the catalogue of Inducements held
out to the immigrant by louisiana Com.
pare them with the most favored locality
in the West, to which millions are now
moving. There can be no. question but
that in all these elements of attraction
Louisiana surpasses any rival. Yet Of the
column of four hundred thousand coming
annually from foreign countries not four
thousand pass through oIr port and not
two thousand settle in our State The
migration from one State to another passes
by or over Louisiana and carries the
wealth of its labor to Arkansas or Texas.
These undoubted facts must have an
adequate cause. and that cause has
been correctly stated by General Beaures
gard as ''the political dissensions and an.
tagonisms among our own people,. We
state this fact with no purpose to exonerase
OURSELVES. 10 throw exclusive blame Oh
others, and with no idea Of catering for q
compromise Of any existing difficulties.
tor which we maintain the Republican
party 5 not responsible. There are Others
far more deeply interested in this adjust
ment than 'the fully .ne.thisd OF Our pop.
ulation" which the Cotton Exchange says
are residents Of the cities and towns. and
are "consumers and not producers. For
of these nfmbers there are few VII, could
not sing with the Christian pilgrim
$. foot ~ 2and 10 - ssesa
EhcO:sage liz tiIis wilderEesA
Few Of them but could carry :!,e:: eap:.
tai Of intellect somewhere else AMI realize
% good dividends upon It. It is known
si.a, hundreds of mechanics hare proved
this by leaving New Orleans within the
last year 70 seek employment elsewhere.
The landowner. however. can not remove
his plantation a. IL It were = stock O.:
goods, bank credit. Of tool chest. II
the ship be robbed and scutt.ed the
planter must stay aboa:.l And now.
having but one acre TO every ten ortwelve
under culture. vi l. bit one SOU! gu: Of
seven che soul Of All honest. hard-handsd
filler Of the soil the question is. how
shall! tAe plaa'e: n,d Lis plantation h.
saved:
The o,.sta.I,s 70 Immigration into Lou.
islana are: !. European fmnigrantsnse
the Inducements OF gift lands. small hold
ings. with the culture Of familiar staples.
. That there Is an immense extent Of
such lands seeking purchasers They are
riva. to ous owl. 5. These rivals seize
upon and EVA ggerstc all natural and 50.
ciai objections to Louisiana disseminate
thens broadcast. and ruiz them IN specially
throughout ali Northeru Europa 10 the
foreign mind Louisiana Is the home Of
deadly epidemic for mos. o: the year.
Whenever the population eau ge out of
hospital they GO about IN MODS. Selling
and plundering, shooting down the labor.
ers in the fields and srraying themselves
in open and armed resistance 70 such au.
thorities as do not award offices 10 suit
applicants II the negro !aborers Of the
Eastern States leave the worn lands Of the
saaboard fos the bettey wages and mo:e
abundant food o.. the Gulf and Mississip.
pi river, they steer carefully around the
best wages and NEST abundant tool OF
Louisiana, and. as In the case Of 2o.cOO
estimated colored emigrants from Georgia.
seek a location in Arkansas or Texas.
These are reasons foy the u.an:es and land.
owners
There Is another intescs: especially coo.
ceynei in senovin. these obstacles to
Immigration and Increased production.
It j.. :..a: .. ,...c banker. :hs merchant and
tie :,e.;:a... New Orleans should sci!
goods un.! Iis.;sc L:c:..y 20 the vast
area -: which she j. -. commercial
centre. l:ut viii, the rnces Antics which
cloud the crop Of the country. how can
capitalist foyess. whom 20 trust: Hemay
loan toa rlan.e. Of known integrity and
skill. Some sherit; OF e!e:s may conceive
himsei: wycnsiu!ly excluded or e:ic:ei
from: Office. :wo janis o: posse c...ii"'..s
may decide the dispute. and il doing 50
may iemora!iae and destroy the labor o:
parish. Th. ;ns.c!lan: in Xix, :nanne:.
who has laid i'll b., goods. will tini Gus.
TONERS deferred BY drummer core.
sponden:s Of Eastern and Western
cities. These acu.e .irummers. intent
OH turning ouc customers from New
Orleans. vii! cc.opess:. with our