The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1876-04-15

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agreed upon, with the obligation
upon the tenant of reserving for
the factory the whole of his pro-
ductiOn OF cane, Of course, it do.
wolves upon the managers of the
factory, to encourage the cultiva.
tion of these farms by all proper
means, such as Introducing i'm
proved means of transportations,
as in the French West India Is
lands, through the use of tugboats
and the construction of tramways,
by furnishing advances Of ferti-
lizers, BY facilitating the means Of
draining and irrigallng the lands,
by furnishing agricultural imple.
ments, and even, when circum.
stances justify it, steam plows.
The river and bayou lands, ON
account OF their being almost level
and of their shape in the area of
cultivation, could have cheap and
improved means of transportation
built.
Some of the results of the cree.
tion of Central Factories would
be to call out this dormant capi
tai, to give value and life to un-
productive property, to awaken a
speculative spirit in business men
and guide labor in the ways of
intelligent economy. Introducing
the Central Factory system would
also result III a separation of the
three branches of the sugar trade
the agricultural, the manutactu
ring, aud purely cOmmeral inter-
ests, and would certainly give
rise tOnumerous mercantile trans.
actions on short credit, and our
banks and institutions of credit,
whose vaults are now overfowing
| with funds, for which no advanta
geous employment can be found,
would have IA new line of safe and
remunerative business, whilst they
would strengthen labor, facilitate
transactions and stimulate pro.
duction, their legitimate objects.
The administrators of the tactu-
ries could invite small labOriny
capitalists to become tenants,
owners of lands or even sharellol.
ders in the association, a practi-
cal mode of disposing OF lands.
Contracts would have to he ell.
tered into with neighbOring plan.
ter for the purchase of cane, deli.
verable at various times, an i'm.
portant resource to cover what
ever deficits might arise in the
production of tenants.
We believe that the brightest
hopes of the local sugar interest
of the whole commercial cOmmu.
nifty, as well as of the owners of
the rural property, will be reaIi-
zed by the Lewiston of landed es-
tates into farms. and by the erec
ton of Central Factories, (either
for the manufacture of sugar or
any other product,) judiciously
located and intelligently manag-
ed. When this takes place, there
must be an incessant Influx of
useful, energetic immigrants iu
search Of a comfortable liveli-
hood, which their labor will be
sure to earn for them here. And
if the valuable products of the
West. as we'll as of the South, arc
to find a natural outlet by the
Mississippi River, as soon as q
sufficient depth of water is Oh
tanned at its mouth ; Louisiana
must be able to pay for these pro
ducts with Those of her own coil.
and as sugar is u constant aud In
creasing demand, she could com.
plete her inland commerce by a
return freight, directing her ef.
forts towards raising her produc-
ton to a level with the national
consumption. We claim that
some of these efforts should result
in the erection of "Central Sugar
Factories" firmly convinced that
they will insure success.
Mr.. Montejo's pamphlet con-
tains much more valuable and
suggestive matter, to which the
above may be regarded merely az
Introductory, ant is we'll worthy
tina attention Of all persons en-
gagged in sugar trade, or intereet
in sugar lands. 1t can be had at
GreSham's-price SOC.
John M. Francis, the travelling
proprietor of the Troy Times, cali.
ed recently Oh the Khedive OF
Egypt, and found him democratic
in manner and talkative. lie said
that he was trying to advance hi,
country in civilization, and had
: made some progress, but 4ol
enough to be satisfactory. The
people have to be taught slowly
The Khedive wishes to hire |:
5 practical farmer and u good che