The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1876-02-20
LOUISIANA as 1T rs.
wssAr CAN BE DONE TO REDEEM OUR STATE.
IN. o. Price Current

L.
IN. o. Price Currert
We briefly referred in the last issue of the
.&fics Garrent to this timely add valuable work.
#4Aow propose to make a few practical eng
&eatinaB 10 relation to it, to which, from the
iup6&tence of the subj set, we request the spe.
seaAi cEHsideration of our com ,nercisi friends.
ENH 4ltle of this, like that of q Lou siapa stat
ukH yes omprohensive stat ement of it's gu o.
i<sf &tter-L ,uisiaus as tits its topography
<lI& <4Bferiai resonrces-its cotton, sugar cane,
md tobacco 6eids-its corn and grain lands
~ mum erons variety of field crops-its vaiua.
MS Rrssses-its fruits, inclu6ipg the orange
&46 other tropical truits-ts vegetable aud
4Ner gardens-its vast and valuable forests
~ Enber-its prairies, bottoms, swamp aud
fflly lands-health and longevity-vsrioas
4oEsnlar errors corrected touching the soil, eli
mate and people OF the state-reliable nfor
knetson for formers, patrons of usbandry. Ia
SNokaMg men, manufacturers capt. alistH, men of
ztn61kprise, invalids-auy who may desire to
eRk2iE or purchase land in the Gulf States
E3Sere is not a promise implied in the above
Nnatfa not fully coupled with by the abba and
ka6@fAtigable author, Mr.. Daniel bennett, and
a4@ Hnole condensed into an eVo. volume of
2&4 psges.
q xMls work, in fact, furnishes what we have
@4teE designated in our columns as one of the
most efhcieut means that can be devised for
tho peopling of our State with working men
msasnlyin agriculture, but also in all other
e1t2ustrial pursuits and not only peopling
A4t With such valuable additions to her COM
n4Mity, but attracting also capital and skill.
We have never had q doubt that the white
fR1Iation of Louisiana might be rapidly
QAaNEupled, and yet none among the host of
a1Esgrants fail to make satisfactory living,
wkile many among them would acquire COM
pGt9nce, and not few of them fortunes.
We have never had a doubt that Louisiana
soekel more advantages to European, Western
an6 Scrthern immi grants than any of her sis
~ states, not even excepting the Sopthwes.
eEdn smpire, Texas.
have never had doubt that it is supe-
1tte % them all in climate-of more assured
eal&erity-of greater fertility-producing a
lnzsr variety of orops-and presenting a wi
der md more remunerative field for capital and
9Th these unquestfouable advsutages we
HAYS loug held, as we now hold, that our first
duty--the first duty of our legislature and our
people-should be to give to the emigrating
niasees in America and Europe clear, COM
prctepsive and truthful statement Of the facts
g When Cincinnati was comparatively small
8oEns competing with Louisville for popula-
lion and trade, the latter had the apparent
adventage: II was then that small pamphlet
wes published in Cincinnati-ifw g mistake not,
by Mrs Mansteld-which was circulated far
and Wide. Wherever the English language was
ispok&n this brochure was to be found, and the
Own4e of worn out lands in the Middle and
EASTERN States had the agricultural resources
Of Ohio Indiana and Kentucky-at least those
sPCgsiops of the latter which were naturally
.tribukRry to the aapirant to the Western crown
-t0gether with the advantages of that city
Tor the merchant, the manufacturer and the
neatAnic, placed before them in the most for
SlDEt ana allurlpE terms. 10 the pamphlet,
fn0rr than to any other single cause, we ac-
yq0uns for the repid peopling of Cincinnati and
tea econ winning the proud title of the Queen
9fey 81 the West.
&1e Row Orleans. What was effected for Ohio
HNa 81 accomplished for Louisiana.
esce we have spoken of Mr.. Dennetts work
lyLtimely because it appears at the very
1900 when there appears to be a lull in the
Ation from the West and the North to
End the prospect of Captain Eads' suo-
Gees Ga the jetties gives to New Orleans-the
acGneM 6edged emporium of the Southwest
pReee1ge never had before.
The work then should be circulated by thou
eenqs. me cotton interest of New Orleans
e1oul4 take not less than 5000 copies for
Ez44uitous distribution at home and abroad
and not less than Is 900 should be taken by our
other commercial interests and by property
holders. The State should su bscri6e fer 0O0
This would make total of $4,000 copies, and
whom these 25 600 are exhausted, a new and re-.
yissd edition should be published and circu-
slAa9 to an equal extent These may seem to
BE Extravaganza figures. We are confident thev
eFa not. We give them calmly, deliberately
eafing a clear, business, practical common
ee1ee view OF the matter. If our subscribers
refer to the numerous articles we have
&NHktshed in the Price Current on white immi-
ION, it may strike them that such estimates
4ctually in accordance with the views
1te persistently main tanned for years.
We have suggested that IL. 900 copies should
be t4ken by commercial men (outside of the
1qtkDn crcle) and property holders. The latter
tnore deeply interested than any other class
BE community. Every immigrant adds to
1Ae products made for sale, as we'll as to the
en6ud for consumption. Every such addi-
Increases the business of the city. Evory
1ton increase enables tenants to pay rents
1Ee pupctually and enhances the value of real
tete. The advantage to the merchant or
nechanic may be only temporary; to the
estate owner it is permanent. 1t would
~ be difficult to demonstrate that a GER
addition to the population of the country
cause a certain advance in property in
eity. The relations between the two are
of cause aud effect, Hence it is that by
eting thecity by rail with the country,
lEh other railroad systems, by improving
the nAVigation of the river and cheapening
sEAn sportation and by deepening the outlet to
sar 3ulf and thereby admitting a larger class
essels and reducing ocean Heights, the real
Be owner is really more benefited than any
class of our community But these are
~ calculated to have q greater influence
measure which will double or eventually
9uupIe the population of the country, with
iSS corresponding increase in the city.
GRANp oPERATIC GEN AND BALLAD CONCERT.