Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1876-07-15

fear that orange growing is about to
be orcrd0ne !; that in a few years it
will not pay to plant orange trees in
Louisiana. sfas ,ra t
Orange growing is overGone, in the
sebse IF having too many, rs compar-
ed with the people who trant them.
We admit That il may be -overdone,
If al attention is given to creating q
supply and none to creating a de.
m1nd for them. But that it can be
overdone in the sense Of having morc
oranges on hand than the people
would consume, ifthey could get them
at reasonable prices, scarcely needs
q word of refntation. The orange
bek in Louisiana is small compared
with the whole territory of the conn
try at large, II becomes no compare
tively little, that it leaves no room
for even supposition that orange
growing can DO 0verdonein Louisiana,
even If every acre ofavaliable orange
land were planted In orange trees.
Oranges in Louisiana can be grown
and put on the market az clleaply as
apples in the North, and the demand
for them, il the price were that of ap-
pies, would be equal to that of apples.
A single firm in Chicago, sells more
apples in season than all the
oranges Of Louisiana and Florida put
together. The demand for apples is
created by hard work on the part Of
apple men.
Orange men must work 1.-The whole
country wants the fruit-it must be.
nut within the reach of the people
then orange planting will not heover-
done. Another thinks Florida is go
ing to raise all tho oranges, that the
forty millions Of people in the United
States can pnsslme, and therefore
Louisisne cannot afford to grow
oranges. Now we have nothing to
say against Florida. Those who
want to 90 them "a grow oranges had
better do 40, there Is, nothing like
being satisfied that you are in the best
place for the business wished to be-
carried ON.
Florida has a market IN the East
for all the oranges she can grow
louisiana has a market in tho Vest
for all she can produce. Florida will
never be rival Of Louisiana in the
Northwest and West. Indeed Flori-
ia cannot cofhIsete with Louisiana in
the orange trade any where that the
latter may wish to go on strictly bnsi-
ness principles -and IN saying this,
we do not wish 10 cast any unjust re-
Elections on our sister State.
1.-THE light OF what we know of the
two States, and from statistics pub
lished, which we take as reliable, we
are prepared to state without fear OF
snccessful contradiction. that 1t costs
the Florida planter ono hundred per
cent more (inclading price Of land,
trees, labor and locatien of grove) to
bring given numl,er of orange trees
mp to the same age and bearipg capa-
city, that it does the orange planter
ut LoniEiana. and further, that an
orange grove. in Louisiana, can be
kept in u strong bearing condition at
least fifty pcr cent cheaper than a
grove of the same size in Florida,
taking the average orchard Of the
States as the rule. The reasons for
the conclusions tn which we have
come are found In the superior soil of
LonisiaDa. rs compared with that Of
Flnrida. Hpner we think those who
suppose that Florida II going to run
away with the orange trade of
Louisiana, arc in error. They can
not think 40 on business principles.
Taking into consideration the three
elements, climate, soil and natural
facilities for marketing the fruit,
Louisiana is unequhled ~ an orange
sfats' bs any ot he q States. ;