The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-11-01
THE IMMIGRATION ASSOCIATION.
meeting at Exposition Hall-A Large
Attendance.

Meeting at Exposition Hall-A Large
Attendance.
The meeting last evening at Exposition Hall
FOR The purpose OF organizing an immigration
Association was very largely attended, there be-
Ing present quite number OF our influential
citisens, MIR. Tobias Gibson, the temporary
chairman,
ORGANIZED THE MEETING,
stating that its objects we're the discussion OF an
Immigration scheme aud the consideration and
adoption of q constitution and bylaws, prelimi-
nary 10 permanent organization.
Y Mir. Gibson went on in q short address TO set
forth the necessities for such q movement. The
whole history Of the United states was but a con.
anuous argument and testimony upon this sub
ject proving TO us that whatever of prosperity we
have attained and may hope for lie due to and to
be stssined by the
INDUCEMENTS WE OFFER
"a The people Of other nations and climes to be-
come useful citizens and laborious producers OF
our own State. Within his own memory Iowa
was an unpeopled territory now II ia the first
Grain producing State for it's area Ia the world
Minnesota second only to 1owa-has attained to
liz present prosperity and wealth, within the
Z2mo u
great advancement has been due to nothing else
than their
liberal ENCOURAGEMENT or IMMIGRATION.
ana the Inducements these States have offered to
adventurous people to make themselves homes
within their territory. In this respect the peo-
pie OF Louisiana presented sad and pititgt con-
Srast, by reason of their lack OF everything like
enterprise. But few DAYS back the people OF
this city had voted down a tax proposed 10 be
levied for the purpose of building the
NEW ORLEANS PACIFIC ROAD,
m enterprise essential to the commercial pros
uerity OF the city and involving more material
oonsidera ions than any project of the day. Their
action may have been right: it may have been
wrong; but ae fact IL stands upon record that
the people opposed the road and prevented its
construction. MIR. Gibson had recently examined
I the
RELATIVE STANDING
or the different States in regard to the value OF
their agricultural products, and he found Lou,
isiana, with the richest soil, the most genial
climate the greatest undeveloped riches, first II
but single product--suRar -and che was first IN
this one product selely because she was abso
lutely without competition.
He had seen in the papers that this movement
10 encourage immigration was
IN OPPOSITION
"a the Southern Pacific road. It was not sub
sitliarv to It, nor secondary in Importance but he
regarded Il as one that would run pdri pdsso
with II, and that the two were mutually depend.
emit; they were certainly not antagonistic.
THERE Is ONE CONSIDERATION,
however, Of supreme Importance, and that lie the
correction OF the popular disposition OF our peo
ME TO discourage immigration by discrediting the
advantages OF our State. People who have de-
sired 10 settle here have been discouraged from
90 doing by various representations. First, they
were warned OF our disastrous political situation
There was much justification for that, but nov
the evil days have gone by and we have only The
brightest snticpations in this respect. Thei
there has been much said about
OUR s1cKLY SEASON.
He defied any living man to specifically designat
any given month. or number OF months, as tn
eickiy season. Louisiana had no sicky season
IL il myth, tallacy, SANDER. The meteoro
logical reports of the signal service bureau estab
lished the fact that the mean temperature of Ne,
Orleans from April to October was lower than a
any given point on the continent except Omaha
One has but TO look at a meteorological map Il
see that the thermotmercal lines OF latitude de-
fleet lower IN Louisiana than IN any other portion
OF the world, proving that here, with an exemp
zion from ali the seventies OF q Northern winter
we have summers more genial than are known
10 ATTITUDES of almost arctic SHOWS. Again many
OF our people leave New Orleans to seek the
health giving sea breez of Newport and Lon
Branch. Yet here we have
SEA BREEzEs ALL THE YEAR ROUND
that 60 up to the furthest limits of our State
bearing upon their lnvlsioie wings the oeWs AM
gentle rains tnat make our seasons fruitful ant
temper the rays of sun that would otherwise b
tropical. This is our climate from April to Octo
Der. Certainly. then, our sickly season is no
within the scope of these months. 1t cannot b
between October and April, for if there be an
ELYsIDM ON EARTH
IL il Louisiana during our fall and winter ant
early spring. What reason, what justice is there
i taep, in this SANDER of our State?
How differently do the people of other State
faIk to the people who propose to settle amonl
4Eeml In spite of Fernandina plaques, miss
1na&,o and death breeding swamps and barrel
uaetee OF eavannah,
n FLORIDA IS REPRESENTED
1o ~ inter world IS paradise, and her peepl