Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1877-07-21
LOUISIANA L.lNDS.
The .qdraatoges Louisiana Offers TO E"i
grants in the ,ray of Climate, Fertility, etc.
CThe Land Owner


Through the kindness of w. p. Frerct,
Eso.. the enterprsine New Orleans real estate
agent. wc are in possession OF some valuable
facts concerning a recent important movement
in the interests of Louisiana realty, which
sheds bright ray of hope upon the hitherto
desolare outlook for the lands of that long
politically cursed State.
With tie appointment of Board of Com
mls>ioners or Immigration, and their sub
seouent organization. il may be sand that the
first step has been taken towards organizing
some practical measures having ia view the
introduction into tlti, State Of an industrious
class of white auriculturists, and the conse-
ouent OCCUPATION and utilization of the
hundreds Of thousands of acres of untitled
land ,hn, now are left y grow up in b1ambieS
and sedgc grass.
From the composition of the board and the
programme which they have adopted we
should Judge that it will not waste valuable
time in mere speculation or theories; but VIII
at once take hold of the work before it IN
way which will be bound TO bring forth
positive results. Each member, from long
re,i,!encc i'm the State and AN intimate knowl'
edge of the inducemeut it oilers to the mmI-
grant. has doubtlcs, long ago fully made mp
his mind as to what ought TO be done and
how best to do il; and hence will be prepared
TO make prompt advance toward the desired
end
Louisiana may almost be called paradise
! for workingmen. Every product of that
State can be grown here to an equal. If not
| better advantage. Louisiana minerals.
although hardly any effort has ever been made
/ TO develop them, are nearly as abundant and
eoual in wealth. Louisiana lands. without
exagaefation, are the richest on the continent.
The means of cheap transportation are
almost limitless. Louisiana has more miles Of
navigablc streams than any State in the
Union. and a climate as saubrious and as
delightful as that Of Italy. Those terrible
! storms and freezing northcrs which are so
destructive 10 property ard life elsewhere are
unknown within her borders.
In the Northern sections of this State,
wheat, rye, oats. barley, and cotton. all pro-
duce heavy crops, while potatoes. both lr>h
and sweet and every description of garden
vegetables can he produced III enormous
/ quantities and with lIttle labor, almost every
month in the year. Fruits. such "a peaches,
pears, apples, plums, ounces and berries, all
thrive and produce most abundanily, and
| with the railroad facilities which will come
! in time. that region of the State will supply
| early fruits and vegetables 20 the North and
West in such quantity and at such prices as
will bid defiance to competition.
In the southern part of tne State are those
lands which so rapidly enrich the sugar and
rice planter and the orange grower Here
extremes Of ether heat cold are unknown
and here life is more enjoyable, possibly, than
anywhere else in the world.
IL is not sira 1ge, then, that with such M
ducements to offer to the immigrant but Hult
over one-twentieth Of the era available ioi
agriculture is occupicds Yet it is neverhe
less TOO true. With land enough 10 afford
homes for many millions Of people, yet IN
occupied. that can b. had at less than tenti
Of it, intrinsic value, Louisiana sees the
neishboring States rapidly filling up with {
busy throng, and she Is neglected and un
roriced.
The intelligent gentlemen who compos'
the Board CT Commissioners OF .nlmi@rauoi
are aware OF all these things, and now tia
they have begun operations, we THINK that th
! eople of the State who have It's best interest
at heart. can congratulate themselves tia
henceiorth the immigration will not flow pas
l.er borders.