The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-07-15
LOUISIANA LANDS.
The Advantages Louisiana Offers to En-
igrants i'm the Way Of Climate,
Fertility, Etc.

The Advantages Louisiana Offers to E,n-
igrants i'm the way Of Climate,
Fertility, Etc.
The Land Ownerl
Through the kindness of W. p. FIRE.
ret, ESQ, the enterprising New Orleans
real estate agent, we are in possession
of some valuable facts concerning re-
cent important movement In the inter-
ests OF Louisiana realty, which sheds q
bright ray of hope upon the hitherto
desolate outlook for the lands OF that
long politically cursed State. .
With the appointment OF Board OF
Commissioners Of Immigratisn. and
their subsequent organization, 1t may be
said that the first step has been taken to-
wards organizing some practical meas
ures having In view the introduction
into this State of an industrious class Of
white agriculturists, and the consequent
occupation and utilization of the hun
dreds Of thousands of acres OF untitled
land that now are left to grow up in
brambles and sedge 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 will at once take hold
of the work before 1t in a way which
will be bound to bring forth positive
results, Each member, from long resi-
dence in the State and an intimate
knowledge of the inducement 1t offers
to the immigrant has doubtless long
ago fully made up his mind as to what
ought to be done and how best to do 1t !;
and hence will be prepared to make q
prompt advance toward the desired end.
Louisiana may, almost be called
paradise for workiDgmen. Every pro-
I,rnf pf fh nf Ctnfn ran ha grown hArn tn
an equal, ifnot better advantage. Louis
lana minerals, although hardly any
effort has ever been made to develop
them, are nearly as abundant and equal
in wealth. Louisiana lands, without
exaggeration, are the richest on the
continent.
The means Of cheap transportation
are almost limitless. Louisiana ha4
more miles Of pavigable streams thai
any State in the Union, and q climate q
salubrious and as delightful as that q
Italy. Those terrible storms and freezs
ing northers which are so destructive to
property and life elsewhere are unknown
within her borders.
In the Northern sections Of this
State, wheat, rye, oats, barley, and cot
ton, all produce heavy crops, while po-
tatoes, both Irish and sweet, aud every
description Of garden vegetable can be
produced in enormous quantities and
with little labor. almost every month in
the year. Fruits. such as peaches,
pears, apples, plums, ounces and ber-
ries, all thrive and produce most abun-
dainty, and with the railroad facilities
which will come in time, that region Of
the State will supply early fruits and
vegetables to the North and West in
such quantity and at such prices as will
bid defiance to competition.
In the southern part Of the State are
those lands which so rapidly enrich the
sugar and rice planter and the orange
grower. Here extremes Of either heat
or cold are unknown, and here life Is
more enjoyable, possibly, than any
where else in the world.
It is not strange. then, that with such
inducements to offer to the immigrant
but little over one-twentieth Of the area
available for agriculture is occupied?
Yet 1t is nevertheless too true. With
land enough to afford homes for many
millions OF people, yet unoccupied, that
can be had at less than a tenth Of its
instrinsic value, Louisiana sees the
neighboring States rapidly filling up
with busy throng, and she is neg
lected and unuoticed.
The intelligent gentlemen who COM
pose the Board Of Commissioners of I'm
migration are aware OF all these things,
and now that they have begun opera
tions, we think that the people OF the
State who have its best interests at
heart, can congratulate themselves that
henceforth the immigration will not
flow past her borders.