The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1877-09-15
announcement for the South.
IN. 0. Tilnes.1

n. o. Times.
1t is one of the most encouraging
signs of the times that the advantages
of the South as a home for the emf
grant from the Northern and Eastern
States, are beginning to attract gen
eral attention. The New York Til
bune of the 5th contained Il very in
teresting article upon this subject.
After calling attention to the over
crowded condition of the great East
ern cities, and the necessity for some
relief, it suggests that in the South
there is ample room for the surplus
population of the older States, sand
prodeeds to say that
Even in old States like Virginia and North
Carolina, there is still more land than labor
to till 1t, aud in almost every county thou
sands of acres are growing nothing but
weeds and brambes. because there is nobody
to cultivate them 1t is stEaIe that much OF
this waste land appears to the eye of
Northern farmer to be deficient III natural
fertility, but in most cases it is only ex-
hausted, and all it needs to bring it up is
manuring and careful culture.
If any one would see what can be accom-
plished on apparently poor soils by indus
trious and inteiligep culture. let him look
at the region south OF Norfolk and Ports
mouth, Virginia, where Il large number Of
English farmers have settled during the past
ten years. The once desolate tracks of fiat
sandy land are NOW dotted with pretty cot
tages, surrounded by fine orchards and pro
life fields.
There are thousands of industrious men
in New York and other Eastern cities who
came from the country not many years ago,
and who have a tolGrable practical knoWl-
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| employment or are living by low wages in
u hand-to-mouth sort Of way, with no pros
| peet of bettering their condition. Ii these
men would go South and get upon the land
| they would III ii few years become indepen
dent, and their lives and those Of their wives
and children would be much more whole
some and happy.
The Tribune no longer says Go
1 West, young man, go West" but Go
South"
| The N. Z. Herald of the same date
has an article of very much the same
encouraging character. It proceeds
to show that the most reliable trade
of New York comes from the South,
and calls attention to the marked i'm
! provement IN the negro in the past
year. 1t expects the colored people
to become profitable class of con-
sumers and remarks, that their
/ wants aud their ability to supply them
by their earnings are building up a
vast market for Southern merchants. y
Arguments which evolve themselves
are always the most potent. There is
a very general feeling among the
business men of New York at this
time, that something ought to be done
toward the rebuilding and nlainten-
ance of the Southern levees.
The merchants and manufactures
Of the great Eastern cities are cen
WINGED that their best and most re-
liable market is to be found in the
South. If this is true with the present
uncertain condition of the levees, the
value and reliability Of this section as
a market would be greatly increased
If some permanent plan to prevent
damage by overflow were carried into
effect. The richest portion of the
South is that which is annually sub
lject to inuDdation. No men are bet
| ter aware of the commercial adv,n-
tages of this region than those who
wish to sell goods here.
Ne abeliowo If IT ty.,It,tyir,vl effort IS
made, that the relief from overflow,
which has SO long been demanded,
can DO obtained, and our chances for
Immigration and general business
will be very largely increased.