The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1880-12-03
OUR COAST.
,,o.,eetlye Outlook Of the Missis.
slppi Seaeoast.

p,scAGouLA, Mss, Nov. 2s, 1850.
yS;tOr Deuocrat-Stsr;
The combined influences OF COM
msrcial enterprises which, of late
years. have gravitated toward New
Orleans as the chief emporium OF
the Southern and Western trade,
!. Indicative Of a Forthcoming
pro,verity of our gulfcoast. The
great scheme Of removement OF
,hs bar at the mouth of 1.-The Missis-
,ippi river, successfully achieved BY
Cant. Eads, thereby rendering the
entrance to and exit FROM New Or.
leans of the largest seagoing YES
sells a certainty, aud the competi-
tiou at no distant day OF the South
cru Pacific railway terminating at
that city, backed up by the mighty
Mississippi river, have Induced
eapitalists of the North and West
10 weigh anchor aud look thither'
ward TO q metropolis, which bids
tsir 10 rival the commercial import
ance of New York.
With the Increased prosperity OF
. city comes a corresponding i'm
petus OF thrift aud industry within
the radius of its influence. The
social, moral aud intellectual status
Of the people is elevated; new
ideas OF business pursuits are con
ceiyed BY the native inhabitants,
il not Imported by the man Of pro-
gress. The natural adaptabilities
Of soil and climate are made to
Weld 10, and subserye the purposes
for which nature INTENDED then.
Much has been said aud Hseten
about the wonderful naturabpos-
sessious of the Mississippi seacoast
region, awaiting thr Developments
OF time aud capital; OF the re-
markable healthiulness of its eli.
mate aud people of it's delightful
summer resorts; OF its iDexhausta-
ble oyster ~etls and abundant sup.
ply OF fish aud game of its great
manufacturing facilities of the
productiveuess of its soil, aud the
adaptation Of the same to the rails
ing Of all kinds OF fruits and vege'
ables When assisted by fertilizers
which nature has placed at your
command, but remaining now, un'
der the present system of things,
il q crude and undcveloped State
Of it's magnificent orange trees
yielding from 1000 to 5000 oranges
to the tree Of its delicious grapes
aud wines, etc, but these great re
sources OF our seacoat will never bt
known and developed until New
Orleans shall have ti'iumpbed IN the
object of her ambition. The VI
man wooleu factory at Bay st
Louis, now in successful operation
and the Gulf canning factory a.
Pascagoula, soon to begin opera
tions, are but signal lights of th'
great wheel of progression which
will turn with the business activity
and commercial importance OF New
Orleans. We. may expect to se'
these establishments followed BY
others of q similar nature.
The annual shipments OF WOO
aud cotton to Pass Christian, fron
the interior, as well as the seacoas
counties, and which within the pas
few years have been the means 0
opening up such an immense trad'
there on y reciprocal basi are larg
enough to supply several cotto
and wooden factories with the ray
material for manufacturing purpt
ses. Desirable locations foS Spauc
factories can be obtained near thu
place, on navigable streams, thicl
ly timbered, at Q mere nomini
price. The lack of skilled labor,
may he urged, il one objectionabl
point towards enterprises OF th
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