Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1880-12-18
HINTS on IMMIGRATION.
DORMANT LANDS, WEEDS AND GRASS.
WHAT A CLOD- HOPPER SAYS. s

grafton, urging the people OF this
State, and more particularly those Of
your immediate community, to form
organizations and adopt some plan
BIZ which persons. from other sections.
NAV be induced to settle here. This
is very important subject for the
consideration Of the industrial classes
of Louisiana, not only the real estate
owners and those whose time and at
tention is devotedto agricultural pur-
suits, but the mechanic, the merchant,
the manufacturer and all others who
could lcgitimately be placed upon the
catalogue Of industrial classes. AS to
whether Louisiana is in need Of immi-
grafton, is not debatable question,
nor one which requires argument. 1t
is u self-evident proposition. The
constant, and we may say increasing,
demand for labor, and the thousands
| of acres of fertile lands lying idle all
| over the State, u burden instead Of o
source of profit to the possessors, is
enough to convince all reasonable
persons of the Importance OF united
action in matter which so deeply
concerns men in all branches Of BUSH
ness, as well as the future prosperity
of the State. 1t is indeed q misfor-
tune--we are compelled to admit
it-that Louisiana has so few really
public spirited men--men willing to
take hold, unite in action and push
forward All object which will lead to
future public good.
In great political contests, the con-
tending parties seek to convince the
masses the Importance of adopting
and supporting their respective plat
forms and the leaders exert themselves
to teach the people the value OF the
doctrines they maintain and which
are for the public good. This is done
!. by means of the press, orators, canvass
sers and general organization with
sub-diyision--the whole systematized
and working in harmony. Their re-
spective doctrines are kept constant
ly before the people, are agitated, day
after day, week after week, month
after month and year after year.
I. Our people are so much engrossed
with their present. personal pursuits
and so Indifferent about the general
welfare, that they must first be con-
vinced, then aroused to action by agi-
tation, before they will unite in IN
effort to accomplish an object which
is new and nntried.
The question of labor with the plan
tiers on the Mississippi river is ont
which commands serious attention
1t will prove a suicidal policy IN any
one to depend, wholly, IN the future
upon the system Of pyidial labor
which has existed in the past. The
negroes are becoming more and more
9 independent, They readily see th'
c dependence Of the planter and be
Il coming less willing to submit to tn
Q rigid discipline so necessary to b
y maintained with large force, ant
y without having an idea of the i'm
l mense cost necessarily incurred t.
}. carry on operations, they are discuss
g ing the great profits derived fror
I their labor, and as the Longsloreme
8 and steamboat crews recently strucl
T. for higher wages, 50 will plantatio
u hands and it will be a source of tr0u
&c bic and vexation to the planter in tn
. future. In this state of affairs wha
y are we to do? ain time OF peace pre-
pare for war;"
Now, sir, | wish to ask this simpl
i question: How many planters {
81 owners of Mississippi river bottol
. lands. between the mouth of Re
Id River and the city of New Orlean
+ are there, who have ever offered an
he reasonable inducements for INTEL
+ gent, willing and Industrious whit
e, people to settle on their lands Don
ut all speak at once! If there be few {
IN many. how many and who are the,
ie that are willing and will offer liber
n, inducements for white farmers wit
ce families to settle on their large estate
ne where they could have intelligent al
IS. sociable communities, with schos
lie and churches, farm on shares and b
#. co,na n strenUtb IN tbe DrOprietOI