The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1881-10-15
Immigration.

CIOu3 anu SOLlc Ol tueIu cApFeSe
astonishment that emigrants dt
not stop and settle in Louisiana
a State in which the agriculture
resources are so great, and II
whose limits there are so many
thousands of acres being idle and
growing up in weeds.
These writer's call upon com
missioners of Agriculture, cottOr
and sugar exchanges Sc. to el
deavor to change a small stream
OF the constant river OF emig ra
ton, flowing into the United
States, into this State.
All these cries will be useles.
until there is a thorough and rad
ical change in the method of cul.
tivating the rich, arabic lands o
lower Louisiana, at least. 1t j!
no use to demand immigration
into this State, until preparation,
are made to receive the immi'
grant as an intelligent, laborious
working citizen.
When an Immigrant inquiries il
lie can buy il piece OF land, he j.
told no, or if otherwise, the plict
is fixed above his means.
Ifhe wishes to rent, lie is ask
cd about one half the cash value
of the land as rent per year. and
no convenicuces of life are ful
nished to him and his family.
Sensible immigrants, that are
the only desirable ones, will not
accept any such terms, 80 long as
more favorable inducements are
offered elsewhere.
The immigrant comes to this
world to work, aud to work hard,
but, at the same time, to better
the condition of himself and fam.
lily.
Hundreds of valuable acres OF
soil lie uncultivated in Lafourche.
and doubtless all the other Par.
ishes, which the immigrant would
be glad to work, if given the OPP
portnni,y on reasonable terms.
But rather than give such induce.
ments the owner prefers to let
the weeds grow over his lands.
Proper and reasonable opportu
mites have been given on a few
Plantations in Terrebonne and
Lafourche. These offers are at,
once taken by the Industrious
poor of tho vicinity. That lands
can he cultivated in the sugar
districts by tenants, to the profit
OF both tenant and owner, Is prov
Ell beyond the shadow Of a doubt.
In one instance d tenant took a
piece OF laLd about so acres to
cultivate. He had nothing. The
landowner had to advance him
everything even to bread for his
family.
In SIX years he had mules.
carts, plows, buggy, all house con
venlences, corn to make another
crop and 100000 cash. He never
had IA lick OF work done by other
than white men. The planter
says that the land cultivated by
that tenant has yielded him more
profit than he could have made
by working under the present sys
tenn, i'll vague among sugar grow
els.
Give the immigrant a chance,
do not expect him to come here
to be followed by an o~yerseer, to
be cursed and damned around,
aud have no share in the Profits
OF his toll. This talk about no
schools and no churches in Louis
iana keeping away Immigration
is all balderdash.
The immigrant seeks a home
to make money and render bis
comfortable these things
schools and churches
will naturally follow. Newspa-
pcrs that desire immigration may
AZ we'll strike at the causes of it's
not coming, and not be striking
around 1T every noise like . blind |
Kattlesnake.
Mr.. Pierre Rizau. a we'll