The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1882-09-23

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New Orleans City HEM
Formerly the agricnltnrists Of thii
section depanded almost entirely 81
one or two products, and, having nc
security against a failure Of crops
they had 10 draw upon the past when
eper such failures occurred. This wa
a1laitled To be improYideut, but il
had grown up into a system IN connee-
lion with the peculiar institution, and
WAS as dilicalt TO change rs any Other
established custom. A new dispense
ton has, however, introduced new
methods, and the tendency now is
towards not only a diversity Of pro.
ducts but diversity Of industries. II
is found tp be riolatiEoof the rules Of
agricultural economy for sngar and
cotton planters to have their corn cribs
and smoke houses in the West, with
all the Disadvantages Of an ineenrenient
and expensive transportation against
them, and equally Yiolative of The
principles of political and industrial
economy 10 send Their cotton three or
four Thousand miles away for eoRger-
sion into textiles, aud pay not Only
profits to the mills, but the direct and
incidental charges Of a double trans
peEtation. The remedyis now assum
ing such practical shape as Is certain
eventually to make this section the
most prosperous in the Union.
The recent article BY the venerable
Casius M. Clay, ouSouEbern industries,
has attracted considerable attention,
particularly in the North, because be
said e Lam tired of hearing the de
pFeniating cry: We want Yankee
brains and enterprise We don't want
any such thing we want Southern
brains and enterprise. What the South
wants is common sense and aeiien.
1.-THE old ruling class was not, and is
not, more inefficient class than the
same strata in New England" That
the ruling class in the South was il
the old time welded TO its idols, car
not be denied but the issues which
emancipated the black from seryilC
service were not less effective in the
emancipation Of the whites. It freed
them from the restraints ofa system
auder which a general prosperity was
impossible, and led not only to mehta
activity, but to such diversified IN,
dustrial enterprises as now fill the
whole Of this fair land with promise
While slavery existed, according ID
Mr. Clay, it was bar TO progress
waHing, as it did, against al indusiria
activities which were not serYile, aud
especially against economy aud self
RESTRAINT As TO existing possibiliias
be says:
There are vast fields yet TO be oc.
enpied with the sugar cane. Theeottor
and All these other staples should reacl
their highest preparation for eonsump
ton here. We have all the minerals
Of the world. Ne have The cline FOR
the best peaches, apples and cherries
not to speak Of the orange, banana
lemon and the watermelon, and many
small fruits. The vine and silk eplture
must succeed here, if anywhere il
America. The South has the best
timber the wood Of tae sunny cline
is fFmer, stronger and more varied
than in the North, and It's growth more
rapid. When forestry becomes AZ
art and culture, as it will, the South
will be the place of its highest success
The conclusion reached by this yete-
ran Humanitarian is, that in any fail
ceEaparison the natural advantages are
far greater and moro numerous in the
Southern than in the Northern section
Of this country. OF thisfa Northern
brains and enterprise aronow aEailing
themselves and though they may mol
be essential 10 the ultimate success Of
the South they are certainly welcome
No foolish sentiment Of sectional hos
tiiity is now entertained byeour PEG
PIE against either, and the faster they
come the more welcome.ihey will be
Though we have brainy aud enterpris
ing men, they VIII not be injured By
competitive endeayor, and bhe more
we get Of these true essentials Of pro.
gressiYe civilization the more rapid
Will our progress be.
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