The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1882-06-10

immigration with zeal E0rzigy 81
bsfter cause. But such fanatics an
= comparatively few IN number. Tn
] great majority Or oar People are fall,
alive u the importance and necessity
q making CIR vast and many re
SOURCES known e. the outside world
and % this end an Invitation is En-
tended t. the bOnest, har5-wUrzing
Immigrant who desires 10 better hi
condition, and hearty welcome il
assured hin- True, we cannot ofier
the mechanic an equal opening viii
some 81 the other SoatherD s1a1es,
Texas Tor instance bRt to the agri.
; eulturist, no state IN the Union cau
; offer superior inducements. Our
lands are as productive and eur cir
! mate as saiHbri0us and isezltbfBl as
, any u tine known world. Oar PEG
, pie, IL the main, are industrious, law
abiding and ever ready 70 extend The
right hard Of fellowship 70 Inc best
class Of immigrants.
Il Louisiana has never recovered
from the civil war and It's attendant
evils, and never can, wholly, until
new life and . more universal filling
Of the soil is brought about, which
can only be accomplished through
immigration. There are thousands
upon thousands Of acres Of as fine
land as the sun ever shone upon, in
louisiana lying idle simply for the
want Of people 70 cultivate them.
Lands that can be bought from I2fc.
10 Eve dollars per acre, unsurpassed
in fertility and prOduetiTeness Of
soil
The idea which prevails to some |
extent that oar climate is Al un-
healthy one, IL erroneous and abso-
iutely without foundation. or course,
here and there can be found small
sections Of country, In the low,
swampy districts, where good health
could net be enjoyed but such LOCAL
tiles are exceptions and not general. /
Bere in orr parish, CaiCasieu, one Of
the largest in the state. can be had
At moderate prices and on easy terms, !
any number Of acres Of land that will .
produce cotton, corn, nee, cane, Po-
latOes, etc.. equal to any agricultural !
region il The South Our facilities
FOX marketing are unsurpassed
freight rates arc reasonable, and
best Of all, the producer can realize
remuBeFztiyc prices for his products.
These advantages are not alone COL
fined to this immediate section, but
the came is equally true Of larger
portion Of Louisiana. !,
But, naturally enough, it will occur /
to the reader why all this rich, pro.
ductive country has been allowed u
remain undeyeloped all these years. (
The answer is plain and plausible Il
enough. Until very recently the out
side world have bad no avenue opened /
TO them by which they could come
among us, prospect, and see for them ]
selves, save by circutious water
route or overland highways. Now,
however, one of the best equipped
railroads in the South passes through |
our parish, and the evils that have
surrounded US in the past in this
direction are no longer to be con-
tended with. Then again, no effort
to make known the advantages and
Of our parish has ever been
made. Our people have quietly
pledded along, with scarcely a
thought for the future, and absolutely
no realization Of the wonderful devel-
OPment orr country is susceptible Of.
Kansas, Texas, Mississippi, Geor-
gia, Alabama-none Of those states
which are bidding for and using
every means TO secure Immigration,
can hold out more valuable induce
ments or offer greater facilities than
can Louisiana, and more especially
southwestern Louisiana. 1t is only
necessary for the prospecter to visit
this section, look over the country,
and ascertain from personal observa-
ton that in no country is there a
more inviting field for the practical
farmer or capitalist
In This connection, the following
letter written from Lake Charles to
the Greina Courier, is deemed appro-
pirate:
Now that the onward tide Of elnigfa-
ton from other states is turning south
ward, and as your correspondent stated
in previous letter that Louisiana
would be singled out as one Of their
choice 10 which 70 make their future