The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1884-12-06

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ahich ne ksea % not deserve. asm
preference d right Superior nensiur
Eita onrs does Nor, sge naf
ia@lsns. nor complaining D nsture o.
oikeTu5se. bat We o. love fsiraess ~
81 ihinga We Do not ask for pntis
and gratnitous gasli, but We insist on
fairness. 0Rrs isa great inieFss., ii
which many sonihern aud Northern
linen Of means - vel as Iaborers from
the North ARE eagsFcd, ans il Is for
them We ask fair amount 81 atle8-
lion Fully spe-l,sif Of our parisli's
territory arc finlbesed lands Of The
finest. qnality Of yeiioW pine aud hard
timber, the many varieties Of which
VIII b. exhibited 1t the Worlds In
3uaTial and Cotton Centennial E1posi-
tion. But ibe preaorninaiiae Timber
Us pine, the other kinds beng small
! proportion, and are grown upon our
creek bottoms cr margins IF our
streams.
We have several Thousand opera
lives Working in our pineries, and
when We speak Of or rapid advance
ment 10 The front in becoming one Of /
the richest parishes in the State We
want il understood that this industry IS I
tho prime cause. Our increased and in
creasipg wealth and rapidly inereas-
ing population is owing TO this and
orr rice product. Capitals here, aud
still coming, 10 some day boasiRs 10
the penaele Of wealth, and the silence
Of journal, influenced by rival com
maBities, can't keep us down nor ~
the back ground. Thousands Of pane
and express logs are ent Annually. /
The pine are sawed into millions Of !
feet Of lumber and the cypress into .
millions and millions Of the most .
durable shingles under the san
Lave we aInarketl The world Is our :
market, BY both railroad and water.
There IS no stint Of means Of traaspor- /
tstisB. Onrlumbergoes Esst, Wsstapd
South, and finds as profitable sale as
can be obtsined any where The
running Of timber tbs wiaier ssI. be
comparatively large, and We are look (
ing forward 10 an active business
SEASON this wigter on our three log
railroads, at our EuIBerous private
Logging epnps, At or numerous saw
mills and shingie mills, and in fact an
every department Of our lumber bust
ness
When will our present rate Of
cut exhaust this bHsiDess2 Well, lbe
time is too remote for Us, the BeIt
and the next generation to eoutem-
plate. The estimate Of yield Of lam
Der per acre Of our lands are pat at
5000 feet, but this is the 6rst and
eboice cut. 10 clean the land en-
tirely 40 one has ever attempt
ed, and lands that were, three Or four
4 years ago considered ent out, are new
I being gone over and viii turn ont
very nearly as much as was obtained
BIZ the FIRST cut. In three er foBr
years more lbe small timber, now on
this very land, will be grown sufH-
GENTLY large, and 80 we 90 Invest.
anents in our pine lalds are not fool
ish ventures, The contrary, they are
without question investments which
arc net only paying largely BOW to- the
investors, but will always continue to
enhance in value as time rolls on. In
fact, We believe there is no more snrer
source Of Wealth than putting money
in our pineries and lumber business.
All those who have given it q trial, 50
far have not as yet had reason 10 re-
greet II, and We believe they never viii.
We admit that the past year has
been b bad one for lumber interest,
and Iamher ard mill men, as it has
been for all other branches Of business
throughout the land, lint nevertheless,
by dint Of hard work, sliresvd man
ageinent strict economy and i previ-
ously honorable and solid financial
standing in this and other eommupi-
lies they have pulled through safely
and are now fully prepared b do 4
larger business in Tie future than
ever.
Many iunbsrsaen Of The North
ern STATES and Buropean lamber
dealers, ag vel as investors ii this
kiad q sRtsfFfise, Eill visit our TX
position this winter, they VII End our
Commissioner, Han William Meyer,
there folly prepared " give tl,cnl the
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