The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1885-03-21

self, and even then the exclusivenes
of the land-holding aristocracy mad
it a difficult matter for one not to tn
manner born to make any headway
Since the abolition Of slavery and tn
passing away Of the natural bitterness
engendered by the war of the rebel
lion all this has changed The raising
of cotton as an exclusive industry wa
no longer possible under the changeC
condition of labor Farming became
more diversified. The great advan
tages Of the South MS a fruit and grape
growing country and for market gar
dening began 10 be developed For
eign and Northern capital flowed intc
her rich mines, and mills and factories
began to spring up in various parts oI
the country. The statesmen of the
South then began to see and apprc
Ciate the fact that unless the stream oI
emigration which for years has sci
westward, could be diverted to the
South that she will be hopeIessly left
in the race for material prosperity by
the West and Northwest, and they
have set themselves to work with a
will to accomplish this result. The
States in which this work has assumed
definite shape and in which the State
governments have actively Interested
themselves through emigration com.
missioncrs to property place before
prospective CmlgrantS the advantages
possessed 10y their States as sites for
homes, already show in the shape of
numerous and prosperous colonies the
result of their work II is the para
mount duty Of every Southern State
to establish emigration bureaus and to
furnish them with every facility for
doing their work properly, 1t is the
duty of every Southern railroad ur
transportation corporation, every
Southern newspaper aud every South
ern man who has the best interest of
his country at heart to assist in the
work by every means in his power.
1t does not require the vision of a
seer to observe that, at last, the old
time phrase Of "soIid South" means
something more substantial and per
manent than merely political form of
speech 1t is Indicative of the advent
Of the prosperity which is already
dawning upon the centres of Southern
enterprise. 1t means the new birth of
a great opportunity due mainly to
two facts: !. To an inevitable change
in the federal Legislation of the future
2. 70 the appreciation of the necessity
of commercial concentration and con
cert Of action on the part of the South
itself
Heretofore the South has groped in
the dark, so to speak, contenting itself
merely with the shadowy outlines of
a temporary advantage, but losing the
substance that might be gained by a
consolidation Of the interests based
upon business principles and devoid
of that sectional jealousy which has
been the bug-bear of substantial pro-
gress.
This convention should secure and
promote the co operation of all parties
in the general development
Of the Southern States.
You need immigrant homes to South
erD seaports; you must encourage i'm
migration to your States in every way
possible and honorable.
III this bid for agricultural labor
here never has been more auspiCious
line for the deyelopm ent of a health
'ul and sturdy immigration than now.
The day has passed when Northern
farmers monopolizc the bone and mus
lie Of other lands. Ii will be a good
sign when the labor markets of the
south will be as easily accessible as
hose of the North when the imIni-
grant will be evoked to go to his new
Southern home as cheaply and as com
.ortabl y as to the famed green fields |
If Illinois and Kansas. 70 accom-
,lish this purpose will be the main
problem for the approaching conven-) !
ion tn saliva
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lily need the very best cooperation