The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1886-01-02
COME soUTH. YOUNG MANl
Views of Western Farmers
Louisiana the Promised Land.

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turned homeward an Item representa-
tive accompanied them few hundred
miles up the Jackson route for thu
purpose of general interviews. While
here the party were scattered ant
made the most of their time seeing
sights, which were new and of par
J ticular interest to them. The orange
groves, sugar making, cane fields and
flowers in December were the prin.
cipal wonders commented upon, but L
was next to impossible for a newspa
per man to corner one of them for five
consecutive minutes and pump ont an
expression of impressions.
| On train, however, people will
talk; and, besides, they cannot well
escape newspaper man who may be
journeying with them.
| Among the general impressions of
| New Orleans they were unanimously
of the opinion that it is a very clean
and well kept city. Last year the re-
ports of its filth we're national, and
the visitors from the Hawkeye State
expected to find pestilential marshes
in the streets and the concomitants of
a thoroughly dirty city. The disap-
pointment on this score was an agree
able one, and the party will correct
any bad impression made by last years
miserable weather, which alone gave
rise and cause to the reports.
SOLID INVESTMENTS.
Mr.. s. A. Rockwell, a prominent
merchant Of Cedar Falls, Iowa, was
one of the party, but combined busi-
ness with pleasure and ran over to
Jennings, La, to see how the Iowa
colony of 300 people were doing. This
gentleman was interviewed by The
Item representative, and he was found
to be one of those cool, calculating
conservative men whose testimony on
questions of investment or policy of
business ventures is worth thrice that
of men who go into rhapsodies on
subject. .....
II heard you had invested in Louis
lana land" said the reporter.
ayes, two sections near Jennings,
for which the deeds will soon be made
out. 1t is an investment on my part,
though would not object to living
there" ..
"WilI you move down from Iowa?"
"Well, when man has grown old
in a country; has prospered, and every
tic Of friendship or kindred is in it, II
is hard to leave it; but nevertheless,
this | will say: II ! was just starting
out to look for home ! would not 60
West, but to Louisiana"
"WiIl you encourage emigration to
Louisiana from your StateF
~ would not like to take such q re.
sponsibility. If one man we're induced
to come down to Louisiana and shonld
be dissatisfied, | would be sorry. II
would rather that all 90 down there,
look and choose for themselves. Mr.. |
James McCabe, of Shenandoah, Iowa,
came to Louisiana with his family in
November, looking for an investments
10 Louisiana lands. He had been in |
the State before, during the little ma
tional misunderstanding from 1851
to 1865, and was then struck with
the remarkable advantages of the
country. This time be left bis family
at Opelousas for the winter and trav-
eled over Lafayette, Vermillion and
the Teehe country"
"What do you think of louisiana"
was asked him.
sit is the finest country | ever saw"
he replied, ''and presents more in
ducements to Northern farmers than
any other portion of this Union.
Think of country where for fully
nine months Of the year the flowers
bloom and men can find work to do
on the farm,
~ have decided to invest, and will
return in January for that purpose.
am glad ! came down, for | SEQ tberoi
are two or three things which prevent
people from going to Louisiana, The
first is the prevalent idea that it Is an
country, of which | am
satisfied there is not word Of truth. |
The people away think that It Is
marsh, cypress swamp and malaria
section, where a man will |
die Of biliouss fever before yellow
fever reaches him,
fpThe second error is, that there Is
no prairie land :, IN Louisiana, The
Northern man believes IN prairie land,
and it is a great inducement to him in
settling, Tell q man in my town that
there are tens and hundreds of thous-
lnds Of acres Of prairie land in your
State and be will laugh at the idea,
"There is large immigration into
Florida, but you have every adyant- Y
age over II 10 both climate and soil,
There the land is sterile, while on
Louisiana prairies yoa can raise any-
hing,
eThe Jennings colony is doing well
Theg have sent ont many circulars,
North, East and West, These reports
are believed, because the men who re-
,eiye them know they come from men
who understand the taste and require
pents Of Northern farmers. For this
colony and the movement to Lonisi-
ana which Is now commanding, you
Me- indebted to tho Exposition, which
bias taught lesson to 4 united Nation
that society IN the South is settled,
Ind there q no sectional feeling, bit
welcome 10 every new conner who de-
sires 10 benefit the country by bis
Sitizepship,'
RATHER COLD.
sIsit very cold in loWa-so cold
goa san not keep warmW asked tbe