The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1888-06-23
<, La, SATURDAY, JUNE %, 1888.

"ln distributing them. we have tried
to be impartial, and have not favored
any particular section or localit'r., ex-
cept where the matter was left to us.
We have detailed the advantages Of
the entire State, and especially direct
ied attention to the parishes which
have contributed to our fund, which
We consider was equitable and fair !;
but where parties have predictions
for any certain locality or parish, we
have encouraged them in it.
"We have an agent. Mr.. Adelbert
Brady, now in the Northwest getting
together large number of farmers
and others desiring 10 come South.
'He has already succeeded i'll bring
ing a colony down. who represent over
100 families, and they are now hunting
locations i'll Sabine, Vim, Grant, Nat
chitoches, Vernon and Bienville pa
rishes, and express themselves as de-
lighted.
''Most, in fact nearly all. of the visi-
tors and applicants Who have come to
the Office OF the associat ton, lave the
money to pay for what they buy, and
seem to be OF that desirable class Of
citizens who add to the solid wealth Of
q State.
"a coed many of them have been
| bankers. investigating IN aI,ier to ia-
troduce capital to be invested here TO
assist i'll building up the State, and Il
| large number have been looking out
for desirable locations for manufacto-
ries and such enterprises as would
| give work to oiIr unemployed popula-
tion. We have paid particular atten-
ton to these, and feel satisfied we
have laid the groundwork for the e>-
tablishment of many enterprises Of
| this character. to he started here IN
| Louisiana tan early dag.
Il deem II proper t. ea!l your 1T
attention to iIic following Information
and suggestions:
I'VE have yet IN I.#ft=s!.l3la about
| 2,3o0,0o acres ~ government land l.at
| taken up. aG in favor oi and be-
lieye We s.ioH1G make al ss:ort IT onee
to have this laE,} vi itld9anH from the
market and held for the use OF home
steads for actual settlers. 1t is true
| tins action may turn certain class of
| spectators away from Louisiana, but
it will in the end result IN 4 larger and
more representative population, and
will certainly add more TO the reve-
nues and prosperity at tie State. and
| give immigrants an opportunity 10 ac-
quire homes at tritling cost, and
without having 10 buy from: land specu
latOrs at a profit.
IL believe the most economical aud
! reliable way to obtain information,
statistics and. data is to appoint the
| editors of the newspapers i'll each pa
| rish as agents of the bureau for this
purpose. Let each parish paper issue
mammoth immi iSration editions, OF
| which the bureau would subscribe for
| a sufficient number ot copies to com
penSate them tor their labor, this mat
ter to be used by the bureau for dis
! tribution III pamphlets. or otherwise.
This would save the great expense Of
sending out solicitors and paying them
salaries, railroad fare, hotel bills and
transportation through the country.
''Our correspondence with the North
and Northwest satisfies Us HAT mighty
wave Of people will visit our State this
fall. and many will be left i'll our hos
| pitable land with the retiNN OF tfe
tide.
Gas you have studied this subject,
and as by the provisions of the resolu-
tiOns of the convention You are re1uir-
ed to render an account of your stew
ardship at this meeting, it is for YOU,
gentlemen, to formulate such recon-
mendatiOns to your successors as you
think best.
| "Many questions arise as to the best
policy to pursue in securing immiSra-
ton.
eff You want foreign immigration.
we must Join with The Southwestern
! States and erect Il building at the great
port of New Orleans. 4 Castle Garden.
advertise it aud let the people of the
| Old World know Of the provision we
have made for their comfort and pro-
lection. Even rs il gateway for the
stream of foreign population to flow
toward the Northwest and the Pacific
Coast, New Orleans offers cheaper
tran sportation than can be obtained
in New York. Ii it is deemed advisa-
BILE mighty current of European i'm
migration can be turned this way, us
steamers even now arrive with from
400 to 500 immigrants, bound for Tex
as, Arkansas and California. The
laws of mature and comfort direct them
this way, and it will only require a
slight effort to turn them by this route.
II am in favor of foreign inmigra-
ton under certain restrictions. But
the main source from whence we must
draw our future population is from th.
| mimltY rr1ion lxinw in the northwest