The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1888-05-26
Our State.
IN. o. City Item, 19th.l .


The Item has a good deal TO say In
this issue about the great west, put ~
never lets any occasion pass witho"t
uniting iu a good word for home.
There is probably no State IN the
IInfon where man can make q COM
Portable living as easily as he can I'D
T.ouisiaua. Indeed, it is owing Proba-
hlv az much to our fertile soil as 10 !
deiiphtful climate that the people mere
are not as enterprising and enerset'c
"a those OF New England, who force
their haryes,s from the thin soil that IS
mixed with rocks and gigantic bonlo-
ere. A.. .;
! Louisiana has a soil OF lneXhausti-
BILE fertility. The climate, mild IN WIN
ter. is tempered in summer ny oreezes
rom the Gulf, and never resches .he
intense heat known in States 'ar'ne'
! North.
Nor is this State ever effected Wit"
the severe drouths common TO o'her SET,
lions OF the country. With large an"
deep water courses travetsins esS
portion of the State, artificial irf'ga"on
is never resorted to, except 10 case
rice. The clouds furnish IN due SEASON
.m tho wafer needed to make the crops.
While we cannot grow wheat prohta"
h,v or obtain as large yield OF corn as
the West does, our lanGs produce crops
that will exceed to the acre. in money
vaIna- the production of any portion Oh
!, the United States.
q These values are to the acre: for
ia cotton. $50; rice $40, and sugar Sl2o.
Fruit crops yield large amounts. IL -
not uncommon for an acre OF straWoer>
1t ries to give $500, while $500 to the acre
"a m, m to the average for good
e. orange orchard. l.,
r. srhere ia an abundance of land to he
70 had cheap and Gu easy 'er''s "..
of good men without money can ren'
f.r,ns and obtain advances OF teams
supplies and money on the 1a''h Oh
harvest that will certainly repay the
ADVANCES. AS this might seem a Droau
statement The Item will be glad t" iur
nish to inquirers the names CT parties
who do now and are willing in 1utur'
to give favorable terms. or we nav
no doubt that the Information Woui'
be cheeafully given by Col. Georg
Noormon, president Of the State hmm
grafton Association, $50 Commo
las street. a.
|he In cotton planting The large plants
q a ton is a thing of the past anu COTTON
nod now grown almost together oy SUI"
IN farmers who either rent or own tue
ing lands. There is also d'spos.t'on ANU
bal, sugar planters to divide up the'r est ~
NJ. ami grow cane on the small farm sy
ina tenn if the right sort OF people Will Co"
;ost and take hold Of the farms.
to- A bouutifui providence has doWert
.os. Touis,ana with every nalura! adva
~ t.ve and what is now lacking must
o.,s snnnlied bv man. We need men al
49, money. There is every reason WI
ho,h should come. In addition 10 q
'oo, advantages already mentioned the
- ~ ara ample river and rail lacii'ties
49, over the State, Our schools are IN II
.o,,, condition, and here is reasoha'
.oe; certainly that at the present session
~. tho LEGISLATURE the educational
will be increased so as to make u
state second to none in the maIter
aaz. public schools.
There are churches of every demos
nation scattered all over the STA
RTs, and every pastor would gladly v
, TO- ooma additions to the congregat
." uhich ministers to his spiritual
pera- courapsment and material support.
de- Notwithstanding the Declarations
cot sectional politicians our comm"hl
are as quiet aud peaceable as are 10
sence found on any part of the g'oDie.
fused citizen is absolutely free IN po't'cs
cient of what ever party he Is esteeiheu
ng of cording to his merits-yet so"e'''
same here as elsewhere, according 10
money.
bad Though possessed OF vast ul'''
fslien wealth, Louisiana lacks toe Key
.ature the treasure house. These keys are
ital and labor. There are immense
nk ing es,s that have never hearo the ..
of the woodman's AK, and hundred
ton is thousands of acres of the most pro-
blow tive lands on the face of the globe
have never been fulrowed by the
Turing TO develop the resources OF Lou
ma we need more men, men win
tarded families who will prove ino"S'i
eeded. thrifty and enterprsing citizens
ard. such men will receive the nan"
If rain lowship and a haarty welcome.