The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1888-06-30
" Withdrawing. Emitted Sta tes
EA:lMAts iI.<ssll Sale.

Shall the United States public
! lands in the State be withdrawn
| from sale and reserved for entry by
actua! settlers? ? is problem of the
deepest interest to all those inter.
ested in immigration.
Mr.. George Noor;nan. president
| Of the State Immigration Associa-
tiou, who has made this matter the
| subject of a special investigation, is
| decidedly Of opinion that these sales
Of public lands ehon.d he stopped at
once, ard he presents unnnswerabEe
arguments Ia favor Of their reserya-
ton for actual settlers. We give
elsewhere u letter Of his. addressed
10 each of our senators and repre-
sentatiyes iii congress. asking for the
passage of an act to carry out this
purpose and to keep wilas acres still
remain to the Federal government
in LoUislanu, for speeu'aso-s. ont far
those who come here to s.ai.e Louis
lana their home, to ea:ti:aia The soil
and develop the res0.,rAs OF the
State. There has uesn, Is The
Times-Demoerat has sioyr. an eX
trao:diaary rush of spectators 10
Louisiana in the last i:e yeats, who
have goi,bled up nearly all tue avail.
able lands. particularly ,i,at n ;iIl-
oer-not for the purpos, 81 utilizing
or developing it, but f"v speculation.
to wait for that rise in vulncs which
they see mist come eoUnsr tr la;er.
Louisiana will he (ar more nen2
fitted If these lands a.e taaco bg i'll
dusiflous immigrants and Nt u',>.eF
cultivation. What has hc.a doue
cannot he prevented, 4 large por
iion OF the public dou.eiu is IL the
hands Of Northern and Western
spectators. There still ieraius.
however. 1900, AGO acres, winch, if
il can ne saved, as Mr.. Moorman i
Garoas, y attempting ~ DO, will af,
l.iFt, ample room for tue Immigrants
j h. nay desire TO come into ,i...
srase an! ebter bomesteaa. here,
:',. :feeh ot action is imme,!taie, e.
e.. i. ,.aulman shows. Tor siucc j IL
u2.na aNa Mississippi haze succeeded
il. TIC withdrawal Of their govern
raeut !inls iton sale the rus,l foe
Louisiana has beeu greater ,l,a:!
ever,
We 10 not think that there can be
airy serious division of sentiments a.
ID ti.a advantage of law Uf this
kiuI. .;soss Of the purchases of pub
.ic lsyas in Louisiana have been Tor
speculation, not for Improvement;
AK; even where i'le land is bought
and the ti'eas are cut, it is at once
deserted by the holder ho is afler
sile tltnter alone, and ahaudona the
land a, vx.na'ess. II We want Louis.
ialsa left Il forest VI s,nnps, we will
iayor the present system by which
the Chicago and Michigan lumber
men Ca. be1o.ae owners Of a large
portion vi tie State, hold the lands
un,mIrosed, untouched and Hadevcl-
oped uniA The price OF lumber goes
up, then cat it and move away, leav-
ing only barren fields full Of snags
aud a;umps behind; if we wish to
have State full OF farms instead of
stumrs, Of Industrious immigrants
instead Of spectators, Mr.. Moor
mans suggestion o! reserv,ng these
public lands .or actual settlers will
be carried out. We do not believe
that there will be much hesitation
between these two alternatives. The |
proposition indeed has been in,
dorsed by all The iinmisra ton and
agricultural conventions held lately !
in tue State. With such a s.roDg
of the wishes Of the peo
pie ln this matter, oar congressman
will, we feel sure, at snce urge the
passage Of such Iaw.--Times I
Democrat.
Eleven Of the leading shoe manu-
firms at Cincinnati haveI
issued circular declaring their
shops free, and tha, they vii keep
them so, making no Discrimination
Oh account Of any one who is mem
Der Of the K, of H., but that they
will protect all their employees
against Intimidation.
W.. lI:a.uas,.at, Ain.nr nna Ann /