St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1889-09-21
SOUTHERN PROSPERITY.
CAPT. W. II. fEANHAM INTERVIEWED BY
A BOSTON HERALD REPORTER.

| BOSTON HERALD REPORTER.
Shortly after having registered at the
Parker House, Captain VIM. H. Beanham,
who is here from New Orleans, was seen
by a Herald man. The captain is the
| picture of good health, and, as is always
the case with him, he looked in the finest
of feather. He net the interviewer in a
most cordial manner, and was prepared
and willing to impart to the public,
through the columns of the Herald, all
that he knew of the great South, and to
describe it just as he had left, being fresh
from the sugar lands, the rice fields and
the cotton belt. Captain Beanham is the
commander of the Louisiana Field Artii-
lery, and is a member of the new board of
police commissioners for the city of New
Orleans. He is popularity known in this
| community, and is gentleman highly
esteemed by the citizen soldiers of the
| of the most prominent members of the
Continental Guards, when that famous
corps of the Southwest made it's tour
| through the North and East
When questioned as to the object of his
journey into this northern climate, bur-
dened with fogs and sharp winds from the
east, he replied "There is no better
climate anywhere in the world at this time
of year. and no finer country and at all
times of the year, no better people. | am
here for recreation purely, and to visit my
northern friends. Whenever I can get 8
vacation, and that is not often make it
point to come to this end of the country.
| like to mingle with it's citizens, exchange
views with Them hearken to advice, and
gently impart it, and, in fact, to familiar
ize myself with my country and our PEG
pie. | find them here not all unlike our
selves, though thousands of miles are be-
tween US. | shall spend my time entirely
among friends, but shall devote my first
convenient day, Monday, to rendering
my official courtesies to the Boston board
of police, and to his honor, the mayor"
"What are the foundations for the
runors and talk that we hear about
Southern prosperity shadows, or sub
stances ?"
1.-THE Southern people are full of grit,
and they long ago made up their minds to
face the issues with stout hearts and to
apply their brawny arms and hands to
labor in earnest for the resurrection of the
country. The alternative was to rise up
or go down in dry rot. There isn't any
dry rot in the South to- day. The work of
reiuvenating the country is slow, of course,
but it's determjnedly sure. Her prosperity
is increasing every day. The heart began
to beat in Georgia; Atlanta was the vital
point !; through all the arteries of the Gulf
States the blood of a new life began to
flow it irrigated the cotton belt and the
sugar slopes. State after State has felt
the pulsations and every State south of
Mason and Dxon's line may have observed
the signs of a new awakening, and more
so this year than ever. We are giving
attention to manufacturing the climate
takes care of our agricultural industry.
Our resources are increasing. Our people
are seeing the necessity of manufacturing
and are beginning to realize that in manu-
featuring lies the best interest of the
country when coupled with its agricultural
industry, and they are beginning to invest
in the mules and looms of the cotton mills
and in the furnaces and FORCES of the iron
shop. Our crops were never finer. Rice,
sugar and cotton are all in their very best
form. The yield shows up largely, ard
will soon be ready for market. Industries
of every kind are being developed, and
repeat that to-day the Southern and the
Southwestern country are showing signs
of future progress and stability. Her
financial condition is in excellent shape
never better. Money is easy at fair rates.
sis there much Northern capital in
New Orleans2'
"Not enough of it. There is great
deal more in other sectio of the South
Throughout Georgia, Athe Carolinas Ala
bama and Florida, and in Texas, too, you
can find considerable Northern capital
There should be more of it in Louisiana.
A great field for investment is the old Pei
lean State. There is room for many more |
cotton mills, cotton seed oil mills, and |
various other manufacturing industries
would flourish and prosper there And,
by the way, there is great opportunity in
real estate transactions. Railroads in
Louisiana are being rapidly developed +: |
terror, taps for the main roads, What we |
hotel, like Northern people have Some |
thing like your Park House, or Youngs
Or the Adams. There is a vast fortune
for the first live Yankee hotel man, with a
good syndicate of capitalists behind him,
who goes there and builds a big house
right on Canal street, anywhere between
Carondelet and Magazine streets at the !
corner of Canal and st. Charles streets
would be a star point.
In answer to q suggestion about the
shipping advantages, he said "The
Crescent city can connect by water with
any seaport, in the world. It's shipping
and the advantages of the
water front are of the best
The largest vessels in the world can find
deep water at our wharves The river is
deep and easy to access through the jet
ties.