The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1890-08-06
900 will be spent on the structure, ana
it is intended to make it the finest hoteA
in the country Work in clearing Off
the ground was begun last week.
READING FOR LABoRERs.


Which Shows Who Get the Benefit of
Public Improvements.
A perusal of the real estate advertise
ments in our newspapers will edify the
laborer as to who are exclusively bene-
flied by public Improvements. The
laborer shoulders the entire expense Oh
these Improvements, under our misgov-.
eminent, down to the last penny. Let
him harken to the truth as it is uttered
by the real estate spectators:
These lots are located right in the line
of Long Island improvements, and with.
in fifteen blocks of the terminus of the
East river and Blackwell's Island
bridge, recently authorized by the Leg
islatare.
All city improvements and conve-
niences-Croton, gas, postal service, POI
lice and fire protection, graded avenues,
quick transit, cheap fares, unsurpassed
educational advantages, etc, all com'
bine to render the choice lots offered es-
pecially desirable for investment
| These lots are right in the line OF
| Brooklyn's magnificent improvements.
Private enterprise also results in tho
enrichment of the land holder. Witness
the following:
We give away 81 worth OF land as
an inducement for people to build and
locate, relying on future advances to re.
alize profits.
The old story OF the spider and the
fly.
Healthy location, very high ground,
excellent drainage, graded streets, city
| improvements and conveniences, quick
transit, cheap fares and active building
in the vicinity, all unite to render this
property unusually desirable for invest
ment.
Portland, Ore, thriftiest city in the
United States; real estate improve.
ments giving large returns; lots are
rapidly advancing in value.
Spokane Falls, the thriftiest and most
progressive city in the West. Invest.
ments in real estate bring large returns.
| Tocoma, the great money making CEN
ter of the Northwest; every foot OF land
will rapidly appreciate.
| Here is prospect for the laborer OF
the future which is not very encourag.
ing:
These lots are as sure to go to value
of hundreds OF dollars each within q
few years as the sun is sure to shine to-.
morrow.
For capitalists-choice offer; cheap in
vestment; block of 100 lots. and 200-acre
tract in the finest suburb in Chicago.
The alluring profits set out in the fol.
lowing advertisements will be paid by
the sweat of the laborer's brow:
Water, gas, electric light; macadam'
lied road, schools, churches; five blockl
from depot; the air is simply divine; la.
dies find this desirable investment,
money deposited in bank draws only
three per cent. interest; here is an OPP
portunity to almost double the invest.
ment within year.
have exclusive control of some OF
the most desirable property in Duluth.
aud can offer investors property paying
from eight to fifteen per cent. in addi.
ton to the rapidly increasing value in
: the realty.
Improved city property is the only
paying investment where you not only
get sure return on your money, but the
security always grows in value. All
other values, even not speculative, have
an uncertain future.
. Here is man who claims pay for ma
lures bounties:
7 Only forty pleasant minutes away,
, Nature did much, and we have done
! quarter-million. Go down and see it
The following is refreshingly frank
This, with free land, free stone, ant
, a location unsurpassed in this country
has been the rich mans opportunity.
: All the above quotations are cullet
: from single issue of metropolitan
Q newspaper, three pages Of which were
. filled with closely crowded advertise
: ments of this nature. Curiously enough
= in the same issue we find that laborer
Q to the number OF Ave hundred ask TO
8 employment. Their little notices az
d printed side by side with these allurinl
J. advertisements of land spectators. TIL
d contrast afforded is instructive, il w
y bear in mind the fact that, through
9 their privilege of holding this globe a
80 much private property. the specnla
= tors at their own pleasure narrow tn
9 confines of the field in which labor en-
It ploys itself, and force labor to 60 beg
" ging.
High Rent Prevents Marriage.
~ A correspondent writing to the Ever
70 ing World gives his opinion rs to VIII
10 our young men do not marry. He lay
it to the fact that 'Wages are too 10
q and rent too high" Read what he say
10 and then ask yourself il he does nt