St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1890-09-06
ADVANTAGES OF UNITY.
THE NORTHWEST AND THE SOUTH ARE BE
GINNING TO GET TOGETHER

! LIN NOfSld w hSE AND THE SOUTH AXE BIZ
GINNING TO GET TOGETHER.
L'wRENcB, Kan, July S.-To the Edi
tori have read with great interest you
article inviting the South to meet tn
Northwest at your Corn Palace. copiec
into the Lake Charles, La, AMERICAN
Sioux City has perhaps done more to ad.
vertise all Portions of the Northwest b,
her Corn Palaces tn IN any city west of thu
Mississippi. They have been the wonder
and the admiration of all visitors. From
the East and from the West they have
drawn admiring thousands. may, per-
hsps, say without Disagreement of others
that no paper has done more to give reli
able nformction on the capabilities of this
cereal producing region than the Sioux
| City journal. Until recently these at
fractions had little effect upon the South.
| recollect an able article that was copied
last winter into the same paper which has
called my attention to your recent one on
your Corn Palaces
In connection with gulf harbor improve
ment, the South Is your place of greatest
interest. 1t Is your place of consumption,
because on the gulf shore but little of YOUR
productions are raised. Corn is not their
natural commodity nor is wheat, with both
of which the West teens. The South has
her rice, her figs. her oranges, and meal
culable forests of timber speak now
especially of Western Louisiana and East
ern Texas. along the valleys of the Sabine
and the Calcasieu (Kal ka-shu) rivers, The
Calcasieu valley, besides being produc-
tive country in al. that pertains to that
climate, has a forest extending north
through Louisiana and Arkansas for Q O
miles, unequalled in it's quality and OK .ent
by any forest in the United States. 1t is
almost in its native character, but few
openings being made In it. The timber is
composed Of the long-leaf pine becoming
so famous for wainscoating, car finishing
and furniture. Recently this ornamental
pine has been transported to France and
manufactured into furniture and sold to
the grandees of Paris for as high as $1,000
per set. The various oaks, ash, hick ory.
pecan and white gum prevail, the lister
known among Yankees as pepperage, and
much used in furniture. On the Calcasieu
the industry of ship and steamboat build
ing is just commencing. In Arkansas are
immense areas of coal and iron. These
regions are but little known to the general
public. The Cslcasieu river has capabili-
ties for ship building rivaling the Della
ware, the Clyde and the Tyne and in
Arkansas are iron and coal capable of
equaling Pennsylvania and Alabama
Near Lake Charles commence the sugar
plantations and mills of Louisiana, where
little OIL or industry prevails.
The Calcasleu is beautiful river, and
at its mouth capable of Improvement as enc
of the best harbors on the Gulf of Mexico
In the pass, in its natural state, it is 16
feet deep and 900 feet wide for seven miles
with high banks for protection of vessels
Oil of good lubricatiDg qualities has been
found. and sulphur beds 100 feet in thick
ness have been penetrated but not utilized.
The country is sparsely settleda much
OF it Is yet open t. settlement under the
United States land laws, as you may see in
the long list of advertisements to prove up |
honesteads in the paper which copies your |
Corn Palace article.
When the Blaine policy of reciprocity |
with Mexico and the Latin American States
shall be made operative, the advantages to
Iowa and Kansas, and all the territory
west of the Mississippi river, will be in
capable of estimate by the mildest enthusi
sst on that subject. he advantage of such
reciprocity with South ard Central Amer
ca is in the fact that their imports are
principally sugar, coffee. cocoa, India rub
,er, coarse wool, hides, cinchona bark and
he dye and cabinet wo DIS, all of which,
kept wool and hides, are prime articles
I necessity to US, in no way competing
With the industries of the United States.
or Which they want in exchange our corn
nd wheat and nearly every article of the
reductions of the Northwest. On our
rite 'es there are now heavy duties, on
ome o. them being as high as from 81 TO
8 per 100 pounds. While Gladstone is
chatting with Blaine on American impo-
tions of duties, England is making no
omplaint. but is looking with Jealous
ye towards the results of the new Ameri-
IN policy of reciprocity. Give the West
nd South chance by suitable harbors for
with the Latin American States,
nd corn will be too expensive to erect into
alaces or consume for fuel.-John Hpeer,
Sioug C.ty la Journal.