The Progress., 1893-06-24
IMMIGRATION CONVENTION
The Editors Meet and Formulate a Prscti-
cal Plan.

A per announcement. number Oi
! North aud Central Louisiaca editors
met III Shreveport On Saturday last
and formulated practical plan
whereby a desirable class Of emi.
grants may be induced to locate in
o1r midst The plan agreed upon
VIII be found il another part Of this
paper.
Now again Is the opportunity pre-
seLted for our people to take a step IN
a direction which should have been
done long ago. This is a chance
which Is seldom experienced. Here
We have united press. every mem
Der OF which is agitatiDg the same
subject in the same manner. The
only question now i, will our people
take hold
From parish pride, if for nothing
else, We ask our Ca1do citizens to be
20 laggards. No one Of Judgment
but what will declare that this is the
harvest time for securing immigra-
tion, and 10 one needs this worse than
Caddo. The grand old parish DOW
has many acres Of land which are
and have been barren wastes. Not
hecau5e TIE soil j. bad. nor that they
are 20 situated a. TO be unfit for use.
tut because we have no one to till
them They are rich and inviting
and under the sEillful stroke Of prac-
tIcai farmers can be made 10 bloom.
blossom and bear rich fruit for the
nusbaudmeD. Our climate Is one Of
exceptlonable health properties. Our
facilities for shipping the products Of
the farm are excellent and with little ,
more enterprise can easily be made .
still better. There Is 10 denying the .
fact that our lands seem to be of that .
peculiar kind which readily produces
al kinds OF fruits and vegetables and
nearly every variety Of agricultural
growth.
Our parish needs the thrifty, hon
est, white emigrant and be needs our
lands. The plan can be made to re-
dOund 10 their mutual advantage.
We have still more TO offer the right
kind OF home seekers. Besides the
climate, water, wood and soil, we are
prepared TO furnish them with most
excellent public schools for their chill
dTen. This Of itself is a great in
ducement to the progressive home
seeker. The question of education is
an important one, and we are proud
to say that Caddo does not lack in
that either. Now we ask again what
will our people dol What assistance
viii hey render to bring these adj
vantages before the far-away man Of
family seeking a location to settle
that family inl How much will our
police jury givel What will our
town council do! What will our
Board Of Trade do?
We are muchly interested in this
movement for the parish's sake. All 1
who were present were equally so.
Bossier has forged ahead with a
strong immigration society, will Cad I
90 be laggard? This remains to be
seen The Caucasian and The PRoG-
BEss are pushing forward with their
greatest strength. Something must /
be done and these papers know it,
but they cannot accomplish this work
alone. They must have help from
those who have lands to sell: those
who have been made poor from pay
ing the taxes OH these large numbers
Of idle acres Of land which have not
yielded cent Of revenue in decade
or more. They must have assistance
from the public generally, everv hu-
man being Of which is effected by the
present condition Of affairs and will
be benefited by the change. Now
therefore enterprising men of Csddo
let US get ready for ore herculean ef
fort and lift the old ship from the
rocks Of lsziness, inertia, lack Of en-
terprise and get up and git" in
which our parish and city ship has
been stranded for q long time.