The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1895-12-07

alton here and there III LIE uiosaies'
Lately a sawmill, furniture and a
cooperage factories were started IN
Concordia parish. Two new saw
mills are in operation in Iensas IN
addition to several already there
Two have just been started IN Maai,
son. and East Carroll has sawm'l |
with comrlete plant of a capa-
city of IS. 900 feet day. OF course
the local consumption of lumber is
small and it has to be marketed In
the north. In the present condition
of things the lumber is brought to
the river, and thence by steamboats,
sent north, but owing to the abb
sence of railroad facilities the best
markets such as Chicago and other
Western lumber depots cannot be
reached. Besides, IN order to obtain
cheap frelghts the lumber has to be
shipped in bulk in barge loads, but
by railroad carloads could be ship
ped to wherever the demand and
prices would be best. Owing to the
want of timber in almost every part
of the northeast and the west lum-
Der manufactured In the South fnds
ready market, but because of the
want of transportation the timber
wealth of this district is practically
useless and unexploited."
1t is clear from the Rev. Mahe's
account that the forest is the great
existing wealth apart from the fer
ltiIity Of the open land. In Europe
the lumber question in relation to
North America is little understood
or more attention by foresters would
be given TO the subject. The rolling
prairie west of the Missouri is wood
less. Such States as Kansas, Ne
braska, Colorado, consume lumber
in vast quantities, and the forests OF
michigan and Wisconsin, devastated
| by fires have lost much OF their
power to supply Western require
ments, though supported largely by
Canada, which paid duty on lum-
!. Der entering the United States. The
Michigan and Wisconsin lumber
men. some of whom have acquired
immense wealth, have, during late
wears, been buying up forest tracts
IN the south, where the timber is OF
superior quality; much of it.furni,
. ture wood. Perhaps the finest OF
this timber and its most lusurlanl
: forests are in West Louisiana, and
= along this belt are millions of acres
!. which can be purchased at a low
: figure, as heretofore there have beer
no means of utilizing the lumber IN
" market sense. Iti time that intend
: ing settlers of the higher class shoul'
" disabuse themselves of the idea tina
) all settler walks of life, the opportu
!, mites presented, relate almost who'll
- to the cultivation of the land. Ihei
!" idea is of cereals for export to til
. food-consuming Western nations 9
Europe, whereas almost every pr
:, ,e duct, except cotton, will be consume
- in the United States, having the be'
=. market at hand. A'settler can inye
',s s in sawmill quite as readily as in
: cotton plantation, gin house fru
a farm, or seed-crushing establls
No ment. His calculations should
TO simply based on opportunities al
-, profit, which he can best work o
..r on the spot, following the railway
~ its construction, and examining 7
no ground, where his information te
80 him, station will be located. II
~ - few small capitalists act, in conlul
~ ton, on accurate information, thu
80 success is assured so long as tn
nv work together honestly and intel
hesr gently; and we purpose IN our M
I issue to supply the facts and tab
~ =, set forth in the pamphlet on Sou
~" west Louisiana, which is equally
~ pllcable to this belt, which will I
an what degree of success attended P
. :. ties of settlers in that section and
,sh causes, which the European sett
'ost can verify and ascertain for hlms'