Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1910-07-08
CONGRESSMAN RANSDELL'S "ON
TO DIXIE"
(From the Monroe NEWSSTAND

speech Oll To DlNlt, ItCtiltlA w
livered at Washington when ia,
House was in Committee of tn,
Whole on the State of the Union
has attracted wide attention. TIA,
New York Sun, commenting on
editorially, says:
1t was not germane, but it wa
glorious.
If there is a paradise on earth il
is Louisiana. If there is a soil amy
where that responds with golden
bounty to the industry of the nus
bandman it is Louisiana's. If there
is climate on earth that : bless
ing, painting roses and lilies ON
the check of the maiden and invig
Grating the limbs of the aged, il
is found in the Pelican State. Ii
there is a tolerant, neighborly, phi
losophic, progressive society any
where, Louisiana may claim it.
SO says the Hon. Joseph Eugene
Ransdell. Come, then, To the
Southland he said in closing.
land make il your home; come T."
Louisiana. Cloud applause). Thus
Mr.. Ransdell should have written
over his copy when he prepared ii
for the government printer, ON t.
Louisiana" The State has no ADLER
advertising agent, and as the speech
will have Il wide circulation under
his frank, Mr.. RansdcIl's constit
uents will he justified of their choice
Of Il representative
We can understand how a man
born and reared in semi-tropical
Louisiana, the land of the mag
nolia and the m"cking bird, shud
ders at the thought of exile IN
Northwestern Canada, where the
VOLTS long howl is heard on Port
Simpson shore cOntending with
the icy blasts and where the sum
mers are short with Saharan heat
and mosquitoes the most savage
known To insectologcrs. 1t was bad
enough to have To live in such an
inhospitablc land, but when the
gentleman from Louisiana saw 3l2, -
GA American citizens emigrating
othe Canadian Northwest in five
years, carrying, as he estimated.
1912 ,6l4, 900 with them, it was
time to call halt ON the insane
exodus and welcome the nomadS
to the fruitful bosom of Louisiana.
In this good work Mr.. RanSdcll
secured the cooperation of Prof
Willis l.. Moore, who furnished
him with mean temperatures show
ing how benignant and healing was
the air of Louisiana. The happy
contrast is printed with Mr.. Rams
dells speech, together with letters
from Northern settlers tcstiiying to
their glowing and enduring health
under Louisiana skies, health such
as they had never enjoyed in their
place of nativity. Look, " wrote
one enthusiast, ut the healty 70
bust Germans, Swcdcs, Bohonians
Polanders, etc, and you will he
convinced that they are as healthy
here rs they were in their own
- native land, il not healthier. "
What alfalfa, Bermuda grass, les
Vpedeza, sorghum, cowpcaS, vethcs
l.,
hogs and poultry, can he raised in
Louisiana, Mr.. RanSdell sets forth.
Only the State of Washington yield
ed more timber in 1910, Louisiana
has salt to supply the world, and
the gas fields near Shreveport, an
eminent geologist told RansdeIl,
could generate more electrical
power than all the waters of Nj
agra"
But for suStenancc, nun IN Louis
lana is not limited to what he
gamers from the tceming soil;
louisiana has Il vast StorehouSc
of wealth in its fish and game. 1t
IL IL NCllNd'it IhildtilSC vi lllt SpOt IT,
man. have eaten oysters in every
section OF our coasts, and none of
them equal in flavor the famous
bivalves of Bayou Cook. The oys-
ter-shipping industry is very i'm
pOrtant, and our oyster beds are
much greater in area than those Of
any other State. Many varieties of
the finest fresh and salt water fish
literally swarm in our waters; in
Vulnerable game birds and fowls,
including the delicious wild turkey,
exists in every quarter, and the
fierce black bear of our canebrakes
tempted to its lair even the mighty
nimrod whose recent exploits in
Africa have caused such interest in
the world of sport =
When Mr.. Ransdell concluded
there was nothing more to be said in
favor of Louisiana-the queen of the
South, he called her. He had even
settled the negro question, and well
coined Northern Republicans with