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Louisiana is forging to the front.
forced b. tie raVages Of the boil weevil
inta pFactieai digersiacatioa of farming,
tie planter OF our state have awakened
to the realization that We have q soil ard
q climate which will raise any crop under
tie sun. And after four years of the de-
yastatirg, dreaded march Of the boil
weevil that was to make paupers ~ Of
Us all, ON January /, this year, there was
more money on deposit in the banks OF
Louisiana than there has ever been IN
the history Of the state.
Less than year ago one Of the great
journals Of this country stated that if by
some great work Of nature Louisiana
could be picked up, with her richness OF
soil, her climate aud her possibilities. and
placed in the westward march of the hue
rying feet of the white race, in about the
position of southern Illinois. its riches
would attract greater rush Of imrni-
grants than Gid the gold fields of Califor-
MIA in 49.
IN Louisiana We have one sulphur mine
that alone produces more sulphur than all
the rest Of the world combined. We
have five salt mines, whose output equals
all the salt production of the balance of
America We have the greatest oil fields
in the world today. and government ex-
pert, who investigated the gas fields of
Caddo parish q few dsys ago, stated that
there was power and foree wasted every
"a hours in that fed greater In genera
tive force than Niagara Falls itself.
In Louisiana we have the greatest
amount of standing timber of any state in
the Union, and last year the output of
timber was second only to that of the
state Of Washington. We have r. great
est Lumber mill of the world, situated SIS
than 50 miles fFofs Rev orl4ans. That
mill, built Of stone, steel ard saHerete. has
daily cutting capacity of 100000 test:
Ten years ago the constitutional coAs |
vention of Louisiana. realizing that rail-
roads were needed Ia ouF state. exempted
new RAILROADS frGn taxation for q period |
of IS years. and within eight years after
that statute had been enacted we had
more than doubled the railroad mileage
of the state, and the good work is still 60
ing on.
Il is well known that Louisiana is the
greatest rice and sugar producing state in
the Union, but Il is not well known that
we have become grain.producing state
Corn experts pronounce tbs Louisiana
grown corn of the highest grade, and last
year. for the first time. cur state shipped /
millions of bushels Of that grain.
We are raising SIS to so bushels of oats
to the acre. and, with heavy fertilization,
can increase this crop on some Of our
lands to as much as 100 bushels; and in
our rich bottoms lands along the Red river
four cuts of alfalfa per year are by nc
means uncommon.
We have also become a great truck
producing state, Just one parish Eve
call our counties parishes" in Louisiana)
asst year shipped to the north S6.030.0dG
worth of strawberries alone.
We are up and doing in Louisiana, and
With the completion of the Panama Canal
ind the holding Of the great Worlds
2anama Exposition In New Orleans,
here will dawn upon our state the great
st era of material prosperity which has
marked the progress Of Louisiana since
Ter purchase from Napoleon. in 1903.
Millions OF dollars have been voted BY
ur legislature and ratified by our people
or good roads, for schools and for other
'ublic Improvements. No stats in the
Union offers to the homeseeker, the
or to the capitalist such OPP
as those now presented by
.ouisiana, and to all three classes we ex-
end most cordial welcome.
J. 7. SANDERS,
Governor Of Louisiana.