The Rice belt journal., 1912-03-15
LOUISIANA AND
HER POSSIBILITIES
A Few of the Many Facts Being Pro-
muigated by the Louisiana
Edition of the Texas
Pacific Quarterly.

The Louisiana edition Of the Teya
Pacific Quarteriy.published at l1alIas
Texas, by the General Passenger De
partment, is a neat eight by e!eye
pamphlet, artistcallv illustrated i
coIOrs, and giving Il wealth of fact
about Louisiana and her wonderful
resources and possibilities. The pur
pose OF the Quarterly NAV be seer
from the following excerpt from
a letter to the Journal bearing on thi,
subject. He saws in part:
'HOwever after YOU have digestef
its contents and understand it's OBJ.
lects and aims, we feel you viii ap,
preclate our efforts. We very much
desire your cooperation in this great
work OF settling and deyeloping
Louisiana, and We believe we will get
IT. 1t is Il laudable work and a work
every material interest in the state
should strike hands on: we BEG 10 as
sure YOU that our line and manage
ment will do their part"
a few brief paragraphs are quoted
from the Quarterly, as follows:
"Louisiana is the political mother
of the following great states. which
nave been carved OUT of her original
territory, purchased bv President Jef.
ferson from Napoleon of France in
lS05' namely: Arkansas, Oklahoma,
MISSOURI, Kansas, Nebraska. Iowa.
North Dahota, South Dakota, Mime
sofa, Wyoming, and Montana,
Ihe state Of Louisiana produces
80 per cent of the sugar cane from
which sugar is made in the United
States.
"Louissana and Texas raise more
rice than all the other states COM
biDed.
Louisiana is second in production
OF lumber.
"Loufsiana has the greatest sulphur
deposits and mines of any state in the
Union.
"Sbe has the greatest deposits OF
salt OF any of the states.
She has more navigable water.
SaYs than anv other state, comprising
some 1000 miles.
She has great oil and gas fields.
she has enormous oyster and fish.
ng grounds.
Louisiana is the second maDufac.
urlng state in the south aud sixth in
he United States.
New Orleans is one of the Worlds
'reatest ports, and will become great.
r when the Panama Canal is finished
Louisiana has a population Of
,626, 1888, which is 20 per cent increase !
'ver 1900.
she has only So inhabitants to tho
quare mile, rs compared with 420 in
Massachusetts, and SIT in Rhode
sland.
"Onlv one-fifth Of her lands are in
ultivation,
"she has 10, o,I99,6o5 acres in a)uvia1
'nds' the richest in the world, that
30 be reclaimed by drainage.
Louisiana has millions OF acres OF
noeveloped lands that can be had at
ON $500 to s25. 90 per acre.
"Louisiana's coolest month Is Jan. 60
Try, the temperature not exceeo;no a
degrees: July the highest, averag. Z
e about 1874 degrees. The rainfall !
from 50 to 65 inches and eouitab,v =
tributed. :
Louisiana and Texas have greater !
'ssloll'tles for irrigation farming !
an any other State in the Union. Z
''The taxable valuation OF Louis,. !
q for 1912, on about 40 per cent Of !
tual values is sj46, ,S2O, go. which =
ows On increase over tsl1 sle,046,. !
'' Hall OF this increase is from two I
on the Texas & Pa. :
lc and Calcasieu on the Southorn u
cifc, -
Louisiana in 1910 produced 23e so5 o.
les of cotton.
Louisiana in 1910 heretofore and 9
or TO 1907 not considered corn .
te) produced 1885, 900 bushels of g
n valued at $43, lS4, 100, the averaoa 9
ia per acre being 2G.6 bushels. 3
In 1912 20 parishes had in noon,,o
97s acres, 8
'Ihlrty.four parishes report bav 3
'duction. 9
twenty six parishes had ST., $50 9
es in oats.
ok parishes produced oranges ~
Two parishes, St. James and G, "--
produced fine crops OF to. v
co. "
twenty-five parishes renortod .ho