The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-01-18
Company Organized to Exploit Lou
isiana's Wonderful Resources
Colonization Movement Backed
by Great Aggregation Of Capital
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ed by LOUISIANA capital and more Of
tne eap1Ial OF the north and east,
IS now engaged IN working out.
Ii mas SO Tar succeeded lhat al
ready the campaign to bring the
IlFst settlers from the oVercroWded
farm country OF the north central
states has begun. Within the year,
II Is. believed, the first community will
nave been established, and Withia
lo years the influx of farmers and
larners Z. Iamllies VIII nave reached
the million goal.
G. w. Marsh, who guides the en-
terprlse, is big man who talks SOFT
" and modestly, as men do nova
days who deal with large affairs. He's
the sort OF chap who spends half an
hour looking up a simple set of easy
figures before he'll say whether they
are right or wrong, and when he
finds out..he'I say so simply. with
out any needless argument to prove
It.
Has Reputation as Organizer.
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anizar o., ~ + colonization ie - nnyar -r - i,
II TTnitad states navinp sue eeessf,1l-
ly built I'D large communities of fruit
growers and farmers in many states.
covering an area as widely scattered
as Oregon and Maryland.
That's probably one of the reasons
Why the group Of New Orleans capi-
talists, headed by bowman, Dinkins,
Walms1ey, Stern and Pharr, Pool and
others, have placed themselves at
his back in this greatest colonization
prepaganda ever protested in he
south. ABLY another reas0n
because they have become convinced.
that the idea of farm colonization on
the community basis is going to
be the most practical and most per-
maneHt single asset the state could
possibly win. And a third reason
stands out in the certainty that the
incoming of 100000 substantial
farming people will result in such a
splendid natural increase in all other
business that It Will bring more real
prosperity to New Orleans and Lou
isiana than all the other projects
that have ever been dreamed.
Expects Success From acomnaunity
R,,t II is tho sscommunitv,, idaa m
IN whio, March ~ fha + .n1,isiana
e,omnanv basas most af bis narsan-
~ ont hnsiasn,
"Dur idea is not to get people to
come down here simply to sell them
land and then leave them to work
out a nard destiny the best they
me yys ho cGi n
that they prosper after they get
here. So We will bring them down
in communities, and each community
viii be formed OF farmers families
who are congenlal: who can WORK.
together in harmony, and are fitted
to till the particular lands upon
which they are to live. To aid them
we will apportion the 26,00o, 600 acres
of uncultiyated, wasting soil, into
community traces, and we Will place
upon these tracts the farmers who
are best skilled IN working that par.
tieular soil
1t will not be land selling
scheme, but 1t Will be a community
building scheme. For myself think
It will be self supporting from the
outset. The land IS there, the best
land in the country Yielding three
Or four crops each year OF the most
and permanent OF the pro-
ducts OF the earth.
Louisiana Has the Answer.
<s1Tn in the noIth central states
there are 100000 people--farmers
fiji an ~ oparWorkad - farn, half the
yaar a+ hare 1ivina ~ elsa CAM