The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1913-11-29
AGRICULTURAL DEPT.
LOUISIANA BOOSTER IN CALl-
FoRNIA; GOOD ADVICE f'1s
pEopLE OF THIS STATE.

II
Having been in this mucfly ad-
yertised land of promise ~ TOT ses
eral months, / thought 9 lew fe
marks on conditions as found 1helh
might not be amiss.
California, or as it Is beeonnihs -
he kaown, the new Japan IS pc
Iyond doubt the most extensively az
varfised section in the United states.
Tae Southern Pacific and the santa
ma railroads and the Board o.
TRADE and Chamber of Commerce OF
each town and city, as well assthe
board of supervisors Of each county,
Espend large surns Of money III tne
Way of printed matter in MAGAZINES,
ne wspapers etc, throughout the
North and East tnwhich IA pictured
ssssas ss' slaHa||'|1sl ssaals.as|
Sunshine
But when speaking Of the beau
Itiful sunshine, however, they never
mention the fact that while there
q truth sunshine IN plenty, the tenn
p~erature runs all the way from l00
10 $50 degrees in the shade This
ID indeed. the land of sunshine. and
d rain between the months Of Oeto-
Der and March is a rarity. the cause
of much comment in newspapers 2
otherwise.
And they also tell the wonderful
crops. the delicious fruits, the fra
grant flowers. the ~cheapness OF the
land, the scarcity of labor. the high
prices therefor, the low cost Of living
and indulge in other claptrap teinvei-
gle the frugal citizens Of the South,
North and East to sell out saeir
homes which have been acquired
through years Of hardship and toll,
and come out and spend the re-
mainder OF their days In past time
and pleasure.
But what do they fine upon their
arrival there2 Land varying IA
price from $500 TO $4,000 per acre;
cost Of living at least rs per cent
lisher: the labor market over
Z stocked; wages with few exceptions
about the same as back home, soil
not near so fertile; fruit plentiful
Il but Wofully Iakfng III flavor, while
he flowers bloom eve 50 baauti-
ful bat With little fragrance, owing
to lack Of rainfall and dew In adj
diton, they find q country Sc over.
81 run with the Hndesirables of Europe
Il and Asia 4hat unless one happens tt
zae be il
conaDel1sa noxnt1st
4 va sessp aFdar to ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
esace.
Anent the Japanese question
Tntil quite recently or as long as tn
Fa,p competed with the laborin
classes. he was considered ali RICH
ana d good desirable immigrant, be
cause he worked cheaper than tn
y home product: but the Jap bein
81 naturally frugal and industrious, 9
& we'll as cle&n and moral in his hal
q its, began to invest in lands and on
" gage ii merchantile and bankin
business Then it was that the bu'
mess men and landowners foln
] out he was a most undesirable cit
] zen and SHOULD be kept out at q
hazards even though 1t should brin
/ IN a conflict between Uncle Sal
and The Mikado.
Setter land can be purchased
}Louisiana for. STE and 500 per ael
Than is sold here every day forts5o
Il land upwards. Excepting grape
Il there is nothing raised in calieorn
II .hat cannot be produced IN Loll
Ii I@isiana at more per acre and Of be
}ter quality. to say nothing of u
! leost OF i~rrigating, without Nhl'
81 trothing can be raised out here's
Loaisiana's railroads and COZ
lnereiaI bodies should get busy al
capture some OF the imInigratit
from the North and East that Tiocl
in here daily by the t~rainload,soh
TO find that things have heenslh
N represented. !.
The immigrant from beyond t
Mkmountains will find himself buttl
IA against Japs, Chinese, Portuge
vs. .. T,.Iz- Ayuanpiapc nccia