The Donaldsonville chief., 1921-08-27
LOUISIANA.
Stale Has More Diversified Resour-
2ces than Any in the Union.
The following interesting artst

The following interesting arucie
on the great and diversified re-
sources of Louisiana, was taken
from a recent issue of the South
ern investor, published in New Or
leans:
"Few, if any, of the states can
show more diversified interest than
louisiana. Beginning at New Or
leans, we find the commercial, imam
|cial and industrial metropolis OF the
South, and the Nations second port.
Seated like an empress on both
banks of the great Mississippi River,
New Orleans occupies a commanding
position. Here river and rails kiss
the sea, putting Louisiana in touch
with the ports of the world. Travel
ing westward along the Gulf OF
Mexico we strike the great sugar
bowl Of America. Louisiana ribbon
cane is famous and Louisiana syrup
and sugar is sold throughout the
world 1t is the first on the market
and top grade. Along here we also
pass the fsherman's and huntsmen>s
paradise, as well as the greatest
oyster beds in the country, for who
has not heard of the luscious bivalves
from Houma and Berwick. A little
further west. we find the great salt
mines shipping SAT- to countless mil
lions throughout the world. Then
the big cannery on Avery Island and
the home of "Tabasco Sauce which
is known everywhere. Then Para
disc Island, where dwells the great
est variety of plumed birds on the
continent. Next we find the rich
cotton fields and through these we
get into the famous rice belt, where
the rice farmer is striving hard to
feed the world. West of this is the
yellow pine belt, with its giant mills,
working day and night to turn out
building material which is shipped
to almost every part Of the globe.
''In the southwest part of the
State we find the greatest sulphur
beds in the world, and also some OF
the greatest oil fields to be found on
the Gulf Coast. Turning north we
continue through the great yellow
pine district with its busy mills and
also one of the best agricultural sec
tions in the country. We continue
through this until within about fifty
miles of Shreveport, where we enter
one of the greatest oil-producing
centers in the entire country. Then
Shreveport, commercial center and
oil headqtarters. For nearly one
hundred miles east we work through
the gusher oil fields, which have made
many millionaires (and still making
them over night) until we strike the
great gas fields of Monroe. This gas
field, which in it's infancy, is con-
ceded by experts to be so vast and
already three large companies are ar
ranging to spend millions to pipe
this gas in every direction. Pipe
lines are projected to New Orleans,
Dallas St. Louis and Chicago. Going
further east, we strike the great
delta country and turning south, we
come through nearly two hundred
miles of the great delta, which is
[said to be richer than the Valley of
the Nile. Here sea island or long
staple cotton is grown and year
ago sold for as high as 81 per pound.
Cunning east again we continue
tthrot1gh splendid strip of agricul-
tural sd pine land reaching the
- alA, beds in Tangipahoa.
T. I{ - - s1ish Strawberries are
!. IN cts Of the country.
~ So east we reach " lgs saspsa= s
lusaK Kptloare the largest saWmill in
the world is located, and then south
to Slidell, where big shipyards and
other large industries are located.
Then we reach the place of starting
New Orleans-passing on the way
to the largest sugar refinery in the
world.
1--WE have now travelled about one
thousand miles. We have visited
sugar plantations, sugar refneries,
salt mines, oyster beds and fisheries,
canneries, game preserves, cotton
fields, rice fields, sulphur mines, yell
low pine forests, truck farms, oil
fields, rich agricultural lands, gas
fields, the great delta lands, the larg
est lumber mill in the world, the
largest sugar refinery in the world
and the Nations Second Port, but
we have not yet gotten into Louisi-
ana. We have only circled around
the State, and scratched the surface.
sWe have just cracked the shell
and have begun to get to the kernel,
but what we really will find in Louis
lana we are going to leave for an
other story. 1t is obvious that we
could not do justice to the State in
such a small space. 1t would fill an
entire issue of the Southern Inves-
tor.'