ITS ADVANTAGES! ITS CONDITIONS I ITS PROSPECTS I 



ocean steamer can load. She rcceiTPS 

 over 2,000,000 bales of cotton, 600,000,000 

 pounds of sugar, 1,000,000 sacks of rice, 

 300.000 barrels of molasses, many millions 

 of bushels of wheat, corn and oats; 150,- 

 000,000 feet of lumber, with immonso 

 quantities of shingles, laths, brick and 

 lime. It has six of the largest railr<iads 

 centering here, reaching out to every part 

 of the country, besides several local lines. 

 It has an immense river trade by steam- 

 ers and barges, and with an ocean trade 

 averaging four ships per day leaving her 

 port loaded. It is the second largest 

 exporting city in the union, and should 

 occupy the same position as an import- 

 ing city. It has sixteen commercial 

 banks, with $9,000,000 capital, handling 

 $220,000,000 exchange annually. It has 

 twelve insurance companies, doing a busi- 

 ness of $30,000,000 annually. It has 

 numerous building and loan associations. 

 It has a commerce of 8,500,000 tons. It 

 Is the largest importer of tropical fruit. 

 It is the center of the extensive lumber 

 interest of the south. It has over 2500 

 manufacturing plants, with $50,000,000 

 invested, paying out annually $15,000,000 

 in wages and producing $70,000,000 of 

 finished products. It has a population of 

 about 300,000 people. . It has over 1.50 

 miles of electric railways. Largest freight 

 ships in the world can enter the river. 

 It has a fine system of graded public 

 schools. Is the seat of the Tulane Uni- 

 versit.v and H. Sophie Newcomb GoUego 

 for girls. It is one of the best locations 

 in the world for manufactories of all 

 kinds. It will soon have a railroad 

 bridge over the Mississippi river. It al- 

 ready has five large grain elevators. The 

 total value of its commerce is nearly 

 $600,000,000. Its exports are $129,000,000. 

 Its imports are $31,000,000. It will 

 soon have a United States navy 

 yard. It already has several private 

 dry docks. It has a large number of 

 handsome churches, excellent public 

 buildings and superb commercial ex- 

 changes. When the Nicaragua canal is 

 completed its trade will quickly double. 

 Its climate is salubrious; people refined 

 and hospitable. P'urther information can 

 be furnished by the Young Men's Busi- 

 ness League, Captain Harry Allen, secre- 

 tary, New Orleans, La. 



Shreveport, situated on Red river, is 

 the second city in size of the state, claim- 

 ing 18.000 inhabitants. It has a tributary 

 coast line of 1000 miles, besides splendid 

 railroad facilities. It has five completed 

 roads, three incomplete and four pro- 

 jected lines. When all are completed it 

 will be the great railroad center of the 

 northwestern portion of the state. By 

 river it is 600 miles to New Orleans; by 

 rail, 328 miles. It is fully equipped as a 

 city, with handsome public buildings, 



electric street railways, electric lights, 

 fire alarm, water works, city telephone, 

 etc. It has four banks with a capital of 

 $700,000, and one insurance company. It 

 receives about 100,000 bales cotton and 

 enormous qiiantities of hides and wool. 

 It has extensive cotton seed oil mills, fer- 

 tilizer factories, ice work;, and other 

 minor industries. It has fine churches, ex- 

 cellent graded schools and a most excel- 

 cellent male academy and female college. 

 The people are noted for their liberal 

 hospitality and business push. Factories 

 of all kinds are desired, and public and 

 private aid will be given to those locating 

 there. The Development Club, with Mr. 

 L. M. Carter president, and V. Grosjean, 

 secretary, will give further information. 



Baton Rouge, situated on the first 

 bluffs of the Mississippi river, is the 

 third city in size in the state. It is the 

 capital of the state, and here, besides 

 the handsome state capital building, are 

 located the state penitentiary, the Deaf 

 and Dumb Asylum and the State School 

 for the Blind. The insane asylum is 

 located at Jackson. This city boasts of 

 13,000 inhabitants. It is one of the fin- 

 est located cities in the world; on a bluff 

 GO to 70 feet high overlooking the river, 

 and with a natural drainage basin. It has 

 three railroads completed and several 

 pro.iected. It has three banks and one 

 local insurance comapny, all doing a 

 profitable business. It has two large 

 brickyards, two immense lumber mills. 

 one hoop factory, one barrel factory, one 

 Irage central sugar factory and two ice 

 plants, besides two cotton seed oW mills 

 and one fertilizer factory. It is one 

 of the best locations for manufactures in 

 the state. Being on the Mississippi 

 river, it enjo.ys the benefits of low 

 freights both for the raw material and 

 the manufactured products. It is situ- 

 ated in one of the richest sections of the 

 state, and does a thriving mercantile 

 trade. The State University and Agri- 

 cultural and Mechanical College is lo- 

 cated here, and is largely attended. The 

 State Experiment Station is also located 

 here, and its investigations are published 

 in bulletins which are distributed free to 

 any applicant. The health is excellent. 

 The people refined and cultivated. It is 

 surrounded by a country splendidly adapt- 

 ed to truck growing, market gardening 

 and stock raising. Further information 

 will be furnished by the Young Men's 

 Business League, H. A. Morgan presi- 

 dent. Baton Rouge. 



Alexandria, Monroe, Lake Charles, Ibe- 

 ria. Opelousas, Natchitoches, Donadlsou- 

 ville, Plaquemine, Lafayette, Franklin 

 and Tliibodaux are all towns of over 2000 

 inhabitants and have aspirations for 

 fuller development and larger importance. 

 Each have one to three banks, several 

 manufactories and are centers of trade. 



