Our great continent; sketches, picturesque and historic: within and beyond the States . iana are cottonand sugar. In 1880 the value of the cotton productions was $20,000,000. Itproduced in that year about 175,000 hogsheads of sugar and 12,000,000 gal- ITS STATES AND TERRITORIES. 189 Ions of molasses. It is not largely engaged in manufactures. New Orleanshad, in 1880, over 900 manufacturing establishments, which produced articlesvalued at $19,000,000. The assessed valuation of taxable property in theState was $160,162,439. It contained 1231 miles of railways in operation,which cost about $45,00
Our great continent; sketches, picturesque and historic: within and beyond the States . iana are cottonand sugar. In 1880 the value of the cotton productions was $20,000,000. Itproduced in that year about 175,000 hogsheads of sugar and 12,000,000 gal- ITS STATES AND TERRITORIES. 189 Ions of molasses. It is not largely engaged in manufactures. New Orleanshad, in 1880, over 900 manufacturing establishments, which produced articlesvalued at $19,000,000. The assessed valuation of taxable property in theState was $160,162,439. It contained 1231 miles of railways in operation,which cost about $45,000,000. The number of children of school age in the State in 1880 was 273, 845,ofwhom only 64,440 were enrolled in the public schools. Of this numberabout one half were colored. The whole amount expended for public schoolsthat year was $455,758. There were over 300 private schools and eightcolleges. New Orleans is the commercial metropolis of the State. It contained216,000 in 1880. Baton Rouge, its political capital, contained 7,200 inhabi-tants. Louisiana is called The Creole
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