The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1855-03-03
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SIR :-Agreeably with resolution adopted
a, meeting of the Board of Managers of
the American and Foreign Emigrant Protec-
tive and Employment Society, held on Mon
dav the 9th inst, Peter Cooper, Esq, Presi-
dent of the Society, in the chair, the under
signed respectfully request that, through the
medium Of your columns, you will recon-
mend TO such citizens in your locality as
NAV desire to secure the services of the wor
thy portion OF the unemployed poor of the
CITY of New York the convening at as early
Ieriod as possible, public meeting for
the purpose of ascertaining specifically the
wants of the neighborhood as to labor, and
the appointment of corresponding agent
who shall send to the society orders accom-
ranicd bv accurate descriptions of the per
sons wanted. the name and residence of the
rInnloyer. the nature of the situation, the
duties 10 BE- performed, the qualifications re-
nuired, the compensation offered and mode
and cost of conveyance, and who shall gen
orally act as medium of communication
b.;wccn the community he represents and
the society.
The board Of managers, aware of the diff
culties attending the effort to transfer the
surplus labor of our city TO those parts of
the country where it is needed, and thus Sc
cure mutual benefit, have given the sub
ieCt their serious attention, and as the result
Of their deliberations, propose the following
plan:
The employment committee shall, for the
time being, send emigrants and others de-
sirous of procuring employment, to those
who may apply for their services under one
Of the following arrangements:
lst. Upon satisfactory guaranty being
given by the employer that ne will refund to
the society, or its authorized agent, the
amount advanced TO defray the expense OF
transit OF the person or persons sent, togeth-
with his annual subscription, two dollars,
immediately on the arrival OF the latter at
his destination.
I'd. Upon the required amount being de-
posted in the hands of a responsible third
party, with the understanding that said
amount shall be paid over &c. the society or
agent upon the arrival Of Mcpherson or per-
sons ordered.
Sd. Upon a written agreement being en-
tered into with the employee, that his en-
ployer shall be allowed to deduct one-hait OF
his wages until the whole of the passage
money shall have been refunded, and TO pay
the same over to the society, or its author
lied agent. A similar agreement shall be
entered into for the benefit Of the employer,
if required, when the emigrant is forwarded
in accordance with the first or second ar
rangemcnt above named.
In submitting the above plan the board
desire that it should be remembered that the
society is strictly benevolent one com
rosed of individuals whose sole object Is to
accomplish work that shall be for the mu-
tual good of the employer and employee,
that mainly depending for their ability to
carry out their good intentions upon the con-
tributions of the benevolent, they are com
PEELED as much as possible to husband their
resources, while, at the same time, they feel
not only the importance but the necessity OF
protecting the employer, while they labor TO
advance the interests Of the employee.
On the subject of an early application to
the society, the board cannot do better than
submit the following remarks found in re-
cent number of the N. Y. Tribune:
at is all-mportant that those who will
want skilled and unskilled labor throughout
the next season should engage ii now or very
soon. Early in March, if the season be an
average one, the gardeners of New Jersey and
Long Island will begin their spring work
and then the crowds of robust men and wo'
men who now besiege the emigrant office
will rapidly dwindle and speedily disappear
The farmers from further inland will come
or send here for laborers, only to find the