Kansas weekly herald., 1855-03-16
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possible fer one ope her, and there 70 make ,
farm in the prairie. IN Missouri, such in-
Stances even yet are rare. In northern
Illinois. with al its facilities, If rich prair-
les lay virtually q waste until railroads were
made through them. oszs s,,.se 4,s.
y Such are some of the; difficulties which
have driven those sent out by the Emigrant
Aid Societies back to the towns ofthe East;
which have hcolnpelled 80 many Of those
who emigfated from the islayeholding
States to return. Ofthese from the nom
slaveholding States VINO remain, the sub
stansiat men Of means and iptenigence,sa
large Rropogti On so. Soon as tbey are eha-
bled to see Slavery as il really exists, are
freed from their prejhdices, and from sheer
necessity becorne shareholders for no other
labor can be had. While, then, prairie IS
so unsuited to the poor man., on the other
hand TO the man who can command labor,
and who has one or more slaves, il pre-
sents many and great inducements. =
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2. is slavs labor profitable in Kansas7
AS yet no opportunity to obtain Its value
has been given; can hence only refer you
to its value III Missouri, and say that, lying
in the same latitute, immediately west and
alongside of Missouri, the soil and climate
of Kansas cannot differ materially from
those of Missouri. / am inclined to be-
lieve that Kansas will prove even healthier
than Missouri, there being, less low marshy
land in Kansas. There can thus be no
reason why slave labor should not be as
profitable in Kansas as Id Missouri. a+s
| <. Anticipating that such inquiries might
be made during my visit to Virginia. before
leaving home procured from intelligent
farmers in Platte, a county bordering on
Kansas, statement showing the amount
of land which one hand can cultivate, with
the yield per acre, and the marked price OF
the products at home. have no hesita-
| ton in attesting Its correctness.
| .fmount of land to hand and yield per acre.
Hemp to 8 acres q fas 800 to l2OOlbs.
Comic to Is acres" 10 to 2Obis
Wheat-1O to Is I" " =" 2Oto 45 bush
Oats-lO to 15 a. Sc 80 to so bush.
Value Of products at home: - .
Hemp-2 1-2 tuns, at $50 per tun {" 5000
Corn-10Obls, at 81 per bl -" g 10G
Wheat-5 acres-10O bush atS0cts pert so
Oats 5 acres-150 bush at 30ctsper 4t
Total least yield, at lowest price $4,2
Hemp 1-2 tuns at $130 per tun &c 5sE
Corn 300bis at So per bl IS ts 60(
Wheat acres -225 bush at 81 per b 22s
| Oats-5acres $50 bushs at 4Octs per b 10(
Greatest yield, at highest price 81, SIT
This will doubtless seem an extravagan
estimate; yet the Quotations of The mafke
viii show THAT the maximum prices art
less than the present market prices. Heml
has sold during the past season. for '$15(
per ton. Wheat is worth 81 ,25 per bush
ell, and corn So perbarrel. The yield too
is often fgteater than the highest. But it i
not less true that the greatest yield .ant
highest price are not often together. M.
object is rather to show the least yield ant
the lowest price. Negfoes-field hands
have hired for some, years In Wester1
Missouri at prices which could not be pai'
if their labour was less valuable than as a
/ bove stated. Men at from $3.50 to $3.50
women from $50 to $3.50 per annum, tn
Ihirer paying all expenses, and loseing al
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A woman with two children viii. bring
from $50 to $50; and girls from ten +
thirteen yeass of age, from $40 to $6'
} per annum. now pay for one, about tel
years of ages So per month by thes year
Ineed hardly say that, the negroes mus
be healthy and profitable. to enable farm
ers to pay such prices. s'1 - s.
8. Is Il safe to take &aUes to Kansas ro,r
I OF this there cam be- no Doubt The,
are less likely to escape. than from Nilsson
ri; are farther from The underground rail
. roads and hiding places, of the Abolition
! lists; while the people of the territory ar
more on the alert, and watch more closel,
t those who would steal them. -
From. the law there can be no danger
Slaves are now, and have been In the ter
ritory for years, so that slavery in fact
| already established. need not say t
you that no lawyer, anlesssRe is an aboli
J ZIONIST, will pretend thatany positive Law
J is Heeessary to- make slavery legaET Bu
t'to.yindieate the truth of history y ough
J to say that the lveriest 1schooib0y MUS
know, as a matter of history that although
slavery existed in all the old states id nc
, one was law ever enacted to establish i
Laws have been passed recognizing It
|, existence after it had an existence; neve
Ito establish it before i existed. Ithas bee
J abolished; not by the repeal of laws sestal
! fishing or permitting it, bat by laws posi-
lively and expressly prohibiting il. With
tout such prohibitary laws. would now ex
ist in every State in the Union. Uni
such laws are enacted by some competen
!, Legislative power, Slavery IS Illegal in Kan
tsas. Such laws viii never be enacted.
Whatever might have, been the result,
! Abolitionists had not attempted to force Ii
people Of the Territory, their movement