Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1855-02-09
Laborers for the Country.

The Neoc York Tribune, in an article on labor
in the country, after dwelling on the abundance
Of aborers 10 BE obtained jus. no,v a, low rates,
in tina, city, and the impoas.biii;y Of sendine
them abroad to find employment, proceeds al
quoted below. There IS no doubt that much
more labor might be employed By farmers in
TIE ,rirt,r with more advantage TO themselves
their living. We know the old objection, that
farmers are not able" to bear the expense
but We know that IT is an unfounded objection,
and hope some time 10 show hour they are abe
to make every real improvement in their accus-
toned prac,ice.-LeuisJu5g Chronieie.l
"But do no. expect the advantage to be
all on one side. Do net ask US to send
cut to yoa men who may not suit you
when they arrive, because they happen to
be unqualified to do just Wha, you require,
and who viii ;hus be left penniless among
utter strangers, where :heir chances Of sooa
finding work might be even worse than
here Cyme here and hire such La5or az
you ,c.nt-is is suPerabundant, and you
can obtain it as cheap as any other mxn
of conscience can consent to buy it.
Come and select just wha. you want, out
Of the thousands living on charity and
seeking any CHARGE 20 work. Apply at
the office of the Commissioners Of Emigra-
ton, or at the Society to provide Employ
for the Poor, OF at tie Five Points Miss
ion,or any one Of the National Benevolent
Societies, but frs. at tha, of the Commits
sioners aforesaid, because there the supply
is auples, and the need most urgent
Pick out such rcn aud women as you
want, make fair written bargains with
them, take them home with you, and set
them to work You can hire far cheaper
now than two or three months hence, and
when your spring work comes on you viii
bo noasurably prepaired for it.
Not that every man who wants help
should come down here-that would cost
too much. But let those in township
who will soon want help, club together,
make oft list of such persons as they
will several!y want, make up purse for
expenses, and send one Of their number
dogn to hire and take home such persons
as will subsarve their respective needs.
They need not be afraid of e1hausting the
surply-if Ten Thousand were required,
ithvafSS thvfS aai aaiyd 4 hOhth later, the case may
be different But here you can find ono
accustomed to the care of horses, another
who has had the care Of sheep. third
who has been employed in draining, and
SO on, and may select just which you re-
quire while if We should undertake to
sem, them out at random, we should proba.
bly, send the ditcher where the shepherd
is wanted, and the ostler where there is
need Of gardener Nc-here is the pro-
per focus whence Labor is TO De distribu-
ted as i, is wanted, and most of it will re-
main here at this inelement season, until
distinctly required elsewhere.
And now a word to our farming
friends as to the alleged demand for La
Dor in their several localities We do
not wish to contradict their express aver
meuts, but we know it is not the fact that
there is generally good demand for Labor
among Farmers at this season. There are
laundering regions, and sections where
corlwood is chopped fo- Railroads, in which
capable a1-men are wanted but We know
that uine-ter.hs Of our Farmers employ
far less laber in January than they
require in May, June and July; conss-
auen.ly, there must be surplus Of labor
among them at this season; and it is in
part from plethora Of laborsrs dismissed
in November by the farmers Of hong Is
land, New Jersey, &c, that our City is
now suffering. If our Farmers really fer
,ilised the soil they cultivate, instead Of
skinning it, they 'rosti employ great
deal more labor in winter than they do;
for this is the season for getting muck ous
of swamps, forming compost heaps, cutting
off water bushes, &c. aai good deal may
be done in winter at draining, deep-plow-
ing, &C., by those VINO really try. But
the majority of our Farmers, when they
have divested their soil Of one crop. act a.
if they had nothing more to DC until the
season comes round for putting in another;
and while this notion prevails, there will
always be large and distressing surplus
Of Labor in winter. Let truer and more
generous ideas prevail, and the gigantic
evil Of unemployment in winter, from
which we are now saGtring, will gradually
diminish.
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