New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-07-16

certain par;es TO ctr up cisssisfsohon among
the isborers 10 respect % the suoln. OF
Of the e1gsr markets 10 Great Britain. II Les
been urged, p,sSHb!y enough, tha. az the laborers
consented 20 reduction Il wages d1rlng the oeprss'
lion il he sugar market, there should, ~nie 90 up
ward tendency prevailed, be corresponding rise IL
wsges. Ire reply s that such demsnd is unreason'
able because As the planters incurred heavy Losses
for tevera years, they sc emitted 20 suca @
ton 20 favorable tendercy in the msrsets msy OF
fore. believe, however, that some OF the p.anteH
have spontaneously raised the wages OF ther socreIs
IL Gee, not NJ however, that tae attempts s. sgi'
ton " question, which ough: 20 be sit enn'ey %
To- part concerned, have h0 any eject n IcnoeIns
he latOreis oiscoL .eI.ef
QUE.rIoS V.-Is emancipation lRirersafy d;.7er-
lcstd 70 DC c 5iessjag BY the P1an:srsY
Ausuer.-Wth very ieg excspt ems, su n Il toe &C.
hrovledgueDt of The plsn.ers. Some SORENESS was
f.jt on tbs sub;e. by the planting coon nuri a. tee
ccnmer Of the emsncps.ior and y vas 10 AMI
tested in the lDju ticious overt scis OF esc,ne .ie
sboers from tie cottages on the es.a.es where they
had live from ilf.rc y, and the desructon OF tae
provision eIou1ds leading 20 the purchase OF their
own fJeeholds snd the consequent Independence OF
est tes labor the psx o. tGe peassnfy LINE mss,
bowever, sCfened down these asPeIitlea; AID when
ve see such msn e. The Hen. E1~aid Thompson ard
the Her. Henry WestmoIlano-two representatives
Of the Conservative plating ntelests-oear1g Wiling
tsstrntny in their pieces IN 5e Juse OF Assembly,
TO the blessings Of edon aud eroS z3g the condac,
OF the enanc.ps.ed saves and their descepdsn's II
can be safely affirmed that generally, if not que uni
VERBALLY, the psLteTs Of Jsmaca do sckro"edse ffee-
com TO be a blessing. ~
QUESTION Wis there much, any, eTttt!!t%. OF
y,rsgpe for ydst Injuries
Anscer-Ihe best answer 10 this question is
the fsct that since the era oil emsncips lon there
has not been t.,ge attempt al revolt IN tns
islsnd ard that, at the present moment save
detachment OF two Of the ils Regiment, and of the
I'd West ILdIa Regiment, concentrated 10 aod arouad
Kr gson and few srtllerymen st Port Royal, there
lie not sirgle colder IN the slaDd-even tue barracks
of the lars and importsDt commercial towns OF ta-
nc nth ard Montego Bay being empty. Ne'thsr =
there 81 itis forcea attempts 20 o-Saoizs such
be3y since its Virtual dissmbct nent, having osen
Iau, he'd DOM. The handful OF police Stationed "a
esch town lcs been found su ,eDs 10 put do Fn iJcs
QunsTIoN vI.-Do la5orers feel a greater i'fsrest
IN The raj N0r thfy did under SiarTyl
.-Uoqusstioneby. This is msnif =. 10 taeiT
sp,iey to acquire and their success IN acquiring II 80
hold property, Us mentioned ID my answer 10 tae
fourth question. u..
Ansrer.-The better description of agricultural a.
borers generally work on the eststes from VI )nday
morning 10 Friday aftefnoon-Sa.usdsy being deVoted
70 labor on their provision grounds, or 10 marx
irg The early morungs, and the evenings aIer es-
tates labor is ended, are usually devoted to light
labor about the homestead; and, ID c@ses where there
ere teversl children, sometimes the mother ana me
fsme children attend 10 the same sort OF work, while
the head Of the family is abroad working To- wages
During some periods OF the year, indeed, wnen con-
t;nuous employment cannot be obtained on the large
props ries The small honesteads receive greater az
teDon Sometimes ii is true, the larger properties
capnot procure labor without great difficulty, when
is most iequred-tbat is, during the planting season.
The reaon liz, the same seasons which are favorable
for pisatiDg on the estates also favorable for the
same purpose On the lsborers homesteads.
In the towns, aboreTs, having no provision grounds
10 attend to- work from Monday morning TO Saturday
night, throughout the year. In respect to domestic
servants very bad practice prevails, of sleeping out
of the houses OF their employers. Alter O'Clock
p. NJ, servants, save nursss are 70 be iouna on
the piemises where they are employee Inns rss.y IN
leads 70 the most glarrg eNls, EuoNei'Ise Y! lIe
morals of domestic servs ants.
QUESTION ND the pcople pork, or are tey
iasrer. In tropical climate, like thai OF Jamaica,
most If not all persona, are predspOed 10 Iazhess,
but il would be unfair to charge this tendency as
Characteristic peculiar 70 the negroes. As fsr ss
the sc ere concerned the question has been partially
answered In the precedbg bu. II is perhaps, neces
.sry TO further elucidste the matter under this head
Lately the most extravaganza accounts have
in The Colonial StasdaTd-a paper oo.n1 10 the
planting ineresof the disincnation Of tte lsoorers
10 GIVE fair day work for fair days pay. These
accounts ale from the pens Of employers Of lsb )r,
who profess TO write from experience Ihey brosdly
assert that all the labor they csn get from tne
sbry ID their employ s four hours work ior olr days
in the week for esch of which four hours they have
TO pay one chilling sterling There ia exssseration on
TIE very face OF these statemebs, ior hs!d 20 H.
duce intelligent person, uupe ID on either sde
to believe that any Jamaica plan.er would consent
ply any such extravagant wages. The StdHlarc,
however, has caught greediy at these statements,
and advanced them as additional proofs OF the lazl-
ness which it has, consistently ana systsmatlcsiy
charged against the negro population IL may, In
deed he true, that in certain districts the ao1rer
will Lot work for full day. But there is sui ,ent
reason for this without charging 1t to any speca pro-
pensiiy to lead idle life. In some dlsricts, the Ia
bo,ers live considerable distance from the eststes on
which they are employed. In such cases, where
there proper convenience for them to pass the
night they must necessarily be late IN the Ted OF
morning ard set out on their return home at CON-
psIativey early part of the day. Bat Is IN suSe IN.
stances the people paid by the task, IT s dficu
to perceive what pecuniary injury the propretors sus-
On some properties, indeed q building is provided
for the night accommodation of the aboiers but, al
DO provision is made for the separation OF age or
the grossest immortality has been known 70 Prevsi
those who have consented thus to herd together
The better disposed laboiers however, refuse 70 con-
sent to such association and in cases where the dig
lance too great for their children to wax to and
they prefer keeping them at home to snnJectns
them to suoh contamination. Surely this ought moi
| TO be charged against them a. proof OF lazness
As proof Of the willingness Of the agricultural Ia
| boIers to work. it is well known fsc' that, IN the
parish of st. Thomas in the East, they have beer
known TO set forth the tramp on Sunday nights ior
| distance Of tsenty miles and more in order to be
early at their destination on Monday morning, in the
hope of obtaining employment, and very frequently
| they are told there 10 NO work TOR them.
ii, however, the negroes are as lazy as they are
represented to be- how is it that, whenever an AmeI
can steamer calls into the port OF Kingston for tue
purpose of coing late though may be q. night, the
me re ringing Of bell IL sufficient 70 summon ss many
lsborers as will put board several hundred tuns OF
COAL carried the head in tubs, in the course Of tTo
or three bouIs How is it that, in the construction OF
| new road now In progress across the iI1no more
| l.borers than required csn always be obtained
| How comes it, too, that whenever the kiogsion and
| LiguaIes Water Works company require laborers
they are cure to have competitors for employ men.
| And how does it happen that the Jamaica RalTa ~