New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-05-24

need every penny thoy can earn--need II as last
as they can earn it-and it should be insisted
that they be paid accordingly.
He who proposes to work plantation by Tree
labor should fill up small store with Flour,
Meal, Bacon, Tea, Coffee. serviceable Fabrics
and whatever else is most needed by bis labor
ers, provide himself with moderate supply Of
Greenbacks, and then say, ~ want labor; l
will pay so much per day for it, your money
will be ready at sundown, aud the store VIII
open at that hour. shall keep everything you
need; but you are at perfect liberty TO tradc
elsewhere if you think you can do SO to advan'
tare. At the weeks end, shall grade you into
three classes according to my Judgment OF your
efficiency; if any art not satisfied with my esl'-
mate of their performance, they can OF course Try
elsewhere" Practically, little money would DC
reopired-iar less than to maintain weekly pay
ments; for every one would want food or cloth
ing quite az fast as he could earn it, and OF Sloo
maid at sunset for labor, at least $50 would be
in the store.t till next morning. And he who
would thus pay each night fair price III money
for each DAYS work would never want labor,
White or Black. No orc works in anoiheT's field
from the love Of it; he works because ho wants
who, the reoompcnsc of lis labor will buy for
him; and you can make even lndlaLs work by
having cash down each night and keeping
store ADAPTED to their wants. With Whites or
Negroes, there is no difficulty whatever. we
speak from long experience Of Free Labor in
every capacity, when We say that Cash Pay
mert and fair treatment will enable planter to
choose his hands, to grade them, to make them
every way comfortable and contented. with
each child at school at least half the year. yet
make Cotton or Sugar cheaper than any slave
holder ever DID or could. He who inherited
hundred negroes might of course live easily
from their labor; bnt, as between buying field.
hands aud hiring them, the advantage Is all OF
the side of the hirer. There arc not dozen
factories or machine.shops in the North tia.
could pay their way if the managers had to buy
ard pay for their workmen.
but how are Oh planters to pay wages
dai'yl They have 10 money"
| Then let them sell part OF their lands. Soil
| Just enough to grow crop with; thon sell TINT
crop to grow the next with, and 20 on. s'li
patches OF ground and cabins 10 the laIorers
you want to keep; sell 70 Yankee suffers, to
any one who will pay, and learn the truth that
The area cultivated is Of little consequence
that the amoUn, Of your cropi il determined by
the capacity and labor employed in producing
liz. An English farmer insists tha, VIVA, men
most need TO know, yet do NJ know, is--liow
much land there IS i'll an acre. u" says nob"'y
has ever VI, found out. We have Mt L SHADOW
of doubt that if the planters of the South were
universally TO sell off half 'hei. lands respect
lively and apply to .ls residue all the labor
skill, management, fertilizers, &c, that thcy
now besiow on the whole, they would produce
more than they now do. We trust they VIII do
th:s.in time; but, since buyers are few and shy,
we would have them sell this year inst enough
to pay the labor they require to grow a crop.
Having that, they can do anything thereafter
| Yet there j. moro money at the South thrh Is
generally supposed, to say nothing OF the MI
lions worth o. Cotton. &c, that are TO come
ont 70 soon as railroads can be repaired and
business settle into the channels Of peace
Mach Of il must await the swelling Of the nyers
with the rains Of next November; but IT can be
sold for cash long before that. And Peace viii
bring money as well AS produce ont OF all man
ner Of hiding-placcS. a few days since, q
Georgia planter found it necessary TIM, he
should come North on business, but had no
money. He stated the difficulty 10 his wife,
who suggested that she guessed the negroes
could find some if they would. The negroes
were conferred with; and, on being assured that
il was all right, they went out scycrally and
dug up here q 50 piece, there two or thEce
SUCH in another place handful of silver and
handed it over, until the planter had enough,
and came of with his pocket full, Of as good
money as any one need want.
| We make these suggestions as q well-meant
contribution TO prompt resettlement Of tho
South On basis of Free Labor Every sec.
ton, every class, is concerned in this problem;
those lately in rebellion seem TO be taking hold
of it as frankly and manfully as any. Let us
all help TO make the transition as easy and
speedy as possible.