Baltimore daily commercial. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1865-1867, 1865-12-26
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WAND FOREIGN INDUSTRY THE


Times states one Of these so ndirely in its
local columns, that we shall give it at length.
Here it is;
ABOUT TO LEAyE.-We are informed that many of
the Swedes and Germans who recently arrived here
from the North for the purpose Of Gng9gng in filling
tention of pitching their tents in the far Vest
They arc satisfied with the liberal wages allowed.
the saubrty of the climate but the fare goes very
hard with their stomachs. They state that bacon.
cabbage and corn dodgers they cannot stand, and
moreover they can't work on such fare, without milk,
butter or fresh meat for change. This is to be
regretted but Just at the present time. the planters of
Virginia haven it in their power to furnish the labor
ers with such fare as they have been accustomed to
do in days Of "auld lang sync." when their tables
groaned with the fat of the land. We desire the
Swedes and Germans to be patient, and make ''vir-
tue of necessity for the present and if they do not
get such fare as is served up at the Exchange or
Spotswood now their present employers will make
up for short ratons hereafter with glass of Tom
and Jerry" genial old souls J at Christmas.
Now ever since the world stood, what we
"shall eat and what we shall drink have
been serious considerations with mankind:
what we shall "eat" with humanity generally,
and what we shall ''drink'' with American
communities, especially with those who I'M
derstand the merits of 'Monongahela' and
sold Bourbon as do the States south Of us.
And that those seeking homes there from
abroad will consider an annual 'bust' as COM
pensation sufficient to reconcile them to rations
of ''corn dodgers ETC., for the rest of the
year, we need hardly expect; although how
the Old Dominion is to improve her larder
for n LONG time TO come. when for four wears
she has been throngcd oyermuch with visitors
from both sides. devourine or otherwise destroy
inc every thing on which they could Law their
hands. we not see. The case is a hard one.
which ever way it is approachcd: for whilst we
cannot eXnpct the foreign lahorer to he content
with food rcpuenant to his tastes or his h cath,
his EMPLOYER is likely for some time to come
10 he unable to do any better by him.
But the case is not without q remedy, at
last. and we shall suggest it as much in the in
tercst of Maryland, as Virginia and other
States South. Let it be noted. to begin with
that the old evil of American agricultural pro-
gress. and especially rs applicable 10 the
South, still exists; that Is, a determination to
h6ld ht,.d IN larqe bottles. in country where
no prescriptive rights or privileges appertain-
ing to a landed aristocracy. provide in the
natural order of events for q large and depen-
dent class Of laborers as in England And
whilst this fact has been but slowly accented
even ot thc North the DIVIDING If laroe
estates at tbo South is 80 distostaf,I 10 the
owners Of thcm. that we may cxncct that every
effort possiblc will still he made to hold them
intact. to maintain tbot uoasnre of imnortonca.
L;,horto oorcadad to Tho o,,.,ors ,.,lo ,,o,,o,..
+;os oflrndrads ar o,sarJs or,cres ayoaa;,st
tboso y, toms or 6f,;as Ro,no,nlor;,c +I,ot
small tracts have haon oil over tbo Sonth tho
DISTINGUISHING fnotura to mark the STANDING Of
+bo ..1oor ,rfitos ;. who GOV, o,-,oo+ tLa+ riot
ol,,o,,io,s sto,dord ,.;IIl,o ,.oro.,ll oooo,,toa
without ., s,,,.o., ..,,c,,,l,.. ,.l,, dooz + GOO
that "fononn;as T.. .oIas or entiro ,Ian+ot;o,g
evcn .t tba most rninonsI, low. nr;nos will bo
ocoo,tod rotbcr ,,or tbo ,,rooti,., If dol;,ar.
stol, cutlinr nm f,, sale ceot farms into s,oI1
ones tbo oroot ,r,,,r;,tor If ,,as+ ,.oory Lo;,,o
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,oJ, rsn,a11 ,,roror+;os o,,I,;,o,oI aIr,os,
Tho oordons until tho oonorol ,,r,1,ctio,, Las
hoor stimulated 70 tho mos, ,yordorf,I do.
o,.oo oddi,r in,oonsoIv 70 tho waoI,b If tho
7,bo1o
In 1I,ytrot;o, Of tb;y r.o ora :, c,.,,,od +l,,,
u.b;Isf tho farms of tho ,,.oot St,ta or Ea,,
York-tbo "Tmniro St,te',-co,,,,riso ~, o,,
a,.oroao hnt ..fortv.Gva ocros =, u,o farm, 81
N,rrIa,d o,,ororo s.oro buodrol ond ,,;,,o+,.
:. ono :, and none mood no to1l which roloti,,o.
". have tbo odvantape in caroG,l cultpre and
production. or which condition of thinos :,
most desirable. when the resources Of = STATE
are 70 he 50 deveIoned as to rroyide churches
schools. manufactures, and all else that mark,
the rapid progress in thisage OF an ENLIGHTENED
community.
Then we say, to recur to the point of de
parture-let us consider the remedy for the
troubles that now beset the landed pro.
prietors of the South. in the difficulty
of procuring and retaining labor. Lei
the land owners either sell in fee. or lease
for term of years, any quantity of land de-
sired by the "Swedes. y "Germans., or otbn,