Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1866-05-30

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Captain Whccler,agcnl for tho BuroaI
40 that point, is engaged in working
a large plantation on his own account
and employs thereon quite number
OF freedmen.
MORE FARMING.
AT Goldsborough the superintendent
Rev. G. o. Glavir, chaplain United
States army, is cultivating one farm
on Government account, and is inter
ested in cnltivating two farms on his
own account. This officer stated in
his examination before us that he was
, not interested in the cultivation ol
plantations, except indirectly in loan
ing money TO a Mr. Brooks, a friend
Of his from the North, who was engag
ed in planting but we ascertaincd
from Mr. Carr and Mr. Lane, citizens
of the vicinity of Goldsborough, that
he is interested and joined with them
in contracts for the cultivation of their
plantations. He and his friend Mr.
Brooks entered into contract with
Mr.. Lane to furnish ratlons and pay
for forty laborors, and to provide eight
good mules. Mr. Lane offered to
furnish the land, to superintend in
person the cultivation thereof, the
crops to be equally divided, one-half
to Mr.. Lane and the other half to Mr..
Brooks and CLAWS. Mr.. Lane states
that the enterprise failed after the
freedmen had worked over two
months; they then left Brooks and
CLAWS, having failed to pay them ac-
cording to contract The freedmen
received for their labor little cloth
ing, such as coats, pants, shoes, &c,
furnished by Captain CLAWS, had but
little or no money. A similar contract
was name by CLAWS and Brooks with
Mr.. Carr, who stated to us that Cap
tain CLAWS is paying the hands in ga
little of everything, but chiefly in
clio thing"
SELLING FREEDMEN S CLOTHES.
We ascertained by the testimony Of
Messrs. Barnham& Ballard ,auctioneers
at Goldsborough, that they had sold
at auction, for Chaplain CLAWS forty
blankets marked "U. S." and n guam
tity of clothing that had been sent to
Goldsborough for gratuitous distribu-
tion to the needy by a Freedmon's
Aid Society, at or in the vicinity of
Rochester, N. Y We learned also
that he had disposed of large amount
of such clothing at private sale. The
Chaplain stated himself that he had
received from such sales two hundred
and sixtydollars (s260), though sub
he asserted that the total
cash receipts of his Office, from all
sources, amounted TO one hundred
and twenty-six dollars and fifty cents
(s126,50). He kept no books or even
memoranda of moneys received or ex-
pended.
ONE WAY OF INDUCING INDUSTRY.
Major Charles /. Wickersham, sub
agent Of the Bureau whose headquar-
tcrs are at Wilmington, is also inter
ested in the cultivation of rice plan.
tation within his sub-district, and he
is to receive one-fourth of the crops
from the same Tor compelling the freed
men employed on said plantation to
work faithfully. He explained the
manner. in which he compelled freed
men to comply with their contracts,
by stating that he put them to work
with ball and chain on the streets of
Wilmington.
EVILS OF TIE SYSTEM.
Without attempting to discuss the
of officers of the Bureau in
the military service of the United
States, who are paid by the govern
nent for the performance Of their
iutics, engaging in private business,
md employing freedmen for such pur-
,oses while controlling through their
,fficial positions that class Of labor. /
yc deem it our duty to state some of
he effects produced, both upon the
'fliccrs themselves and upon the plan
ers with whom they come in compe-
ition, by such conduct. Major Wick
contracting to furnish forty
aborers to work on a rice plantation,
becomes at once interested against
he laborcrs, whom he compcls to la
,or perhaps unjustly, when unfairly
lealt with by the persons working
hem on the plantation and, on their
'efusing to work, he inAicts upon
hem unlawful, and, for breach of
ontract, unheard of punishmcnts, put
ing them on chain gangs as if they
we're convicted criminals. Colonel
or any other officer of
ess rank and influence in the Bureau
Who isengaged in working plantations
ented for cash or on shares, becomes
Interested in securing low rate of
wages and in making the most string.
nj labor regulations, to the great de-
riment of the freedmen. They there
y give the sanction of the Govern '
lent to the establishment of labor !
ar below what the labor is really /,
Iorth. Officers of the quartermastcr's /,