The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1866-08-15
Communications.
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Reply 10 Questions.

Reply 10 Questions.
MEssRs. EDIroRs.: You ask, 9th.
What changes or conditions of con-
tract or engagement would you pro-
pose in view of actual experience Z"
| have not heard any complaints
that the contracts made IN the vicinity
arc faulty, There is some diversity,
but the laborcrs generally receive one
third of the entire crop or an cquiva-
lent a few are hired for stated wages;
in either case, where for(citurcs for
delinquency or non compliance with
contract, are not insisted, it would be
well to amend by inserting them in
future contracts.
There is more need of change in
the condition of tie contract ors
thn in conditions of contract.
Many seem unable to appreciate The
obligations Of contract or mder-
stand their own interest in reference
to it, aud to have very indistinct ideas
of the amount of labor necessary to ac-
complish a given result, greatly over
estimating the effect of labor perform
cd after their style, and i'll contract
ing to perform a given result would
be badly deceived in regard to the
time required to perform the labor, or
the time being given, would fail to
produce the expected effect
If here, onc-third Of the crop, say
fifty bushels corn, is proper compcnsa-
ton for one contributing nothing but
the rational labor employed in its pro-
duction, what would be proper COM
pcnsation i'll II locality where the same
labor and capital would produce three
times as much as here, would it be
fifty, or one hundred and fifty In
other words would it be good policy
| (lcaving other points out of vicw,) if
practicable, to conGnc the price of la
Dor to its lowest natural limits d? in
cline to answer this question negative
ly, for the earth being the common
possession Of the creatures inhabiting
its surface, each is entitled to a share
of the advantageous he is liable to the
disadvantages, arising frtm the pccu-
liaritics of the locality upon which he
has fallen, and man to whom domin-
ion over the inferior creatures was
given, should not by opposing what
seems to be the design of providence
call upon himself the penalty which
would inevitably follow.
1t is short-sightcd policy that
would keep the laboring classes poor :;
there is no palmer principle in politi-
cal economy, and perhaps none more
ignored, than this "that the prospcri-
ty of tho laboring classes would tend
to promote the prosperity of capital
lists" The case here mentioned, of the
samo capital producing three times as
much i'll one locality as it would in an
other, may seem, Capital being rated
BY its productions) Hypothetical, but
it is not strictly SO, for heretofore
lands employed in agriculture have
nct been rated according to their pro-
ductiverass.
9th. "What new article of culture,
processes of culture, implements, utcn-
sils, or machines for farm use, 0, field, i,
or garden use, or household economy,
have you tried and approved since
1860"
have, this year, been making an
experiment on small scale, in the
mode of cultivating corn the result,
of course, is not yet fully known,
when tho crop is gathered I may give
you an account of it. | purchased in
1862 cooking stovc;Ii lit has given salts
faction for convenience of use and
economy of fuel. Apropos, the stove
fever is high in some localities, the
ladies wish to try experiments and do
not like the large kitchen fires. We'll,
if the stoves arrive before the mercu-
ry falls think the fever will cool.
CIvIs.
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