Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1865-1869, 1866-01-19
RICHMOND WING.
FRIDAY MORNING...........JAN. 10, 1850.
Scotch Farm Servants immigration and
Importation Of LabOrerS.

importance 10 oar people, We copy the Follow
ing from the Pcrihshirc (Scnt'an3) Adrrri;-
orthe 2Sth Decembcr last. Information touch
ing the regulations AMI wage; or c,rm l,bo
in Europe, and especially m Sco,llnd-fron
which country immigration fpr that purpose g.
chiefly desired lis ui interest anil value ia cu
abling MS IL compare the condition OF the D
borer there and here, and to estimate the in
ducemeuts to Immigration that may bc Offered
From the subioincd proceeding, TO viii be- per
ceiyed that there is discomfort among the t1ru
servants OF Scotland, auJ tatt they are now
considering ways ami means iur lettering then
condition. The occasion is therefore oppor
tune for calling their attention Co the advau
tageS afforded - this country, and especially
by the State of Virginia. 4 second Important
fact developed in the paper which "' pd'i''h'
is that these laborcr> (hr BEST f,r.i servants :"
the world) ONLY contend .,r fifteen sHiI,mgS "a
fraction over thrcedoi1rsj a week hire, ami thi,
,-iihout raii1as, except oi meat lor one month
in harvest. We publish the entire proceeding,
as .u indication of the osiHtS orcmploycrs aal
employed at the prcscu, time in Scotland, and
as ailor,ling some data for an opinion upon the
practicaldHty of ob,,inins labor from Scotland.
II is to be remarked that the service ia the l'-
cality where this meeting was held is of the
highest class.
From the PcrthSbir' Advertiser. Dec. 81
FoEMArloN OF FArN.sEEyNNrs' PROTECTION
SOCIETY.
"a vnontt,uc1 14yf vol II.f d moot ID ffTfII-
servants from district, in the yicu', q" Edinburgh
had been held in the iil'l 30 SJteiurI Tor Che par
pose of considering a- 90 She property OF establish
ing "a Protection society, and OF requesting theu
masters % grant them an increase oi wages There
was a very large attendance.
Mr.. Gray Wilson, solicitor, Ediuhgrgh. read series
Of rules which he had been requested foo draw up,
defining the constitution and government OF tir
proposed society. The following are AMONG Tie
more important Of thc regulations
Objerts Of the Surieiy.-r The object, Of this a'>o-
citation are 81 effect general uu,uu 90 tuc idIut-
servants in the county ct N'j-iotban-tn establish
a better feeling between master ami >cfNtut-tn u'-
dress as far We possibly ran the various cu'l-
plaintS anon. iJm-,eryaut> ami Oh obtain Tor their
labor the highest rate ul remuneration that the >tt.
of the market may warrant them n demanding.
Rule All farm servants iu the county al MIDI
Lothian eligible 10 hr members OF this Society
They must be- of good moral character, aud pay Tie
sun of five shiliings i'm name OF eutry-uUIry either
in sum, or by instruments, within three weeks "i
the inst payment upon doing which hc will receive
his ticket of membership, Whrrrou must he written
his name and number with GA, date OF entry. which
ticket must Do. ,iguel by The Pn.,iIrst aud S..r.-
tary. In NO case whatever will person hrrauiiu,
a member receive his ticket until he II.I amount Of
eulry-mpney has hcca paid.
Rule Each member shall pay into the funds pi
this Society, weekly. such -um as may Dee agrcCl
upon for the year by the member, iu general meet
ing assembled, which sum when plil is immed-
atrly tO be- placed tO the members credit In th' So
cirty's books.
Rule az any man allow himself % fall into
ancIrs Tor SIX weeks he will be subject % such Gu,-
as the committee may deem prupr. Also, that "a
General clearance take pIuse every twelve week 30.
and member, ALLOWING themselves %, De-, mon. tlHu
ti,t I'm arr,r. unless ban ,.., oi size ti.- ni viii. BE-
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of tb MAJ, Cr n tI liI 81. tI,,r movement Womb
Trn,, a clilur. Neitbc~ sharlI they hold their
inr.tius i'm publir.boi,r, Lgt when th.y had bus
n.s Il, ,.rforu they sbolll do it i >rhonlruom u-
n hall or some Equally convcuicutplaee After get
TING tlrou b vth business, they shouIl 20 home.
ami HI they did this There. WAS not the least IlgHt
tbat their rmploycrs and th. publ, wluid r,,, 6
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rb, Im'h n nryrncnt s5,,Ij nro, r,lar -
ten hundred tunes worse than II 1t had never been
conenged AT AZ" ', 'i' Ecu '.J ~, nv , y,
haJ been tried without success.
The meeting then agreed To form themselves in'o
certain the views Of the other farm servants in the
county, relative TO the movement The following
s5"n Ii h.. formed 1.%5nr for lis object general
anton Of the farm servant, not only i'm the county OF
@ lS,,l,', 5G. h- f b.t,ycn master
and servant and 10 rcJr'Ss as far "a, possible the
sre'enSfs 20 MGlS" J., ,a,a IN, 'I Er ,r ' Inr me-
highest rate Of enumeration that the state OF tie
mA,Sel ,E "ar Sii "a e5 lt ne, va" ts