Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1867-10-24
MisGellauepns &eadiua,
From The Chaneston courier.
EUROPEAN IMMIGRATION.

EUROPEAN IMMIGRATION.
The annexed circular from the Commis-
sioner of immigration is earnestly com.
mended to the perusal of our State. From
the time when this journal, the first in s.
Carolina to do so after the close of the war,
attracted the attention of our citizens to the
necessity of inviting to the culture of our
soil and the advancement of our Industrial
interests generally the children of Europe,
nothing has given US more satisfaction than
the conviction, based upon material ground,
that this subject has not only received the
approval of our readers, but that earnest
and energetic efforts are being made to lay
broad and solid foundations for an agency
which at no distant day will bless our fire.
sides and fields with thrifty and hard
working people. Our hopes were increased
when the General Assembly solemnly pro-
nounced the sanction of the State to the
movement by enactments designed to fur
ther and foster it by legislative provision,
and although these were necessarily re:
stricted in their operation by the lack Of
pecuniary resources, we have had abundant
reason to believe that great good has been,
and yet will be, accomplished by them.
From time to time we have published &C.
counts of steps taken by General Wagner
to accomplish the purposes for which bis
Bureau was organized. In each of them
are to be easily discerned the evidences Of
that sagacity and experience, the posses
sion of which indicated him as the most
suitable person to occupy the position to
which he was called. The present circular
ia well calculated to aid him in the dis
charge of his responsible duties, if its sug-
gestions are needed by those who are most
vitality interested, but unless the co-opera-
ton of the people is secured, it will be idle
for General Wagner to prosecute his labors.
The State has done all that it can in the
present condition of it's Treasury-upon
her citizens, and their individual efforts,
guided by the experience and ability of the
Commissioner, must depend the success Of
the effort to induce European immigration.
For this reason we take pleasure in printing
the circular, and hope that it will be read
in every hamlet and household in the State :
S. CAROLINA BUREAU OF IMMIGRATION,
CHARLESTON, October 5, 1867.
Arrangements can be made with shipping
houses in Bremen and Liverpool, to trans
NIT passengers to Charleston, on the credit
of accepted orders to be paid on their arri-
val, if sufficient in numbers offer. Planters
and others, that are desirous of European
labor, may be served by the State Agents,
provided they will indicate the amount of
wages which they are willing to pay for
male or female hands respectively, and will
agree to advance for them the passage mon
ey, to be deducted from their first year
earnings. 1t is respectfully recommended
then. for uniform plan of operations, that
these orders for labor state the rate Of wa
ges rendered, board and lodgings, and the
nature of the employment, and, that so
much as relates to the payment of the pas
sage be accepted by q responsible emercantile
house in Charleston. The passage for q
male or female adult, will amount to about
twenty-eight dollars in gold. AS rate of
wages, one hundred and fifty dollars per
year for a male, and one hundred dollars
per year for female laborers, with board
and lodging, is deemed reasonable. Or if
share of the crop be rendered, it should
be explicitly stated.
The agents are instructed to serve our
people according to their desire, but it will
be seen, that no effort of theirs can be sue
cessful, unless sufficient encouragement is
given.
In regard to the sale of lands, Imay en-
brace this opportunity to say, several pla-
ces have already been sold, but that the
general complaint and objection is, that
the places offered, are too extensive and be-
yond the reach of the small farmer. Our
people had better make up their mind to
lay off lands in small tracts, say from fifty
to two hundred acres, and by retaining al
ternate sections if they wish, they could
perhaps afford to- sell more reasonably in
view of the increasing value of what they
retain, consequent upon the settlement of
what they sell. And in offering places for
registry, full description, together, with
an explicit statement of price and condi-
tions should always be sent; this recon-
mendation applies also to places for rent
or lease.
In very numerous instances, planters are
with their freedmen labor and
are offering their plantations for sale on
that account. In these cases I must re-
mind gentlemen, that our process is neces-
sarily very slow one; that hundreds of
places cannot we'll find purchasers in term
of months, and that it will not be wise,
to discontinue their industrial
operations in view of speedy transfer Of
their property. To save themselves from
loss they should 60 on in the cultivation of
their lands to the extent of their means,
and whenever the sale can be effected, make
the state of their progress consideration
in their bargain. am almost every day
receiving letters of inquiry from Northern
mechanics. To enable me to take honest
truthful replies, I had meeting of respec-
table master mechanics of most of the diff
ferent branches of trade and solicited their
advice. They could not encourage the i'm
migration of mechanics for the present, for
the want of employment in consequence of
the pecuniary poverty caused by the politi-
cal incertitude of the day. 1t is a pity to
discourage a useful class of people that
might be willing to establish their home in
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