The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1867-05-26
From the Mobile Register.
GERMAN LABOR.

1Ho plunterS VI At"ppho w..
with interest the following letter from
Mr.. d. j. M. a.. Jewett, of London,
to,Dr. Il. G. Croft, of GreenyiHe, 5.
C., who Is extensively engaged in
planting, both in that State, and in
\ Louisiana. DR.. Croft passed through
Mobile Yesterday, on his return from
his plantation on Red River, above
Shreveport, and kindly furnished us
the letter for publication.
WoBURN PLACE,
RUSSELL. SQUARE, W. G., IN
IA III l. ~ II London, Jan, IL, 1857! J
DR.. T. @. Croft:
DEAR SIR-I have written four
letters to you, but following your in
structions 1 write again to say that |
am ready to FIJI contracts for German
labor to any extent. Emigration will
be large, this Spring, at any rate, and
it depends on the planters of the
South whether they have the advantage
Of it or whether it goes to the
North. l. could. fill orders for
limited amount Of hands on three
year contracts, at fraction higher
wages than those. named in my first
letter to you on the subject ii. 9.
when you were in Boston, who would
be Of more intelligent and really
valuable class, and who would pay
5 their own passage to New Orleans or
any other Gulf port, thus relieving
you of somewhat heavy immediate
expense. Although in the end the in
creased wages would balance the say
ing effected for this class. However,
only limited orders can be tilled-say
1000 men with families, say 4,00Op
sons, or perhaps not so many, as quite
proportion would be single men,
Any order which may be sent me
must state the precise nature of the
contract, viz duration and wages
/ will have contracts drawn on your
behalf and executed by the laborers,
obtaining by the contracts every
advantage for you / honestly can,
and providing heavy conditional pen
alties for insubordinate conduct, re-
fusal to work, or other breach of
conditions on the part of the laborer.
Your order must be accompanied by
power of attorney from each person
sending an order, enabling me to enter
into contracts with and for specified
amount of labor on his account and in
his name These powers of attorney
must be authenticated by the seal of
the Prussian Consul, and, for the
better class of laborers, viz: those
who pay their own passage, ETC., must
be accompanied by bills of exchange
to the amount Of los. English, or, IN
greenbacks, 81 95 per head ordered,
to pay the expenses of contracts, adj
vertising, stamp, taxes, etc When
the order is filled and shipped, shall
draw on the planter at the nearest
bank to his residence for ~ AZ per
head (i e., laborer or family, as com
pensation for my services.
For the inferior class of laborers,
viz: those whose passage you pay,
1 must have remittance per bills
of exchange of los. English (green-
backs SO 30) per head, to pay
expenses as named, and have written
authority to draw on bankers in
New Orleans, Mobile, or New YORK [
for freight, shipping charges, etc., on !
shipment Of the laborers. Express
ly limit any power to draw to the j
necessary expenses of freight, ship
ping charges, brokerage, etc, and !
only after shipment or completion of
the service rendered my principals.
On shipment shall draw for $2 25
per head (laborer sor family sup ,
piled, in full compensation for SER !
vices rendered by my firm. need !
net say that the orders should be sent '
as soon as possible. 1 will engage to +
furnish any amount of labor under
the limits of 1000 families LIST class,
II, 900 families I'd class. If necessary
would visit New Orleans, or any t
other part of the South which might 9
be agreed upon, to meet yourself and !
other gentlemen, and conclude ar q
Il
am, dear Doctor, hu
Yours truly,