The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1868-06-27
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After the organization Of an Agricultural
AsSoeiation, which would enable our farmers
d g take ;tls pssessars steps for she Immigration
Of slabor FROM oshos sshe 1oxt
question for ast1ta ascidey is,in Whit manner
can wo best efSsct The tpe,niasisas settlement in
Il our midst sof this lahoring Glass. Transient
workmsn ~ YiIl not answer: They must be fxod,
andWesfcel satisfied ,sthat the owners of large
can Az sfts but
\ ono apamel INTRODUCING the lEnglisll
i tenant sySssni.r, good Tenants and divide
your lands among thom, and your @ work is done,
q iaFs SOLICIT ydaf slage ii
the proceeds aad tssond thisa you saro master,
of yohsown timesSsD Do this, Iand yoprAe estates,
becomeSrisa barpnies;; DO nothing 8, pf on aesl
pend on negro labor, aud you aFe;a slavo,aands
fartlstmore you will bo sold out by the sheriff.
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H7SF i can ges this labor Y certainly
will be compelled foraa awhile ito utilize, tho
African. Not all Of them Get ria 1t once once
of thel leading Radicals, and employ / only Tho
we'll disposed and those least affected, and bjy;'
degrees displace all With the white labor s,E,eo
If'odr farmers generally were able to pay
good wage say $40 or sl2 perSmohth and
bonrd-an q large number in each neigh hbor!-
hood would engage white men alone, there
would be no difficulty in the waysi the change.
could be made ut once. Bs 1t we do not believe,
thisean Il, be done Some few can,do il, and
they should commenc il, butit appears. us that,
in ur,prtsenticondition there is but one; prac-
tga RlPp to Place e the 9 mater on lasting basis
It-is'as follows !. se5sss q, zs s,.ss
Lss " each heighboFhood Of fye Or ten miles
Square, ascording to wealth and situations, com;
binosfor TIE purpose, and let each planter
donate certain number of acres from his.
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tract, to be- given 70 family or families absoti
lutely and without charge. If possible, houses.
should be placed on each farm and assistance
bSgiyeh each fhnily in the shape proyiss
\ h ions and sperhnps n COW and also horse power
70 smaEe The ftst crop: "A fran gemsnts should
be Z. made that tho proprietor could be re-
niuns,,utss such advances Fby1 receiving
I q portion Of the crop. IF the landowner has
not enough to gsue a,cdy 4 for the @pnrposellet
him designate what part of the proceeds he
will require by way of rent or lease Of the place
for several years, and bind himself to To mike
titles upon payment Of q low price for the
land: Then make known through the State
agents these terms aud offers agreed upon, the
npmbcr Of families to BE accommodated by any
particular neighborhood, &C., and there will
not be wanting good and experienced farmers
to accept the offer: BY this means number
ofsfamilieaswouid colonized ins the same sec
tionaof country, md psrNaqnentl.y settled ana
that community would meyer suffer afterwards
froma scarcity Of white laborers. The fayora-
bic accounts sent homo by these. people would
bring thousands Of day labqrers for the firm.
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But, ays:somc ichronic croaker, all this COSTS
Boncthing w are aware of that, and answer
that everything sofs value costs something DO
wolnot not,annually advance almost rs much to /
negroes Wliat9,we are eadeavorihg tosimpress
upon yousi is that atho farmer is paying much
more for negro labor, than he would have to
pay for the white. In other words, make your
calculations for five or ten years, instead of for
today and whore will you be Mt the end Of
that time With negro labor ~ Let the past an
swer. Introduce the plan we propose, and
your fortunes are made. :7aft
In the onecase, our lands are exhausted,
fences rotted away, stock killed off and the
farmer reduced to such degree Of poverty,
Pttiilat lie becomes unabloto hire any labor at
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