Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1869-08-26

Respectfully yours.
j. X. T. REEVES,
Sec. Club.
G,ndem,n 1t is, perhaps, l1y duty TO
call your attention to several matters o.
deep, and vital, importance to the farm
ers of this community. Among the va
rious ljects presenting themselves 10
my mind for your consideration, none
looms up in greater magnitude than that
Of Labour. In order to work our farms
with proper degree Of success, it is ab-
solutely necessary that we should com
III and certain amount of lahour and
that labour, to be effective, must be sub
ject to controul-I mean that controul
which prevails. over the whole civillzed
world between master ana man-aDd,
while subject to such controul, it should,
also, be reliable, and permancnt-and not
Of that migratory character which now eS-
Its here.
There should also, lie esta blished among
US better understanding than now OBJ
tnins There should be recognized, among
farmers themselves, certain laws Of decor
um and respect for each other, which wiz
prompt the good farmer to decline the SER
vices of the III. conducted and vicious
Certain requirements should be dcman-
ded Of those seeking place. as to their
general Department, and cause OF dis
charge from their last employer and
this should aiwavs be in writinC-and he
who fails to produce a certificate Of good
character, on ght to te made to fell the ne
cesslty Of so conducting himself as to merit
the reward % honest labcur, which is usu
ally accorded to goods faithful servants.
From tie painful experience Of the late
harvest, it would seem that the system Of
renting out our lands, while it may be
profitable to individuals, is injurious to
the community as whoe-whereby, we
/ thus set up that class, who should be la
bourcrs, in the position of independent
farmers and, thus, often drudge our
!. delicate wives and daughters awhile those,
! who should be at their old posts in the
kitchen aud laundry, are detained at
home in the position Of lady house keep
ers.' | would suggest, whenever it is
absolutel y necessary to rent ont our lands
to this class, that it should be fer la
bour, and not for crop, or money, con-
sideration Had some such system OBJ
tanned already. there would not have been
so much anxiety of mind among you, or
so many fields Of golden grain left for
weeks at the mercy of the clements.
beg YOU, gentlemen, to take this Subject
into your most serious consideration and
while doing full justice to yourselves and
families, avoid the slightest shadow of
tyranny 10 tue IibtuIti
In view fthe fact that the State of Mary
land has put herself to some trouble and
expense, to procure another class of la
bour-aud we have been frequently in
vited, through the Press, by her able,
and energetic, Agent to avail ourselves of
the opportunity offcred-1 would sug-
gest that we agitate the subject, among
ourselves. as to whether we would not be
furthering our ends more surely, and
promptly, by at once sending a delegate,
or committee, from this Club to Balti-
more, for the purpose ofascertaining such
facts as may enable US to agree upon
some common plan Of action for the spec
dy introduction of the Immigrant and
upon such a scale as will insure success
TO the enterprise By procuring these
peorle in numbers, and dividing them
among US in families, il is natural 10 sup
pose that they Will be more easily recon-
cilcd to their new home. BY reason of their
forming society among themselves, IN
til habit, and the requirement Of our Ian
suose, shall have gradually absorbed
them with the native element ofthe place
As regards the labour, new already AZ
hand. would il not te well TO devise some
plan whereby the farmer would be Justly
remunerated for the pay and board of his
hands? We all know, by experience. that
men are ~,< equal, either physically, or
morally, and the inferior hand ought not
10 receive the same pay as the superior.
let 1.-THE labourer be worthy of his hire. y
aud BY resorting 10 some system Of task
work, such as is practiced sill over the
South, prime hand may be able 10 make
more than he now gets F.: aud tie inferior
hand will be reduced to his proper statss
whereby, both the farmer and labourer,
obtain full justice. In grading, binding
following aad rloushius corn. We may
pay SO much rer acre-in planting To-
baceo. SO much per 1000 plants in strip
ping, 80 much per 100 lbs; etc, thereby
rendering our custom uniform anl Just