The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-12-14
MALMO, October Is, 1868.
10 General John A. Wasener, Chdreeston

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: Yours. respectfully, JoHN A. WAGNER.
MALno, October 10, 1869.
5 10 General John A. Wagener, Chdreeston
g. o. ,.,. Tho, ,o;, ora
stl interesting yourself ID oenT % oil oi attenfion
sInea Inc ieft Charleston have devoted most
! aYmv time to tho immigration quesuon, anu
am therefore, at present better aDie W huoM
Nhar ought to be done In order that Soutn
Carolina may get her share or the SURPLUS 1..
: population which leaves Europe. IAo ms.,
& uasoencer agent for one OF the TRANSATLANTIC
steaInboat companies. After great deal el
lielay and trouble, havo now obtained tne
J. arency Of the Cunard lire-ths best steSIa
j lire Running from Liverpool 10 new iorh.
Thil company has deposited with the SMeutsn es
the forwarding Of the immigrants IN CONFORM
s ity with the Swedish emigration laws. l sln an
: nov In possession of O license as agent !0r
tthe forwarding OF immigrants to transatlantic
harbors, and shall do my best ID trylng 10
make the immigrants go to South Csronns.
1 We have, in Sweden, agreat numDer Oh peOptte te
z Who are unable to pay their whole passage 70
s.Irnerica. and they embrace the offers OF some
( three or four land companies In missouri, mE-
! copsin, Minnesota ard Lower Canada, Wnicn
4 nav half ar their passage-2bout SO ln Boiu.
Hisconsir got about one thousand Immigrants
4 last spring In this way. When these lmml-
( rrnntS arrive at their place Of destination,
( Shsy have to work on the lands Of the compa-
4 nies at fixed price, and then receive some
acres Of land in wagea II something similar
= conld ba arranged, / have no doubt tnaI l
toonld send out number of immigrants every
nv proposition would be as follows. II Q
farmer wishes 70 get o number OF han9s' ne
Z sieposlts, at the time he makes the reputation,
with any banker In Charleston, twenty-five
dollars IN gold, or he may bind himself 10 pay
thar snonnt on the demand Of the banker for
s. each hand. male or female, above twelve years,
1 and half the amount for children under twelve
yesrs The acquisitions, With dupncate, are
sent 70 me, endorsed by tho banker. The du-
4 rlicate send to the firm 10 LiVerpoOi, & VINO
= are to forward the immigrants. so soon as
the banker Is notified by the said firm that tne
siEnmtgrants engaged have left Liverpool for
! Casrleston, he will forward the amount de-
posited for the immigrants In question TO the
& Sorfier OF the firm In question. The planter
t'Wlli be running no other risk than. that the
vessel with his people should 20 down, ana
that he may guard against by insurance. a
CONTRACT should be drawn ulf between the en-
! pl0yer and his pepple, which should stlpulate
: how mach each person, mala or female, shall
receive In wages Ger month, besides board and
q lodQing. II married man, how much land
he wil have for q garden, how many hours or
Sas day the iaboring man must work and the
kind Sof work, farm work or any other. and
what kind OF work tho females are wanted for,
kitchen work or any other, or all.
The wages viii be the first year so much be-
eides the money paid in advance. The con-
uact must not be for any longer space OF time
than from the arrival Of the immigrants on fhe
! plantation 70 e2lst December the same year,
Il 1.-THE immigrant arrives in tho spring; or In
the next year, II the Immigrant arrives In the
ceiyed In Charleston, and pass free OF charge
to the plantation or the place Of destination.
~ II the people engaged do not do what they
S contracted 70 do, the employers have right
70 dismiss them ct any time; and II the en-
ployer does not come up to his contract, the
people VIII have the right to quit him. The
Immigrant does not receive any Of his wages
before he has been in the service three months.
3 II you make theabove known to the people
sof South Carolina, and you think shall meet
with success, may count on AZ least two hum
dred immigrants tue coming year. / shall my
eelf arrive In Charleston the latter part of No
yembe-, but only TO remain there ten or twelve
days, ns my business prevents me from any
longer absence,
Yours, respectfully,
81 W. j. FERLow.
q The subscriber respectfully suggests, then,
that the planters generally shall make arrange
ments to give immigrant labor fair trial. If
even they should deem it prudent to commence
with onlysa single hand 1t would be well,
where planters reslde together In communt
fie5, to combine or associate for the common
purpose. IaxpeFience is at present the greatest
drawback, but little patience and generous
efort for the general good, win remove that
very soon. AZ an inducement for others to |
come and thus create continued and increaa- |
ing supply Of laborers from which to choose,
without Inconvenience, at all seasons, the en-
and comfort Of the immigrants |
ehould b special object. Their food should,
Il ifpossibls, be such as comes nearest to what
ihey have been used to. The army rations Of
the United States might very reasonably be
deemed 9 proper standard in this matter.