The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-05-29
AN IMPORTANT HOTEAGENE
Emigra tAom Of Factory Operatives Tron
. ,. England.
The London Times says f:

LILO lOhsaVn l1me6 66yb. af1fNH l.,i 1870 -
Ever since tho COTTON famine caused by the
American war, emigration has been more OF
leSa generally advooated by the factory opera
tives OF Lancashire as the grand panacea for
the evils OF short tune ana low wages, but until
RECENTLY no definite system WAS prOpouujled nor
any general effort made TO try the experiment.
The idea slumbered until the recent succe ssful
effort OF the Preston milIowners and manuftc.
turers to reduce wages again evoked Il. Ora
dually the scheme was brought t0 the surface
once more first in Preston. then in Black
burn. and now it is nursed by nearly every
factory operative in North and East I.snca-
Nearly one hundred spinners and mindeerI.s.
with their wlves;and families, have left Pres.
ton. chiefly for the United States, since the re-
cent unhappy dispute began, and eight more
lamllles will leave Preston tor Liverpool, to de-
part for, the same destination in the steamer
manhattan. MIR. Henry Davis, q gentleman
now in London as the agent OF certain firms in
New Yok X for the engagement OF operatives
invited to Preston by the committee Of the
Spinners' Association, to consider plan for q
more numerous deportation OF their membe rs
and en- !. ne has replied that he will visit Preston
Tor that purpose in short time.
Z, In Blackburn still more energetic measures
are on foot with the same object. Subscrip-
tons are largely collected among the power
loom weavers. and their executives arc pre-
pariDg to, send off as many Of them, ,as possi-
pie, and as soon may be, upwards OF one ,thous-
and having already expressed their desire to
leave for America. About twenty of these ope-
ratives viii depart from Blackburn during the
present month. The Spinners' Association in
that town have voted five hundred pounds ster-
ling from the union funds for The came purpose,
and the ordinary weekly levy per member has.
Deen doubled for the sole purpose of auRrhent-
ing the Emigration Fund. The increased lew
Will take effect immediately after the Whitsuns
tide hoidays.- Arrangements have already
peen made 70 send off between sixty and sew
e1yy members Of the: society, and more will
follow them as the funds come il. Some fano;-
lies must. before this, have reached America,
and on Tuesday last another batch OF emil
grants took their departure for the United
States. .,-.. .+...n- ", ~. ~, ~
In Darwep, also, the idea prevails that s1t
would be Tar better TO send people to a coun-
try where work is plentiful, and where they
ton ie general samopg the operatives there
tnat the manufacturing trade is leaving this
country altogether; andnt is o TACT that. this
was one OF the reasons given and aCcepted Whv
the operatives should not strike against the
recent reduction Of wages there, which, 1t was
urged, was only enforced in order to sskill the
strike In Preston, J" by disabling them from con-
there. In Darwen there are 13, ,665 looms, and
ithas been agreed to false an emigration fund
by @ levy or Id. per loom per week, to raise
f5b lSs. 3d.. which will be sufficient it is esti-
mated, to: send i've persons per week to 4
America, "giving them &1O each to start them
across the Atlantic.",ro3 4, rf'9ly. Il .y.7sYl !,
The present and projected drain Of the best \
cotton workers from the manufacturing dis
tr1cts OF Lancashire is undoubtedly d matter
t1on OF the employers. who.Y il At be not check
ed, will certainly at some future time; perhaps
not very far distant be placed in aposition OF
great embarrassment.