The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1869-01-13

tut'ons permits tito acquire. Tho ac-
counts Of all travellers, Inconsistent n
many othergrcspects, o. agree in the low
wages OF labor, and in ..thes difficulty
which laborer finds in bringing mn q
lamily in China If by dlcginghthc
ground whole day he can get what
w'l' purchase small quantity OF rico in
the evening. he is contcntcd. The con.
dition 81 artliicers is, If possible, still
worie. Instead Of waiting indol.ntly
in their work houses, for the calls of their
customers. as in Europe, they are con-
'inualiy running about tie streets with
the tools Of their respective trades, offer
ing their service and as it were beeo,ny
employment. Tho poverty of the lover T
ranks ranks OF people in China far snrpasses
lhat OF Tie most bcggarly nations in
Europe. In t!:c neiglborhond of Cam
ton many hundreds, it is said, many
thousand families have no hab,ta,ion on
me land, but live constantly in little
hshing boats upon the rivers and canals.
| Ihe subsistence which they find thorc is
SO scanty that they are eager to fish up
the nasllcst garbage thrown overheard
from any European ship. ANY carriop,
the carcass OF dead dog or cat for OK.
ample, though half putrid and sinking
IS as welcome to then - the most
wholesom food to tho people Of other
countries. Marriage is encouraged IN
China, not by the proftaLlcness of chill.
drcn, but by the liberty of DESTROYING
them. In all great towns several are
every night exposed in The street, or
drowned i;kAj uppics in the water. The
performances Of this horrid Office is even
sad TO be the avowtd business by which
some people earn thcr subsistence.
CHINA. however though it NAV per.
haps stand still, does not seem to 90
backwards, Its towns arc nowhere de-
serted by their Inhabitants. The lands
which had once been cultivated arc no.
where neglected. The same or very
nearly tho same annual labor must there.
tore, continue to he performed, and the
funds destined for maintaining il must
moi, consequently be diminished Tho
lowest class OF laborcrs, therefore, not
wlthslanding their scanty subsistence,
'"'' '"'' way VI "uo'her make sllltt TO
continue their race so far rs to keep mp
Their usual number.
! The liberal reward of labonr, there
lore, as it is the necessary effect, 80 it. is
tho natural symptom OF increasing m
t'onnl wealth. The scanty ma,ntainence
OF the laborlne poor, on the other hand.
IS The natural symptom that things arc
"t stand st'll, and their starving con.
dnlon that they aro going fast back.
wards.
IL appears, accordingly, from the
experience of all ages and nations,
believe, that tho work dono by froc.
mon comes cheaper in tho end than
that performed by slaves. 1t is found
10 40 so even at Boston, New York,
ana fhiladeiphla, whero tho wages of
common labor arc SO very high.
Tho liberal reward of labor, thero-
forc,a us 1t is tho effect of increasing
wealth, SO it is Tho cause Of increasing
population. 10 complain Of it is to
lamont over the necessary effect and
cause OF tho greatest public prospcri-
ty.,.
1T deserves to be remarked, per-
maps, that it is in the progressive
state, while tho society is advancing
to the further a,quisition, rather than
when it has acquired it's full couple
mont Of riches, that tho condition of
the l"borlng poor, of the great body
oftho people, seems to be the huppicst
and tho most comfortable. 1t is hard
declining state. Tho progressive state
80 80 80 =, u"y I"o o"'1.aul S:n. anu Inc near
tho society rho stationary 10 All -
tho dcolinine, melancholy.
Tho liberal reward of labor, as it
encourages tue propagation, so IT in