The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-11-11
THE IMMIGRATION QUESTION.
An Interesting Communication.
TO THE EDITORS or TIE NEWS

TO THE EDITORS or TIE NEWS.
A few days ago received q letter from Mr.
feriorc, our former State agent or immigration
ior the scandinavian countries, In which lie In.
forms me that early in this month lie will leave
Malmo, In Sweden TO arrive In Charleston about
the 23i, when hc woul'i be happy to NEE, planters
that desire TO make contracts for European labor,
at any convenient place. II would, perhaps be IN.
tereating TO number OF your readers TO pcrlsc
MT. FerlOrc's letter, and II the country papers
would generally copy II, some good might result.
Yours, respectfully, JOHN a. WAGNER.
MALHo, October 10, 1869.
To General John 4. Wa1encr, Charleston, S. C.:
DEAR STR-ln the supposltion that you are still
Interesting yourselfin behalf Of linn! grafton 10 our
State hope youwlll call attention to thcfoOwInx:
Since left Charleston have devoted most Of
my time to the immigration question, and nm
therefore, at present better able to know what
ought to be done in order that South Carolina
may get her share Of the surplus population
Which leaves Europe. The first, which I saw was
necessary, was TO become passenger agent for
one of the transatlantic steamboat companies
After great deal OF delay and trouble, l have
now obtained tho agency or the Cunard lInc-the
best steamboat line running from Liverpool to
NeV' York. This company has deposited with the
Swedish Government 5000 In currency ns n SC.
curity for the forwarding of the Immigrants I'm
conformity with the Swedish emigration laws
1 am now In possession OF q license as agent for
the forwarding OF immigrants to transatlantic
harbors and shnll do my best I'm trying to make
the Immigrants go to South Carolina. We have,
in Sweden, great number OF people, who urc
unable to pay their whole passage to America,
and they embrace the offers OF some three or four
land companies in Missouri, Wisconsin, Mime
sofa and Lower Canada, which pay half of
their passagc-about SIS in gold. Wisconsin
got nhout 1000 immigrants hast spring I'm this way
When these immigrants arrive ut their place OF
destination, they have to work oil the lands OF
the companies ut q fixed price, and then receive
some acres OF land In wages. II something sim
liar could be arranged, have no doubt that
could send out number OF immigrants every full.
Ny proposition would be as follows: Ir a farmer
wishes to get number OF hands, lie deposits, at
the time he makes the rcquistion with any banker
In Charleston, fifteen dollars In gold, or he NAV
bind himself TO pay that amount OH the demand
OF the banker for each hand, male or female
above twelve years, and half the amount for chil-
drcn between eight and twelve years. The rclui-
sitions, With duplicate, are sent TO me- endorsed
by the banker. The duplicate send to ID. 4 C.
Mac Joe, tile firm In Liverpool who are 10 forward
the immigrants. So soon as thcbanker is notified
by the said firm that the immigrants engaged
have left Liverpool for Charleston lie will forward
tion TO the order OF the said u. & G. Mac Joe The
planter will be running no other risk than thnt
the vessel with his people should go down, aud
that lie may guard against by Insurance. con-
tract should be drawn up between tile employer
anu his ptopie which should stipuatc how much
each person, male or female, shall receive fin
wages per month, besides board and lodging II
"a married man, how much land lie Will have for n
garden, how many hours OF the day Il, laborlng
man must work and the kind OF work, farm work
or any other, and what kind Of work the females
are wanted for kitchen work OF any other, or all.
The wages will be the first year SO much be-
sides the money paid in advance. The contract
must not be ror.apy longer space CT time than
from the arrival Of the immigrant on the planta-
tion to the Slst December the same year, II the
immigrant arrives In the spring; or In the next
year. IL the Immigrant arrives in the fall or late
year. The laborer must be received in Charles
ton, and pass free OF charge to the plantation or
the place OF destination.
II the people engaged do not do what they con-
tractcd to do, the employers have right to dis.
miss them at nny time; and II the employer does
not come up TO his contract, the people will have
the right to quit him. The immigrant does not
receive any OF his wages before hc has been In
the service two months-hc then receives one
months wages, the remainder being retained as
security for his good conduct.
fyou will make the above known to tile people
or South Carolina, and yen think shall meet
with success, l may count OH ut least two
hundred immigrants the coming year. shall
myself arrive in Charleston the latter part OF No
vember, but only to remain there ten or twelve
days, as my business prevents me from any
longer absence. Yours respectfully,
W. J. FERLOyE,
p. s. Communications to Mr.. Ferlovc may bc
addressed to Box No. $50, Charleston Postonice.