The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1870-03-23
Emigrants and the South,


speak as follows of tho disposition of
emigrants to settle in certain sections
of tho country: g.,,.. 81.
"The South still strives to find the
| means of attracting emigrant labor,
but it loses sight of one important
fact, namely, that most of the immi-
grants look out for tho place where
they are sure Of employment. 1t is
in vain to tell them that many tracts
of land are to be had cheap, or even
for nothing. Work is more attrac-
tive for them than land, ut least at
first. For this reason, and in conse-
quence of the large European settle
ments existing there, the emigrant, is
attached to the West, anu especially
the Northwest where the fertile soil
enables farmers to give ready employ
mcntt all tho laborers that may
present themselves. It is only at
present tho West and Northwest
which offer them secure support !;
and once employed, they easily arrive
ut independence. BY cconomizing
their monthly wages, they secure the
means of attaining it and, when the
| proper moment comes, they have
learned by experience where to settle,
and what they must do to succeed.
The matter is simple, and requires on
the part Of the Western States no
exertion of thought or money. On
examining the conditions offered by
the South, We can easily detect the
causes which put it at q disadvantage
in the labor market. A class Of
farmers, ready to receive TIL, laborers
who may offer themselves, is, with
few exceptions, wanting, especially in
the extreme Southern districts, where
they are only great planters, whose
mode of cultivation has no attraction
for the immigrants. The European
immigrants detests to work in gangs
as much as this kind Of work is sought
after by the negro. His individuali-
lty is overlooked, his self.respect
impaired, and he is viewed as mere
unit in the mass. lie seeks not the
planter, but the farmer. X
y What should be done
under such circumstances may be in
ferred from what has been said. In
default of hands these large planters
have to be replaced by small farmers,
who will begin to work themselves,
and who will be ablo and willing to
employ the white immigrants like the
Western farmers. A modest culture
is required, with two or three hands
living in patriarohal way with the
the farmers family. Immigrants will
then como, and remain, or, if they
leave, it will be to settle in the neigh
borhood. Farms should be laid out
for the reception of European labor
ers, and it is upon tho formation of
these farms, and the introduction of
Europeans, that the future of the
South depends" 800 "Nu iI." asa
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/ LABOR AND WAGES IN PARls.-A
correspondent Of the Boston Journal
writes: :fa2 IS "s"3 q" &"'H H8', J
In Paris capital wars against labor,
beats lit down. .tramples ;on it.. The
few exceptions prove the rule. IN
series of familiar pictures / can show
you the beneficial results of .co-opora-
ton in Paris, ana tho horrible "condi-
1tien of those outside its pale. The
status of tho workingwoman at Paris
and Lyons may be taken as fair
sample of what it is elsewhere in
france when she is unprotected. The
last trustw orthy statistics Of the wag-
cs of those, women in Paris were pub
lished in 1860, and we need only add
about ten per cent. t" allow for the
increase of population, and find near.
iy what the aggregate is now In
1869 there were, in the French capital
l7,203 women who earned from so
ccntines 10 conts,) to franc 25
contimes, KS, cents per day; 8,340.
women Who earned + from g q franc, franz, 50
centines to 4 francs daily; and only
about 500 women, all told who carh
from d francs to z francs daily. This
TAT once gives an idea Of tho. distress
which eyen the women born in. Paris,
not to speak Of her who is suddenly
thrown unprotected on the great city
must undergo in living honestly
Thiuk, also, ,atiiat tho. average, number
Of days in, which work can be had BY
these women is only 232 in o, year.
Is " any wohdcr they are dissolntc7
81 .NN--r+ r1--T1-er. ~tys~;--r;---Fj $3.50 3.
:, Edx2;-SGoyernor La; Letcler, of Virginia,
has published q statement respecting
the PROPOSED fnohum ent to9 Stonewail
Jackson, saying $5O,O0o Is needed,
and that no local or sectional o views
restrict tho scheme r,that it is nations
al ipo IT'S design and the North has
tsoTa;a!ly responded to thy appeal,
and the Edst and the West are NOV
ingS proposed to ersct memo.
brial Chapel at the Virginia Military
Institute in Lexington, and, should
the funds collected permit, statue in
bronze or marble, "to 'transmitsto'
coming, generations the ofsatuea, forutii
and expression Of one whose, name
and virtues arc alike known and hon