The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1870-03-22
Piskaa;ien Labor.

9 The Southern press and people are
not only in accord upon the necessity
of the restoration of a healthy vitality
through the development of the latent
resources Of their section, but after the
sober second thought they ksve reached
a better understanding as TO the best
means of such development, Labor,
they now see. is the paramount agency
needed to revivity the Cotton, Cane and
Corn fields, and as between the elements
of European sad Northern white labor
and that of Chinese, they are almost
unanimously in favor of the former
The Mobile aRegister' says that "Chi-
namen may, as a mere working power,
produce Cotton, under competent super
vision, but Cinnamon certainly are not
Is a desirable element outside of China -
and it contends that Europe or the
Northern States hold the agent Of the
South's redemption. Substantially the
same views are reflected in other sections
Of the Cotton region, from which is safe
to conclude that the scheme Of Chinese
|, labor for Cotton culture has been aban>
doned.
But the Chinaman, in spite Of his dis
abilities, has secured a substa ntial foot
hold on the Pacific coast and is likely
u.
J ers will ever find their way to the East
ern States in sufficient numbers to effect
the interests Of labor here is problem
| of the future. They have foand abund-
ant opportunities where they are, and
| their habits of living have enabed til EN-
| to crowd other kinds Of labor into other
markets. 1t is not only in the mining
of the useful and the precious metals
+ hat, in spite of special and oppressives
taxes, they have found employment, but
railroad building and the new manufac-
trures are absorbing all the labor they
can supply. Bat wherever they are they
cannot be permanently treated as a sep
arate and outlawed race; nor while they
are so treated, become good citizens in
tsrested in the general welfare.
Authentic informati@n sEon the South
indicates grad&al improvement in TIL
quality of frceamen's labor. hut there is
a continued indisposition Of tiae colored
women to engage as Geld isn,ss, anti as
there is in that eeetion no other industry
available for them, their idlaness greatly
limits the available working force there
From data received from the entire Cot
ton belt, it is evident that more than
half Of the crop is cultivated and gath
cred by the blacks; yet it is undeniahe
that o considerable portion OF 1t is now
made by white labor, and the proportio on
is increasing.
With reeohtrnetion practically set
tied question the solution of the labor
problem cannot long he delayed The
unsurpassed opportunities for labor in
the South cannot have escaped the at
tention of Eau oi,ean emig rants. and with
the North western States rapidly becom
ing settled, and land advancing, the
current of old world bone and muscle
must in future be turned more in the
direction of the Cotton States. We
shall thus see the labor question at tht
South settling itself ss rapidly perhaps
as is for the good of all concerned
The duty Of the Government is to sup
erintend the process by the application
so far as it has the power, Of just ano
equal laws. The people of the NORTH
cannot be uuinterested spectators o
this finale of great National drama
since, by the recuperation Of the South
the prosperity and well being of boil
, sections will be placed on broader ant
, firmer commercial foundation.
STRAws.-A promin INT Republican hereto
fore a"Julirn man." offered to bet 800 tina