Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-02-19

NJ 8 it.
tr HfHe.s STATS
Han gh1
fs been iAdncsd 8
ialais SAta at q
el te0 haadFed dollars,
Aeg feaehei tie point
iaasI8aih ay aescs com
s. sign articles b. sbieh
So % labor upon plaala-
as leFiselso months 81 Ten dol
PEI moath also required to
enc DOLLAR lor each day lost,
e|s ffam sickness. bad weather
ofo4A anss. IFtbis statement
- tsas i Is q paipablo wrong.
people introduced lately
must HpdeFg0 4 certain amount OF
slespess before becoming accli
masei Thls sickness, with the
nnsnfal alssndant expense and the
a. q enc dollar per day for lost
tifne. soald Be- apt to cover the
ha's anount Tor service.
Eoa - are disposed to doubt
sha truth or The statement made
BY shess wrilers, bat Il is possibly
Hue. and ifsO. their treatment was
aliaaa aad should DO at once cor.
rsoted Il 10 a mistaken idea to
opefata altogether In Individual
interest. Il should be the policy
Of the people TO look to the general
good Of the State, and when such
instances aa these ire known they
should Be- q once frowned down
upon and prevented. A few such
letters IS the one referred to will
% more to prevent the incom-
ing Of Foreigners than the efforts
81 my agencies 10 induce their
coming. Nov We are friendly to
Al measures which look 70 the
peopling of our State and we do
cot wish 70 cripple the efforts of
any one Interested In the same pur.
pose. Yet we think the only
true way to populate the State
With people Of permanent good
70 &, Is by selling to them lands Of
their own.
Some OF the evils which follow
The plans g at present adopted
We sFe not alone IN pointing out.
Major Ethel Bardsdale the well
informed editor OF the jackson
CLARION, Is now IN Chicago, inter
esled in these schemes. He is
Watching the system with q close
and acFutinizIng eve and from his
last letter 70 his paper we copy
the fOll0wings
Writing under date Of the 9th
he says: "la making contracts
with q number Of persons to per
form any Kind Of service, Il is
utterly Idle 70 suppose that all Of
them viii prove faithful. The
most skiIlfaI expert is liable to be
imposed upOa. Even testimonials
of good character ere often forged
for the purposes Of deception
The chances are largely 10 favor
Of p~rocnring actual settlers where
immigrants arc obtained 10 fami
lies, but they aFe Sc one to City.
The mass Of those who seek en-.
ployment are single men. The
fact Of their being unmarried is
No evidence that they are I'm.
worthy Of trust And Il does not
follow that . man is industrious
and faithful berauae be hasa fam
fly- sun. the &c that will bad
him % the locality Ia which he
settles, aa1 ~ dependence or
Others upoa BID for their daily
bread, are guarantees which it is
prudent 70 secure n possible.
There is 40 enterprise which is
attended with GREATER hazard of
imposition, Is ali men of expert
encs sell know, ban employing
laboreFa with whose previous hab.
its and character they are unac-
qualntsd; and particularly is 1t
hazardous whore planters reck.
Iesaly rush 70 q great city like this,
alIod Hish : large, idle, floating
population who exc put a precari
cas existence. ana are merec rea,
Of chance wiling 10 throw
themselves upon my wave that
VII bear them u another shore.
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