Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1870-11-18

5 Carolina and of the South have alread
{ absorbed the negroes Of the middle sec
tions OF the State.
II must DE borne in mind that thers art
two classes of laborers among the negroes
with essentially different habits. to wit
A class that hire by the year, because com
posed of members with large number Of
inefficient people dependent on them, anG
in order to secure permanent lodgings
The other class consists, in the main. o
the able-bodied, unmarried and younger
people, who will hire only by the day and
are migratory in their habits, and care
nothing Tor hoases. This latter class, ex
perience has shown, can less and loss bt
depended upon as their numbers diminish
This is the class that the agents from the
extreme South seek to carry out.
The habit Las been as far as possible to
use labor from both of these two Glasses, re-
lying mainly in the press OF fighting grass
und harvesting upon day labor. Until the
present year planters who lived near towns
or at station on the circuits of these MI
gratory laborers, and had ready money,
have been generally able TO cultivate and
save their crops in tolerabiy respectable
manner. This year, however. we learn
that great difficulty is bei1g experienced
in the immediate vicinity of those points
hitherto regarded as reliable labor depots,
and it is this TACT that has induced MS to
give such especial consideration TO the
subject at Ibis time.
| Absorbed as we have boon in tie polite
al contest that WAS going on, and regarding
victory in the last campaign rs tho step
ping stone to SUCCEEDS IN every business,
! in life our people have not brought the
! labor question under such public discus.
| sion rs It's Importance seer1s now TO de-
maQd, We must not forget, however. that,
| had re not carried the August election,
/ there would have been 10 possibility, by
| any utnouut Of reflection or discussion, of
| advancing Uu1 material prosperity. The
| time La ccune now. however, when the
lest brains Of tbs State may rest satisfied
that they are doing the Lest service in
devising ways and means IT, diminish the
dispropurtion betwcon the tillable land of
the State aud the available labor so tia
| he State may not thereby be put to disad
vantage either in production or average of
cultivation.
This important question IS one mainly
dependent for successful solution upon in
tclligcnt farmers. They are the men to
say whether 1T can be done and how. But
prosperity Of the agricultural interest of
the State depends directly and indirectly
the prosperity of every other interest. The
merchant, the lawyer, the mechanic, the
doctor, and even the minister of the Holy
Gospel, is dependent upon the farmer. and
the farmers must have labor to raise the
bread to put in the mouths, and the mate
rial to mako the clothes to put upon the
backs, Of all the people who live by these
different callings,. tt becomes us then
we'll to consider whether we have labor
enough to meet tho demand upon us. Is
it true that even now it is possible as
general ralo to find labor enough to cult
vate, to any profit, or to any extent, only
those lands that lie in the Immediate vi
cinity of the centres of population, and
these without regard to the fertility or
health Of the lands more remote Is it !
true that for our lands in the interior We |
can find no purchasers, at any price, and |
is it true that this results from tue scarcity |
of labor?
IF these things be true, and we are salts
fed they are true, it becomes us well to
consider thoughtfully and seriously how
We may best feed and clothe our people
and at the same time to improve our lands
and fortunes. We cannot import the
necessaries of life from the North, for our
Northern brethren, however much concern
they may profess IN regard to our souls
are not much in the habit of
supplying US with food and clothes for
Dur bodies without money and without
price. Their charity begins and ends at
nome and their philanthropy extends only
TO our souls that require neither material,
,ood nor raiment. We mast make our
own living in the future as We have done !
n the past. Ia the past We have had
abor. In the future We must make our
bricks without straw. Oar labor ls fast
eaving US. How can wa best get along
TIE SECOND ANNUAL FAIR OF TEE CARE
FEAR AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION. Yes
erdey, the 18th inst. was the opening
lay Of the Second Annual Fair Of the
Japo Fear Agricultural Association. Con
rary to TIL hopes and expectations Of
many the weather was cold and rainy and
here was not as many on the grounds as
would haye been the case had the day
been clear aud rropitious. Notwithstand-
ing, however, the cold, driazly rain. every
half hours train brought fresh install
nent from the City, and at Il o'clock the
Grounds presented lively and animated
appearance There were visitors present
from AL portions Of this State, and many
rom adjoining States, and the Fair may
BE- coneidcred rs having opened under the