New Orleans Republican., 1871-06-18
THE PEOPLES COLUMN.
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Good Suggestion. 1A
EDITOR REPUBLICAN,: ttel
| Feeling that you are always ready
and willing to encourage and assist in any
thing for the good of this community, take
the liberty of addressing you to give you an
idea of mine that am satisfied will do much
| good in this city at the present time as well
as in the future. have been seeking en-
ployment for length of time. and have
found out how hard it is to obtain. As you
are well aware our city is to-day filed with
idle young men, who are unable to obtain
employment of any kind, many of whom
are capable to fill positions of honor, profit,
or trust, could they only get them; and very
many of them to my knowledge, would do
anything to make an honest living. am,
as you well know, native of this city, and
although well known and highly recon-
mended, l find it utterly impossible to get
anything to do. Being idle myself and see-
ing so many in the same fix, it has prompted
me to request you to give these few lines a
place in your valuable paper, as / am sure
it will, eventually, if not Immediately, be
the cause of giving many if not all the idle
young men in this city what they most
need, plenty of useful work, and good. prac-
tical knowledge of agriculture, farming,
etc., and good comfortable homes, and it
will therefore be as much to their interest
| of
My plan is for our planters and farmers to
each take one young man and teach him
all about agriculture, planting and manag-
| ing crops of all kinds; also all work and du-
ties pertaining thereto; therefor the young
man is expected to assist in all work there
may be to do on the place By this means,
the men would be able, in two OF three
years, perhaps less time, to manage or over
see farm or plantation themselves, as in
that time they could certainly make good
managers and farmers of most any young
man. The young man might bind himselffor
two or three years, whichever the employer
preferred, to any good man, that would take
him and give him thorough insight in the
cultivation of our staple articles as cotton,
| sugar, tobacco, etc Also all kinds of fruits,
| vegetables, grain, etc. He wodld also do
any other work there was to do about the
place. The compensation for these services
| would be good home, and a small amount
monthly, say twelve or fifteen dollars, for
clothing, shoes and other little necessaries.
l am certain there are many in this city and
State who would be glad to have such an
opportunity, myself among the number
There are hundreds of our young men with
out trade or profession who would in this
way have something to depend on for liv'
ing in the future. Some one must cultivate
the soil, as that is what this country has
been suffering for this many years past. II
any planter or farmer in the South or West
will act as the pioneer in this undertaking
and give it a start, hundreds of our young
men in a few years will have thorough
agricultural education and many will be
proprietors or managers of fine farms, and
all our idle land now dormant will then be
found blooming with wealth. As the coun
try is settled up railroads will be built
and where we now see vast wilderness we
will then find churches, schools and public
buildings. Hoping l have not imposed OIL
your good nature or intrnded upon YOU
valuable time, will now close, leaving this
matter entirely in your hands to be dealt
with as you think best.