The Hickman courier., 1873-06-28
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mRnRID BEND. June u. 1873

EDITOR HIcKMAN COURIER Be
ing informed by friend that you wish
ed to hear occasionally from this part
of the county, write you short let
ter, and hope to be an occasional cor
respondent of the COURIER during my /
stay here.
Corn planting is finished, and there
is good prospect of = fne crop. Ow-
ing to heavy rains in April, many /
farmers had to replsnt, which. together /
with the scarcity Of laborers, has made /.
,hs crops very late.
Many have planted cotton this year,
thinking it will pay better than corn
and being induced BY she price which
last years crops sold for. 1t seems
some who have planted never raised
any before and knowabut little about
it and judging from the condition Of
The crop. C,nore weeds than cotton), l
DO not thiuk much will be made By the
speculation. Ii attended to, cotton
would pay here as we'll as any part o:
the Southern States where have been,
and tell those who attempt TO raise it
that more work is necessary than IN
corn.
Much land has been LEI, unattended
this year owing to the scarcity OF labor
era, and some dithcuity has been ex
periencsd in Inducing few OF the
many who were brought here to work
to remain even for short time aud
It seems to puzzle the farmers to know
Why laborers cannot be as we'll satisfied
here as in other places. Some made
their exit unknown, giving no reason
for so doing but it seems that one or
l.Ro men were brought back 20 work
strangers so badly that they imagine
their lives in danger, and in order to
save their "scalps," they leave. La
borers are not satisfied with the diet
they get, being. | ara told, corn bread
pork and coru> meal coffee-such rs is
not known in other parts. Not less
than twenty FIVE men left three ad
joining farmers this season. have
heard, repeatedly, that the farmers
make mouey by running them of, but
do not voueh for the truth of the stare
meut, and only give it like others for
what il is worth. Ii is too bad that
affairs have not been arranged more
satisfactorily and it is hoped that the
farmers will understand more fully the
inducement to be given strangers, and
I not have them circulate reports of their
treatment while hese, which would in
/ lure this as we'll as oeAer parts Of the
/ South. "If this is the South said
/ Northern msn few days ago, Il have
/ seen enough of IL.
/ Mr. r. G. Everett is so confident Of
/ n good crop that he will bet one thou
sand dollars that more corn witt be
raised on ;ract of four hundred acres
/ of his farm than will be raised on any
+ of the same number of acres within
two hundred miles of this place.
Next time l hope to be able to write
more, and will endeavor to make it in
ieresting to the readers Of the CoURIER
SoJoURaER.
We are we'll satisfied that farm
hands are treated as we'll, fed as well,
and really paid little better prices,
in the Bend, than any locality IN this
section, and it is really for the purpose
of correcting these erroneous reports
that space is given to the above.
We have reason to believe the above
would 6nd its way into print, uneon,
tradicted, if space were not given in
4 these columns Our information is
that some farmers as matter Of sell
protection in employing hands, have
so contracted as to retain a per cent
= - stimulated .antil-cznx-a-=-s
This is right and just, and
= he inded working man ought to
cures dauiar. 1t is such rule as farm
pntia The should practice. This
ealthle n11t5tIe of the offending in the
Bend. That few disconnected mer
!~F-anxious to JUMP their written con-
! stracts-ars ut the bottom of these re
ports We are perfectly satisfied. There
is not more generous or liberal heart
ed set of farmers anywhere than in tht
Beud-and We advise those wanting
employment to 90 there. That somt
isolated cases of mistreatment NAY
have occurred is possible, but it vii
not do to charge 1t against the whole
community.