, 1874-12-26
THE FARM AND GARDEN.

pants for them.
THE FARM AND GARDEN.
Tllc Effect of tho Prompt Payment nl
t'nrn.-i,sshor--l'xeurs Of the Nltcls.
igtlfa nntlltinots Ernit-t:rosvers n,,si
ShappcrH-Frutt-l>t -l>txtrtlttatto Axsoct-
nttoti-Sunth of tllc Oftiu.
From Our agricultural Correspondent.
CKAalrA1uN, ILL.,, Dec. ia worry pertinent
inquiry II, regard to lnhor it, Why do people In
want Of employment flock to tho railroads and
othor industries,
IN PREFERENCE TO THE FARM?
at frat 1t might DO supposed Tint tho wages
wero higher, tho hours Of labor loss, or tho chi
ploynont mora REGULAR OF less oxactlng in labor.
A carcful examination will Hhow tint tile dil-
ference. II my, Is not hatorial md tint tho pay
| and hours Of labor OH tho inrin nro about tic
saino, wlilo work, OH tho who!u. Ia not rs lnrtl
Tho fnrn-l,anl laa Ills time countod in ali COIL
ditionB Of Tho wcatller, and il at no cost for
board, wii1o tito mah who NoriiH for tho roads
or for other industries Inns oyory hour deducted
TINT ho B idle, from bad weather or other cn1so;
and, ns he must pay hiB board. tint Is often a
serious drawback OH l,'a wages. lilo rairoad-
hrakcslnan, ut $40 Il month. has less money Mt
tue eud OF tho month than tho far7n-hRud al S20
l1o usually buys four moal-ttclsets for 81; that
would mako S.22.50 for tho thirty days, md loayo
him only 917.50, after lodging in tho cabooso-
| car ut night; aud yet numberv Of young
men, md como OF tlien, sons of farm
| ors prefer this to fnrnl-abor On tho
whole. the lifo OF railroad-brakoamsn
| in much harder md more trying to tile System
thun TINT OF Il farnl-laborcr. If this ls 80, how
call NO account for tho preference? III tho first
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constant changing Of TIN acone, that in itself
In attractive to most young mon.
On the farm, no hired hand IL expected to
work cut in foul weather, and, if there IL no III
door work, tho man may be idle, aud yot his
timo gocs Oil all tho same. Not 30 with tho
brakcBnan bo must stand to hiH post in NIL
conditions Of tho weather, aud, II freighta fall
Oft, his train IN 1labo 10 be drawn off without
notice, when his wages stop and he is on expense
for board. III some caBcs, the inducement to
become brakcslnan ia to work tho way to coll
duetor and On to somo higher position,
and this III sometimes realized; but yet
tho grcat number Of brasosmen continue,
year in and yoar out, aB brakosmou, us do farm
laborets who never riao above tho position of a
farm-hahd. But wo might say tint tho farm.
hana might hope to become tho owner OF n farm,
aud in turn become tho employer, which very
often occurs.
but suspect that tho secret reaaon that sends
mon from tho farm il
THE TAnny PAYMENT or WAGES
Az rnlo, tho tarm-hausl ongageB for eight or
twoye months, to be paid after the wheat. corn,
or Bomo other crop, Is Buld, which generally oc-
curH about the close Of the period Of labor. Iu
tha meantime, lie may, need clothing or money
Tor other purposes, mud, III lcn Of it. mny get,
now anl thon, dollar, or MI order on cothlor,
who, Of courso. charges him two prieos for his
goods. III case tho crop fails, or the price il n1l
satisfactory, ti'o payment il delayed form timo.
md not unfrequontly to nh indolinito period. In
tint very common practice lies tho truth, l sus-
pee, t,-"nll iii 4 nnlghell."
Markot-Eardcnota aud nurscrymen usually nay
their hands on Saturday night, at the cn OF tho
all tho help that they neod at all ti,ncs and ret
thb work OF digging aud of packing trees il very
exacting 1abor, and is often done III dlsagroeablo
weather. And 30 It IL Of gardouiug: the work
III. in sl'any respects. 1nouotonous ald tircsomo,
and yet 1t is sought after in preference to farm
labor. simply, layo no doubt, on account Of
tho prompt payment Of wages. Tho mnn does
not hnve to aal for Ills moE0y, as thore are rogu-
lar times Of payment; aud lie relies upon th,s,
hand, who must ut boat wait many
mouths for his pay. with many uncertainties
connected with it. Thirty yearsago the gardener
and n.lrBerynlan lat no moro promptly thau tho
farnler. Tho gales Of tho lntter occurred twice
year, md then gonoralty OIL credit; md tho
laborcr had to wnit na heat lo could. But this
wns found ruinous both to tho laborer and tile
n1lsaeryulos, and Erent numbers Of the latter
fai]od. At TINT time out OF twouty-eght
pnltiea engaged in the nursery buaineBR in Cook
County, not more than ilvo or six leld on to tho
business and All OF tAeeo mon clauged to
prompt pay paying their labor at tho ond OF tho
" woek y. Or nont o. h., md nd 1el!iug oaly for
in tlis business, mud 1t Inns commanded al
tho labor TINT tho business required. So it is
with tho markot.snrdonor, Whose aales aro for
caAs', and ho paya promptly III cash for lin labor.
Hero, tEoM, arc two rural, Industries that have
no difficulty OH tho scoro Of labor, ant all on ac-
count Of the
PROMPT PAYMENT OF THE WAGER or LABOR.
4 great sharo Of tls labor IN done by mon of
wor4 by tho day. This prompt pay loatls to o.l.ar
results. It prevents speculation by cass Of
men who would do business on Tho generous
bnsness principle, and, IN case that they ,nadto
lucky strike, would nay thor hapds, but, on tho
contrary. lot them 20 unpaid.
No doubt :hnt the adoption of tho rule to pay
fnrn-ilandH ut tle end of ouch mouth would
lesson tho 1onland for tIlis kind OF labor; aud |
that tho tomaNd would bo promptly supplied,
md that, too, by better quallty ttan il ut pres
out to bo latl.
There aro now many farms who have adopted
t!io plan OF short Payments, md tlese fnllnera
always havo tho oholce OF lA'lls; but We shonil
70 oe Htop further, md make 1t rule to my a,l
!lay-hauds at tho end Of the week, atnl month
Aallda Gil the last tlay of tile MONTH l3y 10 do |
Ing, no farmos would engage in cropping beyond |
his means, aud things would be conducted on q |
tnoto aqII to4na.,o @ aI Wo would have leha
hudA at tho tio Of HeltIlg lliH orop Ii very liao
to run bill for hiH implements, l,isdry gonls and
Eroccrns. aild at tho blackamitli's; lii ahnEt, he
Eoes E3ta 4 .lcs, aoEonang on ia crops to noot his
talEe this risk thay nat Charge far 1t. md those
WHO pay III tia end Iunst pay for tho bud debts.