The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1874-07-04
[For THE "ORANGEDDuno News" "
; The Emigrant Question.


n laborer in the North, and as an Emi
grant to tho South, woulI like 10 say IL
few words in connection with the sub
ject of tho communication of the Board
of Directors in your last. The writ r
supposes from tho information given in
that paper, that matters iu England and
the North are about the same, with til e
ditlernce, that the latter has 4 longer
working season, and higher wages are
given there. In an extract Of letter
from N. V, inserted few weeks since
the prices were set down ut 2 to SIS pcr
month. Could that price BE- ol'crcl
here, except to an expert lab ,rer und er
the most favorable circumstances,
1t is stated in tho information given
by the Board, that the farm hand. Take
their meals IN the kitchens. There may
'be gross misconception here if things
be us at the North Our idc, OF ii
kitchen here, is, rickcty '.boarl or
pole out house, with nakcl smoky
sides aud festoons of web and 500 hang
ing from the rafters. At the North
(and no doubt in Eurnpc) the ki,ch
en- is nicely finished part Of hc
dwelling itself, adjoining, or uuder
meath the family room ald is pre-
f'rrcd sometimes by labor.rs because
of its Gnrcstraincd comfort aud hilArty
The advantage of, perhaps higher
wages. with the current Of Il Eni.rltiou
(otferiny even on the route the
Society of fathcrland) that is setting SO
strongly all arolnl uo n,rth OF us,
will be difficult 70 oyerelme, eyaa.
1T greater iii luceincnts be oT3rol hcre,
at every stopping point Emigrauts are
liable to be switched OF on to thi,
beaten track.
Another question is the fare. Fro ~
all accounts, the Germln and j. ,lish
iabor,r live well, if no: l1xu,ioasly
The article referred to gives whc.t
bread, cheese, beans, Irish potatoes (ih.
most important) and meat, with beer
and cider Will not most of Us who
live out Of town acknowledge this to b,
pretty good living? Yes! We'll. WIN,
have we to offer us subs itut.s Wnc.t
a very uncertain crop; ch,cso ~ .2jc;s.,
per 1b-mark it out beans ut s. per
bus!.cl-mark it out, but SUB ,titute
Qeld) COW peas, at which many, to the
piny woods born, turn up their noses.
Meat can be purchased, like cheese 1nl
-four, though ut very uncertain price;
certainly not much will be raised on
the farms for some time. Beer and
cider mark out. In the spring, if he
follow the usage here, the hllf iamish
cd EmIsrant, as We do, gets few
little baby potatoes, a half dozen to thr
spoonful, eating as potatoes, nj ich as a
calf month old would cat lik. becr
AS Tor the sweet potatoc crop, durins
the fall and winter, the new conner may
eat at one end Of his potatoc, but the
rot will m;et him half way from the
other, and he will have to quit. Then
comes the scratch for the poor Eni
grant. The little moaey used up corn
bread (his abhorance), very prevalent,
All this eliminated, brings his bill Of
fare down to what it really is, with most
families for several months. The dc
tested corn bread, bacon and co!larl,
COW peas, and w,rmj tunip. VIII this
be happy exchange for his whca.
bread cheese &c. No!
No doubt there are those who may
and will, share the luxurics Of their
tables with the unaccustomcd Emisrant
but will they find it to pay? Try, no
body will be hurt.
The Southern planters have been,
previous to the war extra hosptablc.
y put your horse in the corn crib, auu
pile stack Of fodder on him people, f"
can it be SO now when the man OF fifty
bales goes out to drop the cow peas, that
arc to be his subsis: :ancc, in the corn
Iicld ? The warm hand shake ana the
kindly greeting arc still there but the
afiiucncc is departed.
'lie offers you his last po,atoc, that n cold
onc