The daily gazette., 1877-02-19
SECOND EDITION
Letter from SGmuel I0aoI,se nd.
For the Delaware Gazette.


Mr.. EDIToR:-I have read in your pa
per the report of the meeting held with
regard to the proposed Work House Bill.
First the Mayor proposes to drive tramps
off by soaring them with pile of stones;
next, persons who are driven to stealing
through want and starvation, he would
not pS: this class in iail, but in this re-
spectacle institution called work house
and whilst the man or woman are In this
respectable institution called work
house what is to become of the children,
II any, of these parents that was driven
to stealing to save the lives of these said
children. 1 suppose the whole family.
children included, would be moved in to
this respectable institution under these
kind hearted keepers, what an extended
work house paradise, we would have if
the Mayors views were carried out. But
his third and last proposition in regard
to large boys, he proposes no real remedy
have heard, do any of the camplainants
OF boys idleness, offer any real remedy, or
show the reason why so many valuable
boys between the ages of Is and 2l are
prowling around in idleness. Although
not living in city, think nevertheless,
can come near pointing out one great
cause, 1t is the cursed Foreign Trades
union Organizations of Europe, the mem
bers of which have been driven awayfrom
Europe by the employers refusing to en-
pioy them. These discontented mechanics
come here and organize secret socities,
oath bound to prevent American manu-
facturer and boss mechanics from taking
American boys ofthe ages between Is
ana Il years as apprentices and therefore
American streets in American towns are
swarming with the best American boy
material to make American mechanics,
NOW gentlemen at your next meeting
appoint a committee and send them to
Dover and ask our Legislature to pass
lawprotecting our boys from the tyranical
imposition of these tradesunion socities
and compel all manufacturers and boss
mechanics to take boy apprentices in
number, in proportion to the business of
said manufacturer or boss builder. Every
state. in the Union will have to take a
stand on this matter. have always been
In favor of opening the door and taking
honorable foreigners by the hand; but 1
would not allow the latter sex to carry
out their damning policy against the
American boys, and any member or
members of the trades union who at
tempted to close or stop the business of
any manufacturer or mechanic, who take
in boys as apprentices. would favor a
law to shoot such Instructors down as
would dogs.
1t is pretty state of things to ask in
Delaware an appropriation TO build a
work house, to learn our American boys
trades in, Let us shootth the eagle and burn
the flag, when we sink so low that we
have to build work houses to learn our
young men trades in. Whilst my hand
is in may as well say few more words
on sugar beets and usury. There is an
old hardware man in Philadelphia who
came drumming two years ago to Dover
for Centennial money. heard him one
evening open out aud tell, to what he
listeners, the way to improve our poorest
Kent and Sussex lands. He said borrow
money ate per cent. hooted at such
stuff, now see, by the report in the pa
pers, that he has been letting off again in
Wilmington, would advise him by his
superior knowledge of finances to put
Northern Pacific r. r. stock, and Read
ing. X. r. stock, and other stocks
lheld heavily by Philadelphians) at pal
before he tenders his gratuitous advice
to Delaware people to repeal our usury
Legislature offer premiums to- who will
make the best beet root sugar. Now
will put one serious question to these
me1 who are in favor of this project, did
not the general government give to
Newark College, Delaware states quote
of public land, believe $4,000 acres, or
condition that said college should be ar
Agricultural college, and an experiment
tai farm; therefore is it not the duty Of
said managers to experiment with sugal
beets, and all other crops and show theil
hon 1st worth to the Delaware farmers
Now because the French grow sugar
beets and make sugar, it is very little ar
gument in favor of Delaware farmers
raising sugar beets and making them pay
profit. Thousands of tons of these beet,
may be grown probably in and around
vinyards, and pretty much by the same
laborers who attend the grapes. The
French are prudent skillful managing
people but we can compete with then
no more In beet sugar than we can il
wine or brandy. Delaware can grow
any amount of grapes, but the Board o.
Trade do not recommend us to competi
ton with French wine or brandy, it Ger
tainly would / suppose be as easy to com
pete with wine and brandy, as beet
sugar. The French as state are a skill
ful people, for report says, for every 10t
gallons of New Orleans molasses, They
can send back to us 95 gallons of first rate
French Brandy, and from one barrel o.
hogs lard costing thirty or forty dollars
tney can Dy tne AID OF FANCY glaSS bottles
and fancy cards or labels and perfumery
and other mixtures, send back toAmeric:
from one to two thousand dollars worth
made principally out of this said on,
barrel of lard. 1 am farmer and O
| course not opposed to any honorable i'm
provement or Introduction of any articl,
for cultivation that will help us, but
tell our Legislature that have raiset
sugar beets years ago, that have no ide,
it ever can or will become a profitabl
branch of agriculture in Delaware; there
fore gentlemen do not appoint any com
missioners, or offer any premiums on tn
subject, as Newark College has alread,
been bid to experiment in agriculture, /
private individuals believe making suga
out of beets will pay, let them put thei
own money in as in all other new bust
ness.
SAMUEL TOWNSEND.
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