Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1877-08-24
Wanted immigration - NIlsslsu
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Wanted immigration 90 NIIssIss
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InAlew weeks there will be more
labor needed 10 this State than can be
procured. A vast crop Of cotton and
grain is 10 be gathered. The cotton
crop requires great labor in the Fall
and Winter. It is first to be gathered,
then to be prepared for market, and
then to be transported to market. All
these different operations furnish labor
for 4 large number Of people. We
have known unskilled laborers 10 earn
as much as two or two and half dollars
per day in picking cotton. This
labor is not hard, and in the
pleasant Fall season women and chill.
dren earn good wages. The women
frequently pick as much cotton as men,
for it does not require strength, but
skill and patience. In other ways all
those who work in cotton earn good
wages. We often see the common Ia.
borers on our steamers earn as much
as $50 10 S75 per month, when there are
large amounts Of cotton being shipped,
We have recently published extracts
from reliable Northern papers that
stated that many Of the common Ia
borers Of the North do not receive
enough to secure the necessaries Of life.
In the mines OF Pennsylvania the min
ers earn mere pittances, and live mis-
cradle lives. The common laoorers OF
the South live much better, and there
is no comparison in the character of the
work. II the miners and factory oper.
atives Of the North were here engaged
in the culture of cotton, they would
find their large families Sn aid instead
of q burden to them. The pick
ing season is the busy one in the
South, and as we have said above, the
labor Of women and children is almost
as valuable as that OF the men.
And laborers are needed in the fields
of the South 10 an almost unlimited
extent. The lands are cheap and fer
tile, the climate is mild, and the gov
ernment Of the States is excellent. 1t
seems to US that it would be mutually
beneficial to the South aud the North
If that section could send US vast num-
bers Of emigrants. We believe ouI
Legislature should take steps "a
secure great addition to oul
population. We had Commits
sioner Of Emigration during Rsdics
, misrule, but be was an ignorant ne
gro, and be amused himself by usiuI
! what money he could get, in bringing
negroes 10 the State aud selling then
, at SO much a head to the planters. IL
D get rid Of Brigs, Squiggs, Priggs
! Graggs, or whatever his name is, tn,
Q Democratic Legislature cut down hi
D salary to one hundred dollars, anC
r that amount is just S997j more than h
ought to have received. But since W
, are clear Of him, some steps shoul,
be taken in this important matter. W,
have, we believe, gentleman who Il
we'll qualified to perform the duties Of
=. Commissioner, but he has no means &
work with. We suggest that the ney
Legislature appropriate a reasonabl
9 amount and let US see how much It vii
l. cost to bring the tide OF immigration
,, towards this State. Texas Is now on
a of the most powerful aud wealth
u States In the Cnion, and the cessees
Is flow Of emigrAnts TO tie State ha
e caused it.
l. An active Commissioner Of Immi
l. grafton with means 10 work will
y could advertise in some OF the leadin
u u Northern papers, aud advertise b
printed matter in other ways, and
could certainly secure the cooperate
s. OF the great railways in the State, an
e Z their connections, for it is to the
ID interest to bring the immigrants her