The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-05-03

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su Eha arat arran0ament has been adopted to
ooa ne want Nv nIantars who work M the crops
81 Hair neiehbors The Immediate difI,cuiiy
thot reaants itsaf s the dificnitv Of arrang
nana If the vario,Is narties Interested The
I nronrietor Of a sugar house will insist on
pa hia own cane at snnh time IA if will
nrobabIy Weld the best results, and the others
have to begin too early or perhaps continue too
inte 10 get satisfactory results Again it is only
adanted 10 a small hnsiness and 10 the sim pier
nrocaaaaa " ~ -
In n large sugar-house the best results are
oftained ~ continnnDs WORK, The work should
never ston exoert saw fifteen minutes in the
morning n wash down A sugar house with
the cannsity tn urn out two hundred hogsheads
1,lc,nn ~ If hut one hundred hogsheads are
tmrned ont and vet few sugar houses In the
State turn out in any one week more than half
~ thnir GRO ,taat 90 nectv and stIl We complain
that wa cannot nroduce sugar cbeaply In
Ia %1e snear hons, the intcrests Of the various
narties cann"t be- kent separate without re-
thnrdin1 tha work and incrensinp the expense
Tha 1reat fnurine mills ofthe Veg do no gri4t
work They buy their wheat and sell their -four,
The o,jsf mill NAV vet exist in a few isolated
mast / believe there can be- no successful
Hgrjat work" In man,ifacturing sugar.
The second arranaament has most of the
| faults of the first and some others The tenants
do more work or nav for more work than In
tho firat methnd bnt fhe consideration for this
i that thew raise the oron on the nlanter. land
and danend on him for an outfit As the ten
! ants are Interested In tho whole of the crop.
! their share being half of the sugar made
| there is no collision of interests "a to time of
grinding but it is extremely difficult TO get a
squad Of men who will faithfully labor through
ont the wear without controversy as to their re-
snective rights and the development on tho part
Of some Of them of q disposition to shrk
work The idle ones can't wen be discharged
md vet the evil effects of their idleness cannot
veil he nnnfined To their personaI interests, but
fajl mon the whole souad The method do
! va,ona no senso of nersnnal responsibility nor
| ernscinnsness that earnest personal effort will
| bring a sure reward member of II squad
schemes TO do no more work than any other one
in the snuad, and If he can srirk work he
| knows the loss falls but fractiOnaly upOn him
| self
| A. long ns II will nav to make sugars at all by
the kettle nrucess tf1pse two share met ods will
douhtless prevail for they have given compar
| alive satisfnetion thus far; but Withthe advent
of improved methods Of making sugar and
| large astablishments there must be some more
nreise methnd Of n9,uhtnp the relation of pro-
nrietor and tenant There seems to be no
method so simple and vet so exact as to base
| The eurninps of the tenant upon the quantity Of
cane he nreduces. It becomes then as simple
aa aenlinn in cotton in wheat or in corn. Let
tb y, ,aner learn he exact value Of sugar cane
and stand ready to buy 1t from his neighbors
aud to have it produced by his tenants. and then
hilitti"s and nrohnh1iities Of cane production
arn and the Industry in this State will receive
| on im1n+ua oreater than any IT has nreviolsIv
e e,s oA''i ''"1 ''''
% ~, thirn orrangemant namad Ia based upon
tba denant heinu m antive man Of considerabIe
intallinnncn ,yTlinp TO make n mi hand Rim
ee hdH M ale S ,' W.. ',ara III ed men such
a man can work saw Ave others at the plow and
hoe drive them vigorouslv nlow or noe him
self when not otherwise unnecessarily engaged
and am snrpIv make u SUCCESS where snccess
is possible. The objection to this method T. at
is most conspicmons is the dispositi n deveis
oned by the ttnant to avoid field labor himself
lie seems 10 wish to devote his time to the man
M .i q ms naae men na hn w,
in uatchinp them think Thai the tenant sys-
tenn can never succeed except where the tenant
10 oversees five low-p priced men makes the man
ngement cost 33I. Der cent Of the total outlay
assuming the expenses Of the overseer as twice
that OF one Of tbs laborers On tho Same basis
Que man to oversee twenty laborers makes the
management cost 10 per cent-certainly high
cost. and proving that small gangs cannet work .rI
hand.
Under the existing conditions Of our industry
can be devised If every man could be made
Industrious ambitious and determined. then
such men would make the ideal tenants. and
wi h such men the fourth method becomes pre-
ferable. The general features are the same as
the third method. except that the propri OF or
t anee FOL for no non delivery. experience having
proven that a v-ry small force cannot d liver
cane from the field as advantageously rs a
larger force.
AS in the consideration OF any tenant system
the essential matter to consider is what in
ducement 1t offers to the tenant as we'll rs to
the proprietor. now give an estimate of aver
age results based upon each OF the methods
named. In doing this estimate that first
class hand can plant ana ditch four acres OF
plant ana cultivate Tour acres OF corn. MY own
experience SHOWS mat under reasonably lalT
Time required, nine 70 ton months: 10 make
uaynns vielas arnane p and rnsnlts 40" al n
,Li,h ,aiia.o 80 - L. ant,tIi, Il II ~ ~ -
W,lon oe'lS'e al aa' 1o,, ~ ,I y, ny 'ho
'Hp2i i7noo W UoI T. - Won y .' - 9"
i', , o'a'io w" AZ nta af.aan ~ W mnn
sw1S pei alo nl0' n.oon ,Iauon ,nna ~ ~
ia,oons ,Gn aoiS, ~ aSnItta shom 1 ~ ~
p1 I, 1an WI. a W az
~ X ~ s.uo - ~ hu m %
aa tond IN eoou AZ @ Cont }on NJ an ne,
| cant frat ratoons % ner cont aenond r.tonna
In new land q planting of two stalks OF cane
green Joints Tapped. will make q good stand
Such planting requires four tons of cane per
acre. Old lands should be planted with three
| and This planting requires six tons per acre;
LUeTeIOTe, I'VE IONS pbT acre lot III ltlIS 10 Dt