The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-07-05
60 SOUTH. TOUNG MAN.
sugaestion- for the Unemployed to Think
About-Good Land ut - nm Acre.

To THE EDITOR or THE SUN-iSir: The
country hns been thrown on its beam ends by u
lodgmcnt ot its labor ballast on the Northern
side. We have only to shift tho dead weight In
order to right the shin again. ana put 1t once
moro before the wind. In other words, We have
only to shift this surplus labor to the South and
Southwest where every n"ld Is itching for the
hoe. and thousands Of neglected or abandoned
plantations nre longing for the laborcr. to con-
vert this vas; army of idle consumers into so
many active producers. and thus bring things
back.to II true equilibrium.
How can this he donc2 II tho tramp can
tram over the North he can tramp to the South.
and there he will find abundance of work with
good wages. Tho South to-day is the most
thriving and prosperous section ofthe country.
Many Of our idle workingmen have laid by
against a rainy day, and now. when the rainy
day is upon them. they are spending their sun
stancc for asupport and idly wni!ing for some
thing to turn M, when they should themselves
turn up in some new region, whore their little
hoard would start them in life. and soon secure
them comfort and Independence.
To get away requires much less sum OF
money than Is generally supposed with the
low fnres the railways now OHrr to emigrnnts,
family Of ordinary size, with its furniture and
household utensils can be transported to nj
most any part OF the South or Southwest for
fifty to seventy Ave dollars. An additional two
hundred dollars will build n, temporary cabin
and buy a horse. cow. and farming imple-
mcnts. Then the man Is established. and has
only To work to secure n competency.
Land Will not require any cash outlay.
Throughout the South and Southwest there arc
millions of acres Of the richest soil. already
broken up. and lying faow because the owners
cannot get labor to till it. which the settler can
buy at his own price, and on his own terms oi
payment He will be welcomed. and treated
Ike n man; that Is. II he attends 10 ms
own business. and does not set himself up AZ q
doctor OF theolosy; or professor o, n2lld}'c al
a
the Southern and border States were born n
little before the flood. Their plough IL n wooden
wedge. and their hoe and spade, rope harness.
and clumsy oN-cart. wooden wheeled wagon.
and the Convention " that draws it,. camc out
would he wasted In attempting to convince
them that these relics are not long sight
ahead OF our new, tangled notions and fancy
nxin's. They had better bd let alone; ut any
rate. the settler had better not neglect his farm
work to do missionary labor among them for
the chances are. that II they are reasonably hon
est. and not overmuch given TO whskey. they
| may manage. without his help. to some day get
To region where there Is neither planting.
| sowing reaping, nor suhsoil plOughing.
Subsoil plOughingl That country will never
nccd t-not. ut least, for two centuries to come.
| have seen one Of these antediuvinns shake out
| Of his half beaten shenves sixty-three bushels
| OF wheat to the acre. And cornl have seen
| cornst4lks bearing, eight enormous ears, and
| tho stalks stout and tnl enough for the masts
| OF n fishing smack. have In mind now par
| tlcular district Of northeastern Tennessee but
| the sumo soil is found IN many parts OF West
| Virginia. kentucky. Missouri, northern Geor.
| gia. md Floridn. Those districts need nothing
| but Northern labor and Northern enterprise
| To- make them the garden spots OF this cont
ncnt And this land already broken IN, partly
| fenced. and, IN some instances. furnished will
| ordinary farm buildings. can now be- bought
| for three to four dollars an acre. II cost tia
muchto cloar It, So that in buying II tho settler
would literally got his fences. his buildings. anC
| his land for nothing
OF course. he will not move hastily. but will
acquire every possible information about th'
| chosen locality, And then, wherever no decides
| to 60 let him listen To no Interested person
| Of ground until he has put his own foot upon II
and knows exactly what he is buying.
| j. Il. G..