The People's vindicator., 1879-02-08
DJTs ON THE CROPS
The Weathar How Farmers ar
Prorarngfor the NV Y aar-
Labor and its WanS-Out
look fer Results.

Onr farmers are E"w at their very
busiest season, when lah"rrrs are EN-
pIoycd. fences repaired and lands put
in shane to receive the seeds Of har.
vest. Some are disposed to give
wages, instead Of part Of the crop as
heretofore, to their hands this, how
ever, is confined to but few, but shows
an intelligent indication to step out Of
the old rut and advance to the science
Of practical farming. The price paid,
or offered. is $l2 to SIS per month
hands finding themselves. The great
majority Of our farmers are arranging
their labor on the basis Of ! to ! crop.
Such as supply themselves receive
the latter, and those supplied with
rations take one third.
So far the supply Of labor has been
fully met by the demand, and the de-
crease in one neighborbood has been
| met by corresponding increase in
another.
In our opinion this removal of Ia
borers from we'll settled homes is in.
furious to them az we'll as the farmer.
The dismal winter We have Just
experienced has rotted the soil to a
fearful extent-this may be good for
future crops, but it has rendered our
roads impossible, or nearly go.
A far as We can learn the farmer is
cheerful; determined to raise corn and
some meat, and to put himself gene.
rally on war footing. We trust bis
most sanguine hopes will be realized.
The VISDIcAToR enjoys the largest
circulation of any paper in Louisiana
outside of New Orleans and Shreve.
port, and we are climbing up every
day. 1t deserves support from our
business men, and We hope they will
accord it. II our local friends, who
a:e the retail.supply merchants to a
large circle, do not come forward and
expose their prices and wares 10 our
columns, we will solicit, and can Oh.
tain, a heavy advertising patronage
from retail dealers in New Orleans.
The VIND1cATOR has done for Nat
chitoehes, both town and parish, what
few country papers in the State can
claim to Lave done for their respec.
tive parishes. 1t is through the vlN-
DICTATOR that the political and bust.
ness world knows there is parish
and city of Natchitoches. We have
always felt q pride 10 our parish and
have done for it everything 10 our
power. Now, We feel that our mer.
chants and business men at home,
should do something to assist us. We
have dozens of solicitations, cmbra-
cling business proposition which tempt
us seriously, to cot up the v1NDIcA.
TOR in other parishes. This We will
not do 90 long - We can help it and
We can help it only 40 long as our
business men support US. A few
have done 80, and literally /; but the
great majority have done and do,
nothing towards sustaining 4 live
paper. We have enjoyed circula.
ton no journal ever before attained
in this section but, subscriptions 30
but a short way to pay the enormous
expenses Of . paper. While produce
and material have sunk in price,
.
printing paper and printers' wages
aro nearly tho same. In fact tho VlN-
DlCAToR's expenses are now greater
than 1875 or 1876. Hence it is impossi
ble to reduce subscription prices no
matter how much We might desire to
do 90. If our people support Us with .
lively business patronage it is our
aim to enlarge our paper and 30 o.
improving it until it will be tho cst
reekly Journal IN the State. We trust
our wishes may be fully realized.
PROCLAMATION,