, 1879-05-28

1aborcra engaged. Iiie factor rllarzra ~ Ier
tent raranntsRinf, 8 rtr rent tntercht n1aa w
etnp,.wIicl. 1t t'Irned over 10 bin; II lc planter
st,npltet his Elasr, Il" draws Ills advances III
Kind 1nstcnl1 a( money, md the factnr makes
ni,utr totnM!asl0n Oil tic purchase ot apt1llcs.
not always iIr ealnpr; croI, fn,lurea n.ltl la'nr
tron',rs .nye rendered te business fsccasss'us
oven on thin basts. THIS nart Of the credit
hysten + ''eclnig Ma,Y u ,t' former CT 'am'. ~.
pa.scti into ihc h,,nis 81 tiir ,far,"rs. Many
otlacts. In order to snve Themselves ir1tn ,l'lt
fa.r, rcf,,sa to advance supplies 10 tto latoscrs
or Incur ans niilrr risk hui content themselves
With what They eatl gut nut vi Tho reht.
In: nesrn II mn ,natat!yn CREATURE. In lnrt',"
trg IN tIlr rcnt system l1e na followed nj c)osc-
ly rs pnssibtc in ihc tontstnps of his old nasaur.
lie ,uortghgcs everything tio llaa Mt ille beEih'
erop Which he ia cul,lsattng, 10 accurc paymcnt
uf Ills rent n,lsl cortafN credit on which hc can
draw lor supplies. II fIu Is fortunate enough
to bo the tc1lnnt Of n iArEc and wealthy lthl-
price. keep hin and Ills family undcr certain re-
ssrnnt as to their expenditures, maintain fhc!r
quarters In repair. roshaos furn!ah doctoF III
rase OF sickness, md occaaionaily extend Other
EEatastos, the slecso sahorcr ~ll! tatc re'l eTcn
tenant Win II at Tie msrcY Ut nle aVerage atGso-
keeper has hard struggle fot czI.t;
cnce. 'llo frequently pays MI mt, interest e'' 81
IS por cent Tor hts ersati 'a'si, =. n.y., r.
Ought to pay for lis supplies. Thc negro, as a
rule, Is tu,pruyidont, reckless, and not always
ecrupu1ous. / heard to-day Of IN instance
which will illustrate: A ncgro flad exhausted
a cratllt ot $50. It was picking tin,c Zig
looked over his crop, n,"l inndc IN !'ts MUD
tint, II lle gnlcrci It, tbs rg'urll wuuld about
pny of s'te BtOrclecpcr nnl lEnyo hin .not fFE
oTes. lie nswl Ills fusulty could earn abn'it q n
,lay By prlttug ut 10 cents per l00 @9!tntis as
Iled-hallds III anotcr plantation, atnl this lh.y
lid. Tic +Tew stQrckeepcr esAp!oycd labor 10
do the picking oil tho dcsertcd lnte'l asHt Eatl-
cred about twice as tlltcl cotton as Wn" ncFch-
vary to discharge Ills claim. LII thai one cnse
tictnnroyfdetlca, the unscrnpulousness, nn the
| luck oil iudEment-nli Of which arc to certain
extent characteristic Ut the ncgro-wetc fully
| revealed.
injustice TO the laaorcrs. n1tl bnva hcen fruit.
rEl tu11rcc OF the tllHuonicnt flat psG'ntls. II
thcre were no sic laws TN. system Of advatircs
would bc nlInndonuti. As It is. tic landowner
has the first ien. The hired laborrr tlor fh'
lnborcrs At waecs) l,as tho nrxt lieu: but this
liet,, to be valid, must Io recorded, yhict! to
hired !ahorcr, in hs ignorance, usually ncElcets.
The storckceper comes noxt III ortlcr' oit, as a
! rule, bp excludes l,a lAborcs from hts tsea a$
| au carly record. THIS practtct has swtnd'ct'
hundreds and thousands ut hired 1at'orors out
Of their dues; among tilcn, nre tnnnl woneu,
| who arc cvcn more expert nt 'psgltint'
ttlu1 ,l,e men, and the women lluyc been tlIt
most y|o)euk aEftat ors In taYOr of emigration, be-
caliAe they hnyu bcsn the worst au'1crcrs from @
| vleto,1s syatein. ..-.-,..... z
II is doubtful whether the country stosekccp
eys get rich IN spite OF the pcr cent which they
exact. 1t Is with them US It was with the Inc
tors In tho earlier years aucceeling tho War
Their losses mora tnm otfrct tile c1orl'itnllt IN
tercst and profits they charEo up against ttell
customers. THIS the credit system Ii uhe ou
OF which i,oholy mal:es any inoncy+-ncttsc!
Tho nin,1ter tllg merchant, nor tic lntOrer, bl