New-York tribune., 1879-11-08
LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE.
WESTERN SETTLEMENTS.

A PLAN UNu'NG GOOD Mo.AIs AND INDUSTRY
WITH ExEcUnvE ABILITY AND LNrKRi EIss-
REWARDS FOR TnE DESERVING AND DISMISSAL
FOR THE INDOLENT.
To the Editor OF The Trtbuns.
SIR: As a reader OF THE TRIBUNE see that
you a living interest I'm the welfare Of the working
class The great founder Of your paper of the
opinion that only the clearing and colonization OF the
Immense Western lands would remedy present want
of employment aud needs Of the workngmen of Amer
lea. But now until have found satisfactory
answer to tie question: How aud 10y what means IL
possible many Western settlementsi There have
been already, especially siuce last WINTER good many
projects brought before the public IL seems to me not
difficult carry the good cause. and to prosper
hundreds OF families. II capital and church, hand In
hand. make this object their united aim. IL must be
understood from the beginning, tnat he VINO FURNISHES
capital this enterprise has the right TO expect an In
Of II. It's TACT that hundreds ana thousands
OF strong young would willing take 10 farm work
II hey only had some one who would aid them TO start
In IT, II the obstacles which discourage many thousands
OF strong willing men cannot be removed, Is II not
cruel wrong to advise them to gain Their livelihood as
fsrmersl
But these aud other obstacles removed Let us
snppose a rich man who Is Wiling TO lend his hand.
He secures large ~ land. which Il selected by
expert, capable, conscientious men-land which Is not
too of the commercial roads.
the climate aud drinking of which healthful
beyond doubt, and which show forth an extent OF
good timber and natural pasture, on which there Is or
be easily secured good water-power, and which
above all Is favorable TO agriculture and the raising OF
cattle The task Is to find person able to govern
the whole settlement; man OF ample knowledge. of
economy. aud OF iron enorgy-a man whose moral aud
rel gion character whose ioutousnoss aud Impair
uaty are raised above all doubts whose organ
lzng and administering talents sufficiently assured
with such man should be placed yonng Protestant
minister who Is faithful and piods willing 10 take on
bmsrlf the privatons and hafdshps of the situation,
aud the teaching aud education OF the children IN the
acknowlcdged fact that most good ard atle farmers,
who from Northern Germany Cdecklenourg POM
erauIu SaXOuN totally corrupted IN their industri
Gus habits aiter having lived mere Tor some time ln
manufacturing district. great should be taken to
select only such abOrers have Just landed IN this
ov NJ ,,sfvrtbv PTof'sTsnt minister The terms OF
their engagement should be rs follows; They 10 re
ceive their 0oard washing etc., and sucn wages ~ are
pad farm aborers that part of the country,
nut only onc-ha ~ their monthly earnings should be-
yal them directly. while the other half l. kept back
In The nands OF the board The laborer, nave TO be
strictly obcdient To the rules OF The establishment. ana
to the Of the superintendent they shall
l. al mor1 G. aud shall not. II there l. not urgent
necessity Divine services Those who prove 10 be,
Dy their iazincss immortality, any otner offences.
absolutely unft can be llnmedlateV dlschaiged Will
ont notice, having received their remaining wages.
But lah0rers who, after years rrial are acknowl-
edged SOBER dligent. honest men. shall he enabled
to acquire greater Il extent Of land together with
the necessary stock OF cattle ana utensils Iis VIII be
gVcn 10 nim unurr rcasOhaDlo teims on ohg cre,il,
and the retained half ~ his wages saa be accepted
first pay ment ON the DEBT.
II sufficient number OF l0bOrers are hired. among
also must be mechanics carpenters, mcsOns and
smiths) the establishment Of the mother farm, as
might call 1t, could be begun without loss of time.
After years existence the estab shment should have
proceeded support itself by the help OF its
products and then II would seem tune 10 lay out
little farms OF twenty, forty, sixty and eighty acres,
and to erect upon them the necessary buildings All
these preliminary conditions fulfilled, the proprietor,
the superintendent and the minister should have con-
slltatiUn IN which "a few impartial, experienced men
and some OF the best ab0rers might JOIN Here the
first question be answered By the board should be
Which OF the employed abOrers trustworthy and
which nOti The latter ones should be discharged.
After tins the board should definitely settle at what
price and under what conditions these smaller greater
harms shall be committed 10 the good and faithful
lsbOrers The board Will then legally transfer TO the
selected labOrers their future property aiding them, II
necessary, in erecting neat houses Such an enter
prise wOud, think, not only render happy hundreds
OF families. but It would also be capital invested In
the very best way. g. MARY
Cedar HiH Training Farm. Plainuinc, M, Aug. Is,
1879