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dltctcs. This Is pnr.ly due TO the exccfslvo
rents. mad partly tluo also to tho vicious tenant
systcnl, which fnakch

dltcl,e'. This Is ,pnrt!y due 70 !hc excessive
rents. und purity tluo also to tho vicious tenant
system, which fpakch
ANNUAL LETTINGS
a feature Of the 9nuth. Contracts arc aclaom
tnadc hoyund tile year; md the tenant having
.Ess r. the bsyGna hS psr M Of ~.
.ncnts. Tic custom Of nnnuai lettings arose Il,
the llrat place, anppose, from tllo .jcalousy Of
Tue neGroc: In regnrd to their freedom. Thcy
contract their labor fsr more than year At .
lime. but, thta feeling WAS 1Io,trishctl BY thn
plnntarh, who, like most nlort!s preferred to
l'asu contrnl oi their propcrty ut least, oi1cc
The part VI l.lst!lorts; bit Nnrsllern tcnants us
a. rula insfst upon long lenses. Ills cuhto1.!
ol nnnual lease. Is much mora general
at tho South than nt t'lc North; md, whatever
GUS to the cnuntry. To1ants nsd latorers work
tln soil only for present ube; Md, with tt,n
ignorant threwstness Of their cIass, they manago
TO got out Of 1t mort thnl, they put In It.
THE Third ErrgtT Or ruE LaNp.srsrEm
is to discourage Immigration. This ASPECT OF
thu aucstIon was 40 nbly discussed III a rocont
etiitorial IN fHE TRIBUNE that It wontd b. usc-
less 10 70 over It. again. r1lr wavc-lttlo n lnsni-
grafton "a one Of The most peculiar anl NOTE
not follow isothcrmu1 lines. Int iaopoll' eaie
lines. Tile South haa hcen given widH berth,
frat, bccauac It employed ecrvilc, lab,r.. and
afterwards bcetiiso IL discouraged small hold
,hc intentional, effect of ttc plantation systc1n
III tile South. Biz .p'nnters 'lnyv been ahlo 10
cFush out competition. They l,nyc been in
= pusttton to Fa!so cotton y less cost
tllnn small farmers, though not with grcnt pruflt
to themsclyos. The social system built Ap III,
the Dnnd-syatem hns atsn been tl!acourAetnn to
Immigrants. Thrift, industry. anu iadcuchd-
euro have mt counted for 50 much III l!lc South
as n !atntly-uutne, tino mnnicss, nnd elegant
lG'surc.
COST or surEHtNTENDEECE
Involved In the laud-syk:cm arr some conse-
! que,ccs of tnportancc1.whirll lMvo lartly
room to net,tio One Is TIN: enormous cost Of
tMbor IL held to be degrading, n1ll no contldclco
Is rcposed in tho honesty Of te la1orrr, good
percentage Of tho revenues Of a firm, has to be
spent in auperFntcndcntc. Each gnnt, Of Iu-
buTers {Wlien la1'urera arB employed bv the Lny>
must have nI oycraeGr; nl on 4 plantation Of
2,O00 acres you WILL commonly tnh employed:
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These arc wtEtu men OF intelligence, who l,ave
cost tlle plaI.tcr s3,;AN uma. tlrir hoaru. lllu
proprietor does nothing, Mnd his assistants do
nothing that they ca1 possibly help doing. That
The rule among , willt1 '; n,e,, at la south;
VIZ HsEtoNe :" 'a"st NO petCFc ,ht' n"Htti!hca
arc ~ must oe confessed lucy nave Rnne TO
Eooa .1 selogl @ M lor e!ueearas. lieY IT, tlieir
lA1lucss hna t'lelf ihproslaenec from the saaAe
suurce.
TIE GENERAL. InLKNEss or THE WHITES
fs thu last ey,, eftect Of misunderstanding. nnl
the grcutcst, Tilc Southern nrt,nle do nil vat
recognize tic enormous tax laid on the snI l,y
IN itilc white population, Ii thcy shoujd gt,
North ann sec tic farmers working II, ihe 1lci
by The side OF thrjr men, tI,c farmers, wives
mid daughters preuriur meals fnr ill III"
hands aud Keeping llu thc dulfy brsf,irR: th,.
whplc fnmily sitting dnwt, .tf, II frl,,rn h,,n,.
made meal together: thc coarse. n]ntn. mm,l
durable clothing nj tI,e rons mi fial,rhters:
thu scnl on the wl,,sky.botttt. uIMl t!u sIrriul
onon.,,,,, .,s i.u,i =. ,n.it IL, ~