The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1882-11-09
Interesting Letters Touching the I'M
migration Question.

InIS hilUh HuSStiohs
The following interesting letters from
mOs, intelligen: and reliable sources In
various sections Of the State have been
received, among others. by tho State Inn
migration bureau. We have selected
these OH account of the evident inte!ii.
gcnco and reliability Of the parties ana
as coming from sect. ms so wide apart
General John Il Erwin of Lancaster,
who has been earneo, and liberal II! deal.
ing with this question, had received
ten grown Iiungariaus, eleven IN al, III
October, 1851 In January, lAs2, lie
writes: Tie Hungarian immigrants you
sent me, AIN truly very much pleased
with them. They are very Industrious,
prompt, well disposed, careful aud eco,
nomical and appear to be cIntentcl anu
happy. At sun rise they are ready To go
to Their work; at noon they consume one
hour for dinner. and then return to their
labor, which continue until dismissed
No supervision il necessary, except 10
tell them what to do. What Is the pros
pcct OF getting more sop!.? These nave
written t. some Of their friends to come
to them
"IIe writes October Bird. 1852: To-day
! tclegrnphed you, inIuiring whether
you have any more liuHgarians or peo,,
pie from near Vienna on hand. l need
labor very much He has sent the
relatives Of those he has-and is ready to
arrange for more that may be willing TO
come. He says, in this connection i
wish TO know if money can be placed or
deposited with the agent in C"lnmbia OF
the steamboat company to he PAID 10 the
company when immigrants arrive in this
country, i. {. Columbia. ask this qucs-
!i"n because ! 81. disr'Isc'! 70 send for
other immigrants My ldea
| iS To deposit some money with the steam
boat agent in Columbia To bc used III
payment Of some iinmigrnnts' passage,
provided the immigrants arrive WITHIN
| sixty days from date Of deposit
Colonel j, j. Dargan OF Sumter, who
has Poles, writes October ~, 1857: Il
| am exec, dinghy anxious to convince pco'
pie, white and black, that we are not de.
pcndent upon negro labor TO carry on our
farm work successfully. They
are sill doing as well AZ it is possible for
any Iaborers To- do. / would not wish TO
mako them different III any particular
| from what they are, if could make them
| exactly to my OWN notion. AS farm Ia
| borers they fmcn and women) simply are
all that the most eIaciinE employer that
! has any reason or humanity about him
could desire. / want several more fauni-
lies Of the same sort.
Mr.. s. r.. Lang of kersliaw County :
| "Have in all, Hungarians and Bohemi-
! ans, nineteen. Some OF them have
worked through the last two Summers.
In every department of farming they
take the lcad--sowing, reaping, plowing,
| hocing and ditclling; and in handling
the more improved machinery, now SO
much in use, they are especially expert
give the negro eight dollars a month, one
| peck Of meal and three pounds of meat
| and tho usual plantation privileges, with
| the half Of every Saturday. ! give the
| Hungarians and Bohemians ten dollars q
| lu nf nj itrI, 1S
| OF Hour, two pounds of coffee and one
pound of sugar and special privileges
| and Offer the negro the same rationS and
wages if the negro will do the samo work
as the immigrant, but he declines.
| could give the immigrant twelve dollars
| q month and the same ratiOns and get
more for my money than do from the
negro"
Colonel J. +. Townsend Of Edisto
IIc has %, all Germans except one family
Of Bohcmians. lIo writes October lIth
| lASl-Januarv 4th, 1882: "They do MOI
in any way Interfere with the negro labor
OIL my place, but each iorIns compile
ment To the other, and work together IL
the most amicablc way, and Instead q
running oil the negro, az see stated by
some i'll the papers, have had moro up
plicatiUns of negroes for employment or
Ill place this year than ever before"
lls writes again October 18th, 1882
"There arc three families here who seen
perfectly satisfied and signify their in
tention Of remaining several years.
They act as Il stimulant to the negro Ii
Dor, in competing for tho work on the
plantation and III impressing the ide,
upon their minds that there Is another
source of labor besides Africa, and other.
physically capable Of labor in our climate
besides tho black man. i am desirou.
still Of carrying the experiment to q sue
cessiul financial result. feeling certain
that great good will come to this section
of our State, through steady and labor
ing population III the place OF the thrift
less negro, who add little to the improve
mont of our lands and nothing to 'hc ad
vancement OF agriculture. Ii you ,oult
soud ine two sood families think I an
in thu way Of working out the problem
rs those that have here seem to hav,
come 90 the conclusion that they canno
do better elsewhere. Ono of them hav
ing left hero on the lst OF July and triet
tl.; experiment i'll New York in factor.
Tor :hr, months, came back thoroughly
penitent. begging to BIO taken again undel
contract"