The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1882-1884, 1883-03-22

II Sttll.
We know that Immediately after
the war an the emancipation of the
slaves. the demoralized and disor
yanizad condition of the labor were
uuavoi liable and inevitable. But
no , D.. II. arly twenty years after peace.
the .iemoraliz.i condition of labor is
| Tue solely to the methods OF
farming adopted and pursued by
the land owners and farmers. To
assert that the far er cannot manage
labor as long as the merchant runs
on yearling mortgages, the one horse
farm r, AMI colOrel m IN, is 20 assert
mis- stupi lity an inability to manage
his own atfairs IF you were to
threaten to iemoralize amt disorgan-
aze the labor OF the hat, wLOl.en
shoe. or silk manufacturer in enc OF
:.he New En.lanl States, he would
laugh at your folly and pity your ig
no ance. The manufacturing cor
porations of this country not only
control their laborers and dictate and
fix their wage 8. but also control their
political opinions, or formulate them
and vote the TN to suit their own
pecul ar political creeds. And this
is natural. Capital ha; always and
will always control the labor of the
world. This is not right. Money
!, is power. ard who can strike down
u. its influence over lasor, over the
minds of men, over the world
Lahor an capital ought to be
mutual helps to each other. as Meth.
} er would be valuable without the
} other. But man is so avarisiOus.
srasping. Jewish and mean by nature.
that when he gets power he is sure
to use it against all the world and in
favor OF hims If; So that capital in
the hands OF men has The advantage
, of labor.
Now our correspondent seems in ii.
rectly to blame the merchant for the
2 present con ltlon of the country as
) to labor. We are no defenders OF
5 the merchants. AS in all other trades
and professions there are big rascals
in their ranks. We would like t.
! zee some merchants trie and con
victed for swim llin2 and stealing
t from their patrons; but this time the
, blame is not On their shoulder, how
! ever much sin lies at their door. Il
T the farmers. like other classes, were
to combine and organize they woulG
nave no trouble in controlling labor
none whatever.
g, But how can the farmer expect any
! Ue* ter state OF affairs, when he rent,
n out his land to his so called tenan
e AMI surrenders him to the merchan
:. for supplies ? when he farms will
h,m on shares and surrend. RS half o
e tue crop to the merchant to suppl,
n the laborer when he surrenders al
)" to the tenant and merchant?
II How can the farmer look or hop
- for any better result when his tenan
. goes to his wotk at eight o'clock il
u IN the IN ,r.,ing, stops three hours 3
high noon. stops before night. goe
e to all the political harangues fro,
" June till November, works not exceed
4 ing one hall of the time allotted b
- Go fOl man to work ?
'e No fences repaired, no bitches Gu
" AMI cleaned out, no ,hedye.rt,v
" cleaned u. , no new grounds take
u in, no slruoDing done, an Il above a
- no compost heaps made as of old t
~ build up and stimulate the exhauste
~ tel Is. lanls hired by the mont
~ or oy the dav. to begin in March ,
"a MAKE a crop ahi to end i'm Auuu:
&c at the laying by of tue crop. Ho
10 can you keep a. a plantation unde
% such system of farming I? III
plantation must come down. and tt
~ owner Thereof must come down WI,
~ IL, or the laws OF nature must |
- suspended ar reversed in ks favo
- And no wing mortal is to blame fl
~ all this hut the tinid, fearful tarme
" He, and he onl, can control the far
- labor OF this country.
H. Let the farmer, like the manufa
- turer, dictate tbs terms AMI time ,
g labor. When, where AMI how tt
> laborer shall work !; give living wage
demand and rec,iv good work c
~ the farm from March till March. al
:" all will be we'll.
HERE AND THERE.