The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1883-09-14
Crosse g. BlackweIl's Goods.

mnity ui observing the condition OF labor
iu the south. Labor in the Mississippi
valley was entirely agricultural. Few
white men were employed, rs they soon
hccumr either land owners or
tenants. The condition OF the
negro Was good as compared
with lew years ago. There We're
three methods ot employing laborrr-
For wages, working On shares aud AZ
tenants. Large farmers, besides fur
ulshng lahorers with shelter, fuel aud
other advantages, divide the gross pro-
cecds ofthe crops among their employees.
Under this system thrifty and INDUSTRY
uus lHborers ought soon to become land
uwcrs, but negroes are SO iudolont
that they ful to- take adyau-
ed them aud will only devote 80
much time to work IA will enable them
lo procure the necessities Of life.
Under the renting System the best land
IN the country can toe obtained ut very
reasonable price and with tn rental ar,
secured many privileges. On his own
farm The witness utilized all these
methods FOR employing labor, but pre-
ferrpd the tenant system. II was hlH
object 10 raise the standard NJ culnred
small farmers to that OF small white
tnrmrrs. This could only he done gradu.
ally uu account NJ tue poverty OF the
upgror-. \ large pnrti ~ the cotton
crop rs NOW raised hy small farmers. and
tue uumhcJ o these Ia increasing every
year. The Citations between planters ami
employees are friendly and harmonious,
aud th'u is little danger ot strikes. Tho
nhor,rs tolt that they had interest, 10 the
soil, ami that sttlkr would he us iniuri-
uIl. fD. Llt.u Ills their pmulUNpu-.
ihero wuA much greater tendency tn
conflict hotwuou the rHccs than between
Labor and capital The bogt Interests of
the iRburcrs of the south would he sub
served hv tho establishment of
industrial schools, aud 10y the
tutul elimination Tom federal politlcs
Of the sn called negro question
10y leaving it, solution to time. For
uuuy wears tie negroes had rCCur led
themselves as wards at the federal cavern
mrui, aud II were well Tor them to UNDER
stand that tuCv nav" nothing more to CX-
pcri from the Wucrll government tn
white meu and ihnt like Ham, their
future depends on their uwu energy
and industry. Nothing probably would
contribute 40 Immediately to their pros
y rity IA the reduction Of the tariff Tue
wItness Thought the south offered thr
greatest Inducements to imml'
grafton. Race feeling was dyin,
/ ont, mud II the south
was LETT Ia itself, there WAS no moro dan
3 x e to br feared from IT, Capital could
/ then find secure investment Ia
/ ppliticn the negro vote was 10y no means
/ na solid Tor the republican
ticket IA sn many in the nth supposed,
| but was split between the two parties, .,
/ largo proportion voting with the plant
ers their employees, not from coercion, but
by preference The witucss Advocated
government control " the impry vermont
ot the Mississippi valley. Ia regard tu
education lac suggested the former cotton
tax ot 5000 900 should bn appropriated
To the education oi the negroes IN the
south. As To- the rest al the states they
cnuli take care OF their negro citilcns,
aud hc recommended that the sctlloment
VI all difficulties be- lett To- time.