The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1883-07-12
.How will you manage to attend to
this work in addition TO your other

Qu6leS!"
It will not be necessary fo, us 70 hsve
an immigration agent in Columbia. The
work at this end Of the line will be gu.
pervised by myself and We expect Ia
nave our arrangements perfected so that
tickets will be sold at the Emigrapt's
Home in New York to all points in
south Carolina, rendering it unnecessary
Tor them stop in Columbia at all. But
whenever this is necessary they will be
properly cared for by some one from our
office here"
The IMMIGRANT AND THE NEGRO.
"Are farmers willing to pay more to
white immigrant laborers than to negro
lab0rers ?"
well, the immigrant laborers have
generally commanded higher wages than
the negroes and they cost their employ
ers more in other ways. They require
better food and better houses, and it is
expected that in return they will give
better labor. When the employer
advances the cost of transportation and
incurs the expense Of properly fitting up
houses for them and pays them the usu
al wages, $40 to $l2 month and rations,
(Which, as l said, must be of better
quality than that given negro laborers)
they cannot expect to make any extra
profit from their work for the first wear.
and it is probable that the EMPLOYERS
will lose money, although this is not
nays the case.
THEY ADAPT THEMSELVES
to our field work very readily and learn
our methods rapidly, but they are much
more efficient the second year, and inn
prove constantly. Our people generally
regard the negro as our best la6orer, but
1t ia evident from complaints that come
from every section of the State that ne.
gro labor is not as efficient as formerly,
and if it Is growing more worthless it is
time for US to consider whether it can be
substituted by any other class. About
the cities and towns the negro servants
are certainly becoming less useful every
year. Especially ia this the case with
cooks, house servants and nurses, and it
is absolutely necessary to fill such places,
at least with different class of people
Both the German and Irish girls gil
these positions admirably, and we NAV
expect to see large number Of them
ordered before great while.
EFFECT OF COMPETITION.
"The introduction of white laborerp
does not IN any way interfere with the
negro labor, but it has very wholesome
effect upon it. The negro entertains the
notion that he is necessary to the white
man, and knowing that he can get en-
ployment at any time. he is careless in
any position to such degree that he is
either discharged frequently or leaves
his employer without provOcation. He
can Immediately get work elsewhere
however, and is utterly Indifferent in the
matter. Where the white men have
been brought into competition with them
therefore, the negroes have felt less indie.
pendent and work far better. We would
not supersede but supplement negro
labor. The white men possess superior
Intelligence, and of course their work ia
much more systematic and thorough
than that performed by negroes.
A RACE EXPERIMENT.
Take white man who has not been
acclimated, and a negro, both will.
ing TO work. and doubt If the white
man would do more than the negro but,
as class, am satisfied that the white
laborers will prove far more efficient,
especially in the use of improved agri.
cultural implements. The old race of
negroes is dying OUT the young ones are
being educated and are seeking the east
est way of making living; and many of
these last are deserting the farms in the
hope of finding easier employment else.
where, or if remaining, are working un.
satisfactorily. The attempt to supply
their places with foreign labor is, with us
unf ntNI, =
the future must determine the result.
The white man is naturally more ambi.
tious than the negro, and he will not be
contented TO remain always a common
laborer. He wants u home of his own
with all the comforts it brings.
WHAT WE MAY EXPECT.
"After securing homes the white i'm.
migrants will most probably rent land
from their wealthier neighbors, and in
many cases farm on shares, while others
will prefer working as day laborers, and
this will give the farmers the cheapest
labor that can be procured, because they
will only pay for the time the laborer is
actually employed. They will perma.
nently improve all the lands they work,
by a more intelligent and practical
method of cultivation, thus adding
greatly to its value. Owing to the
healthful and diversified climate and the
great variety of soil of South Carolina,
and the less liability to cyclones, floods
and extreme droughts in comparison with
the Western States, I am inclined to
think that the next few years will wit.
ness large influx of immmigrants of all
classes and nationalities to our State, and
l think We will be greatly benefited by
their coming"