The Colfax chronicle., 1891-12-19
Another Year.

| Another Year.
In the meanwhile Landowner has succeeded
IN getting through parliament an act authoriz
iz'ng him to enclose the common and has
taken possession He has accordingly fenced
in tho whole OF it. Not against cattle this time,
but against Labor.)
Labor. gong to Please,
sir, as the common is enclosed, I've now
no free land to work upon, and should
be very glad to hire that same lot of you
for another year.
Landowner-Humph! You did pref
ty well on that lot last year, didn't
you?
Labor-Yes, sir! was able to give
Capital new spade, besides paying
him for the use of his; and had enough
over to keep my family in comfort after
paying you the rent.
Landowner-And you expect to get
the land for the same rent this year?
Labor hope you will let me have
1T on the same terms, sir. If I'm oblig-
cd to pay more l shall not be able to
give Capital SO much for the use of his
spade, and my family will suffer for
want of the comforts to which they
have been accustomed.
Landowner-That's none of my busi-
ness Capital must be content with a
smaller return, and you must reduce
the expenses of your family. There's
no common for you to cultivate now, or
for him to pasture his heifer on. You
must both of you cut your coat accord
ing to your cloth. Gnd wear your old
clothes when you have no cloth.
Labor-fm aware of that, sir, and
can only hope that you will consider
my circumstances
LandOwner-What ! shall consider
viii be my own interest / shall man.
age my estate on strictly business
principles. Yoa paid me fifteen BUSH
els of potatoes On account of nv inn
provements last year. We agreed upon
hat as fair. didn't wo?
Labor-Yes, sir.
Landowner-Well! Ill be easy with
Tou and charge you no moro this year:
'ut you must keep the fence in re-
,air.-
Labor-It will be very hard on me,
ir; taking so much from the support of
ny family. but suppose that mast
70 as You say; and if must, must.
Landowner-Now how much will |
ou agree to give me for the use of nv
and? Last year you wouldn't give me
and l had to come to your
erms, because you had the common to
all back upon. This year there's no
ommon, and you've got to come to
line.
Labor hope, sir, that they will be
nch as to enable me to live and keep
~ family comfortably, which will be
ard work enough now, with the addi-
onal work I'm obliged to put upon
ne fence.
Landowner-Comfortably! don't
now and I don't care. You ought to
e satisfied with the necessarics of lie,
nd not talk about luxuries. But
lere's no use in wasting any more talk
bout the matter. The rent of the lot
'r this year is fifty bushels in all.
Labor-But. sir
Landowner-But me no Butts That's
le rent
N"ooA We chdh StdTVe, Slr, ana then
'ur land will be of no use to you.
on must have somebody to cultivate
Landowner-There's something in
at; but, as said, fifty bushels is the
mt You know that you must take
e land at my price. and know you'll
AXE the shift to pull through II you
Mt, and / find that you really haven't ,
ough to live on, perhaps I'll not exact !,
whole of the rent but let a part re-
ain in arrears for you to make up
hen you have an extra good year, and =
Will give you some of the small pota- q
IS in charity, to keep you alive and :
of the poorhouse-where (aside) l Z
ould have to pay for the whole sup :
rt of you and your family.
CLEARLY the difficulty of finding en-
'yment, the fact that in all vocations,
rule, the supply of labor seems to s
ceed the demand for labor, springs I
I'M difficulties that prevent labor find 4
: employment for itself-from the q
rriers that fence labor off of land 4
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