The Lake Charles echo., 1893-03-24

i haTs 5ast reesGge3 dread uiEa ia /
tesest. tie arfisaa by 81. Z Slater, also D
v9aE rsmarks sc same ID the Janaary
I S fssne 81 gonr valadble 5unEnals reia- ]
live 10 tie aaRe question. 4 have been
aursqel u Rnall wsg II she manu-
faefaripg business isEehi,eesHFRi aooa
warkl loF twenty gesEs-twelFa ~
Michigan and the eight last passed Il
Montgomery, AiahRms. ! have pala
the came naen wbo worked for me ID
Michigan foE 5L50 per day, 81 30 per
day here. and haER heen nnAbia %
kesp then bsTond Ehe time agreed
upun ct taeir coming. they prelerriBg
10 70 back North and work fpr sld0
His mes nv pVTposo - stste taeir
Fsaaons Tor ihe pEeieIsnee IN TINS arti-
cie hHl sinaply mention 4 To sh0w that
sktlled iron aorkers aFe net tue Dnls
ones who receive more wages Sauta
than their feii0w cFaflsaea a fbz
SoEIa. While i Is faet thai reass are
higher here thau a. the Nprlh, the
laralOrd Is not entirely at fault. There
aFe reasons bsyend his control for this
atata of things The rate Of insersst is
higher, and also She rate of insurance.
II be furnishes the same amoant Of
room and every was as good hoaze, is
costs bim more money = baiid II. To
meet The ioeal demand be mnsl furnish
the heating arrangements e grate and
nanEle for each room nny one Of
mhien costs RE much as all the store
fines ID q house Of ike dimensions af
The North, where every one Hzrms bis
rooms with heating Stoves which ARE
furaished by the tenant. After this
h0nse is built Il costs more 10 keep Il
u repair; The woodwork Fots ont more
quickly, even Il kept Beli painted, and
Il musi be painted innch oftsaar ~
keep up AZ equal appearance.
Sc much Tor the landlords side Of
klle question, winch ID nOi the only
cause Tor the differences in wages Of The
two sections under comparison. 6eariy
every article neaied Iy the workman
Or bis family comes from the North,
aud he mnst pay more transportation
charges, and il many cases more md
die mems commissions. Take. Tor
instance, ltirh potAtoasi an srIscis Di
daily diet gith northern artisan and
his family. The price here rules frgm
two 10 three times as much per bnsAei
~ Ct points north Of the Ohio river.
Il IS not ms intention to be understood
that this difference prevails Az every
thing. Some lines are cold at reason
able advances, While others are sold at
still iaEgsr margins On the whole il
costs one-thiHd more to live bsFe than
ID tOwns Of fbe same size at the North,
and Il order 10 liEe Is well tbe nschau-
ic must receive more wages than has
northern brother.
What the South Rseds most and
mnst have before manufacturing will
pay il cheaper food produets This
means more white farmers, Hith intel
iigenee aud eneEgE, living Oh and max
ing q living oil their farms. We hBve
an abundance Of good lands lying Idle.
The best aua easiest managed iaD0reEs
IN the world are also idle fer fhe want
Of q master head aud hand to lead and
direct them. So long ss the farmer
Persists Ia bringing 10 B bale Of cotton
10 market and taking home q side Of
bacon b Eack OF meal and a bale Of
haN. Just 20 long farming wont pay, OF
manufacturing either, and skilled tabor
will command more Hagss for like ser
vice 4t the South than Is paid where
the farmer lives al hoDe and bRA some
thing 10 sell the year round, when be
goes 10 toEn. a. ID. Al HIS.
MONTGOMERY, Ara March !, 1883.