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Laborers and their Wants.W« puli I (all i-il a hdler ln«t week, received from tho VikiUi'h Dlrociory In Hun Francisco, worthy llm ludlcti uf both farmer a ml lahorcr. It ought 1«i Inllnotiro the laborers of llm ronit-try ftbtivo all others. It should cuime Diem In sue Uit) ubaoluio iii-ctaalty fur saving llnh numna ami p re paring (u mho it him all trmd ol land for eiiltlvutlmi with ihn laliur tlmy may fall to 11 nd employment forint llm acasim advances, Tlm opportunity hero I'm obtaining j laml mi liable fur Imumllntu utiltivittiun ia uu-u(|Htdlod, iv« art* Informed, anywhere in tin1 Slalo. Hontoforo Dm mun who fmlrd In his duty accepted his discharge with uth-r Indifference, knowing hu nurded only to cany IiIn blanket* to Dm mut imtnst fur in In llml a vacant place, It cannot a I way h ho ho with tlm state of tlm labor supply, uh shown by Mr. Dietz, who liiia labored imrneatly tlt; heller tlm oomlltloli of tlm laboring classes, ospi dally Iht young, whoso claim* for employment are gnu orally overlooked. A* la loan Haturduy ulghl, four uU'ii from u neighboring farm came into town, and through dnmltennem) fnlh'd to nudlt;u nil appearance on Monday morning. They may now bo seen loafing about tlm almd*. thclr mmmy go no, ami begging for morn to buy bread, which is inevitably spent for whisky If limy get it. Thu demand lor hiliorerH in Ihla section has bruti an groat that no prudence has been ahown by tlmao who lmd place*, and tw cart) hits Unm taken to ritialu Ilium. The dlitumit canal* in tlm ouunty employ a Imre uuuibor. Them aru 27ft tut Dm ihtenn Viola, 80 on Dm Korn Island, and ftUtm Dm Uallowiiy oaiul, bushl© bIho ttH nmny inoro on Dm branch oaliaUyut to bo com pitted. The ro cannot lult; leas than 1,1X111 niuti employed in tlm valley on tlieao varlona uiiUlt;rprh)ea. Tlm grain ciijm arc unusually heavy, and tlm nlfnlfa Helds me ■ i«or« Jmuriaut limn ever. Them) employ n ! large iorw. Messrs, Ilaggln A Carr eajiect to ! put up about 10,000, Messrs. Miller, I,us A . llruekcr, 6,000, Jewett A AinlerBiin, 2,600. and j Wr, Souther il.OOtl lolia uf hay. Other furm-i cm, (u a windier way, arc inmtrlbulUig to Dm ; supply. Them) ranches alone employ m'ariy \. 3,000 inuii, Vrum Hum to lime, the fuw labor* \j eta who Imvo saved Umlr mentis, lal.u eon-h traols for cutting uud stacking hay, and others t buy team* and take ountrautM for plowing mid \ planting, Others taka pieces of hind on share* v on a longer or shorter term. Jiu t not oim milOf fifty save enough uf their wages, at $1)0 permonth ami board, to take any such huh jamd-cut part, Wo huvu mm man hi our mind who commtmood work on a prominent farm near town three years ago, ami by prude non waved enough of bin wage* to pity up u pre-emption, paid also for a timber claim, and this season lowed a farm for whioli hu paid $t,IP) for (lie * year, and for Dm print net of which hu has been ullvrcd mine than $1,000, which ho do ctiiiQi to take, Thusu nro rare eases, but tlm opportunities arc by no means me. The i (wages of two yearn would unable any prudent man to start a farm of his own, itud with tlm (tbsolutooertalnty of imu crop, which U the \ Vewk tu this valley, and the rcaaoiotblo proa* poet of two crops in tlm year, lm could not - fltil to mnko a complete success, Tlm stale-went of Mr. Diet* allows tlm UuporUnoii to ^y,.tbd(aborer of more dilllgortcti in hiu work, and tiift.dvlennlnatlon to avoid tho wasteful ways of yy 'ido many Californian*,isliformitioioncm:hoirevHiiiOlHidHill| IM(lieintancli! tl HiI.VIlf I pci IIImecmlmftlpc
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Southern Californian and Kern Weekly Courier
Bakersfield, California, US
Thu, Jun 07, 1877
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