WAGES IN THE UNITED STATES

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 2236, 25 September 1889, Page 2

WAGES IN THE UNITED STATES

To all appearance tae Onited States will soon lose its attractiveness an a fi Id for thoie who leave England with ihe Intention of bettering their condition bi small farmers or as farm laborers. We extraot the following from the London •• Standard " : —•« The Bxeoutive of the National Fruitgrowers' League, having sent one of their experts to visit the agricultural districts of the Eattorn Stateß of Amerioa, has received a report dealing with the quoetion. It states th&t, In consequence of the coaliouoas flow of emigrants of almost all nationalities, the labor centres of all the Eastern States of Amerio? are m a very congested condition. The position of the agricultural cUas Is, In the majority of oases, worse than It Is In tho United Kingdom. Ia tho height of tha season there are hundreds of thousands of ablebodied men working from 4 In tha morning till 8 at night for JOi per week and their bonrd. Through jut six months of the year those terms cannot be eeonred. The talk about ohf ap land Is declared to be a delusion, the value of good arable land being gtoattr, m moat oaiei, than thvt of the United Kingdom, and farming cannot be oarrled on m any part of Amerloa without money, say £!?00 In oaoh Individual oase at }cist, and with auoh pipltal better reaolts can baaeoared on five aares at homo."