Observations On Professions Literature Manners And Emigration in the United S
Observations On Professions Literature Manners And Emigration in the United S
Isaac Fidler
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Indeed, where every respectable person is employed, there is no place for idleness, nor for men disposed to practise it. They will not be encouraged, nor succeed in any way. I have heard it often complained of that labour is higher there than in England. I doubt this extremely as a general rule. The best wages are, for a husband- man, about twelve dollars a month ; and the lowest about eight dollars. A good servant in Cumberland would generally obtain twenty-five pounds a year when times are go...od, which is as much as the average price of labour in Canada. Labour is higher there in pro- portion to the price of produce. A bushel of wheat is there at the price of a dollar, but in England at two or three dollars, and other kinds of produce in proportion. I am confident that not only the farmer, but the labourer also, improves his condition by emigration. A careful labourer may save as much as will purchase him six acres of land every month in the back settlements. But I conceive that masons, painters, carpenters, blacksmiths, &c.
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