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The following message from Gov ernor Moses was read in both Houses of the General Assembly to-day, and will probably be discussed to-morrow : Fellow-citizens of thc Senate and Mouse of Representatives: I congratulate you in view of the fact that the third General Assembly of South Carolina under her free con . ; ?ititution, has convened and held its daily sessions in the midst of univer sal tranquility and order. ' . You entered upon the duties of the sassipn. with difficulties of marked gravity confronting you- as the law makers of the State. These difficulties I trnst and be lieve you will in the end surmount, by a diligent and faithful discharge of all the delicate and responsible du ties enjoined upon you by the people, with whom we have so recently en tered into a covenant through our official oaths. Our Federal Relations. It is my most gratifying duty to inform you that the relations of the State?-tew the Federal Union are not only'oT the most cordial character, but the guarantees of perpetual con cord between the great sections ?pf our country are beingsteadily incieas ed and strengthened j*by the growing recognition of- the fact that all citi zens of the United States are bound together by the tie of a common in terest. The acts of individual violence which had manifested themselves in tho U?gen counties of the State since the summer of 1865, and which were clearly the consequence of political and personal animosity, engendered among a large portion of the people, ag?mst.a'class of onr- fallow-citizens recently enfranchised andvested with civic rights, have happily ceased. The lawless and vindictive spirit from tvhich those acts sprung embodied it self in armed organizations, which, in the winter of 1S70 and the spring of 1871, dominated many counties, and, with startling audacity, overaw ed the local authorities with a strong hand, and wrote their decrees in the innocent blood of unoffending vic tims, whom they remorselessly scourg ed and slew. Those organizations have beeb, dis persed by the power of the general government, and many of the actors therein have been punished by its courts. That power was exprcised for protective purposes only against the deadly centralizations symbolized by tire nudnieht horseman who wle. as the missionary of hate, in a dis guise as fearful as the deed he had armed himself to execute. Henceforth those who might enter tain any scheme for the oppression of an American citizen on the soil of our State, because of the manner in which he chooses, as a freeman, to exercise his political rights, will be admonished that, however humble may be the condition of that citizen, and whatever may be bis race or color, a.powerful government stands i prepared and willing to protect him in the free and unquestioned enjoy ? ment of all the rights and privileges that attach to- American citizenship. I should be wanting in candor and justice if I failed to announce that not only have the unlawful organi zations in question apparently ceased to ?xh, bat ?he 'open exhibition of a sentiment of hostility to the State or Fe leral Government, that made it Possible that such organizations should so long continue in grievous opera tion, -seems to have also passed away. * Nowhere upon the soil of South Carolina to-day does it seem to be necessary that, for the preservation of public order, or the present pro tection of individual rights, extraor dinary agencies should be resorted to; the pacific agencies which the laws provide as the safe-guards of thc citizen and society are all in unob /itru?d operation throughout our IStiite. The person of the stranger Among us v.HKUii: to be no longer en vironed by peril, ?ind, however rude and remote his dwelling, he may re pose in safety, for the law keens watch and ward over him, au inviable, si lent, but sleepless sentinel. M.-iy tjj?s security ever continue ; and may iuu passions which had their birth in a false political theory and grew up )iT>f j/j a sanguinary .civil war, be for - :<ever subdued- by .tho consciousness '?hd grateftij'recognition of that sense af bro?ie?fcoo4 which should spring from. ??ur coitmon nationality -as 'American ei?i^e?is. i.-.ji?iAs ipr the, resat ot tua governor's chapter upon ." Federal Relations/' he appeals to the pride of the Arnc-rt .can citizen by painting in glowing (Velors the power and glory of those i?p.ite'i States. They are thirty-sev ^n-Statesand eleven Territories, with ?an area gr.ea&er than the whole ol' JSurope, and a foliation of nearly jForty ini'llion*. Tth/?f alevemente ;in skilled industry are to be seen pre dominant throughout the civilized tjvorld.' Our population will proba )bly **?;eed One Hundred Millions by ?the .end. *>? ?be century. We annu ally export Am $225,000,000 (in. gold value) of coito*. ??e total valu? fit our exports of all sQr-t*? |?7 ?871 amounted to the enormous .figure of $5?OfjOOj00Q. And greatest of all, .we haye BO dane within our wide do main ! flJpon this but point our Gov .exnor is sentimental. Wa spare our readers a sentimentality with wbfcjj they cannot possibly have any sym> pathy. The next head is The National Debt. Tlie rottil amount of this debt, on the 1st Dec, 1872, with the interest to that date, was $2,20^,754,782 IC. Th? pre-ent national administration has deceased the total debt since Mareil 1st 1669 by the st upended j amount of $364.995.229.69. As a ' consequence of the wisdom displayed in the administration of our national finances, the credit of the nation has been preserved unsullied, while spec ulative combinations in gold have been sb held in check that the United States Treasury note is fast approxi mating par. The time is apparently not far distant when the Government will resume specie payments. The Beauties of the ? Land Commis sion." The Governor alludes to. the last Report of the late Secretary of State (Cardozo) and complimmts that func tionary upon the way in which he performed the duties of his office in connection with the sale of the State lands, and says further : Should this admirable " system,. which he has begun, be pursu.-d by his accomplished successor, of uich I have no doubt, the day is not far distant when the poor people of South Carolina will have learned to apprer ciate in some degree at least, the full value of the " Land Commission," which was initiated for grand and noble purposes. Free Schools. I transmit,,., herewith, the annual report of thaState superintendent of education. This rer ort exhibits the fact that the scholastic population for the year 1371 exceeds that of 1869 by twelve thousand one hundred and ninety seven, as shown by the following ta bles. The scholastic population includes only that portion, of the inhabitants of the State bet'veen the ages of six arid" sixteen years of age (both in clusive.) SCHOLASTIC POPULATION FOR THE YEAR 1869, AS SHOWN BY THE STATE CEN SUS 07 1869. Sex. White. Colored. Total. Male.40,956 58,77? 09,732 Female.11,240 56,207 07,417 Totals.$2,190* 114,983 ?07.17G 5CH0LASTIC POPULATION FOR THE Y'R IS71, AS GIVEN BY THE REVISED RE TURN'S OF COUNTY SCHOOL COMMIS SIONERS Se*,' dale. "etnale.. White. , 43,344 ..40,80? Colored. 02,925 ?2,247 Total. 10?5.269 I O t, 107 Totals.84,204 125,17^ 209,37? The scholastic population, it will hus be seen, amounts for the year .871, to uearly thirty per cent, ol ; he total population of the State. j The annexed tabular statement < onvevs the gratifying information i hat the school attendance of 1872 I xceeds that of 1S71 .by ten thou- i --:i ?-1_J..-J_-i..- ... ?- - ils : < CHOOL ATTENDANCE FOR THE YEAR 1 1871. j Sex. White. Colored. Total , lalo.10,31)8 10,70? 33,074 1 'ernale.15,834 17,128 32,!'S2 I - - - i Totals.32,222 33.S34 60,050 j CHOOL ATTENDANCE FOR THE YEAR | 1672. < Sox. White. Colored. Total < lalo.19,44? 19,48 ;JS,S74 i ?cmale.18.M1 19,207 87,448 Totals.37,087 SJSl 70.322 ? ncr ease in school attendance.10,200 These figures show that more than j hirty-sixper cent, of the scholastic 1 )opuIation of the State are in atten- : lance on the public schools, leaving 1 ixty-four pey cent, of the children ] if licbojg?tic age, who are either ' aught in private institutions, or are /eing left entirely destitute of men ai instruction. Those who attend private schools ire almost exclusively white, or at i east there are very few of the color- ; ;d children who :eceive their prima ry education in any other than the ree common schools, their parents, n most instances, being too poor to i fiord them any peon?a r advantages. ALo8wniii? that fifty per cent, of the white children of -scholastic age, who ire nou-attemlants at ih? R.ublic .chook, are being educated in pri vate establishments, we have twenty three thousand, two hundred and fif ty-eight white children whose minds ire uncultivated, while, if we sup pose that ten per cent, of the colored non-attendants at the free schools are receiving instruction in pay institu tions, we have thc startling number of seventy-seven thousand, eight hundred and ?thirty-three colored children not under any form of ed ucational training; making an aggre gate of one hundred and oie thou-' sand, one hundred a?il forty-one chil dren in.this State who are growing up to manhood and womanhood in mental darkness. This is an immense volume of ig norance in a free State, and if it is no,t checked it presages disaster to our fr?? institutions. The masses constitute tba gre,a? political element in bur republic/ windi*.' jn'stly reste upon the principle that its govern ment is by the p?ople and for the people; . As the people are to govern, it fol lows ?hat the youth, who are to' be the future ruler-* of the Common wealth, either" personally or through their voie? a? independent ejectors, should receive the necessary mental culture, that they may rule intelli gently, and, being educated in the knowledge of their sacred rights and duties as citizens, may know how to maintain the one and to perform the other. The ignorance of the masses may be of Jjttle consequence in a mon archical State, or under an aristo cratic form of government ; indeed it may be largely conducive to the welfare of such rulers and the sta bility of the government, for the people, being ignorant of their rights, wilt waif.? no i effort to combine for their assertion. Hence, Sir William Eerily, the old Colonial Governor of Virginia, was perfectly consistent when he said-in reply to the British Lords Comminsioners-who questioned him as to the condition of that ctdony in 1670: ".I thank God that lhere are no free schools or painting here jn Vir ginia, for learning hath brought dis obedience and heresy and sects into the world, and printing hath divulg ed them and libels against the bent government. God Keep us from both." That was sound doctrine then and under that political system, but it would be fatal to our present system if reduced to practice. With us it is sound public policy to enlighten the people, from whom all political power must righ ly ema nate. k The theory that man is entitled to self-government is adv '.ricing through out the civilized world like an irre sistible wave. This is due to the more general spread of educated in telligence among the working masses of mankind, a fact which has led a distinguished political writer to ?jbr j serve that " even bayonets think." Let the youth of Soutli Carolina be educated so that they may stand abreast with the foremost in this ad vancing march of intelligence. The common schools should be multiplied, and punctual attendance upon them should be enforced by law. The im mense number of absentees from the schools already established renders it imperatively necessary that the Gen eral Assembly should, without delay, enact a statute to enforce the attend ance at school of all children of scho lastic age, whose physical and mental conditions will permit. To that>end I invite the earnest attention of your honorable bodies to Section 4, Arti cle 10, of the State Constitution, wherein it is declared that " ;t shall be the duty of *he General Assem bly to provide for the compulsory attendance, at either public or private schools, of all children between the a^es of six and sixteen years, not physically ^pr mentally disabled, for a term- equivalent to twenty-four months at least; Provided, that no law to that effect shall be passed un til a. system of public schools ha6 been thoroughly and completely or ganized, and facilities afforded to all : the inhabitants of the State for the i free education of their children." i No sagacious statesman will doubt ' the wisdom of this constitutional provision, or the policy of rigidly en- 1 forcing it by statute. Even if com pulsory education were not expressly ! authorized and enjoined in our or- ' ganic law, the right to enforce it " would still be unquestionable, on that 1 principle of self-defence which per- 1 tains co States as it does to indi- ( yidualS; * A Stafe bas the same right to ar- : rest thf growth of ignorance in its 1 population us it has r<> check or Wp- ] [tress an incipient pestilence, in- ' ired, its right and duty iii the for mer case address themselves mort! * forcibly to the public conscience, and ' nore deeply concern the comm-m * )f the physician may stay the march . >f the destroying pestilence, and tho * lue enforcvuient of known sanitary . aws may break its force, but the earfu' evils that spring from the v nisdirected power of a great multi- j .tide controlling the government of a j 'ree State, and themselves controlled 1 oy ignorance and its twin-brother, ..rime, inflict a disaster without r?iii- >? ;dy, and eat like a cancer into the 1 ire ry fibre and vitals of society. An excellent system of public ' schools, modelled upon that or New ? England-the land of the school- ] liouse-has been thoroughly organ- ?s ?zed in this State, and the facilities } for free education, as designed by the j jonstitution, are now afforded our 1 people, and therefore the compulsory attendance, at either public or pri vate schools, should be enforced by j law, as required in the constitutional provision cited. The facilities for popular education . should be annually Increased, and the proceeds of the tax levied for that J purpose should be sacredly set apart j for the liberal and unfailing main tenance of our system of free cora- ' mon schools. j In every valley and upon every hill top the school house should be ^ seen, standing as the true bulwark of a free state-a fortress well designed , and strongly built to arrest the maren j of ignorace and yice. I ask for this, the fourth annual report of the superintendent of edu cation, (the Hon. J. K. Jillson.) the careful consideration of each mein- , ber of the General Assembly. I can not sufficiently commend thia officer for the untiring diligence, and the rare fidelity and efficiency with which he has discharged his important trust, amid the greatest embarrass ments. lie deserve? well of every friend of the people. an4 may be justly es teemed an educational benefactor to the State. The State Orphan Asylum. This institution, situated in Char leston (a different one, however, from that so handsomely supported by the City) seems to be in eerioua need of assistance. It has 140 pupils, all of whom are Q&lorcd. Last year the General Assemblv appropriated $?6, 000 for it, only $3,500 of which has been paid by the State Treasury. From the Governor's remarks, it must be a dirty and sickly affair. He strongly commends this Asylum to the sympathy and support of the people and the General Assembly. Here ie another piece of Radical ras cality-$H,500 stolen-or at all events, kept back-from a parcel of pauper negro children. A State Normal School. The Governor calls the attention qf the ^assmbly to the fact that, ac, cording to a provision of the new Constitution, they must at the pcesr ent session provide for the establish ment and support of a State Normal School,- " which shall be open to all persona wfyp may wish to become teachers." He recommends that ai} arrangement be made with the Claflin University (the State College for ne gioe8, at Orangeburg.) for the estab lishment of the said State Normal School in connection therewith. 'ii ii ..'..>: ui ? The Lunatic Asylum. I herewith transmit the reports of the board of regent? and the super intendent of the State Lunatic Asy lum. The report of the superintendent is exceedingly voluminous, and of startling interest. The statement of the privations to which many of the wretched inmates have been unhappily subjected by the inability of the State treasurer to pay any portion of the ample ap propriation made for their care and support, forms a chapter of hor rors which, in its mildest aspect, dis credits our humanity and civilization. I ask for that report your most prompt and careful consideration. The humane treatment of the in sane in asylums provided for their benefit, where the resources of medi cal art-derived from close observa tion directed to that noble end-may' | minister to their care, in the midst of beneficial, restraining and soothing influences, is a recognized standard of the civilization of a people. Even the savage, who is ever at war witfi his fellow man, is awed into pity and kindly succor in the presence of the insane, as if Providence itself; through this awful and mysterious bereave ment, moves him to perform the duty of a common humanity. I therefore most earnestly recom mend that an ample tax be speedily1 and ?t once levied for the support of the Asylum, on the most liberal basis consistent with our surroundings, and to increase and improve its present accommodations, as far as is now ex pedient, in accordance with the re commendations of the superintendent, as set forth in his report. The pro ceeds of this tax, ir levied, should be sacredly sequestered and faithfully applied to the charitable object for which it will be designed. The superintendent's report abounds with valuable and timely informa tion, collected, with rare diligence, from the most authoritative, sources, for the benefit of his charge and tue information of the General Assem bly. The number of patients in the isylum on the 31st of October, 1871, ivas 295-consisting of ?35 males ind 160 female ; 54 males and 39 females were subsequently admitted -making the whole number treated hiring the year 388. Of these, 41 wrere discharged as having fully re :overed their reason; 7 were dis diargedtimproved, 15 unimproved; 18 were returned to th?ir homes as mbecile, and 24 have died. There vere still under treatment, October I list, J 872, 234. Jt will be 8pen that about one iighth (I) of the patients have been liseharged, in the past year, recov ired or improved. oi^i^'tis??a'?,,yVat" crSnTm^n-trrti-g-^? 'ember 1, 1871, wan $80,000, The receipts for the same period lave been $06.282,13. Ofthatamount vas received : .'rom the State treasurer. $34,807 12 .'rom pav patients. 9,200 ?H) burrowed (from Scott & Co )... 2,00000 .'rom sale of comptroller's war rants drawn on thoapprint'n. 20,214 ll Che disbursements were.$M,50G92 liabilities due and unpaid at date ol' superitend't's report. 62,015 Go The following table shows on what ac :ont}t tho' presen} Uvbjljtjes were incur; ?oil t ?"or supplies.$30,205 47 talarles and wages. 15,490 30 furniture and bedding. 2,33421 dinor expenses. 754 Honey borrowed. 7,000 00 Duetho treasurer of the Asylum 224 79 Total liabilities unpaid.$62,01565, The balance of the appropriation ibr the past fiscal year remaining un paid is $75,043 53. Of that sum, ?owevor, $20,21411 have been an- 0 iicipated by the sale of the comptrol er-general'8 warrants, drawn upou the* appwmriatipp, a<? sfyown above caving the actual balance of the ap propriation $54,829 42. The merit displayed by the supe ntendent of the asylum in his e?ib?s -providentially successful-to mai tain the iustitution during the feaml ?mbarrassnients of the past en months is very commendable. 3n more than one occasion theve 'as imminent danger of his being fojed tio. make his.'chpice between the.tfri ble alternatives of locking up them huppy inmates, and leaving the to ?starvation or to lay bare to thigiv ilized community the appalling iee tacle of more than three burred lunatics, being driven out int the streets. It is proper for me to add as "a matter of public'interest! tit the present superintendent (Dr. . F. Ensor) has materially chan^ the mode of treating the Insane feaeitly practice^ ip oui $tateasylunj The sorrow-laden patients no lonr pine in the gloomy shadow, of Jmbre walla that1 shat Oui- every eerful sight or sound. . They, are>w en vironed by music and flow?, and furnished with attractive gies and light and interesting literate, and are allowed to indulge ?"weekly musical reunions, all of vch-tead to divert them frqrq tl^at pression of feeljng ^p?p^ |s ?ajd topent the most difficult phase in trcaaes of the rnsdil?: . ?to? The curative treatment,insanity.1 is a matter that deeply <?eVns the whole people of this Stat? view of t ;e faot cited by Dr. En, aqd at tested by the highest aurity, that in every community inls Unitfed States and Europe, hav a popula tion of four hundred anfifty souls, there is at least one pei insane. The Peu Kent'. It has cost much meto maintain the State Penitentialuring the present year than at f former pe riod, from the fact thae appropria tions for its support wand are still iinpaid, and nearly (he necessary sq?pliei jy?f? ^qmpa. tc* be ob tained oh.credit' at/try enhanced rates, because of 'tlincertainty of speedy payment. r, extra cost is estimated in the ref of the direc tors, herewith traftted, at pqt less tjian ten per?t. aboye the cash 'price- ot tire 'pfies ' thus ob er :tic co ab eli ar po tal fai of ch de shi us. fained. The Superintend in his report claims, and I thirith reason, that the su m, of? $74,63, given as'trie aggregate expendes ipr the fiscal De pai coi tio mil of ted its hat cei the gre pui tioi act anc cen inc: ?Sa: p)a uni agr Sta whi fair year, should , ? abated by -various items ther?ih'.'otailed, that the real sum expended*f?r the support and construction OB- the prison, for the fiscal year which commenced on No vember 1, 1871^ should be estimated as $56,798 62,' ; The board ?gdirect?rs again ;urge that the Stat-3elhould purchase a tract of land; -of aaaj. , access to the Peni tentiary, to be$8ed as a farm for the prison. Thew*name one hundred acres as a sufficient area, and' allege, seemingly ''wm reason, that sucha farm, of good ?able land, properly cultivated andan?naged, will furnish all the breadstuff and vegetables, and a large jpaj?rof the meat required for the use bffhe convicts. As it is designed thatjpe Penitentiary shall be aa far as .possible self-sustaining, and as the establishment of .. a supply farm, in ( Connection therewith,,. will contribute to that end, and will be, from a practical ? point of view, a measure of ?|momy, I 'recommend that the nec??&ry appropriation be made, at the |Ksent session, for thfl. purchase of^iJcirfa?m^^ 1 THe iiun?wi? loi . corfvictB' in the Penitentinryitimthe.nrst day of Oc tober, 1871, >?ai 809 ; the -number now in confinement is 218, showing a rednction'o'f '91 dirring the year. The directed state that this large reduction is ?m?By du'e to th?p?rdon of inany contorts when near the* close of their termer on account of good behavior dur^g their imprisonment. The board ejjjjtff?ss their belief that this liberal exercise of the pardoning power has termed greatly to improve the morals behavior of the con victs, as it holds out to each the hope of an earlier "^release as the reward for exemplary jponduct in prison, while his exercise of; the self-restraint thus encouraged, furnishes in its?lf a valu able disciplin? Ho fit him to resume once more those rights of citizenship which he has-forfeited by crime. The board invite attention to the very important fact that the validity qf ?he tifie |f?ld by th6 State to a great portjoi?~?f the land on^hich the Penitently is situated! is again in dispute. --?? recommend that the ittorney-genejral be instructed to in stitute the necessary proceedings to ^uiet the said^title, and to defend the claims of the'State in the premises. The board pf directors highly com mend the superintendent, General C. J. Stolbrand? for his untiring zeal ind efficiency in the discharge of his lifficult trust during the past four /ears. These commendations, I am as sured, are \jrelj deserved. The su perintendent/ ftas exhibited in his )ffice high administrative and execu ;ive ability, .and although severely ;este4 ap iqosi critical periods, he has ilways risen B^psrior^.. ' ' " Wt ViH^ranthic, The Governor states, upon the au thority of Dr. Lebby, Health Officer if the Port of Charleston, that no :ase of yellow fever, small pox, or ither epidemic disease, has been im ported into any city on our coast dli ing the year just past. Thc Qunr tntine Buildings, on Morris Island, juilt only four years ago, are about ;o be destroyed jj;,' tlxe encroachments if the. apa. Thc Qo.Yftrjjpr recom neuds that'the buildings be removed it once to a sale position. The Phosphates ol'South Carolina* Tile right ol'digging for these Phos phate is vested by the Slate in orporation known as thc Marine nd' River Mining and Manufacturing Company." They pay on thc 1st day f October one dollar per ton for ey ry ton of Phosphate dug by them un tig the yeal' p.^c^iliuiT-.-iualcing ie usot?S?ary reports- upon oath, to ie State Auditor. And aceoVdiug ) the Act, there is a State oflicer nown as Inspector of Phosphates, ut this; Inspector has-been resisted f the Company, au/1 his authority juted. Thc whole sum received by ie State from th cse enormously valu ;le franchises, for the pa>L'tlnee ;ars, is the paltry one of {(?50,000. overnor Moses recommends that the ate protect itself;at .once,: ?and liaul e Mining gentlemen over the., coals id in this recommendation tile Gov nor is eminently correot, I mm Ignition. i There is no subject that with great propriety demands your legisla m, than that of in?Jn,]jration, ;o .' the ming into the Stator perrons from road, f?r permanent s?ttlemfeht. : . Especially is it desirable ,tiiat the iss of i industrial immigrants who e skilled in agriculture, and who ss ess the requisite: tlinOiint--bf capi [. tO purchase and cultivate small :ms, and thus swell the aggregate our agricultural ,prodncta and eapen the prime necessaries pf life, riyable from the ti ll age ?of- the soil, juld be encouraged tp.cpme among The attention of the State Legisjar otkoi ceinber,' of that 'year,1 ?n a'ct was ?sed " for, the Jprot??tjop andrea iragemenfc of European jmmigra n." That act provided for a com 98ioner of immigration, at a salary $1500 per annum, and appropria-r I the sum of $10,000 to carry out objects. The same^ Legislature 1 previously, on the 21st of De aber, 1865, granted a charter to i " South Carolina Land and Emi ttion Company, formed for the -pose of encouraging the immigra a of free w?Ue j^?^ ?tote.'' p^re plans proposed in both of tho?e s were essentially the same and 1 fatally unwise, both in their in* tion and execution, [hey were design?d practically to ?te and, foster fhe' 'importation of ropean laborers fer fyi-e. pn, the htations in the State with the view : the ;enerousJy t? supplant the colored doti icultural laborers with whom the ern te was abundantly supplied, and Sta 3 were able and willing and eager, ?an i periornfa1 fair" 'dayWv&rk for a, tlw dajr/a wages, ' . .., , ppp bl. sci ap no an th di tri co; m;: wc wi lar ?rt am ab) ira' to ma rec prc mij firs in - ec ion the upc hui llUf fa j lan However desirable European im migration may te to our State,, those plans failed, as they ,ought to have faded, and every humanitarian in our State should haye been delighted at their failure. Under the operation of the act first cited a limited number of emi grants: arrived at Charleston in. the year 1867. Pursuant to,the 7th,sec tion of .that act they were on arrival duly registered, at the ?mee of the commissioner of- immigration, .and were classified as artisans, mechanics, farm laborers, house servants, &c. They were nearly all, if not en tirely, from Germany; a land' that furnishes our country with - a large fraction . of ita most 'intelligent and enterprising adopted citizens. M any of them were speedily em ployed by planters in'the in terror at what shonld be regarded :a moderate rate bf ^ag?s, or'abo?t $12 a month and "found" in provision! 11 . .' ' ?h arriving 'at their'' rieVhomes they "fodhd 'themselves 'utterly' uri7 familiar , with the customs' and' the language'of buif people. Their wonder was much heightened when tbe uspaXpJa^ta'tion ration was issued,,to tjiem, "cop^^ng pf paeony corn meal, salt ana molasses, ; ? j ., Their astonishment at .being ex pected to be ..satisfied.with such.food. equalled that of. the ?planters, .who. wondered at their repugnance.to such staple articles of plantation diet. The natural result was mutual dis satisfaction, and ?the return-of. the European farm laborers to Charleston, . where they were humanely provided for by their countrymen. i<?* hu* . The vast tide,of immigration'which annually pours into the United States' leaves scarcely a ripple of ita'mighty' stream upon our shores: u -????>.. Daring 'the year ending June 30,1 1871, there arrived in th?' Unit?d States from foreign countries, three hundred and twenty-'dn? thousand three hundred arid fifty inmigrants, of whom but twefity-ni^.e entered this State, namely, one from Ireland, thiee froto, England, and tw?nty-five' from Germany. That immense living wave in great part rolled on west ward. Yet there is no State in the Union that offers greater natural attractions to the agricultural immigrant than ours. Situated between the thirty-fifth and thirty-second parallels of north latitude, and between the seventy ninth and eighty-second merlans of longitude vve?t (ram, Greenwich, it lies along the isothermal belt or line of equal temperature, deemed the most favorable for the lengthening of human Iffe. It is adjacent to the same parallel of latitude with South ern France, italy and Spain, and has I ,?11.../wirra.,-,tartan- ^xT-^sl? - **T'?',| they possess. The fruits of the tropic arie] tem perate ssonea, and all the cereals known to commerce, find here a con genial clime, while the yellow pine, ;edar, the red and the white oak", the Hickory and thc walnut are among mr forest trees. Our soil will compare favorably vith that of most of our sister State.?, md our seasons are as regular, and hey are so tempered that mechanical md agricultural labors may be prose cuted throughout thc entire year. Our climate, too, exceeds in heal th uin ess that ol' ?nany of the northern ier of State?!, In* proof of this I efer to the fact shown in the mortali y tabl.s uf the eighth census of the Jnited States for ihe decade ending une 1st. 1800, that the number o' oaths in Massachusetts was one in Ity-seven, while in South Carolina be rate was one in seventy-oue, the ercentage in thc former ?&a?8 bayingi een 1.76, and in this l.-^l. W'e have, iq round numbers, four ien millions of ?cree of arable'land, nd less than one-third of this' iu titivation ; the tot*} quantity of' iuds in this State in improved farms eing about four millions o??acre>, vo-thirds oftlie arable lands lying Jlow. : ? ,"/ 1 Our taxes have never been, or ard' ley now, exorbitant. Taxation in the State for thc pa'st ur years has not averaged, puffin ne mills on tho dollar for Male and milty purposes, and the taxes for ie present year, amounting, for all* uposes in thc State arid county, tb 'teen mills on the dollar, are actual far below that figure,'in view ol' e great under valuation of property all classes, not in the assessment i'ti 1 cases, but ju tho estimate ou which' e rate or taxation is based. For instance, the average price of rming lands is about six dollars per re. while tho, &ame lana's are valued i taxation at only one dollar' and ty cents per acre^ M We have also adopted tjie admira.-. ? New England system of free apols liberally endowed with ampi? propriations, which henceforth will t fail of application to their vital d sacred object. In addition to all ese manifest advantages of soil and pate, there ?ire several railroads ivereing a large Bection of th?-State? nnecting with lines running North, ikinp mariffete of, easy access, and i have' ? liberal hc?m?sti??d law, tiefr ???n?pfs fifteen hundred d?l ?s' wprth'of real ^nd'msQn\l prap-: y from ex'ec^|d^ a^'q sale for debt, ? imprisonment for debt' has been D?shed. j [n view, therefore, of the pressing portance of inviting immigration our State, and to ,,the end that it y be, fostered and encouraged, I ommend the enactment, pf a law ividing that all persons,. who im >rate to this' State prior;..ito the t day of -March, 1875, and e.ugage the cultiyatiibri d.f't?i'e 'soil, shall eivefr?m th?? State:Tb?astiry a rna in-money eqr?aHrt am??nt to State and ebunty'taxes'a??essed' >n th?ir ?ulfivatt? landa abd faim Idings ;, sucE bonus to belaid ah at Ul Wi W id ap foi ve Gc ?ti evi A J .sm sid po: sm i,.,, i ?si til 'Uti mn: ncc tb Tb< ver irirV rec hin? ? fl RUC har* of : by Sta bin m ions I oT'l ject dail oft Gen the "le ebal God Sw accc pep) r?o?, the an d gent pert, dly, and to be continued,for two rs after the cultivation. ojf suth' os shall ha^e ^e.Q wwinenoed. ?he plan ? propose contemplates setting in motion a current of lestio immigration from the-North? Statds of thu Union' to otlr own te. As mudli to be desired as ia immigration, }nto our. birders by t hardy ^ep'ruapryak?jful farro, ?mp ulation pf ^iirope^'we,^jaave no '.Wy, .-.Vi-"lil rf? i Of 'fi pria be..; ther bly cf tl T? It agencies it our disposal by which we can hope -to turn the stream af. for eign immigration from the new-St; tea of the West into which it is-stes-idy flowing. It is practicable,' however, to secure large accessions to our rural population from our sister States of the North, which have fewer natural advantages than ours for agriculture, arid have a' population' which'is fast becoming extremely dense in propor tion to. their areas. ' ' ! .In illustration of this fact I refer to the census of the'TJnited States of 1870,' which gives the population of Connecticut at five hundred and ,thir tyrseyen thousand four hundred and uftyrfpur; tiiat of Massachusetts at one million four hundred, and fifty seven thousand three hundred, and fifty-one, and that of P,enq?'y4vabia at :three miliion five hundred aud^werir'' ty-one thousand seven hundred M and ninety-one. Dividing the number of inhabitants in those-Statesjeepective-,' ly by the number of squares miles FoBT^atnitfritl areaSfWe find" tbatr the rate of 115 to the square mile, thatij of^aeiacttu'setts T36| " itrd*:1hat of | Peonsylyania,; ?6*4 jfjoujjh, Carolina' hs?,?n area pearjy.fi ve, t^me/s as. large, as that..of, j^as.sa?iiuse|jts>v.aua)i,le8S' than half o^.her ipppujatipn,, wliil^,' the number pf, our, inhabitants ispulyi 19 to the square mile.., lu ,the?Stat?? of New ?York the,density of-popula tion is 93 to the square mile,, and in. Rhode.Island 160. Jfi the Northey agriculturists uau-. mechanics,.-. who are now uncomfortably^ crowded, to gether in their: native .'States, can. be' induced to- settle here in any conaide1 rable number we will thereby, add an element" of' immense value to.;our population. - They are the' olass of I ?aten who make great cities out of j small' towns;' and'build mighty States ri'th?'wii'de&esa.'- .-.?.*' In ptirk'u?nce bf'the plan fbi4- the mcouragement 'of ' dot?estic imrriigra ;?oh, as n?reiri proposed,'I recommend ,h'? creation of the ' oin?te'of comtms lioner of Immigration, with such-a lalary as^n' your wisdom you'may' ;li??k proper,'*'?n'd that 'the''sum of. ;en thousand do?lars^b^'appropriated 'or tba payment of such; sal'ar'y^ arid )ther expenses .incident to "tte pur^ Doses, of said office, namely : The dis-| ?emination throughout .the Northern States of correct infpjrm^tycjj ip re'-' jard to our climate aud .agricultural .esouroes. The commissioner .of im nigration should be selected with the tole view to his especial qualifications' or the position, and one of his duties ihould be to travel iq the interior ofijij he Eastern; And. "Middle States and n vite -Immigration through occasional niblic lectures, setting forth the Ji< ralue and location of our moat desi-i I .able lands, With exact information able products, climate arid sanitary ? iondition of our State. i The duties now devolved upon the J Commissioner of Agriculture should 1 ie performed by the Commissioner of t mmigration. The South Carolina University* This institution is iii as prosperous * cont1,* tijoi asj cuuld be expected uu- * er existing circumstances. The number of students in atten ance during the session ending June 9, 1S72, was eighty-eicjht* The appropriations made, for- its lpport tor the fiscal year ending ctober 31, 1S72, were- ... , or the support' of the University,..8:27,800 00 or repairs on the Uni-. .??< versity building,-. ' 10000 00 c] h n. ip i in in ia U co Total.......,^37,850 00 T';,t\ treasurer, ?f ,th?Q^l'ti?tlttit?on re-' >.r>rf 'hat there are twenty-six thous' id eight, hundred and .twelve, vol ui?s.iu.ila? library, but- that.fou lue int of i'uti4? .tQ. Vf;I;'W bool?, illly. V.alvydA'. books;,ayfi. .hying lap ly .iujuwd. ... .. . .. . The. General Assembly., by. an act ipvo?Qdi?l?uvli, .3.. ljS?'J? pvoyiil,ed; r the annual admission to the., uiui rsity ot' eite^heneliciaiy front oapq imr-y? ?Tt*'the!>ttile/wkolt?iwtteiiciaiT ?dents to-be Appointed b,y "tSo.v !K'f? ou the y?^A*iA:nc?iittim?ti of the Ifuptton iiom the eotllirt\i!?li U-l:i;?}l di'students ellall respectively rc-; e. . I aid prepared tbimake tho ap f?tmenta'wh'enever'cnllpd-upon pur-, int to! law. . 1 Tilt? CPnstituriori of th*' Staled re \\'pj;m Section 0, Article 10/that: 'The 'General; Ast-einuly^hal 1 pro le'for'the maintenance ot tire Bute.,,,, lively .*....:?'': ' . .: ;fm [? therefore ' rec.o.r^u\efi(t';that the ?essary ap^.rcpriatiorr'b?'mado for it purpose.. ? Coi^e ol'' Procedure ami tjie Re ".'. yisc?; sta?tit^ '.'; (i | Cha, Governor's views ".upon,these.' y .important 'points are-embodied the following5paragraphs: tfrld his omm?ndations, i? 1 the'1 matter do .T.. . '?.?:'-,',' :: m. II . V?UM,cr*ait:-: ".,. . , . , The- flaring. ; faulte ti of commission L omission that- mar the-general mony and usefulness of., the "Code Procedure":-are' ritay'supplemen tied1 ''?d? .thl? V. Revised .Statutes''' ?c4' the ['.ton ^.whioh-'forrfl^iu .th&: main,'? ;e bundee I . of 'legal . inoohgrui,ties,' [ cpti*flict with the plameE?'provi? > of our State Constitution. 1 n acco?daTrc"? 'with the wishes foe ^ecrile'f/n'tKi?''important siib , of which-1 -am reminded'by thf. y receipt-bf letters-from all parti he Stat?, I recommend that the leral Assembly provide by-law for : appolintmebt :of three persons', ?rned in .the law," wh?s& 4uty 'it il be to- reyiso nod simp?i?y the ;^^;^:r>CBd'nre and the'General ;ples',. and'j;ojfe?g?r,i^ei^' r?pre in. ?rd wita the peculiar needs of our pie than they are at present. 'J "mi?eud that for the payment of salaries- of these. CommisEion?rs^ for liquidation pjf tba ooatin fc ?'x?(enB,Qa ; ftU?hclartt ii^on tli?.i , i orm^'uee' of their work,'?the sum I , j fte'en ?tn'bueand' dollars be appro- ?, KI [? t?H.; :PMided: That their labors fully oompletedi and ,a, report eof made to the General Asseuir \Y?thin",p*lTe year from the date beir appointment. UCourajjrement to -Manufactures. ' 1 ty tv is a matter of vital aadigrowrdp j disci prtafice;tftat'the General Assetii- 'the'1 ajio?l^ ' ef???ur?^? ' ar/d 'foster th,e Gua .lia ?J <stli I > l(J ll . I IC - ? th -au .bi .mi th hi; ?fat St; 'ag eu fifi lea ?Ot of" thi nol wh boi , i .-"i 'afil an ( of the mia at .i 1 1.1 mei m tba lim As' re?i a b< q4 i and sud BU?l torj ? .WOO aid of t pro^ mili tlon Cori] taut w I establishment of all..classes of.useful i manufactories- in the State. Espe cially is it essen .ial to our material prosperity that the manufacture of i cotton goods among ue ,should be j speedily and largely increased. The "more varied the industries of a people arc. the more general is their prosperity.- By a diversity of occupations .alf kinds of labor-supply ?are; utilized,'and thus employment is given to thousands of men, women lind children Who would otherwise be unemployed in any beneficial pursuits. 1 Authoritative statistics warrant thc opinionJhat not le98 'than nine mi li ions.of. persons.in the United peates, or nearly one-fourth of the entire population, dtvrive^ their support, di rectly or indirectly, from manufactu ring employments.' . ; The proportion of that class in this State.is.exceedingly! small, as is'?lso the number who . own ;or rent, lands, Whije.ttte npfaibej. pf agricultural la borers ie enormously great. According to the United- States ' ?^ta^^^^j^fO^1 ^^*^^^?^W|?^r| of persone.'- engaged ,10,'; ag'ri'ciyiufe in South'Oarolirra-is as follows i ;' ..? ; Agricultural faoorer's,'.;L?,3,528 Farmers'and'planters,....... 42,546 jF?Tin a^d'jpm^t?fti?n/m?fl- ;';'' : ' ,', agecs,.1.179 Dairymen and dairywomen, . 16 G?rd'?if?qrs. nurserymen and . . yinergrpwers, ....,.... . ?;. -il08 Stock-raisersr.-.'.<i... . 2 Stock-herders, .'..:..'...,.. / 18 Turpentine farmere,t* ' ' 5 Turpentine laborers, . 249 ? Total.;2OQ,65I ii The whole number i of-our -people employed as operatives'in;cottofl and woolen map^ctpjies;'. ?s.'o'njy ;1,Q64, or' leas than onein 7??- of our popu lation. .; . '".Ye.t^we;produce the. raw materia,] ?? aVu??^nci^snippiug abroad about twenty-five-' millions - of 'dollars; in c?tt?hpyjii?h' ^"fe?y'?ji?Jt" '.Yfi.th an j enormous tariff added, in the form Ol'] the Manufactured articles. ; -rW I " ?'This' fairurV* to m'aidufac^?ie.'. ajny DousiderabJe:,poi'tion ot' ,oi>r i cotton product is' rtot' . fate ' to wiv 'want ol ir/ate'H?l resQurye's fpr 'jmi?iif?cjtur?ne purposes*. .We iiave animmeusesur-' plus' of'the -'requisite, labor supply, wei J'?.d?t?ted Jpt jKis; pc?upati.pn ,:\v hien dan be ?$ieaply? obtained^ wjulei w. bave a. vast-water power, which, is th? most ec'pnohiic?l" of alt," motive. Coxces applicate* to ithe machinery foop E?annt'act?wne.1 n? >? M . 11 ! " ".'Iii requires nO,Tapdre4 arguipepb fin pr?yje tuat'-t4ie, .'nevrer,itie liocn?iori o' ibe manufactory: ia'to the- flekls'-that produce tho T?^'matcrial, th1? ct?eap >y (other, tilings being,equal) caa the ?na?uf?ctuWpdi- articie be supplied tc shose\who1' arc'-engaged irr the produc ta .of J&iLr&w, mater i^ ,One,j?at ant reason o?it?m"o??m?'r^t?M the nanufacturer . himself receive? th ?aw material a: so. muoh. oheaper a Dric?, saving the cost-of transporta ron, insurance, &c Yat our Magnificent waters are 'uahingj to, waste, within view ot housand* of prolific fields white with he fleece of ike cotton plant. ''Our 'agrant streams that now-r-like Ten nyson's "brook"-"goidly on for ver" should'have the sottnd.of theil ailing waters drowned .-in'the music I a million busy spindles. These breams are never locked up'in the if grasp of winter, but they Bow on erp?tually, warmed apel,'brightened y the sunshine pf a mild, and genial ?r?ate, ' . ',. This splendid matevjal resource has itherto beep doomed to dlSMtljOUi rglect by the unwise policy fostered L ?hj^.Stiite, Our, people have too ng ??uc.urred with, Thomas,. Jeffers m in Iiis.uc^iagacious hope, utt-Ted , 1SO?,, that .'.'.there should never be the United States, and,dea&t of all, ?Virginia, - any manufacturing es blish?nent-, ? but that: they, should be nfined to. the hirelings of Europe..'' The world-,; however, W?s wiser than at grea: statesman.- The pulses ol .?advancing civilization .are throb-, uii in evwy stroke of the multiplied lehtnery applied;, to manufactures at minister ta the comfort and the ?her tastes of man. "'. , With a proper number of -'manu dories lor our products in! iliis il?, the rate of wages-now given, to rioultuml laborero will be gre a ly hanced, while, at thc sftRie -li^ue. ricirhnral employert.1 t^&'tfe-rone i?d' by the iai'^vt ad'vanc?.".rp their ,dru4j aroaaciionsi resulting inlth'e ftim&d demand, and they will be .nished with a mol-6* coi'taln and l^enienf^miark?t, T^? average rate wViges hu ?griqultiiral, lab?roi p in s Slate, in?luding only' adults, is J more than six dollars peV month, iph seldom,'jf eyer, '.loaves'the la .er^ny, su.rpT?, . .: . s.. - : '. . ?his-is'the'inevitnblelaw of'vapply :1 .demand: ; Y-p.yy 'tKe'^indi^tries, 1 empjoy in manufactories,one hal!' the stalwart laborers . now tilling i fields;1 and't^e wage^1 (tf^iej re ?ur??r' would iproba.ol)5. l??Up??led one?. . .' " vi"?" j " kVitfe a .iie^' i6 the i?Jr???f?fl ;?n-: .rag?mentjor'.manu^ bot an d.vtppj in.thjs^tate, I^ecpm a.d the speedy* jpasaage ?/, a law yidip ? tjjat ?l? su^^ma'^?fa^'tdriea t niay be ?stao|igh?4(< .witMa the its. pf this. S^ate',."'oil.pr before I the t day of '^No.vemWi;^ 1375? .shall si.y.e. frpbi th.e treasiirj' of th?^tafe Dnua equal.to the State tas aase?s tipon the necessary buildings, land i maohioer.jr.oi said manufactories,, b bpnus to be pai?l .uinually. b,nd *e opntiniied' for five years . after ? r?an\i?acturing company,' claim7 ,the same, shall,.haye(/p'ut fac r intjO,actual. ogeratjon,, . ia( a matter, of equity,.!(, ,r.eoom-1 ir) that tue same.hpnua.be allowed law to manufactories of cotton and len goods already established foi', se period,, commencing at-the close he preaerOi fiscal year- , The:State Militia. "| recommend that the . preseiyt mi , laW be left nntouched. TBiislaw. Hdw for the: Organization bf the ti?'u?der such mles and tegula sas may be ^escribed: by the imandef-irr-?href and the' Adju ?hd?nspectpt--G?n?rai: Thfejd? ill'-be perforined^ith c??f?on and ifefton, ?fid?po?'corisultatfpn.with general' officers ' of'B??" National rd of the State. .. ?IM -if? tf'frifcxg c' \f? t'li C. :5t m sc co tic ;J?I tit tu >e til tit th eh til; t?i It to j.?> en ar< n.0 tei i):t; tht of yoi th; .shu jnr for cia Sti res mei lou J) int 1 ?gi pie not en fi rliui zen, I 1 not lar, ' wis< conl of X grei of l the rur* ean in o V sha) Thii " cr ricu the 'gres the tion ' T ?Usc : The Statutes of thu several States in relati?n.to the militia contemplates, as does the act. of Congress on this subject, that the organization of the State militia shall be assimilated to i that of t!:e United Scates army. This j plan has been followed in the briga ? ding of the several regiments already organized, and will be adhered to in the future. The limited number of arms in the possession of the ?State will not per mit us-to arm the whole of the Na tional Guard at present, nor s it either necessary, or expedient that all the militia should be equipped for war in a time of peace, lt is be lieved that the regiments already armed, and now most of them thor oughlv drilled, will furnish almost a sufficient force, with the unarmed re serve organization, tc meet any con tingency that may occur. Should an emergency arise, re quiring a larger force, arms can be issued from the State armory for any additional reg^iments that may be needed.,, ~'.,-'riv\***4& Protection; for Insccfr-Destrojlng Birds. The farmers pf $he >hoIe country are directing their a^???n5a?o! earu ?est efforts - to the su'pjire??ian . of .the noxious insects that annually1 invade and destroy a great part of the cot ton, grain and fruit crops. . The in jury and loss to the agricultural-pro ducta of th?. United States by. the depredations of those insects that feed upon vegetable life, are estima ted, by high authority, to be ordina rily, not less than ' fifty millions of dollars per annum. . It can readily be shown, by the statistics I have examined, that- tho increased multiplication of insects, attributable' directly to the extermi nation of birds, causes a destruction of the products 'of industry, repre senting annually, throughout the world, the lab?;.'pf sever?i millions of-men. The only effective mode of check ing?-?nd' subduing these pesta is to re spect the order of nature, and pre serve'the small birds to meet and conquer them. They alone can stay the advance of the dreaded army worm,, whose far-reaching columns, ^inresistible by man, waste our cotton fields, and blight, in their silent but pitiless1 march, the hopes and pros pects of the plantar. Without further .multiplying the evidences drawn from costly experi s;ic?j,iof Ithe value of birds as sup pressor?? of noxious insects, thereby tddtng to our agricultural wealth, ind'cheapening to the consumer, the jost of many of the necessaries of ile produce/; by tillage, I earnestly recommend the passage of an.actpro viding lor thinnish meut, by a mod ;rate hue and imprisonment, of any aerson who s nail-wanton ly kill ov in nre" any insectivorous hird at any leasorrbf the year. Salaries of Judges. I recommend that 'the salaries of iie(Supreme Court and Circuit Judges >i' the State be proportionately "in Teased, respf-c ti vol y. They are the hardest worked and loorest paid officers in any depart ment of the State government; and, . nile I am constantly admonished ot' lie necessity of economy in the ad liuistration .ot the government, I eem it an act of .simple justice and nund policy, on the part of .every tate, to appropriate for the salaries f high judicial officers such amounts ? are consistent both with the dig ity of their positions and"the h'eces ties 'thereby imposed upon them. Jury Law. Under existing laws providing for ie preparation of the "jury lists, no )brt of Common Pleas br General scions can be legally he id in . the onth of January, .although it is pre ribed by statute that 'in several unties thereto, named there shall be .id towns ol' said courts, beginning the first Monday in January. Sec >n 3, chapter 3,-of the general stat es provides that the jury lists shall prepared once in every year, du ig the month of January, "and see ?n ?7 ol' the same chapter declares ?)$..'" tm time '?br drawing jurors all not joe less than ..?oyen nor more ' tu .fifteen, days before the tl ay when e. jurors are required to attend." is obvious that if the j ut y lists are be prepared in January, ?nd "the ors to pfctrr?w? not less than sev Wuy? before the day on which.they ; required to attend," there can lie torin held which requires the at idauee of jarong on tho Erst; Mon f in? January. I recommend 'that i Uw providing for the preparation the jury lists be so amended, at ir present session, as io provide ir the board of,jury commissioners ill prepare, jury,lists and craw the . or* whenever it shall be mtcefisary, the holdup .of any regular or spe 1 |term-of the Court-of .General ?ona or Common Pleas, in their pective counties. Agricultural Hen. IAW>V i celebrated "writer upon goveni ntal science made the remark, lujed upoft Wide oljservatjcn,'' that ie yue ari of government -loosisti .?ovejrning" as little a$. possible." 'his is no doubt fcruer and ?as de ledio enforce the*cbrrecB -princi that-lesrisf ?tive enactments should unnecessarily trammel individual, srprjse or independence in the or Eiry business relations of the citi 'he State, however, r/hile.i't may properly dictate in this ,particu can as a matter ol' public policy, ;ly foster that system of Wi vate tracts that will, in the judgment he legi^aTof,~tehd to advance the i test'good'of the largest" humber ? 2 people. In this view., and in common interest pf the agricul il laborer and the land; r Owner, I lestly recommend aspeedy! change ur existiug agricultural lietvlaws. v"e are now.working chiefly on the re system.in'the raising*of crops, s is known as the Italian plan of onping" and it has kept th.e ag ltural laborers of Italy poor lor past: three centuries, ?nd ha rdy aided in malting that cnn try symbol of a retrograd? civil?za las mode of working lands breeds ontent among both employers and COKCUTDED ON FOIXBTH PAGE.