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within a week, to borrow money to buy corn to that farms; and it would have to be purchased at a profit to the dealers, of about one hundred percent. 
One of the greatest difficulties of the time is the disposition  of the Negros, to crowd into the town. Some white people rent them little sheds at enormous rates. They work about during the day, the women engaging in the most open prostitution, and spend their earnings in halls, at night. I trust I have humanity enough to feel properly  towards this class: but believe their true interest is to be kept employed. I know that white men are happier  & better, when at work; and think it must be so with blacks. I venture to suggest, that the Bureau authorize the Corporate authorities of towns, to pass ordinances, preventing these white persons from [[crossed out]] not [[crossed out]] renting shanties on their lots to persons, not having regular employments, for at least a month. most of the class of whites, to whom I refer, are incapable of supporting themselves, and