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I do not think he said seven dollars a month was enough. I certainly have no recollection of his saying what amount he thought would be enough.
It is not true that Col. A.C. Jones rose in opposition to what Captain Farrand had said,- on the contrary, he distinctly stated he concurred in the views presented by Captain Farrand. Nor is it true that Col. Jones said "a good hand was worth a dollar a day and he was willing to give it". He said nothing of the sort. In the course of a speech he made, whilst arguing in favor of the wages system, he remarked, incidentally, that if you paid the laborer money-wages, say a dollar a day, he would know what he was working for, or something to that effect, and that he would work better than when working on an uncertainty, as the copartnership system. A planter present, apprehending that some of the freedmen [[strikethrough]] present [[/strikethrough]] might misunderstand Col Jones position, inquired of him if he meant to convey the idea that Planters could afford to pay laborers a dollar a day; he replied "no, certainly not."