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upon cottonwood in the future - which can be bought now in advance for about from six to ten dollars per acre. It is impossible to do anything in the way of letting this work now without some provision for furnishing men, I had on my file of letters in February quite a number of applications for contracting. I have telegraphed and written every responsible contractor that we were prepared to receive proposals for this work, the uniform response has been that they were with the present scarcity of men afraid to take the work at any price to be finished in a specified time. I do not know what to do - the question with me has been whether it would not be policy to import a thousand men or more - we can work them to advantage for a long while - I will write you again tomorrow as I feel entirely discouraged. they are paying laborers below two dollars per day - Respectfully Yours Peter A. Dey
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upon cottonwood in the future - which can be bought now in advance for about from six to ten dollars per acre. It is impossible to do anything in the way of letting this work now without some provision for furnishing men, I had on my file of letters in February quite a number of applications for contracting. I have telegraphed and written every responsible contractor that we were prepared to receive proposals for this work, the uniform response has been that they were with the present scarcity of men afraid to take the work at any price to be finished in a specified time. I do not know what to do - the question with me has been whether it would not be policy to import a thousand men or more - we can work them to advantage for a long while - I will write you again tomorrow as I feel entirely discouraged. they are paying laborers below two dollars per day - Respectfully Yours Peter A. Dey
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