New-York tribune., 1841-10-22

remain al ms post 80 long aS AZ
ssten,ly with his principles and MS hohor-haVing
al! along considered him tie proper Judge OF the
REQUIRE mems of that honor, aud regretted only his
presuming To Judge for others-we should feel
dep regret al his Withdrawal from 'h~ Cabinet at
This time. We should con,ider such step por-
,en.ou. Of new mischief. and of q farther ca
,rangemen, OF the President from the party which
elected him--of the asccndancy Of blish'ing
Ca!hounisin in the Executive councils But no
such calamity, We confidently trust, is impending
aud have great hope that the next Session OF
Congress will be met BY the proposition Of some
system Of Finance in which the Wings can heartily
ucouiesce. Thus shall harmony BE- restored to our
councils, strength 10 the Wing :.cendancy, and
prosperity to tbs Country.
~ A new correspondent engrosses halt a
eolumn on our first page in an effort 10 prove by
logic that the present system Of State Prison
Labor is not injurious 10 honest Industry But
his premises are unsound, aud his conclusions
directly at variance with notorious facts In the
frs, place, the whole number of actual working
mechanic, in our State does not probably exceed
one hundred Thousand, while those who lind com
pe,tor. in the State Prisons do not think exceed
twenty thousand. Now it is very clear TO US that
the business aud the compensation OF these twenty
thousand may be seriously impaired by the CON-
petition of even one thousand able-bodied telons,
working for twenty-five cents day.
But, before all logic, we know the fact exists.
Few of the Mechanics of our City, who have been
here eight ycufs, can fail 20 remember the eloquent
and clearsigh,cd AUSTIN BALDWIN, whose earnest
and cogcnt appeals were heard frequently IN the
Wing meetings of 1892, 3, A. In the last named
wear, Delegation was sent TO Albany from Tam
many Hull expressly to put an end to the evils Of
State Prison Labor, and bill was passed for that
purpose. We soon lost sight of Mr.. Baldwin, and
only met Inn casually, four five years afterward
ON a New-Haven steamboat On inquiring what
had become of him for 50 long period we leaned
that he had been compelled to leave the City IN
1885 his business, (Plane- making) having been
ruined by the State Prison competition, in spite OF
the law passed to remedy the evils 10 which thai
competition had given riss. Mr.. Baldwin was thus
stuu mas never sinee rcturfeu ID ennStt On
ders,ood by others that the business of Plane.
making has been entirely ruined by the State
Prisons If Cato doubts this, let him call on
MIR. E. g. Baldwin, Plune-maker OF the Four
teenth Ward, whose We find on the Assem-
bly, ticker, and ('hough we do not know Mr.. b.
we doubt not he will convince him by practical
demonstration OF The evil. suffered by Mechanics
from State Prison competition.
Now We offer these facts as an answer TO the
calculations OF our correspondent. Almost any
S,onc-cutter, Cooper or Shoe maker of This City
can point him 10 similar facts in connection with
his own misunderstanding though not SO conclu
siye because trade which employs ten thousand
raenswill only DE depressed, where one which en'-
ploys but a hundred would be ruined. But ANY
.hoe-dcaler in the City can show him that his cal
cuIa,ion Of the effect of State Prison Labor upon
prices IS iaacious, and refued by daily experience
Cato states the annual value of labor in
State Prisons a, $4,000 On referring 10 the doc
,lments we find that the amount paid the State by
contractors in 1889 was $l33, 1864 so, and we be-
iieve i, was more last year. The actual value of
TN. labor at fair, oa,-door prices. was doubtless
nearly or quite 100000. When a man under
lakes to cypher people out of conviction founded
on experience and suffering, he ought to be more
careful with his hgures.-His assertion that vii
lage of 800 inhabitants does more work than the
1900 inmates of our two State Prisons is amaz-
ingy out OF the way Prison laborcrs have few
idle days or hours there is hardly drone in the
hive; their energies are not diverted and they
are frequently stimulated by stipulated payment
tor overwSrk, having regular day work allotted
them We do not believe any population of 5000
does so much work as our two State Prisons.
We have no room for farther remark this morn
ing.
VALUATIONS OF NEw-YoRX.- The following is
the eHcial valuation by the Assessors Of the Real
and Personal Estate of this City, oi the years lS4O
and ls4l respectively, viz;
A<xr.,NvS- or iSio AssEssurSr ", ISL.