New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1842-05-24
Organization Of Association.
SYSTEM OF pRppFRTy

Property. Community Of Property is tie grave
Of individual Liberty, and they who may suppose
that we advocate such a principle mi,arprehcnd
and are entirely ignorant of our System. lie
system of Property established By Association II
one of the most important principles involved IN
IT, for it i. productive Of the highest degree OF
individual Liberty and OF public good 1T viii
harmonic all interost..-n.kng the interest Of
the individual iha, Of the Mass. and will lead men
IN their pecuniary affairs in which all Is now selh'h
anino,ity TO follow Christ. prcccpt. -" Do INTO
othcr, as you would that they should do unto YOU
% Love thy neiehbor a. ihyself' A. impossible a.
this may appear we viii shov that it can b, done
in two or three articles hence.
Association will extend the Right CT Property
to the Woman and the Child, who are now de-
prived of it, It must not only maintain individual
Property but il must extend to every person the
means Of acquiring Properly so that none will be
pecuniarily dependent. There il not in our So
cic'ics one person out Of ten (wemcn and children
ncludcd,) who possesses Property in his individual
r gEt Here is one main cause OF that vast amount
Of sckening and rcpusive tyranny Of the Individual
over the neutrality-suspicious. Of the Man over
tie Woman and the Child,-which exists in the
present Social Order Association, with It's sys-
tenn OF ATTRACTIVE Industry,-irs multiplicity Of Oc-
cupa'ons open to the free choice of ALL and its Just
division cr Profits will elevate and render indie
i,"nd"nt ali those Classes who are now dependent.
aud who must sacrifice personal Liberty Feelings
and Sentiments, because they so. Among
the Woman and the Child
Our view OF the Right of Property is, we believe,
broad and comprehensive; if any broader one can
be shown rs, We will accept it,
Let us now proceed 10 explain the system itself.
The Lands and Edifccs of an Association liz
together; they cannot b, separated as to allow
each individual TO own and occupy part Of them
exclusively. Now, how is Individual Property TO
he maintained in such a case The means
both simple and easy. The Real and Personal
Estate of the Assocaton,-t j., its Domain
Edificcs, Flocks, Implements, Machinery. Sc,
~ i'll be represented by Stock, divided into Shares
as are Banks, Railroads, aud often Mines, Steam
boats aud Manufactures at present. Persons
,,,uld own Stock according 10 the amount OF
CAPITAL which they furnished for the purpose OF
organizing the Association, OF may subsequently
purchase.
An individual will not own little farm, a work
shop or machine in Association, as he does at
present; hc will be stakeholder and JOINT
owner of the entire Association. 1t member
wished at any time to leave the Association he
would be perfectly free TO do so; he could sell his
Stock. and receive in cash the amount he had III
vcs,ed. If there were members who could
Inv his Stock at the time, the Association, winch
would kc.p a reserved fund hand for the Pur-
pose. would take it of him at is full value.
By applying this system of sharehold Property
IN Lands. we make Real Estate transferable and
circulating Property, which can always be dis
no.cd Of at will for cash, and at par value ms
advantage is not at present possessed although 1t
= a de,ideratum which has long been sought tor
nv tiuapciers; but they have been ignorant "i the
means of bringing it about These means are
AMY to be found in Association, with itS system {"
Sbsrchold Property and a superior cultivation oil
the Soil
If a person owns Lands at present, which he
wishes to dispose OF, be must wait often Tor months
% find purchaser. and then sell frequently at
,re,t sacrifice. In Association, on the contrary,
he could sell his Property at short notice. ana
without loss.
How is the interest to be paid, It Will be asked
upop the Stock We will explain. One'quartsr
Of the product or profits Of the Association VIII be
reserved and applied to that purpose; the other
tbrcc-auartcrs will be paid to those who perform
rho Labor. We will illustrate this by an example
n. !, i. the best way of making the subject clear
Suppose an Assocntion-the Stock oil winch j
valued at g. 900, OOO-rased grain, fruits ana
vccc,,bes. and manufactured variety oil articles
l,,r;,c the course of the wear. which, when sold
,,o,,,,cd 70 5000. 600 OF this sum :l3O,oOO
would be appropriated TO the payment OF interest
p,on the Stock. which would be il this case aoo,,
,cb, ner cent. The remaining Si3O,OOo "oud
~, div;dcd among those who performed the labor.
I'VE will explain later the system oy "h'ch ''''',
yiduals will be paid according TO the fHan''! anu
o,,,rc Of their labor. We will merely remark
,b,, the $50 900 would not be put into a common
Stock-a. many persons may enormously suppose
on, of which every one will take an eqsal snare
In awarding Capital onequarter OF the Product
80 do not give il twenty-five per cent interest w
rive il twenty-five per cent Of the profits whatever
,ho, may be-. If thi. is found too much 10y eN'
,,,r;ence il can be somewhat reduced
The internal organization OF the Association, "ys
rio, ,p =. tS1 commencement, be under the dr.ouon
conDc composed OF stockholders and persons dI''
,,r their industrial and scientific aeq'hehsn'> -
If there be any capable, viii 'sAe par' N'. ' =, bu.
I'm IN Association be upon a level with uhehi III u"
n,,,,.r, provided they possess the necessary hDo"
ledge. ,. mi, e,is, nor
c,n any collective payments TO whole ram ~
An accoun, is Kept with every member i"''O0a-s
,l,r.p a. .o.n as they old enough TO es' ~
,e,n, and every person remuneraed acev'''s ~
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