New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1842-06-24
Economics OF Association.


Yeciai ateGron oi our readers She dr.r- %. acquiring
wealth The means - mater al comfort TIE a pfedo-
n the SO, and ~ tnk that pointing crt
plan Tor satisfy ne u, uHs sral desire ,ha ION
laG handle quit practical ail .aiere.lHg" thcuae
W. -nail ale osi Of Tie descriptions iroH Foua.za
We see, mere and there, a ics example. of As.o-
citation, reioflbe to instinct or accident merely.
which should have led 10 farther Investigations.
The peasant. Of Jura, in Switzerland. fldin- thu.
the milk collected by single family WI. rot maae
a cheese which Is very much esteemed. called
rrpycre. unite and bring theis m.ih daily 60
conmon depot, where notes are Kept OF me quar-
tits deposited by each family and from these ,i.4.
collections large AID very valuable cheese j. n.ru-
f,ctured which j. divided pre- rata among those
who contributed to il.
/ We see Association in some countries OF Europe
introduced also into miner details Of rural ecouo-
my,--in q common oven, for instance. \ hamlet
of a hundred familic, know that ii j, were neccs-
.ary to construct keep in repair and heat a hum
/ drcd separate ovens il would cost in masonry.
/ furl and mana cement ten times a. much ~ oae
oven in common--the economy OF which i in-
creased twenty and thirty fold. if the village con
tain two or three hundred families.
II follow. that if Association could be- appl cd 10
All the details of domestic and agricultural opera
ton. nh economy on an average ofniue tcEils would
result from it--indepcudeui OF the additional pro-
duct whish would arise from the saving OF bands
euplAed ia other functions. We do not hcr'-
lore. cxagseratc in stating that domestic ASso-
citation on The smallest ,cac-say OF four hundred
persons--weuld yield product Sin times a great
"a, ,hs, which i. low obtained from present sys-
TEN Of incohcreni. i'o-icd ,pieceme.l cultivation.
Certain cla.ses--solaicr. for cNsmpe-are forced
from necessity to resort TO The economies ct A'io'
citation. Ii they prepared their scanty meals scpa-
rntelv as many soups as there individuals. Ia
stead of preparing tor large number a. once. 10
would COS, them va, deal ofcxpense and trouble.
and they would not b. az we'll served. although tn
ou,a, would be increased three-iad Suppose that
monastery II thirty monks had thirty different
kitchens. thirty fires. anl every tlirg else IN ine
same ratio; il j. certain that, while cxpend:ns
-x times as much in materials. cooking impie-
ment, and hire Of servants, they would be infinitely
worse served than if there was unity in their house
! hold organization.
How has it happened that the Politicians OF the
economies have not though, OF developing these
germs of social economy, and oi extending both 10
raral and city populations some system of dome'-
tic Association, examples OF which We see scat
tered here and there in present state o: So
seiyl Could not some mechanism in which
landed and other property would be represented
by Stock, divided into shares, be- discovered, that
would induce three hundred farming families 10
form an A..ocia,ion, in which every person would
be- paid according to the three following qualii.-
catious,-LAsor. CAPITAL, TALEsrl Ma ccouo-
mist has directed his alteration to thi@ important
problem: nevertheless, how great would be- tie
profits in case one vast craadry or barn, vel
managed and oycrsecn, could be substituted ior
our ihr'c hundred bsru., exposed % rats, wec'a
and FIRE
y the problem i solved, We must not be stopped
bvaruareut obstacle. bat investigate the immensely
Of the economies Of Association in the -uia.lc.jde
tall.
Instead Of hundred milk-mcn who lose a hun
drcd day. in the city, one ~ two would be substi-
iu,ed. with properly.con.tructcd vehicles for per
forming their work Instead of a hundred fi,rner-
who 90 10 market ard lose in the ta,crus and
groceries of tie city huudr-d days, tsrcs or four
To manage and oversee with "a many wagons.
would take their place Instead Of three hundrad
kitchens. Requiring three hundred fires and wasting
the time - three hundred women. one vast kitchen
with three fire, Cor preparing the food 81 three dit
frrcut tables. n different prices. for various dee
she, of economy. would be sl.fcicnt; ten women
would perform the same function which now -
quiro, three hundred.
We ara ast1nished when We reflect uoon the
colossal profits hch woui! result from these large
As.n.atiou,. Take fuel alone, which has became
60 EXPENSIVE i. IL no, evident, that Ion cooking and
the warning Of rooms, Association would save
sc,cn.eiehths Of tn, wood which our present s,'-
ten Of iacnhcient aud Isolated households wastes
anl CONSUMES
Tie parallel "a equal, sar.ng. At 80 compare
tas cultivation Of doI+aa ~ Association, over
.cea Ike single farm. with the saE,, cNten, OF
couatry. cut up into i,te farms, aud subjected 10
the caprice OF three hundred families. Here one
maze. meadow Of soping piece Of land winch
Nature destined 10 the vine; there another SONS
wheat where grass should grow; lhIrd, TO avoid
biyins grain. ocass ! dsc.i'isy which the rains vii
,tlp Of it. sell ;Ae following year; While fourth
and 4 Eth m-appy the .oi. IN some other way lie
three sundrca ;sF,i.ies lose ;ht.r time ana noney
IN Larricading themselves against each other, and
/ in lawsuit. about boundary !aes and petn thei;s
,hcy all avoid works of general utility which might
+ T.. If advantage to asagrccaoc ~ gibors, aai iH-
divilual interest every wnsre brought n conflict
1 with public good
/ The possibility OF realizing such great socia!
aueEorations having their commcDcorneDt N sgri-
culture. which would cause neither b.ood-ied nor
r,,ln,inn. shaull haye .tilnulaied politician. ard