New-York daily tribune., 1842-11-03
Important Industrial Movement.
A RESULT ATTAINED.

sphere of practical interests is based upon system
ofJontStock Property, Unity of Interests aud Con-
cert of Action-has been advocated in theory in the
North, some of ts principles have been applied
practically in the South, in the construction of
great work of Internal Improvement.
General ABBOTT H. BRISBANE, of Georgia, a
gentleman of distinguished a;tainments and high
standing, has constructed Railroad seventy-six
miles in length, between the Ocmulgee and the
Flint Rivers, with force Of one hundred and fifty
laborers, who, instead ofbeiDg paid palry amount
of wages for their labor, which are generally squan
dered as soon as received, in useless and often
pernicious manner, have taken the Stock Of the
Railroad for their labor, and now tho principal
owners of the Road.
This important work connects the Atlantic with
the Gulf Of Mexico. an object which the General
Government has desired to accomplish for the last
twenty years, but without having executed it.
Gen. BRISBANE, while engaged in surveying
routes fora communication of the kind under the
late Gen BERNARD, had his attention called by
that great Engineer to the importance and feast
bility Of the route upon which he has constructed
his Road. Fifteen years later--that is, in 1880
Gen. BRISBANE decided upon undertaking the
work himself He availed himself OF Charlie
granted by the State Of Georgia number of years
before of which he became the proprietor. He
collected in the city of Charleston thirty Irish Ia
borers, who we're thrown out Of work by the diff
culties of the times, and led them to the field of
operations there were q great many obstacles to
surmount at the commencement, but By energy and
perseverance they we're overcome, and the number
of laborers was soon increased to hundred and
fifty. The General furnished the means of sup
port-that is, food and clothipg-for the men while
they were engaged and they took Stock, stated,
for their work: some of them possess two thousand
dollars worth of Stcck. The time which they have
been engaged in constructing the work IS twenty
months, and the sum of money Which has been re-
quired to support the men is but $4,000
Here is grand result: seventy-six miles OF
Railroad built with cash capital OF sl5,oUo, and
the Laborers owners Of the Road The cars will
be- run for time on wooden rails, which have been
laid down. and with horses, at the rate OF ten miles
an hour, until, out of the profits of the Road, iron
rails can be substituted
This is, however, but part of Gen. BRlsBANE's
operations: there belong to the Road 5, ,O00 acres
Of land which the Labercrs can go upon and cult
vate in the settling of this land the principle oil
UNITY sf Action and Interests and Association will
be applied Tracts of land of 6, 900 acres will be
laid out, on which from one to two hundred taml-
lies will be located. The land will be appraised
at fair valuation, and will, together with The I'M
provements, be represented by Stock divided into
shares, which will be sold to the coionists as they
can purchaae it. The principle of Association
with its immense economies and combination OF
action, will be applied in the mode OF building
living and household SYSTEM. The land will be
cultivated with order, unity and concert OF action
by the members of the Colony.
Let Real Estate be represented by Stock, and
subjected to unitary and combined system OF
cultivation instead of the miserable, mismanaged,
ncoAercnt system of isolated families, and the
greatest improvements in Agriculture will be IN
reduced. The Stock may be sold and change
hands. but the land itself would remain under the
control Of body of intelligent Agricultursts and
cultivated with the same order and system.
The whole ,rac, of 10000 acres is situated
three hundred feet above the level of the rivers
the soil is good and the climate saubrous and per-
fectly healthy. 1t produces the Sugar-Cane the
Vine in the greatest perfection, Fruits and Vege-
tables Of all kinds, Mulberry, Silk, &c. &c.
A caviler asks, very fairly-Will there not be
danger that this principle will be abused DIVISION
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aries and scheners to the injury of the Laborers,
who will be set to work on Improbable UNDER
takirgs from which they will realize nothing! We
answer that there is such danger and this fact will
suggest to Laborers the Importance OF precaution
and investigation before lending their aid to any
particular enterprise of the Kind; but ii they
should occasionally be misled, they will still do
far better than under the former system; for now
the Laborers finish one Canal or Railroad and
pack up their rags for weary march to another
with hardly the means Of reaching it in many IN
stances; while suspension often brings them TO
the verge of famine but under the cooperative
system they will at least be sure of work and
abundance while the work is constructing; and
then, if it be not folly or fraud, they will have
earned and saved something handsome for the
future They cannot do worse than they generally
do now; they will probably do infinitely better,
Is not the idea worthy Of general consideration
We will publish tomorrow communication.
addressed by Gen. BRISBANE to the Fourier Asso-
citation, which will give some farther information
on the subject.
OBNOXIOUS DEFALCATIONs. n