New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1842-07-08


Eeooorny suu mprr occapri ~h Money, usn ~''h the
1--we, of M.cnes ar, ~ Invented for he sbrds-
n ar. the purf-' ~ 'u'tsnining hc
bcsiih Of The workman. ms consideration Va. any n
asescr, It = only secondary QUESTION L<iaS'L,
Men become ~ accustomed to the system OF So
ciety IN which they live that it. garng defects and
abuses and the poverty anl misery to which It cad',
do no, strike them not cnncci,ing the possibility
ot changing the .o,.lI mechanism. It appc,r. to
them nsturu! ard permanent: It. however. They
could bc brought 10 doubt it. efficacy OF rather ID.
infalhbilty, nnd examine II with 'cruunDins ai-
iSniion. a social ,crptici.m wound take TIE rih''
of their present blindness. Ii j. a result deeply
to be- desired vrcetntnc a. he word docs IN
il. present social condition, al improvements IN
Scienec and Industry are Of no &c To the great
Mass, their poverty doe, not diminish with these
improvements. and the increased means ut ENJOY
mcnt. the refinement Of luNur, tn which they give
r-c on, excite that Mas. t. every Kind OF fraud
and fasencs, obtain share of and participate
in them.
Riches are the lcadpg wish Of Man. md in this
country Wealth la. become the a,l-ab,orbins o6-
lcct of desire. In TIN. strife after WrAl'h' m which
million. engaged. why has It not been perceived
that no, onc-twcnticth can succeed II Out one
,lirJ Of the Formulation arr Producers, If proiuc-
tion +. the Only source Of Eichc. md our system
Il consumption IN isolated households !. 50 conn
p.icarcd that the small amount reduced 10y ihe
Third DOS no, 20 onc-liet "a tar as It would IN
.,.tem of Combination and Association. (or IN
tbcr words. II o,ehsli OF The small product created
bv The producing bird IL Society j. wasted ho~ -
Il ~ ffte .gf
IRE Population, setting aside all suPchu'iy, IAN b'
satisfied
Let q. draw u comparison winch VII explain
TN. clearly Suppo-c that. ont Ut thr'e r"r'' ~
living together ono alone was engaged IN pro
drcnc. while the other ~ o wcrc nile the active
I,bor,r could uul alone produce enough {" secdre
an abundance to himself and the other two also
Bat If We suppose. 70 addition, that each has
.crsra,. house. and that the Lab"rrr PreParrs the
meal. separately in each dwelling, IN" small "a"
d,c, nf The Producer would not 81 near rs lar a'
if they lived together and economical their r-ean''
70 he s.. caused 10y the idlcncss ut ~" lnacu'e
persons. !. to be- added the waste ct separate ana
complicated preparations This - perfect Mus
trat,on at the present state of things. one-third
of the Population only produce "I are engaged III
prslpctire Labor ts,othirds are Non-lrOduccrs
Instead Of uniting and asscciating TOT the purpose
Of making the Insufficient product ot the labor ol
the active Third Ga far as possible, the most ex-
ccs.ivc complication and waste taxes place, thcrc
being as many separate houses, kitchens, csoAs'
fires &c as there are iamiilrs. HE result Is
that the Population Ut all countries, except this,
are removed but one degree from starvation. those
,k,, has
Of Indiu .ub,ist on a lutte rice without sah and
ten. of thousands die Of starvation. The Paras,
the most degraded class, are driven even - cat
sometimes these starved carcas"s. The Asricul-
tural Classes often plant their crops IN the hope
only of bein: hired 10 harvest them. The Irish
rcasantry have scarcely salt with their potatoes,
and ~ msny parts ct the country they eat bread
arJ meat but once a wear. Eight million. "f
French live up.n chc.nuts asd such miserable !
nouc,hucnt; o., of n population of thirty-two
millions. TWENTY-FIVE millions have but about slx /
cent, a day To live upon and dciray all expense
Twcnt,.fiyc millions drink no wine. although /
France supplies the world with VINE. II Is Ia be-
remarked that in the most civilized coun,rIcs-
tho,e in which Industry j. carried to the greatest
pcrfcctIon-thcir population is subjected To the ,
.eyerc.t labor, and is often the most mi.ernht.
The pca.antry Of Portugal. Austria, and even /
Russia. j, les. haras.ed by anxiety and b~tier
.unpIi,d with food than j. that Of France and /
England In TIN. view ct different countries. We
must not overlook eur own; nearly three millions
Of negro producers, whose labor pays for our I'M
ported luxurics are merely supplied With their
phy.ical wants We msy well say with Fourier
Can a more fnshiiul disorder than that "fich
exist, upon this Globe b. conceived Onc-hslf 81
the earth !. invaded by Wild beasts, or 'avages,
which !. abou. the same Thing a' 10 the other
hali which i. under cultivation ~ see three
quarter. OF II occupied by Bsrbnrians, who en'la'e
TN. producer, and women, and who in every /
rc.pcct violate Justice and Reason. Their con-
,eoucntly remains all eighth of the Globe in
ro,.e..ion oi the civilized, who boast of their
Improvement. while they give to Indulgence asd
Corruption their fullest development.
But to return to our subject Ii we accept aud
,,provc of the system which allots to each family |
n separate house, Ne must approve of the effect.
which result from ssch system. With four hun
dred f,mie, md four hundred separate dwellings.
all the cares and duties attendant upon providing
for q household must be gone through with four
hundred times, until the complication becomes
friehtul. -Four hundred person. must he cent to
market 70 make four hundred separate purchases.
who lose tire enough in selecting articles wanted,
anil IN bargaining, to produce them nearly. The
four hundred houses impl, that there four hun
d,ed dn,k holes, called kitchens in which four
hundred poor ereatn'e' must pass their time over
h,, r. IN the middle of summer. Four hu ndr-d
non.ono.. meals arr rrcPar-<, three-iour,h. 4