New-York tribune., 1842-04-06
Attractive Industry.

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Attractive Industry.
We stated in our last article that when it was
seen that Industry was the means or implement
bv which Man cultivated and enbellishcd his
Globe perfected the Kingdoms of Nature created
the means of his physical happiness, surrounded
himself with wonders in Art, executed grand works
of internal Improvement and fulfilled In short, his
high function of OvERsEER, that halo would be
thrown around it, and it would become noble and
honorable in thu eyes of Mankind This is the
first step to be taken towards rendering Industry
a,tractive but other and practical conditions must
also be fulfilled, and an organization must be gwen
TO it, which will facilitate its exercise and render
it's pursuits in themselves pleasing and enticing
We will devote the present article to examining
how some of these considerations can be fulfilled.
In the first place the fields and gardens must be
beautifully laid OUT and every thing connected with
gricnture, the teams, implements, ocls, Nc OF
the finest kind The fields atprescnt are 20 lonely
and the landscape Is monotonous that ali love OF
Nature is deadened in the Souls it surprising
that Man should dislike the occupations otAgri-
culture. when they are pursued alone and the en-
tire dav through in solitary fields with miserable
teams and Implements, as it now Is for the most
part, and when the labor is poorly rewarded -
The Domain of an Association, which, for large
Association of two thousand PERSONS should con-
ram about six thousand acres, and for small one
of four hundred persons, abou, two thousand would
he hiuhly cultivated and beautifully cmbellisicd,
and diveri6ed with gardens, fields parks, lawns
olades. woodlands the whole distributed with
taste, and nterspersed with bowers and pavllions.
Such Domain would be as beautifully land out,
and offer as pleasing sight as the finest ltoyal
Gardens of Europe,
in such scene. Man would labor with pleasurc;
every sense would be delighted the Eye with all
the richness of the Vegetable Kingdom, with the
thousand varied forms and colors OF the flowers.
fruits, shrubbery vineyards, grain-teds and groves,
eulivened tp, the presence of gay groups OF work
mo, with the bright blue sky above and the
green earth beuw:-ha Ear with that music OF
Na,ure which comes from the rustling foliage, the
,nurmurinr of rivulets, the carol OF birds and The
whole unseen life Of Nature the sense OF Smell
with that invigorating fragrance wlnchlS sentforttl
I,v the Thousand varieties of flowers, blossoms and
heritage. and which, while itpcrlumes every breeze,
gives life TO the blood and health to the body. In
.ncb = scene would not Man labor with delight
particularly if Labor were rendered Respectable,
md richly rewarded! Occupations must also be
varied several times during the day, otherwise they
become monolonous and lresome. his variety
will exercise all parts of the body and all the ia
ciEties Of the mind, which is necessary to health
and intellectual development. Aman now tolls the
e,,;re div through ut the same pursuit. how can he
beln becomisg disgusted with i'll The Lower
Classes" SAYS Fourier, are fond OF melodranas;
but if melo.drama in forty acts, and requiring
sixteen hours to play it, were composed, and then
performed gratutously would it not become lnsup-
nortabe9 Undoubtedly it would' How, then,
can we expect Industry to be pleasing when Its
OCCUPATIONS mus, be pursued from twelve to SIX
teen hours day in lonely fields and hltly work
sbon.. Our most highly priced Plca'ures'-Dails'
one,as &c. would become as repulsive as Labor
now ~ they uoerc conducted IN the same manner,
The Manufactures and Workshops-or IN the
,,ncnaqe Of Association, the Hats OF lsdnStry-
would ne fl,ed up with taste and elegance cor
lras OOrdI TO the DeduiN VIII "SiiS'' 49,
would be laid out The tools and machinery the
working dresses and every thing connected with
the exercise of Industry, should be neat convenient
and elegant.
The Workmen must be polite and intelligent
they must be equal and coin'eres'ed partners eject
;ns the most skilul as Leaders and each receiving
his share of the general Product instead OF work
ING for hire or stipend as at present,
s knowledge Of the Arts and Sciences must De
combined with the practical pursuits OF Industry
and every Member must be an Artist and man
Of Science as we'll as Laborer ms CONDITION
CON hc fulfilled in observation-disclosures tot su-
perior system of Education.
When all this is done. when every thing con
nec,ed with the performance OF Laeor-'te telas'
Gardens. workshops, tools, implements, Sc.-i'
sl,eant and convenient when the Senses are salts
6ed and every cause of disgust removed, then we
must. 10 compe.e the work. make use Q! another
closs Of Incentives We must make Industry an
avenue TO Fortune, is Commerce banking ana
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