New-York daily tribune., 1843-07-26
Doctrine Of Association.
\ Simple Explanation of Association
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e-tra1agart scheme, which can never be realized
in practice. The stightes. attention, however,
will satisfy any person that it is neither VISIONARY
nor eztravagant; but on the contrary It is onty
necessary. to realize 1t in practice, to apply PM
ciple of organ4s.:1n to society which Is already
applied In various ways al prcSe.::.. This Princi-
pie is the principle Of union, of conbinatloi 1t
concert Of action-in short. of ASSOCIATION.
The principle of Union or Association Is the
vita' principle which sustains Society Itself even
IN It's present ii.cciieran: and dlscordant state.
Government, for example, Is ! political Assocla-
::i5n, Il union or compact among men tor ths prs
servation of order II .he internal affairs OF Il ma
ton, and for the protection of lie arr property
against violence and aggression. A Government,
ti.e.. s onv National Associaton--a Political
Association of the WINS soav Of the people.
A Railroad Company is an Association :: ca
pta for the purpose Of carrying out an ndustr-
al enterprise. All our ont-stock companies and
c5raoratiors arc Associations to limited extent.
! Ean:, q g Trarciat Association. and SO also Is
an Insurance or Trust COMPANY, f5rmed by tie
union of capital to operate on more extended
acae than can be done when it Is separated II
small sums in the hands of various Individuals
All these forms of Association are powerful
5raf7ts - cfeet the ends for which they art res
pectiveiy cstablshed, trhsr rightly managed,
br. ,hev arc al incomplete and pal;.a aas9cla-
lions, ard for ihai reason are subect to cisof-ef
and a,5;;;:-s. winch are productive of bad coiisa
ouenccs The 1S0iat,C cornorG:icR IS G. partial
and incomplete application Of the Ff,rc,p'e OF
Association, and is consequently false IN It's &C.
ton Beng isolated, it has separate and distinct
interests from that of other portions OF the
community, and to maintain and forward It's
own interests, the isolated corporation often
resorts 20 measures which are INJURIOUS to
5t.cr interests CT society. The isolated Cor
p5ratirTi. like the isolated nmiiy, is antagonist
and hostile IN its relation 20 The rest Of society
and OTHER families, and this individual end dis
,inci association is productive Of opposition
conflict, disorder. and evil III proportion to the
exclusiveness, which enters into 1t.
s IL '1,ess preliminary remarks, let us ask
whether, if a illi..t.:5e7 y more individuals can
unite and associate for the purp5ss y building
railroad d canal, a mandatory, steam pa1tt.se,
for working d mine, establishing bank or an
insurance Office, could not a hundred families
unite for the purpose Of establishing d large Agrl-
cultural Association, or rather organizing an In
dnstrial ard Eomestic Association IN which the
various branches of Industry aud Household La
Dor would be prosecuted in the mo2t economical,
methodical, and judicious manner possible
To show clearly the operation and results OF
such an undertaking, let US suppose that Il hun
drcd families decide upon forming, and do form,
AN Agricultural Association. We will contrast
tho two systems, Association and the isolated
family svs,em.) and leave the reader to Judge
which is the wisest and best.
\ hundred families have at present hundred
little farms. surrounded and cut up by walls and
fences, to the number Of at least FIVE SIX hun
d-ed in an Association the would have one
large and fine Domain, beautifully cultivated, and
with all the knowledge and skill of large NUM-
bcr of persons
4 hundred families now require hundred sepa-
rate houses. hundred kitchens; and hundred wo-
men IN these separate houses are condemned TO the
never.endlng drudrcry of performing separately
the domestic labor.
An Association of a hundred families would
erect. IN the centre of the Domain, large and
connodious edifice, with suites of rooms or apart
ments, Of various sizes to suit single persons or
families, and separated by division walls so that
no nese could be heard from one to the other.
The privacy of domestic life would by this means
be preserved as fully as in separate dwellings,. An
Association. instead of having hundred inconve-
,;c,t LITTLE l,itchers would have Iarqe and airy
kitchen fitted nm with every convenience. Five
nersops would do the work which now requires a
bundred-savinq the labor of nnetv-fve What
,,,stc and follv # ;s to have hundred kitchens,
= hundred kitchcn-tires, and hundred sets of
cooking utensils. when one kitchen, two or three
fires. and a few extensive kitchen ranges, would
sr,,u.er the purpose infinitely better!
s hundred families now purchase their goods
At retail. paving to traders in profits once or