New-York daily tribune., 1843-08-25


Agriculture, Education
Manufactures, Commerce,
Arts, Navigation,
Sciences, internal Communications.
But these clements have not been regulated and
organized. so as to form an harmonious whole,
between all the parts of which order and concert
of action would exist. Commerce is at war with
Productive Industry, agriculture and Naauiac-
tures,l and the Producing Classes arc at var with
each other. This truth is not seen by the great
majority Of people at present, because they look
upon the present state of free competition and
universal strife and conflict as natural.
The present system Of Society is based upon
an infinite number of separate interests and scpa-
rate enterprises, between which concert, union
or association exist, but, on the contrary, strife,
conflict and opposition. We may, as a conse-
quence, esgnatc the present state of Commerce
and Industry as state of industrial wartare-
War, which seems to be leaving the battletield,
has sought a refuge in Commerce and Industry,
where it has found one. Strife, during the last
century, and since the destruction OF the lcudal
privileges, has been transported TO this new field.
What else is to be called the monopo!ies, over
trading and other commercial and financial cX-
ccsses the specuatons stock-gambng, frauds,
dcceptions, &c. which characterize at present
the business operations of the world, than war
OF Industry and all It's clements
In such state OF things, there must of course
exist anarchy and confusion, and a waste of el-
forts, talent and energy; and there must also be
a miserable application of all the means or ele-
| + taft no
system OF free compctition-of unrcgulated
ton in trade and industry, is the best that can be
devised to increase the wealth and prosperity OF
Society is the hight Of absurdlty. We must
give to industry good organization. so that
method and order will exist IN all its branches,
and labor and skill and other means of produc-
ton will be well and judlclously applied. The
great question of an Ofganieution Of Industry
(or if we choose to call the present dcsutory and
miserable method of prosecuting labor an organl-
zation. then a reorganization Of Industry Is so
new that the leading Statesmen OF the wurld-ot
France and England, as well as this country do
not understand it, and do not feel ITS importance
! they suffer themselves IN the midst OF the strife
and disorder which exist In the business world,
to be occupied with questions winch IN COMPARE
son are Of quite MINOR Importance, such as the
currency, tariff, constitutional subtletics. sc.
ing new and but little understood, said, is
difficult to explain and familiar manner. We
will in the present article make an extract from
the writings of " CoNsDEEANT, principal Editor
| Of the PARIS PHAtANx, which will throw some
light upon the subject, and recur to 1t at another
time.
The high development of Industry and the
Arts and Sciences is the leading character of
civilization. But, although ii has created the
Clements the means, the instruments of industry,
it is still very far from making the best possible
use OF them. The first period Of civilization
regulated and organised War, which was It's
main and absorbing occupation. 1t left Produc-
ton and Industry out of the sphere of Govern
mental action. Industry has in consequence
been developed by individual efforts. In Its de
vclopment it has remained entirely m the hancs
OF individuals, so that all the powerful means
which the genius of man has conquered, are en-
ployed blindly and anarchically al present IN the
great operation Of social Production, Distribution
and Consumption. They are left without regu
lation or counerpoiscs, subject to the will and
caprice of individual action, 20 the arrangement
of hazardous and cnviouS competition, to
mania of speculation IN the midst oil the most
perfect incoherencc. and the most tiagrant oppo
stion of interests. All tie powerful! means OF
activity, Production and Wealth, which manPos
sesscs, he employs most miscrabiy--tFe general
conditions of ;heir application are dePora5ie-
These means Of action, these fine instruments.
are for the most part arms OF industrial war IN
our hands and the hostility, division and extreme
dscord which reign in the field of Production, are
bIigh; to Industry and permit few grains only 20
grow where with an organised and well regulated
system abundant harvestS would be reapcc.
9. The principle of ORGANIZATION is the princl-
/ pie of Life and Force What can be more neces-
sary than TO organise Industry Where IS 1t
more important to extend Life, Force, Conver-
eency, Order, Unity, than TO the creation OF the
matc.al. moral and intellectual! riches, winch are
the condition and means Of the development oi
Humanity Should this creative and valuable
activity which is destined to absorb the former
oppressive and destructive activity OF war, he LETT
without organisation and direction WHAT If
former societies. if societies of strife and carnage
have regulated and organised war, should not
present soccties-socictcs Of Industry, feel the
necessity of extending Regulation, Organisation,
! Order and Unity TO Industry The world, alter
having regulated and organised the activity o
defence, destruction and oppression, should com
prehend that the great question:, the question
above all others, ought 10 he the regulation and
organisation to Productive Industry
Order cannot exist where there Is no Organ
iSGti0a. Ii VIC wish to substitute Order IN the
place of Disorder in the Domain of Industry, we
inls extend TO 1t the principle Of OrgaasSGti0@;
and as the field o! Industry luckily Is constantly
extending, as approaching the epoch w1cn
the whole social activity Is TO be concentrated IN
Indusiry--that Is TO say, in the creation OF the
means OF the happiness and development OF man
kind-it follows that if we wish Order to reign
in Society we must necessarily desire that ofdeF
l.l,o ,n. Irfo IuGu "