New-York daily tribune., 1844-03-16


tapes. But the wonder is, that the men of in
dustry themselves have at no time, unless in
the most narrow and feeble way, arranged that
cunninoncss and strength OF muscle, which has
been their only wealth, which indeed is the only
source of wealth to mankind, into something like
an organization. In the sphere of labsr alone,
has the world remained in the state Of isolated
incoherent, cut-throat individuality and compe
titiye antagonism. The simplest forms OF mere
aggregated effort have scarcely been applied to 1t,
save under the domination of some severe task
master or despot. But why should not industry
be organized? Why should not laborers band
tpgethcr for the accomplishment OF their end; not
as class merely not as political party, not ior
selfish or temporary purposes, but as the great.
collective eternal POWER OF PRoDUcTioN VIII
any one say that such thing Is Impossible
Can any one point out IN what respect industry
is incapable of being united and harmonizcd
No; the mpossibillty is IN continuing 1t in lis
present condition of dupliclty and dlscord-ln-
efficient in its movements, at war with itself,
monotonous, convulsive, repugnant and dls-
honorable The time has arrived, when 1t must
either come to an end in violence, or receive INTO
itself higher law Now, what that law may
be- is precisely the question OF this epoch; II Is
the question on which we are engaged; 1t is the
vital, all.important problem, on which hangs the
fate of our modern societies. We have got so far
into the future that can say boldly, that LABOR
must be organlzed-one way or another, the
thing must be DONE 1t is the impregnatlng prln
cpe of the coming time. AS the personal Christ
of old, who is our redemption, sprung from the
family of the Carpenter, so do we most earnestly
believe that His second coming in spirit, for the
salvation of our poor, decrepit, diseased and
wretched societies, will be through the Family
Of Labor.
s IV-Practical Examples.
We have said that Industry alone has re.
mancd incohvrent, but we are reminded of one
or two instances to the contrary, which may be
regarded in the light of those exceptions which
confirm the general truth. We refer now par
ticularly to an c1emplifcatlon OF unity Of inter
ests that grew up among the cheese-makers OF
Jura, and little more remarkable instance dis
covered by Dr.. Urquhart, among the Turks Of
Ambelakia. The former case is told US by NJ.
Considerant, of France who speaks from his own
knowledge, to this effect. In the mountain of
Jura, where the climate lnterdicts the cultivation
of the vine and grain, and where milk cannot be
sold in it's pure state, owing to the distance from
the Cities it is converted into cheese 1t was the
custom not long since, III every village OF TINS
region, where there were some twenty or thirty
families, owning some two hundred COWS, for
each family to make its cheese for itself, and to
send to market for itself, thus every day making
use of some twenty or thirty utensils some twenty
or thirty dairies and of the labor of some twenty
or thirty men, both in producing the article and
conveying it to market. And in most cases, to
say nothing of waste the cheese produced was Of
an inferior quality; while each family coming
into competition when they came into the market,
was obliged to sell at the lowest possible price, so
that none gained by the sales, while the majority
were losers. What did these brave mountalnecrs
do in these circumstances Why they fell upon
the very rational principle, that it was not wise
in them to be picking each others pockets, and
would be much better could they assist each
other as good friends and neighbors. So they
hired a small house in the centre of the village,
composed of two rooms, one OF which they con-
verted into shop, and the other into dairy.
In the shop they erected huge brass kettle, large
enough to receive the daily milk product of the
two hundred COWS, which milk was made into
cheese by the labor of {; single man called the
Gruiterer, without further trouble on the part of
its owners. The quantity Of milk deposited by
any family each day was notched upon two
pieces of wood, one of which was kept by the
frutcrer, and the other taken by the family; by
which simple method the strictest account was
kept. When the cheeses were SOLD, they were
sold by Wholesale without losses through compe-
tition, and with a comparatively slight charge
for conveyance to market. From the general
sum received for them was subtracted the rent of
the house, the price of fuel, instruments, carriage,
and of the work of their frulterer, after which the
remainder was divided among the families of the
village, in proportion to the amount Of milk
contributed to the dairy. Thus, with -thrticth
part Of the labor and thirteth part of the
pense, they were enabled to receive thirty fold
return for their product. This practice begun in
the hamlet of Salines, is now the common GUS
tom through all the higher provinces of the Alps.
1t is simple but most significant Illustration Of
great truth.
The other example, for the details of which we
must refer TO DR.. Urqullart's noble work, "The
Spirit of the East" is found in the commercial
municipality of Ambeakia. There, with pop
uatlon Of tour thousand people, all the manufac-
ture and trade was carried on according to
Joint stock principle, no distinctions Of interest
existing between capitalists and laborers. 1t
grew rapidly in Importance; its fabrics became
SO celebrated, shortly to absorb the best mar
kets and it annually divided from sixty to one
hundred per cent. upon all it's investments Thus
weak, insignificant hamlet, in what is COM
monty called one of the most despotic Of nations,
without single field in its vicinity, with no ad-
vantage of position, with no local industry, with
no commercial connexlon, IN the neighborhood
Of no manufacturing movement, neither situated
on nayi gable river nor on the sea- accessible by
no road except a goat-path among precipIces, its
industry unaided by the secrets of chemistry or
combinations of mechanical power,-did, by the
simple fact Of union of interests and union