New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1845-08-28
LABOR IN NEw-YORK


awakening to the claims Of Industry and Labor
The circumstances and ards Of those VINO pro
duco the wealth Of society have been too long over
looked Neglected by those who are selected Tor
legislators and rulers or only noticed when oppr's-
zion and wan, impel them to the use OF sud
Zen aid iucouclu.ive remedies TO redress their own
grievances by means OF combinations and Hr7Aes'
they are met by statutory enactments and driven
back By the prospect Of prison and starvation to the
scantily remuneraed toll which had soaded them TO
resistance But this inequality in the distribution OF
rewards canno, endure Away. The laborer is be
ginning 10 think education opens for him the store
house Of knowledge, and the result is manifested IN
TN. efforts which he makes for the improvement OF
hi- state. thus Tar he has accomplished but little.
but hi. progress j. forward the wave of discomfort
beaving beneath the surface OF Society unielt. IN
heeded By the dged sense Of the children OF Nam
mon will by and BY sweep awsyth barriers which
hem him in and he will then take the management
Of his affairs into his own hands
For the attention Mr. Editor which you have be
slowed upon this subject the thanks OF the aborer
are due and trust they have been mantle sted on
your subscription book In the examination OF 80
nuhifarious subject some inaccuracies in details
may escape your notice. Permit me then TO resiaie
some facts relative to the Book binders Several al.
iempts have been made heretofore 20 form Trade
~oc,t, for the purpose Of regulating prices but
from want Of the proper principle of cohesion after
q short existence they have dwndlcd and expired.
Early in the present year, impeed by the necessity
of making an effort to improve their general condi-
ion a Mon OF Book binders was formed and al
ready more than 300 Journey men have been admit
ted a. members. This enterprise will prove more
successful than those heretofore attempted because
In addition to iis supervision Of the affairs Of the
Trade il coniemplatcs the moral aud Intellectual INA
proycmcni of it, members The harmony and de
corum which have marked it, proceedings thus far
reflect iayoraby upon It's members, and offer strong
uducemcnt. TO all Journeymen in the City to join
is ranks.
From a repor; on the state of the Trade read be
fore the uion within the month We learn thatthere
are ~ shops in the city employing 1852 Journeymen
and =, apprentices making a total of $50 and If
we add to this number a few iobbers and employers
who work themselves the effective force cannot be
less than coo men and boys. The Bible Society
Tract House and Methodist Book Concern pay by
the piece and give work to lO4 men, but no apPrea
|
- per week the Finishers 80. 1t is true there
are a few men in these establishments who by un
cea-ing industry and the closest application earn
more but even these do not affect the general re-
suit In Harpcrs bindery there > men and -
4DDfsnfices the Forwarders receive - per week
the Fni-hers slO and to make it matter OF Ger
iainiy that these sums are earned. each man l.
obliged to furnish a statement Of the quantity OF
work done within the week There is one other
firm having Journeyman and II apprentices. who
probably pay their men about the same wages
There are , or other shops where fine work Is
chiefly done and some OF the Account Book estab
lishmcnis which pay 80 and $40 per week. The
smaller shops pay less the quantity of their work
being uncertain but the quality governed by the
price. sharp and grinding competition having reduc
ed the price binding large 2mo Of about 200 pa
res to / cents and probably school books of this
size are done for cents The only mystery in this
case is tina, workmcn are paid at all.
The number Of foreigners cannot be less than IL
per cent-a few Germans. some IrishmeH. more
English who are not only generally perfect in the
branch 10 which they conhne themselves but a.
natural consequence of the division of labor, slrV
And here let me express my admiration Tor that
vondrous individual who makes whenever he
chooses 500 per week You may be- able 10 name
him but when you look for him depend upon 1t be
will be found in company with the Flying Dutch
man You are mistaken and we were right. We
can both name him and find him
Some reflections upon the mutations in our Trade
It's ups and downs the little prospect i, affords to
those who become Apprentices Of arriving ult-
L.. .t As No | N,ll dc,
Ter 10 another article. r.
We find on looking over remarks upon Litho
graphic Pictures that criticism their artistic quail
tiles rather too much like that OF a certain distinguish
ed Lecturer aud Critic upon the Poets; and We take
back of sweeping remarks on account OF some
very neat and pretty Autographs which have been
-hown Us and which sell for SIR cents Picre At this
r.,e how any body concerned in the making Of them
cts paid At all j. more than see; and yet
our informant that the girls engaged in color
n. them receive on average from - 30 to - per
week.
,PGERrRrDE \ Tale By the Author Of Amy
Herbert Edited by Rev. W. sewen NJ. A. 0he two Lon
Ion volumes in one) forms No. Of Appletons Lilera
~ Mclange-A Series OF Books for Popular Reading II
form. neat but rather close volume Of S'2 pages We
may speak Of il again.
a twenty AIRS IRON tut bOueihnH bAtf
r the Flute have been published by Z. Ferret Co.
81 Broadway. Price ~ cents.
,-y- The story about troubles in Georgetown
College published in the Washington correspondence IN
The Express Is coniradcied by the Freeman Journal
- The advertisement Of Charles II. Lyon the
Principal Of the Grammar School, 90 Broadway Il wor
thy the attention OF parents about selecting schools for
n, -
and we take pleasure in commencing attention 10 hi,
Institution