New-York daily tribune., 1845-01-28
day were once naiay iaborers or servants ga nest

y seeking employment. From involuntary lsle
ness, tie, ftl into driEking and loose COMPANY.
where they leaned that the world owed them
living and that, since 1t would not give them
oac oy homes; naeans they mus, get i; as they
cyuid TIE Thousands of vile y Oman who poiiu'e
our streets and make sight bideous, afe almost
all drawn from the ranks Of the humble and
nesdy. Vanity, weakness. .eant of principle, or
Of knoalecge have sometimes aided vilany to
sxelI its list OF viclims, bct tie great inass of
thsm are driven to destruction b. went. How
should it be otherwise in City where icrty
eaousacd young women obtain what living they
have by sewing, book folt,ng, &c. &c. al priets
which in the average will barely p4g their oosrd.
At lengti, WORK stops, there is none III D oEPect,
and the landlord gives notice that ne must have
ms rooms if no! his pay. Virtue has ceased 10
furnish plan garments and rude fare, but Vice
stands ever ready with proffsrs OF Silks snd fich
| viands in endless prefusion Whu can fail 10 see
how the ever.fall ranks Of Profigacy and Shame
arc steadily recruited Whoever sees TO the end
OF this sees some means by which steady en,-
pioyment and fair wages sasH DC secured to all
who need them.
But we wiil no. h>re ask the mere fortunate
classes 10 look so far ahead as tais. we had
iatcnded bat to suggest beginning. We pro-
pose that oui City should establish, ehder the
supervision of he's Municipa authorities, LABOR
ExcHAsoe. III some convenient AID central posi-
ZION. 1t could not cost much 10 take some pub
lie building not wanted Tor other uses say the
Ud Post Office about 10 ne deoetted-and estab-
iisi there q General Exchange for Labor, where
every person in wan. OF employment might,
without charge, register his or her name resi-
dence, occupation OF capacity, and signify =
Willingness TO go to the country ii desired. Here
at stated hours all those who desired employ
meat as Servants, as Laborers, as Artisans re-
specilvely, might assemble to make bargains
with those wishing to hire. lady wishing &
no,ss, cook or lauudtess, could choose one per-
sonally or indicate which of those registered she
would have call upon her. *h1e7er wanted
help in any Of the common dspartmepisoi Of Lsbof
could go 10 he Labor Exchange at the proper
hour with perfect certainty of finding such as
he wanted The advantages Of the Exchange
would be these:
l. The Poar would be saved the thousands on
thousands OF dollars now Annually subtracted
from heir slender means to pay for Advertising
3 They would save the Tar larger amount they
annually pay TO Intelligence Otices.oitener to
10 purpose than to any;
3. They would know just where to look ior
work wnen any was to be had, end would save
the time they now waste in looking snd waiting.
Mauy man who has the means of goiog into
the Country at first hopes and hangs on, looks
and inqulres until his last collar is spent, aud
he can 60 no. where, unless to The Alnis Hou {.
/. II would bring thousands of Farmers,
Builders, sc here to obtain help. Now they
don't come for they know n0t whore 10 lock Tor
laborers. But if the Labor Exchange were cs-
tsbls1ed, they would know exactly where to go
5 The City would save far more than the c0st
in the prevention Of PauPerism Many man
goes to the Aims House from sheer des.itution
when somebody would bs glad to give his board
and more for his work, if the TWO could be
brought together. The exchange would do it.
Of course, the Labor Exchange must be one,
and SO under City conteo A private uader.ak.
ing, il successful, would stimulate cozer more,
aud so defeat the entire enterprise Grant that
it is worth bu, little in ITSELF ii could not fai! 10
lead to vast good.