New-York daily tribune., 1846-12-28

,,e, pro encountered IN The er,irai .: bozr .@sE-
ior the employing which not more than dozen 1aA
7s1aIlv obtain: the result beng that "fe me pas
ssovsrs paw exorbtant prices, the hackmen as css
are nooriv reconpensed and subsisted THIS Is taH
sn.i1osa o. the workings Of isolated effort and sell
sst connection. Sowith regard to the emp!oynelIoi
rude Labor in our Ciries. The coming On OF W 'e'
contracts business stops building diH1inishes ma
ufacturinz. and throws out OF work sevesai t1o1-
sands g; noor laborers, who through the warmer
months have ea-ned their 81 20 g per week ana
vonld padIy cam still. but can find nothing TO DO
Their families suffer the groce-s coal-deaers' e'c.
are losers in custom ard profits the AlHas-H ouse
Is crowded and private charity taxed 70 the point
~ exhaustion thousands annually die OF levers
snd other diseases born OF Destination; thousancs
more are driven BY despair to ntoxicanor-and al
this vast and eve.-increasins tide OF human anguish
and we might be arrested or at least greatly d
,,;n;sbad if Socier, cauld but discover and adapt
means Of securing constant employment and soer
able r.compense tc It's less fortunate members
Can this be task beyond the capacity OF the
Nineteenth Century, am sure that ifthe result OF 4
Presidential Election had depended on the solution
OF this great problem, it would haze been triunl-
phantly solved before this time. When eveFy
sound horse or OK finds employment and has pos
tive market value beyond the cost OF ITS keeping
il cannot he that Man alone must be left 70 die be-
cause his freey profered muscular and intellectual
7o,rers viii not command the bread which would
keep him from fanishns.
Dur age has already witnessed great strides to-
ward an Organization OF Industry, and the work IS
still rapidly progressing. Manufactures Railroads
Mining Companies. sc. sc. are among the proofs
and the fruits OF this general tendency as Banks,
Life Insurance, Mutual Insurance Odd 7 elo~shiP
SC are evidences On another side of the universal
tendency OF Civilized Society toward Association
In all the principle Of rnutuality and reciprocity IS
the animati4s one; and those most vehement
against systematic and mauy-sided Association are
individually sure tha; on this side or on that TAR
,her approach TO it is feasible and would prove
beneficial Perhaps the Manufacturing Capitalists
OF our day are as class hostile any other to
complete Association and yet they have done more
than any other class to demonstrate the vast econo'
mics and efficiency OF Organized Industry. One
hundred persons employed in factory now iabti-
cate as much cloth many hundreds could do by
isolated effort and the march of improvement IN
this department Of Industry is exceedingly rapid
as doubt not If will be in Agriculture when duly
organized and conducted scale Of like magriiii-
cencc The evils We now experience IN Manuiac-
turing Industry result from its sided and partial
Organization Having been organized by Capital
alone and with primary view to the advantage
and profit of Capital the coveted results, Economy
and Efficiency IL Production have been attained
but with no corresponding benefit, often positive
injury to the iaborer, who often finds his recon-
pense diminished as his product is increased Rare
skill or talent industrial financial may be able
because of its rarity TO command liberal salary
but mere Labor is unable even to stipuate the
hours of its own daily application, bnt must work
ms it is ordered IN schedule or code OF by laws
which it had no voice in framing. In turn. it has
but slender and remote interest in the goodness Of
its own product the faithulness OF its own work
if the day is out or the piece woven so as 10
pass muster and command the stipulated price, all
is effected that the workman usually cares for. II
his fabrics wares rise in the market, his employ
or nav mike fortune but nothing comes thence
to him il the goods fall, the employer may be
ruined, while he can lose nothing unless il lie his
employment. Hence Indifference eye-servicc. IN
doence on the one hand with avarice, tyranny and
meager recompense the other Let ME en-
deavor in contrast with this, TO give some idea Of
Manufacturing in Association
The fundamental basis Of Association We have
seen is proportional distribution of products to
Labor, Capital and Talent according to the just
claims Of each. Every Association will prosecute
several branches of Manufacture in order to give
the widest possible range Of employment. and se-
cure, rs nearly rs may be. TO each member oppor
tunitv to live by whatever useful Labor may be
most agreeable to him. Every member will be at
tached to one or more groups engaged IN AGrlcul-
ture and also TO group or groups organized for the
pros secution Of certain species OF Manufacture. in
mild pleasant weather, the great majority will be
employed in the fields and gardens. Agricultural
employment being then most agreeable and pres
sing. Few beside women and children will be left
within doors unless there be an extraordinary de
mand for some species Of Manufacture. tempting
some to persist therein by the assurance OF larger
recompense But stormy day will at any time
transfer hundreds from the fields to the factories
and shops; where in " inter the great majority will
find employment. Now mark the difference be-
tween Manufacturing in Association and out oil Il;
I
] !. In Association the workers Will choose their
own supernteudents, .oremen or overseers. and re
gulate their own hours OF daily toll. They have
row no voice II regard to either
= In Association, the workers receiving settled
proportion ofthe price for their product will
have direct interest in making the fabric per
feet us possible, to secure fof it preference
in the market and g high price. Should an advance
be realized on this account any other, large
proportion of it VIII accrue directly the workers
whereas it now falls entirely to the share Of Capt.
tai
3 The frequent and ready alternatons from
Manufacturing TO Agricultural labor would tend
greatly to preserve the health and p-olots the lie
of each worker, who now suffers from undue ex-
posure to the elements in farming and undue con
fnenent and restraint from AIR and exercise IN
manufacturing.
4 There would be no loss OF time by reason OF
the weather, bat al seasons would be productive.
! ; Each individual would be trained to expert