New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-02-17

toms relations OF men, IS larry pound - demon
strate two tlinFs-fnt the Hs1@siy Of change.
and secondly the ezpedienc5 and practicsbility Of
such change as he proposes. In other words be is
properly required 70 prove that evil exists, sn3 that
the change he advocate, viii provide the sp2ropraie
remedy or remedies lis argument naturally aFrsnses
itself under three heai-iresing Of the needia rork
to be done the Eod or means OF doing H. and the md
20 be accomplish or attained These distinctions
hsve endeavored keep in mind In the progress Of this
discusson hsve endeaTored nrst to show ihsi there
are radical defects OF yses in oar Social Institutes and
ussges demanding radical remedies secondly that
these defects are durable thirdly that their remedy Is
to be found IA ASSOCIATION. The controversial form
has not permitted me wthog: seeming dlsrepecio my
opponent and mat, eniion hs placements, to keep this
distinction always before the reader and pursue my az
gurnent with tho lOgica sequence OF al essay but
trust the reader will have made the Necessary allowance
It seems TO me that IN. first overwhelmingly the
use,ssify Of radical reforms the essential matter
and tina; if could really convince you Of this all the
rest would follow Of course. Concede to me hat soei-
aty reef, literally D. 20 t0-stk ar you tIe We iccn1
20 black ball Fourier Brisbane to your hearts con-
tent am solictous for results Only, not names nor
parties And as understand sou IL to mainisn that
there are no evil in the Constitution and laws Of soce
IT, will devote this one more article mainly 70 that
branch Of the question.
PERM, me once more then IL call your attention to
these facts That while the essential or productive
value of Human Labor in civilized Society il rapidly in
ereasing its market value Is steadily diminishing That
while through the rapid multiplication aud improvement
Of Inventions the Laboring Classes Of to
day produce ten times as much they did four centuries
sso their reward il more scany and their living more
precarous than was hat Of their ancestors in the days
Of Columbus That while Production and Westh have
been immensely increased " and Wretch
edness have increased along with them That while
through the inventions Of Watt Arkwright Hargrsves
etc the labor Of person in spinning produces more
yarn than that OF hundred did even century since
that warehouses goan and the markets OF the world
guited with every variety Of abrica yet there are
this day naked backs more suffering tor wasn't OF
adequate and comfortable clothing than there were
In the fourteenth century. That while on all hands
there 10 manifest need Of the lintess application Of
Labr-Lands 10 be cleared and subdued Marshes 10 be
drained exhausted or inferior Soil 10 be made fertile
Railroads Canals and Buildings to be constructed SC
&c-there are at this moment and At oil times great
numbers of aborrrs vainly seeking employment and
suffering for the want OF H. while vastly many
are driven by hard necessity TO WORK for wages utterly
Inadequate either to reward their exerons to pro-
cure comfortable subsistence; and. finally that this
enforced ldeness and the consequent Desutution and
Misery among the most potent causes OF the gno-
rance nemperance Vice Degradation snd Wretched-
ness, so generally prevailing For these fundamental
facts there appropriate and adequate causes the
root OF which found in that Isolation Of Efforts and
Antagonism OF Interests which our present Social
order il based In that order the Owners OF Property
80 I..nfFn oil .~Ffr
er: and :, il the apparent and eagerly pursued inter-
est of the Owning class to procure the Labor OF the
Working class ct tire cheapest possible rate To &C
coulpllsh this end there different modes-dlrect
Slavery Hiring for Wages, Rent Purchase Of Lands
Usury, Sc-not equally ohiee'ionah'e OF pernicions
bat all tending To The saine chi. Every year brings
upon tho stage of life iis millions ali Of whom must
have food shelter implements sc. before he earn
for himself az well as aerward and the great mass
ps have the use of the Earth and It's natural products
10 give scope 10 their labor and render it available But
here they find themselves confronted with smaller but
more powerful class who ooa this Earth and
these its neeiful products, and who authorized
to exact and do exact, for the thereof prices
graduated by the number and consequent neces-
sites of those requiring them Suppose township six
miles square located in a country and having as
yet but 800 inhabitants here those who need land will
usually buy il Wild At to three dollars per
cleared At I've 10 fifteen dollars Now let this popula-
ton increase to 3OO) and that same Wild land VII
be worth three OF ten dollars and the improved twenty
to fifty dollars per acre. But In time the population
sgells 10 5000 and (a other things being equal,
aud no large tracts of vacant land situated 10
draw Of s populstou) the primitive forest as well a.
the improved soil Will command fly TO one hundred
dollars per acre and more Bat even at 5000 TO
the township Of six miles square the limits Of Popua
lion are not reached human existence be main
tanned end the perpesuated upon the wages direct
or Indirect. which Labor will stil command. What IS
the remedy TOR this evil What shall ares; the papsbe
tendency Of increasing Population to depress Labor and
diminish the OF subsistence for the great mass OF
mankind The free Trade Economists answer, The
Poor must no, increase Asir HHmb9s-i Is a crime in
them TO do soihey must marry late In HE, and have
few children on pain OF starvation The Tribune
answers Society must be reformed tina, Population
may be increased without depressing the condition Of
the mass diminishing the reward OF their Labor. or
deyriying them Of constant opportunity to earn and
live in comfort All these conditions are clearly at
tanabe through Ass5<ia; The Courier answers
what Our readers vii determine
But let me here stop to correct Jour error Of assertion
In regard % what Association will do in the premises
You say il will make change al s-hai the price Of
Labor will yacate with the proportion Of supply and
Demsnd-tha, in Association the price Of Labor would
rise and s In stric, conformity 10 the present law
This shows tbs, you do not yet understand what It IL
you are opposing snd al the risk Of being tedious TO
many reader will sgsu explain the relation 81 Lasor
to Capital In Association
We have seen that a. township increases its Popula
ton the prce or rental Of Land rapidly increases and
the wages Of Labor proportionaiy diminish This Is
the result Of tendency law inherent in civilized so
ciety with the earth monopohzed BY part while the
larger number own little nothing It may for sea
son be counisraced and eheckedby ihanirodueton OF
new branches Of industry or the rapid extension and
Investigation Of those which DO not require much land
for their advantageous prosecution but the snake Is
sco,ched not killed labor lows in from al sides 10
profit BY the newly cres,ed demsnd Tor IL and wages
are soon pressed down : their former minimum, pnsh'
ed 10 tie brink Of farthsr fall and then over T. Mean
time Land Houses and nearly al fixed Property have
been vastly increased IL price or rental b. this very
influx Of Population so that the surplus earnings OF La
Dor have been swallowed in an eyeryawning abyss A
multitude has been rspty drawn together and 'eceA''
they are thus assembled they obliged 10 pay exor