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

Ia the recoupsnss Of Labor consequently tirniEshed
d. ,sy psy more p-T hcad Cor sbee. llore per acre
for land and retain smaller share OF the products
Tor themselves, By no mesns-rsther the contrary.
The original capitalists own and receive dividends upon
So much stock before unless they have actually in
vested more capital IN the improvements or additions
since nsde they have they receive dividends on this
likewise al beyond this which has been addtd to the
value o. the property y peoPne It, building draining
fencing fertrzng planting trees, orchards &c. has
been regularly awarded To Labor and stock issued &C
corsingy. The laborer ia bls own employer his "a.
Their IN Heaven is hs psymsser. snd the smouHt Of his
dividend Is mainly determined BY tie efficiency and
sesdness Of his labor the uuness OF the season, and
subordnaey BY the prices which such surplus products
as he may have to sell will bring IN the market As
general rule HE labor viii become through experience
and improved processes more and effective the
number OF his associates increases up TO the lmii al
which land can De sdvantSgeoasly cultivated from one
center or dwelling.
Bu; again Society IS presents the constant spec
isce OF Labor vAinly seeking employment and this be-
comes more frequent and general population IN
cresses In ireland It calculated that the permanent
surplus Of Laborthat H. the labor which cannot find
employmenis one SEA OF the whole amount equal TO
Tee iiundred fa.sani able men AZ 81 times Idle De-
cause they get nothing to do at any price Suppose
the Labor Of these to be actually worth ny cents
each per day, and that they would willingly work three
hundred days in each year the positive loss the world
By their lack OF employment Is less than Forg.frs
Millions Of Dollars. Say that the labor of the Women
and Minors doomed to idenesss is worth but onehird
20 much, and we have sggre gate Of Siry Millions Of
Dollars absolutely wasted every year one little isl
sn5 because Of the ansrchcal relation of Labor to
Capital under our present Social regime. Wasted did
/ say No far wore than wasied-employed to lure
millions every year habits OF dissipation Incidence
and dcpravity An old proverb asserts that the Evil
One finds work Tor those who have other. Ia il
advisable TO leave such important function in such
hands think not
Now let any man who doubts inquire and satisfy him.
self ihst Labor hiss found fun employment in every at
tempt at Association matter how rude and imper'
fect-I think ] need except even that Clsrkson
abortion destitute of capital leading and every requisite
10 give even a ehance of success which has recently
been dug out OF il. early anS well grassed grave and
paraded through journals Of your stamp to deepen the
prejudice Of Ignorance against any Social Reform In
the only examples we have OF Communicative MorS'
Wins. Rappiies. Shakers, Zoarites &C. am confident
that for many year has ''ood idie single dS
for went VI work 10 do. Go 10 the Township most
m arket place waiting till hope deferred msketh the
heart sick for some 10 hire H. and inquire II there
be not even there work enough needing to be done and
YOU will ind It abundant The Land needs Labor to
render il in the highest degree ssubrious and fertile
Labor extensively and urgently needs employment and
recompense-but an evil genius has built up wall OF
iron between these two necessities which ought to
flow into and satisfy each other The Labor eagerly
seeks employment and would gladly accept even an in
adequate reward the Land would richly reward an inn
mense addition Of labor but It belongs 10 persons who
ara either unable TO improve II thoroughly or deem 1t
unadyisabe to do so-is held on leases by those who
apprehend that high state of cultivation would in
crease the prices at which they must ultimately buy
again hire it's in Law or in chancary or in the hands
of executors guardians who do rot feel authorized
20 improve IT, or Ia some one OF hundred other ways
it, Improvement is forbidden. Bat in Association tss'
Laborers of the Phalanx Township are at all times
directors OF their own efforts with ul power to I'M
prove where and when they link proper and be fairly
recompensed for the additional value their Labor shall
have created The owners OF twothirds OF the capital
NAV die without At all arresng or interfering with the
regular routine Of Industry or Education Ihe4sete'
ment Of an estate will require simply the division
among and transfer the heirs Of 50 many shares 81
stock as belonged to the decreased with the adjustment
the Association.
But again 1t will be the pslpable iHtoref OF Capital
and Talent in Association to have the entire labor al all
times fully employed Suppose this City of New York
were now in some plain way gigantic Association or
JointStock Community in which each individual who
would work was guaranteed minimum OF subsistence
does any believe that the bod carriers brcksyers.
stone ulasons &c. &C whom the approach of Winter
throws out Of their accustomed employment would DO
suffered mainly TO spend the three cold months IL
willing ldleness and penury No, Sir; nothing like it.
The very first Winter would witness meetings at the
Exchange and in the Bank psrlors devise ways and
means Of setting work all those thus doomed 10 idle
and paupersm. Money ia thousands would be sub
scTibed to establish Manufacturer &c If only for
the Winter months wherein men, women and children
should fnd ample and unfAiling employment ut some
rate which wsuld enable them TO earn liyel hood.
trust that in the obvious though irregular progress OF
Society 10 state Of general guaranysm this win soon
be effected at any rate But In Association the impulse
to provide work for all would be instant and IRE sisble
Allow me TO call your attention 10 few striking facts
showing that as Civilization advances and Popua ton In
cresses the reward Of Labor grows more and more
meagre and the condition of the Laboring Class more
depressed and hopeless thrust you viii not have sny
difficulty in perceivng their bearing on thoquestlon NO"
In controversy between US.
Five centuries sgo a. D. 1880 BRUSH statue cid Of
Edward I'D Fixed the prices OF Labor In England " fol
lows. For common labor farm per day, hree psaes
haJDsEy resping per day, JoU Psaee; moving an
acre Of grass sr pee, ihreshing quarter Of wheat
Ceighi bushe.) four pence and other labor in proper
ton In Blshop Fleetwoods Chronicon Preeiosum' a
work Of repaie are found various accounts kept by
bur.ars Of converts From Of these dated in the
fourteenth century the following items are taken pair
Of .hoes four p>nce russet brosdcloh peryard nrrssH
ssuss stall fed OK trenffrs sAiag' fat goose 'ro
penes half penny wheat per quarter, eight bushsis)
tGrss shilling. toHr psHes cir John Cullum quoted oy
HaIsm) substantially corroborAies these statements
oaong the price Of wheat In the fourteenth century At
fourshnss per quarter or six pence per bushei Fiea
who wrote about 1890 likewise gives four shIlins'
Der qusrer IS the average price Of wheat 10 hsd day 80
that the weeks wages OF common farm iaoorer IN
England would purchase iirs and aha sEsasis Of rlS
oraye pairs OF shOe yard aud half Of broad
cloth or over eight fat geese, while fourteen weeks
work would buy fat OK. and % on. Ia harvest Tine
hi. wages we're an eighth higher sndthe price Of MOVING
- -. - --... urruf1 Inv A bushei Cf wheat. FOR