New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-02-26
rrom the Voice q Industry.
Home Tor the People.

ros ,.. r,oplo have no homes-at least,
- ,,,rshx of,hc name Yet they. II any. should
NV, homes. they. who DO the word ~orA ana
c-,Sa,e DE worlds wealth. should ENJOY its laxu-
t;ss Nv what means have the Possessor, Of weaiin
.t ,hs rrcsent day become so What has made
wsli ana Lowelrs Lords all powerful as we see
them
(ru,hsna alton and ASSOCIATION.
re.se r,ch and powerful manufacturers have no,
become % by accident. or without complying
with conditions they have been and are long
beaded and clear sighted, and have discerned that
while enc individual alone 10 az nothing he can
move worlds by combining with others
They have therefore built up great corporations
coueiuing the capital of many individuals ana
with that capital and Tor the benefit OF IT'S owners,
employed the associated labor and skih Oh many
workmen. The result We see ~.
Now. suppose that instead OF combining al tnls
c.p,.l and All this labor, under one directing heao,
and In large factories with plenty oi mscnheiy'
zach of the individual stakeholder had taken DIS
anal capital aud employ ed with u, as many indi
viaaxl workmen IN such small workshops ana WHO
.ych machinery "a his means would allow MN 70
huv OF hire TO make the same sort OF goods that
nav now make at Lowell, what do you think
would have been the result
Would any busy and populous city have risen
where bat & few years ago, was small country
village AMI would any Lawrences have erawled
from humble and penniless shopkeePers TO be pow
srful and famous millionairesl Would not rather
fres competition aud wasteiul management nave
eaten Up what little capital each man had invested
The dsutrous results Of disunited and uncom
bined effort We see Ia the absence OF wealth ana
is benefits among the very ones who produce snd
should enjoy them The remedy for all this Is
clearly within the grasp Of the Working Men, u
they viii only be true 70 themselves and 70 escn
other.
I.is Union and Association
The Working Men are beginning thank t'od' 70
sss this and have determined 10 buy together, as
the srs, step toward salvstion,-they have already
s.yed much and gained much by this, and the next
step and very important one, Is 10 f1re together
They don't, as a general rule, live at all now
thew ony stay and hard enough they find It 10 do
even that
A very little reflection will convince any one
who IL familiar with the advantages oil Union 10
the practical operation Of the Protective mons OF
the immense economies, that combination would
introduce into house hold expenses
Take for instance the one item OF cooking, and
suppose that only thirty families should unite their
means and occupy dwelling containing all the
labor saving conveniences OF a modern hotel the
whole cooking for those thirty families could easily
be done in one properly arranged kitchen by three
cooks whereas now il requires more or less OF tne
labor OF thirty persons and of the expense OF thirty
hres.
The same economy would apply to the warming
and lighting Of the house, and In fact to every Item
of expense. IL seems as II 1t could hardiy Dc he'
cessary 70 more than hint at these facts among SO
calculating q people the Yankees
This 10 no mere theory; there are abundant
statistics 10 be obtained OF the working oil similar
establishments in England, where they have been
found absolutely indispensable to save the opera.
tive classes from being wholly deprived OF all
rights bat that OF starving when u is no longer the
interest of the capitalist to allow them to work.
That the working classes of this country may
take hold of this principle of Union and Association
while they are in condition to enjoy its benefits is
the prayer of their BROTHER.