New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-09-21
What Labor Requires.

The Mechanics and Artisans cf Lontoa nave e
Gently held sncrsl Meeting by Delegate 10 oi'
cues the condition Of thsir as; AID discover lue
aa.s., of inoroying IT, The result vas The i'Ao"-
Ing Meno-a, 10 the Prime Minister, LORD JONI
Rs...D which tia. Distinguished Liberal refused
N receive BIS depgtation, on TIE plea o. a pres
.ura If public business, and which be stismatzea
/ On re submission 70 the House Of Commons ~
Lord Ashley ss embodying dangerous opinions
rssoecting Capital, Wages snd Labor. Danger
Gus 20 uhGt p We isy II before our rea1ers' not
merely 81 a. Indictment % reflection on their part
| bat =. q bssi: FOR the following questions j. Is
there spy radical enduring difference between
TIE evil. weighing upon Bred Labor IN Eoglsnd
and In America and .. Are the Lsborers Of
America doing half 50 much as those Of Europe 20
4 .eover and remove those evils Hear the Me-
moral
To the Rizif Hon. Lori John RlsssA Fur Lora O M
| Treasurv and 70 tke o,h7 He-be7s Of h0 Mg"y =
CdbiaGs
The Memorial Of the Artisans and Mechanics Of Lon.
don n pao!ic meeting assembled, respectfully snow
| eth
Tina, there ere in the Metropolis about 10000 men
connected with the various branches Of Mechanics
Arts and Manufactures third only Of whom are a.
preseni in full employment another tnird ou' hai en-
|
work suffering al the pnvstoDs Of PsuPerism and IN
/ willing idleness. =.
That your nemorslists regard the condition Of the
Netrouoitan operative mechanics artis ans and m anu
cfurers las before set fOrth) destructive to social
| Intellectual moral and religious improvement calcu
lated to alarm the weldsposed OF al classes suoVer-
sve Of order and dangerous to the stability Of the
institutions Of the country and ner Msjesiys throne
That Tie causes which, Ia the opinion Of your me-
norissts have produced this alarming snd danger Gus
.tae Of society arc l. The usurpstion Of land and po-
/ lie ~.f. monopoly
| egal-tender circulating medium 70 eOid Al nHeu
| price. 3 Competition with machinery, with foreign
productions, with ielOn and ~orkhouse isooI support
/ ed from the public and psrOchia tsSee > Inc ne-
glect Of the Legislature mske the required arrange
| rnents 10 usefuly employ the unemployed and 70
| properly educate the ignorant
Tha, your memoralists have 10 represent, that Will
from these millions Of the working clssses N
the Empire daily suffering the miseres OF desttu
ZION, the nation Is also losing their valuable scrlees
| equivalent 10 one million pounds sterling per DAY
That there are, al the same time, millions OF acres OF
| land unoccuped and uncultvated, capable OF rmslng
| food in abundance. and employing all who are WIN,
| 70 labor which If brought into active use "ouu oe
the means OF the industrial but cOmpulsorly loe pop
uation obtaining for themselves comfortable suosist
ence Therefore your memOrialists respectfully desire
20 see law enacted by which Land, Capital Shlh hhu
Labor may be- united in their scientific proportions LOT
establishing SeSuppOrting Home Colonies, combining
| Agriculture Manufactures, and Educational arrange
uents for employing and improving the aooring cas
&c. whom the ordinary market cannot ma "oIH ioI
would greatly relieved, aud greater stability hloin
cd % Her Msssys throne and the institutions oil me
| kingdom.
That your memoriasts consider, for the just proec
ton of the rights Of labor. Labor Protecting BOARD
should be established the members Of when shsli ~
elected by the working classes, and in virtue OF the
sopoiniment be entitled to hold seat IN the honOfa
bic House OF Commons the President 10 be rnemDt
of cabinet the representatives OF labor ana Tue
gua rdians OF ~ rights
| That your MemOrislsts when IN general meeting
assembled were further of opinion that II would be u
the benefit Of the community at large, II the following
| suggestions practically embodied IN the suOse
| quent laws made.
l. The equalization OF taxation. by substituting Ion
| all other taxes graduate income tax
2 A Governmental issue OF currency, based on tl'
property OF the nation, and fairly representing westi
offered tor exchange, without competition Tor US re
| preventative value.
g. The PROTECTION OF al classes from the exisun.
| unequal system of competition from foreign prodnc
uons, machinery, ielon and workhouse labor Ina
your Memorslists respectfully call upon Her Majesty
Government to investigate the statement herein mAoe
and appoint special Commission or Committee, com
posed of practical men both in and out Of Parliament
To inquire into the practcs ability OF the suggestions ~
forth with view ofiDtrOducng such legislative meh'
| urcs as will gradually yet permanently remove 10
| go many of the industrial classes are now suffering
| And your Memoralists will ss IN gratitude bound
| De ever thankful
| Signed by the Delegates snd Chairman 81 the Gen
| eral Meeting on behalf OF the Metropolitan Trades