New-York daily tribune., 1849-03-21
The Ten Hours Law In Danger-Assessment
Reform-The Common Council nt Albany.
Correspondence OF The Tribune.
AIBANY SATURDAY. March Il.


ALBANY Saturday, March Il.
The Ten Hours Labor bill will, fear, be lost in
the Assembly 1t certainly will unes, its friends eyince
more wisdom than they have yet displayed II a
well known fact that 1t is exceeding difficult to aix
principle to statutes for the that the
friends Of Reform too tenacious for the whole, and
In thsi way lose all; while they willing to
take portion where they canno, get all they ask the
principle for which they contend would be secured, al
though the benefits conjunctvely desired mgh not be
at the present time For instance II is well known that
the friends of morality fought long and manfuly ere
they could get legislators to declare Seduction a
penal offence. Ye, we now have thst declaration on
statute books and although the law is not all that
its friends wish it Is foundation on which to build
such law as the community demands. So in the law
regulating the hours Of labor Let our legislators sim.
ply declare that In all occupations except agricultural
In the absence of special contract ten hours shall be
deemed 10 be days labor and the moral effect Of such
declaration will be great and in few years public
opinion will be such ~ 10 sustain fully such legislation
as the wants of the laboring community demand /
except agricultural labor for the that the far
mers have still idea that they could not possibly get
along under such law and farther they say ths, the
hours of farm labor for year not ten
This may be true in part bu, | hope the time will
come when man will be compelled to labor that
number OF hours. even 10 support himself decenty-
let IL u ALMOST Nlrl4Lt nope Nuru stop "
consider society s and the herculesn efforts ne
cessary do away the smallest Of soc al evils
Another subject Is receiving serious attention here
10 wit the inequality Of the assessment of property
throughou the state and various plans submitted
fer nsideratiUn In the hope 20 do away this neduA-
iy As property Is at present valued and assessed New
York City pays than one.,hird Of the state tax
when every knows the amount Of property Man.
haitian Island, even II all taxed would not be one
sixth Of the amount OF the whole property Of the State
A gentleman on staten Island. with whom am some
what acquainted. informed me in answer 10 certain
questions ths, be bad been offered s3oO0O for hs farm
and would sell IL that but said be- ASSESSORS
oaly value . a; $1,000. Mr. PEKLET Of New York. In
his bill, proposes three State Commissioners, With am
pie powers and duties 20 supervise the ASSIGNMENTS
gbout the state Mr CRIsFELL OF Ulster Co has
smother plan. Of particulars o which am not INFORM
Cd sutfcieuty T. speak and there are several others
from different paIs Of the State who are endeayofins
10 md remedy for this great injustice.
The bill 10 continue In Office the Commiss0ners on
Practice ard Pleading to-day ordered 10 third
reading. tproydes they shall, or before the l9ia
day VI November next nle such reports as they see ~
10 make with the Secretary OF State 10 BE- printed ana
sent 10 each member elect of the next Legislature
Our poor Common Councilmen have 10 take Il every
way here. Their reception BY the Third House was
nothing to what they catch from both senate and As
semOiy. Mr. FIsKE had another dash Friday a. ITEM
and today Senator JOHNSON said he would call up no
oil relsting to New York long the Common Co0n
cil COMMITTEES were here, ss he knew msny Senators
had declared they would not vote propositions At
iecung NewiOrk IN the least while they were here IN
the capacity OF lobbying committee May serve as
lesson 20 them 10 mind their business 10 future.