New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-04-16

THE TAlLoRs or LONDON.

THE TAlLORs or LONDON.
The Labor Of Tailors and Seamstressos ia sub
Jet to one peculiarly which il worthy of the most
careful consideration that peculiarly consists in
the fact that it is monopozed by large establish
ulcn,s without having been rendered easier or
more productive by means Of labor saving ma
cbnery, and without having received any Of the
benefits which Organization, even in It's crudest
forms, always assures to Toll large cotton fac
tory, for example, is Ear fcom being organized &c
coriing TO the principles Of justice, having other
object in view than TO make the largest profits
That BE- made not or the aborers, but solely for
the capitalists engaged in it, Accordingly, e gets
from the former the greatest possible amount of
work for the east possible pay, that being the mi
versa secret OF large profits. Still Labor is there
organized after a sort workers are brought to
gether their iorces combined and their excrtions
lightened by being rendered social The consc-
quence, we shall, in the course Of these articles
show by plain and conclusive facts of the present
We only state the principle
Among Taiors and Seamstresses there IS no
such organization Especially in large cities
like London and New York, the majority Of
them DO their work in their own lodg-
ings, and without coming much in contact with
their fellow workers They are thus more surely
and thoroughly the victims Of that graspog linus
tico and that Competition which forever 90 about
all departments Of Industry in the Civilized Social
State, seeking whom they may deyour TIE great
eady made clothing aud furnishing establishments
Which, by keeping greater variety Of goods and
selling them cheaper gradually drive O1tsmall shop
keepers and tailors working on their own account.
and thus n0nopolize the business, have power
over their laborers Irresistible in proportion as the
latter isolated from each other and without the
advantages Of mutual conference and support. II
Is thousand times easier 10 screw down below
the starving point the wages Of a hundred sewing
women, when each comes alone 10 the shop, and
hears only the assertion of the Employer that he
cannot give more, and that if she viii not take the
pttance be offers be had plenty Of others 10 10
the job,-than when they all work together in one
room Ia the one case the trembling, starving VIC
tim feels herself utterly Incapable Of disputing the
shrewd and heartess dispenser Of Employment
and the representative OF w cath, for her the only
OmDipotence aud the only Providence on this
hopeless, dreary, and miserable earth BIT put a
hundred such persons together, and though they
might and certainly would be deprived Of part Of
their Just earnings still they could keep themselves
safe from that extreme and almost incoEceiyable
wrong which these articles viii often haze ~ illus
tra.e by narratives Of facts the most tragic and
he art rending.
We shall give ample Illustrations Of the above
positions, and meanwhile, il any proof be wanted
it may be furnished BY tie Of the Mliners and
Dressmakers Of London, who work together in
shops. Though there is no reason for it ia the ma
ture Of their work they are very much better paid
and in condition Of far greater comfort than is en-.
oyed by the Tailoring Seamstresses who work apart
l.. their own lodgings Bu. before entering into any
details with regard 10 the Tailors. either men or
women, ask the attention Of our readers to the
SLOWING general statement from the .Noyniny
Chronicle
The Tallors. as body. form a very larse proper.
ton OF the population Of London. Arranging the
occupations OF the people Of the metropolis in the
order Of the number OF individuals belonging to
them, We shall ind that the tailors stand fourth
upon the list FRS, come the Domestic Servants
OF London numbering " many as $4,000 midi