New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-10-11

oao - live. whether in riches OF PV'1l'1'
enc 70 w. tas not earned. The helpless,
oL ;s We'd Taralyzed, miserably diseased, ln-
s ssYff or idiotio poor must live SO, and we
mnst all help them as We have means; ou'
for the able.bedied and sane there should
be no charity, but that Of finding them
work to do, and securing to them Its falr
reward-if that may be called Charity
which is in truth but naked Justice. 10
Work and its fair recompense the needy
are entitled, and those who assume to own
the earth ant all that is on it ought to show
tban where it is to be found But giving
aims to the able-bodied is destructive of
their proper independence and paralyzlng
10 their industrial efficiency. The man
who has been used to live by charity can
reyer again feel She shudder whorewish he
first accepted aims. Henceforth it will be
apt to seem easier to live by charity than
by industry.
We need in cur city an Association to
find work for ell who require it, with on
Office ever open to all applicants and moss
intelligent aotuary constantly engaged in
discovering or providing markets for surplus
labor. Such an agent could often direct in
quirers to some railroad or other improve
ment in progress where they could obtain
work and hire them passage thither for
less than one-balf what must be paid it
each bargained singly His Office would
be the general resort not only Of those want
ing work but of those wanting workers also,
forming q Labor Exchange as Convenient
and far more important than that Of
Commerce. Such On Exchange, we are
confident, would add at least One Million
annually to the wealth Of the country at 8
cost Of not more than Five Thousand Dol
lars, while it would diminish the calls for
charity by a very large amount. Four-fitths
of those who now worthily seek aims would
greatly prefer opportunity to earn what
they need if such were within their reach
From November to March the loss of wealth
in cur city alone by want Of employment
will far exceed One Million Dollars; and all
this waste labor, with ten times as much
throughout the country might be saved and
turned to account if the wise and the affluent
would butrealize that it falls in good part at
second. hand on them-that aims and bad
debts, and dissipated habits incurred dur
ing these seasons of idleness, all tend at
last to diminish the prosperity of every class
in the community Every dollar that need
be expended in vigorous, comprehensive
effort to procure or provide employment for
every human being needing or desiring it
would be repaid hundred fold not only in
the improved condition Of the needy but in
the increase of trade, income, and wealth
to the more fortunate.
There are to-day hundreds if not thou
sands of steady, industrious, deserving
men in our city who have sedulously sought
employment through the summer, yet have
found nothing to do for the greater part of
the time, and who now see winter coming
on without prospect and with hardly
bote of months work before March.
These men have helpless families already
hungry and shiveripg they will be forced
to beg before January if no firm hand is
held out to guide them to employment and
recOmpense. None but those who have ex-
tensiyely inquired have any idea of the
number ct all times waiting and watching
in our city for something to do. Many Of
them should seek it elsewhere, but they
know not where, and have not the means Of
going if they knew. Many have good
faculty Of working but none at oil Of find
ing work to do. We entreat the wise and
generous to take this matter promptly and
resolutely in hand, determined to devise
and provide the means of providing work
somewhere for every resident Of our city.
Many have cost US hundreds Of dollars each
as paupers who might have been saved from
pauperism at triAing cost, and many are
now fitting for the alms-house whom timely
counsel and little fraternal interest might
vet save to independence and usefulness.
Can there be any subject more deserving
the attention of the philanthropic than that
: of securing constant and fully rec0mpensed
Labor TO ALP
What Is it TO pus down sewardism
We make the following extract from a
communication we have received from a
sound and judicious Wing, who holds prin-
oiples to be matters Of earnest reality, not
of convenient show. lie expresses the
opinion Of thousands on thousands among
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