New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-07-19

sn.t strictly Danish all gross violent OF ,"pypee
language Their speech and tier .css ~ ,,so
rortby of free ard independent ciuhe"' VI i"e"
no i've by useful labor, bravely done. -, .u...
~The members OF this association whi recohec'
that all truly epubcan language should ever DO
brotherly." ..oo;..on ss
vill a, once have been Observed ahords an eA
ample Of the union oil two closely oonnec.eu .a
A The example on a larger scale 10 tnat OF tne
-o,kers In Leather and Skins, This IL 10 con-
81 ss far as possible, OF as many sections as
,h,ye are distinct parts in the manufacture Oh
leather and Skins, besides an Administrative sec
hon. each section choosing its head AND quincy
men. whilst the head Of the Administrative section
l. the representative Of the whole ASSOCIATION
No member il admitted but upon the vote oil ma,
so,;tv Of the associates, and as being lst-a gooo
workman in bis own line; 2d.-a useiai mem,
her of the association, and as having Palo
either in money tools, or materials, tue SUN
of "a, which 10 never to be returned. IA
.berents of the association who are aoe 70
fpl6l the two frat bat not the last condition, are
admitted as supplementary members ana are
boand 10 lend 10 the society the sum oil l. AZ once
or by instruments Of not less tnan os Inc .os1
number OF supplementary members 10 De aoln'soa
In each section with q deliberate vote mus NJ
exceed two thirds OF the whole NUMBER. MI 1 n
hers accused of having calumnia.ed others OF Oh
having used biameable means 70 influence 'neun, e
All associates who shRn be accused OF nov eoios
heir duty, are to be judged at the mons mont "eo
ipgs, and may be, according 70 toe voso ~. .nao,
iority. either reprimended or expelled, IA respecs
n * retribution OF labor, it 10 laid down tnat
Iw.ees .bould be equal for those who WORK equai
W. but ia order Justly to apply this Princpe' .ne
York will be paid for by the piece. ACCORDING 70
table to be equitsby liked FRONTS are usit .sa
eoually" In order 10 stimulate and reward the
vssl and intellectual faculties OF each associate
% the society keeps register OF all melorAtlons'
improvements, and inventions introduced; o. the
psmes OF parties to whom they are due, ano Oh tue
necuniarv rewards voted 10 EACH Ine regola
hon. Of This association, may add, are favoraoy
5istnguished by conciseness, notwithstanding tne
breadtb of conception which peryades them ana
which would have led vulgar mlads lnIo ehdiess
detail. n.L
n would be useless TO refer in detail 70 the regu'
Ist;on. of upward OF hundred similar institutions
Ss,,v existing in Paris beside the many which have
sprung al in all the chief provincial cities az ny
one Marseilles Bordeaux, ROuen, &c. IL 10 ne
eessary, however, to say lew words Oh INC iess
numerous establishments IN which masters ana
yorkmen have been able to combine In one part
nership The most hourishing OF these Is tnat OF
The Ssddle-tree makers which comprises all the
iourneymep and most of the masters, In the trade:
I never heard but one voice as to its success and
the prodigious activity OF its workers, even rom
those who are least favorable TO the principle Oh as
ISOLATION Another 10 that OF the master and lour-
neymep Brusbmakers, whose rules bear close anal
esy 10 those of the workers in leather and skins
The bes. known of such establishments In this
country ia that OF nj. Leclare the house painter,
30 honorably known in practical chemistry oy MS
discovery Of the applicability OF salts OF zinc In
painting, in place oil those salts OF ead wncn sxert
10 deleterious an influence on the health OF the
Journey man painter. His establishment has been
refer ed 10 from time TO time, with appreciation by
Chambers Journal, by the Economist, and latter
" by Mr. John Stuart Mil, in his Political Econo
my Vol III p. 1921. Nj. Leclares system, as set
- ta tnT yin
fixed allowances or salaries to all parties, nclud-
ing himself as mansger, and after allowing for in
terest ON his capital, dividing the surplus profits
yearly among the whole body, himself Included, In
proportion to their fixed salaries. M Dupont the
well known printer Of the ReUue des deur Mondes,
affords another instance of a very large establish
nent in which the operatives are associated to
profits as well as bat mandatory Ia the Pas
sage Jouffroy numbering 1900 journeymen asso-
csted ON half profits. However remarkable these
various attempts TO unite hitherto conflicting inter
ests, they are surely less striking than the Efforts
Of the unassisted worbmeD, by the single force oil
association, to supply the want OF capital az once
and OF directing skill SO long as margin Is LETT
In ,py trade for the fail profits of capital by all
means let NJ. L6olaires plan be tried 6y the cdpl'
tal.,t But in the presence Of the starvation prices
OF slop work, where the profit OF the employer is
taken entirely out of the subsistence OF the opera
tiyes there is no field left for cooperation between
master and workman. The workman must beat
the master slop.seler utterly out OF tue held, or
perish And in presence Of the giant strides OF the
SOP system in almost every trade-springlng up
a. IL does on all sides out OF the practice OF taking
contracts at the lowest tender-encroaching al
ready upon agriculture, as the Morning Chr0Htcie
has shown, in the field gangs OF Noroik,-who eau
saw that there is any trade, bow well paid soever
in hich the application Of the associative princi
pie would be premature
And now. let me mention some of the effects OF
these operative associations in Paris. Let 1t be
remembered that they are composed almost entire
Nv of the most fiery spirits among the working
classes, OF the combstan,s of July and February.
Has IL made them more turbulent Quite the
contrary Scarcely an associated operative was
involy ed in the conflict OF June lo4s, or the " DEM
onstrationp of June, ls49. Z" was formerly one ct
the resdest 70 shoulder my musket said one of
them TO me, but now l only AJAX for two years
quiet and the triumph Of the good cause by labor
alone is assured" Again, the industry Oh THESE
men is extreme; / asked everywhere whether the
work people were in the habit of spending their
Monday in idleness and feasting, ("tdire ie LuR
at"J a practice even more common with Partisan
than with London operatives The negative re-
ceived was often nearly contemptuous man
would soon be turned out If he did" was gener'
Ally the answer. And yet exclusions for idleness
(which are pronounced by the workshop ITSELF are
univ sally said TO be rare; and men are pointed
out W ho " ere formerly reputed dlers, and have be-
come industrious since they entered the associa'
tion and II association has made men less turonlent
it has only been by making them more really man.
ly and brave. Intelligent, manly fellows these as
ISOLATED workmen seemed almost everywhere !;
not Disgusting from themselves the difficulty Of the
problem before them, that Of crushing competition
through competition itself, while procuring fair
maintenance for the operative with their eyes
on,te omen 10 the need Of that Relfsacrihce and
nnn,ns indliness without which association is q
rope of sand Nor is the scope OF these kindly
feelings confined to the associates alone was
toIs M two separate workshops that scarcely day
pissed without some collection being made Tor the
poor. And whst is far more important they are
xakesipg to that sense OF industrial honor which
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