Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1850-08-21

| uou d't>tS, are tHey OeVOteu 10 Tue mos
probable pnrsul,s-pursuits which offe
The highest wages 10 The laboriny classes
and the greatest returns TO the employee
and the community? II not. then a por
lion Of that capital and labor should b.
Withdrawn, and npplcd to some other OBJ
| Ject. The wages Of labor is a toIerably
correct criterion OF iudg dgncnt in this matter
That bus ness which affords the best pay
for labor. is, as a general rule, most profit
able TO the employer, and he should con-
duct accordingly. Bu, there are man,
communities. altogether agricultural, or al.
together something el-e, which seem tc
think that, to change would amount tc
sacrlege and who keep on in the old bea
ten track. as boy would continue to turn
a grinds,one a.ler the tool was ground, ill
their business is entirely overdone, and
profit ceased 10 be realized.
But have no doubt you have plenty Of
spare capital for new enterprises. Nor
have any more doubt, that you have ma
ny capabIc..o InoorIng, and willing to la
Dor, provided there was suitable field
opened for The application of their industri-
al powers, either but partially employed or
not employed a. ALL Please TO look around
you-each one whom now address. Let
each call TO mind every Iaboring man in
his knowledge, who. for want of employ.
ment, is idle any days in the year. Let
each one call to mind every laboring man
in his knowledge. who, rather than be idle,
iaborS for compensation hardly sufficient
to meet the demands of nature for the me.
rest necessaries Of life. Having collected
these in his minds eye, then let him take
another look, and add to the number all fe.
males who would be glad Of respectable
but who can not obtain i,
and of girls and boys fourteen, fifteen, and
sixteen years Of age, now burihen 10
their parents, and who, had they the oppor-
lunty, would earn for themselves com.
(or'able livelihood. And all these persons,
besides doing well for themselves, would
add to the wealth Of the community, all
that their labors would create.
All Of you who have taken this survey,
and have combined in the aggregate the
results Of your individual inquiries, | can
not entertain q doub., have assembled
very considerable company Of persons. of
he descriptions have named-Some,
rom the want Of employment, idle por.
ion Of the time, and others ogain doing
nothing to any purpose, or at least to very
lille profit. 1t certainly must be a great
object to all these. to be fully and profi,a.
ply employed. 1t is great object to the
10 possess the wealth they
night create, and to keep them from indi-
,ence and vice and TO capitalists and
business men, for the profits to be realized
rom the pursuits in which they nigh, be
Employed.
DO you ask, in what branch of business
hese persons can be employed, My re-
'ly isl know OF none 10 which persons
an so readily become accustomed. or in
which they can be so constantly employed.
y employed TO so much advantage to them
elves, as in the manufacture Of Cotton.
The labors Of the cotton mill are light, and
impose but light tax on the physical
overs Of The operatives and yet they are
lways able 10 corn a comfortable liveli-
,ood. And one very important conside.
alton is. lha. the company ofoperatves in
cotton mill are, in great part, made up
f those, who, without the mill, would earn
tile or nothing they being principally
emales, and the younger class Of females.
Those acquainted with the general condi-
ion of the laboring classes, need not be re-
minded of The great relief that would be
xiended TO them, by providing full and
employment for that portion of
hem l named, and who now mainly de-
end on the Iabors Of others for support.
With those to whom | address. the ques-
ion will now very naturally suggest itself,
Imposing the working classes 10 be so
realty benefited by carrying out the con.
smplaied enterprise for the manufacture Of
ot,on in this place. or vicinity in what
yay, and to what extent. are correspond.
% benefits TO accrue to capitalists, farmers.
raiders, &c. who invest their money in the
uisness, or be in any way connected with
/. To this query, will attempt brief
nd SIMPLE reply.
To those who feel disposed 10 furnish
unds for such purpose, permit me 10 say.
nd that too from my own knowledge and
Experience in the business, no investment
an he made more safe, or more certain TO
make The return Of handsome profit. Than
hat made in first rate cotton mill, placed
nder good management. A bad mill,
Ike every oiher bad establishment, is but