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


many trades however there are rival associations,
tr, ing to undersel one another but 1t Is felt OF
course that such competition must be more onas'
trous as well as more unnatural than tnat OF tne
capital stand the lately established Uaion OF
ssst Citations, now completely realized, anords
hope Of better things The fact that such Hnson
exists sufficiently dsproves the idea 40 lndas"F
ou,ly circulated in this country that the wo5Aing
associations of France have failed. iouhu zoe
same idea prevalent in Paris seven mon.ns hs1
and " as only convinced OF the contrary oy VIC
mopy of my own eyes. Had they iaued-nu1su,
should they still fsil-it would be no "onuti.
the most mart the basty products OF reVoiu'on-
,bs ,nn.broom growth Of thunder sho~er-com,
po,ed frequently Of the most unruly elements VI
The French working population-thw~tedl 10 every
possble way by capitalists ana olhnonoieu
Observation-Disclosures, above ALL Ia sou aoso
IpteIv reekipe with the goddess corruption oil Lou,
pbilinrism-tbe wonderis that any should succeed
und refused 10 let their hooSes 70 assocl-
st;ons while. on the ether hand, as lure to popu'
i,r;,v many private trader, or even sloP seller
bnn % ont pl scards with the magic words OF Era
,e,nsl Annexation" And finally, at least from the
moment Of Louis Napoeon's rise TO power tney
were subjected 10 the constant llwlH OF the Wv
eminent. Az an instance OF the pety tyr1nDy
Used by the latter may be quoted the suppress
sion OF the triangle painted or hung out over tne
doors of the associations, emblem OF equahty'
although that emblem is actually 10 De found on ne
rerv Coins of the Republic. A stu more scanoa-
lous abuse Of power was lately exhibited All Lyons
where the premises OF many hounshlng associa-
tons were at the same day and hour suddenly In,
vaded by the police, their money reckoned, and
their very account-books carried OH-as II 70 CON-
pei them TO bankruptcy
And now the question is, can such associations
be organized in England practical answer has
already been given to the question, by the estao
lisbment Of several such bodies already, as our
Tract No. o has stated, and as is further shown by
the advertisement ON the back OF tbis sheet
Yet the difficulties Of the undertaking IN this
county are immense. The laws oil partnership,
framed entirely with view 70 associations OF caPi'
tslists, act moreover as premium TO the great
capitalists, by iorbddiDg associations with limited
liability without Parliamentary or Royal sanction
on the one band and on the other by the great ex-
pense OF Registration under the JOINT Stock Com
panies Act through which alone trading associa-
tons with unlimited liability can obtain legal foot
ing. The working associations OF this country are
thus compelled for the present, to grow up without
the law; as the joint stock company OF the capital.
ist grew I'D before them as the FreemasoDs and
Odd Fellows Lodges still maintain themselves.
They must act, to use the words OF Lord Eldon In
a celebrated case, "by mutual understanding,
end hind Of moral rule" giving and taking Is lit
tie credit as possible careful in their choice Of
members and still more in their choice Of officers
ttriot TO take all proper precautions against the
misapplication OF money, through the agency OF the
Guarantee Societies or otherwise; and yet willing
to entrust almost despotic authority 10 the hands OF
their managers, so the functions OF the latter be
always revocable at fixed periods; and, finally,
using, as in clubs, the power Of exclusion, as the
great weapon against misbehavior.
Let us hope that the calling forth of these moral
qualities without which the local difficulties of their
position can never be overcome, will tend TO estab
lish smopg the associated operatives such stan.
dard Of honor industry, good conduct, and mutual
LII. hall fap1 lu N tbo
character OF their class. And although the mass Of
many trades at least, by the fault of others and by
their own, remains unfortunately so degraded that
it would be hopeless TO look at present for their
steady adherence to the principles OF cooperative
labor under moral checks alone much may be done
10 elevate them by plans such as those on foot for
the establishment OF proper registration Offices, for
the ballast beavers and the merchant seamen Of
Guild for the Journey men Taors and by the work
ing out ofthat principle Of insurance. hitherto taken
up almost at hep hazard in Trades Unions and
Friendly Societies, Savings Banks and Burial
Clubs which will enable at least the well paid ope-
rative, by small but regular sacrifice, to provide
against the contingencies Of loss OF employment,
sickness, iDfrmity, old age, &c.
And let capital at last come manfully forward
no longer for the oppression, but for the emancPa
ton Of Labor Good is 1t that the projected ralors
Guild should have met with 30 much favor among
so many eminent men, and that the great Master
Tailors of the metropolis should have entered into
scheme which must elevate the intellect aud cha.
racter OF the journeymen connected with II. GOOD
is it that the capital OF the Working Taors Asso-
citation in easiest. should have been supplied, as
their circular informs the public, by "cIergymen
ard hers,"-capital not given, but yet never 70
return to the hands Of those who advanced it, TO be
repaid with "A per cent interest, and yet to be de-
vo,ed when repaid, 20 the formation Of other SINH
lar associations. o if the Church at large could
but feel her true position, as the deposltary OF those
principles Of righteousness as well as OF universal
brotherhood, which alone can make this movement
for the organization and enfranchsement Of labor
holy, alone can make it successful II she could
from her thousand pupits bear witness that the
tgofold commandment ~ love God and our neigh
bOr is doubly violated by slop seller and slop buyer
when buy cheap and sell dear" is the practical
rule of life during six days out Of the seven, when
might is right in this fearful social war OF compe
tion and respectable men, honest men, kindly men,
pious men, deem themselves justified in paying
shilling for that which costs the maker two-in
giving six shillings a week wages TO the laborer
" no cannot live under seven-because 1.-THE sup
plv exceeds the demand in other words, because
The machinery OF trade does net compel them to
give more, asd does compel their brethren to take
less-aye and when these res pectable, and honest
and kindly, and plous men become such worship
pers Of that machinery, murderous though it be,
that they cannot conceive OF any other, and call
those intides and revoutionists whose sole aim is
To strange revolution in its cradle-want-and 70
conquer in Christs name, this huge pagan realm
Of industry which surrounds Us Look up, my
Brother Christians, open your eyes; the hour OF a
New Crusade has struck. There is no new Faith
to be preached no new Gospel to be announced 70
the hungry and suffering millions; there is nothing
to do but to speak and act the TRUTH and to cast our
burden on Him, the Righteous One Whose eyes
consider the poor, and Whose eyelds try the child
rem Of men )" the Gracious One, "Who will not
always be Gliding" the Strong One, Who made
! b, aven and earth, and in Whose strength the
| b, mblest may 60 forth to battle. J. T.
LABOR MOVEMENTS.