New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-02-09

owing % imperfect and vicious arrangements i0r
Distribution there may often b. glut in the ware
houses Of Trade while thousands greatly need and
would gladly purchase if they ooui. What the
word cininently requires IS some wise adjustment
some remodeling of the Social machinery dinn-
isb.ng its friction whereby crery pam ,riiag 10
'cork shoH ossaredly hare lr0yI u de- and The Just
yerord Of INIT royk IN tie a,f'rlss 1ost es"afi0lfo
h.s srstenaDce and com)ot 1t may be that there
IS indeed surplus oi that particular product which
some mans labor could most Sdlioiy or rapidly
produce Pianos Watches OF Games for exam
ple-and therefore it may be advisable 70 internit
foT sessoU the production 81 thess-yet the skill
the faculty, the muscular energy required in that
psrlicular department Of production might never
theless be made available, even though in a subor
dinste degree ia the fabrication Of some kindred
product TOR which there demand among the
general mass OF consumers maintain, then. that
10 or day no man should be compelled to stand
idle or wander yanly in search Of employment,
even though that particular calling for which he is
best fitted has now no place Cor him. but shst the
palpablc selfinterest Of the community should pre-
scribe the creation Of some Social Providence ex-
pressly 70 take care that no man, woman or child
shall ever stand vselessy idle when wiling and
anxious 10 work. Even the most injudicious sp-
pcstioi Of the labor now wasted through lack Of
opportunity could not fail to increase the National
Wealth to the extent Of millions millions per
sDuum, while its effect on the condition Of the La
boring Clsss. in preserving them from temptation,
dissipation aud CT me would be Incidentally bene
fceut
Now what stand here 70 complain Of Is the
Indifference sud ipareoton Of tie Lsboribg Mass,
and especially Of those entitled to q ieading posi-
ton ia H. Ike the Printers to the discussion OF
truths 50 grand and 50 fruitful a. the R'ght 10
Labor II is more discussed more por9ercd, To-
dsa by Merchants. Capitalists Scholars and men
who ere called Aristocrsts than by the mass o
Those who earn their living by the sweat oi the
tee II IS now eighteen wears since ! came u
this city Journeyman printer, daring winch years
Have been intimsteiy connected with craft N
on capacity or another, and yet I have never
heard Of meeting Of Printers 70 consider and dis
cuss The Rights generally o. Labor. The causes Of
rs depression tls means 81 its advancement 49,
Daring these eighteen ears there have been hard
times aud good times, 50 called SCISSORS o. activity
aud seasous OF depression--in the course OF which
the country has heen saved. | forget how otter
oug city has doubled in population and more than
doubled IN weatl-and yet the LabOring Glass as
Class Is Just where ii was when came here, or,
II any mng, in q worse condition a. the increased
valuation Of Property has caused advance in Rents
and IN some other necessaries of life individuals
have ris0u ops of the Laboring Glass, becoming
Layera OF Labor and sellers OF us Products, AID
gro :, itch thereby Int the condition Of the sbor
ia Class &c such mas pol improved and .hink IS
less favorable than it Was twenty years ago Why
sh old ), not investigate, determine and develop
the causes OF this Why not consider the prec
ticat,lity Of securing Work and Houses to all vii
In 70 work iJr them Can we imagine that i'm.
proyement " come without eaort or even H.
qiify Is il tie order Of Nature or Of Providence
thut 1t should DO blessings to other classes
without foresight or calculation | have heard |
complaints that Machinery and Invention do not |
work for the Laborng Class bat rather against |
them Conccde the assumption, and is not the |
inquiry q fair one, What has the Laboriug Glass
ever done to moSc Machinery work in its favor
When has it planned, or sought. calculated to |
render Machinery its ally and aid rather than its
enemy and oppressor
am here tonight to tel you that You, and our |
Trade, and the Laborng Glass OF our City, have |
been slsrngly uniaith;ul in this respect TO Your
selves your bostcrity, and your Race, and that the
Workers OF Paris. for example are IA advance Of |
the n brethren here IN knowledge Of and devotion
10 the interests and Rights Of Labor. And am |
here not to find fault merely, but to exhort yon 10
aN axe from yonr apathy and heed the summons OF |
Duty
stand here. friends 20 urge that new leaf be |
oow turned oycr-thSt the LRborng Class, instead |
of idly and bndly WAITING for better circumstances
aud better times shall begin AT once 70 consider
and discuss the means OF controlling circumstances
ami commanding times. by study. calculation. fore
sight union We have heard nigh, OF Union |
of Printers and Printers Library for which latter
oac generous donation has been proaered have !
little faith in giving as a remedy for the woes Of
mankind. and nor much in any effort for the slevs |
ton or improvement Of any one section of produ |
GERS Of We alth in our City What woald sug |
sest would be the Union and Organization OF all |
tor their mutual Improvement and benefit |
leading to the erection of spacious ediiice at some
central point in our City to form sLABoRrRs TX |
CHANCE, Just as Commerce now has It's Exchange, |
very properly Let the new Exchange be erected |
and owned Us a joint stock property paying fair |
dividend to those whose money erected It LEI II |
contain the best spacious Hall for General Meetings
TO be found in our City with smaller Lecture
Rooms for the meetings Of particular sections or
railngs all 10 be leased rented at far prices 10
all who may choose TO hire them when not needed
Tor the primary purpose o; discussing and advancing
the interests of Labor Let us nave here books
opened wherein any one wsuting work may m
scribe his name, residence, capacities and terms,
while any one wishing to hire may do likewise as
well ss meeS personally those seeking employ meEt'
These are but hints toward few Of the uses winch
such Labor Exchange might subserve, while It's
Reading Room and Library, easily trmed and re-
plenShed should he open freely and gladly to al
such an edihce rightly planned and constructed
might become and l confidently hope would be
some most important fundamentally IN The great
work Of advancing the Lsboring Class u comfort
intelligence and independence trust We need
not long await its erection.