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


. be most productive. they must be apple
TO the most profitable use. A capitals
may loan his money 10 the trader, and tn
trader. after having paid the interest. ma
have handsome profit left for himself
But these two men onl Y accumulate wealth
They create nothing. The entire basi
ofiheir fortunes, is the produce of the la
bors of others. who ply the implements O
industry. The capitalists and The trade
might thus prosecute their respective
schemes to the end OF time; and, thou.I
they might accumulate much wealth tha
others had created, they would not o
themselves, create as much as the value 0
a 5ushel of wheat.
The merchant and The capitalist are use
luI. in their places for, though they ere
ale no wealth, they serve, one as the chan
mel Of exchange, and The other as the foun
tain of the medium Of exchange and thus
the industrial classes, who create the wealth
by the labors of their hands, are enabled
TO make sales and purchases VITA all dpsi.
rab!e facility, with less trouble, a, small
er expense OF time. and to greater advan,-
age, than they olher~ ise coul1.
The farmer creates wealth. Every
movement of his, is part Of the process
of making-not accumulating->omething
which did no, exist before. His luxuriant
fields, clothed in the rich, golden garb Of
The harvest months, exhibits the fruits of
his toll. Theirs are rich stores Of wealth
wealth necessary to human comfort,
and 10 human exIs,ence-weallh that all
the money in the world could not produce
wealth which could not be created by
all the learned professions that ever existed
and produced only BY the sweat OF the
brow, and the toll, Of the body-of labo.
sious industry.
The mechanic is also creator of wealth.
Money is his inducemeni, and his reward;
but it is his labor. under the direction Of
mechanical skill. which alone imparts new
value 10 the materials which pass through
his hands. As a striking instance Of the
value TO the materials by the hands Of labor,
take On example, the article Of sewing nee.
dies. Think Of the enormous quantity Of
these minute, though necessary articles.
constantly distributed throughout the civil
lied world-lhink Of the great value of one
ton weigh. of steel manufactured into iha,
form, and OF the very small value Of the
ore from which that ton of steel was made!
And almos, the entire amount Of the differ.
ence between the original value OF the iron
ore as it rested in The bow els the earth, and
the value Of ton Of needles, is so much
wealth created by labor alone.
What have said on the subject of the
manufacture OF sewing needles, is true, in
a measure, Of all other productions Of la
Dor and mechanical skill. The carpenter.
the cabinet maker, the tailor, the boot and
shoemaker, and every other latoring man,
creates just so much wealth, by the labor
Of his hands. as The product is worth more
han The materials. aliel deducling the in.
crest oflhe capital invested in the business.
From The premises thus assumed. we
gather three very important facts. |. As
abor is the creator of wealth, it should be
and employ ed to the best ad.
'aniage, to make i, as productive as pos
'ible. 2. 1t should be as generally known as
possible; because. all unemployed persons
capable of performing labor. suffer, 10
themselves, the waste Of what they might
'arn. capitalists miss Of the profits they
night make from their labors, and the !
suffers the loss Of the aggregate
wealth they might thereby create. 3.
From the lack Of employment, ,idIeness, vice,
md dissipation, are either encouraged or
promoted, and poverty, indigence, pauper.
SIN, and crime, are very certain to follow
n the train.
From what has been said above il is We.
y evidently the interest and the duty Of
Ill WHO have the means, to aid in any at.
empt that may promise success, to erect
and encourage and aid the
prosecution OF business, intended and cal.
;ulated TO furnish full, constant, and profit.
'ble empIoymen, to The laboring classes. 1,
s the interest Of all, because, by such
means, those who lend their aid, are moral
y certain TO reap at least reasonable
profit. 1t is the interest of all, as a com.
nunily. because. by it. habits Of industry
ire incuIcated and promoted the poor
'laced in condition to supper, themselves
Without the aid of Pauper taxes; vice and
:rime consequently diminished /; the wealth
md importance Of the community enhan.
ed. and the population and business in.
.reased. 1t is the duty Of all who have
he means, TO aid IN such an enterprise, be-
.ause humanity demands tneir t.fIor,s IN