New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-08-07
era let US take ,he last, ADAPTATION OF THE
SUPPLY TO THE DENAHD." This seems to be

formula relating merely as in fact, it does relate
mainly, 10 ordinary commerce-trade-conme
In the minor sense and 10 that sense it presses
an immense want Of civilized society nothing
less az Carly has it. than kno Wedge OF the way
OF getting the supernumersry shirts into contact
with backs Of the men who have none. Bat THIS
same principle introduced into the parlor becomes
the regulator Of politeness end good manners l
am, for example, OVERLOOKING with immodetae
zeal for the principles which | am now discussing.
I hrosch them on every occasion. | seize every
man by the button hole and intict on him lecture
on the beauties Of Equitable Commerce In line,
make nyeef a universal bore, as every reiormer
TO- more or less. But at the moment some urbane
and conservative old gentleman politely Observes
20 me. "Sr perceive one Of your principles 10,
sThe adaptation of tie Supply 10 the Demand
l take the hint Immediately. My mouth is closed
perceive am carrying Goals to Newcastle, or in
other words that my lecture is not wanted-that be
does not care TO interest himself in the ubect-
There 10 no demand, AID stop the supply.
But you are ready TO say Would not the same
hint given in some otherfOrm stop the impertnence
Of our jealous advocacy in any casel Let those
answer who have been bored. But suppose 1t did,
could it be done 40 gracefully in any way as by re-
ferrng the offender to one OF the very principles be
is advocating or which ne protessesl Again, grant
that might have the effect 70 atop that annoy auce
the hint itself would be taken as an otfense, and
the offended en-that is not me-takes the suks
and, instead Of continuing the conversation upon
some other subject that might be agreeable, goes
of ia huff, ard most probably you have made him
an enemy for life Bot in my case it will not even
be necessary for the Conservative old gentleman to
remind me- shall at once recolect that another OF
nv principles is THE SOVEREIGNTY OF TBEISDI.
vIDUAL." and that one Of the highest exercises Of
that sovereignty is the choice Of the subjects about
which one will converse and upon which he will
bestow bis time-hence / recognize cordially his
right TO exclude my subject, and Immediately,
gracefully ard good humorcdly glide off upon some
other subject while # it is possible that there
should ever arise a demand with him TO hear any
thing about my subject, my uniform Difference for
even his preiudices viii hasten tue day. All con.
servstye old gentlemen " no hate reform of all sorts
BB they do raISbAue, should at once make them
selves familiar v it'll these principles oil reform and
dissen mate them as the means Of defending them
selves Do you begin 10 perceive that such mere
tradesmsn-hke formula at first blush, as q" TIE
ADAPTATION OF THE SCPPLYTOTHE DEMAND, De-
comes one Of the highest reg0istorso OF gooo mauheIs
n part o the efhfcS a. c0hC1TSdtt0R--0l lhe eqlI'
table commerce" Of geutemany Intercourse as
uslI as what il seems 10 be, an important element
oftrade; ard do you catch q glimpse OF what |
mean when say that il is a universal principle OF
commerce in the major sense, and so OF " TIE
SOVEREIGNTY OF TIE ISDWIDUALF II you 90, III
is lucky for YOU for caanO. stop TO go into any de-
tail here of the ten thousand applications which
these principles have as universal regulators of So
cisl intercourse. ! am beoti through this lumber
of introduction in order to get back, i'll don't get
twamped altogether % my " Cost Principle"
The doctrine Of lSDvIDUALITT is equally uni
versal have only TO say here that It means the
next thing to everything, when you come 70 us
apple atous Ii means, as applied 10 persons, that
every human being has a dittnct character or IN
diridualitV of bis OWL so that any attempt at cas
aifyipg him with others or u measure him by oth.
ers Is breach Of his natural liberty and as applied
to facts, that no two cases ever occurred precisely
IL 4 L.. s1.N ,ffrar al rnl
can possibly be applied to cases not yet arisen. 1t
follows therefore, that all la VS. systems aud con
stitutions whatsoever, must yield 70 the individual
or else that liberty must be infriDged-or ia othe
words that the individual is aboveinstutions, sndr
that no social system can claim to be the true one
which requires for its harmonious operation that the
individual shall be subjected to the system, or 70
any institutions whatsoever.
Ii appears also that all combinations OF interest
Whatsoever are limitations upon the individuality
of the parties, restrictions upon natural liberty
hence the practical movement Of Mr. Warren be-
gins with complete dsintegraton OF all amalga'
mated interests, such as partnerships, In manner
peculiar to his sy stem-hence again TO the casual
observer his movement seems 20 be in exact an
tagoDien TO Association and the views o, Socialism
N ali the various schools A more thorough &C
uuaintance with the subject will show, however,
hat bis ndivdualisDg of ali interests is he analy
fs Of society, preliminary TO association as tie Syn
hesiS-RssOcistiOn which is demaudet by the econ
smies being growth Of that cooperation of inter.
ests-not ANA lgamation-which results from tho
operation Of the cost principle.
Now i feel mott painfully that by attempting
such condensation Of these matters | am render
ing myself woiully obscure, and | only beg your
readers not to set me down for fool until have
time TO tell what do mean. | will take spec al
occasion TO show that Equitable Commerce Ia
not the Antagonist Of any other OF the great Rs
forms proposed, bat that It comes in as the hSrm).
nicer Of the whole. If Fourier has shown " the
what" Warren shows the how" in which last re-.
spect Social ReiOrmers generally are lanentably
deficient.
Az have now prolonged my communcatioatoo
much to resume the exposition Of the cost priuci-
pie ia il, will conclude by stating how the princl
pie in its operation y address itself 10 the differ
ent classes OF community, so that these who have
demand for the Suicle need not be over buFdened
by the supply.
The whole community msy be divided under this
system-not according to the old Classification Of
Political Economy into producers and non.pro-
duoen-but into those who receive more than
equivalents for their labor and those Who receive
leIs than equvaleuts-those who perform no pro-
ductive labor and receive living or more than that
berg included in the former class
OF tese classes the latter, all those who receive
l6ss than equivalents, including the great mass Of
simple operatives no have not the aid of capital
have en- immediate and what l must call pecu
mary interest in at once adopting the principle.
The remaining class-thOse who receive more
than equivalents, have no such interest bu. con
trariwise. Ofthese, only such as are moved by
consider atoms Of benevoleDce or justice OF the
love OF order and harmony in human relations,
have any demand for thii new principle Of Com
merce, and 40 soOn as those with whom such con.
siderations are not potential, have read enough
to know bow equivalents can be measured, and
tha, they are now on the gaining side, they will
need no further supply Of this reform, and the re
form must go on without them as 1t best may.
There are only distant advantages 10 otf.r the n,
and as they have the immediate advantages in
their own hands, they must be expected 10 do the
beat they to retain hem. The glory Of this re-
form is however, that it does not proceed by their
leave. SPA
PIG IRON.