New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-09-05

tbs hours snd it's divisions is therefore detected n
n-sfe-enc bus chat net being .hs case, hoT anaii
We settle the duea,ionef relative repagn&nce
Between voa and me, this may Dc very Simple
op4rstion have i-ld Of corn - f2e, sad lnt
hFve 2 DOZEN cords of wood 10 chop Z so o,'sa
conpe tens To doeaeh aInd etiso1-. Ne s2sS q 0s es
ki5y preference between Ihem. TIE oor7is mdeai :;
tl,5 =. eess AID sbsglt hs heed 81 eeee. Tue %o9d
can Sc cut Il. allowing winter hste yoc 20 nap
ne hotFtke corn and give %oC NJ obligation i3t an
ecus}pur q loura Of wocdchePeiag Nhlea e ms
-..oi7 NJ tic lsbof 4sse which | snail oea6 ot
hsceefter more at terSc, iis tEIns arriving ioe
slt,,p;7,s tn yvcod. do Ehe EoTS Rad rsdesm ny
,1Fii..t;lr Sc far 1t IS Gpi:s simple But this =
ct,I5 one case out OF thousand. You fasy <3us
49, .r,itffny instead of the Eooi choppins ana
nav NOT have the necessary Skill % do tG+s Zee
bischs c.th cgor tbs way aisy 7S2s 8o'd. Usue
asd thus yen may wauE u pass ny o9as 9s'oH W
{8ko-. etc to the blacksmith. Fnss 5rtns8 IN d
thira sDeciss Of labor end q third party. LOW IL
ekcrepalsiveness or kardassS OF his isoof . %
measured az ssainst mirs Neither OF ps kaeF
lev . do lat labor. and Tvs did 1t Ia nos cur
preciagion otit but bis tase we want 20 ses az ~
The future time, when sue woodcnoppipg vas -
htye been 6ona fer el;her you or tbs biic6snNu'
circumstances may have cbsnged, so tdst You 40
rof or he does not, require tae WORK IN ina, ior,
or may nos be in condition to do IT, or 20 40 any
work for you or hiu. | ought then 10 be IN coz
tion 20 pey you, the holder OF my labor note an
cG1Tvni lent 19- sue idOGI properly Al kltS 49,
thoussnd other eirniiar rassong rep3ar II hlgnty
NECESSARY, indeed absolutely Indispensable, thst
some product of labor be sciected ss Standard
n7eesure s vard.stick, with which to compare the
yatiop- articles of property aud the various KINDS OF
lsb0r The article selected should De cue IN general
demand, one which can be preserved witho0tde pre-
cstion and one which, rear as Iney De, requires
about uniform amount OF aGor for its production is
has been ound thai OF the various stsp!e atacies'
Ipdi1a corn possesses all the properties IN hlgneF
degree than any other. II hiss also been found by
statistics gathered with care from an extensive re-
gion Of country from tarncrE them5elves actually
exchanging their labor on these terms, that on5
hour abo in tho cultivation OF corn a equivalent
10 The production OF twenty pounds OF corn. AS
sbs is ordinary agricultural labor it il also staple
species Of labor-sa much go az the produc! Is g
staple product. This, then, furnishes unls or
standard.
The laboraot OF which an example is given
above is then made to 10 The alternative thus:
a For @ hours wood clloPpDg or goo Dc OF cora -
wood.chopping being reckoned, as above, at the
ssue degree of repugnanoe IS cu!.lyalo6 corn
that it, az 20 lbs Of corn TO the hour H. then shoe.
making be reckoned to have IN advantage OF ore
fourth 0ger these outdoor isbors, shoe making Is
equal TO Is lbs OF corn 70 the acre
The homework OF woman may be the game.
Brcssmiihins may be worth quarter more Fha
contrasting, snd may then be charged al 20 IOs Oh
corn TO the hoor, &c &c. kc
i see that nave ne eooner ssasss9 l.i9 PlHd go
dozen questons are asked How ii each m ao
vanes his an labor, ia there any common reatlon
10 tho same atandard or. ia other words, any
equality in the prices Gaked for tina same Labor oy
diiIarels people Wha. i 70 prevent man rom
va!aiog kir Labor Just as high as he peaSes, aad
thus committing as great l9jussicea aa are now
committed under tho value aystemi Why not
VII VI. prevsnt fraud in the Issue Of labor notes and
the faiuyo to redeem thon2 What is the adgan-
ageof the lebornese over bank-notes Has THIS
queer plan Of substtating corn for coin been tried
Eow extensively When and whereY what
wera the results &c. &c
Wen, what am to do 2 went carrioolins about
tbroust ny introduction 30 long, that | have nov
neither time nor space to answer boat of ques-
sions ike these, and muas per force lay them over
til the next occasion. Meantime, perhaps there
may be some emoug them that the reader Will o D,
sble TO answer for hirnself if he thinks hard. Ii
70. iii heI1 him ,hroush az aoon l can. "a: