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

ascertsined. The distribution of the fund 10 en-
trusted to Family Council" chosen by the gen
eral meeting.
A few Of the regulations OF the association m ~
perhaps, provoke q smile. Bot one thing is clear
that there reigns throughout them firm and hol Y
purpose of labor and self sacrifice Ii is not mere
JOINT stock company, associated for gain alone not
only are the profits 20 be equally divided, TO the
exclusion of oilers. bat provision is q. once made
for the sick and the aged for the widOT aud III .
child. We hear, sometimes, Of munifcent work 9
performed by our own large companies Of rail way
churches and railway schools bat these are, for
the most part works, as il were, OF supererogstion
the siter.thoughts of prosperity-the impulses OF
q few noble minds among the directors; there is,
surely something far nober In these journeymss-
taos making az once the duties Of charity part OF
their deed of settlement And yet little reaec-
tion will show that such provisions 20 " necessa-
rily from the constitution Of joint work com pany,
as distinguished from mere joint stock COMPANY
that a working association OF journeymen, If is IS
to subsist at all, cannot subsst upon the same mar
row basis association Of capitalists; that it
must embrace more and vaster ends take into
account more human sympathies and wants rise
TO a higher and more moral tone than the other
Thecspitalists who join together 10 forming joint
stock company, need engage bat small portion OF
their fortunes still smaller portion OF their time
there need be no actual contsc. between them bat
that Of the general meeting, or at most of the board
or directors, If they chose to attend them: an
average share Of honesty and civility on such oc
csslons, as well as in the dealings with shares aud
the receipt Of dividends Is about all that is requlr
ed Of them whilst all that they require Of the
company is smply-dividends twice year. and
as high dividends as possible. What they shall
do with that money when received, what need
they have Of IT, concerns in nowise their fellow
members otherwise than as fellow men. Bat u is
no. so with the associated operative. His whols
fortune IL risked at once for his fortune is his Ia
Dor, and he gives the whole Of that or SO large q
share, that what remains is bat little In giving
his labor, he gives his time the best of il some
eight or ten bours a-day at the least And when a
man gives bis labor and time do you not see that
he gives bis life, and that it is his life which has TO
be provided forl Hence on the one hand, high
standard of moral worth becomes necessary among
the operatives they must do their work in the best
possible manner, or the whole association is dis
graced; they must act toward one another with
constant forbearance and sefsacriiice during their
long weary hours of toll, or the workshop will be-
come hell they must be industrious, or they rob
their brethren. And, on the other hand, they must
somehow or other, be maintained ia Z" the Stacks"
as they are called 10 any trades; they must be
maintained and attended in sickness: provided for
10 old age themselves and their children in infancy;
and how can all this be done more naturally than
by the association itself In which they labor and
by setting apart portion of the profits To ere.
ate halfs dozen separate machineries OF sick clubs
trade clubs, buriaLclubs &c, would be absurd where
machinery exists already which can accomplish
all these purposes to hand over to each workman
all bis earnings In money from week 10 week, or
from month to month, where there are so many
contingencies TO be insured against which require
portion OF those earnings to be set aside, would
be to hold out as it were a premium to IMPROVE
dence and selfish expenditure. Hence, it arises,
that the cooper atve association tends essentially
Tn abaorb within frDm frat trad
and the friendly society that eventually, trust t
may supply to its members the Model Lodging
House, the Mechanics Institute, the School,-and
who can tell what beside :
have said that the Tailors Of Paris had to strug.
gle with great difficulties. They have received no
help from the Government fund in favor OF the
" Working Associations They were i'll constitut-
ed from the first. Finally, they have to contend
against the competition Of the sopseler, az ruinous
in Paris in London incapable as yet lat least,
on day labor of making head against the latter as
reg ards cheapness OF prices however they may al
ways surpass him Is respects the quality Of their
labor and materials while, on the other hand their
position in OF the Faubourgs of Paris renders it
difficult for them 70 command the market Of the
richer quarters In other parts OF France, however
similar associations have met with complete sue.
cess. A partnership of thirteen Tailors in Dor.
deaux made 1920 profit IN SIX months The jour-
ney men there are paid by the piece, but profits
still shared equally. / cannot forbear here saying
that, without here discussing the principles OF
equal division OF profts-the system pursued by
the Taiors Of Paris, of raising the price OF the
day work. instead of seeking to make larger divi-
1ends, appears to me unwise; AID that the Fouri-
trst maxim of assuring to every one, for his days
subsistence, proportional minimum" or the low
60. living wages" considering his position, and
hus leaving the bulk OF the returns 10 be shared as
dividends appears 10 me the true one 10 be fol.
owed. By allowing high daily wages, you throw
ipon the individual the onus Of that economy
which, in fact the association practises for him 10
he other scheme. A shilling a week beyond the
pare maintenance may often be triaed away, when
IS at the lapse Of three months might be laid out
% some useful purpose.
In the same house lately occupied by the associ-
tied Tailors is also Tor was one branch Of an asso
,ation OF Cooks, of which there are already great
lumber IN almost every quarter OF Paris-the failure
II one OF these having been considered sufficient
taple for a leader in the Times few months back.
These Establishments are very extensively resorted
o by the working classes, on whom they havecon-
erred an immense boon, by the cheapening of
cooked food. A aborer can now have as good
breakfast for I'd from association, as be formerly
laid sd for. One Of these associations, the frame
)odes OF the same kind with triAing variations) is
as acommandHe artnership.F Its CAPT
al IL raised In the following manner: each " ad
lerent' who wishes to become a member, or Com
nanditare, subscribes for f20 in labor bonds"
which are handed over to him in proportion 10 the
work done by him for the association. These are
with the consent of the Managing
Council composed Of the members responsible 10
he full extent Of their property Profits are dvid-
ID; and the general meetings take place once q
quarter. Every establishment belonging to the So
;iety is directed by an Administrator and Vice
Administrator named by the general meetings. A
Family Council Of seven members, fulhls nearly
he same functions as the "Jury" among the Tail
,rs Every ordinary member is entitled to his
God, to daily wages, to further sum per head for
every aged person of not less than -, child Of
,ot more than =, whom he has to support; to an
equal share of profits and to burial gratis. Profits
ire divided in thirds, on almost exactly the same
principles as with the Tailors
Another association Of Cooks is that which owns