New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-01-30
NETWORK TRIBUNE
Industrial Congress. -. xxxrVih Session.

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gecretary Pond read the roll Of officers.
The minutes Of last Session were read and ap-
proved, and business commenced IN order.
Mr. JOnassobn, from the German Industrial ne
form Association gave information that said as
ISOLATION had caused 70 be translated into Nos
man for general circulation among German c'r
xebs, Senator Walkers receut great speech ~
the Senate of the Uoited States upo1 tae SUI ~
Of limiting the future occupation o. tno 49,
lands 10 the actual settler under iim't4Ilo"s @n-
restrictions against monopoly, ana $50 oi .'7
translation OF other important documeHis III nA0
purpose. A.. o..r.1
r.essne of t6is City was about establishing 4
h,a,ch at Williamsburgh, where popular opinion
We. beginning 10 call loudly for IT,
Mr. Pond also presented the credentials o. Jo'
seph w. Moseley, from the Nlneteeatn W ard \ 4
tional Reform Association, as Delegate 10 the In
austrial Congress. Credentials were accepted,
and the member took bis seat
Nr Day reported on the progress OF the Indus
trial Home Association stated that the cJntem-
plated number OF one thousand members was nov
complete, and, although several hundred more nao
desired to Join the Association, they were unaoIe
TO do So He therefore, moved that Committee
of Five be appointed by this Congress 10 organise
industrial Home Association No 2
Mr.. Pond seconded the proposition Of Com'
nittee.
Mr.. BENZ Price aud Mr.. Evans opposed the
motion.
After considerable discussion, the resolution Of
Mr. Day was rejected, only four rising Ia ;avor
Of il
Reports being still in order, Mr.. B arr introduced
report in relation TO and against the employ
ment Of convict labor ia Backwells Island prison,
and debate had upon It's adoption.
Benjamin Price opposed the report he vas OPP
posed TO the non employment Of convict labor
6r whether the cOnvIcts work or not, the WORK
iDgmen out of the prisons had 10 support them d.
rectly or indirectly, and they might better be en-
plOyed than not
MIR. Barr sustained his report, contending that
Prison labor came in competition and vltiated the
price and character of certain branches of Indus
try, such as Stone. Cutting, Shoemakng, Cooper
ipg DC.
Mr.. Sharot, Stone Cutter, upon leave, address
ed the Congress He stated that the complaint
Of the Stone Cutters against the Governors OF
Black wells Island was that they employed con-
yict labor contrary TO the existing law az branches
oflabor forbidden by statute.
Several other passages Of debate between
Eessrs. Barr, Shatot and Everett were had, and the
subject laid on the table for further action.
A gentleman, name not heard, was here intro
duced 20 the Congress-, asking permission TO throw
before il the grievances of the Fall River Mass
Cotton Spinners and Viewers as they had heard
of the Industrial Congress and came to it for sug
Eestions aid and sympathy in their hour OF trouble.
The gentleman was invited TO address the Con-
gress and he then entered into the history OF their
strike and grievances and told the OFT told tale oil
labor and it's fearful dependence upon capital,
land monopoly aud machinery, aud how useiessy
men will array themselves in opposition TO these
until they come TO some general understanding
aud assertion Of their natural and acquired rights,
rs existing and social beings The gentleman
stated that their employers had reduced wages
one quarter lower than they had been heretofore,
and TO such an extent that individuals havlng
families could not earn upon an average over SIX
teen dollars per month to sustain them, although
they were obliged to work from half past live In
the morning to half past seven In the evening at
that. That an additional three quarters OF an hour
per day was exacted in the shape OF preparing
machinery in the morning and arranging It at
evening after working hours That the working
men at Fall River had no time TO learn anything
shat was going on In the outer world og to read
and had heard nothing about Labor agitation aud
Land Reform principles until recently. There were
other delegates in the City to solicit aid from
other Labor Organizat atoms here aud he hoped the
Congress would take the subject into considera'
ton.
Mr.. Hunter called for the appointment of
Committee of Inquiry into the causes OF these re
auctions of wages aud why men musg be obliged
70 work at prices so clearly beneath the require.
ments of justice, and subverslve OF the health,
utility and happiness Of the employed, aud 50 de-
structive to the welfare of the body poht'c.
Adopted-Brown, JOnassohn and Evans, Com
mittee.
Mr.. Brown offered a resolution OF cOadolence to
the Fail River operatives, aud advising such
pnion among them for mutual protection as tue
circumstances of the case would warrant and also
their immediate organization upon political basis
for cooperation with workingmen elsewhere Ia
favor OF political abOr aud social reform. Adopted
Mr. Andrews presented the following document
and asked its adoption aud approval by the tndus'
trial Congress. The question was put upon It's
reception, and Mr.. Andrews PROCEEDED 10 sustain
il with eloouence and force, bat tho hOur oil al
journment having arrived, the subject was post
poned. WILLIAM J. YOUNG, Reporter Ind. Gong
DECLARATION OF FUNDAMENTAL TRUTHS.
Frst-That natural wealth is the common Inheritance OF
xnankud which cannot be ighully appropriated by any
Individual aud made the subject OF price, IN other words,
nohng which Is freely bestowed by Nature and has
coat nothing OF human labor OF endurance 10 produce H.
can be leginmaloly sold for price,
SsoOnd-Thai superior natural talent, tact or genius
one variety Of wealth. and that consequent far
o. their benefits capable of being participated ia by
mankind large they are the GOdgVen Inheritance OF all,
and cannot be honestly made the subject of price .
TABdThal human labor OF e0dursnce is tue only eS'
mate basis OF price for anything, aud that consequently
the Of labor endurance which any object has
ssss IL the only scientific limit its price,
F6urtA-Tha Commerce Is the equitable exchange
OF equivalents Of cost for equivalents OF cost
Fyh-Thst aeireulaung medium 10 order TO be true
medium Of efecng exchange Of equivalents OF cost
nasi be based directly on labor aud represent dehne
OF labor, not upon anything 80 haeIusng as tue
OF the gold and silver that happen 10 oe In the
community any given me the value Of ything else.
S,xA-rhsi true circulating medium must DO 90 cheap,
Thai lie circulation shall never be hndered by us eNPen-
SseesA-Tha those kinds Of labor which are most re-
pagnani and hardest should Do beet paid
EiehA That the human mind was never beclouded BY
gross aud perncous aud the time 30 plausible
that Il Is honest right 10 lake for thing
what hh worth
NAvAL.-The following is list of the officers
attached 10 the U. s. steam frigate Saranac, flag.
ship OF the Home Squadron which sailed from
Norfolk on Saturday last for the West Indies