New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-09-11
<hirt->ewerS' Union.

10 TIE Ed,torsofhe Y Trsmt
Ii NAV seem singular to those interested
IN the movement that, IN City Is wealthy and
generous as Ncw-Nork SO iaudablc an institution a>
the SHIRT Sewers Union should lack for single day
either patronage or funds ,capual 10 sustain Il AMI
We, this attempt viii probably fan, others have be-
ioron
Why Is tins Why is II thai an appeal from needy,
suffering vriuouS women, not for aims, or The dis
turs.mcnt OF money unnecessarily, but simply thai a
portion of what each individual m he community IS
Numerically obliged to oXpend may be directed 10
where the WIDOW and orphan may be benefited by
MS OUTLAY. should pass almost unheedet by the pub.
nc
WHY Is II that hundreds and thousands of dollars
an, gpen yearly 10 nurse AMI heal the SEX 10 fes 4
and cloho the destitute, and 50 hite caa De obtained
On loan for the use OF those Who are struggling To
avoid coming 10 such charity
To these matter of fact questions ,he writer, who
has had some experience with such societies, both
a. patron and capitalist, VII enGeaVor u gave tar
solulon-andu Is TINS
FIRST There l. usually lack OF that taste and
skIll IN getting up garments whlch i necessary 70
silSy the public generally and particularly 10 secure
The higher priced and therefore most profitable
trade. Mankind Will throw their patronage where
they can best be suited, and prefer to give their dol
lars IN charity AT once TO losing the same amount IN
spoiled work IN addition 10 tie attendant lncOnyeni
Second There has ALWAYS been a lack Of capital
Nv which 10 take Vantage OF the market In pur-
cAasts and keepa sufficiently varied and extensive
stock Purchasers now aware that the largest
at sts~srt's less time need 6c spent when in quest
OF an article than by looking elsewhere.
ffrd Money invested IN cooperative associations
Is mostly virtually wasted not from dishonesty or
perhaps even careesSneSs on the part of their dire
tors tui simply because from the outset 10 the term
ina'on OF most OF These experiments there Il. aside
from lack OF capital and skill want OF that general
management essential 10 success o. merchants
NEST have served IN early life a long clerkshp and
where nlne out OF ten Of these in disaS,noasly m
then business, wha. mus be expected Of those Who
have had little % no experience al all
What there can be done 70 secure the beet aimed
Al and 10 ald which hundreds OF Wiling hands, with
open purses, would be extended, were ihclr owners
satisfied that real and permanent; good Would re-.
suit
The answer Is PLAN apply the same means that
have tcured success elsewhere make sure OF cap
TAI and SAl!l. and aooNe al tested experience toi,
until beneyOence and philanthropy can secure and
combine these, lille good comparatively can DC ei-
fecttc.
Wealthy men pass from among US. beQuealhmg
Their tens Of thousands 10 Churches Schools, Hos
pitfalls and the Missionary cause merchants toll 20
amass wealth and secure a name among maaind al
ter their decease. leaving the great design OF Their
life, INV diving the expenditure Of millions. 70 oe a
oomphshec nv Board OF Trustees, no Individual Of
which perhaps would they, when living, have deemed
capable OF conducting tAoUsandtouaI transaction
ana generous men, 10 save, improve or oeneh, their
NNow men, sacrifice life or visit with heroic hsTh-
heoo me ermost parts OF the earth, and vet though
prevention De better than cure, here Al home, within
our ty yearly, thousands OF the genter sex sink 70
poverty and wani and hundreds 10 worse than death
very many OF whom might have been preserved IN
respectfully and independence. through one mans
personal devotion, and the mere use Of one caoial-
iNs wealth.
more loved, II no, prouder name than G.,
Iard's Astors or StewaTtS, would De MS who shonl
erect an Industrial Palace IN our city and equally
blessed With howayd's and Jsdsoa's his who VIII