New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-07-10
CHANCES AT EUROPE. No. Xxx.
LYONS To TURIN
Editori1I COrrespondence OF The Tribune
TURIN, Qtaly,) June %. 1851.

Editorial Correspontsnce OF The Tribune
TURIN, Qtaly,) June %, 1851.
LYONS. though French CITY, and the Sec
ond IL the Republic. wears sad. dishear,ened
aspect, In 81 stronghold o; decaylng Loyalty
/, Is to-day the very focus Of Democratic Social
ism. being decidedly more Rel than Paris -
Here Is concentrated the Sixth Military Division
OF the French Army. under chiefs not chary OF
using the sabre and bayonei, AMI with lnSiruc
tons to apply efficient poultlces Of grape ami
canister on the first palpable appearance Of local
inflammation. Should Louis Napoleon be en-
abled to override the Constitution and proOng
his sway. 1t Is possible that, by the aid Of the
act Of May 3lst. 1850, whereby more than half
the Artisans OF France are DISTINGUISHED the
spirit OF Lyons may IN time be subdued, and par
tsans Of Order substituted for her present
Socialist Representatives In the Assembly; but
should the popular cause triumph N the ensuing
Elections. | shall be agreeaby disappointed if
that triumph Is Is temperately and forhearlngly
enloyed here - was that of February. 1913
Lyons is now undergoing one OF those peElodi-
alrevulslons or depressions which are the neces-
sary incidents OF the false system OF Industry and
Commerce which the leaders OF Commercial
opinion are bent on terrifying and extending
Here. at the confluence of the Rhone and Saone,
Is concentrated population of nearly 100000
souls, half OF whom attempt to live by spinning.
weaving and dying Silks. while the residue IN
good part busy themselves in collecting and buy
ing the raw material or IN exporting and selling
the product But II Is not best for themselves
nor for mankind that 100000 SIlk-wOrSerS should
he clustered on any square mile or two of earth;
If they were distributed over the ear,h's surface.
IN communities Of fve TO fifty thousand SoulS-lt
the raw SILK were grown III the various coun-
tries wherein the fabrics are required, where the
climate and soil DO not forbid, and taken there to
be manufactured where they do-the workers
would have space. air. activity, liberty develop
ment which are unattalnabe while they are
cooped within the walls of a single city II those
Silk-weavers. for instance whose fabrics are con-
sumed IN the United States. were now located III
Virginia. Tennessee. Missouri. &c. instead Ofbe
Ing mainly crowded into Lyons, they would there
obtain many Of the neCeSSares OF lite at hall the
prce they now pay for them. while the con>um-
ers of their fabrics would pay for them IN good
part with Fruits Vegetables. Fuel, &c. which,
because of their bulk or their pershable nature,
they cannot now sell at all, or can only sell at
prices below the cost OF production. No matter
# the Silks were held In money fifth, fourth, or
even a third higher than now the greatbody OF our
consumers would obtain them much cheaper, es-
tlmatlng the cost not IN dollars but IN days la
Dor. The workers on both sides would be bene-
flied. because they would share between them at
least threefOurths OF the enormous tax which
Commerce now levies upon their Industry through
the sale and resale of Its products, to distribute
among It's importers, shippers, Jobbers, retailers
and lackeys of infinite variety. The bringing to-
gether of Producer and Consumer, where Nature
has mterposed no barrier, 80 that their diverse
needs may be supplied by direct interchange, or
with the fewest possible Intermediates, Is the
simple and only remedy for one of the Chief
scourges under which Industry now suffers
throughout the world.
Very true says Vapd, but this will regu-
late itself VIII II. indeed BE good enough
to tell me how All the potent individual agen
cies now affecting 1t are attached 10y seli-lnter-
est to the wrong side. The Capitalists, the En-
ployers. the Exporters, engaged III the SILK
trade. all own property IN Lyons, and are natural
" anxious that the manufacture shall be more
and more concentrated there The Shipper, the
Importer. the Jobber oi our own country, has
like interest IN keeping the point OF production
As distant from Their customers As possible
Very often have been told by wholesale mer
chants. We prefer 20 sell Foreign rather than
Homemade fabrics, because the profit on the
former is usually much greater This consd
Grafton is active ami OmnlpreSent IN Trade gen
orally The sole interest subserved by Direct
and Simple Exchanges Is that OF Labor and
this, though greatest OF all, Is unorganlzed, III
ert. and individually impotent These SILK
Weavers OF Lyons are no more capable OF re-
moving to Virginia OF Missouri and establishing
their business there than the A ps are OF making
an American tour Our consumers of Silks act
ing as individuals, cannot bring them over and
establish them among us But the great body
OF consumers, animated by Philanthropy ana an
enlightened Self-lnterest, acting through their
single efficient organism, the State, can make 1t
the interest OF Capital and Capacity to bring
them over and plant them IN the most eligible
localities among US, and ough: Immediately and
perslstently to do SO The inconvenlenoes OF
such a policy are partial ard transiory, while
IFS blessings are permanent and universal.
RIDE ACROSS THE ALPS.
Railroads are excellent contrlvances ios dis
match and economy Steamboats, ditto, and bet.