New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-10-23

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sysIem Of philosophy, by aid OF which to relieve
those to buy labor cheap and sell is products
dear from ell responsibility for The existence of such
stAie Of hngs. And accordingly it came to be discov.
cred that the Almighty had prepared place h..a
Bile fer sllulankind and that mea aid marry ami have
children without first having accumulated capital for
their support was incumbent upon the rest Of the
community TO permit them, unssssted TO suffer every
pr7stiou and every calamity short OF absolute death"
a. alesson TO those who were TO follow them THETA.
bcr,r had il was said risk TO have work found for
him He had no right to claim that, willing % work,
he was entitled 10 be fed His claims in this respect
were precisely similar to those ofhe men who had cloths
to sell 1.-THE Labor markets were full he must stsrve
and any claim 70 the contrary was clear aosurdity
How many hundreds of Manchester cotton spinners,
or Leeds clothiers" il was triumphsny asked, have
their warehouses crammed with goods which they only
desire sell at the most pary profit or even az prime
cost But DO hey ever sulufy themselves by requiring
the State to compel unwilling cusomerstopurchssef
them articles which they do not wantf II they do net
has then the lsboier any claim upon the community
for the food required to keep him and his family
from stIr,stoni Assuredly not The answert be
made is that the labor market is full and you must die
of until the supply shall be brought down to the de-
msnd Suck is the political philosophy Of The Ed'H'
buY1h Rsrir OF the most consistent advocates OF
that Brtsh free trade system which teaches that tho
true interests OF all other nations are to be promoted
BY conhning themselves exclusively TO agriculture in
order that there msy be but set of employers and
that there may nowhere be any competition for the pur
chase Of labor.
We beg our readers 10 remark that the labor
market full ind full to overhowing in all those coun-
tries that have free trade with England OF this ireland
H..
examples In none of them is there any competition
for the purchase OF labor Neither there any here
in the freerade times of ls4l and 1872 they must
well recollect. "1helsbor market then full be-
cause we then built no mills or furnaces. did we
open mines and as necessary consequence people
were too poor to purchase shoes hats books
papers The tariff of 1912 led the reopening Of old
mills and furnaces and the building OF new ones and
thus cleared 1.-THE labor market" Manchester free trade
parayzes trade everywhere and the great sufferer by
this paralyss Is the man who has labor 10 SELL Tho
whole tendency of the system Is to keep "the labor
market everywhere full and to enable the purchasero OF
labor TO tx the price of IT, The object of the Aner'ca"
fl &c trade which established by the tariff OF 1872
IL to protect the aborer from being compeedto compete
with men who furnish The cheap labor upon which
are based all the grea. works OF Britain that have ~
tn. Times assures w contributed largely to the COM
fort of "those rhO haze money to spend
Seven wears since MI Golden told the people OF
England that for many years previously there had been
two aborers seeking master, whereas, when they
should have rel called the cornsws there would speed
ly 10 seen TWO masters seeking ono laborer How Tar
,h, pro1hecy has been realized in Ireland may be seen
in the fact that famine pcstlence, and emigration have
since TINT time diminished the population at least two
mi rs and that the tendency 10 the extirpaton OF the
Celtic rice greater than has OF any time been
How far it il the in Scotland may be seen from the
following statement of fleets in relation 20 the people OF
tie Highland whose ancestors have probably been for
centuries in possession OF the lands from which they
themselves now being expelled.
"A ColoLcl Gordon, tie owner of estates in South
t md Balra in The hg HANDS OF Scotland, hs sent OF
over lCO destitute tenants and coers under the most
ciut AID delusve temptations assuring them that they
would be- taken OF Immediately on their arrival at
Quebec by the emgrant agent receive tree passage 70
Upter Canada, where they would be provided with
work ly the government agents, and receive grants OF
land on CERTAIN mag mary conditions Seventy OF the
last car 20 Of four hundred aud htv have signed state
nent that OF them tied 10 the mountains when an
aittnpt was made 10 force them 10 enigrae. W more
upon, they add, Mr. Fleming gave orders to police
man Who was accompanied by the ground Othcer oil the
estuie in Rarra and stables to pursue inc peo
Die who had AWAY among the mountains whch they
did ard sKeceGCd az capturing about fpenfy from s
olr tains and from other islands iH ne nsshhorhood;
but only uh The offers on an attempt oeS mae 70
EahGcBG than and HG, uL0 dtcdy oers MOI 6r0a8h
back a. consequence Of Nheh four families az tedst hacc
ben diridcd soae karirg c0De me ships TO flYebec,
rhiLe ohp htm6ds u ne sane Jd"''Hss are g' az Me
highlands
Low hes been in England is in the fact that at
no teriod las emigration been great nor has there
been at any time more evidence OF distress among the
l,toring than since the date OF Mr. Cobdens
urohc,y We have now leioro us letter from Lon
don dated on the tho 2lst Of ast July ard addressed 10
4 ,.,t- Ia Pr al trap.
,rpde u,lcy fiom which we take tic following extract
"The vciy duh state OF trade in the manufacturing
disos l. causing great distress among the operatives,
o,, NJ sboa do MOI earn than d0or per neek!
reGut nty hear OF cases where poor operatives are OPP
rres,ed by persOns who haze uustei them Tor small
,urns Carlisle trade man recently sued hanilOom
weaver in the county court The weaver was poor but
Lone,t he admitted that owed the debt, and offered
IN nav snsl cum se,ky TO reduce IT, IL appeared from
evidence that he redrer had rye and mrse ehd's
a, fLoi his u0aes from 70 per Eeek, and
atLLHdreds Of could not earn more Udges Inc
iuGge who hesru this case ras 80 hected ny the man
stoiv hat be made order for small amount TO DO
to,d lnt MI w. The condition OF most ~ me Operatives
ross.s fqofs ing dsricfs 10 as batter uah mar
of ne toor Carlisle roore 1t Is not strange that such
mon aloud wh 10 leave Their nat'e lana ior te OIeu
Stster or Australia, where labor mas It's reward
Why Il il that labor has here its rewards Htheiaoor
.,oftbs country were not protected against the compe
t,on OF tie man who finds himself compelled to work
in Fuglanda whole week for little more than dollar,
c,uld he now have more than dollar herei Certainly
not Tut for protection such a. Ia, we should DO
n, frmer a. they are in ireland, ard competition tor
The OF labor would be here greater than
tiere Iyery man who reads this paper knows that
ub.ntro men d. sire scH labor and only ono to buyt
q. II sin all countries in which manufactures do note
IL wages must be low; and every man must equally
well know that the way 10 bring about an Increase oil
,sgcs TO increase tie number Of competitors for the
rur,hsse oiator How, may be asked Is this 10 DO
cone, The anlwer IT, build mills aud make demand
for quarry men, masons and carpenters Build iurn'
are. and make demand for minors and lsborers Build
N, chime shots and max demand for mechanics Build
.,esmenginss and make spinning jennies, and power
looms and n axe demand for men and women TO attend
L. The rDnre Of tho.e thing that are done the lsrg