New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-07-29

cent. on the capital invested in the undertaking
among the shareholders. When We consider how
hard Il il for farmers in gsner-l 10 make decent
living We must acknowledge tina; thew have
proved a great advantage m the cooperative Prm-
ciple. ~ applied 70 agriculture.
That the financial success Of the community ~
the legitimate result OF the association OF labor
and capital [ am satisfied, and ! should Judge the
peculiar description OF husbandry T. which ITS az
tention mas been directed. was that m "hich y
was least likely 10 have been probably employed,
because il ~ that in which labor saving Inpe-
rnents and machinery can be- employed with the
least advantage In addition 70 the pro1ts divided
last year IL should be mentioned th9t extensive
orchards es Yet making scarcely any return are
growing.
The Refectory is fne, spacious hall, With per-
haps twenty tables, eacn long enough tor doleh
persons 20 dine of. There ere bills OF iare
changed every day in which the dlshes provide
for each NE al are mentioned, with their costs
at an eatIng-hou-e. BY buying at wholesale, hnn
using all possible cOntTiV@nces to lessen labor IN
preparing and cooking ioOd Of course the cost OF
living is very low but every l'te item counts
Thus: bread | cent butter cent, as well a.
roast beet > cents. and ce-creAm IA large ration
of the richest "Phadephia = , cents. During
drouth aud short pasture the butter-c1Nr- H'e
graduated by tn. stamp a trile smaller. which !
mention a. en- indication Ot the systematic exact
ness 10 which the domestic economy OF the cstdb-
lisnment is brought. There are several summer
or transient bOardcrs at the establishment. and
these are chTgcd, N ADDITION 10 the cost OF the
food they choose aud "A small rent for their Ded-
chamber, - week for The profit Of the Associa-
ton. The walters are mainly from among the
most refined ana pleasing Young AIDES ~ the As
socati0n. On taxing seat SOu are introduced
10 the lady who attends y0Ir table, and YOU feel
Yourself 10 be n the relation 0l guest not % a.
peror. 10 her. She takes part ia the general Goa
4 2 hft p :
there Is nted-Is a yeTy good waiter indeed, do
mo her duty win tact, sweetness and grace
" WHY do - many OF the best OF yo1r young
people choose ~ br waters. ana SD De 1r;yc the.n-
selves IN IA erect measure of the social enJpymrnt
of c.niag VITA their friends ' They all sine To-
gethrr sferUard aud, as they 0re among the
best Of us. it is a privilege 10 dine with them-'i
course to irdH with them
One great point they have succeeded m per-
fectly: in making labor honorable. Mere phls-
cal labor the, have too much elevated thuS, b1C
NJ any rate the forrest and most nenial and ciSt-
greeabie duties o. a civilized community IRE M ode
r, ally reputable and honorable, as well a gene
rally easy and agreeable \ men VINO spent
large part Of his time in smoking and reading
newspapers and chatting II away. or n merely
recreatye emplO, ments. would fett ashamed at
himself here would feel small and consider 1t
privilege to be allowed to black boots OF sweep, or
milk, part Of the time.
| have u strong respect for them earnes (, ua-
selfish, hard. working yers in the taich Of higher
| life for man here below as well a. hereafter
| "aboye." | think they are living dev0utly ana
| more in accordance with the principles OF ChrlSt
dB,OHg He5nseireS, than any nelghDOrhOOd OF an
| equal number that | know OF. There are fewer
! odd characters among them than | expected u
see generally there was much simplicity ana
selEcontainedness they seem TO care very llttle
too httie-"tor appearances or what the
| world outside thought of them, and greatly -
| love one another. They are so far rs | could
| learn, strongly attached to the Ph0i0Hr, feel
confident it Is the right way 10 live, have engaged
| il and thus far fully realized their hopes IN
| joining it 81 wouldn't leave for worlds -
" couldn't live, it seems to me, in any other way
| ." Ii is like the opening of heaven compared to
! what life was before | came here" | heard from
| different individuals. One Episcopal clergyman
who was formerly much respected and beloved.
| and paid 600 a year for his services Rector
of a country church, and who, after a great strug
| gle with the conviction that the morality and re-
| ligion he educated TO preach, were not the
| morality and faith preached by Christ aud de-
| signed by HIM for The conversion Of the w0Ti /
| from It's ancient state OF sin and misery, declares
| that he is satisfied that here is the true Church
OF ChTists gospel, and in this way IL must be that
the Kingdom must come. There is also Cn-
| tanan clergyman wh) came hlther by much the
| same road.
were when they came here. and thus find dlli:ul.
| ty IN Judging what the effect Of the Associative
| life has been upon them. Mostly New Engi gland
err, should think, and working people; tow ~
none independently WEALTHY. The stock of the
| Phaanx is mostly hsd b, Nev-lork cdOjtalist- }
Whether any considerable number were actually
day labOrers, living from hand TO mouth, unedd-
| Gated and unCeuth could not be satisfied. Sous
OF the later additions plainly are so, many OF the
older opes might have been, and # SO they ave
been good deal refined and civilized by this life.
| If We compare their situation with an ayera 20 Of
the agricultural class, labOrers and all even in the
best OF New England, it is most blessed 4dvanc-.
They are better in nearly all respects, and done
| see why, II such associations were common, and
| our lowest class mean poorest and least com
| tertable and least in the way of Improvement
moral and menta of laborers, could be drawn
OF thelr own VIII INTO them, why they should nor
be similarly advanced in every way. Put com
mon place man, OF our poorest agricultural or
manufacturing class into such circumstances ana
| II looks to me every way probable that he would
be greatly elevated, be made Hev man of in u
| few years. On the other hand, take the average
OF our people OF all classes, and on the whole it
seems as If the influence of the system, If they
would keep to It little while, would be favorable.
! They w0uld be likely TO live more senslbly, hap
! pier, healthier and better. If you take our most
religious and cultivated sensbls people, then |
think 1t would depend much on individual tastes
ard character. For most of these particularly Of
English blood, it wonId require change. a good
! desl of struggle to come handsomely AMI profit
ably into it.
The long and short oft is, am more of Fou.
rterHe than before visited the experiment. The
united household land SEM. cone lomeration) of
families even, works better tnan was willing to be-
leye possible. Nevertheless, don't think | shall
be founente for myself but for many, for a
large part OF an American community (peoPIe1 I
think may be. 1t wouldn't SUIT me. bur nanv, 1
! think, II would; and if I was Obliged 70 i've
mainly by manual labor am not sure but should
| go IN for It myself
An Associationist | very decidedly am, more
than was before | went 10 the Phalanx. The
advantages of cooperation are manitestly great,
the saving OF labor immense the cheapenng Of
food, rent, &c, enough to make starvation album
dance. The advantage by making knowledge in