New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-06-17
IaBoRERs, DWELLINGS.

sfher n fhtf we Dave h-ArE Ftppic ~ ~
ahead Of rs No'ber Watt, nor Jacquard, nor Ark
wright nor Napier nor DAsuerie nor Ciaus-en, hap
p~,.6 10 be Yankee; while the Fitch and Fulton via
,,ere born among rs lad weary task Of convincing
spybody else that they not either mooostracs
natural foes We barely escaped through B,nlJ.rte's
croaree or prCoccupsfiOD the calamity OF having the
Steamboat adopted and constructed in Europe before
sn,body would look 81 the project IN rhe inventors
native lard And nov. when our Crysra Palace rOm,s
70 BE- opened there will be exhibited under rs roE
rrophies Of Art. Of Tate. and VI recent Invention
e.pecisrv in the French department, which ought 20
take the conceit out Of some Of Us.
Let usnot be misunderstood. Ia Art and Tas'e, 50
far IS they serve 10 engraft Beauty U,ty, We are
far behpd our European rivals; 10 Iaven've AdApta
ton and IN the field of purely Mechanical Conf rvance
We are even with the foremost. No other Nation has
better Agricultural Implements than our ales-rooms
contain but IN he average Of all implemen atHIHy
N use the British this DAY ahead Of Us. We Il
DOT invent the Railroad. but were among the first
70 adopt II and the most energetic 10 bringing II into
use. The moment il il demonstrated rh,t any arr
continuance or manu- acture il ganful rusa INFO t
with the mpttuosi'y Of cavary.charge; hut a. long
as its profsbeness remains dspaabe, Ne are hard 70
move EXCEPT away from IL. d" The Americans" SAID
AZ experienced philanrhrOpst casually are the soE
est people on earth TO give money 10 an idea
This truth is eyinced in the Of H1use-Blildng
We are putting up Monster Hotels. wth uneEamped
rspdt, and AZ eDorHous cost because ir has been de-
mopstrated that such Hoel. pay Bur asa the mia Of
wealth who puts bait bis fortune into M.tropol'anor
ST. Nicholas 10 invest ten per Of the balance
building an equally cspacious aud comuoiious eiifce
TO be tensnted BY Working Men aud he buttons mp his
pocket stops his and c-s, for h. Is SIRE }ol are
urgug bin to throw aHa, his means On Socialist
hobby or speculative ism" II is in vain that you ap
pal 70 Euclid sod the Ready Reckoner; IDLY you ask
him to figure up he Of such a building as you pro-
pose e,tuafe he rent 81 the various apartments and
reduce the ,nnua income the investment 10 ten per
cent if be can be ail not believe tha' anything can
safely be done that has not already been dore and 50
tie House Reform hi cbes along frfd.y slowly. capri
ciousy steps forward and one back Ike the arth
d rrcs frog in ,he well and likely be taught
by Paris aud London to do in 100 or 50 what
should have taught them hoE 10 Do as early as l-jJ.
Tor though We half aud hold back. the world still
moves. Louis Napoleon, biasphem,usiy termed d" the
elect OF God 70 save Society by putting down Social
i'm s planning aud buildings improved dwelling for tho
PooG-some On the cottage scale IN suburbs Of Paris
Others of pslatal capacity within that metropolis. He
knows thar be must something make the condition
# tie WoTkmen Of Paris more toerabe. or his Inpe
rial CroAn Will be kicked along the CORY CUTTERS of
he capital So in London there has been one Nobel
Lod.ug House afer another erected first BY tae en-
trbutioDs recently b, the stock subscriptions Of
the noble and afuen--ach generally larger and more
commOdous than It's predecessors One is nov b.ng
erected in quarter of Lond@n hitherto ubprOyd-d.
under the patronage of Prince Albert. the Dase Of Ar
gyle &C. several eminent n0bes having participated in
the ceremony Of laying the cornerstone aud ths work
is destined 90 on. rapdiy bug steadily. uat iC
shall be demonstrsted the Poor eau be lodged 10
spacious substantial aud commodous edfees cheaper
az well as better than thry eau in miserable novels az
ter which private enterprise may be safely trusted to
cary on the work 10 peri coB.
Bur What is doing or likely be DONE in our city
What in any American city Rents are absolutely.
though not relatively, dear here in Paris Lon
don and they tend 10 advance more rapidly with rs
than in Europe The old cayil that each family shol
have it, separate dwelling is futile and ABSURD since 10
fact 10 aborers family living in city has have
\ house Of It's own The Poor hudlled together 10
houses not merely oyercrowded from the inability oftne
tenants 10 pay for anpler accomm ,diions, but
structcd with reference wants quite o.her than those
Of the sexual occupants and every way uusu-ed TO their
Leeds Rooms large and too fsw yards i'll planned
and offensive halls used by everybody AMI cared 0r by
nobody. streetdoors unastened and Unmatched each
family household operations subject 70 tine o0,er7iton
and criticism Of every ohef-such are among the al
boy ances endured by the Industrious Poor OF CRY
because the only houses they occupy as dwellings
were built for stores tor workshops for groceries, fr
tie dwellings Of one or most tEo families each wall,
they uust pile into them three deep b. driven from
tie City.
If you Nil al the Kayaks" Greeks, subiect.) slg-
eested polite Gr.ld Yzicr to inpetuoas SI..,a,
who had proposed the determination OF the Christian
dogs the readi, and surest way Of Riding himself
Of al future trouble with them, how wil You replace
" the revenue YOU now derive from toe captaton TAX "
If We drive all the Poor out II City by rents tllt
they cannot abide where shall our merchants fin pjr
tiers, stevedores and longsloremen' Where SHALL or
builders look for hodmen, mortarmiXers. &c Where
shall the immortal Arclarius hnd hands 20 WELD the
brooms whereby our streets are swept almost ever
yesrl If our capitalists will BIZ, consider the subject IS
it affects their pockets and their stomachs Ee can aji
odisPense with all appeals TO thei- souls
Take vacant block almos, anywhere in our City AMI
build Oh t fre-prooi edice SIX T. eight stories high
or Lodgings ior tie Working Clases-d vide the first
foor add part oftbe basement into store, shops
might be- advisable provide in the basement reircrore
bakeries, &c buying provisions by wholesale AMI sell
~ them cooked 10 rhe dodgers cheap they cJuil
buy the rlW material retail: with washroJ n- baths
Sc % the most approved plan and such con7,nien ,es
.rerv Hopr thar Dar.on n-4l desee41 FIR