New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-03-01

Qcle0t 10 ESTABLISH tIc AsSN
primary Social needs Of our time are these:
I. Some Arrangement whereby every one
having Labor to sell may sell it, for what 1t Is
sctu,IIv worth. lust as man having Gold or
s;ver in ever so sntiquated or unseTiceable
shane may send it to the Mint and receive
there it's precise value in current coin. Labor
ought TO be as marketable as any of its pro-
ducts. OF course, this implies no equality
between skilled and nnskilled, efficient and III
efficient Labor, any more than the Mint case
implies equality per pound between alleged and
pure Silver, or between Silver and Gold. Ls-
Dor would still be actually worth more in one
Mace or at one season than at another, as the
labor of good wheelwright would usually be
worth more than that of a poor sweeper. The
demand is only that Labor of any compe-
tency be always recognized as having con-
yertible value propurtioned TO its efficiency,
and that be who has it to sell may sell it and
get its worth for it in products suited to his
taste or need.
9. We need more Direct Relations between
Producer and Consumer. The Vegetables,
Fish, and other perishable Food consumed in
our City, cost the consumers about twice as
much in tho average, as the producers receive
for them. Some pay far more than fifty per
cent. to distributors and forestallers; but fifty
per cent would be fair average. Thus Pro-
ductive Laboris heavily taxed on all sides to
support ten times as many go betweens as are
needed, and our poor friend whose simple story
is told above doubtless pays at least fifty dol
lars out Of his scant three hundred year to
support locust horde of petty monOpOlists
and adulterators.
8. We need Houses for the Million on q to-
tally different scale from any now existing
We are thankful to all those who are making
OF have made improvements in this respect;
We are content that capital should grope its
way blindy onward TO the Better, if it cannot
see ahead yet We hold it perfectly demon
strable that the perfection Of economy aud
comfort can only be obtained in edifices cover
ing full block of ground, with Refectories,
Laundries, Heating and Lighting arrange
ments, Ventilation, &c. &c, all planned at the
outset In such an edfce our Poor Mechan-
ic' might have far better lodgings than he now
has, warmed so as to save him the expense of
fuel, for less money than he now pays, and still
give the landlord ten per cent. on his invest
ment And he might there have his provisions
well cooked served up to him for less money
(being bought of the producers at wholesale)
than he now pays for them at the grocery or in
the market.
Enough for this lesson. We might, in
deed proceed to administer a dose of Jobs
comfort to our Poor Mechanic-to tell him
that he onght to have saved money when he
was single and had only himself to support,
Eve know it can be done even at such wages
as his, for We did il ;)-that he ought not to
have married until he had some safer reli-
ance for the support of a family than 81 to
81 per week when somebody else happened
to want and chose TO hire him-and that he
probably wasted money enough on liquor and
frolics in his youth to have secured him a
better position in life if he had carefully saved
and wisely invested it. All this is probably
true, and our young mechanics and appren-
tees may well lay it to heart. But there is
something for the wealthy and more forum
ate likewise, and we urge them to consider
and set about it,