New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-11-28

me haze lived more Inxuriously" Under the corn
lsy, ,ve arc told by the same Economist they were
bat half fed half clothed and moro or less starved III
de, were then TO live nj all tow could they contrve
10 live less uxuriousy than before The taocso'
importation were again and again un'olded by Inc
Eeonop,ist to prove the growing prosperity OF tho
people and the sondness Of the business done What
was thus procaineds test Of the urspeakable bless
ines Of free trade is now denounced proof OF the
foolish extrayagance Of the working classes We re-
main, however, at loss to understand how mPorta-
ton can 90 on increasing with decreasing population
and declining consumption how expectation can con-
uuc to rise with diminishing Importation and how in
dusiry ard commerce expand themselves with I'M
ports and exports contracted.
The third use made Of the golden opportunity
should have been to procure the best possible eiucs
ton COZ themselves and their children, as to fit
" themselves for the improvement in their circum
stances andtO learn how to turn il 70 the best
UnhappiIy we obliged to state that schools have
seldom been so i'll attended school fees s. i'll paid
Is there anything marvellous in this fact Brisk trade
was SYNONYMOUS with enlarged factories with increased
application of machinery with adult laborers be-
ing replaced By women and children, with prolonged
hours of work The more the mill was attended by
the mother and the child Che less could the school DO
requented And, after all of what sort OF education
would you have given the opportunity to the parents
and their children The opportunity of learning how
to keep population at the pace described by Malthus
SAYS The Economist. Education, says Mr. Golden.
would show the men that filthy badly ventilated, over
stocked lodgings are not the best Of conserving
health and yigor As well might you save man from
starving by telling him that the laws Of Nature do
mand perpetual supply Of food for the human body
Education says The Daily Mars would have informed
our working classes how TO extract nuritge substance
out of dry boneshow to make tea cakes Of starch and
how TO boil soup with devils dust
Ii we sum up then, the golden opportunities which
have thus been thrown away by the working classes.
they consist of the golden opportunity Of not marrying
of the opportunity of living less uxuriously of not
asking for higher wages of becoming capitalists at Is
shillngs week and of learning how to keepthe body
together with coarser food, and how to degrade the
soul with the pestiferous doctrines of Nautilus.
On Friday last Ernest Jones visited the town Of
Preston to address the factoryhands locked out of the
mills, on the labor question. BY the appointed time
at least 1900 persons The Preston Pilot estimates the
number at ~ OOO) had assembled on the ground and
Mr. Jones. on proceeding to the spot WAS received
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from his speech:
"wby have these struggles beenl Why are they ncwf
Why will they return Because the fountains OF your
life sealed by the hand of capital that quafs it, golden
goblet the lees and gives the dregs to you Why arc
YOU locked of life when You are locked out OF the FAC
tory Because you have other factory to 50 to-no
other of working for your broad What gives the
capitalist this tremendous p0wer That he holds all the
means of endowment The means of work il.
therefore the hinge on which the future of tho people
turns. IL Is mass movement on nh ua"o',
national of the working classes that can alone
achieve trinmpbapt result Sectionaize and
locaze your struggle and you may fanationalze it and
YOU are sure TO VIM
Mr. George Cowell in very complimentary terms
moved and Mr.. John Matthews seconded, vote oil
thanks to Ernest Jones for his visit TO Preston and the
services be was rendering to the cause of labor
Great exertions had been made on the part oil the
manufacturers to prevent Ernest Jones visiting tho
town. 10 hall could be had for the purpose, aud bills
we're accordingly printed in Manchester converting an
openair meeting. The report had been industrously
circulated by some selfnterested parties, that Mr.
Jones was going oppose the strike and SOW division
among the men, and letters had been sent that Il would
not be personally safe for him to visit Preston.
KARL MARX