New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-01-13

tectcn OF tne that Justice to the who ural'h ihe
bcopo s.;.ls Of books and uce to the community Ina'
rev materials require that protection sha not
orp AZ space or time be greater thaa srelurci
eloe. - he producer of books foil ana aic onpensa
Cor KS labor. IL our authors nave euoaay tune al
uo enough they have no claim tor more anitns wqaa
slx help the adverssres Of international copyrgh
80 20 sbscute right of the cssA T~ohd o. w
b., Sss i noi Mr. cr.ys s '!n %;
Hshe live and TO few yesr' from the pubiea ION u H
re- s5e again must complain of the manner ia When
nv vie We placed before your readers. 80, M the
myoro,ors 10 claim that because they had SCI w h
ssper they owners Of the type you "a csrsinv
maud saying: My friends these typos ~ ~ o5r
njne You arc clearly entitled to be pad I,r yoJnv
labor but afer that shall have been done &c
mine IT, in this state OF tangs You 20 Tho world tbst
RI Tlane with al It's professions OF iiehushp ol w
n,t;nc classes had a difficulty win its ie9
cPreor bad T hS hui their would have been
Gnu t more for,ible II pointed Against an right what
DENYING absolutely that the aborer was worthy OF
s. h;,eeyould you not denounee such statement as
d.; =, ,he last degree unfair and as having been pat
SI ,;t view prejudice YOU with the pubic would
p moi say that those pap unable to meet you on Jar
49, Can YOU then be surprised that regard this para
!b A. an evidence of the necessities Of your case
~ ,epy TO the questions What shall be the measure OF
asr eoppeni alton And who shall pay i; You say
snver to vital questions simple We ssy TINS
& rendered and seceped and b, paid by all ho see II
The fruts his lsbo only one eosntry th o"n o.
ssy oiheI avs itself Of those abo then that County, o. y
Seuid pay him but ,hrse other countries or ty sspt Of
'ass hs wofts, then LET them Gil pay 10 p'oP0''''N
Is not this the obvoo. dictate Of justice =, the above
@Yst Nj ye,y not on VIA each ds
slers h ires If both live in Ee~ior London Or o5 ~
SbsS Of then the ornst 's0oS b P,
'isD than the latter os sn which te orE /.
~ prosed BY the and erry taste STATE
T;. loo sounds strangely as coming from The Tribune
Were Sheffield man to come to you and say Mr. Ed
or here IL knife that cells for dollar and hall bat
0e only dollar for H. while your neighbOr pockets tue
hoe Price for which he sells those be makes and thus
en- forced to contribute half dollar on each KNIFE Tor
the maintenance Of your Government. Inc conpehSa
son Of the abOrer ought not to depend upon wre ne
"'hpes but upon what he does beg that you wIl use
"your influence with the Government to duty on
"kDives and let putnmy Own what now naHs
he your answer Would il not be, My friend is very
true that tax you because you live abroad can
relieve yourself Of all taxes by coming here The reason
that you are in trouble u.s. that the system OF your GOV
ernnent tends TO too many people 10 be emp )yeu
In making knives while diminishing 40 power OF the Ia
"borer purchase them the consequence OF when 49, taa'
ayou are rendered much dependent upon foreign mar
Hkes Our tends t. increase the p)werto purchase
knives and hence il that Siou TO throwthem
ento cur market the excellence OF which IL due 10 the
act that we protect our farmers in their efforts to draw
10 their sides the makers Of knives and other consumers
of their products Come among US and you shal nave
better wages with less labor Suppose that instead OF
snorit was producer Of books, you wonid think, feel
Disposed 10 saw Ny dear Sir II is rle that this is great
nmaIket for books, but what is 1t that has maze " 80
Have zon contributed toward the public Schools me nora
dries the lyceums and the colleges, in the establishment
and support Of which have spent so many lnllons
Certainly not Why, them should you profit by them
Neither have you aided in the establishment OF such IN
stitutions at home IL you and your countrymen had
done So your thirty millions OF people would now be
"meking a larger market than we could offer, and you
would not need TO seek relief romus Your people nave
spent in the support of fleets and armies the money that
we have given 10 that Of schools and colleges aud there
lis no why should now tax ourselves to maze
among war making people you cannot exPect 10 ens
the advantages of peace II your coun'rymen are poor
and cannot afford to pay for your books come out IRON
q among them. Almost much, my dear Sir, depends
"upOn tckeyc a Tres upon what he does Ihose
who keep bad company must expect to suffer for ana
while your friends in Birmingham and Manchester are
te1ering themselves to cheaper labor with the ow the
hammer and the LOOM you canno, expect mat aoor WIFI
" the pen will be literally rewarded.
THAT the establishment Of NJ osreys doctrine a, law would
rmnd antssoni-, would seem mo- even ne VII
irs 20 hs g b"t eb most hasten 20 become
eIsp OF ss. K Fnes 6s sss Sir Vale
so nifti have lived fusay rs well e. seoea
D D.s sss q n aS 1ion 70
oyer him"
In Tic absence Of facts supposons may be received but
not in opposition TO facts II is not from the smaller com
munes of Europe that hear the complaints OF literary
men Take Denmark which you specially refer one of
The smallest of them. Read Langs recent and most in
feresting work. and you will find that she has mos Pros
editions 10 the great advantage of her authors and that the
latter are respected as well read Nearly all the com
plants hear from the three large communities you
have named-rom France, where Dumas and Eugene Sue
earn forunes-from England where Dickens ma Ses $780,
900 year-and from this country, which pres'n the
picture Of more rapidly deveoi ny dem md for
books and more rapidly Increasing payment Tor Literary
labor than any other country of the world While thus
sed TO the facts othe your views are not less as
think opposed to the theory usually taught by the Ir
have there read that by protecting artisans herewe
Offering them inducements u.s. ana u AT
the withdrawal Of so many from Europe would have
tend nCy raise the Of wages there. this be SO
with workers in wood and rOn is II not likely to
be so with those who work with the pen That II Is 50 49,
tn nk obvious from statement in recent English
Journal the effect that the demand abroad for persons
connected with literature and science inducing many
such persons and among them OF eminence to leave
hat country. Ihavs the article ITSELF but such
to be It's tenor The great difficulty in England
that too many forced to depend upon labor with the
pen. BY making this good market for such labor we
shall enable them here and improve their cond
on-aDd although might happen that Sir w alter
Scott in Denmark not so well paid as we could wish
him to be- the general condition of literary men not to
be improved by offering bounties to be paid by us with
view TO inducing them TO remain in an rtoked mar
ket
The direct effect of international copy right must inev
taby be the promotion of centraZaO among ourselves
Everywhere through the West new journals are being
started al low prices disseminating information and pre-
pairing their readers TO become writer's, while aording
hem the channel through which 10 reach the public eye
In paper that has this moment come 10, ind notice
Of The Clereand annals Of Science at dollar per
snnum Such journal cannot afford to pay for original
natter II must depend largely foreign journals but
you carry your views of the rights OF authors,
Hfere shall il obtain matter Unless free TO copy from
oreign and domestic authors, il must die and the men
who could afford TO buy cheap science at home Will ma
themselves compelled to go altogether without or pay
high price for il in New York. Philadelphia, London or
Paris Look your country papers and see how difficult
would be support them without the privilege of copy
ng from The Tribune and Bl0ekrood-from Fanny Fern
(Nl 90. thfrrfn and