, 1854-06-10
About our Lumber Trade--Ir-
responsible COntractOrs--La-
bOr, &c.

ing IN paralze the business of the country through.
out the length and breadth of our borders-rom the
centre to the Outmost verge of actual life and enter
prize. What is the cause Is the present aspect Of
monetary affairs natural state of things or is the
present sickcnng depression brought about by other
than legitimate causesl
1t will not do to attribute the pressure that is now
felt, in the money market, wholly to the depression in
the price Of sawed lumber at SBn Francisco nor to
the want Of activity in the shipping that Is now
crowding our bays and harbors, and which has, un.
til within a few months, been employed in carrying
away more lumber, timber, &c. than has been trans
ported at any other period in the yet brief existence Of
our territTy The evils we are now encountering lie
still deeper-exst at the base of all Industrial pursuits
all individual and national prosperity. The labor Of
the country is not paid for should be- In many
q very great many instances, the men who toll, and
work and sweat, in biilding up empire Of wealth
for Others are not remunerated themselves for the dill
igent labor performed by their sinewy arms and iron
hands Aye, men whose hands arc backened and har-
dened by honest and merorous labor to the end that
their employers may not only swell their Golfers with
precious coin but array their persons in purple and
fine linen and fare sumptuously every day these la
borers-the authors Of their wealth and prosperity
!
warded but at times limited in the necessares Of fe
and unable to procure comfortable coarse rament.
These remarks will not be understood to designate
those engaged in a legitimate cash business in the
trade referred TO- but only to such irresponsible con.
tractors as swarm along the shores Of the Sound
ready and eager take any and every advantage Of
the labor Of the tertery. The fact is and il Is unne-
cessay to conceal it-too much of the business Of the
L. Al.
upas tree THE CREDIT sYsTEN-freezing up the
Of vigor health and life OF almost every branch
of territorial industry.
Instead Of money being paid for the labor that pro
duces the staples Of the country for transportation from
state Of nature large proportion Of the business Of
the country is transacted on time. Lumber dealers
from San FnncscO-jObbers on time-men without
any visible means Of suppOrt-who too proud and
lazy 10 work and honest livelihood are infest
ing the country vampire like sucking the life blood
from labor. that they may grow fatriOt and reyel in
lury-albeit they toll not, neither do they spin"
Others, who have some pride Of character, or are
pecunary responsible purchase these cargoes on the
faith Of letters Of credit from San francisco, or more
frequently with the trash-the rubbish-the refuse
the swEErISGs uf some mercantile house Of that CITY,
and thus it Is that labor Is rewarded.
Others, as before observed and an honorable ex-
oepton they arc too place proper estimate upon the
value ienor and are ready and al all times willing
,uin7h 'ne iAnOIer WIN nH pay Wneh que In 'ne
Noin'E u uese honoraoie ana hsn minueu men,
eompara'Vely DuI l''ie Oh nara times Is experienced
" 'ne eOnl,n'ui''y,
man "'' "UrAs "eeA' mon'n Ut SIX mouths
N""' "e 'onS.ueS NmuneIa'Ne wages Oi'en
met "nen nc inaAes eau lor ms wages, "''n ,he
No.uS- VIC nave san rrA"'isoo 'unuS' uu' NO oash
'nere wa money IN 'ne country 70 enable US 70 pro
e"ie VAS" 'O' Vu' DAAffS' We "ouu w P'e~Seu ="
'u'",su yOu your w1ses oIu you N1,i 70 SAAe your
pay ~ su'n ooopS Ss Ne na'e On n'nu, ,ney arc
jour mus creating an eVl' ana lnen making
."ue " '"e sSie' III o'uer 'hA' INC e' may DC per
P''U4'eu'
Le' tne hnor o' 'he country oe promptly pad ior'
'or 'ne moorer y worthy oi MS niIe' Lev those
VINO arc ouid'hg up Agiganue commerce on the SOUND
oe s.n'apy reWarueo, i0r tnou shnt not muLhie the
ON IN" "eaue'h OUT inc corn
be' our ous'hess meh-lumbermen' &C. tqgn over
new lear IN their business ledgeIs and resolve that
'ney "'il nave nothing but CASH on the delivery Of
eargoes Iof eNpor'auon' Let them iroNn down. and
scout from our the irresponsible Jobbers, and
lhHouuoeIs o' 'oe anohihADle uuck ana ereot sys
enl which lor short time past has been preyius up
on the V'als oil our territorial enierPrze and INDUSTRY
ana ere long order safety confidence and renewed
prosperity VIII oe again restored
'he money that Is now Que ior labor performed
IN TINS territory was now hquda'ed .'here would, We
opine' oe ont htte' any pressure iet NO merchant
need then be seen, standing at his shop door, gazing
LOT customer oIgoods that does not come The
people cannot buy-eredit and truck has damned
up the FOUNTAIN from whence the precious metals are
aerNeu-'he stream oil our territorial prosperity has
been diverted from Its natural channel bearing upon
It's surface all the benefits Of toll into the pockets Of
sharpers shhVers and irresponsible obbers' whilst La
BoR, the BASIS OF all prosperity goes unrewarded'
The Oaneini enees Of the system Of doing business
recently ADOPTED and above referred TO- is being felt,