Spirit of the times. [volume] (Ironton, Ohio) 1853-1858, 1855-02-13
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ARISTOCRACY AND THE MANU-.
4, FEATURING INTERESTS. r.l
! have shown that .lemocracy* is ia.
vorsble to the growth Of manufsc lures,
and that il increases without limit the
numbers Of the manufac turing classes (:
we shall now see by what side road man.
ufactures in their turn may brins men
back TO aristocracy. sa.Esd X n
1t is acknowledged tina, when a work.
man is employed every day upon the
same detail, the whole commodity is pro.
|duced with greater ease, promp.itude,
and economy. 1t is likewise acknowl.
edged that the cost Of the production OF
manufactured goods is diminished BY the
extent Of the establishment in which ,hey
are made, and by the amount Of capital
employed or OF credit These truths had
long been imper(ectly discerned. but, in
our time they have been demonstrated.
They have already been applied TO many
very important kinds OF manufactures,
and the humblest will gradually be gov
erned by them. ! know Of nothing in
politics which deserves to fix the atten.
ton Of the legislator more closely than
these two new axioms Of the science Of
manufactures. ts7,a Il, as@9 T.,
When a workman is INCREASINGLY and
xclusvely engaged in the fabric alton OF
one thing, he ultimately does his work
with singular dexterity |; but at the same
time ho loses the general faculty Of ap;
plying his mind 10 the general direction
Of the work. He every day becomes
more adroit and less Industrious; SO
that it may be said that in proportion as
the workman improves the man is degra.
ded. What can be expected Of man
who has spent twenty years Of his life in
maxi ing heads for pins and to what can
n that mighty human intelligence, which
has so often stirfed. the world, be applied
in him, except it be to investigate the
hest method of making pins heads p
When workman has spent consider.
able portion Of his existence in this man
ner, his Monghts are forever Sc, sp on the
T object Of his daily toll !; his bo iy has
contracted certain fixed habits, which il
can never shake, off. In a word, he no
longer belongs to himself, but to the call
ing which he has chosen. II is in vain
{ that laws and manners have been at the
pains to level all barriers around such Q
man, and 10 open to him, on every side,
thousand paths te fortune; theory oil
manufactures more powerful than man
ners and laws binds him to craft, and
frequently 10 a spot, which he ,canno
, leave. II assigns to him a certain place
, Lin society beyond which he cannot 20