New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-02-08
.ooprR ON THE DISTRESS or THE
WORKING CLASSES.

~ the business and moue'ary affairs o. the CITY
"a ofthe widespread misery and wre'chedness gov
=. ant Of the sudden and unavoidable contraction IN
=, the various manufacturing and mere anie opera
s.s, btss leave to make the following CON nun'ca-
eo. The pre sent and prospective suffering result
,,s from the entire inability Of thousands to ma en-
n. at the various calngs on which taey ave
s.,era.6 for ,upport claims from every benevolent
hind an ff,r 10 ASCERTAIN the cause OF taeif
AID the proper rem dy to be employed
Tn. ,n,.t monument, cause OF the present oerange'
nent of trade and the general want Oh employment
1, the natural and inevitable resst OF our o'e'-eA
handing aud contracting msA'ure OF va'ue' oar sao
s,n4r;enoe trust, will finally teach US, as ns''on
That the declaration Of Washington was true when ne
aid TINT "in exact proportion as you pour paper
1mepey into the volume OF circulating medium, Ju''
tin thst proportion will everything In the country
/. r.e." Thus tempting the world to come here an
all us every thing, and at the sane time ikins
everything too dear to sell in return
He said that such q course will not bansht the
farmer or the mechanic. L. will only benent the
debtor, "a it enables him to pay his debt with q
shadow instead Of substance.
Your subscriber, being deeply impressed with the
difficulty of prescribing remedy for disease 30
deeply ,ested In the body polite will veotdrs 70
recommend course that will furnish imme nA,e ana
continued employment 10 thousands 10 WORK inst
will save millions to the future Inhabitants OIL our
Ibe work be proposed, may be carried on upon our
ovn inland BY the purchase of the marble qu1rries
near KiDgfbidge, where | believe the marble Wa
obtained Tor our present City Hall. This msfble,
propose all be got out and cut roughly into square
blocks TO form the bulkaeads of our whsrVes aod
pierre. T0is work will furnish great amoant and
vsri, ty OF usefal labor that will cont nue. and grow
with the future growth OF our city
Various efforts have been made by our General
Government TO remedy these evils, by the enactnent
md ted alteration Of tarifs-all Of which have
been rendered Intellectual by the constant expansion
and conoaction o, paper currency, WIZ wui,n We
have been uaa,uriDg and vsinly attempting u rega
tate The values Of all property and labor. 81,
SwedenbOrg never declared more important truth
than the he com DuLic IL to tae Diet OF sweden
when be said thst Dstion tba, would lexs ate per-
msnslt value into paper currency, would be a ma
ton Wit out parallel in the world, aud he advised
biz Government ~ return to spscie currency as the
only remedy that could save their nation from ruin.
Ii will 81 ways bs found tina. measure Of value cal
cued to secure the rewards Of labor to the hand that
earns H. must have il it Inherent add certain value,
The evidence of labor actually done.
Every other device az a measure of relief has al
WAYS given opportunity 10 the artfu and degning TO
tale advantage OF the weak and the unsaspectng and
has tended TO fertize the rich msa's deid by the
sweat OF the poor mans brow II we desire 10 lessen
The amount Of poverty and crime, We must remove
the causes that produce it
II will be necessary 10 order to render i. possible
for the unfortunate and industrious Door to raise them
selves by useful labor to competence, comfort aud in
GepeI deJce TO secure them au opportunity t. labor
and all the facilities for their labor to the best
possible advantage. This will require that they be
provided with shelter and board Of the cheapest POS
sible kind that is conducive 10 health.
Ii should be remembered that the worms eat up our
present wooden wharves about every ten years. and
that up to this time when the decks have fallen in,
we have not been able TO extend ney piers into the
river, making new bulb heads and NIL no the slips
This course cannot be continued beyond the water
line.
The time must soon come when the City will incur
an enormous expense TO clear away the foundations
for the rene val Of the whsrves and pierre.
This expense may be averted and permanent and
substantial stone wharves secured, at an expense
not greatly exceeding the wooden wharves now being
built.
q To DO this and q. the same time effect other objects
Of great Importance to the welfare of our City, your
subscriber recommends that the Corporation should
provide suitable quarries in the neghborhood of our
City, where stone could be most easily got ont to
form the outer line of the wharves and piers of our
City, to day.
BY using marble blocks for the erection Of wharve,
and Iers oil the rough stone and pieces that co
out ia quarryiDg msy be used in the folio wing
A part of these pieces may be burned into lime,
while the balance with all the fine chips, may be put
in boxes OF size TO match with the solid stone blocks
prepared TO form the outer line or fa,e OF the whaves
and pier.
The blocks made by putting the small pieces and
pouring lime and sand into those boxes filed with the
rough store and small pieces-thus cementing the
wbo,e together, mskiDg blocks of any size. These
blocks will be as valuable for all bu. the outer facing
Of the wbarv6s or piers. as though they had been
formed out of solid stone.
All the blocks required below the water line where
vessels would strike Them may be formed cheapy out
Of my rough stone and small pieces cemented to-
gether with holes left in them ready to bolt or an
Choir the whole together in the r proper places.
A canal has been made directly into the marble
quarry on the out end Of this leland. By this canal
the stone when prepared, can be taken in the cheap-
Get manner to their places in the whIves
would most respectfully propose TO secure this
field Of labor TO class OF our fellow citizens who ave
the most in netd OF our sympathy and encouragement
would recommend to Offer it on terms that would
enable the poorest man 10 the community, that Is able
to work to, earn his bread, aud something more by
horest labor.
To do this, I would recommend that stone be quar-
ried and cut by the cubic foot the small ones to be
put in boxes and cemened together by the foot, and
that the lime be burned by the bushe in order that
In each dep artment the work may be done 10 the best
adv a1sge that the poorest that is willing 10
labor may find place where it is possible for him to
earn something more than bare subsistence
place of this kind should be provided with suitable
buildings, where he could live on the cheapest fare
conducive to health.
woulo in this place, furnish all the conveniences
10 facilitate their work.
would recommend that an accurate account be
Kept with each person, and that they be allowed for
their labor an amount equal to a. least two thirds Of
what the came work would cost in op,n markets and
After these expenses aud cost of living had been de-
Quoted the balance should be placed to their credit
subject TO be drawn out at any time when they de-
sired to send it for the support of their families or to
20 to distant friends, ana could find better employ
nent-
To improve the condition Of the poor, by enabling
them in some way to minister to their wants, is
duty We owe them desirable it is difficult to ac-
plish.
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