The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1855-03-08
From, the Ledger.
Labor and Calpftas.

The whole prosperity Of The country hangs
on the cordial cooperation of labor and capi-
tai. The capitalist is dependant on the la
borer, and the laborer on the capitalist or
what use is mill, without persons 10 attend
il, or manufactory, withou, mechanics p
On The other hand, what can mechanic ac-
complish without inslru msnts, or wha. would
become Of tho laborer, should he grind his
corn with pes,le and mortar, 10 be inde-
pendent Of the mill owner, Everything
which produces antagonlsm between the la
borer and The capitalists Injuries bolh
In p,in, of fac:, all capital is but labor in
soliai6ed form. And money is socieiy's
certificate for labor peIfofmel. If you want
days work done, you pay dollar; if the
labor requires skill, you give two dollars. II
by mental exeriion machine be construc-
ted, savins much labor, you gladly pay The
inventor Ave dollars day. Thus wealth is
the accumulation of past labor, either OF
body or mind.
All quarrels, therefore, between capital
and labor, are in fact disputes between The
pas, and the present. like father cursing
his SOM or sou striking his iather. Nay.
worse, like to-day quarelling with lo'mor.
row for The lador Of today will be the cap
ital Of tomorrow. And YET the two contin-
uslly quarrel, and with very just cause.
For money lie, after all but the certificate of
labor, by which is products are exchanged,
aud like many olher certificates, often OBJ.
tanned and transferred TO forgery ami fraud.
Hence some con,rive 10 obtain the largest
show Of the vouchers, where there has been
The least of honest labor PERFORMED by head,
heart or hand.
Or if the capitalists misuse his money, he
Injuries mol himself alone, but the laborer
also. Most OF the present mercantile dis
tress has been caused by the n.is-applicalion
of capital Twelve mou,hs ago, the gold
mines OF California had increased the circu-
lation Of money and the extension OF credit
thousand fold; for by ths aid cf banks,
discounts, and promissory notes, the gold
was beaten out very thin, and made 10 coves
over large surface, until it's value was be.
coming alfuos, like The gold aud silver paper
money which the Chinese burn before the
images of their ancestors, Every one
thought himself rich, and men seldom know
how 10 use suddenly acquired wealth. All
kinds Of false Investments were made
Costly hotels, marble blocks, and lofty brown
stone residences, silded diawing fooms and
silken curtains, with all the richest luxunes
imported from Europe. proclaimed this to
the eye. l. was said that this employment
was given TO labor. Very true. Foreign
artists Of all kinds were engaged 10 paint, 10
plaster, and 10 gid. But here lay The error.
All ,his capital was inSestsd in forms inca
pable of being united with future industry.
There 1t lies in huge, beautiful blocks Of
marble or brown sione.
n the $50, ,ooo or 100000 il took TO build
one of these palaces had bcen invested liz a
cotton factory, it would have given Psrma.
nent aud profitable employ TO one or
two hundred persons, and would probably
udNo Jiciudu tuo oWuot ah tuso'hc1 sh"tooo
Of costing him one 10 keep up the establish
ment II a wealthy man were 10 feed and
clothe hundred people through the winter,
he wonld be thought Prince Of generosity.
But il Dives, instead Of erecting costly
house and furnishing it from Europe, will
but invest his money 90 that it may be re.
productive from union with labor, he will
do mankind thousand times more good.
So, if the Queen Of England, OF the EN-.
peror OF France tax the people, and pay
high salaries 10 incapables, to give ballsi for
The encouragement of laces, satins, and en-
broidsred superfuihes, !, is sasyio 10 see the
bankruptcy and ruin that must sooner or Ia.
ter ensus, ard that The laborer will become
a dependent, and the poof pootsr, by the
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