Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1858-04-23
A Word Aboat Labor.

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race is. and ever mus, bc depcnieu, on 9th
err for tha, employment; which shall civ,
them bread. And It Is no dispancpmeut {,
any man 70 be an employee. The employer
Is no more 10 be respected than the en-,
ploycc. !, both are equally f,iihiul and tru,
in the performance Of their respective du.
ties. The one j. just as necessary m a.,
soCial fabric as the other. Neither can say
% the other We have no need of thcc, more
than the head or the foot can say 20 each
other We have no need Of you. Both arc
equally necessary. Such are our views in
relation 10 the position Of the two Glasses.
And We say tnis, to prevent all mi,appre-
hensi5n as 20 our views ou tins point, and
asa preface 70 hatwcrr0p0sc 70 say abou,
Aborcrs.
our attention was called very iorcibly 10
this matter, BY hearing farmer of means,
whose other employment, prevented bic
being about the farm with hi. men much oi
the time. cxclaim. Sc Oh dear DO not
know what g. DO O." Said we. '' What is the
matter" lie replied, - will tell you.
cannot hrc mcp % DO my work and make
itpay. | am away large share of the
time. and my men DO not work halt the
time. They loaf about the house, lay down
in the shade, and idle away their time aud
make such awful destruction Of implements
and tools, | cannot make il pay. las,
summer employed o.r men, and they d,d
not 10 more than half as much work as the
tir,, employed BY my nei.hbur over here,
who could Dc with them himself Imust
make a change some how"
We could symPaihiIe with him IN his
Affections, for we have had a similar eKpe-
rienee. We have been similarly situated
and of all the men We have employed, for
any length of time, there have not been
above tso or three, who provel themselves
strictly honest men. We have had men,
with whom il made no difference whether
we were looking straight at them or a hun.
drcd miles away-in both cases. they were
equally diliccnt. But with al the rcs;, Il;
was different. The moment we wcr, out OF
sight, work was matter 0f small c1nSc.
quencc, and il has cost u nearly double 10
do our work it ough, TO have d5te, as our
books will show.
Beside our regular hands, we have EN-.
ploycI some by the day-msn who ars de-
pendent upon their daily labor for their
daily bread. We have ever been disposed
20 accommodate such men, and De-, them
have things necessary Cor their amile. in
advance Of their wages, when we knew they
were needy. But very few 0f them have
proved themselves honest men Ia such cases,
% say nothing Of gratitude. In most eases,
when they have obtained few dollars in
Alyance, they have abandoned Us. and 1t
We ever got cur pay, IL has been by strata
geu. They have shown that they never
mean, 70 Pay for what they received. This
is too generally the course Of conduc. Of
tbs cl,ss ol men.
To be poor auI dependent on one. daily
labor fgr ones daily brad is mo- disgrace 90
any nan. We may al come 20 this, how
ever prosperous may De- our present eircum.
stances such a state of things may D, no
f,ul, Of The individual Bat % De d,,h1u.
est and treaehcroas IS the individuals own
fault, and it Is a shame and disgrace to
him.
This state Of things on the part Of labor.
ers. must end in most disastrous result, O.
themselves, much worse than o employers.
Such dishonesty and treachery on the par,
Of laborsr., especially in our rural districts,
IL not corrected mus; ultimately drive men
Of means 70 - change their business, as to
employ as little labor as possible Tais
will tend % increase the supply above the
demand, and Of c0ure 10 bring vasys down,
while the cost 0t sgbssience will Dc in
creased, in Consequence o. tAe dimiuuiiOn
Of production.
To promote the interests Of those Depend
eui on their daily wages for their daily
bread. IA the highest desrcc, the whole ela.,
oasht % Be strictly honest, and seek 10 pro.
mote the interests Of those who employ
them. Tie want of this in any one Of them
tends to injure the whole in the long run,
and every hborsr should not only d. the
honest thing himself. but insis, that every
one Of his class shall d. the same thing. In
I'll, way only, eau the bes, good of his class
be received. All dishonesty and unhi,hful-
ness visits its re,ribu,ion on the head. Of
the class in which It is praeticed. as well a.
on the guilty parties. BY bringing about a
state Of thing. prciudicial to the whole
class.
The state Of things in relation to the
lab0rers Of New England has materially
changed within our recollection. Those to
be employed are not such men, as a general
thing, as those days afforded. Then, very
many OF those seeking employment, were
men Of ability anil worth. who we're bound
TO make men Of themselves, and have some
thing in the world Of their oWn-men, who
had souR higher aim in life, than to have a
good tune" by spending all they sau
earn and get, IN hiring fast horses aBd
riding oct with fast girls.