New-York daily tribune., 1858-11-27
THE CNITAPY HOME.
LETTER FROM THE PRORIE TOR.

ton of the people Of auy community. Its importance
il augmented in the ratio of increasing want proceed
ing from whatever cause. The present is pr-eunenty
time when men kesniy feel tle recessty for soln-
ton of this problem. We have passed through
financial crisis which has derarged tie in.
dustral and commercial affairs Of the entire
country, and has thrown untold numbers of families
into atett poverty, where, for want Of empl yment,
they obtain precarions subsistence from the aid of
Giends, OF DIN public chartyn either cas-, the de-
pendence being degradation. To them, particularly,
s the question one Of paramount interest They may
not have the Intellectual power and range Of kroSl-
edge TO enable them to trace results to their remote
causes and from the data thus obtained, synthesse
plan bJ which poverty may be eliminated from society
D II future. Even cultivated and thinking minds differ
upon this and kindred subjects adduce arguments TO
sustain theories Of cause and plans for remedy for
social evils utterly Diverse and while the unschoo.d
mind ebdeavms lif 1t have the temerty to Cripple
the subject at all to satisfy sef which theors' has
the right stnmschs living entities and bread and
meat ano houses remain fixed wants of the animal
ncmy primarily demanding Immediate relief aod
it is only an after thought that means rlll
he considered to protect them from suffering in
tie future. However political economists differ
in Leir views Of measures one fact is common to ALL
the acceptance Of the fundamental principles OF our
present political ard social systems. In the hope, By
sdoptipe certain checks and balances necessarily ar
biirary in their nature to make those systems avail
able for the Renera! good they overlook the important
sderaoh that the whole f,brc OF our present So
cieiy may rect on fundamental errors and II CO. the
fact woui render nugatory any attempt to real
ize in tie systems controlling its relations q
healthy normal action. That these systems
radically wrorg, assert to be fact; and applying
the idea to the sphere d Commerce, hold that, the
recognition Of Value land not Cost ss the regulator
Of Price is the incentive to spolaton upon tho pro-
tectve industry ofthe world-that it makes men bank
ers hroke,s proft-nongers, speculators, hncksters
t,t.k .kafa
relations. believe, too, that the only way to arrive
at solution Of these problems affecting the happiness
of the people is TO drcard all suggestions for tempo
rary paliatiop Of evil and by su1jecting everything
having relation to the question To rigid analysis,
b. unfold eternal principles as the basis OF new systems
uLder which men msy be cure from the beginning OF
continuous productive employment, and as copse-
quence minimum snstenance, and ultimately Labor
ard Luxury 60 hard in hand.
/ am rot satisfied that the eternal aspiration Of
rkird for happiness shall forever be subject to in
definite postponeuent. Ii a means Ia pnfolded to
economze labor to Increase production aad 10 Increase
luxury for the producers ana there are those VINO see
tie pIsc,icaby OF the plan, there - no gooa
why they shouh not at once avail the aseiTes OF its
dsantases and By the laws of growth that which
they begin as experiment become ultimately wide
spread beneftence.
The Vpitary Home in this city the announcement
of the existence of which, ard lie economical results,
sone months since, commanded q share OF the public
attention s such means, and lis operations extend
ing through period of seven months, are success.
II teaches the important lesson Of how to live cheapS
and live well-bOw twenty-five persons, properly
organized in household can make six dollars and
sYtysx cents 20 al far in providing food and shelter,
as dollars be made 10 go by any other syse n.
In preseptirg for public consideration, offer some
thing beside theory. The practical mind prefers
denomination to hypothesis, and the results OF the
half year operations Of the Untary Home afford the
requisite proof of all caip for its pan Each day its
becoming better known. Unlike any co.euiporanevSIs
system, il presents q means immediately a'ohsoe
economise the expense 81 tha.s who sdop, IT, is
primal argument appeals to the pocketthst acntey
n.tve part Ct the human economy, through which
action may be effected wben reason and conscience
powe,ess to convince men that there Is any con-
dton better than moral lnmobiiiy. The result IS,
| that the house is full-crowded. dozen
applicants per week leave its doors dsaP-
poirted becsute its apartments are all occupied
Similar experms nts already projected IN this city
and in BostoD by persons e1perenced In inc con
Of large households for which neither my habits Of
life my tastes inclined me- nor my experience qua
fled me- but in the paucty Of minds disposed to take
| the lead in anything practical in Constructive Social
ism organized the enterprise, which, after encounter
ing many difficulties in its early experience, has now
realized my most sapgune anticps'ions Of its success
| as n cor mer cement. .
"Cost, the Limit Of Price, Mr.. Editor, is equally
applicable to all the grea. subdivisions OF Industry
tie Housebold the Cultivation OF the Earth the Arts
| Trade and Commerce. l chose the Household as my
starting point because il seemed TO promise the beet
re ults 10 an experiment within my restricted neane
TIE Upitary Home is the embodiment OF my views OF
the elements necessary
of the Household These elements ere three ln num-
| Der:
l. Irdipidual control in the conduct Of an enterprtH
a, euennai TO prompt, .6se,re and orderly action;
| The experience Of every business man affords him
the evidence that in psrtDersbps-a coreonitant lea
ture of which is divided anthority-dif.rences Of
opinion between partners lard they are inevitable,
occasion delay in action sometimes resulting in the
failure Of epteprises Psrtrershpsare are certain TO SUB
iect the interests of paituer 10 the hazard Of pol
icy which he cannot adopt but ouy accepts with its
isks rather than do wore in blocking the wheels Oh
business. An army under the contro. OF BOARD OF
Directors would be powerless, though each member
of tie Board we're Bonapsrte in martial skiu and
experience. And no person is 80 we'll entitled TO sny
position be, who, inspired by ambition, achieves
through bis own talents, without e1tilnsc ai ana
beire selfeected his tenure Of Office is not dependent
upon the caprice Of whiskystop influence, primary
electors, nominating conventions and majortes
.. Ct6ptro,iOn ef large Numbers and sy'temaic or
gani-o,on rifh The use Of machinery as neesssary 10
,ecu,e econo OF manual labor and increase of hurry
All great modern enterprises incorporate this eis-
rent as Indispensable TO success. Manual labor, Dy
IL, is DO. only economical but is rendered more skLl'
ful and more productive, by being enabled to 'iect
Itself in subdivision Of particular branch OF indus-
| try instead OF beirg less skilful in all.
g. definite remuneration for indlridral serr'ct: 81"
Organizing and conducting ents-pr''es IN place g O"
| in1sfnae preM.
IN the remur er ation Of their executive beads, ny
school dirsricts in the payment Of their teachsr. oy
churches in tbe payment Of their PASTORS and IN Va
| rious other departments Of usefulness.
1t win be seen therefore that no ne.r element i IN
corporated in the plan Of the Unitay Home. Each
tai sensraey is Acknowledged and scted upon in al
sdyspced society; but in the plan Of the Cnary Home
have taben step in advance by Harvesting the
| three together. ~
Nor il the combination Of pumbsr Of families in
.;nos honsehod 10 secure economy and greater soca
enjoyment, new idea. The failure Of every such st
TEMPT as led to the general fear that sSy plan having
in view the association Of families in nngie house
hold is impracticsble, and thar tho eo'sseo