New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-01-21
INDUSTRIAL REFORM....Vll.

ORGANIZATION Of aphlNthi VIM
PLAN OF A GREAT FARM OF FROM TWENTY-FIVE
TO A HUNDRED THOUSAND ACRES, OWNED
AND MANAGED ON JoINT.sTOCK PRINCIPLES,
AND WORKED By MACHINERY ON VAST
SCALE. WITH THE AID OF STEAM POWER.
will explain briefly in the present article the system
of Property aud the law regulating the DIVISION oil
profits.
The land edifces Aocks, implements, machinery
etc will be represented by stock, divided into shares
Tbo sbs,es will be owned by those who furnish the
c,ptal Bv this system--that is, by the application
Of the ontstook principle to the ownership oil ianoed
property-two important ends will BIO attained: lndi-
yidnal property will be maintained while unity OF in
forests and concert Of action will be secured, and he
great Farm will be subjected to unitary system Of
cult, alton and managed as it the domain OF
single individual.
Thus. the system of oint-stock property applied to
the soil cOucliates the individual with the COLLECTIVE
interests, and overcomes those difficulties when
communty of property presents the one hand, and
the isolated individual ownership of small patches OF
land on the other. -,
The members of the great Farm would own stock
in il. az men now own stock in railroads or banks;
each woud be interested il he held but single snare
in the prosperity of the whole, and would naturally DC
induced to look after the interests OF the entire sStap
Eshmpuf-tlGse interests
would be transferable, ike those OF any ordinary
iontstock company, and could he sold at Will ihey
would be a perfectly safe Investment, as the lana
with the improvements upon II would DE piedsed 10
eecure them. -, ,.
the uripcipe on which 1t will rest, without entering
into details The total annual product after deluclng
expenses of coiectre character sucn as the care vi
the sick and ndn, il they are poor the nurseries anu
schools-whch would be considered branch OF col,
lectiye charity-wil be divided into three parts ana
paid to CAPITAL, LABOR and TALENT. About one
quarter will be paid to Capital N the shape oil dlYI-
dends ON stock; the balance to Labor ana laeht. ny
talent mean theoretical aud practical capacity ana
skill A member owning stock may receive snare
of each Of the three parts paid to the three elements or
sources Of production.
Capital the accumulated product Oh iaDor, ot IN
Dor Incorporated in permanent works such az houses
manufactures or railroads, which remain after the
labor is accomplished. Capital consequently 10
merely Past Lab0r, or Labor economical and rem
drred pernanent Talent or Skill is Refined LaboT,
az that ia dividing the profits between Capital, Labor
and Talent they in fact PAD TO Labor under us
three fornspas present and refined. The only point
is to determine the proper proportion OF each'
An account would DE opened on the books with each
msu,her-nan woman and child with the child as
soop As Il began h. product. The members would be
credited for their dividends on Capital, Labor ana
Talent, aud debted for their rent, food cothng etc.
The Books would be closed once year, ana al ac-
counts settled. =, .,,.
Il
vould be established and exact justice done 10 every
one No confusion OF interests, no Communism,
would exis and the idle and negligent, there were
amy per such system could not nve on the labor Oi
~ ipdustrious The preservation Of IadsUtdpiity,
and AZ the same time the enforcement 81 indiVldual
responsibility two important ends to be attained
they are secured by this system. .
F.pecial attention should be paid TO Education: 1t
.lon be com pound in It's character that IT. INDUS
trial and scienf6odevelopng the body az well az the
mind and making the child producer as wei as a
thinker Our present system OF Education 10 stmrts-
developing the mild without the body, and making the
child theorst not producer An Industrial school
would be established on the Farm, ana the children
would 90 through a thorough course Of industrial edu-
cation and training which would render them capable
and scientific wCrkmen IN every department OF Id
dustTy. -. =,
II Labor could once be prosecuted scientifically,
with powerful machinery, on a vast scale, and oy
men educated in Industry as Engineers now are IN
Engineering, IL would be dguife1 and rendered non
orshle Men Of energy and talent would then engage
In IT, instead of engaging in parasitic functions, IKE
commerce. banking the law, &C., ana "oua resort 10
productive Industry 10 acquire fortune ihs"aa oi
spoating the producing elasses 70 at'ain the same
At later period. University should be established
on the great Farm In il, the higher branches Of the
Sciences-especGlly those relating 70 Laws and PM
cinles and 10 Social Scienee,-should be taught.
M ~ eminent ability, now banished from our Con.
.eryatiye Unyerrtes, like the late AuGUsTE COnrE,
would be invited TO H. and new career opened TO
human thought ara inquiry.
The main features Of our plantbe mode Of cultiys-
ton the system Of industrial relations Of property,
&c-are explained and the intelligent reader can
form idea Of the scheme propose. For our part
believe that Is true IN priBcplethat the scisnthc
cultivation Of vast domain BY powerful machinery
worked by steam j. what science counseis ana de-
maHds: that il II possible in practice, and, we VII
add, religious in IT. tendency for aims al me moral
improyent and elevation Of the laborng ciasees OF
the q mankind, and ct the estzbhsnmeni oil
truth Justice and fraternity in the great fed OF Labor
In the daily and practical life Of men.
Let NJ present imagination picture OF the great
Farm.
II we would view l,s d9IaaG from Q Light, We