, 1864-03-25

.FCNp43EATAL PROPOSITIONS.
]. By no system of Unions or conb1nastons car
galable value Of prodnct, for much length Of time
Raising wages raises the price Of commodity
Then o1her Wo1kmen and capitalists rnise also, nnd
what is gained IN wages is lost In purchasing oshe.
2. The price Of oil personal property is Axed By
what laborers charge and what xCsT be added bJ
employers, subject to fluctuations and dIsturbancel
Ct market nail by vars famine and local causes; bu1
3, 4 profits to capital be yery, small, capital ID
withdrawn and lasorers are discharged. II labor
ers In city charge too much, the employer is un'
4ti1. Large or liberal profits always enable capI-
tal to give encreaaed employment, slso tempts
other capital to embark IN the eamc avocation and
tuilds up permanent business, whereby the most
Industrious. capabe and economical wofkmen be.
tome partners with the capitalists, and often amass
large fortunes.
6th. Tho prospects Of the workman must depend
aided by improvements In the arts, By laborsavlng
machines. by employing the elements to work for
ns. SO that VIC can create more, wealth In given
Glib. The condition Of wosknicn Is improving and
emcliofating Just In proportion AZ the masses grow
more fnte1igent+ educated, temperate and indus
t.ious-tor wita, these come greater skln, and
iercater invention, whereby brains assist hands
and render thLm More productive.
!th. Men ought rot to toll more than ten hours
day. but TO work eight OF ei1 hours day for the
same wages az are paid for ten Hould not better
tho aborer, because the selling price Of all articles
would advance II exactly the 1atfo the hours OF
labor we're curtaled:
61h. Nor would 1t be policy to establish fourteen
'cr sixteen hours as 9 days work, because that
would Djnre the health and strength OF the work
man, anddeprive him Of opportunity ior study, re-
taxation, 5esupe1atton and impsorement. The
gain-hence it would be folly.
9th. Ialo1;sastng machines do not reduce en-
rlosmsnt. On the G2atasy, thsy stimulate + thay
: utiliies-more wealth to the sane amount OF work
and consequently benefits labor, because, how
eTer IN article produced bE slow quick means.
lae9r diX1dfa With capital te RFod1c.the
Of wages then IN tho shape Of cheaper articles
y h'ch 1t buys for consumption. ApennF eayed Is
penny earned. The same amount Of labor now
produces thrice tue wealth 1t would hare done fifty
years ago. Consequently tie community a. i
whole il three times as well of, enjoy the use Of
three times many thiugs. live better, dsess bet
conclude then, that espltal and labor arc mt
tually dependsnt-that in their yery nature the5
caunot BE antagonists, and ought to be friends.
The disputes between them arc over the divisions
Of the products Of their JOINT efforts, each think
tng, from so'dsh stand point, that the other ta
getting mo1c than his share, when In truth this Is
Impossible III q free country where free compe-
not Ie mosc tian its T pfime ' cot M and necessaly
snall branches Of t1rde this general law may be
deGe and capital get more than its share 9r labor
Universal equilibrium is as constant as the laws OF
gravity. -,
Iwiil not pursue this Interesting and Important
hnt to many dr. topic, any farther at this time:
soWn On good g1ound-iQ due time bringing forth
hafycst OF ripe ideas, and correct understanding
q the trrc relation between capital aud labor, and
zut5cet IN yenr ieeping for further Investigation