Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1866-01-27
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Mere MAMMAL labor ueVer made a man
rich: The work of benes' aud sinews may
get msn food, ,,atud clothing aud shelter,
bnt ~ will mot efford him physical, lnxu;ies,
The ineu who work rouly in that way are
little ,Ueueftf, than. Beasts Of ,jtp' deu,, III
poiht' fnct few men do so labor. The
demonstration Of work il enbsnced just 10
proportion; as the labor Of the mind Is con:
joiBed 10 the labor of tbe's body ;i'snd this
constitutes Que Important element in that
diversity ofpcompensatiop which different
work men are euabled 10 commapd. i ;an
: HI many departments of activity ma;
chineryb ybas been made TO supercede physical
iabpriihl' whole yr in part, and this subsii'u
tiouis constantly increasing. This greatly
stimulates the cultivation of tie intellectual
powers and hence there is tendency
among persons d of enterprise 10 get out yof
those tnploymeiits in which apimai force is
only or principally rqhiled. and to GET in
to those in which intelligence is ind pen,
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1.-The higher, rates of wages could be
made by bodily toll, ambitious men would
notItprp away from it /; for The acquisition
of wealth. with such is i be great propelling
/ motive. Wealth copfcrs social distinction
1t does more. 1t ministers 10 all theap
pe'ites Of be body, and all the aspirations
Of the soul Blu, wealth isthe M, Orai and
\ legitimate fruit only OF skilled labor. Aud
this it is which ,createsihe pressure toward
lbe> higher modes of Industry, and not, as
supeifcial thinkers are ont to suppose, au
aversion 10 toll aud a disposition, 10 live by
all Ill l. IL. 4.
ing. But no matter how hard on employ.
men may be, il will be plolerred, L, on lhe
whole, the rate of remuneration 10 ii is
| highest. Men, by thousands, have been
tempted by the Cffsr Of large bopnlies,
raisiug 2the scale Of income much above
what they were makiog,1to try The hozards
of rhe camp and the battle ield.r. %. i'sp =
Within a few years, comparatively, iu
most of the cities and large towns, the
daily term of labor in mechanical employ.
ments has been shortened in summer from
fifteen hours to ten aud yet &gven NUN
Der OF men in these departments viii 10
general accomplish more with the aid Of
The inventions they haze al command. than
many times the same humber could have
done one hundred years. ego. Yet what
has already been accomplished 10 increasing
produc ion ratably 90 the meH employed, is
as nothing N comparison, Ia The grand re
suits which will ultimately be achieved. III
The progress Of mechanical invention,
dfudgery will be-. eliminated 10 degree
almost beyo, present conjecture. IDdccd
\ the period canuot be far distant when The
chief physical labor 10 most mechanical
aud manufacturing branches, will consist ia
watching and controlling machinery. -''
lu some Of the larger centers Of popula'
tion. The proposition has already heel
brouched 10 reduce the daily teI N of labor
from ten hours 10 eight Whether the time
isripe for this measure affords matter for
serious debate.
The progress of Improvement 10 relieving
The race from The necessity OF bodily toll
must be gradual, aud in due proportion ~
the nobler powers or heart aud miud are
developed aud employed. Ifall the uneul.
tivated men and women in lhe world should
A be instanIaneously relieved from the neces
!. sily Of physical tlh for the oblaihmeut ol
u Subsistence, il would be a great calamity t.
!, themselves and everybody else, Events art
ordered wiser. Nature abhors idleness al
il does a vacuum Hence it seems TO be
rule that until people become active intel
leetually. they ale forced to be active
physically. ' % p.
But, work itself is a great instructor. -
Many Q man has learned more At his tred'
which il is worth while TO know, thai
others contriVed to acquire 10 college halls.
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