The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1868-06-13

QUIZ, cotuo reared, mines DUG, r0&oe ana
ships constructed, and food and clothing pro-
yided for our large population and on the
still further increase ami progress Of these
virtues and essentials will depend the increas-
ed comforts ~el h.rniness of our people in
the future.
We mRrt seek, therefore the cultivation
and increase OF knowledge. industry, skill,
and economy among our people in order to
increase and cheaper the productions Of our
country, and make them tend to the general
happiness. For on their increased amount,
| superiority, and cheapness, will depend the
demand that viii be made FOR them at home
and abroad and will increased employment
be given, and increased comforts be obtained
for our working population.
We must strive TO breakdown the prelu-
dices and contentious Of warning sects and
selfish parties, and earnestly set about the
great task Of abolishIng ignorance, drunken
ness, improvidence, and every kind Of waste
fll expenditure among high and low, in or
der that the vast means now wasted through
ignorance and vice may be economized and
added to ths capital Of the country the great
essential for putting labor in motion, and for
subsisting our laborers while they are pro-
ducing asw wealth.
We must seek to call forth, by scientific
instruction, all the inventive and construct
i've powers of our country and to encourage
every species of cheapenlng and labor saving
power, to the end of multiplying and extend
ing our productions, and for giving our Ia
borers more time for intellectual enjoyment,
and healthful and rational pleasures We
must strive to cultivate the virtues of econ
omy, sobriety, honesty, and truthfulness IN
society, ss without which social happiness
cannot be secured.
For, without ecoromy, or the saving Of a
part Of our present earnings, or income, for
our future use, or that of our children, we
must not only be dependent on others for
Subsistence when out Of employment, or
when sickness, in6rmity or old age come
upon Us, but we can render no aid towards
the increase Of that capital which is so ne
cessary to our increasing population. With
out sobriety work cannot be properly done :;
and the time wasted and money spent in
drinking aud idling not only diminishes pro-
duction in the present, but prevents its in
crease in the future, as it prevents capital
from accumulating and this must be clearly
apparent when the enormous sum Of eighty
nine millions and upwards is now annually
spent in into xicatng drinks, besides what is
spent in tobacco. In addition to which
drunkenness wastes the means of society
inlures physically and morally the indivi-
duals indulging in il (; prevents numbers of
educated, and forms the chief source Of pau
perism, vice, and crime.
Without honesty, or a conscientious re.
gard for the lawful possessions Of others be.
ing paramount in society, feeling Of inse-
curlty and dread would be engendered and
men would soon lose the stimulus for pro-
ducing, saving, and aecumulating, If they
thought / at thieves and depredators would
deprive them of the fruits of their labor and
it has been justly sid, that ''if the thieves
Of country were oue-fourth part as numer-
Gus as the PRODUCTS there would be soon
nothing to steal. -
Without truthfulness in our dealings aud in
tercouse with one another, society would soon
become one great aggregate of suspicion !;
doubt and incredulity would take the place
Of mems just promises and faithful perform
ances no man could trust his fellow for the
faithful execution OF his laoor and all the
of credit ami truthful dealings
would soon be lost from among US.
But with the practice Of these virtues, and
peace, liberty, and freedom Of exchange for
its motto, no country need be apprehensive
of Its population not being supplied with the
necessaries and comforts Of life, as every in
crease Of such adult producers would bring
with them the means of abundance, to be
distributed and consumed at home, or to be
exchanged for other commodities from
abroad and when abundant means Of tran
sport exist for conveying such productions
to countries that need them, and have equiv
alents to offer; and when the globe does not
contain thcusandth part Of the inhabitants
II is competent to supply with subsistence,
it is far too early to talk Of population press
ing upon the general means Of subsistence,
however it may sometimes press upon indi- :
vidual means Of providing for the wants Of a
family.
P6.-Next week, 'sLand."
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