The New York herald., 1869-01-31

body earning Q moderate income. This can % done
on the cooperative principle in two wayseither By
by an association OF landowners and capitalists.
Inc nrss o. these ways has been resorted 70 IN
this ciy some three or four our % scoopes1ive = building
members REPRESENTING promscuou.ly Ail trades. The
homes to be owned by themselves. IN the neighbor.
SIS wo Ssns u sson
Individual case only small percentage Of the
Msgs Are not and r. ne s
Increase BY compound interest," sufoes in the space
OF year or 80 to pay for the land Th erection Of the
Of weekly payments ana small houses, each furnish
ing comfortable home for one or two families, are
with house and noms q tSsr oxn - rh mi pian has
nv msn cooperative societies for othe' purposes and
lining higher than hired lodgings Of the cheapest
kind V now comfortably located In It's own building,
bed in front or surrounding ia ShSaets home truly
tne delight OF the workingman after his return from
This movement should not be confined to the few
socleties now IN existence. Similar cooperative
unions ought to be called into life In every part OF
tne city. III cooperative stores such flourish in
England and on the Continent were organized well
and honestly managed and heartily supported, the
be large enough to pay for lot OF ground IN one
year ana build him q house in another.
There are great many Of our mechanics who have
deposit in the savings banks to their credit some
small, others larger sums OF money. 1t would
not be difficult to select from the tndustri-
followers OF the different trades hundred and
Thousand who each have thus saved up more than
capital would buy the land and build houses
for all OF them IN less than years. by the weekly
sonal labor the increased value Of portion Of the
land bought and reserved for sale would probably
furnish the rest OF the money needed And settle
"a I'M ufarlh mo nlyn dnp
able village anu contain the germ OF constant in
crease.
CHANCE FOR CApIrALIsrs
But this proposed ameloration OF the condition OF
the workngmen need not be left to the impulse OF
self,nelp alone The wealthy Of our city might share
they should open wide Their purses aud throw about
charitable donations TO this or that society
view None Is 50 proud " and ready 1'SVsr 70 refuse Sc
tue gifts OF charity as the intelligent ana
industrious workingman; and In being SO he is but
just to himself; for, while aiding the productive in
dustry OF the country, he claims 1t properly as
right to share IN proportion to his labor in the gains
| oil the work performed. and he spurns what Is
thrown him in charity as an insult and lowering his
dignity as man. There is much better incentive
for the wealthy to take hold OF this movement. Cap
ital the accumulated surplus OF money, is rapacOus
here as elsewhere 1t seeks Its increase and 1t
m % ae O. n1o re- y
the example and experience OF their own class In
England. Belgium and France. There associations
OF moneyed men have been formed, land was pur-
chased In the neighborhood OF large cities and in
dustral centres; neat tidy dwellings were erected
rate nsurlng the return OF the capital and hand.
some percentage IN the bargain. In France these
associations assoc have even been aided by the govern
ncnI, and In some cases as much as Onethrd OF the
| money required was advanced 0uG OF the public
treasury. All these associations have succeeded
well beyond their expectation. and nOurshing vii
lagos now dot the neghD0rhoOd OF the cities selected
for the experiment, and the enterprises are multi
Why do not our rich men enter upon this rich
ned OF investment instead, as some OF them do, Of
using their money in Wall street in making s'cor-
ners'' and disturbing the values Of property to the
injury and disgrace OF the country Plots OF avail
able ground OF hundreds OF acres, all within twenty
miles Of the City Hall, accessible by railroads, In
vte them to proceed at once, secure the land build
plain houses for the accommodation of not more
1r es cT rsns
them taowing, perhaps the rent to stand part OF
the purchase money at reasonable rates, with an
lay, and thus not only insure for themselves
safe return OF their money with interest,
but become the benefact0rs Of the working popua-
tion OF our city. They cannot fear as has been
suggested. to depopuIate New York. and thus
diminish the profits OF some Of their number Us
tenement house owners. The very natural conse-
quence would be that the houses for w0rkngmen In
this city viii have to be improved to afford better
homes and hence both those who avail themselves
OF pr0ffered residence in the suburbs aud those
VINO would take their places In the city would
have already been made Long Island, at Winfield,
near the junction OF the Flushing and Long Island
Railroads, and at several points In New Jersey.
projectors; but the buildings are planned for those
who pay yearly rental OF from $500 to $780, and
count below $500.
number OF capitalists have lately purchased two
blocks, from Sxty-nfth Sixty-seventh street. near
Tenth avenue and propose erect thereon on Joint
stock account, pa!acal brown stone mansions.
This Is all very wen for those who can afford
10 provide for the humber citizen = comfortable
home The talk has been about town for some time
tnat A. L. Stewart aud others OF our wealthy men
intend to devote several millions to erect buildings
on the European plan as we have detailed In this
be carried out without delay. For very numerous
class OF our people such dwellings have become
necessity. The desire to make genteel appearance
has kept them from tenement houses; they are not
able TO rent dwellings what called 'respecta-
BILE neghborhoods," |" and hence they middle together
in boarding houses and second and third class hotels
where the sacred ties OF the family broken into
by the publicity OF this mode OF life. For such the
pp%p1sea = f , INV, woIa a po ~ lasting 6e1en
should cease and work begin. But to afford homes
suitable for the mechanic as to relieve the press
ure now felt in the city the only available plan il the
one suggested
HINTS TO RAILROADS.
The general objection made to this plan is the
great distance the workngman would have to travel
FROM home to his place Of employ ment and the loss
OF time cntaed BY IT. This objection is but an ap-
parent one. IL has been entirely overcome In
Europe, and may be go here. All the railroads lead
Ing out OF London along the lines OF which working
mems villages have grown up run numerous special
trains into the city in the morning and out again In
the evenlng-so-called 'labor tralns-on which. for
small chlrge, Tue mechan1c rides 10 MS shop and
home agaih. For the money 1t costs now TO ride
from the City Hall to 124h street on the Eighth
nue. the London mechanic travels TWENTY-FIVE miles,
and he IL set down within q stones throw OF his
home In less time than It now takes to reach the
Park from the HERALD onlce. Similar arrangements
have been made on The roads leading INTO every large
city in Europe, and all the trains yield q profit
which, though not large, satisfies the companies.
Our railroads could do the same, and thus add not
only 70 the rapid development OF the country inme
dately surrounding this city, but increase their own
trac the value OF their stock and rate OF dividends
and confer benefit to u class Of peopIe-the work
ingman and Mechanically entitled to IT,