New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-09-11

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Can any one suppose that p0cy ke t Uo the com
$500 -, S9S hear some one depOre the sllence oI
your shin wards and the stagnauOn 0
1orts p5,re ~ TOO But am led To inquire whether
he ~ iron ships, and steam upon the ocean,
as well as the conditions ol CdPIeai iil,aIyy IN
universal gesaIts than the application of any
poIicv wbiT yTaud protect the great mass OF hatoha
industry And nations @asf best TT trade Or certainly
onr besfpss Mr. Choate said In MS ea9orae ne
in Congress- Inn in Srses complain too But would
have these prices lessened by healthy poee con,ne
bou grs am told that certain points our
existing tariff Is unreasonable, UNJUST anu I'd Stiu If
pos,he 50; The unreasonable, unjust, and uncaed iTr
attacks upon the American system 9i poI
Maid IaboT and of employing wel-paid capital
WORD ABOUT CAPITAL AND LABOR. -.
,s ,v word with regard TO these two great pillars
q, ,ndrstrv without either OF which all our theories
would he idle and all practical efforts mposspo
conital and labor OF capital am told that no pro
lection Of capital is wanted since no one assas capi
or capalists" All this may be true. Bt tue ed' s
nrses i'm which capital is invested are assaulted anu do
HE beneGt OF the labOrer well as the capllast
enterprises should edeended IN Hmerc
to keep up the rates OF interest on oy occnnnt Of
ht trding the rates OF interest hlgn on account VI
dro and i'm the work OF opening new lands
nrotection proposes to defend those VINO lN1 w t ~
noyment OF this capital against those Who soS i dn
nv ,, ar lower rates abroad. When Edmund BURKE de-
fling France to compete with Engllsn capita ~ ' ~
dnc
irresistble in trade, he uttered truth when
Mining but industrious people sustained W tnei ~
Tnment resist. In this view capital % h LII
and never so violently and thoroughly So as when gain,
cred in great accumulaOns ana comanulmf tnns - nj
Interest," seeks to displace the lesser acc & 10
n drag down the industry which goes with tnelh anu ~
dependent upon them even to the extent Oh hsh Iae Va
interest Capital is powerful IL can say or ~, o
ELe care OF itself in a moment; can withdraw crueIy
nom a suffering people aud can take the Wings VI eh1
morning and dwell in the utterm0st paris VI l,o eo"
TGenever IL would take refuge in place OF salety. ~
can protect itself by bolts and bars ana can also o
nrises which develop the wealth OF community, ana
carry blessings to all who come wthh thelr hhueve'
y In enterprises that the American would protect 10,
the benent of the employer and the employed ake Ah
ia i'm ITS connection with the characteristic iaool W
entitled To protection aud 10 encouragement ih ts sio'
of good well Of profit and commercial prospgry
g. n Tohn A. Andrew in the second OF his two great oti
lions with which he distinguished our Society ahd III
which he gave the weight OF his great baie anu
80 long A, 5000 miles Of roll between the eastern shores
A~sr,a and S d, The products
wsy Chicago to te Gafof = aEIen1s 80 ons ,sS ,
don, foreign and aud peoples continue ei
@ az worthy to s6ue must ali things study 70 maintain a.
whatever the sbtJ within themselves 81 ]
S The very ia pston, forbid IS go Of men possessing
eoH ,s Sas so Gi1le Of IRsr uia.tfa poSsf
The condition OF American labor. also. renders TINS
onaton Of protection OF the most vital Importance
to every man in land who earns MS HVihg ~ tuo
"sweat OF his face" Amid all our changes OF pocies
oHd industries and enterprises, and wealth anna an
he shifting scenes which diversity the Idee oi AeiCa
are excluded. there u one element WIZ ~,
and unchang eabe-and that sa demand fc !hdePehdeI
aspiripg educated labor. Nine-tenths Oh out peoIv
perhaps more, are tolng ON the lhn' OF on tne "a, ~
The workshop. in the professions IN az edu,aP %
hfesnce To- create the material wealth OF the com,
munty and To elevate. and refine. ana Organic, anu
save society. To the productive and cuuvAIIig P1mer
~ these classes everything stands secondary 10 lhem
every avenue Ia open. From thls great hu'.iuuI
sprlar in each succeeding generation the foremost
who accomplish Tor US IA every SCI nc 49, onxiors 10
II IL our aOorcrs who become our inventors, ahApuS "
relieve the burdens and quicken the caplclty OIL to
- NOV who step by step, advance from the simplest
details and the commOncst service up 10 tue hghost Ps
tom. IN an tho great enterprises which make up our DuS
lie They build and organize, and rise into the control
of our railroads they conduct our mlIs they guue our
ohins. they open the paths for capital they MI our
schoois; they apply their ingenuity To the sou they
egslae for they rise into the highest seats OF
The farmers boy whom neither academy nor college
was ever opened spends his yonth ia clearing o FORESTS,
aud his manhood IN guiding the councils OF ms e9un.t
through A great war, dying martyr TO the cause Ot
human freedom. youug village merchants pecoin'1
Secretary OF the Treasury aud upon MS Er,ly h
judicial officer IN the land once abored on the SOIL FROM
our workshops and farms spTag the heroes OF tne war
abodes Of those who toed With their own hands 10 lay
the foundation of their prospeIly-oi .n9ao nave U no
gres,ed and Who rsnepsp Of the rising generaton
How the sons OF our working strive for the high
places | have not forgotten aud shall never forget
early NE his way 10 Boston In search Of labor and
distinction lie mad left his home, 200 miles away and
had dropped tear as he took hs last look OF NE oI
familiar spot. AMI humble too, where were MS fathcr
aud mother aud his ten brothers and sisters rs ne told
me, and where were his few weehd books 10 become
Boston printer because he had learned from those books
thar benjamin Franklin was a great man. lie
barefoot and the miles had been long,
but his courage had not failed. Aud. AS
took into great city aud found blm occupation
inspire the sUs OF New England labor II IS because
labor thus lies at the foundation Of society. is the
fountain from which all life springs ana comes so close
home us ALL that We regard II IN TINS country Win
such tender care To educate ~ an tho schoo are
To elevate IT, all the rights and privileges OF czensp
laid at its feet. In many OF the occupations us
reward Is ample ana II should De so III az
The laborers upon the iahu III All tho SUN '
States to-day are well fed and housed ana snare
largely with the landhoders themselves the Ptonts o,
the soil and these aborets constitute f9arsevtns ol
the aggregate labor ~ the country. Tho numerous
persons employed IN domestic service sharing as they
do, our dwellings win US arc teoeNiuS bcuy'ou
reward for their labor The savings banks In all our
prosperous manufacturing towns are receiving large
deposits from the Operaves-these deposits Increasing
I'm one section from sd e3l?7 1850 TO t99i13 IN 1857.
and IN from ss.l32slO IN 1850 to sl 2!tt5 IN
IsG6 Mechanics aud artisans, WORKING slhgy OF III
groups In many occupations iud liberal COMPENSATION.
Here and there employers are setting noble example Oh
cooperation by sharing WIN their enpioygs a Per,
cenage OF the net profit OF the business IN which tey
are mutually engaged Ana while IN some branches OF
business the uncertainty OF continuous apor anu hcoh
and Insufficient remuneration Is cause OF great
anxiety, the best mind OF the country Is STRIVING
earnestly aud necessarily for the ameloratOn OF those
trials which coming home 10 the FAMILY OF the aOorer
give Sung 10 his toll. TO which no industrious member
"A PROSPEROUS community should De
Labor in onr country, should mean the power or pro
Vldlng by dIlsehee anu thuus.iy a r., Ii H.
slstence and an honorable position, IL heans all .ne
civil opportunity Of which have spoken IL means the
possession al nome IN winch want casts no pltoI u'o
and distress III means an opportunity iot every na 10
get living, and To advance INTO an enlarged sphere.
And when remember that there are those now IN our
country who are earning with thor hahds vac means Oh
owning their hOmestoads, educating their children,
ornanentng their dwellings. clothing themselves and
their families that public assembly OF our aborug
population In best delight and an encour-
agcmcnt every lover OF humanity we remember
all this we can understand what me opportunity and
standard Of American labor are And when We remeul'
Der also how this standard has advanced under the de-
nands OF the aboring man. aud by the nature OF our
institutions within the last quarter OF century, now
the intelligent aud humane employer comprehends
his responsibilities and his relations, cannot but an
cpate for this country just sni generous solution Of
that question which tried tile profoundest thinkers
OF our day.