New-York tribune., 1870-09-08

,h, M o.her system has as yet proved itself to nc
.or,or 10 our own and content with the prosiw,'sg 10y
whlcn a., % ont ont the evils which, their microscope
s,on apear 10 be hopeless and nsrnonta9c, a aH 70 20
drag US SDd Swy yoWer A. look around this hail. fed to
oyerOwinc with the fruits Of cunning ing nseton Of ibe
% am ~ ,scT or he relation which IL bears to the s0ci
civil eGPdi'G ~ SsST%d and md sSstSnai 6SSdwcrE
nb rs naent and sorrOwul labor; 10 france VIII VIII ~ ~
snpcrnes sopyeneocSs 10 the East with its gorgeous
Ornaments call together the products :" '1eSe & @
Son tsnrht hy this exposition before YOU inc
ef.sct OF the invention and use G Lapof,
~ S design or not the enabling Of labor to increase
rs value the employer woman WIN ne Sr a ncei da 1
Instance mere pittanee m long ana weary ny ny
IN which necessary confinement and to destroy nSt @
very physical enery upon when ss % eas earns pl In
sstence. With sewfngmachne shs easy Sars to, U IN
sral and ample income. maehnist win the IOois IN
halt century ago. aaG ia @ISe& re%aTd Mo western
farmer could afford TO pay the current prices l1 @
tha scytbe the sickle, and the aa. man, armed with
ingenious and well constructed machinery, oee0ines
@ he caVps of few square inches of cloth in
bonr but Of yards which is profitable to all engaged IN
.apidty and economy of production are promoted Is the
value Of the wages earned by the laborer enhanced to his
'e"'"' THE ELEVATION OF LABOR
Not IN his employer alone, hut TO himself and his
family are his seviees made more valuable; inasmuch as
the earnings Of labor in many occupations have gener
al
The familiar faces savingsbanks have been and are
those of the industrious labOrers the land aud in our
.hops and mills This is not universal but II is general
is therefore, the double action OF machinery which
genders IL so valuable 10 employer ana empiOyedi en-
bing the latter good wages and TO them TO
advantage when earned. II has already furnished com
m place Of the coarse and homey fabrics once worn
here and in countries where labor poorly
rewarded And / have no doubt that 1t will ere long
bring many more Injuries and elegances within the
reach Of those who were once entirely denied them. ~
is mott a a "A
eulate in this country. but the amount OF comfort
and taste, Also which every man can reach II, ny
the aid Of invention, can exchange half warmed,
halfventated, halfhghted and halffurnsled dwelling
for one In which heat and light and air and every
smy for domestic purposes and cheer and beauty are TO
be found, at the same price have advanced l0hg
and uxuries Of life are made cheap by large and
nomca production through ingenuity and skii here
consumption, and It means an ample reward to the
h,borer who tolls in the productions when they are
the producer here and the poverty Of the aborer who
domestic comfort within the reach of every industrious
with the weapons which will at the same time enhance
the value of his toll and supply literally its product
employed in this country differ materially those
existing elsewhere that in an our public policy bearing
upOn the business Of production must learn les
son at home This is especially true in all Agricultural
industry. Except In the great grazing and stapegrow
the laborer perform an equal amount of work, and
where the latter receives very considerable share OF
profitable - - .
In Europe how different careful invest CATION into
the system small landholding in France has satisfied
Mr. Howard an agent sent there for that purpose by the
London Farmers Club that such system is failure,
and contrary the social and civil system existing
there The model farm selected for description in En-
gland by Rlhu Burrit consisted of 5000 acres space
as he says, (which thirty Connecticut farmers
would feel themselves rich to own and occupy"
Men Of skin and eXPegenee tSair who r IN AagT aS6
could not he hired at any price may be had here In
abundance for fOremen at from II to 10 smng or from
s. to s. week, they boarding and lodging themselves
The ultimate ownership of land Is with them an npOss
bity Labor there means subordinaton; and through
sut Europe a man who has risen to independence from
manual labor is looked upon as curiosity The wages
and France are equally insufcientan adult earning in
England, under good circumstances about - per week.
Under these circumstances isnot surprising that Dr
Payfair, speaking OF England should say tti Gon %
ress In the peaceful arts Of industry since 1862
ent Mr Nathan Appleton of the founders Of cotton
manufactures in this country says Inc %
was new idea What wouldbe the effect on The chaTac
ter Of people, was the matter o great me
in the manufacturing cities of Europe were NO
torOusly Of the lowest character Tor intelligence anu
considered. whether this degradation was the result OF
the peculiar occupation, or other ana distinct cd3SgS
There was little demand for female labor as household
naunfacures were superseded 10y the Improvements III
machinery. Here was III NeW-EnSahu iMhu O EinoI,
well educated and virtuOus. Ihe contrast
in the character of our manufacturing pOpula-
ticn, compared with that OF Europe, mas Deeh lie
admiration OF the most intelligent strangers WHO have
visited US" Whatever mistakes may have bcen maze,
this certainly is the principle upon winch the l.Dllu o
labor in America has been erected shii never lorge
the delight with which read wellwrten periodical
published in Lowell 10y some o. the Farmers aasiSSs
TO whom Mr. Appleton referred III % tht staSeS M of
have quoted. From that day TO hls inc relations o
labor 10 society have formed one of the most important
and interesting problems OF the times II was the cXif
rnce Of this cultivated and independent IdpOI ny tc
North contrasting so strongly with the sdp9rulhdlc
labor Of the SOUTH which much aS anything else con
6med the faith Of our people IN me doctrine on human human
mind by clothing il with duties and reSpOnslDlilleS
LAND AND LABOR.
And now, throughout our country the TWO great hn-
perishable treasures Land and Labor Unite the tWO
and you have the foundation upon which all the more
ftmposipg and feetng fabrics may rest, aud for The
strength OF which the mind OF may exhaust itself
In devisng means and methods Intelligent labor own
ing a welfeultiyated sOil-ths is the foundation. And
around this may gather al the arts Of ne an which to
Eha receive competent subsistence, and the hardShS
OF labor may be ameOIated by that mutual understand
Gated community. Without this, have repOse-
none OF accomplishments To which free people
Just understanding Of the rights OF an mutual
consideration an oppqGtum{ i0r eaGR Ied i , CG S
Ther is a TSind npon which ali conflict may cease and
the highest prosperity may grow-the ground on which
Rll stand as citizens equally interested IN tne wei
fare Of the community. And next TO the efforts which
man is making for his into the highest regions Of
thought, those delicious sOltudes with Their sacred com
nunon comes his unwearied endeavor 10 elevate and
refine that practical spirit OF utility which plies the ak
the pIiueval forests pOws and plants and ieaps the
6ed bridges the river navigates the ocean un0cks the
gates OF mOUntan-chains, explores with grOdnlng Ell
gineTy the Jartarcan depths Of mines; drdgs mp the
EpOuting eyathan from the abyss; lifts from the earth
b. and light our dwellings, great baCk clOds INTO
which The forests Of elder world nave been crushed
and condensed imprisOns the mutln0us force OF
stearl in iron cells there TO work the bidding
its master; turns bTawling rivers upon the
wheels Of industry; sineits the ore; pOists
the triphalnlner forges the anchor; tenpers
the watch-spring tips the gold pen with spark OF
Iridium; touches the needle with magnetic life; stamps
thought upon paper deneates the human lace by ihe
solar ray pack, up the ships longitude In watchcase
balances the >tccragc of tall naycs ON the glnbals OF
the cOnpass-bOx and transmits intelligence by the cleo
the spark from continent continent beneath the oceans
he'd All this Is the wOrh of mind indeedi bt OF nnd