New-York tribune., 1870-01-11

words, lhcre are more VINO WunJ W ooh i"'Oi
than can find purchasers for it. If any one was
able TO buy this surplus labor who thought he
could make money out of it, it would readily
be sold but in this dead of Winter, the Labor
market is gutted, and many cannot sell at any
rate. We presume this to be true.
| ". Our remedy for this deplorable glut Is
steady increase of The number Of buyers ,e'M
corresponding diminution Of that OF Seiters'
Let us suppose, for illustration, that all those
who have expended 800 per annum I'm time
and money togethcr) for Liquors and TOBACCO
throughout the last twenty years, had Tor
borne the indulgence and saved the money,
would there not be at this moment many more
persons able and willing to buy labor, with
many fewer anxious to sell it, than there are
And should not we all-rch and poor alike
be in better circumstances on that accountf
1t is notorious that some men habltually
spend all they earn, nearly or quite as fast rs
they earn it., while Others work more steadily,
spend less, and save moro. Almost every man
knows two brothers who commenced RESPONSE
BILE life equally poor, yet one OF whom has
earned and saved enough to keep the wolf
from the door, while the other has feasted, and
drank, gained and danced, and not saved one
copper recent traveller in Italy relates that,
wishing to be set across river, lie applied 10
a boatman, who responded that, having ten
francs (S2) ahead, he should do no more
work while they lasted. There aro many who
evince like spirit. What can you do with or
for themP
Suppose ercyg one acted Oh this principle,
who would be able to employ any one at this
info in a.
starve us all to deathY
" At this season, it is difficult to say what
an utterly destitute person can do We urged
such to go into the country when the farmers
were hiring all the help they could find and
looking around for more. Those who went
then, and did their best, are generally wanted
the whole year. Those who fooled away
the genial season now know not what to do.
And it is hard to advise them.
VI. What we do urge most heartily, Is this
Tn 10 place yourself so soon as may be, Uherc
poH rW not NEED TO be hired We do not
say. "Thcn refuse Ia work longer for wages"
for many can earn more working Tor others
than working for themselves; but got cabin
and q bit of land of your own. and work on
that land whenever your work is not wanted at
fair wages elsewhere.
We urge the needy to 90 West, not that they
may there bo hired, but that they may become
their own employers and landlords. We fully
understand that this involves privatiOn, effort
and self-denial: but We think the result will
pay.
Now, do NJ say that We would have every
one GO to farming. We have no such idea.
We rejoice to chronicle the opening of mines,
the construction Of furnaces, factories, &C.,
Sc, in the West or South, far more than If
they were located in the East. We would have
people migrate, not to do one thing but ereyy
thing. All we urge in favor Of farming is, that
almost every one may make Il homo on the
Public Lands il he only will-that though
Capital is very convenient, even there, it is
not indispensable; for hundred of thousands
have gone tlither with hardly moro than tho
poor, coarse clothes on their backs. and have
hewcd out for themselves bountcous farms
and pleasant homes.
We do uot think mon who work for wages
less fairly rccOmpensed for their labor than
others: but many OF them differ with us on
this point and we wish 20 induce the largest
possible number to try the experiment Of em-
ploying themselves. We doubt their making
more money thus but we believe they will
save n larger share Of what they do make.
VII. Our correspondent assumes that the
farming c'uys, with whicll he Identifies himself,
is less ral.ly rccompcnsed for It's labor than
other Glasses. We iiinly believe him mistaken
on tins point; bat there is no need oE contro-
vcrsy. If amy one thinks any other pursuit pre-
fcrable to farming, let him try that pursuit
Eyery kind OF merchandise, manufacturing, or
oven railroading, is free to all and there is no
reason why any ono should not do whatever
lawful woll, he judges likely to pay best. So
please to stop eiumblins, and pitch in
On trial, Mr.. s. would find Trade ovcldorc,
and Manufactures yielding large returns ouIy
10 eminent capacity and skill. il yoU have a
pile of money, you can DO anything To better
advantage than il yOn undertake it with empty
hands and We do not know that this cain he
changed; we even doubt that change is dcsir-
able. We would not diminish the iudUecmrntS
TO work aIld earn and save.
". Mr. Sillnan thinks the farmers ought
TO teach Others thar they arc "sIycs of no
"class," SC, &c., Sc, by being enabled to
"hold most OF the products of tho soil until
"thcy shall bo wanted ut Il fair enumeration
We think this goes far to Justify the choice Of
epihct whereby Mr.. S. sees tit to describe
himself We have probably lived longer than
he has; and It. is The dictate OF our experience
that Whoever produces anything to sell may
wisely sell it at the market price whenever it
is fully ready for sale. There arc exceptions,
tut this is the safe rule dictated by all that
we hayo observed and known. There were
farmcra who refused 81 per pound for their
wool five years ago, and have since sold il for
far less So with scMcs oi other products,
Some lose 10y selling too soon; vastly mOr,5
lose by holding too long. The safe rule is as