New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-10-27
LECTURE BY SECRETARY BOUTWELL,.
PRESENT QUESTIONS AFFECTING PUBLIC PROS
PERTTY.

PRESENT QUESTIONS AFFECTING PUBLIC PROS
PERITY.
BosToN, Oct. 2C-The Hon. George S. Bout
we'll delivered lecture this evening" in the Bay State
course at Music Hail, to very large audience lie was
greeted with enthusiastic applause His subject was
Present Questions Affecting Public Prosperity" After
few preliminary remarks introducing his subject he
said that within the last two decades two great events
have taken placethe emancipation OF the sers and the
emancipation Of tho slaves. In 1870, those formerly
slaves were living in ignorance and poverty and yet In
spite OF all this they produced 100000 bales of cotton
against 100000 while Slavery existed
THE LABOR QUESTION.
The speaker said he would consider OF the
which the laboring men commit First, they look to
labor organizations for general and permanent good
Those organizations not to be denounced and they
have the right to say what the price OF labor should De-
but the good accomplished by this is only temporary
Second they spend too much time in considering
whether they should labor six, eight or ten hours day
As the .n Gpers e ad In the mnss and
in unhealthy pursuits man Int 'hou other p smpdT
msn can work greater number Of hours They commit
so STTIs mot fo to to s@pyer the
hours they to labor or the trade one must adopt
the Right Of young man enter any pursuit he Peases
without dctation from laboring men There Is but one
ssa. Sy fS5
operationamong Themselves and the other is IN rea
at Worcester and other places, and ask who
would be accepted in q cooperative organization,
acme would DO rejected; and Y you would
20 to the employer the same result would follow:
moi capable to for the benefit OF men through CO
lucrative organizations consequently there are some
Tho mus be elevated 10 the benefits received by Co
oneration This can be produced by education, In lie
Sosdsst ssnse The only way elevate the laboring
casses ia by education in public schools supported by
General alton The schools that supported In any
other way are ineficient
THE LAND QUESTION.
Mr. Boutwel then referred to another subject Of In
terest. namely, the tenure Of land IN England the
opuion IA strong that man should not cultivate
tenure of land without being proprietor II all the
nopulstion of the United States crowded into
Texss and all other pars Of tho country left unpopu-
lated there would not be so many people to the
mile as there are In Massachusetts why
shond any man because he happens 70 be In the pos
session land by win Or otherwse say 70 what use tnas
forbid man saying BY testament or other means what
ma the land should be put 70 whom he dead Another
evil IN relation 30 the land question the power ana
yraesce o. railroad oompsnie., e purchase purchase
x P Re road T Why should railroad companies 30 per
mitted 10 buy coal regons and prevent people from get
TN livelihood from owning this land, ana reapinR some
Of the benens Of 40 productS An incident svl w.
nins nro4ts without the knowledge Of the public.
rnAyrIno AID TRANSPORTATION cHARoEs.
ia than urocseded 30 discuss transportation, nrst BY
,alroah ana then by shpA He believed the railroad sys
tam at present In this country included about $1,000
nss and was established TO transport passengers and
freight and t for the interest Of the pubic that they
keeu dawn to their legitimate business sad that they
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