Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-04-03

well aware that, by making them, | sacrificed
all hope of present popularity. Say, if you
will, that | am an unwise and injudicious
champion of Labor but why account me
ITS encmy2
It may be the fault of my stupidity, but
do not clearly make out what you would
have. That the condition Of the laborer is
not what you think it ought to be, | under
stand but am with you in that. [ believe
you agree with me in the proposition that,
Il the laborer lciL be an idler. prohigate,
sot, there is no help for him SO we need not
waste words on that point. What is the
matter wherein you insist that we differ2
Some people are born to wealth, as You q
presCme) and ] were to poverty | assume
that we cannot help that. Nay, feel sure
you viii agree with me that we ought not to
change it if we cOuld-that the stimulus to
industry and frugality afforded by the pros
pect OF leaving property to ones children
could not safely be dispensed with Ofcourse,
he property about us-the machinery and
tools with which we work-belong to the
relatively rich, and we, who were born poor,
nave TO hire or buy them with our earnings
before we can lawfully use or enjoy them.
And you rightly urge that the machinery Of
manufacturing production has become so
elaborate and costly that the great majority
are unable t. luy and own, but, if they
%, must either hire it or work for the wag
offered by those who own and control il.
Hence | say Go West " meaning only
that those who cannot find work in the East
on satisfactory terms should migrate to some
region where Labor can employ Itself with
cut asking leave of Capital Any Eastern
farmer or mechanic may be transferred within
4 week and at cost of $40 to $50, to a re-
LIon where he can .'squdt'' on a quarter
1 l. -
By simply living on it five years and paying
$50 fees for surveying and making title.
will be his own cvermore. And, if be be al
most any kind Of mechanic, be can fad
work at building houses or making furniture
OF his new neIghb0rs at nearly or quite East
err wages, while his food and shelter will
cost him lar less than Al the East.
Now, | d2 not advise every poor man to
. 90 West" If be is prosperous aud con
tented where he is, there let him stay. But
il no one will hire him, or Will pay what he
links the fair value Of his labor, | would
have him ~ where he can hencetorth be his
own employer, and receive exactly all he
earns, be the same lees or more. And, II
1ue-halt those who are Disconnected at tie
East would thus migrate, they would IL ere
by insure better times to those they left be-
hind
IBuow that many say, - How can plunge
into the wilderness and hew out home
there A man should have at least : 900 1
y no undertakes thut." No doubt, the ; :
900 would be convenent-Or s. 600, tor /
hat matter-but they whJ hewed homes out
IF the primitive forests of New England, I
New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, K, bad no
; 900 t. begin with ; they hardly aver
aged 500 and many OF them had not ! p. o /
worth Of every thing when they tackled the
D |fff tI.r4r-
Won need they eo.d their PRODUCTS at much .
over rates and it was far harder task t.
each the lands they settled than it now j. .
% migrate t. Nebraska or Colorado. You
.an dJ what they did, # you Will, ami with
AT rs peril and FrivatiJn than cOnh Onted
hem
BY operation, tie hariships Of pioneer
fort may be greatly s9itencd. One hundrec
leads OF families or single persons may con
ract for their transportation 10 any new
ouutry at half the cost Of their conveyance
eparatcly by settling in a cluster, they may
azure cheap lands supply each other wants
i employment or OF service have mills
torres, workshops, 81, just al hand Each
nan : capacity Is tine COM lement OF other
Ien s wants. There VIII Of course be hard
mp. and prvatiOns, and disapp0inments,
nd LJmt--lckuc-s but hundred or more
or men, thus migrating and settling to-
ether, may surround themselves u Ith more
Ouyenicuc.s am comforts 10 five years than
ey could ia twenty years II each went out
" himself.
But ! ann not urging any one IL migrate
hJ thinks he can d. better where he is
Or am l OH citing to anything the dI-sat-
ned wJrkiuEmcu propose 70 10 IN their own
shait. Let them dJ their very best for
.emsclEe5 ana their families: but let them
JEder well nv assurance that auvthIu.r like