The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1872-05-03

The price, ppid for labor Is called wage
EVER body LaOvs that NJ Veil y 7 ~. We
ought 10 pay dcrrh, y .prc, n he opinion
n scnsibl. mon, csps sally ~ reference tosub-
Ieets with which thes hive bccomc thoroughly
conversant ny . lifetime VI hoe study, still,
men are with thcir Judgements a. with watches
Each man thinks his own right Allow me to
state briefly few considerations that affect the
price q labor. Thee arc automatic truths,
rcc1rniycd aud admitted ~ al writer, on
political economy. There Is no need u clabo.
rate argument to establish them. They rccom-
mend themselves 10 the human reason. Other
thing being equal, the more labor man
does, the more he ought 10 he paid for H.
This l. very common sense Won can't deny
dis truth without sacrificing all claim to
nationality. But again, educated labor Is
worth more than simple labor When a man
spends several years Of the prime Of his life,
and two or three thousand dollars, in prcpar-
ing himself for the practice Of a profession, he
is entitled TO higher wages for the ret q his
life. Ifthis principle were practically ignored.
very Few would have enough unscliish philan-
thropy b. make this preparatory outlay oftime,
labor and money. II a professional man, or a
mechanic, Is to receive no more for his ser
vices than a hod-carricr, he would better put
bis mouey at interest, and do remuncra,ivc
work from the beginning. Fhis is reasonable
The siiatd workman dc-ervedly commands
a hivhor price than the bungling operator
Talent and stupidity are commodities that sell
differently in we'll regulated markets. Who
would not rather pay a lawyer double price to
gain an important suit than let a pcttifcgvcr
lose Il for nothing Who wouldn't pay kill
FOL physician five hundred dollars to cure him
Of dangerous malady rather than give a mis-
cradle eharlatan Gfiy cents to kill him? 1t
would be better to save ones half dollar and
die a natural death, without the doctors ASIA
lance. \ f,l.e nodcsty forhids my calling
your attention to the immcasurable difference
between a competent teacher and the little
embryor Please to mako that application
Yourself, and save me from the charge ofthink-
ing well Of mySh
Our most successful farmers don't deal in
scrub stock They prefer good mule colts at
a higher price 1t pays better to get good
article They are right That is practical
common sense Why abandon this principle,
and deal in scrub education' 4 mule colt is
a mule colt. Why do men pay twenty-five
dollars for one, and a hundred for another? 4
years instruction is years instruction. Why
pay different prices Of tuition? These ques-
tons are easily answered.
Z But again. the unpleosan,ne-s Of labor en-
hances liz price. Ii you want dirty, or 9th
erwisc disagreeabie job done, you NUT pay
more Tor it, or NO one will be induced to take
hold, had rather plov corn at fifty cents
day, than do some thing. that could imag-
inc, at ten fold ttisher wage. L it not ex-
eecdhgly unpleasant to teach 'sW boyT
What can you conceive more repulsive to Q
man Of refined sensibilitics, than the idea Of
/ whipping another persons child? man
ought to be paid extra for insiructing tho in
dolent, and correcting the rebcllious. | don't
crave the job at any price Hereafter intend
to charge additional fees for all such cases.
Mr.. Goodscnse will please think Of that posi-
I ton, and give ma the result Of his reflections
through the INTERIOR JorRNAI, il permitted
J. b. MYERS.