The Osceola times., 1877-08-25
THE oNLs -cLrTroN.


mol,s. Ilumnn''y, IN its lower strata
grew Jealous OF maci'iucry, and oh
jrcted Ia The substitution ol wheels
aud piston rods ar human hanis
apd muscles. The argument Of The
workingman was very short, aud,
Ia him, very conclusive. \ machine
which could be worked by five men,
aud which could perform the labor
OF hundred. wonid Inevitably aud
immediately throw ninety five ou
Of cinplo, mepi. There can be no
doubt, indeed, that such WI, the
I first consequence Of the use of these
Inventions but il afterwards ap.
pcared that the cniisc ot the trouble
10 some extent worked out it, rem
cdy. The manufacturc of the new
machines nccessiiated the establish
meni of new branches oi industry,
and labor thus diverted into alter
cd channels Inventive genius war
stimulated, aud rival factories en-
tered into competition with each
other. An increased supply OF pro
duets chcapenei their price, and
The demand Tor them extended rs
the markets grew more accessible
10 limited mcans. So opo!ilical econ.
omsts. com.orted themselves and
read Tie worki,g,ncn II lecture.
After all, however, there was L
certain prcscicnce underlying The
laburor's dread Of tho machine
which was either to throw him oul
of work altogether or force him to
learn new trade. Tho nllevin
,ions TO which we have referred
were only operative within given
limits, wlnle invention was pracli
cally wilhont limit There was no
guarantee that The cotton mill
which dispensed with hall its en-
ployecs one year would not still
further reduce it's force the next.
Stiehcc was on the side Of wealth,
rich men grew rleAcr, aud poor
men poorer. and labor went literal.
Iy n begging.
There was still u remcdy-cmi.
grafton. The New offcrd the Old
World scope and breathing space.
The United etatcs especially, with
their free Institutions, their diversi
fled climates and soils, their mineral
resources. their vast areas of cheap
aud arabic lands, their growing in.
dustrles, rife with the vigor OF
yourg hIc, extended to the idle
and the hungry, the cnierrrislng
aud adventurous, an lrr"sis.ablc 10.
vita,ior. But this new civilization
grew old too fast. Immigration
4 too lurgeIy Stunned the forest a'd
prairie and POSTED itself in cities.
A great proportion Of the immi-
grants, accustomed only TO the lite
OF crowded communities, dreaded
/ the solitude Of remote country
homes, aud taught TO depend upon
daily or weekly wages, were impa
! tient Of the slow returns oi harvest.
Many Of them were totally igno-
rant of the ways and means of ayri.
cultural and pastoral life. Many OF
them were without even the small
, capital necessary 10 make start IN
that sphere of activity, so strange
TO them. So II happened that they
: sought employment IN factories as
operatives, in stores and warehous
cs as porters and dray drivers, in
, ships and steamboats, rs men before
l,s.mast, oras day h,borcr. on rail
roads or rs fircmen or breakcsmer
3 on the lcyccs or in the docks, in
, numerous small and uncertain bu
slncss. IN the meantime continued
immigration added steadily TO the
> population, already growing rapid
9 iy by natural causes. In the dc
D partmcnts most effected the demant
D ior labor slackens with the incrcas
cd supply, the progress of inventor
became once more inconvcnicntly
b manifest. To crown all production
( exceeded consumption, and the ia
T. cilitics OF transportation outstrip
/, ped the necessities of traffic an,
travel. Capital created commercial
and Industrial riva,ries, which wer,
I prosecuted with ruinous persist
y ence, and the consequent losses
s wcr, deducted from the poor man.
;, wages. Thus the ranks otthe army
OF the unemployed We're swollen
+" and the mendicant class alarmingl,
! increased.
Is What is the solution Of this per
| picking social problcmg Population
will go on increasing inventor
will continue their improvements
@ capitalists will discharge laborer
. whom they do not need. and thos'
:" who are employed will be paid th'
least they can afford to take l
l. there any remedy in violence? j
9 there any In legislationy VIolenc,
cannot overtGrn tho fixed laws o
supply and demand, or make labor
c worth more than men are willing
to pay for 1t. Legislation whicl
q would deter mine the rates ofwaget
r would destroy the life of business
g and convert the Government into ;
u despousm. These methods WI
hot, cannot succeed, but there is ;
9 remedy, neverlheless--it is the oil,
!, one--emigra,ion. The surplus la
Dor OF the nation must abandon th,
cities and tlrc highways OF trave