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make laborers sensitive to the lest real wrong and suspicious 
of wrong where none exists. Aainst their own true interests 
on both sides, the parties arethu ; 3d into a partial antagonism. 
The fact of these tendencies must c recognized. They are not so 
strong in our country as in Ecland. Yet enough is appa¬ 
rent here to awaken thoughtful cnsideration. The problem is 
to guard the rights of both parti-: so that they shall be bound 
by their natural common inter-:., in harmonious union with 
each other. 
It is a hopeful sign that the mi us of philosophers and philan¬ 
thropists and practical working mci and capitalists are just now 
intently engaged upon this prolem. The surest way to reach 
the true solution of the problem : to enlighten the people gen¬ 
erally respecting the elementary r neiples involved. By these 
both rights and interests are to'b defined and when they are 
distinctly apprehended, both pares will be drawn by natural 
affinity into harmonious union. 
We may deduce from the p uciples already stated three 
leading circumstances which favethe most profitable union of 
labor and capital. 
1. First to be named is the ger/al distribution of capital. I 
mean such a condition of thing hat the capital of a country 
shall be in many hands rather tan few—that laborers them¬ 
selves shall have some capital. Tiatever in the social organ¬ 
ization creates or sustains privileed claims is opposed to this 
and needs to be removed. Whmver in legislation or usage 
by the easy allowance of publi opinion tends to create or 
maintain monopolies, is oppose^ o this and needs to be es¬ 
pecially guarded against; if no indrances are in the way on 
the one side and no special pro!:don accorded on the other, 
the natural working of things o he principle of self-interest 
will secure a pretty general disvjution of capital. The end 
will be promoted by all measures 'hich encourage saving on the 
part especially of laborers. Savigs banks such as New Eng¬ 
land has had and profited by fc * century, or perhaps better 
yet, a government savings ban! irough a modification of the 
Postal Order system, on the pla now in use in England, will 
