Printers a. a Glass.
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The following remarks made by l.. II. Redield, Esq, of Syracuse, at a social en- .ertainmeat given by him to his brethren of the craft, are entitled to favorable conside- ration from printers. He calls their attention to an evil by which they suffer perhaps more seriously than any other class of me- chaBics:

 Printers, as class, are warm hearted, d,ardent in their attachments, and social in lheY Yfeeling. They stand out, and are distinguished from the great mass of mankind, as possessing more intelligence than any other class os men of equal number. Their peculiar husi- ness Is calculated to produce this distinction. and to make them more intellectual Nature must indeed have been niggardly in her gifts, if the printers fail to become more intelli- gent.

 'sBut all the advantages of superior intel ligence, and an elevated position in the esti- nation of the world, why is it that printers do not succeed better in businesss--why Is so large a number poors 1, is not because thty lack industry, for no class Of men work Neither IS il because they are spend;hrilts. or improvident with their earnings. ~ will tell you gentlemen. Printers are uot paid fair equivalent for their services And why are they noti Is it the (aul; of the public, No. l regret to say, it is their own fault. They alone are the cause of 1t. To obtain business they often adopt the degn- ding and rninous system of wRferbidding each other, ill the price, which is paid. ren- ders the job worthless, or worse than that. an actual loss to the one that is so Rnforfa- ndie as to obtain it."