Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1842-09-28
FRANCE, GREAT BRITAIN AND
THE UNITED STATES.


THE UNITED STATES.
Their Resource -We sometime since
published much valuable information con-
nected with the census ofthe United States
Tor 1910. A work has recently been pub
llshed in Europe by a gentleman named
Bray, on Social Reform. From it we
gather few interesting statements. The
author estimates the population Of Great
Britain, that is, England, Wales aud Scot
land, at Is, 900, 900, thus
Occupiers of land, employing and not employing
laborers 400, 300
Capitalists, bankers, professional and
other educated men 246, $50
Employed IN retail trade, or in handi-
craft, as masters of workmen i, 1888, S37
Laborers and operatives employed in
agriculture and manufactures ), l30, 299
5,l24, 926
By this division there would be rather
more than three persons dependant upon
each Of these, considered as heads Of "a
milies) or less than four people to Il faml-
ly.
the average annual income Of Great
Britain, Mr.. NJ 'Culloch estimates al about
e3OO, 900, 900. or nearly fifteen hundred
millions Of dollars.
The rent of Great Britain is sstima-
ted at s34,778, 685
Profits of occuplers ofland 81, 900
Profits of manufacturers professional
men, sc. as determined by the in
come tax in lSl4-I5, with 50 per
cent. estimated increased added 50,000,000
National revenue 10000, 900
Total, f166, 276, 605
The total Of which rent, profits and tax
es (about eight hundred millions OF dol
lars, deducted from the annual income OF
the kingdom. leaves f133, 72l ,315, (about
six hundred and fifty millions OF dolars,)
as the share Of the retailers, and OF the Ia
borers and operatives. Deduct only one
third as the share Of the retailers, suppo-
sing that some Of them may be included in
other classes, it leaves for the 3, 1876, 299
Of all kinds Of agricultural aud manuiac-
turing laborers, t99, 157 ,544, (about four
hundred and seventy million oil dollars
being rather less than one-thrd of the an
nua product for the share of the laboring
classes. 1t is not quite G33 per year, or
12s Sd per week for each family. Thus
for the support Of Government, the arts
tocracy, the professional men, the host Of
commercial agents, and other similar clas-
ses, the working man pays hours, labour
out of every II or in other words, two
thirds Of the time and toll Of the producers
go TO sustain the non producing part the
community.
1t is stated that if Ireland had been in
cluded IN this estimate, the result would
have been still more unfavorable. The
New York Plebeian, whence we gather
these facts, remarks that the late census OF
the United States shows an annual nation
al product or income of about fifteen hum
dred millions of dollars-equal TO that OF
Great Britain; and as the population IS
about the same, including the negroes, the
result would be as oppressive to the work
ing man here, if the state OF society was
the same that is, if the land and capital
Of the country had by the gradual process,
become monopoized by a small minority,
(Which is now rapidly taking place with
us) as they have been by the aristocracy
and large capitalists Of England, as ii the
number Of intermediate agents and nom
producers were as great.
The annual product Of France is seven
thousand millions of francs (about thirteen
hundred millions Of dollars Of this a.
mount, three thousand millions, or nearly
so per cent. are absorbed by commerce;
thus, function in society which produces
nothing, takes nearly one-half the product
of industry for performing service, that
is, carrying on exchanges of products,
which should not, under true organiza-
ton Of society, receive more than one
twentieth part. or 5 per cent.