New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-03-14
Socialism In Europe Practical Associative
Movements.

mol 50 OiOO0 tnlrsty SCI oi men IS shcH hdinr
may seem to Indicate. No doubt they are some
what given to violence, both in feeling and ex
preston, but they have no wish 70 restore the
guillotine 1t is possible that this wish may come
hereafter, though the present writer does rot be-
lieve it but men change with the circumstances
around them. What these hery Republicans do
desire 70 have put out Of the way is certain pryi
leges and advantages which they conceive to be
long TO wealth. and by which the rich, they think,
grow richer, while the poor grow poorer These
privileges they would rejoice to see submitted 10
the guiotine tomorrow. Ia word, they 90 for
a very radical change in the relations of Capital
and Labor, aud as the ruling elements Of society
oppose their plans with great ardor, still greater
quantity Of zeal is evolved On their part.
Apart from all this turmoil Of public agitation,
there is going on in Europe-especially in Paris,
which is the center Of European important and
interesting practical movement, OF which the Lon
don journals, and consequently those In this coun-
try know nothing.
Immediately after the days Of June the National
Assembly voted three millions Of francs, TO be
loaned in aid TO industrial associations in want OF
capital, whether formed among labOrers alone or
between laborers and employers. This was voted
not because the party which had just gained
bloody victory had any wish 10 employ the public
| money in forwarding the Revolution in Industry
but because the public sentiment forced them to
it. The following are the facts concerning the
distribution Of these funds. drawn from the official
documents of the Assembly:
Special Committee with the Minister Of
Commerce as its President and the Chief Secreta
ries Of Agriculture and Manufactures among its
members was formed 10 receive and decide on ap-
plications. On the 2Jth Oct last they had sp-
portioned to applicants ,679 900 francs and from
that time 20 the st an. 10 900 francs more eav-
ing POI 900 still 10 be disposed Of The sum d.
vided, 10000 francs, was allotted to tbirtytwo
Associations nineteen OF which were at Paris
These Partisan Associations are all but one,
| posed OF " Orkmen alone three OF them carry on
printing and received respectively, 10000, $4,000
and 90, 900 francs one OF shaw manufacturers had
200, 900; one OF cabinet makers $4,000; one Of
cashmere manufacturers 10000 the smallest loan
was to a company of watchmakers, 5000 francs.
The total loans to Paris were 100000 francs.
OF the thirteen Associations aided in the De
and their previous employers, one between la
borers and the chief manager under whom they
had worked and nine were made up Of laborers
alone These establishments, being intended 10
carry on a heavier bushes, than those Of the
metropolis, received generally larger sums
One at Rheims for the spinning OF wool, received
100000 francs at Bonneville lEower-
Seine) 100000, one for the manufacture OF velvet
at Lyons 300 900 one OF silk weavers at the same
place 200, 900 one of iron manufacturers at Ar
cachon (Gironde) 100, 900, one of makers OF ami
nal black $4,000, and so on, the smallest loan be-
ing to some weavers OF coarse linen, in Eure
5000 francs
The whole number of applications received by
the Committee as 392 from - branches OF IN
dostry From builders there were % applications,
printers TO- machnists (, weavers &c, cotton spin
ners "A, makers of ready made linen 10, asrlcul-
turists II tailors 10, shoemakers TO- wool spin
ners 9, founders 3 oiners s. house painters :, por
celain makers :, bronze workers g, jewelers. 6,
photographers 6, dyers ), musical instrument max
ers matters 4, silk spinners 3, file makers ., nee
die makers 2, &c. &c. From the Department OF
the Seine, that in which Paris is situated there
were $50 applications from the Lower Seine, |
that in which is Havre 10 from the North, the
Department containing the large manufacturing |
city of Lille 9 from Eure, where is the busy |
town of Elboeuf from Rhone, which coatsins
Lyons s from Gironde, whose principal city is
Bordeaux, 7 Seine and Disc, 5, &c. Six Depart |
ments furnished applications each, five 3, eight
@ and twenty eight from twenty-eisht no ap-
phcaton was received. Up to Jan. lst only about
half of these applications had been sufficiently ex
amined to be decided on 1879 had been conclu-
svely rejected. Among the main reasons for
rejection were that the Associations proposed
were of Employers alone, that they were COM
mercial more than industrial, had a tendency |
to monopoly did not offer sufficient guarantees OF
success &C. The whole sum asked for was about
25 millions Of francs The whole number OF workmen
proposing to form Associations undert the grantwas
$4,000, 10000 OF them shoemakers, were to be
united in single grand combination which asked |
for half million. The average sum asked for each
person was 500 francs or less than 500, which Is
certainly not avery extravagant amount OF capital.
But the practical Socialist movement is by no
means to be measured by these interesting sta |
tstics. 1t is much more general than would be |
inferred from the applications made for the public
money beside, it is probable that many Of the
Associations applying were formed merely because
the aid Of the Treasury had been offered. No one
can Judge accurately the state OF feeling this
subject in Paris aud the great centers OF French |
industry, without having mingled much among the
people, having learned how to meet them ON ia
miliar terms, and having studied their desires and
purposes as they express them among themselves
Every one who has done this, knows that all
French aborers are Socialists. regard the ordina |
~ relations OF Capital and Labor as most false
aud oppressive and are resolved, according TO
their ability, 10 establish new ones In word |
they believe in associated or cooperative industry.
They are accordingly moving IN sll quarters for
the realization OF this belief Companies formed |
in the departments have obtained contracts for the
performance OF important public works IN the |
Commune OF ' aize for instance the works on the /
Paris aud Lyons Railroad have been adiudged to
society OF 0RrfscTs.
To one who has any hope or faith IN a new
social order to grow out OF the present agitation IN
Europe day spent among the LabOrcrs Assocla