The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1849-03-26
Socialism In Fran c 0.

The following interes ting facts are stated by Mr.
&. A. Dana, who has lately returned from Europe,
and who was, during his travels, correspondent
of the New York Tribune:
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 OF
between laborers and employers. This was voted
not because the party which had just gained a
bloody victory had any wish to 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 distri-
button of these funds drawn from the official doc,.
ments of the Assembly:
B" A special committee with the Minister of Com.
merce as its President and the Chief Secretaries of
Agriculture and Manufactures among its members,
was formed to receive and decide on applications
On'ths ,s5th OF October last they had apportioned
TO applicants 1879 900 francs, and from that time
to the LIST, January, 10000 francs more, leaving
Ol0O0 still to be disposed of. The sum divided
799 600 francs, allotted to thrty-two assoca-
tons, nineteen of which were at Paris. These
Parisian associations all but one, composed of
Workmep alone; three of them carry on printing,
and received respectively, 1900, IS 600 and
10000 fancs; one of shawl manufacturers had
2OO,0O0; one of cabinet makers, Is 600; one of
cashmere manufacturers, 10000; the smallest loan
was to a company Of watchmakers, 5000 francs.
The total loans to Paris were $50, 600 francs.
fihe thirteen associations aided in the De.
partments three were formed between laborers and
their previous employers, one between aborers and
the chief manager under whom they had worked,
and njpe were made up of laborers alone. These
establishments being intended to carry on heavier
business than those of the metropolis, received
generally larger sums One at Rheims for the spin
ming Of wool, received 100000 francs; one at
Bondeville, Uower-S eine,) $4,000; one for the
manufacture of velvet at Lyons, 200 600; one of
silk weavers at the same place, 100000; one of
nj ArphQ nhnn nlaN
OOO0; one of makers of animal black, so 600;
and so on, the smallest loan being to some weavers
of coarse linen, in Eure, 5000 francs.
The whole number of applications received by
the Committee was 1872, from 81 branches of in.
dustry From builders there were % applications,
printers 49, machinists Is, weavers IT, cotton spin
ners IA, makers of ready-made linen 10, agricul-
tursts II, talors TO- shoemakers 10, wool spinners
8, founders oiners 8, house painters T. porcelain
makers 2, bronze workers 6, jewellers 6, litho-
graphers 6, dyers 5, musical instrument makers A.
hatters silk spinners 3, file makers 2, needle
makers 2, c.etc. From the Department Of the
Seine, thatn which Paris is situated, there were
$50 applications; from the Lower Seine. that in
which is Havre, 10; from the North, the Depart
ment containing the large manufacturing city of
Elbeuf, 8; from Rhone, which contains Lyons,
8; from Gironde, whose principal city is Bordeaux,
z; Seine and Oise, 5, etc. Six Departments
furnished applications each, five 8, eight 2, and
twenty-eight from twenty-eght no application |
was received. Up January LIST only about half |
Of these applications had been sufficiently examined
TO be decided on; 1872 had been conclusiveIy re-
Jected. Among the main reasons for rejection were
that the associations proposed were of employers |
alone, that they were commercial more than in
dus.ria, had tendency to monopoly, did not offer
sufficient guarantees of success, etc. The whole
asked for was abont Is 0OO, 900 francs. The whole
number of workmen proposing to form associations
under the grant was so 600; 80 900 of them, shoe
makers, were to be united in a single grand COM
bination, which asked for half a million. The
average sum asked for each person was 500 francs,
or less than 500, which is certainly not very ex-
iravagant amount of capital.