New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-02-26
The Question OF the Age -AttemPt' 10
solve it.

The Commercial Advertiser has a most
intelligent letter from Paris, showing by
statistics the extent of Pauperism in France
land it is nearly the same throughout Eu-
rope generally with the depth of degrade
ton and hopeless misery which that Pau
perism implies and insures. With regard
to remedies, the writer proceeds;
In regard to this great European question there
are four parties
The Absoiutists, who assert that pinehing power
ty is the natural lot of the lower classes This
party, represented in Spain by Catholic orators
the Marquis de Valdegaines, and Donoso COrtes,
does not exist in France.
The Conservatives, who admit the extent and
enormity Of the evil, bat think it without remedy
Messrs. Theirs, Mole, and the majority OF the As
sembly, belong to this party.
The Steriies, who are greatly concerned aoouS
the evil and perplex themselves to find remedy
To this class belong the African Generals, Cavalg
nae, Lamoriciere, bedeao, &c.
The Reformers, who call for light on the subject
and for vigorous action. These all have remedies
70 propose good, bad and indifferent. TINS party
includes the political economists OF all grades
from Michael Chevalier, Blauqui and Faucher to
Leroux. Blanc and Considerant. Among them
NAV be found philosophers religious men, human
itarians phaIsnsterians, assOciationlsts, nongov-
eminent men, women's rights men, demagogues
and that legion Of hAlfcrazy phllanthroplsts who
in every country attach themselves to the skirts
of every minority advocating reform
| shall not presume TO pronounce on the essen
tial merits of these parties. Exact statistics,
taken throughout the country, are wanted. All
parties will then be able 70 decide upon satistac-
tory data
which make this question the bone OF contention,
/ will give such facts as relate to the progress
among the people, of the idea Of Association.
Before the Revolution, there was not single
mechanics association in Paris At present,
there are about t1rO hundred and ttty, OF which
SO are BARRIERS of hatters, of bakers, of print
ers Of tailors so of cooks, and the rest are dis
trlbuted among the other manual occupations. A
list of 246 IL given in Of the papers, bat it is
incomplete Among the printing establishments
conducted on the principle of Association, are
those of lie Steele and In PresSe lin which each
workman has q share in the profits, over and
above his wages and the Historical Theatre.
About one hundred of these societies are highly
prosperous fifty doing well, and che others are
either barely keeping up, doing badly, or too re-
cent 10 give assurance Of their prospects.
Oae OF NJ Carriers feats two weeks since, was
to surround one of the UHi0n Restaurants, at the
dinner hour arrest ali the guests, some fifty odd
in number, with the proprietor and clerk, and
march them off to prison, under an allegation OF
conspiracy among them. All but three or four
were released after a ~ or two, but they will
scarcely go again to the same restaurant to dine.
Another feat was 10 prohibit the Union ReStau-
rants from baying meat at the public auctions bat
this met with such unanimous reprobatlon that It
was not long enforced.
The most hourishiDg association was probably
that Of the streetpavers, which, at the end of its
first year, has made a net profit of forty thousand
francs 1t was dissolved by NJ. earlier on ac-
count of its meddlng with politics.