Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-11-16
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The Communists of Paris have been
vindicsted, and by the last man In D
world they could hope to come to their
sid-Bismsrck. It Is now well known,
notwithstanding the MISREPRESENTATION
BY all Of the opposing elements IN France,
mat the Communists were really the
friends of liberty regulated by law, snd
/ hat their contest with the Theirs govern
ment unduly snd unnecessarily prolonged
by the latter, was really wsged
in the interests OF the people who
are now no nearer what they wanted than
when the imam of destiny" dictated their
m~isfortunes. The truth has leaked U
slowly, and we have gradually oome 10
reslizs thsimportGnos Of q movement thst
js destined to work s change, II not IN the
firm of existing governments, 50 least
In the results which sre 70 no" rom
them to the people. The great social up
besvsl which, according to the letter II
Nv Scott Russel-to which gllusion wss
had bv our telegraph OF yesterdsy-is ssi-
tsting The minds Of thoughtful English
men. has found an sdvOoste in no less s
person thsn Prince Bismarck the most
| profound and most sstute statesman OF
the age. Impressed with the firm belief
that governments are failures, if not
managed for the benefit ofthe msjority, he
hiss resolved upon hereafter so leading The
legislation Of the parliament Of the CREST
German empire, which, in thought and
works, leads Europe, As that German
workinEmens shall have justice. Hehas his
upon a startling measure for allayiDg the
discomfort of the workingEen. l. is rePort-
ed that heintends to prepare = bill "for the
regulation Of the profits of manufacturing
sssocistions,' providing that when the
profits reach e oeTtsin percentage the
surplus shall be divided among the work
ingmen employed in them. The bill ap-
plies to manufacturing companies, but
most Of the large manufacturing
establishments in Germany sre in the
hands Of associations, SO that the im-
porLance and bssring Of the bill are obvl-
Gus, This. which at first reading may
seem s hold step toward socialism, has
already boon anticipated by two or more
manufacturers in Paris, several IN BIZ
mingham, England, and q h~slf-dozsn or
more in the United States, is likely to BE-
come the reform Of the age. The msn who
leads the nations has st last como
to consider the question OF the disSribo-
ton Of profits. Hs has asked himself,
WHY'S il that 60 few own the land and 20
many starveY why lie il that tSo bone
and ginew Of the FathorlsHd are driven
out from it as pEupsrs, snd to lifelong
exile in the more promising new world?
He has read The statements Of the British
proletarist that, although the population
of Grsst Britain amounts to 49, 100000, the
soil Is owned by less than $4,000. He has
also asked himself the question why the
profits Of labor and capital are SO digPTo'
portloned-why colossal fortunes are
held by one while G thousand men stsrve?
he thinks the good God, whose laws
enforce an equilibrium in the physical
world, never intended so marked a dispsri-
ty between men vbolsbor, never intended
that one should lavish upon himself what
would bring comfort TO q starving thou
sand, and he proposes 3 step that will
evsntuste in the justice the workinEmsn
been contendIng for since the first
French revolution. The social problem
has a. length assumed threatening pro-
portions, AMI We may expect, Bismarck
victorious, thai 1t will ne spread to 'sIl
TIE nations round sbou5." Even resC-
tionsry organs, such as the Berlin KTeNs-
zeitung, freely admit that something must
be doDe, and done very quickly,
to prevent g general social COZ
vulsion, while even such csutious
liberal journals as Che Augsburg
AUgemeiae Z5it,0pg ard the Hamburg
Mems advocate Laws TO secure the work
SONS share in the profits Of their
labor. The GsTman government an
nounoes that it viii not interfere in aHy
manner whatever bet xesn She employers
and their wogkingmen as 20 the hours
and Bsg5s Of labor, but viii leave these
questions 20 DO decided by themselves
This, Of course, viii be welcome news TO
the manufacturers, bat they wiz offer e
most determined resistance TO the bill OF
The chancellor, the debate upon which
win be looked for with anxiety II Europe
and no little interest in America. The
F~orkingmsn are marching along. With
Bismarck for a leader, victory is certain.