, 1879-01-13

bic in a country like England. where ponu1Atton
Is 70 dense and Acrrage 80 small; nos nnder s.fsn
circumstance. would the soil be nearly 40 pru-
country that small farms arr eaten up By thetr
expenses and canno. compete with largo farms. !.
s.1sa Ms AZ the sn !. Enssqa to be ds
classes, tho cost Of production would lncrcaFs
accordingly. and doubt pots national famine
show the brncacial etlects of. peasant prnpre-
torshtp, but you must remember Tint, in pop.
lation and acEcsgc, England anil Franco are
inverse ratio, and sott must a!ao consider It
culture Of the vine, the olive, snd tho oranE
require an amount Of fostering Intention ~hict
only proprietor can be trusted to E3re; It II
FIR different with our agricultural pf9,lnets,
at agricultural, community; to COMPARE the
a. Reasonable as to apply the same law Of na-
ture alike to field aud factory. Land iams ana
1atorcr, but be can ,powerfu1lf work hs owR
ealvatton BY lncreaaafa prudence and industry
Iu Norway, Sweden, and, believe, Switzerland
no pcasan: IS allowcd to natty unless % he eas
support wtic and family, but with rs In En-.
gland the pauper father Of tcn children Ia look
Cd upon as a subject for pity and for sympa:hy.
mott in!autou. s. sy.te of @ poor aTs y e7er m
framed II thcy were directly devised to en-
courage filencts and dessitutton. they we're IN.
decd tnasterpieccs Of atatestnanahfp, There are
Two Iaborers, A and .. A Is prudent and In
tluatrtous, ami when hts working days arc past
finds that llts savings are sufficient to secure
lin small annuity, Just sufficient to provide
him With the oare nccesaarics OF ltSe, D Is =
t!rtnkar.i and spenlthrft, and finally has to
he supported 1t the expense Of tho community.
Wllat wonder. then, that 4 concludes hls thrift
htli Industry were inletukc. sInce IN the end
they procure him no rrtnter comforts than fail
Il, tho shnrc Ut his dtsso[uts neighbor Bf Truly
ttnr pn,r Laws set premium Upon fdleness and
stricken condition Of our English 1atoEing
glasses Is owing to three great cnusea: III Tho
great increase uf population. t2l The extensive
introduction Of machinery. {D The Immense
inycslments Of English capital abroad.
'rbo eifect OF the arst cause ID 10 ratso tho
rricc Ut food 80 that unless proportional rIso
II wagca cnstles tho laborer grows daily poofc..
Tie effect Of the seconn cause 10 to diminish
tttr demand for labor. Thanks TO tho introduce
tim of machinery. few hantR can nov do the
former work Of uany.. THIS has the effect OF
tloodtnE the 1abor market, nnu the result "a
fa1l III The urjcc Of wages.
Probably thc third cause operates the more
powerfully. For the lasI twcniy Years Engltsh
capital hns been flowing out OF the country tn
m cyer.tncrrastug strcam. India has drained
uk, America has lind her share, nnd the Ed
popcan national dchts have gone up from nj
aggregate Of 40 million pounds to nearly 5,00J
millions, and Of thta colossal sum by fur tho
greater part las BEEN contributed ty England.
It Is n0! to systems, 10 constitutions, or forms
Of government that NE tnnst look 10 amcliornt1
the condition Of the working classes; IL ts to q
more general dtfFnsonu( Intelligence, prudence,
and enterprise. Your obed!eht bcrvant,
MoaEroN FEwRN.