, 1879-01-30

F,H Hat f1u.rftr. Jan. II.
The figures given By Prof. Lcuru Luvf In Mon
davis Tlmss hardly benr out The idea Of wide.
spread depression or distress among the work.
leg classes III this country. 0rase displacement
Of labor In certain districts there certainly is;
a,,d the iron districts In England, scotlaa, uni
Wales, sots,e Of tho cotton towns. asEl Cornwall
afford only too clear evidence Of the fnct. There
fs also reason to hcltcvc TINT In some directions
wc have not ret seen the worst. But Mr. Lc0ne
Levi can make the following satisfactory state
ment with regard to the condition Of the wnrk-
lug clstses. Putting the total working popl,]a-
tton at ,000, out Of total OF ~ ,0O0, ,C00,
md allowing a fa!ltng-oG Of 0,00u,t&N 10 the
wages OF the textile and iron industries during
the past year, he rcckons tic earnings of Tue
working classes at not less than th!rty.three
khl!lngs per Iarnily Of five persons
cac!l week, Moreover, as the prices of
all neccssarics Ut life except meat
have fallen considerably since 1870. ,l.e purcl.as-
ing power Of these wngca, which show aii In
crease all round s:nce the examination y tltch
Prof. Levi nat3r 1t tllat .iatc, has considerably
augmented also. Undoubtedly, had the n!cn IN
the trades nnw specially affected exercised in
times OF prosperity tint thrift which might hare
bcun looked for. their present condition would
have breu n,uch better than It IL. hut the ny.
ures given snt,w tlM.t the hIghcr stallard OF
euultort has been maintained more III the dirc>-
tion vi cniing than Of tlr1nl:inK, enormous Us
the wastc has berh III the lat te, dtrcctto1l. Cn-
tluubte4lY, therefore, the while community Is
b.tter uourIsltd nuw than at atiy previous pe-
rio.l. Out uf The ~. Uc0 00 delendcnt us'on va
rtous industrial ecut'allu1ls+ ilsN 000 arc art
that, nut ot the total nf s5r}, ,C0O U00 given US
the earnings ot aycar Ut lu'f employment,
thu slGs3,MM wulIlen carn~l tl13,UloWD.
against IJn1Oku,tEn earned by 7h:l,'
earned EGl 0o3 01 tur ls4a IU employed asalI,st
IA, s,01.O .OtM carllca By 1,AnHn In Industrial
uurk, lilr value nf liz ftHh! hcsng evidently
rcckoncl III thr first cstin,atr. D"tncstsr service
would, Therefore, SEEM tu bc better paid thar,
factuty-wDrE. Even tue wDrkcrs. male and fc-
n,alr, ut,.lcr ~ years. Of aGc earn ITO tcea than
Isii ,hN 0C, OF l!tttt less t!lH seventh OF the
tota earnings II a.tu1't. iii tte industries tlow
chiefly depressed tss 0 9norcr. arc cngsced'
Levi llaa allowed for loss oi otc.slx1h Of tin:
Mu!u during l!lr pasl ycur. Tllr view that the
present depression Is Hn: s" generally scrcrr ~
bud been feared Ii alsu borus nut by ll'r eonttn.
tiun of tl,e engineers IN their ctrclllar published
this morning. According To iI'ebc, whereas IN
| lsl3 lux pcr cell, Ut their number were
| u,lt Of work, ut ile present t'nia only
| vi per rrnt arc III thai condition. AZ
| Of one Industry Ius III Acelih. anutlcr a1uat,
| tllry pojnt out lllut In consequence uf cheap
tnnI tI,ral Iron, ul,ll lowered w4urs the cxunrt
Of n,scilcs for ISIS ki.owa MI increase In value
Hyer 1877 Ut no ess than ~ 49,: alni thls 0h
rctur " ",'ly s!sYei n,o!'tns; AtapuE!l' s1s
t tot" - 'v ,r"r.s n s,tr tr.a"s than toss Min
whIrh ha .spccIaljy 1r4ls, ljwre Is s.ill ruuugh
tn .I,nw llult what VT have tn face IL tatl.rr q
considerable sl.rlnkagu IT values nil roau,!, and
| u severe s.ruzeucy III a few particular tra.lca,
tIyan my Ecneral congestion of il4c industry Of
| tIle country. That il,r nutIouk tor tl!t. next
| two Or tlircs fuoiltts II Elonrny nust b. admit
ted; hut ilcrr uru a!rta',s signs ,!at nlrn atltl
masters alike are bsgiunlng tu understand that
toth must gtvr WY oil te1sI.sn; a,,A 1t nay bG
hoped sat even tln engineers tuay runtriyc III
liz a,ur.r Ut the next few weeks IL coi1u to at'
agreement.
| TUE SCOTCH LOTTERY SCHEME.
/ London Sp<rtaiyy. yuu, u,
Charlie, Rra,lc. In t.jIari Cnst.n descrtbes
-,,h .,,.. .,,,.,- H.. ,.Inr. ~ tr,, u,i H..
VIII e'sat po"si tas a."a'" " o'@' A''4 s"e
cttcct ri 9hr ca'an!tY upon Astt'h@ai repFesent
atiyu depvsitors. Among thru IL pIous y e.
l.yau rlu...lcader, Or man of that kind. wjlo
,.,,,,,, ,,.nr,r.,l ~ t,e tnv,,. If ,rorx h,ru,
."s ~, vi ~: "
us lHb'e' declares t'1at t''a' cahhot oe' n!''
theuretoFwAr1 leads a s1tttsh AMI prnhIsate HE
| W,+ tI,ourht tIM. ttl.,stratT Tot n. We READ tEt