, 1880-01-24
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PROGRESS AND POVERTY.
There aro in this country about fourteen
millions OF pcopte-mcn, women, and chill
drcn-belonging to wlat Is generally termed
the lnboring class. Whatever affects the
prosperity, welfare, health, condition, and
future prospects OF 80 grcnt n number must
likewise affect tho state of the entire Nation.
1t Is equally true that all propositions, meas
ures, thnotlcs, or ennct1nonts having the
above ends In view, will and should lend 10
widespread discussion. That is pretty Ger
tain to be the fate OF the theories advanced
by Mr., George in Ills work just published,
entitled "Poverty and Progress.n 70 many
Of his statements and assumptions demurrers
must ho entcrcd; they are too general, and
not sustained or fortified by facts. For III
stance: "All the dull, deadentng pain, all
the keen, maddeniug anguish, TINT to great
masses Of men arc involved In tile words
'hard times,' etI1ict the world to-day" AS n
general statement that may DO true, partEc,i-
lnrly Of European nations; but, as basls
from which to draw comparisons without
further statements, rs premise from which
to reason, as an assertion Of fact on which 10
base theories OF cause and effect 1t Is praciic-
ally valuelcss. We must know the number
OF Idle furnaces, forgcs, factories, mills, and
w. W. 1'.st s..a ,a -" ~ daua - W n,hor
~ ,,,n.e1 an, ~ ,,on,,,n,a, ,nJ ~ thosa
~ ;. - anu y. - H., " ,,ts ~ ,o1u
wiz eal w. s.apnsSa .oy "va .. ss.a,.
otuss W ula~ pal's"l @ aeae.ga au ts"e''
"'.s 1l1'ls ,.'g.o ea. ,o.o.'a un.. o wi; .
a.eaa. uoIs ios imels'y '"'' !"
1caoso T ,e.;o,, ~ eos.,, ,r,., -, I.
iho assoclatloh OIL poverty Will p,oe!ess II
the grcat enigma of our times. It Is the cen
tral fact from which, spring ildustrial social
and nnli,lca1 dtfyiculttes that pcrplox the world.
and Win .vh,ch statesmarzhtn nhtlanthrnnv
"o VIII wn.e'' ,a s.a.e'..o.p' ~ p''''a''iAots,
long as all tho increased wealth which
modern proEres8 brings goes but to build up
] rrcat fortuncs. n nrorrcss isuot @ rcal. md
na,,rn. n,v,s t,a ,,orr,.,art ], Henco Nav shn,I
BY equalization, reduction Of gigantic monop-
olics, and freedom Of competitions; bnt, SO
long as human nature ia rs it is,-so long rs
there S a. are men Of brains $ al and d mon Of isno.
rance,-poverty and riches will go side by
side, and no theories Of political economists
have indicated a means which Will obolts,,
poverty. Nevertheless, tho wider the discus.
sloi'' the greater the prooaoi'!1y OF hn'lng
some remedy for the evils which do exist,
and Mr.. Georges book will be welcomed as
an enrnest strong nrcsontailon Of hIs avn
..io L..
peculiar Vlew OF Inc cass. II IL some wnas
turgid, oyerburtl8ncd with sllpertluous mat
ter, toe, rhetorical III places, and Is the work
OF facile writer rather than TINT OF phi
iosopher; pltit carries WIN II & eonvlesion
that Inc autnof has tnoneht' deeply on INC
subject, means what he says. md sincerely
desires to reach solution Of m important
ptPolfl; Pollicoeconcmlc subjects always open de-
batable ground. Hardly any two writer's
sgree even In their definitions Of tho science;
ssenoMX Is : aot ssi # tisg@,a;;, i, !, i il ths
tic science which, In the sequence Of certain
phenomena, sccks to trace mutual relations
and to identify cause md effect, lust ~ the
physical 1, seepces ssek f. d M II other sets ot
definition from that given by any other writer
on this science, as to {ts being a scic,icc.
Prot: Donamy Price Is Inclined to question
that fact sonlc consider, It Al, art. ST james
Senior, Whately, hief;nlloch, storch, Say,
probably ti1al adopted by Iii. George Is mar T
est related 10 thaat glyssn BY AercG: "The
the prosperity Of natIoils." ~
t. propose to SEEK the law w Which m associatcs sa
poverty with progress and increases want
the . expamato a Of Mi oss I reeurrIns sensols
Industrial and cn1nlorcial ca nara{ysis % WITCH. H.
yirwed inlcnendeut Of their reinttons ia
more general t,,irnonena. seen, 70 inrxnii-
cnDle. property commenced and carefnlly
] nIrsued, siicl, IN inycstigatIon must @ yiejd 4
cnncf,,sium tGni viii sfanl cyarv Viz" t"st sMi No q
truth viii correluic WITH Mi other truth, For
III tia SEQUENCE of pbcnolrrna there Is l,f lc-
cident.' proposo In tSis Iunuiry TO
take nothing for crnntcd. but to brfnr oven
nics md, shouid tHcv rot sinnd ti,e "a trst. M 10
freshly vii interroeato ] facts in % tHe cndeavor M 10 10
discover thcir Iaw.s' ~ 50 ''0 ~"N~"''' ~
Ills assumption Is, therefore TINT poverty
f6e nTosnerity of tho fpw Il thc niserv nf ti,n
many: ii,is heinr Invest in.,tef n,,tl nrovad n
nnnn{,ttstn,? ia tonni,cI s"if", ' ",,nt IN M