New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-06-18

serious. The native population is steadily on tho
wane while every year sees the alien element
larger and occupying more and more the field Of
trade and industry. There is naturally a strong
feeling against this alien incursOn on the part Of
French artisans a feeling which has been mani
tested in proposals TO restrict immigration and
to levy taxes upon foreigners residing in France.
II il to this feeling that VI. B;rrcs appeals, and t
that he seeks TO stimulate and intensity
VI. Barrcs has just published striking article
on this subject in lie Figaro" to which Journal
he has for some time been a leading contributor.
1t is not journal Of the working classes. But
this article, intended for those classes is being
copied by almost every Radical and Socialist
PAPER in the country, and will therefore b read
by the very mon upon whom II will have most
effect The writer does not profess TO be politi.
cal economist in the conventional meaning Of the
term. He ignores or repudiates the principles Of
that science. For example, W. Burl"au and W.
Rouvicr have argued that country whose popu-
lation il decreasing must inevitably attract Inn
migrants from ovcrcrowled neghboring States:
and further that If il were not for such alien
labor tho harvest fields mines and factories ~
Franco could not be operated. These arguments
VI Barrcs meets not with argument, but with
mere citation Of statistical facts.
competent. and they are regarded as authorities.
But. for all that the Office du Travail. Govern
mcnt department. the authority Of which is b.
vond dispute. publishes this week a statistical
statement rs - foreigners in France. and no
amount Of olo1uencc or authority can contrOvert
the fact which it discloScS that 100000 for
oicners are installed in France. They have all
the benefits Of residence in this country without
sharing any Of the burdens which Frenchmen have
10 endure. Ont of this number only $4,000 have
incomes Of their own, or, in other words, bring
money into the country. That figure. !, 100000.
u an enormous one and il increases every year.
Tho Argument OF W. Rouvier and VI. Bnrdeau.
however ingenious. cannot modify that very snri-
OILS situation. They cannot persuade the hum
dfcds Of thousands Of French workingmen, who
can find no work. or only intermittent work. 10
mt ND choorfuy with the prosperity of the for
eiQrcrs in France OF course the employers or
foreign labor are quite satisfied. and talk about
tho character OF France for hospitality and the
great principles Of the Revolution. Well, W" say
that We carry hospitality n great deal too far
Not 10 speak of cosmopolitan charlatans who en-
cumbcr Paris, not" the fact that 2p.""" ior-
cigncrs ar, yearly convicted by criminal courts
The night refugees shelter 10000 foreigners. whll'
- many u our people hay" n" roof over
their heads NJ Durdcau says that thcSr foreign
crs perform work which Frenclmcn wouli noc
stoop 70 perform readily admit that The ',ooo
foreigners employed in chemical works, IN" W.
geo employed in the building trades an w,
50 600 employed in iron works nav" very na.r
work: but then there are 1000 engaged III u,
iii, MINISTRIES SO 600 in IN" mhnuiac'"l" vi
clothing y'ooo in pTof>i i1G"pD al, Ia"d
crs or colonst-. $4,000 are aEr'ul "a, 49, Nv
! owncrs and $4,000 are tri,lPsn"n. DIV" ol w
number keeping hotels or rlac"- 81 rHr shn ,1',
These arr plain wort; ana VIII no, G T,r.'
10
| n"t 'nlv nmonc lahnr.rS but among al IN" pour
ocoisin that something b. done 30 check IN" IT.
~ thousands Of millions If franc' vary W -,
narnnJ by for, icnrr. and ,'nt 6r them orr OF tl'
country What that something sAoHi d, i ~
| 9TH ouestion VI. Barr,s SOON" ln'lln"l I, II,
,or , tanly fax anon aliens. Bat thor" are tho-s
wbo see the root of the evil in mil'tfn,ln ana
who argue that if the army were dl'nl'u,i' a''
| tLc soIdicrs sent back T. their homes pop lll,Ipt
| would orain Increase AMI there wouii n 81,
! Tr,nch hands 70 do oil the work that needs %
II porres. who is still young m1n. is native
", , =, Jrr,oinc He came 10 Paris ~ study
law RIt nrnsrntv inc FELL in with NJ Strphine
Nallarmc and other writer's; ana decnea 10 D
yot" n,' r.,,y rs les Tachcs dEnore' and
y,ntn Mi IFS contents himself. II only ran sly
months. hut it attracted much aI."n',Dn, ,,
many Of hi, ESSAYS in il have since preh nlr'nI
-, hool, form. Then he became a writer ioi w
Rcyuc InI?pcndant.' lie Figaro ana oth'r j oii.'
nails lie has ais, written number OF n i'htic
, ,n',,,..r,l in tone, Int grtcr'ul AM rptl-"Es
u; m,'' "trvl, and hence widely POPULAR Inrer ~
!h SNi.'S o n' roll dies RTbalcs. Tn llomm"
I Irc anI"Ic Jardn de sIsnice are termed Yrb ~
lis admrrr. his ",rIosy tne pli t6 Gu da
Wni or Srf-Wogship' 1t is not. howev,,ss'
W 0I mgt he deemed. mere rloriiicaion OF Of sSr
ishncs- but systematic dnyel"pla'n nob,Ios6phy
cnoni,ion. not altogether milk" IN, PM p'ni
go @ n Earr,s is great friend of W. XIV.
Ponrec who was amone the first t t@ rs' rSad,r
~ modern ENGLISH literature. IT, II nls% , ana
H nr SHrs in society, where h- tall form ey ay
bn,dsom. face make him conspicuous /" o'e''