Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-07-14

1000 600, or one fourteenth, aurpottei
a. the public expense, and 10000 0O)-
old msn,anI women and children vino
are listed as being Incapable Of rro-
uuctive labor There are 100000
who work irtegul,r,y, aud 0,OJO,.
900 who caro- $50 nlflns year,
or little over So per month. Theiu
are 2OU,O0l enruing 80 n1fins, OF
ah1u $40 year, and 6jD0l1 wn0ss
annual wages CEosUd that nmIunL
Among thu small property holders,
there hava been soli by the c1utis for
debts durlut the last thirteen years
1859 iarm5 valued al g9J,u1JO1J
II rims. In q ,llcit, ths PJisn province
Of Austria, 22,OlJ arm, nave been sid
Ia eleven years Tor dsot while iu
Hungry ~ por ccut Of the ataUls laui
is Ia the ha1lsOi uairsts anl 30 per
cent ia m ragged.
These figures form an intersating
study for all classes Ia THE ojluiry,
especially durlng the present disc laslon
OF finances aud rslatij sbstweel capital
and labor While the UnilsI b aiss has
tho largest proportion " very wealthy
people 10 has nota similat ratio of the
very poor. Tue poverty In this coun.
tfy bears no onm 1arls51 10 that Of
Europe. There are many very poor,
c5ugfcgalod especially ia largo cities,
who would better their condition by
honest toll, but are held down by sharp
competition, hari umeB anl other
causes; and ia the o3uatry districts
there arc many almost destitute who
lead n sort Of vhgaponi HE. Hut even
these do not make the unnecessary
osientation Of tboir ragyoine,a whicl
IL characteristic Of the European
poor made - by tho great
extent Of misery aud jeslltull3n.
In Europe the beggsrs ara every.
where, mingling In aud pleading iof
aims among all nlisses OF society; they
throng the thorju ynfireii the parks,
the museums, art galleries aud plbllc
buildings In cities, while Ia the rural
Districts the poverty aud dcailtuii1n Of
the people In some localities Is appt.
ling. A marked evidences " thu poverty
In thu country districts Of Italy, for
instance, 10 given IN tho continual
heavy emigration from that country 10
the Untid States, South America,
ani 10 wherever there ~ n chance OF
obtaining work. The food ana clothing
used by laboring people In that and
other European countries bears no
comparison ia quality aud quantity
with that Of the lnu0fing olassss Ia tho
United States.
A knowlodgooi those facts regarding
the European working classes sbo uli
cause those In this laud 10 act win
caution aud confederation In mat,ors
which affect the relations between
rich aud posr, employer aud employe,
and In applying rulel Of domestic
economy. Tue more there Ia OF dis.
turoing agitation which destroys prop.
erty, tbs less Of improvement ana en-.
ttrprise there will be- on tho part Of
capital, and consequently the mors
depressed will DO tho labor market.
Under the peaceful aud progressive
conditions which have existed, tho
American workingmhn has been better
paid, aud his permanent employment
has been better assured than u there
had been fears attending the invest.
mont OF capital. This has caused him
10 exhibit less economy In his habits
and mode Of life than otherwise would
have been the case; and when tempe
rary hard times comea on, no is too
much inclined 10 resort 10 the money
lender instead OF ooonomlEing at home.
With this tcutute eliminated by the
rules Oi true domestic economy, there
IL no reason why the American work.
ingmgn, possessing the powers oi con-
troll which he does Ia this government,
should not permanently keep himself
above the destitute aud miserable con.
dition Of the European poor, aud that
without Destroying the property Of the
rich OF uujuB,ly depriviug Them Of Il.