The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-04-30


A French statesman, ". Guyos, In his
recently pa blishsd book, The Tyranny Of
Socialism. shows that the socialist pro-
grsnhs represents nothing bat retro
ersds movement toward earlier and In.
isr1or types Of civilization.
This acute French critic and political
economist. while Radical Republican.
hes always been an answering champion
Of fndiyidnaiism and . jealous opponent
OF sociasisxie IDEAS He shows not only
that ell machinery that increases the out
yut has hsnsacial effect on wages. but
also denies that the number Of workmen
smpleysd liz diminished.
When Askwright. IN iToo. took ons his
first pa.ent for loom there were In En-
gland {. 30 splnners working at spinning
Wheels snd 2, 100 wesvers-7. 800 persons in
oil. There are nov 5000 hands en-
ployed in the Engiish spinning factories
The same thing may be said OF English
railroads: they ruined stage coaches. but
Their employees nov number $4,000 In .
word. the vasue Of workman is in direct
proportion 70 the power Of his tools.
Guyot further shows that the means of
snbssstenes increase more rapidly than
the consumers. Thus in the United States
betwsen fsso and lsso the population IN
creased by LET per cent, bet the wealth by
s26 per cent. In France. too. between 1851
and 1901 population has been nearly sta
tionssy. yet the official return OF inherited
f..A
doubled. and this in spite of the conceal
msnt praet.esd ~ to the real value Of
pesonai property. In England. likewise.
the population by no means keeps pace
with the wealth.
Replying TO the socialist dogma that
''the rich are becoming richer. bu, the poor
poorer." Guyos demonstrates its fassi,y by
the economical statistics OF various coun-
tries.
In Germany during the last fifteen years
wsges have risen on an average from IS TO
100 per cent In England wages In iss3
we're more than 81 per cent higher than
they we're in 1850 Moreover. the parehas-
Ing power of money was greater q. the
later date The prices Of all the neces-
saries OF life were lower In 1891 than
they were in 1890. with the exeep-
ton Of NEST and leather; wool remained
almost stationary. To the increase oil
money vages. and TO the workman's poser
of obtaining more necessary articles for the
same money must be added the reduction
in the hours Of labor.
Robert Gsffsn. the Eagi!sh political
economist showed la 1854 that the same
man ~ho fifteen years before. after HAVING
paid his rent. had balance OF Is shilling.
per week, then had a Surplus Of 2Tss sh!l
lines. In France the wages ot miner,
have increased by mere than In
ter cent. since iss4 In Paris. be,weer
lao and isss. vases increased between u
and Too per cent; only In the case of roo
workers wxs she gain ba, IT per cent
Throughout France the c0nsamptson a
ineai. shsch IA 1874 was bat thigty-fou-
pounds per head. had reached s!xtv-si,
rounds IN iss2. The consumption Of cot
ton per iahab.,ans fel! 81 between isseane
istl Whyf Because ihr use of the NOR,
costly material. wool. for clothing had in
increased la the interval 10 proportion
able extent
NJ Guyot recites thess facts nni In
qeises are these the signs Of the aeca,
and misery which are announced :,
esamoFoassy by the soeisiis.ie rundits
10 there, Asks ". Gayos. an honest rersor
who viii net recognize the progress mad,
when We compare the present mode Of liz
ing smonw workmen with saat Of on,
thirty years ago~~thslr clothes, shoes. IL.
womsn's dresses. even down 10 the yer,
appointments of the table, In propar.
ton as their capital grows does the ALSO
lutte share Of the capitalists Ia TIE prlaaC
increase. bat their relative share i min
iAhes Tbs worGmen. on the contyary. se,
their share increase both absolutely an
relatively. la the United STATE. Mr.. At
ktnson has demonstrated the truth OF the
same law shss the general tendency o
wages Is toward . maximum and tha. o
rTeats toward minimum. 80 that il
both kaFope and the United States it 1,
not true thai the poor are growing poorer
Gayos shows that in France nasfan.
wealth Is d fused and d.s,rihased in raan,
hsads, snce very small properties. ua 4
fear acres. are io.ss$oeo in number. Win,
estates between four ana :we,ys Acre,
number s.t7&osA
The socialist assertion tA.t rrr.n, a,
property Is fast hslng collected into N,
hands of financial sssstoeras. ia irr.,oa
eilahle With ths o.eo.oso 81 list;s seeoan,
books which record deposits in the .sviar =,
hanks. and which Represent see 90 au
the deposits in the postoGtles SAVING. ban.
sgsregasias SO ooaco more ". TlrArd
minister st fnane~, showed in March
1886 that the transferable. or. IS ",
would say. registered bonds. which
80 distinguished from coupon head.
testify in France To small tAves,
meats. represented nearly se0.ase. 90 Q
income. while The income from eoapog
bonds ~ss only aSoa, sIS.oo.ao Tn
same talag 10 true OF Fgsaea salwa,