The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-09-12
POVERTY III ENGLAND.



ine MARQUIS Pauaucei di Calboli. for-
merry 2 secretary of the Italian Embassy
IN LONDON, has prepared a notable arti-
Eeies emitted ~ AnEleterre ~Nagabonde,s
M-hlehsappears in the Revue des Revues.
diplolnatist has already written about
me russian and H Italian poor, and
nus articles show an extensive acquaint-
anee with human misery in large towns
ana a good insight into the causes. Eng
1and mas won the admiration of the Mar
GUS BY her glory n her greatness, her
strength. her wealth. her influence and
aer owe but he presents another pie
tures when he ADDS the following sem
leneei-@Of all the civilized countries.
England Is that which nowadays offers
ne most striking contrast between ex-
treme opulence and degrading restitution,
parallel withN the other contrast of two
races, one dominating, the other domi-
mated. one superior, the other inferior:
with traits and morals and physical
characters totally different. Above are
the strength, the glory, the worth, and
the opulence of England, below the weak
ness, disgrace, vice and misery
After having quoted from the books of
the Salvationists to show the enormous
extent Of pauperisrn in the United King
dom, the Marquis examines the causes of
poverty and mendacity. He does not at
tribute them to the great ineonveniences
originated by the employment of ma
cainery and the division of labor. both
Of which have produced, on the other
naHd, great advantages. but firstly to the
entry Of woman as a productive worker
IN the economic domain. Women
cnlsdren are excluding men from factories
ana WORKSHOPS, taking away their bread
through the reduction of salaries, and
sending them around the country as
tran1pS and v~agabonds.
There is however, even a dangerous
competition between British female work
ers themselves, on account Of the NAM
ber ct unmarried women who. having a
little money Of their own. are willing TO
accept small wages Next follows an on
alaHgFTt on the lack of maternal feeling
n English women. This drives many
childrEns according TO the Marquis di Cal
boil, 70 emigration or vagabondage. and
the absence of motheriy care swells the
army of juvenile criminals, Thirdly, there
IS the vexed question of offspring. In
most other countries notably France,
writes the Marquis, there IS among the
lower class a last limit Of misery beyond
which people cease to marry and propa-
gate species. English habits in this re-
United Kingdom nave NO a~nxiefy about
consequences, and follow the. Biblical
precepr.
Yet another cause for mendaeity and
pauperlsn, IN the view OF the same au-
thorfty, are the great landed praprsetors,
who drive the agricultural laborer from
the country, where he has no hope Of the
three acres and a cow. to the crowded
city. The Marquis has also something to
say about the absence of thrift among
the English as compared with the people
of continental nations. The writer's re-
marks are not, of course, altogether orig
mai for he has borrowed from many
sources, but he has m~arshalfed some
striking statistics, and his picture of pow
erty in England is the most realistic and
terrible which has been presented Ia
French readers for some time.-Detroit
journal.