The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-09-03

ing characters. Returning to America
in time to distinguish himself in the
Civil war, Admiral Franklin say the
navy change from wood to iron. from
sail to steam, and he was on the Roanoke
in Hampton Roads when the little Moni-
tor saved the Union fleet from destruo-
tlon by the Melrimac. In charge of the
despatch boat Dacotah, he witnessed and
took part in many stirring scenes, and
several chapters are devoted to his anec-
Gotes of historical persons and events of
the war. During the peaceful days
which followed, the author cruised in
European, Asiatic and English waters,
and had variety of experiences worthy
of recital, such as escorting an astronom
ical expedition to Siberia in order to OBJ
servo an eclipse of the sun. His promo
ton to the rank of Rear Admiral In 1885
was fitting elimination to his long and
honorable services of the country.
The Paternal State in France and Ger
many. By Henry Gaillieur. New York:
Harper g. Brothers. Portland: Loring,
Short & Harmon The Paternal State
in France and Germany is, as its name
implies, a study of paternalism in the
political systems of France and Ger
many. The idea of the book is to show
that it is dangerous to vest in govern
ment power and duties which can be
withheld from it. that tho tendency to
paternalism Is that Of great social force
which endangers personal independence.
individual freedom, and the best civic
characteristics. Tho author, who was
educated in Frenoh-speaking country
q graduate and doctor Of laws of Ger
man universities, and now an American
citizen, uses the ruinous effects of the
paternal system, as exemplified in France
and Germany, to point out moral for
the United States, where, he thinks,
there has been lately tendency to at.
tribute to certain kinds of paternalism
much curative power to the government
in the treatment of social and political
difficulties.
Labor Copartnership. Notes of vi sit
to Cooperative Workshops, Factories and
Farms in Great Britain and Ireland, in
which Employer, Employe and Consumer
Share in Ownership, Management and
Results. By Henry Demarest Lloyd. IL
Illustrated. NEW York: Harper 8 Broth
ers; Portland: Loring, Short & Har-
mon.) Labor Copartnership is volume
of essays on the subject of cooperation so
far as it refers to workingmen who are
owners as we'll as wage earners in their
Cooperation in Great
Britain has won first place among the
social movements of the century, and
Mr.. Lloyd has studied ON the ground the
newest and most advanced phases of its
deve 1opment.
To nearly ell American readers. and to
most in England, the nsws of the pro-
gress which the British workingman has
made In capitaliziDg his labor, and in
making himself the owner of his instru-
ments Of production, will come as sur
prise. Workshops. mills, factories, cream
cries, and even farms, are in Successful
operation in various parts of the king
dom, which were organized by working
mon and workingwomen, and are owned
and managed byathem on the principle
of labor co partnership, which means
that every empIoye may be O part owner,
and shall be sharer in results There
are a hundred and fifty and more of
these cooperative establishments for
production in England, some of them
over a generation old They have an ag-
gregate capital of upwards of IS, 900,
turning oft an annual product of $10.-
600, 900, and making profit of $500, 900
year-a better record of prosperity than
the cooperative store movement made In
its generation.