The Socialism of to-day

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Identifikator:: 835096955

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-28834

Document type:: Monograph

Author:: Laveleye, Émile de

Title:: The Socialism of to-day

Place of publication:: London

Publisher:: Field & Tuer

Year of publication:: 1884

Scope:: 1 Online-Ressource (XLIV, 331 S.)

Collection:: Economics Books

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THE SOCIALISM OF TO-DAY. 168 read at the first sittings of the Congress of Bâle stated all this progress. The Times wrote on the subject : “ We must go back to the origin of Christianity or to the epoch of the barbarian invasions to meet with a movement analogous to that of the working men to-day, and it seems to threaten existing civilization with a fate similar to that inflicted by the northern hordes on the ancient world.” It was, in truth, the moment of expansion, soon to be followed by a no less rapid decay. The Congress of Bâle, which held its sittings from the 5th to the 12th of September, 1869, had nothing fierce about it. It borrowed from the beautiful country, which it had honoured with its choice, that idyllic character which all its meetings spontaneously took. The delegates, eighty in number, were received by the members of both town and country sections in Bâle at the Café National. A procession of about two thousand persons marched with music and banners across the town to the garden of a brasserie, where each took his place while the society of the Griitli sang. The address of welcome to the delegates was pronounced by citizen Bauhin, who was at the same time president of the Bâle sections and attorney- general of the canton—a combination of functions which appears to have caused no astonishment. After hearing the reports, the congress took up again the questions already decided at Brussels, namely, the question ot landed property and that of societies for strikes. They were naturally determined in the same way by fifty-four ayes against four noes, and thirteen abstentions. The following resolution was adopted ;—“The congress declares that society has the right of abolishing individual property in the soil and of assign ing it to the community.” It is a strange thing that no congress of the International ever yet concerned itself with houses and industrial capital, factories, buildings, machines, floating capital. In the speeches it is often said that the labourer ought to be the owner of the instrument of his labour ; but how, by virtue of what arrangements, and of what industrial organization ?— this seems never to have troubled them at all. M. Tolain spoke in favour of individual property. Your

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