Volkswirtschaftliches Lesebuch für Kaufleute

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Identifikator:: 879457236

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-16989

Document type:: Monograph

Title:: Volkswirtschaftliches Lesebuch für Kaufleute

Place of publication:: Frankfurt a. O.

Publisher:: Verlag der Waldow'schen Buch- und Kunsthandlung (R. Wengler)

Year of publication:: 1905

Scope:: 1 Online-Ressource (XV, 514 Seiten)

Digitisation:: 2017

Collection:: Economics Books

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Document type:: Monograph

Structure type:: Chapter

Title:: Zweiter Teil. — Handel

Collection:: Economics Books

THE SOCIALISM OF TO-DAY. I 14 pass book. Five years afterwards, in 1871, out of 10,671 pupils, the number of pass-books was 8000, and since then the pro portion has increased. This may be the beginning of a transformation in the social situation. Once the working man attains to the possession of capital, he becomes immediately converted to ideas of order, and the enemy of any revolutionary movement which might take away from him his hardly won savings. This result can only be arrived at by teaching him thrift from his childhood, so that he may form the habit of saving. Afterwards, when he has acquired the habit of useless or harmful spending, better counsels will remain without fruit The only capital that will be preserved is that which the labourer has himself created. It is in vain to make loans to working men, as Lassalle de manded should be done, or as the German Emperor, under I the inspiration of Prince Bismarck, actually did; they would be soon swallowed up, because the aptitude for making a good use thereof would be wanting. He alone who knows how to create capital will be in a position to manage, preserve, and increase it. The working men’s societies, to which the French Govern ment, in 1848, made advances, soon collapsed. The only ones ‘ ^ that can maintain themselves are those which, like the pioneers of Rochdale, have formed their own capital by means of order ■ and economy. The system of school saving, as may be seen , in the reports of M. de Malarce, has been introduced into T ' many towns in different countries, and notably in France. I ÿ it can be made general, the benefits which will result from h ' are incalculable. What is most distressing, when one considers ¡ the condition of the labouring classes, is not so much the in* ' sufficiency of wages, as the bad use which is too often made o 1 them. An increase in remuneration results, for the most part, j ' in merely increasing the amount spent in drink, and thus io | further degrading the workman. It is in vain to preach - economy to grown men. Thrift is a virtue of habit, and it 1® I , I ;• from childhood that it must be inculcated. j L ' Through the initiation of M. Laurent, there were also established at Ghent working men’s clubs, where the factory 1 ‘ operatives could assemble to listen to debates, to go throug j

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