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Show BELLAMY1SM IN ENGLAND. Spirit of Paternalism Manifested fcy th Loudon County Council. England is trying all Eorts of socialistic social-istic experiments. If it keeps on, it will soon become Mr. Bellamy's ideal conn' tiy. The latest manifestation of the pater nal spirit in government is the proposi tion, now seriously entertained by thfi London county council, to open municipal munic-ipal pawnshops for the purpose of lend ing small sums to poor people on pledges of personal property at small rates of interest The London pawnbrokers are up in arms against the proposition. Of course they cannot go on charging 60 or 100 per cant, as they are now said to do, if the city pawnshop will loan money at 5 or 4 per cent And the London Chronicle wants to know why, if the state undertakes to do tanking for the rich man, it should not do it also for the poor man. The idea of making governments gen orally Tiefnl ixnfl uaing their powers to break down odious and oppressive monopolies by exposing them to an un equal competition is gaining ground ev-erywhera ev-erywhera If New York's plain people could have their way, unobstructed by the politicians and the stock gamblers, the entire transportation service of the metropolis me-tropolis would be, like the Brooklyn bridge, municipal property, run for the general benefit and exacting no more fares than were needed to pay for its maintenance, repairs, extension and running expenses. Editor New York Recorder. |