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Chapter 7 - Socialism -
From Poverty by James Platt

P143 Socialism.

the gross rental of small rural properties is £38,273,160, and the gross rental of small urban and suburban freeholds is £412,800,141. The total rental of Ireland is £13,000,000; income derived from dividend on capital is £115,000,000; income derived from agriculture, after the payment of rent, by farmers and labourers, and all classes engaged in agricultural pursuits, is £249,000,000; income derived from manufactures, by masters, managing partners, and all persons in their employment,
 
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£300,000,000; income derived from trades, by merchants, shopkeepers, and all persons in their employment, £140,000,000; income derived from minerals, by lessees, &c., of mines, and all persons in their employment, £73,000,00 ; income derived from railways, by the railway companies, and all persons in their employment, £60,000,000: ,income derived from shipping, by construction of ships, and all persons in their employment, £60,000,000. The summary of facts which this Chart illustrates is:

Gross annual income of the United Kingdom over
£1,200,000,000
Income of the large landowners, according to
Messrs. George, Wallace, Devitt, &c. .. ..
1,000,000,000
Income of ditto, as it actually is (including Ireland)
45,000,000
Income of the small landowners, according to
most Radical public speakers, nothing because
there are none. .. ..
Income of ditto (1,000,000 in number), as it
actually is .. .. .. .. .. ...
80,000,000

Amount available for distribution, were these taken of the landed aristocracy, inclusive of all improvements, confiscated :?

Three Farthings a day to each Person.

"Of all the astounding and grotesque superstitions that have over gained currency in any ago or in any society, one of the most astounding and grotesque is the superstition that is so prevalent now, with respect to the economic position of the landlords of this kingdom. This superstition was first, in a vague form, popularized by politicians such as Mr. Bright; but it has

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