Chapter 28 of 54 · The Tyranny of Socialism by Yves Guyot
Annual Table of Italian Statistics, 1887–1888.
| Wage per Man. | Average Price of a Cwt. of Wheat. | Hours of Labour necessary in order to buy a Cwt. of Wheat. | |
| Fr. | Fr. | ||
| 1862 . | ·146 | 28·52 | 195 |
| 1887 . | ·238 | 22·14 | 93 |
The members of the Tours Congress demanded equality of wages. The workmen of Paris, who demand the application of the graduated scale, do not desire this. Here is that scale, with its inequalities:—
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