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?4 THE ECONOMIC JOURNAL Catholique, till lately the organ of the Cercles d'Ouvriers Catholique, La Bevue Catholique des fnsttutioas et du Droit, and the splendid dictionary of Political Economy (Staats-Lexicon), published by Herder. The Kaweah Experiment in Co-operation. By W. M. CxaEY JONES. A detailed account of a co-operative--no.t to say, socialist colony, founded in 1884, and consisting at present of 150 persons. Trades Unions and Apprentices. By EDWARD W. BEMIS. The proportion of ?raae unionists in the United States who attempt to restrict the number of apprentices is very small, less than 16? per cent o! the great body of organised labour; the proportion of those who succeed in the attempt is still smaller. Some reasons justifying the attelnpt are saea. Trade-schools, and the aUi?uae of raae unionists owaras this proposed substitute for apprenticeship are considered in conclusion. Among the Notes a?wl MemoraiMa may be noticed the clear a?w?ount of the German sugar tax and bounty. Une Page de Biot en 1828 Reno?tvellement d? Privildge ADOLPHE COURTOIS. Journal des 12conomistes (Paris) 1891. July. Par M. LAMI?-FLEUI?Y. de la Banque de Fra?we (suite). Par M. So?went?s de France : Lettres inddites d'u? Magistrat l?tranger. M. G. TR?cocn?.. Revue des Principales Publications ?'conomiques d? l'Etranger. Par M. ROUXEL. Vie d? Mineur. Par M. DANIEL BELLET. M. MAURICE BLOCS. U? Prdc?rse?r des Physiocrates Cantilion. An Analysis of the Essai. La Par Par August. a? Protectionnis,e. Co,?sdquences du Retour Par M. G. MOLINARI. Maintains that the new French tariff will cause a rise of at least 25 per cent. in the prices of necessaries, without any compensating advan- tage to the producer. Les Retraites Otwridres. Par M. Euo. ROCttET?N. La Doctrine du Droit 27aturel. Par [Continued in September.] Natural Law, which served a useful purpose from the time of Greek tragedians till Montesquieu, as indicating the notion of equity tran- scending and informing written law, took in Rousseau the dangerous form of untaught justice capable of guiding men if civilization were replaced by ' nature '; and emerged later, on the one hand in the futile literary subtleties of the eclectic or ' spiritualiste' philosophy headed by Cousin, and on the other hand in anarchic and impracticable Socialism. ' Rational' should be substituted for ' natural' in law and in morahty, and education should be bnce more conducted with sincerity, the loss of which has mainly contributed to lower the national moral tone.