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 440 THE ECONOMIC JOURNAL nize the workman. Is it to be Civil War ? By A. P. LAURIE. Reply to Sir Herbert Maxwell's article in February number. The Scotch railway men struck work because 'they were overworked, because (on the North British Railway at any rate) this overwork was increasing and all attempts to obtain better conditions had failed.' Maintains that the men have won in compelling the conpany to recog- union, a condition precedent of industrial liberty for the May, ' Trusts': An Alarm, By SAMUEL PLIMSOLL, Calls attention to the development in America and elsewhere of ' Trusts' which obtain control over the supply of an article of commerce and then raise the price indefinitely, Recommends that a Select Committee or a Royal Commission should be appointed to inquire into the whole of this subject, Contemporary Review. 1891. April. By the Rev. W. MOORE EDE. National Pensions. Points out that whilst friendly societies provide against sickness and trades unions against irregularity of employment, the only provision for wage-earners when superannuated is that afforded by the Poor Law. One in three of the persons over sixty-five are in receipt of poor-relief. Advocates a compulsory pension scheme to provide 5s. a week for every person over sixty-five, the contribution being divided between the State, the employer, and the workman. But the State insurance should be so arranged as not to interfere with voluntary associations for the same purpose. The Colonisation Report. By ARNOLD WhiTE. A criticism of the Report of the Colonisation Committee of the House of Commons and a plea for South African colonisation. Canada aut the States: a Barbed Wire Fence. By ERASTUS WMAN. A demand for the fiscal union of Canada with the United States. May, The Coming Factory Act. By CLEMENTINA BLACK. A comparison and criticism of the four Factory Bills brought before Parliament in the current session. A Practical WOLFF. Justification of Peasant Proprietors. By HENRY W. ,An appeal to German experience of a peasant prop. rietar,y. The winter considers the German peasant nore original and inventive than the French or Italian peasant, and quotes official docmnents to show his prosperity even in bad times. Fortnightly Review. 1891. April. Virginian Mines aut American Rails. By the DUKE OF MARLBOROUGH. The writer's object is ' to give a general picture of the railway