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LONGE, Francis Davy was born in 1831 in Suffolk, England.
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Excerpt from A Refutation of the Wage-Fund Theory The circumstances attending the composition of the essay here reprinted have been permitted to remain in unmerited obscurity. Prom memoranda courteously supplied by Mr. Longe himself, now living in retirement in Lowestoft, England, the following statement has been prepared: Francis D. Longe was an Oxford man (1850-4), and while there combined a study of John Stuart Mill's philosophy with other subjects. Soon after joining the bar in 1858, he was associated with the Children's Employment Commission. His official duty as an assistant commissioner brought him in contact with large employers of labor, and gave him opportunities of learning the views of practical men on the wages problem. Some of those whom he thus met were well-educated men, and acquainted with Mill's theories of the relation between capital and labor. Mr. Longe became convinced that the wage-fund theory was a delusion, and as soon as a release from official claims on his time permitted, he elaborated his refutation of this fallacy, and published his views in the present pamphlet in 1866. He had previously (1860) published a short treatise on the law of strikes which gave a sketch of the manner in which the statute and common law had treated combinations of workmen from 1350. In 1870 he became a local government inspector, which office he held until 1896. The duties of this position precluded his devoting much time to literary and scientific pursuits. In 1893, however, he was roused by the fallacies in Mr. Henry George's "Progress and Poverty" to write another short pamphlet combining a criticism of Mr. George's theory of the wage-fund with that of Mill's. The precise part played by Longe's essay in the formal refutation of the wage-fund theory has been an unsettled question in the history of economic thought. The pamphlet was originally published and circulated in 1866. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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The circumstances attending the composition of the essay here reprinted have been permitted to remain in unmerited obscurity. From memoranda courteously supplied by Mr. Longe himself, now living in retirement in Lowestoft, England, the following statement has been prepared: Francis D. Longe was an Oxford man (1850-4), and while there combined a study of John Stuart Mill sphilosophy with other subjects. Soon after joining the bar in 1858, he was associated with the Children s Employment Commission. His official duty as an assistant commissioner brought him in contact with large employers of labor, and gave him opportunities of learning the views of practical men on the wages problem. Some of those whom he thus met were well-educated men, and acquainted with Mill stheories of the relation between capital and labor. Mr. Longe became convinced that the wage-fund theory was a delusion, and as soon as a release from official claims on his time permitted, he elaborated his refutation of this fallacy, and published his views in the present pamphlet in 1866. He had previously (1860) published a short treatise on the law of strikes which gave a sketch of the manner in which the statute and common law had treated combinations of workmen from 1350. In 1870 he became a local government inspector, which office he held until 1896. The duties of this position precluded his devoting much time to literary and scientific pursuits. In 1893, however, he was roused by the fallacies in Mr. Henry George s Progress and Poverty to write another short pamphlet combining a criticism of Mr. George stheory of the wage-fund with that of Mill s. The precise part played by Longe sessay in the formal refutation of the wage-fund theory has been an unsettled question in the history of economic thought. The pamphlet was originally published and circulated in 1866. In 1869, three years later, An (Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.)
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Political Economy, there is none on which it is so important that the doctrines of its teachers should be sound and true as that of the theory of wages. In treating of this subject, the theorist is dealing with the trade relations between two classes, one of which is but little able to speak for itself, while the more immediate and apparent interests of the reading public are in the main identical with those of the other. A theory of the relation between capital and labour, which condemned the combination of labourers, whilst it divested employers of all responsibility for the payment of low or insufficient wages, however erroneous it might be, would not be likely to meet with much opposition from those who would be the most competent to detect and expose the errors on which it was based; and if such a theory, as appears to be the case with the wage-fund theory, should be the fundamental creed 3of some of the most prominent advocates of the social and political advancement of the working classes, any attempt to call it in question or refute it would seem to be a thankless if not a useless task. Now, although there are probably very few whose conduct is much influenced by their knowledge of what are called the fundamental or elementary principles of political economy, there seems to be a belief, very prevalent among cdicated and thinking men, that the principles enunciated by Mr. (Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.) About the Publisher Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, History, Folklore and Mythology. Forgotten Books' Classic Reprint Series utilizes the latest technology to regenerate facsimiles of historically important writings. Careful attention has been made to accurately preserve the original format of each page whilst digitally enhancing the aged text.
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LONGE, Francis Davy was born in 1831 in Suffolk, England.
Bachelor of Arts University Oxford.
Author of the first decisive refutation of the wages fund theory which was, however, ignored by Mill whose recantation seems to have been entirely due to Thornton’s independent treatment of the doctrine. Assistant Commissioner, United Kingdom Children’s Employment Commission: Inspector, Local Government Board.
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