Calendar: 1873-1874 Page 307

306 EVENING CLASSES Wealth from the point of view taken by Political Economy state of things under which Society is generally prosperous-The due Distribution of Wealth therefore the first consideration to the Economist-The principles on which true and false theories of Distribution are founded II The Limits of "freedom" and "control" in the development of Economical Society The function of Government in regulating Labour and Commerce The history of such regulations in the United Kingdom and in other countries-Protection and Free Trade III The Control of Wages The influence of Guilds Companies and Apprenticeships as means for limiting the Competition of Labour The Laws prescribing Rates of Wages and prohibiting Combinations-Laws supplementing Wages by granting relief to Destitution IV The origin and defence of Trade-Unions or Combina- tions of Workmen for the purpose of obtaining better terms from Employers The place of the Agriculturist in the Economy of Society-The relations of Landowner Farmer and Labourer -The causes which affect the Rate of Agricultural AVages- The use of Machinery and other Economies in Agriculture VI Competition as an agency in the Distribution of Wealth-The extent to which custom corrects and controls it either naturally or artificially VII The industry of densely peopled countries as com- pared with that of new Settlements-The tendencies of Wealth in the former as compared with those in the latter state Emigration spontaneous and assisted VIII Co-operation or the combination of the functions of Capitalist and Labourer in the same person-Its develop- ment its prospects its limits-Its forms in England and Germany