So we see Socialism and Liberalism united in accomplishing changes in legislation and ancient institutions--changes that are revolutionary in character and will be far-reaching in results. It is not the red revolutionary Socialism of Marx; it is the practical British Socialism of amelioration. "This practical, constitutional, evolutionary Socialism," a chronicler of the Fabians calls it.[54] It would have to be practical to appeal to the British voter, constitutional to lure the British statesman, and evolutionary to satisfy the British philosopher. In the troublous days of 1888-90 there were a great many young Socialists who believed the social revolution was waiting around the next corner and would soon sweep over London in gory reality. Many of these young men are sober Fabians now, or staid Conservatives or Liberals. To-day they think they were mistaken. They were not. There was a revolution around the next corner. It has already captured the high places. Society, government, is rapidly encroaching upon private property through the powers of taxation, of police supervision, and all manner of constitutional instrumentalities. Ownership, even in land, is now only an incident, the rights of the community are in the ascendant. Democracy has conquered hereditary privilege. And the revolution is still advancing. England is showing the world that "The way to make Socialism safe is to make democracy real."[55] FOOTNOTES: [1] See _supra_, p. 51. [2] See CHIOZZA MONEY, _Riches and Poverty_, first page, edition 1911. [3] _Op. cit._, p. 337. [4] _Op. cit._, pp. 337-8. [5] See V. NASH and H.L. SMITH, _The Story of the Dockers' Strike_, London, 1890. [6] See SIDNEY and BEATRICE WEBB, _History of Trades Unionism_, London, 1911. [7] There are about 650,000 members in those unions that pay out-of-work benefits. The following table gives some conception of the magnitude of the out-of-work problem in England. It shows the sums expended by the unions for out-of-work relief: Year Amount 1898 £234,000 1899 185,000 1900 261,000 1901 325,000 1902 429,000 1903 516,000 1904 655,000 1905 523,000 1906 424,000 1907 466,000 Out of a body of 15,000,000 workmen, Chiozza Money estimates that 500,000 are always out of work. _Opus cit._, p. 122. [8] Members of Parliament received no pay until 1911, when the Radical-Liberal government passed a law giving each member a salary of $2,000 a year. [9] A discussion of this case from the Fabian point of view is found in the Preface to WEBB'S _History of Trades Unionism_, edition of 1911. The labor unions and the Labor Party have issued pamphlets on these two decisions. The legal points are fully discussed in the official reports of the cases.