YVES

GUYOT (1843– )  , French politician and economist, was born at Dinan on the 6th of September 1843 . Educated at Rennes, he took up the profession of journalism, coming to Paris in 1867 . He was for a short period editor-in-chief of L'Independant du midi of Nimes, but joined the staff of La Rappel on its foundation, and worked subsequently on other journals . He took an active part in municipal life, and waged a keen campaign against the prefecture of police, for which he suffered six months' imprisonment . He entered the chamber of deputies in 1885 as representative of the first arrondissement of Paris and • was rapporteur general of the budget of 1888 . He became minister of public works under the premiership of P . E . Tirard in 1889, retaining his portfolio in the cabinet of C . L. de Freycinet until 1892 . Although of strong liberal views, he lost his seat in the election of 1893 owing to his militant attitude against socialism . An uncompromising free-trader, he published La Comedic protectionniste (1905; Eng. trans . The Comedy of Protection); La Science economique (1st ed .

1881; 3rd ed . 1907); La

Prostitution (1882); La Tyrannie socialiste (1893), all three translated into English; Les Conflits du travail et leur solution (1903); La Democratic individualiste (1907) .