The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1828-08-27
From the N. Y. advertiser.
FRANCE

FRANCE
The English Foreign Quarterly Review fo
November, 1927, contains the following curiou
statements in relation to the late reyolutionar,
war.
France expended much more blood thar
Britain IN the late wars, but much less treas
nre; and she has come out of the contes
6urdened with only one third part of the
aebt which presses upon her rival. Accord.
ing to M. Dupin, the twelve campaigns
from 1913 to 1915, cost France one million
OF men, and 240 millions sterling of money.
or ~ millions per annum. The loss sustain
ed by the two invasions of 1914 and 1915.
with the penalty imposed upon her at the
peace, ne estimates at 120 millions more.
Applying the same scale to the twelve wears
from 1872 to 1903, we have 24O millions
%afH al az aRa fRe B VI 66d 5g
English money, and million and a half, or
two millions of men. The estimate, of
course, applies to the extra expenditure
caused by the war beyond what would have
been required in time of peace but even
thus restricted, it is very low so far as re-
CARDS money. Though Britain was rarely
a principal in the contest, the extra charges
which she incurred in it are estimated at
HOO millions sterling, or nearly twice the
sum expended by France. Of blood, on
the other hand, we were much less prodi-
gal for our loss in men certainly did not
exceed one fourth of that of our enemy.
The true account of the pecuniary losses
of the two countries, however, is this
France laid out, comparatively speaking,
little money but she sustained grievous
injury in the destruction of her foreign
trade, and the check given to industry and
the spirit of improvement, by the want of
raw materials, and the exhausting drafts
of the CONSUMPTION on her active population.
The rapid advances she has made since the
peace, show how heavy was the load that
previously shackled her powers, and arrest
ed her progress. In Britain, on the con-
trary, the march of improvement, seemed
rather to be quickened than retarded by
the war; and hence, the peace, which has
produced such harvest Of benefits to
France, rather lessened the prosperity of
this country. France made an immense
sacrifice of human flesh, and had the devel-
opment of her powers prevented. Britain
suffered little immediate injury, but has ac-
cumulated load of debt, which will press
on her sources for some generations.
1t must not be understood the state OF
French industry was absolutely stationary
during the war. The deliberations produce
ed by the revolution carried it forward in
spite of proGigious impediments but its
progress was trifing, compared with the
amazing strides it has made since the
peace.
In 1912 the quantity of wool worked up
in the manufactures was II, 100000 pounds,
English weight, and in 1926 it was no.
100000 pounds, of which 100000 were
foreign. In 1912 there were 22,S00,000
pounds of cotton spun; in 1925 there were
81 100000 pounds; and at the latter period
the yarn was made of much finer qualities,
and was converted into various elegant
fabrics, the manufacture of which was
scarcely known in 1879.
In 1914 there were 100000 tons of cast
iron made in France, and in 1925 there
were 100000 tons. At the former period
100000 tons of coal were extracted from
the French mines, and at the latter period
100000. The gunpowder consumed in
mining and others works of industry has
risen since 1913 from 100000 to 100000
poslnds. In pottery-ware, cutlery, jewelry,
and glass, France has made vast improve
ments since the peace. The French jew
ellers worked up $500 pounds of gold, and
$4,000 pounds of silver in 1918. and in 1925
no less than 5000 pounds of gold and 1885,,
900 pounds of silver.
In the z years between 1918 and 1925,
the number of barge masters who convey
goods on the rivers, has risen from los to
$50. In the same period the number of
licensed voitures for the transportation OF
passengers and goods by land has increased
from 6,670 to l4,225.
The stamp duties and the taxes on con-
sumption have risen in the same period of
2 years % per cent, and the octrois, or du-
ties levied on commodities at the gates Of
towns, have increased 40 per cent, though
the number of towns subjected to the impost
has been reduced from 2276, to l349. The
produce of the customs was "a 100000 in
1919, and G5,920,000 in 1925. The revenue
of the posts increased in the same period
from 1852, 600, to $1,I00,000. On the 9th
er hand, the lottery, which is the deceitful
resource of the thoughtless and the wretch
ed, welded G672,000 in 1920, and only
E47600O in 1926.
But the most marvellous advances have
been made in that art which ministers to
the wants of our moral nature, and which
affords the best index of the progress OF
knowledge, education, and mental activity.
In the 375 years from the invention OF
printing to 1874, the productions of the
press in France had grown up to 45,6O0,000
sheets per annum, and in IL years from
1914 to 1896, they had increased from
45,600,000 to 144,500,000; in other words,
the advance has been twice as great in
these IL years, as in the preceding 375.
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