Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, W.T. [i.e. Wis.]) 1843-1844, 1843-10-28
DlSPARITlES IN THE CONDITION
OF THE PEOPLE OF EUROPE AND
THE MISERABLE STATE or The

THE MISERABLE STATE or THE
POOR.
! In France there 10 a population of thirty
threo millions. twenty-five millions Of these
upon az average, earn bu, six cenis day, 10
pay all expsoses--ioed, lodging, clo,hiug and
educsiion. This shows In what condition the
masses arc. in France. The property. even In
France, 10 In the hands Of the lew, and dssii-
tuuon aud ignorance are fearfully extending
and throwing blight over the prospects, OF
that numerous aud powerful nation.
The condiuon OF things 10 much worse in
England. Ia 1912, there were only l52, 900
persons, who had an income above asa per
yeaf; and 600 who had an income above K5,-
QUO q year. The present number Of persons
OF independent fortune. 10 Grsa, BnIzin, 10 es-
,ima,ed a, 60,oU0; making, with their fami-
lice, 100000 persons who are al their ease.
On the other hand, there are 1880. 900 per-
sons living BY their daily labor. What an ap-
paling picture Of poverty does Great Britain,
with all her power And wesiih, present! A IA
,lon thai 10 IN The habit of lsvyiag commercial
tribute on nearly the whole globe.
Ireland has a population OF eigh, milions |;
and on calculation, II 10 estimated. that every
third person experiences a deficiency during
80 weeks OF the year, IN Ven the most com-
mon article of food Ia ths, country potatoes!
IN The rich Island OF Sicily The condition of
the people 10 frighttul al times. Count Gas
perm. who 10 good su,hon,y, says:
When the crops are bad, or The prices Of
grain are low, 90 that the lsndholders require
less labor, the misery OF the country becomes
intense; without means Of subsistence Tor the
winter /, is not a rare thing TO lind peasants
starved TO death IN The heds. with grass in
their moa,hs, from which they had vaiuiy en-.
deavored to draw nourishnenL"
Allison, who 10 an English author, s,s,ss
that
In London, one. tenth Of the whole popu.
la,ion are psnpers, and twenty thousand per-
sons rise every morning without knowing
where they will sleep al night az We add 10
the paapsrs. the thieves, piekpockets aud va
grants, tho number of ouIcssis and destitute
amount TO 10000 In Glassos nearly 3d.
600 parsons are every Saturday, night In a
stale OF brutal intoKlcatiop, and every twelfth
buuss is devoted 10 he sae of ardent spirits;
IN Dublin 10000 persons passed, in one year,
through The fever hospital"
The same author says:
The number Of persons charged with So.
nous offences, is. In England ave times great
u 'usH ~ Nss NhhAF leafs ego. w iIclahu sth
ZINES, bot in Scotland t~enty-sevsn times"
The tendency of every thing 10 England a.
mong The great mass Of the people is down
aud 10 ruin.
"PsoPerism, vice and The repression Of
crime, cost England about thirty millions Of
pounds sterling year-eqnal 10 the whole ln-
serest OF the national debt"
The state Of the lsboFing poor in the agri-
cultural districts Is not murs favorable Than
ia The manufacturing districts Their ex-
ireme poverty aud their constant labor so in-
huenee them." say. Or. Robertson, an emin-
en' English physician. "Ihss the majority
have never the enjoyment Of health after the
sge Of forty. A thousand times in the course
Of d,spensSry prseIlee. have felt the mockery
Of prescribing medicines for the varioas s,om-
sch complaints 10 wAieh they are liable. and
which are The product Of bad food. insufficient,
clothing, wearing toll, aud The absence Of al
hope Of any thing better 10 this world"
Tie pvsssnrs sors 10 70, Ihs sbcSs e