The weekly pioneer and Democrat., 1855-11-29

Wishia Mn lsss sixty ysa. sErasss ha. bes1
Ave times reyolntionizsl; and each time Finance
and Food have been the agents which have
hurled from their 9ai of power, dsPots, kings
and republicans. The present Emperor SENS
tirmy seaiei on biz throne; posessed of q
power which appears 10 be gradually s,rength-
ening anil this position Is commonly sscribed
| 10 tho magic power of name. instead VI al
,niiiing il To be ihe result II the souDd policy
h. has pursned. M the dispenser Of nations
wealth, and as the guardian of hcr pecnniury
and economical interest. To-day Napoleon il
looked upon ~ one ID the ab!est sovereiyns up
Oh the continent AMI the stability and perr~-
iuiiy Of his government aems 10 be almost
beyoad donltt hat review of the calss that
produced tho revelations Of 1889, is02. 1880,
1919. and 1851. will show that the government
Of iraaec rests upon the very slightrs' foap
datons.
From thu Year, 1874 to 1859. France was
an importer or food. aud ber people during tfa,
priod hal I,aa greatly oyertas'd. and were
gradually falling iuto starving condition A
dreadful storm IN the summer of lT7s, which
destroyed the entire harvest Of the country.
rou~.d the people tos frenzy of mntlnees AMI
Tho monarch who had robbed the feoph by tax
ing Tho land which produced then food, was
driven ffom the throne.
! a
Ter. During fbs, prri"i the finances n the
state were made up Of ennrmous coniiscntioDA
Of private property, and yet beyond thea the
annual deficits were hundred milliopa Of francs
IL land and window la, wa two hundred and
sixty five millions vhilr sixteen pr ccni. of he
eniir income of the people went to The supper,
of the revolutionary government. Meantime
Napoleon had been elected Consul and by his
great ability Ind battlcd With temporary sue
ceSs againd Famine aud Finance. aDd succecd.
al during the troubles VI 1902 In being reflect
cd for an additional ,cn y,ars and prevented
the revolution. which threatened the stability ol
hiy goycrnmen, from utterly con,nlsng AMI
DESTROYING IL,
The change in The plan ol taxation begun by
Napolooa ia 1904, which consisted in suh~ii,u
ting n lesy of small impoSt upon articles %
consumption, IN place, partly, Of direct taxes
on land, created . happier state of things Ia
Francs IN 1897 be hal r,luecd the debt al
the nation nearly four billions Of frames. Ths
al..y.. A
mlnistereJ. until the disastrous result, If ia,
Russian campaign, complei Napoleon, in No
v,mbsr. isij, to add nearly n ihinl Ia the lan
AMI window tax 10 double the personal iny. an,
all three fnhs to the excise duties aud sal
tax, which mtast,w elected every inhabitani %
France, and made them weary even of NaIp.
lcon h G,a1 IN 1914, the land tax vas IN
creased FMS per cent, and the duties ou lour
and Windows US well rs duties IN personal un,
asseSs,d taxes were doubled. IN addition Il
this burleusomo taA, provisions began Ia hil
and anue. the ally of finance iu revolutions
begun 10 play its part IN dcthroning one VIII
once had tho strongest hold upon the Frcncl
'' -. wv nv.
f.'F" '""'s v" ''''' 'o''' '''" enu 'oi'
France vas forced to be an importer Of the GOO,
neo.~'nry TO the subsistence of hr people A
last, be- became the victim of his own suridn
policy tor hcesha,,sted the finances Of France
deprived her pcuple of the means OF subsistence,
hv his ina, ,l,,,;,q unon hcr urohc,,y ,oo,la
,,or u,l as a p.,al,v Finance am, ron, rr,o
lht,o,,,,e1 III, ointment of Al. em,,,,, anil mad.
il. neonlc chad +, reec,,s ne linn avon , 4,
Isr,'1,rt n H., bot,,l ,,,n,s,v ,S ~, n,,,,,,,
'"' n'a'"'" "'S'"fv "' rra'er r"'n 'hat ~
ri,d IL the pr,ssu, .h,us iha, ,h,s, ,xa a,o,,,,
or,,,,..., :, h., l.,..,n, ., .a.,la. =
,,l t.,l. pli,,, 90, >, A.. .,..,,... - a,
,,.,.,o, <,,o,.an, .,J ,,,, ...n,,,, ,,;,., \,
lho ,,.o,,.. ,n,,., ., - a.. ..o.,,,, n,,.,,f..,
. 81 r.. a.,. g.,
-. IN, A.. A., L.. ,.,,...., a..
\ -, -...'..,......, ..,,...-,,,,.....
r., ,noo ooo s.'.,, 49,, -. :, ooo oo' W.
e.,
:, -.,,
/ 49, '~'''~ ''''' Wv WV f''' '"N ''"'