The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1866-09-07
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Tho thrifty habits of the inhabitants
of Paris are commented upon III the
lOniteUr tiu ISOiT. Those habits furnish
m agreeable contrast to the reckl
and spendthrift prOpensitics for which
Pnrisfnns are frequently distinguished.
During the last few days some thOus-
ands of the industrial classes may have
been seen, in II compact and orderly
mass, ranged in IL long row, patiently
waiting their turn to present at the
Counting-houseo of Baron de Rothschild
their coupons of the Italian RenLc. This
crowd of frugal persons, aS they elbow
each other, exchange good deal of ia
milinr conversation, and in the course
OF the hour or more during which
they must necessarily wait they
become intimate friends, and talk
freely of their position and
prospects, but rarely trouble themselves
with any eVentualiticS of war. They
freely discuss the objects to which the
produce of these shares is to be devoted.
Ono proposes to purchase some new ar
ttcles of furniture; another observes
that tho dining room wants new paper
ing; third party Is ambitious to enlarge
their garden by taking in n bit of land
which they think may be got on easy
terms, and thus make their little terri
torlnl possession very respectable
property. Another calls to mind an Rf-
iectionate daughter, whom she would
like 10 provide with n watch, She had
half promised her II silver one, but she
means that it should be of gold. AnOth-
er holder of Italian stock secretly pre-
pares surprise for her son, who will
soon be homo from school for his holi-
days. He has been very diligent in his
studies, and we'll deserves some reward,
4 large majority of the number of
these persons is made up of artisans
and wOrkmen, persons in Il small way
of business and living by their daily
labor, who, having settled their rcmteS,
return to their humble place of bust
ness or their workshop. The spectacle
writes correspondent has the moral
in it. What an amount of oxertion
and frugality is represented in these
coupons! And it shows, besides, in
what numbcrless small proportions the
wealth of France is divided. So soon
as share in the public funds is DOS
seSSed by family, says celebrated
economist, share gained by daily
savings, habits of order and economy
take possession of that family. They
begin to calculate; and they SEQ that
they have gained an advantage which
will be beneficial to them in the future.
The holder of share is often u lost GUS
toner to the wine-shOp. He knows
that twenty sous make n frame, and
that with twenty times that amount he
is the pOSseSSor of Il piece of gold. and
that little by little these golden pieces
will purchase remteS, which Wilt sue
c"ssively augment the acquired cap
ital. This explains how it is
that France, without any diff
Guilty, has been enabled to construct
long lines of railway both at home and
nbroad. Spain and Italy can attes this
fact. "Now," says the article in the
MOniteur, "do you know to what cell
ebrnted English economist, Richard
Golden. attributed this excess of re-
ceipts over expenditure, of production
over consumption To soup. Yes, to
soup. He asserted-and his afIirma-
ton is founded upon Il long and very
attentive study, made during his tray
els in our provinces, of tho manner of
living amongst the laboring and indus
trial classes-he declared that the gem
eral use of this wholesome and ecOno-
micnl means of sustenance gave the
power and led to II constant habit OF
saving amongst the peasants and
workmen in towns, and that the result
was an augmentation of the capital of
the nation to an indefinite extent. And
this is how, in living on soup, these fru-
gal people cone by and by to eat beef
steaks, and how from n mere molehiIl
great lines of railway have sprung up"