The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-02-17


idea Of the Arguments upon which
the friends Of Free Trade base their
doctrine. baO Orders sent to Messrs.
Putnam & Sou viii receive prompt
attention. m fisia1e istdH Tr e
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THE SCIENCE. OF WEALTH. A Nam
ual OF Polite iEeonorny, En- bracing the
Laws Of Trade, 'Cnrrency and Finance.
Pablic feono my my il Al slhh5fst GoIieSs.
E9qyTth 3yg Edit5i9Psl B9ffop LlTTHr' I.' Brown
There are a. great many business
men IL the United States who know
how to make money, and yet are entire-
lyignorant ofithe very principles they
employ and apply IA accomplishing
that object. Ofdall thefscienees, chat
of wealth seems to Berleast under
stood. BY many the Accumulation
of wealth is regarded as. more the re- /,
suit Of luck than the Application Of
unVarying principles Ehereelzlnsness 4
andfoolishnessw withwhich men plunge ?
into various schemes Of Speculation,
the avidity with which lottery tickets
are purchased and gift enterprises Of
all descriptions are encouraged, de-
monstrate that the public regards the
keys of wealth as still 10 possession
of a tickle Goddess. aifas Sd
In his preface, Mr.. Walker says,
that once the sale, within few
months, of even one hundred copies
of work on Political Economy,
would have been regarded as re-
markable. But the success ? Of his
''' Science Of WeaItl. T" demonstrates
that the reasoning public begins to
appreciate the Importance Of,
science, which a few years since was
not only neglected but despised
The Science of Wealth is divided Z
into five books, treating. respectively
of Definitions, Productions Exchanges
Distribution and Consumption. These
are again subdi7ided into chapters.
More space than usual is allotted to
description and analysis of the differ
.ent currencies. used in the commerce
of the world, and especially to exhibit
the nature and effects OF the mixed
currency system of the United States.
This Is timely During the pending
Presidential campaign 40 question
will be more debated before the peo-
pie than that of finance and currency.
1t win be discussed by hundreds Of
men who do not know the first prin-
ciples of the science. Those who de-
sire to so inform themselves as to be
abIeto refute the misrepresentation
and sophisms with which the country
will be flooded, will at once avail
themselves Of the facts and arguments
found in Mr. WALKERS valuable
book With great care and skill he
has prepared some excellent diagrams
exhibiting the fluctuations Of a mixed
currency for a series of years. which
can be studied with profit. La ad-
dition. we find in the work several
tables showing the operation of
various tariff laws, and their effect
upon the business Of the. country.
There can Be litde question that
the great majority Of our business
men devote 300 much Of their time to
physical Iab6r, and Tot enough to
study. An early familiarity with the
laws and principles governing the
science of wealth would hare placed
thousands of men In afHuenee who
devoted years of labor to the aecn-
mulatioH Of riches, and without any
seeming fault either in ability OF
industry, died in comparative poverty.
Business men in different parts of the