The New York herald., 1869-11-13


Should you miss the meal when 1t is on the table you
are liable, on ordering another, TO be specially
charged for It. The food Is something that would
make one shudder II there were only enough Of IT,
AS the actually stands bread Is the main basis
Of existence, for 1t is almost the only thing we
ss aaa and and after ness
wonderful stories Of the adroltness Of Indian
thieves you go to your chamber ana discover that
also the pleasant fact that II you lose your money
there no place this side Of Calcutta where you can
rate Is four rupees day, but the actual cost wnen
lights and punkahs and Ice, &c, &C., have been
tackled on to the BILL foots up TO about seven (33 81
ia gold, SO let no American determine to see the
signts OF "tnis sweet indian land, whose air is ban"
&C., unless he y firmly persuaded tnat ne can
olse0lnloft aud reckless extOrtlon.
New Routes to Indin-Frcnch and British
Interests--Tho Suez Canal and its Effect.
From the Paris Monde. Oct. lS.
an evena mas Jus, nappenea Wncn mas passea se
fears caused by the traiic via Marsellles being
naced by the Italian routes. The Indian supplement
crosses Mons Cenis and taxes the direct road by
Brlndisl, which, according TO an approximate calc
laton causes saving OF thlrty-two hours. The tun-
nelllng OF Mont Cenis which is, however, quite q
French undertaking, will still further shorten this
line. and wili thus divert the ordinary mall then the
passenger trafc, and perhaps, even great part or
the goods Lrac to the ports Of the Adratic. Hence
forth the route TO tha East will no longer be VIA Mar
by the cutting OF Mont Cents and the Isthmus OF
Suez 1t Is, therefore, clear that Franco has been
working for England much more than for herself.
She has given herself the trouble to facilitate the
road to the East for her ana to make straight the
paths for the eet OF her rival. England Will be but
little grateful to ner for IT, and France Will lose COM
mercial and political influence 1t is true tnat she
VIII gain glory. France works for honor, and VIII
ingly takes the initiative in sacrices to arbitrary
ideas-progress civilization and international rela
tlons England, less chivalrous let's her so on, and
fnn hA nv In ard n,eh
Well. time Is money, everything that snortens her
transits Is equivalent 10 pounds sterling Tor her.
Wealth being her great political spfing that serves
Brlndisi, the new point Of embarkaton for India,
has Tor the English Inc immense advantage Of being
able 70 be reached without passing through France
No doubt the most direct route Is still that from
Calais to Mont Gents by PARIS. But this itinerary
is no longer imposed on the English mail. which
can 70 up the valley OF the Rhine, and win prefer
tnat route, no doubt. II the st. Gothard railway
opens o new passage for 1t across the Alps. Al
ready moreover tho acilitles OF all kinds which are
Ofered TO travellers on the Italian lines have caused
serious anxleiies TO the MarseilIes trade. II mas
been objected that the extension or ways OF
communication can only be for commerce
q cause OF temporary suffering on account
taking higher view or things, that extension Is,
the contrary d stimulus to the production and dis
trlbution 0f wealth. 1t has been maintained that
the universal development OF distribution Is about
equally profitable to ali countries that the towns
markets, IN the end gain ike others. These argg-
meuts are precisely those urged Ia favor OF free
trade, and experience refutes them.
We have singular economic prejadiccS In France.
The as We asslmilate gold TO wealth, 80 wo mis-
take exchange for production Ii is with this great
error that those theories OF credit and commercial
liberty are connected which effect movements OF
wealth, but DO not create wealth. The movements
OF cash put capital into some HANDS and leave Others
empty. Moreover cash does not ciothe not feed
us; 1T Is not wealth. What Ii true OF money
Is true also OF products, whlcl are not multiplied
because they are transported from one place TO
another. Ihe rolling stone gathers no moss. Let
us DO permitted ths simile. our markets OF capital
are overhowiug with isn; IN our seaside districts It
the country mas LOST that must be So Tor the eartn
cannot respond to an exaggerated demand bJ IN.
Our age has exaggerated distribution at the ex-
pcnse OF production. In France production has
been injured together with agriculture and the great
properties. The more apparent than real develop
ment OF our manufactures Is not q compensation;
for what Is manufacture without raw materlal2
Manufacture transf0Ins tho product Ol the SOIL and
where those materials fall II langusnes aud sees Itself
condemned 10 perish. In England the development
OF distribution nothing terrible Ia 1t, because 1t
corresponds 10 q powerful agriculture. The wealth
produced being great exchange Is In proportion 70
u: II s necessary 70 remarK also, tnat tne co.o-
but direct cause Of production. Ii her
ships did not 70 aud ask for the exotic products Of
the c0lonsts the CULTIVATION would De almost aDan-
doned. 1t Id owing to this exceptional situation that
England must gain by commercial liberty and by all
the undertakings which develop distribution abroad.
Isolated at the extremity Of Europe, her market en-
joys unparalleled security, nnd encunbered as she
Is by colonial wealth and national wealth, she has
leon understood thIs and the Continental blockade
might nave been the Of England. Poiitl-
cal ruin would soon have followed commercial
ruin. France on the contrary, has had at all times
interest In protection. IL was by protection that
Colbert raised our industry and u Ii nowadays free
trade thai parayIes II. II now France piefees her
frontiers on lll sides, the little wealth sue now pos
sesses win now out 10 an instant. what Is poor
country country at the mercy OF Its neighbors.
Wei, then, France Is tending every day to inpov-
erish hcrsefncr Wlne5 her great wealth., are going
away BY every road SO that the most wine proc acing
distr " m
whas Is necessary Tor IT'S wants. fne foreigner wf
have put TAX on our national productions Can
one seriously represent as q compensation the pro-
duct,on oil Paris articles which by It's futty even
Is cause OF impoyorisneat, ~ least for the future
They say OF the French character shat 1t s light
careless and witty, and prone 10 ali That glitters
NotniBo shows tins better tnan our way regarding
the production OF wealth. When FrencaBlan sees
an embroidered coat ne easily believes in great
man; when ne secs twenty franc pieces no believes
III wealth. Credit Is 70 htn the OF ecoa0nic
science; Inc does not reflect that tho metal is uniru
ful; ne ikes to handle IT, The same pnenomenol is
seen in Distribution A powerful commcrc3 pre-
sents hs mind in the forni OF great nun.
per OF carriages locomotives aud steamboats,, 10
never comes INTO his head that this rolling stock,
these expensive vehicles, may DO cause OF rum.
Unbridcd distribution always hurts tho consoiida-
ton OF properly; II often Kills agriculture by depfiy
ing oi hands and lastly II does not correspond
TO suilcsnt.y productive aSof, u creates pauper,
revolution. There Is no reason to be 100 proud OF
our railways and teis2raphs, as those are who only
look al the surace--noney Is o sign Oh wealth,
traffic Is sign OF active production but II Is relui
site to always keep up constant equality between
tic sign ana the Thing syniiied. There ~ diin-
Guilty in tnis whicn Is the stumbling block 0I
nolnic systems. IL s because desires are nsatiaba,
ana thai Tho artificial wants OF men engender other
wants, which engender Others In their turn. That
Is the reason why want always distances production
and production is always dlstanced by distribution.
One might apply 10 the theory OF production the
principle Of Nautilus with regard To population Our
wants grow IN geonetrIcal proportion, and the
things destined to satisfy them in arithmetlcal pro-
portion. The equilibrium ~ destroyed. DuS 10 IA
the glory o Christianity TO restore " by making Tie
satisIavtiuu OF one's wants not an obIect. but q
means. Thereby IL insures wealth and prvscriues
luxury. That IL the secret OF ali prosperity.