The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1875-12-02
THE WAY WE WASTE.

t'i>~ AA~' "AN' oAA~ AssSSS' oA~o6nS, 1AOA1I
nently before the; world during The
last few wsye@4 is, that Francs is rich.
NE ease With which she has recqye et: I:
ed e g / f flom ths M disastrous an w. rar yith
Prqssia, ana the ;promptness With.
yhieh fl| she hss met, pot PTS only ,her 9wn,
but 7Prussia's enormous expenses in
that war h.ss SURPRISED plgsl;sl ;;all heF sistef
nations. Every. peor mar, had his
hoard If ready, money; ;, which hieh he was
tan11iio5anis HON to lend Is the; State. How
FdaM "a it, x How did ID s1ve 1Ve it !?
Whyisit that; in i country like ours, !,
where wages are high and the oc,ppor:
tunities tor making money exception
ally good, such wealth and prosperity
do not exist ? >: These are important
questions ,at; this time with all Of US.
Business islow, industry is paralyzed,
and the question of bread stares null
titudes in the face.
Well, France is an Industrious ma
tion, it is said. But is not ours an
industrious nation, too? Is it not,
indeed, one of the most Woodworking
and energetic nations in the world
We believe it to be a harder-workiug
nation than the French, with not on
ly fewer holidays, but no holidays at
all, and with not only: less = play but
almost no play atialE~ tt Is said, too,
Ethat Francs isa frugal nation: They
probably have the advantage Of us
in this, yet to feed. Al slabor.ng.- man
and to clethe . >laboripg smauand his
family: there must be a{de6rifeoLnec:
essary expendittare in both countries:
The. difference in wages ought tor GOV.
er1 the difference inis expenses, Il and
probably jdoesG If.the AmericanI Ia:
boreEspends twice ass much, 9or ( three
times J - muchjo ~. the aFrsiich,f. he
earns twice or three times asumuch
yet the. American laborer. LAYS ap
sethdinsE IS vih6ilsi' tke Frensb ]absrF,
and = d small tasneE have money II to f lf44d
to their Government. asa .>'' Theiir' H. ir old
.tockingss s.; .se 4ta 44otang@ @a,ad aIs Mlll II III
vine and tie silk, vhieh The ,Frep@h
1.is@e for Other ,aSt equutries les must be @ @note'
than eepntterbalanoed BY oprn +. export; s. y
led gold, cotton, and breaastufs, 90
that they; do not have any advantage
over us, as a nation, in what they sell
to other nations? We shall have to
look further than this for tie secret
we are after. -.
| :. There lies book before, us writ.
ten by DR.. William sHargreaves, | en-
] titled, s"Our Wasted Resources
We Wish that the politicians and pe-
ihcA economists oot this country
would read this book and. / ponder
well is shocking revelations. 4 They
are revelations of criminal waste
tbs, expenditure of almost incalcula'
/ ble resources for that, which brings
nothing, 2 worse tl'*:' rc'lAings in, re
turn. There are nai,,.a.|es of ned
Rle ivs' vh9 regard "! the h Temperance atp e, CUES
Ll|54a. ti9R = ss ens Of morals alone Tb<
pen Me- drink s-y says simply, :".'W<
I|Nlnii + VI ddriiRPk iPl| What We please, and it''
n'obodyyis; business: You temperand'
men are pestilont fellows, meddle
some fellows, who obtrude your tup
penny standard of morality upon US
:. and we do not want it, and will NO
+ accept:it. Because you are virtuous
shall there be no more cakes and
} ale?" :. Very we'll, let US drop i a. = -
question Of morality. :: You will sure
) ly look at it with us as a question .
: national economy and prosperity.
, else, you can hardly regard your
! selves as patriots. We have a com
mon interest in the national nrosnar;