, 1879-02-10
WEALTH OF FRANCE.
Secret OF French Ability to Bear
Enormous Taxation.
Why the Nation Cnn Stand Every Dur
den and Drain, and stu
t3row Rich.
Natural Richness Of the Hoil and geniality
Of Climate-Production Of Mems
and Women's Luxuries.


p,u vo,, ,,a,,tt- IN, ..
ING vety ,e"'arkao'c ela'.le'.s o. 'nc frensn
finances under pressure of MI unexamplet adtt-
tion to the public debt and to taxation cxcltcs
an astoutsbment In this country whcl, Ia mt
vhnIlx l,,.ta.I IL wou,,s ol,n.t ~v.-, =. -
-. i..., s "- w.
to"'e writer's were a"oeF 'l'e IMPRESSION tlast the
case Will Which fTan'e bears The bufdcil uu-
tloubtc.ltY put upon her In The ho},c Of crushing
her vns intended hr anna hfphrr nn,yrr ar RI.
,u,o n, her for la VIM, tr,c1 IN o,,r..,
aNS " ns' sns''.v. v. ~ a . s',,a ~ epa,s
hcr uestfncth'tl. iet inc explanation IS s1thp'e
eHoush' anu 'Hc '*ets '.f'on "n'eh IL lests a9o
not new France mas pfopamS
THE GREATEST NATURAL WEALTH
M a nconlr fu tnc highest derrrc int,u.t riors
tr,ont,,,s nm, frr1aI ut,o., rr,,h,,. 90. 49,,
''bsu'oas' wv "u. sn. 'na4oe'n s'e ia'ee.
n'hi yct nor TOO large ene mas not Inc coal Hsll
In her virtual monopoly Of the finer mnnutact-
,,rn. "A .ourre of wealth ,vbIc,, Ia. ,on,, -.
,s, .at w., ,,na.,,. "'''en s .as ''ns ~
destined to ovcrpass t''cm. For It is obsrrva-
ble that rs tlIc wealth al the whole world in
crcases a,nl as the taste for comfort an! luxury
.nrcao. ,norc md mora widely. th. nrt,1urttvc
superiority Of Eng'",'d on Inc whole tends to
diminish, while That Of France tends io Ia.
rrensc. Other countries besides our own navc
coal anil Iron; other rdun.rrcs lcarn t]lc,r value
I mi tue tue mcthu. oi putting ilcln 10 use; but
rjccr they dcsIrs lt4c more al! dat cau be- Sent
to ,icm from Frarsc without ilndine Themselves
nhle to proyitc ay eri,stttute for Il, Tltu wtues
Of Germany ore produced uuticr loo pa.e u sky.
TI,osr OF ltajv suffer cttler fron too fcrycnt a
am, nr from too confirmed n hnb,t of enrcIcss
Manufacture. Tin vintage Of spain and Portu-
gaj tuds ilttis favnr except In those countries
W,rl III our own. The otl,rr attempts whivi,
have Icrn mHuu in remote rcrtt,ns tp proa,,cr
wines tolcsabio to . refined ,asto have hcen for
tlIc most part melancholy failures, France has
therefore
4 VIRTUAL MONOPOLY
Of one of the sources OF enjoyment most ar
IDENTIFY desired bF Tho cnttrc Western world:
uri what lpoy bp said Of llcr command OF the
nrfnturtton al (nc wines may aI4u t,e raiI al her
ty,mmn,ld nf tie nrt OF notwithstanding fhr tlncr
Of that Which men ,,,ost desire, ut ihe ercatc.t
mart Of that which women most dcsjre. 10
nthcr ro,,mtry cnioys a greater advnntaro Than
this. @''"''
rrnnre % hns ~ more favorable posi.iun ttan a' nv
NJ hcr nriphhors. Hhn i,as n better tin,nt. ti,ni
Epeia,tl, uur,uasy, Itaiy, or spain, LARGE Dor
tons Of tlr tcrritories OF her Continental neirh-
broken TT, by. seanii]y cultivated aIu,ntain
ranrrs. Hut nltnu.t thc ,yhoIr ri tiM. snfi ri
Frat,re ia culttyaGIe: nud probably cyrryti,it,tr
crown In every port uf Il IA grown n Inc Climate
,anst eongsniu. ;1.. 70 H. y th's ,p last rsspesI
rrntlee r,e nlAoTa HtaFKeuy lrolh neeat
britain, Of W. Wlicn "a, E1ea. part Under
tto'1s o. ,t,, hns suMaoy tteao o.! mtlen 10 10
s,rourcss W. ] ount. Mr. Cair n ] ii, rs:cnt nj NJ publi iI
Satio'l antivspatcs efeat ssanestva III Is Srn % ynl
tlsattoh. Mtu cotisucfs TINT lntlch 9l Eee!st
farming VIII assume tlle character oi market
gardcM!nE, 'tcpcnd'ns jor ~ proltab'cilcss on
INC auvantn4e Of psosisn1tE 10 great hlrcA ol
men nnI blsy centres Or Industrial l'r"tllgtion.
France ngai'l. "ath this ""n'isrlnl hatrnl rich
ness ol so1 aini GetllalIty III climate, has hl'u-
lntion Which
HAN NO RIVAL IN TIE wo1sLp
for 1nbprtm,tnrss md fr,tvuI!ty. Tin. cnor,nons
,ua{urIty III Frnuchtntn work bartl 1.-Two rt,,t,nn,
irnily Aiui rave Iargely., The grtat majority OF
Engsh!ncn nlao work harts: but t,tn they n!l
llvn Is well a. tllcr tican* Will permit, md the
vuat nAsses OF men made VI agricultural!
laboress aud manufacturing operatives hnri'y
save at all. Lastly, while the FreHctl popua-
tloh Is numerous. IS utt too numerous Tor tir
capacities u iflc soil. There are cuuntrics, ur
rather cat,tlnen1s:-alke China aud Imlia ia,-of
which thu EOll. 80 tas IA VIC know
ubrkhfDt about It, Is cxltUetH,ItIy fcr{tle: