The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-02-21
EUROPEAN BUDGETS.
Their Immense Growth During tho Past
Fifteen Years The Army
Expenses.
Paris Dor. London Times. Jan. al. i


The Fankfufcr Teifmng publishes an inter-
estlng comparison Of the budgets, national
debts and military expenditures OF European
Statea In tRG5 and 1872. First OF oil, aa re-
CARDS Germany herself, her financial require
uants In that interval have more than dou-
bed La 1867 she rej,iead In tho compare
tive lnnooenca " making two ends meet with
b budget Of Ell ,oW,0 ea, hut greatness has lts
eypanaea, and she now fluids II no eaHy task
to satisfy the public needs with EGG 00O. 600.
The heavlest budgets in Europe are al tho
present moment thoaeof France and Russla Sc
France with m expenditure OF soma 9lla.-
600 900 and Russia with oneuf glD7.GO0. 600. the
latter now ranking before England by SOME
Ig2 600. 900. In 1865 Russia, like Germany.
required an income of less than half as much.
Her budget then amounted to Id .0on, 900
There is not II European State hut has in-
creased Its expenditure since 1865, tho total
for NIL Europe having rlaen from l39R 0nooo
to Gba5 W,a 600. AZ regards the national debts
oi the different European states. the same
may be said Of all. except England and liol-
land. which alOne show certain dtnlnutlon
oi their debts. Russia especially has man-
aged To bring Up hers from = modest G2nb,-
OOn 600 to the respectable figure OF $500 o00
and she has been closely followed by Spain
and Italy, France now ranking tirst OF all;
while In iaG5 England was by far tho most
heavily hurdenet, standing before France to
the extent Of G25o ooe 900 The total debts OF the
States Of Europe have risen from "a Gas .OO0O00
To 44,324 DHa. 600. But the most interesting
figures or all arc those Of the military OK
pen'Ilture and they afford much food for re-
tsctlon. CT n total expenditures FOR Europe
of G5R5 n0nnnp, Gt6e oOOon0 arc devoted to
maintaining armies In iHG,, Of G39a 100000,
Gti7 900 900 were devoted to this department.
Here, too. nearly every State has Increased
ita expenditure, Germany. France and Russia
hnadng tho list Both IN 1865 and 1879. how
ever. Russia and Eng land stand first Russia
spent last year 436 0fH 600. Eng land "a 600 900
loss, France I27.nOD 600. and Germany Ell
100000. In 1850 tho German expenditure Oh
war wns estimated at ft000D.0pn. the Austro-
Hungarian Mt eli 100000, tho French Mt
el7. mO. a0n the British Mt g27. 900 pnO. and the
Russian Mt Egg 900 nOa, Only Italy and AUS
troll Hungary have since then redHGed their
army expenditure
There WINS n little te vehr~old fellow on tho
Witness stand In n 1T. Louis court recently.
After he hnd been sworn the Judge asked him
" he understood tho meaning Of the oath his
had just taken.
"Yos, sir" replied tho boy. ut means that
am to toll nothing but tho truth"
What Ia ths punishment for those who
swear 10 liea2" asked the Judge.
"They arearreated and locked up.
The reply astonlahed his Honor, for he had
expected the usual Sunday school scholar an-
swer. "Fhey go to the bad place" In refer
ring TO the matter after court had adjourned.
Judge Jecko eaid That hoy will get along
In tho world, and he will be- truthful man
when he grows w. He IL sensible knows
TINT there are laws To punish pefjUrars In this
world, long before Satan gots chance ut
them