Wichita eagle., 1889-05-25
FRANCES FINANCES.

| Copyrighted. 1889. by James Gordon BennettI
| PARIS, May 24-The debate on the
| budget is progressing in the chamber
| without arousing much interest 1t is
very evident that those who take part in
the discussion are less preoccupied over
| the Importance of celebrating satisfac-
torily the budget bill for 1890 than they
| are anxious to prepare an electoral plat
| form for themselves with view to the gen.
eral elections next October. The debate
consists of little else than an
exchange of recrimination, accu-
sations and Qualifications between
the various political factions. It is rather
! more prelude to an electoral campaign
! than it is afinancialdiscussion and it is'use-
| less to expect much light or strict observ-
ance Of the truth in debate of such char
acter. The leaders of the right naturally
exaggerate the bad state of public finances.
| They make some crushing charges against
| the Republicans, who. so they assert, have
| badly managed the public moneys. The
orators of the left retort that the right
| ought TO abstain from such violent recrim-
| nations in view of the fact that the extrav-
agance of which they complain was CON-
| mitted with their consent. All this means
| that everybody is to blame. 1t is hardly
| worth while for the deputies to accuse each
| other SO violently only to arrive finally at
such conclusion. As for the Republicans
it must be admitted that their speakers
are showing ingenuity in proving that the
faults committed are not so serious as has
been asserted. The more optimist among
them even go so far as to insist that the
| financial condition of France was never
better than at present, and that more
even balance has never before been
| maintained between public receipts
and expenditures. Such was in sub
stance the the theme of NM. Burdeau,
Rouvier and Camille Peletta. The art of
Juggling with figures and of eliminating
those which, are inconveuient evidently
plays an important part in such demon
station. 1t is necessary to leave in the shade
| the expedients to which the French finan-
ciers have for many years been resorting
| in order to conceal the Increase in public
expenditures. These expenditures are
we'll known TO all who have any familiar
| ity with the subject. They consist in
placing in the extraordinary budget
expenditures which can not be met
| by the resources Of ordinary reve-
nues and making good any de-
| fciency by loan. The Republicans admit
that in financial matters they are following
dangerous line of conduct. Camille
| Peletta was one of the first to say that the
continuation of the present system would
| inevitably lead to ruin. At the present
time, however, the electoral question
| takes precedence over AL others. That is
why the left are doing their best TO paint
the situation in the most attractive colors,
and for the same reason the right are in
dulging IN the exaggeration of pessimism.
1t would be better to indulge in less dis
cussion and less recrimination over the
past and to think more of the future.
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