The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-06-15
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The recovery Of FrancL from the
eject OF the Franco Prussian war was
the wonder Of the world. The amount
OF war indemnity the republic was
forced 10 pay was two billiards The
Obligation was cancelled In short or
der.
The reason France could pay this
enormous sum lies In the fact that the
obligations OF the government are
held BY tho home people I'm every
walk Of life. There is always a great
demand Tor government securities ana
the interest remains at home.
London is generally accredited with
the honor Of being the financial CEN
ter OF the world. Yet n is noticeable
that every time n financial furry oc-
ours. IL IS the Bank OF France that
comes to the rescue and saves the
-ituaton SO lar as e can be saved.
some interesting facts concerning
tho wealth Of the French come 70
light from tirno 90 time and. owing TO
ID. activity % the American consuls,
prevailing conditions I'm other coun-
tries are maze known
In the reports on file I'm Washing
ton IL IS stated that about IS per cent
OF the men and women I'm France so
yerrs old are property owners. For
rcrsons under 40 years the proportion
is rot so large. As general average
cvety individual I'm France over 40
years old possesses S2.239. or double
that amount for married couple.
Among the ten countries with which
etatietical comparisons on this sub
iect may be established only the Meth
erIands and England furnish higher
figures. In Austria the average is
only s757. spain. $74t; Italy. Sssl'
Roumania. 1921.
The wealth Of France. however.
which had constantly increased since
the statistical records exist (1S26). has
declined since about 1895. Austria
and Rounania have steadily grown
Weather. The number OF success
sions valued at more than $500 francs
CstSD per 1000 OF persons over 40
years OF age is 36A in France. 21S IN
the Netherlands. 1Ss I'm England, $50
I'm italy. and - IN Roumania- These
figures show that wealth is most even
Is distributed IN France
In France the average value OF The
personal property Is about equal and
even slightly I'm excess Of, the real
property held by persons over 40 years
OF age. The real property IS classified
into city and rural property. the for
mer being valued az 1851, and the
latter O.. S6O5. The average value OF
stocks held I'm France he $50. includ-
ing S2ts foreign shares and bonds.
Tho rural property I'm England aver
ages y27s. and city real estate S677,
while personal estates average 81
9O6.
Stocks also constitute the greater
part OF the wealth u the Netherlands,
averaging I'm value S2.147 for each
person over 40 years OF age. while real
property figures for only s1,0S9. For
cirn stocks play an important part in
this country. being valued at $685., or
three times more than I'm France on
the other hand. Italy possesses very
Few stocks. sol. the remainder Of its
personal property averaging S155.
rural real estate, S145. and other real
estate So.
In the United States It is customary
Co Judge France by the Parisians OF
lordiinEs. quite often bogus. OF the
Boni de CasteIlano type. 1t is wrong
assumption. Paris Is France I'm some
respects. but not ALL
The gay capital is goddess and lux
urious. the country provinces are in
tcnsely religious and saving. and the
rural communities are the salvation OF
the country az a whole.