Show under the head bead of 0 A contrast the ithe world of new york has haa tills this item france Is a L country of about equale aluaro miles the territory of 0 the un jolted i led states Is 13 about square rall miles es or about eighteen times as aa great france has haa a population of our population Is about france owes our Govern governments total l indebtedness Is 13 about 1000 france has scarcely any of till undeveloped resources our re sources resources of that kind are almost inconceivably IV ably great yet fiction 3 per cents are worth more than while we have lust just sold bonds at a price which makes the interest rate 34 3 per cent Is Is there nothing in this contrast contra it tor for congress congrow and the to think about when ft a very rich mans credit ills falls below that of his poor neighbor it of hise Is always because th there poor ro la Is some Hometh thing lne the matter either cither with bh morals or h hla 1 management does not the earn a ru rule apply to nations nat ioni there thera Is nothing very strange about it the parliament ot of france Is not being harangued liann gued day atter after day by the speeches of the attorneys lor for tho the banks in that country declaring that french credit creaig Is all lost that the silver in ilia die treasury Is a a menace to ft france ance rather france Is peopled by a patriotic people and her financiers are not working for or nl id across the channel but for france and when france wants cr ioney her great debt she does nal send bend to england sie sa does docs not make arrangement with some soma money grabber in paris farls but makes her appeal directly to the people and the response Is always magnificent if we had some french financiers atthe at the head ot of our government they would give tha tho world notice that the good god brado no mistake when he put silver aliver try hi the hills ot of the west and that the outside world might do what lit it pleased but abut the united states would lisa us I 1 her own girts gifts arid and all ajl the chaos would pass pasa away order would appear prosperity would conio arid anil we should take the position that ithac mur locality and our power were d to the foremost among the lahe nations of this P earth |