PROBLEMS FOR FRENCH STATESMEN
The steady decline of population has long been a subject of serious concern to French statesmen. But another and more alarming discovery has been made (says the Argonaut). The French peasant is losing his reputation as a wealthproducer. The vast accumulation of reserve capital in France, and the general prosperity of the country are due in no small degree to the existence of an industrious and thrifty peasantry. The peasant is the backbone of the republic. And yet all is not well with agriculture in France. The subject has been thoroughly ventilated in the Pan's press. It will surprise most people to know that tho net returns to the French farmer are lower than those of most countries in Europe. Denmark, only a fourth the size, oxports four times more agricultmal produce than France. Germany and Belgium, although mainly industrial countries, have a relatively greater agricultural export than France, which is primarily an agricultural nation. The return tjer aero to land under crops in France is lower than in Denmark, Belgium, England, or Germany in the order of production. Franco shows increasing imports of eggs and butter, although twelve years ago Fiance exported more eggs than Denmark.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXV, Issue 27, 1 February 1913, Page 13
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201PROBLEMS FOR FRENCH STATESMEN Evening Post, Volume LXXXV, Issue 27, 1 February 1913, Page 13
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