THEIR SHARE.
The masses in France (writes the Paris correspondent of the Age) do not fully take in the intervention of the State in the social problem. To afford every facility for co-operative effort, no one denies that duty of the legislator, but to allocate funds for supporting the unfortunate is a serious liability the moment it replaces the whole duty of man. Thrift means self-denial, but its reward secures power; now measures that emasculate individual frugality iujure the individual and the nation. The anecdote related of the late Baron James Rothschild, though nearly half a century old, is as fresh and apropos as a proverb of Solomon's. He discussed the rights of property with a delegation of 1848 Economical Utopists; they were red hot on a uniform division of wealth. " Gentlemen," observed the Baron, " I and my ancestors have accumulated property by our labor, intelligence, and thrift; vou estimate my fortune at one milliard of francs : well, the population of the world is about one milliard ; as there are five of you I give each of you your part in my distributed fortune." Then he handed them a 5-francs piece, wished them good morning, and resumed his breakfast, consisting of a captain's biscuit, an apple, and a glass of water.
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Temuka Leader, Issue 2416, 25 October 1892, Page 3
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211THEIR SHARE. Temuka Leader, Issue 2416, 25 October 1892, Page 3
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