PUBLIC AND PRIVATE EXTRAVAGANCE.
[To THE Ennon or ma " Seacsaroa."]
8111,—We all talk a great deal about the extravagance of the Government, thinking, in a detached sort of 'say, that the latter its something apart and not of ourselves. Surely the Government is the, embodiment of the nation, and, while inveighing against its wasteful conduct, we could do something to curb our own useless expenditure. For the clamourings of advertisement, it is certain, make us buy many, things that we do not want. Cannot you, Sir, use your great influence to teach people: (1) That every luxury bought encourages the production of that luxury. (2) That the production of that luxury diverts capital from the production of necessaries. (3) That capital can only exist by being saved, and that necessaries can only be cheap when capital is plentiful and cheap? For production depends on the existence of capital, and it is the duty of every one to see that our capital is not wasted.—I
am, Sit, &o., G. C.
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