The Kansas herald of freedom., 1858-07-24
LAWRENCE, JulyI2th, 1853.


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LAWRENCE, JulyJ2th, 1853.
EDITORS REPUBLICAN, THE following |
item a. pearei in the last issue of the |
HeraH Of Freedom
"Business continues excessively dull
in Lawrence. Property is not changing
hands, neither is there money among us
to buy property with"
l. NAV be that the editor of the He,ia7d
is justified in speaking of Lawrence in
sneh STYLE as the above, on the ground
of hes iHtv to its improvement. but Ger.
tainly he has no right, from the facts 10
publish any items oftha character.
No one viii deny that the money mar
ket IS stringent, but it is not any more so
here than it is the country over /; and bus
ir1ess men who are peculiarly qualified to
judge of these matters. all concur that the
times are gradually mending. That busi-
ness is " excessively dull in Lawrence .
is 50 far from the fact that such remark
can bat be traced to an ercessire desire TO
injure the town. The merchants have
their dull days il trade, bur, as general
thing, they are doing a good business.
These are facts which The editor of the
LieToM had better inquire into before send
ing abroad items of the kind quoted. Ii
Is true, perhaps, that property is not
ehanglng hands as rapidly as last year, but
Il the editor would exercise ordinary OBJ
servatioD, he would not attribute this fact
solely to the want of business activity or
scarcity of money, but give the true rea-
son, viz: the unsettled condition of the
titles. To refute what has been before
quoted in regard 10 the improvements go
Ing on In Lawrence, we could point out
at least dozen first class buildings now
III process of erection, and as many more
that are less expensive. There are three
flfst elass business houses goingup, within
fifty RODS of each other, on Massachusetts
street, which have no donbt escaped the
observation of the aforesaid editor. Ifhe
viii buttake the trouble to 90 around the
town a little, he will find good dwelling
houses spfinging up on every side.
We had always supposed one of the
nist duties OF press TO be the promotion
OF the local interests and the ad vance
fnent OF the prosperity of It's immediate
supporters, bus the editor efthe Heroll
has reversed this rule, and, while he con-
tinuaily throws cold water on the enter
prise OF the people of Lawrence, he goes
INTO ecstacles over the rapid marches in
Improvement Of some paper town in the
Neosho valley, CT on the Smoky Hill
Fork. TRAnFP
w hat Is the occasion of that diatribe
against the Herald Of Freedom and why
are we charged with hostility to the in
terests Of Lawrence ? ostensibIy because
we represent that business continues ex-
cessively dull, and properly is not chang
Ing hands because of the scarcity of
money!
We feel truly grateful, that with the
continued effort for a year aud half past
to crush US and our paper. the hostility to
both. is madeup of trivial charges like the
above-allegations which have no truth
in fact.
Trader" comedies the correctness of
our first proposition. that business is dull;
but attempts to destroy the force of the
remark by saying it is not more so than
it is '.she country over" five had been
speaking for the whole country we should
have agreed with Trader in his state
ment, but we were speaking to our eastern
readers Of Laurence, and as such we
stated fact that cannot be controverted.
Whether it initiates against Lawrence,
or otherwise, we only ask the attention of
the reader to our advertising columns for
the truth of our assertion of the duN times.
Mr.. CeEANT, the oldest trader in Law
ence, offers his entire stock for sale at
reduced rates, with the view of "elosing
up his business here. Dr. DALTON pro-
poses to sell his heavy stock of clothing
and gentle:neil's furnishing goods at cost.
Messrs. DUGcAEs propose to close bust
ness IN October. Mr. HOLDEN, one of our
heaviest grocerymen, and who has not
felt the pressure of the tight times as
some have done, offers his stock for sale,
and his rooms are to be let. Mr.. STEARNs
comedies that he has hardly paid expenses
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retire from, business any day. could he find
purchaser for his stock without submit
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