Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-12-03

The colossal wealth Of New York 10 un.
fortunately chiefly in the hands Of class
Of men who organize nothing but meney
making-usslsss, selfish, accomplishing,
missrly people, who live inhumanly and die
like the beasts, unwspt, unhonorsd, and
unremembsred.
II 10 said that Stewart gives in small un-
estentatious charities to those who seek il,
probably 100000 per annum, the msrsss
drop in the ocean to the cryin needs ofths
hour. and pitiful rsproach to his great
ability. But neither he nor Astor, Wander.
bilt, Bonner, Bennett and the host Of COR,
gcous princes OF snobbsry-called in irony
the substantial men Of New York are ever
found organizing or aiding in any great
scheme Of public bsnsvolsncs or Christian
progress, while around them, in sssthing
misery. the very earth groans With poverty,
vice and crime; eighty six thousand Of
poor wrstchsr annually seek the station
houses for nightly shelter. Thousands Of
honest. industrious artisans struggle on in
toiling misery from day to day through .
telling life to welcome graves, unable to
contend against easts or capital. Thou
sands Of working girls, employs I'd BY weal>
thy, grasping capitalists at prices which
compel them to lswd lives in order 10 sub.
sist ether thousands, rendered desperate
and helpless BY the hopeless prospect,
abaudoa the labor and adopt the immoral
only to swell the svsr-incrsasiug feod Of
social evil. Tbs history 10 terrible.
OLD JACOBS,
who once owned the estire block On Canal.
between Broadway and West Breadway,
now worth billions, died Of want, exposure
and misery. literally on the steps Of what
was once his ewn property.
HOLT,
who in 1862 built the first hotel in New
York, known 40 Holt's Hotel, now the Uni
ted States, Was rich man. In those days
water WAS largely supplied to the citizens
from the famous spring On Twenty third
street BY water carts. Helt's daily expense
for that essential was over thirty dollars.
and to economic he sunk an artesiau we'll
in his court yard, sinking money at the
came time in increased ratio TO his success
He psrseversd, mortgagsd his property, and
lost il. He was refused credit for loaf Of
bread and bit Of cheese BY one Of his for>
meg tenants, whose fortune be had made.
He lived in abjsss poverty few years, asd
died from rsvulsion Of feeling upon lssrsisg
that law suit Of thirty three ysars stand
ing in England, involving seven millions,
WAS finally decided in his favor.
WI. ,. Aston.
never did an hour's labor 10 HE life, never
did kindly act. never know . want un>
gratined. hes not real friend On the planet.
The world anticipates bic death % one
anticipates the breaking up Of . lesg,
dreary winter. il joy ful aatieipalisa Of the
genial flowers and fragrance Of epriDg. YET
the wealth Of this man 10 inealsulable,
A. :. STEWART
has been No mere Industrious, nsriterisus,
Or intelligent than Hslt, o. husdrsds Of his
swn employees, yet before HE palasial blssk
and fabulous wealth, The achisvemsnts Of
the commercial wsslA dWisdls into medisc.
rity.
These ere the great startling esntrasts Of
civilized life. Wen may the philosopher
marvel and thsorixs upsa tho problem % 10
which be cause and which the sifset-hew
far civilization 10 responsible for these
great irregulsritiss 10 human fate, and 10
any remedy possible, either to sbviats o.
amelierats.