Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1869-12-24
CHICAGO CORRESPONDENCE


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CHICAGO, Dec. 13, 1S69.-The year is draw
Ing TO close, ana business men are D Ig
ming to estimate its profits and Losses. There.
mas been larger amount OF business gone
year 1tG PSsS f Ioa dnna at isss nrofit and
IN the case of wholesale dealers whose goods
cannot be struck till the collections are made,
which, in the present scarcity OF money in
the country il a slow and difficult work
Money is close at the banks, and none but the
best customers are accommodated with all
the loans they require. 10 I388
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merchants are ee selling off their stocks as fast
s s they great 1sdao tb Hb the oes
eyto meet maturing obligations, and of the
downward tendency of prices Every one
knows that there must. be a great shrinkage
in nominal value before we can reach spe-
Gle basis. wa, g-.s--,-
The general reduction in prices, and the
decline Of gold.or rather the appreciation OF
ting the specie standard. A few weeks will
reveal the disposition Congress- will make of
the tariff taxes and finance. If these Dues
tiens are settled satisfactorily, business men
and capitalists will have a new point of de-
parture, and feel that they have a stable
basis for the establishment Of new enterpris-
es, and greater activity in old ones. In the
meantime, the leading business men are pre-
pairing for increased activity another year.
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IL i ta. recea2es at9 mgns, sn,penss py
The d liz firlv No % far ss
r nS AZ aSii esasua - upon VS. 40 4ar DIS
'rn 4ni ~ cohcerneo.
/; l.. Ihere Is nothing new mere A the ilne OF
~ ra.ufs. @ mas Dlaaen US ARE ~
wen anu peglnS, a new ne III BOSTON Win Une
opehing yeafs ilef e as taik u n new
paper mere. OF g Dnoader character IMAM the
Agica1of' natno1hif 8 rs yer natured. sAst
'eaa THE SECULAR AND RELIGIOUS PRESS
fionrisb hereTi,a ttiA ofeatest nerfeetion and
are tvnes az western nraeress and enfer.
Inrisess The .changed relations which husi.
ness. poiitics and religion have been made Ia
sustain to each other. within a single ge1era.
tion issr1arvel0ifS.s in the early history ot
secular Journalism in. ,this country. RELIGIONS
topics were regarded az foreion tn tba saci,-
Il lar PRESS and. the proeeedi1esof RELIGIONS
bodies and the nroeress Of relioioi,s ..ev;v-
ala. secured brf + raeagre notice as matter Of
nawsnoften recommended nv. m annln@vl. as s
If the press were treading on unusual ~ not
forbidden eround ~ Csradua1lv' however. the
secular siournaIs attained fo greater freedom
End h,sss dar viayysS ~ their ednties iii now
I,otbino IF hun,ar iinferast escanes their no.
t;ce :, 90, -
'Ngha CHANGE in relioious journals has beer
1,,;ta &c mo cd E,rono be;ro deyotad soIelI
~ orr, rel;oions tonics. and TINS eiving q nHas
sanction to,the nractical Ieresay that relig.
ion was riphffnllv divorced from business
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p pent nssys 'u cbro5;ole al sno o ;r,.
,orton+ ey,'ts DIVA f,,,i ra,o,e
ap, i diso,,ss Wiz soarLed ahil;tu anenno
sn9 I;s;o ,,aa4;s ,;,n1-,
anu po,a'i am ~, Huesuuns iSarng IFely "a
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U' IN. ~ 70
as Wen ae VA, 81 t t Iaua nt n5 Tba INV
re,;n;ons nrasses sof tha co,,,+rv n lI' orlI
nomnand = LARGE circulation and ;nflnence
i lS imIu,a;.on anu innIe nc;
pul are so!sne iof sey BUSINESS men anu p9ll
tlclaLs, as InulcJs VI .ne dulu anu gulaes
tn n.,a ;s;tins IT, - oi4 :,
90 vi
n.ofa N.Y. p's,4Sss
nanr a. forhaar not;n;no - ', rn
cent fiael ant breach of good manners--no
to say good morals-in widely circulated
religious journal, with which / have beer
familiar from its orisin-the New York indie
pendent: ~fors the iast Jour years 10 hal
watered 1ts celumns largely with commercial
advertising and wholesale putting of railroad
bonds and mortgages, banks, insurance com
| panies. DC, and prospered pecunlarlly in do
ing. Independentofal all religious organization
and Representing only it's editor and publish
er, it had alright. to use Its columns as i
chose, SUBJECT only TO the laws OF morality
and to the courtesles and amenities which arr
observed byail the decent portion of The
secular press. But, IN It's issue OF Deeembei
Ids 1T hastWo cuts occupying half OF the firs
and last pages OF triple sheet, representing
the first-the principles OF the Independ
emit, and what 1t claims to nave accomplished
and-the last7-the birtncay banquet OF thu
independent OH aetalning lts majority
twenty-one years; In this last cut are repre-
.sented the puo1sher, eaItor and contributors
i OF the lndepenuent, az FEAST, Whlle In ont
corner the waiter IS driving out lean
hungry dog, on whose eoilar Is printed,
capitals the name OF It's Chicago cotempo
rary, the ADVANCE Its self-glorificatiol
is matter of Taste, but its pictorial vilifica
ton OF its neighbor ls unworthy OF Chris
tan newspaper. What ls the character
the contemporary which the Independent
caricatures and contemns?
THE ADVANCE
10 a reIio;ous family ionrnal nub,;sbed h,
the Adyance CO. in CHICAGO If 10 5l . wear ~
r. has very able. editorial corns and lon,
array Of contributors embracipg the hest "a
Iiaious and literary talent in the e con ar
kev Dr-s Patton sifs ELECTROMAGNETIC ;s ~
peer in ability. character. qualifications. AM
In all the attributes of Christian gentleman
of any editor in the land. The Advance ha
all the excellencies without the egotism of tn
Independent, never sells it's opinions to cor
operations or individuals, discusses publi
/ questions ably and fearlessly, is free from
blgotry and 7sectarlana controversy, actiyel,