Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1870-10-27
METROPOLITAN PROSPERITY.
Almost Unprecedented Commercial
Activity In New York-CrOwded
Hotels and Theatres Doing Flour
isninK Business.

| isninK Business.
New York laughs and grows fat. The
consciousness that there will be brisk
business going on here when there is any
commercial activity anywhere upon TIM
continent, is one OF the amenities enjoyed
by the people OF this city. Boston may
be deserted by steamship lines and have
to fall back upon the "lines" of her poets.
Philadelphia may become, like Washing
ton a "city OF magnificent distances,
spreading every year over another square
mile OF her southern marshes or north
ern hills, without increasing her pOpula-
ton, but New York knows well that moth
ing can happen to prevent her from "going
on from strength to strength" There
may be lull in her commercial activity
for short period, but she only stops at
those times to rest and breathe. She may
sometimes ask such prodigious prices tor
her dwellings and stores that few house,
holders and merchants are frightened CT
for while; but they soon return, saying,
"Well, New York makes you pay well for
what you get from her, but she also pays
you well for what she gets from You, if she
thinks that she is getting the best
These bright autumnal days are also the
brightest commercial days that the me-
tropolls has known since the opening of
the war. Prosperity reigns On all sides.
The South is getting rich from the pro-
eseds of the cotton crops, and the West
enjoys an unbroken prosperity. SO both
these sections are III the market with full
pockets. The Scnth, to be sure, is little
cautious, for the reason that full crop Is
likely to bring lower prices. But the ag-
gregate OF buyers Is so great that the
streets and hotels of the city are overflow
ing with visitors. All the new as well as
the old hostelries seem to be full
One reason of the crowded state of the
city is found in the fact that the European
war is driving back here not only those
who vent over for ''the round trip" but
also the regular absentees-who live
abroad permanently.
1t would make material for p curious
article if somebody would trace in all
trades that are affected on European af.
fairs the effects of me present war. For
instance, one would not suppose that the
fur trrde with its Hudson Bay connections,
wSald feel this shock. But It does;
because France and Germany do
not want SO many artificial aeat-pro.
moters this year. The drawback is bal
anged by the edict of the rulers OF society,
that furs are to be fashionable here this
winter American leather is appreciated
in value By the fact that the French and
Germans are mainly engaged in tanning
each others hides, ana that line OF goods
is not favorite impor: with our dealers.
Whensoever comes the trade, here 1t is,
and New Workers are equal to the emer-
geney. Far into the snail hours the sound
of the hammer is heard in wholesale
warehouses that are usually shut by
s o'clock, and the busy throng OF
salesMen, entry clerks, and book-keepers
hare scarcely time to get needed sleep The
streets are everywhere blockaded by drays
full OF goods, and few ''leading and intlu-
ential" people complain about having to
climb over skids or squeeze through crowds
ofoayts, carriages, and drays, because the
most OF them are actively engaged in bust
ness, and feel that they are each aiding the
bustle and crash
Theatres and all places of amusement are
crowded, and all sorts of foreign art are
pouring out their treasures for us. In
short, New York is riding, tuH of glee,
upon the crest of a very tidal ware OF pros
perity N. y Mail.