The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1873-08-14
especial correspondence Of the Advertise
GLASGOW, SCOTLAND,
July gath, 1872

| fSpecial correspondence OF ING
GLASGOW, SCOTLAND,
July Gath, 1872
Deor x4dcertiser.. Il begin to have
= higher respect than | formerly had
for the work of a newspaper reporter
| | find SO many things that are worth
| writing of that am at loss to de-
termine what to write; and ! begin
to think highly of the man who is able
to decide that question promptly. !
am still pleased with Glasgow. !
spent the first two or three days in
seeing what my guide book advises
strangers to see. Since that time
have been steering my own course,
and / find it quite as interesting.
The city cannot boast of many public
works Of interest, and it has no re-
markable antiquities; but all ques-
tons Of labor and commerce are
studied to better advantage here
than in any other town in Scotland.
II some Of my old friends in Red Oak
will Just turn the other way a mo-
ment. | will say too that | am more
and more pleased with Scotchmen.
They have not beer strangers to me,
and l have been quite an admirer OF
Scotch character; but ! have to say
it improves on acquaintance. have
been most cordially received wherever
| have gone. One young man said
to me as l was looking through per
haps the largest dry goods establish
ment in the city: "You're just as
free as ii it were all your own and
this is only specimen Of what all
have done. Ihave been almost afraid
to ask favors sometimes, the people
put themselves to so much incon-
venience to grant them.
find board quite as cheap as | ex.
pected. l have room at quiet
little hotel, for which pay Is pence;
and take my meals al the Great
Western Cooking Depot. This is an
establishment intended to furnish
cheap food for the people. It is
partly benevolent in its character.
Food is furnished at very cheap rates.
and all the profits above three per
cent are expended on charitable in
situations. A man can board at the
rate of Is pence day, and be quite
comfortable. So you see man can
get along for less than . dollar day,
even though he be transient visitor.
The people here are quite plain in
their habits. | have taken a little
pains to observe the orders commonly
made. and have inquired Of others
the same thing. A very
common breakfast is bowl Of por-
ridge and milk, followed by slice Of
bread and butter and cup Of tea.
That for the poorer class of laborers.
Another ordinary breakfast step
higher is two slices of bread and
butter, cup of tea and two eggs.
Meat is not ordinarily used for break
fast. Dinner is little more liberal.
Ham and eggs is common dish.
Roast beef is not SO common as with
us. Meats are very high and almost
beyond the reach Of the poorer class
es. Beef cuts are from IA to 16
pence pound, equivalent to 80 to
35 cents of our money; mutton II to
IA, ham 16 and butter II pence.
Those are the prices here in the city.
! suppose they are not as bad in the
country, but high enough to prevent
laboring men from using meat freely.
Butter too is much less less used
than with US. l have been here a
week and l am confident l have no,
had as much butter as would eat a,
home in a day, though l have ordered
it at every meal. Bread and butter
does not mean plate of bread and q
plate Of butter, but definite amount
of bread already buttered. That
represents the method of doing bust
ness in all departments. You ge
just what you order and nothing
more or less. You can buy penny
worth of anything that | have tries
vet, and it will be fair pennywortl
weighed out to you and no guessing
| do not know enough about rents a
home to be able to tell you mucl
about them as compared with tn
same with us; but I can give 70,
some figures that may be interesting
to some Of your readers. OF cours'
locality is everything; the buildin:
which in one place would command
$500 in another would not command
s75. A dealer in glass and china
ware on one Of the principal streets
doing business of $4,000 a yea
paws for a room and cellar under il
25x6O feet, f230 rent and ESQ tax
A dealer in hardware on the corner G
Arzvle and Jamaica Streets, equiva
lent to State and Washington, Chi
cago, pays fl50 rent, and probabl
ESQ tax for one room 26xl4. I an
not certain that the ESQ does no
include taxes, but 1 think not. TIL
building Of which this is part is
four story building 54x75 and rent
for thousand pounds, exclusive {
the one story. Some quite intelli
gent clerks told me that an ordinar
shop on one of the best street
would cost for rent and taxes f20(
In other parts of the town where tn
little retail shops are, rents are com
paratively cheap. l stopped at sue
a one near the west end. 1t was
double shop, the two rooms togethe
being | should Judge, 1890 fee
The whole rented for f23. Room
for dwelling rooms are rented to tn
poorer people in pairs, room an
a kitchen, as they say, or two room
and kitchen if the renters are able
One room and kitchen being, as a
average price from 10 to IL pound
year, two rooms and a kitche
from l2to l6 pounds year. Tn
two estimates were given me by diff
ferent persons but / think they ar
not far wrong. A good office in al
available part of the city can be ha,
for about Rs pounds. So much 70
bed and board.
should say the people here drcs
well. / don't mean. extensively, an,
| don't mean the rich. by people, bu
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