The New York herald., 1873-11-04

Its looms can be heard across many sduares But
what is the condition OF kanayunk to-dayf The
smoke no longer drifts across the city sptres the
ciat'er OF the machinery no longer greets the ear
Ana OF ntteen cotton mills all are silent but three
and the e.ooo men to whom these mills gave en-
ployment are turned into the street, idle ana
destitute, TO live, saner and endure as best they
may. Realize the situationi
LACK OF MONEY, A LACK OF WORK, LACK OF
BREAD,
q lack OF everything which clothes the naked and
feeds the hungry. miserable present and a
dreary winter in future. Call these things to mind
and you have the precise condition OF 5000 human
beings IN Philadelphia to-day.
SIX thousand, nay, more Manayunk, in hushIng
her looms, has simply followed the example OF
other manufacturing districts In this locality, and
wandering along these streets or else brooding
lone and solitary within their homes. over
$1,000 OF the working classes. They have no
money; they have no work. What is left for them
to do = Just here examine
THE POLICE REPORTS
for the last month. The returns show that the list
comprehends 2,es2 arrests. II we examine the
causes leading to the arrests, we see that the
greater part were arraigned for petty larceny
small theits OF over and undergarments and other
necessities, intended to protect society fr0m
hunger and cold and keep humanity active and
alive one need not wonder at theft In such
time or not feel surprised that when mans own
hand fails to bring bread to his wife and children,
he wi in the frenzy OF his situation lay that hand
upon the property OF his more wealthy and
better blessed neighbor. II is q situation which
the law does not recognize, but for which human
charity can readily orer an excuse. What else Is
the poor man to dor He leaves q cold hearth in
the morning, his children cry for bread at night,
and the necessities OF his situation actually compe
him to play the rogue.
THE AIsERY AND DEsTTUTIoN OF THE WORKING
here are rcrrbe, when, in the midst OF the hunger
the dreary waste of months intervening between
this and spring, an opportunity viii be anorded
them to turn their hands to toll. Not only do the
manufacturers dismiss their employees, but on FRI
day last 500 men were discharged from the Navy
Yard. These, too, are left 70 wander about the
present, 1t seems, none are able to give.
1t Is silly and ridiculous for local journals to in
that people encounter but few difficulties in nego
tiating loans. Exactly the opposite Is the case or
Hs tSse tSoss Which ne
that next week WIN be the least bit brighter than
this. Before the panic Pennsylvania Railroad
stock sold for 81; to-day 1t ranges between As and
4s, with other railroad stocks depreciating ac-
ocs ocias receivs sss tSer monthly pay
are at this very moment selling. at
S U% sS 4 mSch
camille paper In the bank vaults either protested
already or in fair way OF being protested in the
future. It Is very well to look Ct all things on the
sunny side, but when there exists
NO SUNNY SIDE TO LOOK UPON
1t Is unwarrantabe to manufacture one. Let any
one OF those who are constantly asserting that the
worst Is passed attempt TO borrow money and he
win find that to the lender colateras formerly con,
and trebled before he can negotiate the loan.
1t is absolutely certain that the parties who
prayers Of those who gave them would have long
ago aroused them to the realities OF the hour. A
been sold at discount ranging rom one to three
per cent month; and what OF those VINO are
THE PENNSYLVANIA cENTRALs
Your correspondent gave in the HERALD this
morning the result OF his interview with the secre-
self refused to be seen, and the party whom he
sent out refused to answer any questions.
declare any % dividend ats at aiIi was the Question
but no answer whatever was made to IL. Some
nss were the doing m
have it made known. while others assert that the
dividend will surely be declared, even II they are
reduced to the necessity OF borrowing it from the
capital stock, was the case with the dividend OF
certain telegraph company issued last fall 1t Is
| impossible to form any conclusion from existing
| rumors as to what they will or viii not do.
| Returning once more to the laboring classes.
by means OF which their present condiron may be
/ very materially improved. refer to the immense
structures one M ior the government Post once and
The foundations OF the former are even now ready
| TO be dug, and the plan for the latter
has lately been decided upon. If the
parties having both OF these buildings
In hand act as they should do, together and at
once they can each furnish employment to I'm
mense numbers OF men who at present have
nothing to do; or again, If Philadelphians could
only be persuaded that Market, Walnut and Chest
nut streets are as principal thoroughlares, the
ioulest and drtiest In the country; II they could
only believe that their pavements are broken, and
dangerous alike to horse and man; II they could
only awake to the fact that their contractors, In
stead OF cleaning the streets once every two
weeks as they are bound to do, never GO
over them once in three months, the
city itself could engage large numbers and thus
construct respectable pavements to the Park, rid
the cutters of their stagnant water, clean the
streets OF its dust, dirt and rubbish, and thus
render itself able to fifty entertain and gain the
good opinion of the world.
THE PUBLIC CHARITIES
of the city are about the most numerous and most
admirably managed in the United States. No one
can enter and examine them without coming
away with this opinion. seldom has there been an
opportunity in which those charities could funl
their noble mission so well. Let them go among
those whom the situation has rendered idle and
destitute; let them give literally, and, If need be,