, 1873-11-02

Hprng1o. mannfnoturorH-Woro liAblo to fall for
$1A.000, 900. No ono can appreciate tho algnill-
cnl,po Of such rortent who Inns not known
Rhode 1sland. Rhude Island may DO doscribol
rs pair of Bhcars, ono side Of which In tho
Bpraguos, md tho other ie Brown d Ives. II tho
Spragucs woro to fall or II Brown d 1voH woro
poBfto character; sho would become simply
Brown i 1vo8 or tho Bpraguca, according TO
which rnrty survived. Ar rerhnpa no otl,or COM
mnnity in Tho world Is governed by tho altoruato
this throutonol overthrow OF tho spraguos Is !
proper occasion for calculating this feature Of
4. / W spfaguo aro tho most spreading firm.
and in tho nation at largo porhapH tho most H.
Der, offered to lend Rhodo Island troops to the
Gulf IN tho Rebellion, and perhaps did so,-pnrt
way, at least lie won tho 8onatorsl,ip, which
ho stil1 totaina, md Tho daughter Of ohtof Jus
gusa tso Geaa1 for 1 o to Sroteoz' a pce are
and-easy in thoir dealings with people. Amasaa
tho elder, rnnrriod q faotory girl, md made
wise choice, too, It's sal1. Tie business habit,
Of the spragues arc Of tho very latent style Of
imgoueo woalth Is ID woolon end cotton mills
and prlnt-works, thoy havo Of iate years oxtond~
ed their Investments into a Thousand oxtrnnoouB
channels. Their irons in tho tire " aro almost
nuu,berloss. They have boon attempting to
eroot great wator- power at Augusta, Mo-, hayo
vania, invested soma hundreds Of thousands
in tito troasure-huntiug expedition to South
America. 30. All tho profits from their
immonao plant are speedily "plowed In" to
cash Rurpluscs aro never allowed to ombarrass
tho house. Thoy represent. In short, the mod
cru American spirit Of attGmpt-all. According
to tho fashion OF tho times. tlioy live munif-
ronage 10 the Cfanston racos, md entertain poor
ministers during tho summer months With q
most uEstinted generosity.
Precisely opposite to tham In oil things aro
Brown Ives. Brown i Ivos arc slightly Yonor-
ablo, worry aristocratic. very reserved, and very
don't trouble themselves to take OF their hats to
ordinary people. and would mol feel at all honor
ed By tue Presidency Of the Cranston Park AS
eocation, tho company Of inpocunious clergy
United Btatos Senate. Their manufacturing in-
tereHts In tho State Of Rhode Island are immense,
aud exceed In valuo, it IL said, those OF tho
spraguos. They keep their business vol up,
nover go into any enterprise ont Of their lino or
/ noigh6orhood. a gold mine In massachusetts,
or Niagara in Malno, would bo no temptation
TO thoir capital. Thor surplus earnings aro in
vested in real ostate and 1t is tho common tradi-
ton TINT Brown i Ives own lalf tho state.
douce. aud If buyar goes to them to ask tho
prco OF lot, their invariablo roply Is, two buy
real estato; We mover sell it" Their manage
meut aavors Of tho old sLyo--aafo, cautious,
| conservative, but rernoreelosaly profitable. :
| These two houses Of Rhodo Island not only
manage ler industries, but they rule the State
md oil lta interests. Tho press Of tho State IL
Of one party or the o.her. Tho Press Is the
alias Of tLo 6pragues and the journal only M
other nanlo Tor Brown l. ives. Even tho COL
lege, Brown University (Which derives ita name
from IN ancestral Btown), is torn with tho dis
| sensionH Of tho oppoaiug touda. Tho watring
intcrosts and the domiacering of tho party most
! powerful with tho corporation Of tho Univsr-
aity hnvo mado tho Presidential chair q
martyrs scat Gifts from ono Of tbs
rival houses have bcen declined by tho
University ont of fear Of offending the
other. Tho sale Of tho 1and-aorp awarded to
tho college by the Government fell into tho
hands Of an agent Of Brown T. Iyes aud had to
be Investigated by Congress, go great a attr was
made by HpTaauo about it, aud tho University
realized littlo from lands Which haye hluoa aold
at a great advance. Tho two parties have had
! moro or loss to Do with every olection held in
tho State. those many years. and have openly
| bought votes. Representatives. mud political in
auonce. 1t ts hardly necessary to say that thoir
intlqenco OH politics AMI public morals has been
vicious in tha extreme. THUS a 8tate small in
extont. but with greater valuation than tho
| great State of Georgia, has beon dehanchol and
| poisoned through nil lta system.