Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1874-09-30

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.clf to faithful performance Of the
duties of the ofllcc Of Associate Law
Judge Of the 25th Judicial District
should he bc honorcd with majority
Df the snffrnges Of the voters thereof
On motion the meeting adjourned.
C.S. McCoRMicK,
u. w. MooRE, President,
Secretary.
ASSOCIATED PRESS LETTER.
PHILADELPHIA, Sept 28, 1874.
THE BUSINESS OUTLOOK.
| did not guess upon the subject
when ! stated in my letter bearing
date August LIST, that 'the facts do not
Justify the inference Of any notable no
vival of business during the coming
fall" That observation WINS not made
until had obtained the views Of many
Of the conservative business men Of the
city, and II was made in the face Of
editorial articles In almost every one
Of the IS dailies publishcd in this city
which asserted most positively that
there would be busy and prosperous
fall trade here.
Neither do bgivc mere opinion
based upon theory when ] state--as /
now do--that /. lively and profitable
trade will not be reached until the burs-
ing of tho buds in the spring of 1876.
Everything must ''touch bottom before
there will be an upward turn in tho
tide; everything that has not yet
reached lowest prices is rapidly ap-
preaching that point rents, labor,
ireights and fuel are the last to sue
cumb. Our property holders are re-
ducing rents % per cent, for the rca-
son that the employed tenant cannot
pay more; labor wages have fallen
rapidly within the past few months,
because there L literally nothing do
ing and an ovcr-suppiy Of willing hands
to perform the little there is TO do;
fuel keeps up because the English
stock holders of the Reading Railroad
company want II per cent. dividend
upon their investment and Americans
are fools enough to uncomplainingly
crafty them, and iroights are not be-
ing reduced because rich stockholders
don't choose TO recognize the fact that
one dollar to-day purchases as much
farm produce and wearing apparel as
twice that amount did three years ago.
Exorbitantly high rents are main
tanned because the the annual cxpendi-
turc of twenty-five million dollars for
municipal purposes, squandcring and
stealing, requires the imposition of a
q per cent. Tux rate to meet il. As
our municipal elections occur in Feb
ruary and have no bearing whatever
upon the State or National elections
which take place in November, ] i'm
agine the present state of affairs will
continue just as long as taxpayers and
people rally under the party call and
elect only professional politicians to
administers our city government.
HARD TIMES.
cannot more forcibly portray the
distress existing in this city among
those who labor for their daily bread,
than by instancing the case Of Barnum
who, when he brought his Hippodromc
here, advertised for great number OF
men to parade at each performance; a
great many more than were required
presented themselves and although
their services were needed 10 hours
each day, they gladly accepted the
pittancc of four dollars a week which
the great showman-who made net
profit of $4,000 while herewith
princely liberality gave them.
HISTORICAL BUILDINGS.
The Hall Of American independence
is located on Chestnut street below
Sixth. II is usually visited by the
stranger in our city, and, opine, with
feelings closely akin TO those which
awcd the crusader when he first gazed
upon the tomb of Jesus, the Nazarcnc
Directly upon the corner Of Sixth and
Market strccts-only one square dis
tant---once stood the residence of Robt
Morris, the famed financier of Pennsyl
vania, whose prc-eminent wisdom and
mAqAgeEmsesit eEm8ssesita&..a aSs .aa &naRgiht pfsFsatf
tionary struggle seemed guided BY au
overriding Providence Immediately
east of the residence and grounds ol
Robert Morris stood the homo Of
GEORGE WASHINGTON President of the
United States, the only name in the
directory of that period, printed in
small capital letters. This house was
built fol Governor Richard Penn,
and was occupied ms the Executive
Mansion of Washington and John
Adams.
A very fair representation of these
historical buildings--which were long
ago torn down---is preserved in the
immense painting Of them presented
to public view on the Sixth street
front Of the colossal structure
now standing upon their sitcs.--
Just here let me call the readers atten-
ton TO the fact that this gigantic cs-
tabl'shment--the largest OF It's KIND IN
thc worlds ihe practical result OF
Judicions ana liberal ddpeH'~"g ~ c'fy
ana country newspapers Fourteen years
ago iis proprie'ors began eusines the
first days rccciuts were bat s2lG7 /;
they now frequently reach s25, 900 u
day, and averagesi,ooo Tor each work
ing day o. the year IL seems TO me
that u the man ~ business would pros
per ne must lloera'iy patronlze ms
'o@n,ly my no"sp'pei ., ~,
tho South ~ 'eost corner os Arcb nnd ~
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