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he puts at 9125 here, AGAINST "a cents there;
now, good tea can be had here at from 80 cents

| got there cheaper than here and VICE versa
Then he goes On to deplore tho difference in the
| society here ani there. He can stand in the
Same class OF society hero that be can there I
suppose he thinks that yo Americans believe that
| mechanics md worl:ingmen there associate IN
| the san1e Society us the rich and titled. Maybe
| think it must bo something new. Will he
t p}easB- inform us when this- change Toc-
cuEred2 As far as tile moral character OF the
two places is concerned, I don't think thero is
! much difference in the two places; at least.
statistics do not chow it, aud, If ha will examine
find that many Of our criminals are from the
country that lt nui1s from. There is no law
against the immigration OF foreign criminals
| aud paupers, aad, as d natural consequence.
Ator figuring it all up, he comes to the coz
c1usion that the Old Country is
FAR BETTER PLACE
to live in than here. Now, 1 think the sooner
he gets back there the better it will bs for him,
at least, and this country. too. Il the Old
Country is go much better place to live in than
here, why do its people keep coming here
by the hundreds Of thousands every year. l
think right there is where the trouble is.
majority. they launch out into all Of the luz
uries of the day, instead Of bringing their Old
Country habits and style Of living with thea;
they leave those behind, and the result is, they
HpeuQ All kueY GAItl. Nutu Il AIEi "Q04A 0AOpt
tie same style OF living they had at home, they
could lay up more here in one year than they
could there in two.
Now, viii say few words on the other sub
ject, Roughing It in Chicago" How does
that sound: Well, I suppose, poor fellow,
he did hare hard time Of it. It is q wonder he
ever got away from his mother's-aprou string.
would be ashamed to have it known that .
str ong, healthy young man had to prowl around
the back yards and pick up crlsta for Living.
Why did he not
START OUT INTO TIE COUNTRY.
where he could have found something to do, i
it was no more than to work for his board, unt1l
the times got little easier. There ia plenty to
| look it up. There is plenty Of wood to chop,
and other farm-chores to do. But no. that would
! be too much like work for him j.; he was after a
c1erkship, and there would not be. ANYTHING re-
specialize in chopping wood or doing farm.
| chores. Poor fellow! I hope lie has got that
| clerkship that he is looking for by this time.
| He s probably standing behind some counter,
dressed like dandy (as the ueHsboy told him,
and he was about right too). taking the place
| some hard-wor1ing girl ought to have instead
ess, him. that Shs!f Do d. so not "1ny 5sve
pity on them. So long as they can get enough
to eat, dress like dandy, and buy their beer
and cigars every day, that is all they caro- for.
hope such Us these will profit by the hints haVo
| given them. and start ont into the country in
| search OF something to do instead Of searching
| back Yards for crusts and bones, as it will be-
/ FAR MORE TO THEIR CREDIT
| am a vorkiuema11, or at least always have been
but by the loss Of a hand, cannot do much at
| hard mammal labor now. but I can assure YOU
ioo1.;ne far crusts before lost nv hand ior nt
present either), but would haye gone into thu
country and found something to do,
/ for q while at least. Don't think
| that + don'nt know what hard times
are, for hare saen the time when did not
know where the next meal was to come from !:
| but did not ask for help. As the work would
rot coms to me, went to it. and found it. and
| worked for nv board until tho times rot bettor !;
then bettared myself. / remain yours truly,
4 FREE. .DoBs AMERICAN.
CHICAGO, Jan. n, 1874
| ---' ."
| The Relief ana AID Society.
To II. Editor Of Tj.e Chicago Tribune:
| cn7 not;rad in the co1nmna of rnur last
| ,.s..,. :a-s 49,, .r+;,1. -1t,;a,, tro-o,, m
oonoay q 1seu' a1 a1.4@1o 49,, 'e
| donbtedly WeA-meant, 1s calculated 10 "!sleao
| the uniformed, and embar1aas IN its workings
one Of the noblest charitable organizations that
o-o- arotaa !, any ara DR. cline
e'et "A.sS - NJ ~ ~ =, - a,~uoa.:o,4 =. ~ =
aNooe 10 " ~ ~" . euoo7s4'ne w. sne
| Board Of the Relief and Aid Society Ihe I'M
preston ho gives is, that large amount OF the
| fnnda ~ TIM soc;atv are unnecessarily expeuded
n ea1arias to tho yariona emnloyes. and that tho
poor 'aa alJ sans1eta Ill consequence - '~0
enTs NJ 1919 =; thu ,or.o ann,ovad ia
to perform the laoor de7olylns ! E upon tnom, anu ana
| omy. s,. o+ ,,o,, 1;,,a ,,o, rbo draw
49, -no ,,o ~ 1;aLt 1ahnr ~ tho confT3~v thnv
.nnaor cara.s .sorn md waarv bearing the bnrdeua
of ntI,ers.
Would it not be wiser to quietly trust these