, 1874-10-03
tn1y q Nero tho indignant trottlt, sbqbAitas hssty
.tl! lllat1ylsot IND o!ersfatned Of body ot 'saeh
to Ahotn h1!lcttbh hau hot brolt8ht natltheo:

July q Noro tho indtEmant trotfat, sopb~at hsstI,
Sstsn s I'll 5soss Sa % SA
o liz H5 ssqa a afa % ~ 81 Iii s. u e
nbet1eary roforn,R Tho laws regulating bnilHin8 ere
enforced tho 1ro Department is contesacdy i.leom-
authorities and tho peopio do not attonnt 10 deend
n ssenes ~ q ao s the
panied with alternative which it Is henoath their
lnnnis!nnl dignity to aiiow 70 int!enco tl,om Ihoy
ah oy .iey t ra' si' 10 seo shst s' r 10 doe.
bsa sss ,"e no e% at Sp II" "e vii
o!lt Of to dliGmina - winch THO hanI,y nlotc reso-
eoao bsoss Il R'sSI onIeaRe A.s ass em
safo ts'ness ea1, 10 ons tleto 70 oaand .si.
Ns Ssar eshsS ii fsy sns a II
securing Tho safey of Chicago or any other city 1t
Tds rossl'tton of Jill, 81 was ii sorns respse,z,
saae Sixty "ys IN scarcely tins IN which IT,, 10
san'fsa. Tut t!ere b no sss.se 1ho posiaea T
City IN atate Of defn,,te aganst are after lie
sKsso q ist lAylpa " nsaso;t tbs Rs0sr
recklers, would ,gno,e They .o'!i iaso replied 10
tllo tssoluti9ht ot tug noard not beeaso q your
oaif uut uSGaueo ~ ~ Hotssaais ~ o4 EHctst HH
I'D COMPLY With AtiG1 Of your Demands a. arn lracels-
abe." Who therefore tto National Hoard may 1naiy
bn blamed for tlo 7.aaHtr sof it's warntng, thn cy
authorities hrn not 10 10 exoneracd for thclr part III
noglccling Its haf|tr.
THE HEW Yonk rtstrs
saya odtorinlly:
Unfortunately; tho Chicago press has; up to tho lant
uny or tMb, dayoacat Buod leM 1nnft hinee to thh
hso of Tho Underwriters than It ah 10 coiidc1nhtng
tho pcrvoae inacion Of tho local authorities. A
golaton which ahott1 hayo 1ceu conducted In. tho
spirit Of III ordinary buAinces transaction has been
lIna The ocnaAon Of prepo&tarou6 tnbfntnoEs shout
tho finister eaigns Of New York merchants and tho
irrec!amnbc sc!Btncsa and greo! Of Eastern capital
tsA: Tlio uoxt three 1nutlthH yill accordingly fnd
Chicago flrs policies running ont much fadtor than
aroiig AYgn solvent coipanfes chn bo found to ak6
them up. Dy th0 tInle tho Legislature tneats tho
pressure for coming 10 ter1nA With tho National Board
will probably have become great that building
constitution Of tho Fire Department will bo passed. with
rush. and Chicago will proceed with characteristic
tpco%Iy to otfcct tho reforms needed to bring her
fiask within Tho fold Of Hafu and amro insurance.
Ths process win DO grcatly facilitated by laying nsido
oil ies that t6 j6a!uusy of Chicago tho part Of
Now York jobblng ou.es has anything whatovct 10 do
do with tho 1utstiou. New York capital hua largely
contributed 10 tho rebuilding Of Chicago; Mero are
mtlilona wotth Of goods owned in New York lying n
Chicago wnrehouscs and this city has IN interest only
prosperity md soutlucss Of hor trado and tho main
tenanco Of her credit intact. The attempt 10 ltuIenAo
with tic precautions suggested by tho underwriters,
and resolution TO look to exemption from fro risks
by tue MD of cfourlh Of tho itsurauca capital Of
th9 country auppemente ny local inMyeslmcnts M coaa
New York could derive any profit from such disaster
Ia not only 70 inyort a the relations Of tho two cies,
hut to- do eQna violence 10 the most elementary
nomcn truths and to tho dictasos of oom,non sunac.