The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-09-06
Trade Leaving New York and Centcring i'm
the West.


I ing jobbing business
I few days ago we quoted the admission OF
the New York Bulletin that the jobbng trade
was leaving that city and :" settling in the in
terror, and notably Chicago" for the North
west. And now comes the Graphic with large
and very significant cartoon, under which We
read, While Father knickerbocker is nap
ping. his offspring in other cities are stealing
aw his trade The venerable old gentleman
is represented in a comfortable snooze, with
his cooked hat askew ON his head and his
hands folded across his ample dimensions,
while on the right Cincinnati is carrying of Il
large package marked "Jobbing trade" Balt
more on the left has on her head and is
walking of with large bale marked sugar
and coffee" Boston has got of with the
mercantile trade" while directly behind the
sleeping old Dutchman, Chacago has in her
arms the grain with a railway train in the
rear labeled, 10 all points in the West
The G'"lAjc points to "the empty stores and
lofts in the down town wards, and the vast
shipments i'll bulk of jobbers in other Atlantic
and Western cities, for n confirmation OF the
| truth suggested by Its cartoon
The G,u}hic calls upon the merchants and
other citizens OF New York to make energetic
efforts to retain the trade that i, gradually and
surely concentrating in other cities
! The papers referred to speak rather face
tiou,ly of Il subject which i, very serious one
to the merchants of New York 1t is, how
ever the beginning of notable commercial
era in the history of Western cities.
Before Charles James Fox the great British
statesman was fourteen, his father took him
! to the continent to show him life. At Paris
and Baden they of course visited the gambling
houses, and the boy, scarcely entered upon
his teens, alarmed even his father by the
eagerness with which he entered upon the
play. At this early age he commenced the
habit which became almost the ruling passion
of his life which, in spite OF the large estate
lett him by his father, and the great eInpl-
umant, Of his various offices, made HIM II
poor nan, haunted 10y baliff,. and pestered
by duns. The Sums which he lost Were enor-
! nous.
At one time he is said to have played for
two-and-twenty successive hours, losing five
| hun, red pounds an hour. At another time,
after lie had lost fearf'llly, friend called upon
him to offer his condolences He found Fox
quietly reading Herodotus," and upon ex-
pressing some surprise ut his philosophy, was
asked, .What would you have me do when
have Just lost my last shilling" At one time
he found himself the winner Of eight thousand
! pounds. One of his creditors hearing Of his
good luck, presented his note, and asked for
payment "Qnite impossible" said Fog. :"
must pay my debts of honor.
| .'Well, then" said the creditor, throwins
the note into the fire. Now mine is Il debt of
honor" and such it was paid This anscdot"
| il somewhat differently related by Rodgers:
According to him, it was Fox himself, who.
pressed by creditors, asked for the note. s1rc
| it in pieces, and thus satisfied hi, conscience
| by paying the amount, which had thus become
u debt of honor. 1t is related however, that
| Fox would never touch a card when he was III
Office. and when late in life his political friends
paid his debts, he left of pla wing entirely.
CONDUCTING NEWSPAPER. The troubles
of financial sort attending the establish
men of Theodore Tiltons Golden Aye con
tain in them an important lesson for people
engage in starting new paper 1t Is gen
orally believed that an able editor, or a staff
| of able editors, is the thing requisite after
goolly lump Of money. This i, grave
mistake. Observation and experience have
taught us that the successful journal originates
| in the counting room and the able editor IL =
! subsequent consideration. Let any one ar-
peal to his own recollection i'll this and we
will be well sustained 1t is the practical bu-
| siness man, and not the brilliant pen-driver,
who builds up valuable property in great
joufhal.
Sometimes, but rarely, the two are united
| in one man; and We can account for the many
| failures and the value Of a success III the fact
| that Tor one atle business HltH, SuIIeu 10 tHiS
work. we will find fifty superb pen-drivers.
Bowen, for example, of the Independent looked
at from an intellectual point Of view, is well.
we regret doing injustice to an honest, useful
animal. but Bowen is an ass; but his bust
ness instincts for the pursuit in which he liz
engaged are perfect. TitOn. on the contrary,
is one OF the most fascinating journalists in
the country. Under Bowen i'll the Independent
| he strengthened the circulation. When Theo-
| r Il 49, Il 81
| room, he was simply idiOtic, and achieved u
failure. - Washington Cuptd.
The city Of Constantinople is continually
demonstrating that parsimony is not economy.
! For years this city has refused to use steam
fire engines, or avail itself Of any of the mod
ern appliances for ext'nguishing fires The
mo,ius operandi, in case OF fire, has been the
same for 200 years. Watchmen from the fire
towers announce the commencement OF CON
| fagratiOn, and big guns the top Of Fire
Hill. on the Bosphorus, signal it's existence to
the dwellers in the suburbs Meantime from
| the watch towers issue forth messengers,
stripped for the race and carrying short pike
of authority These run at full speed through
the crowded streets yelling to clear the way,
carrying to the police stations and the engine
houses the name Of the quarter at each sta
ton fresh men take up the race, and in half IN
hour the most distant police station in the
city can tell you just where the fire is. The
fire companies come forth and carry their en-
gincs-little boxes two teet square on their
shoulders, the hose on their backs. With
these equipments they rush through the
streets yelling like demons. Arrived at the
fire, they deposit the engine on the ground,
water-carriers br TIE water in great leathern
bot les, and the pumps work lively and throw
very respectable stream. When the fire
gets near the engines as to be uncomiort.
bic. they haul off little farther, and 80 stead
lily retreat before it.
| AMERICAN CAPITAL IN INDIA. The great
nrlnufact turing and commercial changes which
the abundantand cheap supply Of Labor must
make, continue to develop themselves. On