, 1874-05-16
) CURRENT COMMENT,

From tho Nep York bulletin.
Me nKe ,s. Inc summary, matter of-fact etyfe in
Into it has been tho habit Of some Writer'S to
represent that trade and bueineaB out there woro
pretty mitch al going to destruction. Roal
stores and warehouses were empty; nobody was
buying or selling anything: WORTH n1ontionin0:
merchante wore going into bankruptcy, properly
Of every description was brenRing down 1uder
debtH md mortgages that could never be liftod
| To silence these dtsnal utternnccs, Tun ou1-~ q
oAoo TRIBUNE Inns gone to work TO- thoroughly
examine tle inal ita raia-
fore us II an ottro page Of facts and atatiatioH,
demonstrating not only tho imaginative oharac.
ter ct t. TIE =, allegations alluded to but also tho
all that aoetion of the country, in fact, is mora
prosperous now than it was this time last wear.
whom no panic was dreamed of. There has
been actually more business transacted during
than in tho corresponding period In is79.
bus 6oen loss. As for tic farmors Of. % tie.
Northwest, il is 'conc'uaivoly shown TINT, % a
claas thoY hayo not boen 80 we'll or for a
great many yoars past as thoy are at the present
momont; aud, when they arc proeperoug all
other lntorests are necessarily thriving also, :.
we might continue tue sEatalogne, wore It
as regards the buatness aspect in Chicago and
tho Northwest, but in iB various relations nonror
home. home, IT Tho complaining habis is largely ab-
for It is rigid application Of hard facts; OF The
kind wo hayo loro adduccd. What Inns boen snifi
t. t. the disparngemant Of Chicago e often said Of
i NeW York ALSO, but. ~ could be- shown, with as
little reason Or Justice in one. case as in the
othor. ~: -.
CHICAGO AND HEB NEwspaprna'
From the Eeanspilte {lnd) Journal, J.
Ihe following communication 1as roachod the
editors desk: y".
10 fae Editor 9f tho Journay,f
.sm: You do not, in comparing. tho aiyorttstno
t take tgs sa vast Gynss a
enee II to size of e two eitioa IND iarger tie town.
public prna Besides can yoa not see thgS u d TIE
WhoS{ Sa tass sauIs ss E,''s' 1noFs s1a
70 the first assertion, without discuaangit. wa
put IN q positive disclaimer. Lot uH lpol. more
closely OF tho second. Az rulo, itinsol COURSE, Il.
greater amoant Of ADVERTISING support tlan
those Of tho smaller. But how is it with oiaoa
Of equal or very nearly equal size2 Do all placea
Of say 26l ooo inhabitants support their papers
alko9 Iakingi for instance. tue Journals Of
Chicago aud Cincinnati, do We fluid an equal or
nearly equal showing of business announce
ments a in eaoh7 d!anoing 10 the Sunday issue
Con.'nerctars lasuo Of the Same lly, wo dnd in
the former 'sixsy-one columns OF tho worry Best
class of ndyortislng, and in tile latter only
tWonty-six columns. ID. !. =.
part Of tho sccret, Of the yast droronoo III tho ,
growth Of the two cities. Tho Chicago people.
years ago, when their city waH scarcely ono"
fourth the slze Of Cinonnati, saw that 60 OUT
oclip"e her at every turn. First OF oil, they an
nounced to tho world, through their newspapers,
such facts as they desired to hayc known. Very i
strengthen and develop the city merchants
and !othcra Of tho snlalor towns, who had pre-
viously gono elsewhere to nuke their:purolaaes,
found that tlioy could do bottor by: dealing noar-
which wonld mover Of it's own accord gono !.
Therefor rivat oities we're vigorously bidding
forit'-grew up, and tho people saw Tint thoy
had taken tho right conrso. Tho newspapers
'aults, and Chicago began to bo talked OF moro
than almost; any other city in tho country.
oapltaliats abroad, reading Of tho wonderful
as 4a nsnf vu.s sf'e9pe ep aty ed
faets Tor thomHolvos. Thoy found tue Chica.
gooans boaatihg not boastug aftor a1l, and did =
what all othor aenslble mon would have done: ::
capital to uEo.
What has boon tho rcsu1t7 Tho growth Of tho
city, notwithstanding The torrbe misfortune thai
bofo1 har few years ago. has beon unparalleled,
aud it'll the poopo ara rolinquishag. no effort.
The newspapers have continued to increase, on
large and improve until they arc second to aone
In tho United States, one or two Now York
Journals excepted.
" :. oun WESTERN TRADE.
'sFron. tho Henry County {I,l.} Ne,ps,
It ia our opinion tint tho gontlonnn who spoke
Of OAioago us "Skoloton City" was ittIo
tout" wllen ho spoke Of her as haying miles Of
unocoupied ntores. This Is mistake. Poglapa-
thoro III not halfmils Ct unused store-buildinrs
In Ohtcago. Truo, Chicngo may not have tHe
Bolidity which oharaoterizoa loston, Now York
Or Philadelphia, bnt 1t must DO borne In mind
L HAT n sho is more infant in ago compared ia
The EaHtorn citos named. s!o has Just as GOOD
merchants and moro sntorp.!aing, nubiio-nnirt.
cd cittzons than cau bo found in lilo Eastorn
Dltloa ohieago Il not bubble, a transparency.
or q skeeton' nt aoity that contains moro sold.
'ify on egrM l'Lis ts not bombastIcai atato. Ia.
nont, but the simple assertion Of
plain truth, TINT can be proven III an
,ltieH, our Western Institutions, and our Wess.
,rn people, arc about u fur from belng myths,
= Skeletons, as anything that conld 10 Imagined.
,hsap as ill tie Eastern markets, for The raason
i ;hat wlo!oHhle merchants In Chicago buy from