The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-08-02
Our New York letter. ,....t,- -t.
!, MY YoRK July 1st !, 1879 M,
Ed. .Antin Aonopolist: ~ ,.:,:.s.Itt. ,,..,l.

his natlO0j rev PROFESSIONS 0QHeF more L
rom the hard times than the literary; 4-few'1
razles more than chat Of the publishers. lit
s estimated that So, OOO, 900 worth Of bank
'uptcy has occurred in the newspaper hasi- /
less. since the panic "A good deal Of this 1
,as been. old rubbish, that could be well
dispensed with, ! am pleased to see, 80 |
many Granger organs starting. III thinkll
,an, number near forty. ali eady in this line. /
Those new papers Of this sort that manage
% exist until the hard times are over will
doubtless have fine success, where wen man;
aged. AS Grip Van Jefferson says: |
'sTheir good health and their family, may
thew live long and prosper 9. IA 49,
. TIE destruction mentioned is noticeable
even among the chief magazines. It usu
ally with them, goes by the polite name Of
~ ;stf.i: It's fssai.tt .''iit'is
Now we have the statement that the Bos-
ton magazine Old and Nts, with SO clever Il
man as Edward Everett Hale for it's editor,
has'been compelled to surrender, and that
IScfitnerts Monthly is about 10 swallow itupil
as their juveaileI swallowed MP Our Young
Fotks: 4sc .tnss isfft .l5iIssssfl il intsisltsa;
.1F h BIG AND L1rTLE FISH. III d n;oi
. But the manner in which our mercantile
concerns are being consolidated is caution
to young merchants with small capital
The way the average commercial gentleman
retires nowadays, is to take u back stool
in the store Of some great ogre, like Stewart
or ,Claflin. The small stores are being fast
gobbled by the big ones on the avenues also.
Take, for instance. Eighth-ave.ai The small
fancy goods stores are being rapidly driven
cut by immense establishments. enc Or tvs If
which, like Mays, can supply the whole
West Side, and others are all concentrating,
in Sixth-ave. Serves them right They've
no business to be middlemen. The next
thing-f our people were not 50 stupid
would be mammoth cash Co operative Stores.
like those of the Civil Service in london;
where no one man enjoys, the profit, but it is
divided among the hundreds Of, sharehold-
ing s,omers; and where no credit expert
is needed, like Clafin's, 500, OOO-a year
man, because no credit is given. -, .,....
me. CHEAP AND RAPID TRANSIT.
see that you appreciate the work Of the
ssSwelling Refopm Association IF which
am Secretary. Our latest effort Is II behalf
Of ssChesp Morning and Evening Trains, =
for working men aud saburbah villages, is
bound to succeed, as the thing has long
been done at London and Boston,, The fig
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carefully searched all the reports. Another
Transportation Association 4 Its last report
shows that there is great need Of such,a So
ciety, to 'ssystematicaliy show up railroad
frauds :" It gives ., striking digest Of those,
as follows: cover two hundred and fifty
millions Of obligations have been issued by
the Union and Central Pacific railroads, Of
which not one half were ever paid for: YET
the commerce Of this country is being taxed
to pay dividends upon the entire mass OF
obligations thus created. The legislation Of
| the past decade has been largely in the in
terest Of powerful rings to the great detri-
ment Of the public Acts giving millions o.
acres Of public lands to these rings have
/ been lobbied through Congress and the sew
erai State legislatures, and scarcely q voice
has been raised against it. The Union Pa
ci6c Railroad alone, having an area one
third larger than the States Of Massachu-
sets, Rhode Island and Connecticut; thu
Central Pacific nearly as much more, Will,
the Northern Pacific has twice as much q
both the others, while unlimited amounts Of
public lands and money seem 70 have beer
had by a favored few for the asking, and
without any conditions being impose ed whicl
would protect the public interest. There i
even les. excuse for legislation which ha
been obtained from subservient legislature
allowing the crosses, frauds to be perpetra
ted upon the public Among these are un
limited waterings Of capital stocks. til
1 avoidance or remission of taxes on railwa
property, the establishment Of Credit MI
bilier institutions of various kinds by whic
revenues have been delivered from legit
mate purposes, and other acts Of like ma
ture tenlingto enrich the few at the e.
pense of the whole public. -{iff a. # II
A MERRY MACHrAvELLIAS. NEPHIsIOPaELE
I There, I've got a good name at last Il
Manton Marble Of the World. 1aughe
! much lin my sleeve" At that man formerl,
| when open exclamation would have bee
> indiscreet, that have become quite sou
n the elbows,' in consequence. ha,
| sat by the half hour, and shaken ell ovt
! with great silent inward gufows," ~
!, fihoaght Of him as editing 1.-THE leading wori
iugnanis hope Of this nation I've m
] nothing funnier since used TO mske stud
) Of the aristocraiic Hester Clymer and Il
loud-mouthed John, Cessna IS Democrat
t leaders in the Pennsylvania Legislature
I 1860. 70 be sure the sight Of Whitela
: Reid n : querading = 'sreformer' in Ho
i ace Greeley's old white coat and hat, IS ful
n ny too: bot mot mp to the other. By u
!. way, got this Oh Reid lately with. b
. ..ieadinE paper'' -..fhe New York Pys,s
{ going 70 the bad morally, and the 7Tithst
i the leading paper. 49, = 'ssfsa
j Hut to return u Marble He IS just nd
e wsllowias II the sloagh d. despond, crest
! BY the Ohio detection. y He has his 'sihi
, stsnng mp On pole - signal Of distrel
. aad i firing Of rockets, minute guns y
'e squibs, (nossiy the lattsrc but The pscl
4 ION shore" regard this - the Sicily Islam
d era did similar demonstrations from I
; sSehiller-they consider mt he is on
. saluting- theyare - used - his frolissoa
ir waye. Here's richness, now listen - hi
in The Cincinnati paPer-naaiass nor :
y the Democrats Of Ohio e sndorse this B
Ae publican Legal Tsnder crime = the nons
- when al its results are most obvious =
II most aMieting."' He then shows that
financial platform IN question j. precis'
u that Of the Republicans Of 1858; and q
r that ssthe believing red-moutked statesm
= Of CincinnaTi; !" Who helped the Kepublic1
o. 70 victory that year. Nov, = II proud
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