, 1876-04-28

Lou.sr.Ht Cpnf.tf.,Iunr.a1,
u45 ostssss. s i i true %s
believe, that tho toart'Jorr"a ts orsgaged, hut il
l. M .:1 t.Is thu, i III Ms ~sasawaks .t e. ~ n
uahitios.-St. Lsm;s Geoe.D e.Dtmnerat,
Thank you. We hayo paid little VI no atten-
ca1Ae tho Enquirer dues nor know how to lo,l
tho truth Tue fact In, TINT tho Cou''er--four'..A
III not suffering either on aecotlnt VI it, b.tsl-
noss OF lts debts, WHICH Aro not overwhelming.
As 70 tio Conrier,journn! :, Dn'silns. It cars1os
lo6s load tl!an bult.nsh OF its c!aas, aud may bo
trusted to take caro- os ithelf, But tho tlotr-
I}rHorrdfs suggestion u.nyes uH to Say word
or Two about bnsincns in general, and particn-
larly about tho husineHs OF L',uisyitlo.
in Rp.to Of lbo general reduction Of values
and Of tho prevailing h,isnes5 depression, tho
newspapers OF Chicago, 1t. lsoi,,H, Cincinnati,
aud Now iurk. to Bay nothing of such cuius Al
Cleveland, p,stshurg, and Detroit. co'nu 10 .H
illou with spring advertisements. brisk. frcsh.
newsy, redolent Of tra,le, l'espehkiug enterprise.
full Of hopeful. life-glysuE suggestion. Noni-
i.G any ono Of tho jo1lruas OF tho cttea 10 lueA-
ton. QUO gets the notion that tboir merchants,
at least, have uot thrown up tho sponge. VIII
lilo i sn4 10, though they hayo Kot down 70
hsrd-pan ID almost everything else, tleY keep
their commercial lag flying. Thoy arc lns,,rca
by local no loBs than b5 mercantile PRIDE su.y
know TINT thor bora OF keorlng up il TO keep
things going md thoy refuss to bu s4ucle!lei
Into abject submission to circumstances by the
pressure from without. Thus communities
strengthen themselves from within.
III fares the town to hssrn!pR ts d prey,
Where wealth grow rank upon IT. OWL decay,
And advertisers dwudle day by DAY.
4 hRlf hours rim through Chicago neua-
paper-1or oxample-is like = half.hour'B larlble
through the busieAs quarter of tAeCits Ut Chl--
cAEo. Tho nlerchAutA there belI0vn in ai.n
6oard#, and they stlck tl.eBo eyarys4sro; osor
thcir doors ac4o6A their et,ootN 0u tue walls;
in the newspapers. They be!loyo IN advertising.
aud, having douc mort VI 1t than any other poo
pie on the sobo. thoy hasa had the most amaz-
Ing and miraculous oom,netcia! e1isteuce. st.
Louis s slower and less !iyely but Bhe has spent
vast euu1x Of money In advertising. Cincinnati
and Louisville arc most laggardly; but Cnctn-
natl Ia far ahead Of Loulsy.lle. which hardly
rau9s-tsking tue newspaper s1hlblt-Mltl
Cleveland, Or Dst1oit, Ut milwaukee,. What
uauBt bo thought OF the trade OF Louisville BY
tho stranger Who, glauctug at tho tDm.tr-Jour-
nal scarcely flnds ~ much - wholesale houso
mentioned i'll its co!uHaus. aud how csn our Main
Utteat nelgAboIa wolder or complain II now aud
than we touch ihem up bIt. when, ID matter
Of fsct, though thsy represent the city mill
ions, wo know them Gully through \ few paltsy
subscriptions, wrung from them by 4 aort u
necessltyf
Or COURSE Vs arc speaking for ouERolvts; but
NO arc also striking lick for Louisville. wllon
we dwell upnp tho fact tbkt our business plep
Instead Of bang proud Of the CoHr.sr-Journat,
| tnatead Ut feellnK ttA advantage aud liz power,
| insteRa Of rA!ly1ug u 1t aud us,ng It, have
though 1t has been conducted in the Moat lbet ii
| Years ago 1t Was found that t~o pspyls ot the
tirsl-css$, sblo 10 eu,upotu with tho pspels Of
| Cincinnati, could not exist hato. We throw tie
| three old o1cs unto o1le naW QUO, giving thEes
| aud!ences ~ tho advertiser for one p1lss. lhs
outlay sAs veIy gssat- It involved liabilities