The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1876-05-19


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round and distribute them H. this way ."
This is no fancy picture. but what tool;
place in the writer's presence i'm an of
flee not two days ago.
BLUE FREIGHT LINE.
This name includes all the roads ex-
cept the Central just now, for the annu-
al spring amusements of cutting rates is
going on in lively earnest. The I'd of
March last, the roads entered into
compact to raise rates, making the price
for carrying a bushel of grain to this
city 81 cents on all lines. The officers
of the New York Central claim that they
immediately put this rate in force on
their road, acting in good faith, while
other roads did not give notice of the
change of terms to their agents for Il
month afterward; Of course giving them
a large advantage over the Central as
long as they adhered to the old rates.
Forced to defend themselves, the Central
cut their rates down 10 20 cents Der iIun
dred pounds, or about IL cents a Eus:Iei,
Which makes good times for the grain
buyers Since the Central cut loose
from the combination, their receipts of
grain, which were some 40, 900 bushels
per week, have run up to 400, 200. The
competition so far is confined TO east
bound freight, but the fight is so fierce
between the contending roads, that it is
confidently expected that the rates OH
west going freight will speedily be cut,
and shippers are holding their cargoes
in anticipation of the fall.
A CONTRAST
spoke above of women who might Ie
classed as dead beats, but there are too
many worthy ones who deserve both sym
pathy and encouragement, to allow sport
on the subject. The other day lady
went to the Office of the Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Children to get
the pai ticulars of the case for the news
papers. While she was there, II gentle
man came in to hand Mr. Bergh q check
for 5000 in aid of the Society. Mr Bergh
said that, with the utmost thankfulneSs
for his generosity, he, personally, must
protest against receiving it, as the gen
teInan had already contributed largely
beyond his just proportion. The donor
refused any depreciation of his gift, saying
he had neither wife, child or relation in
any way depending on him, and it was
more pleasure to give than Withhold. for
''if took it back, he said, 81 should not
know what to do with it." What sort of
sickness went through the woman's
heart who heard the words! She was
trying for dear life to make a living for
three children by writing, as she could
get employment here and there, but
through the winter they had suffered
from want of food and fire. They
had been well to do till the hard
times came, when their pretty home
was swept away, and she was thrown
upOn her own eXertions. She was
we'll dressed from the remains of her
wardrobe, and had no complaints to
make, but any mother can guess how
bitterly and longingiy she listened to
this rich man speaking of money with
which he did not know what to do,
while she stood by in her sore want, for
hidden to make one sign for the help
which would doubles have been gladly
offered. had any one known the need OF
it. Cannot the rich laake it al part of
their banevoiance To make work for the
poor upriyht souls who only ask To be
allowed Il chance to earn Al living. There
SwOfk enough the ,sorli UCuid Le bet
ter for having done If anyone had the
wisdom and the heart to find it out, and
bring it in reach of the willing worker.
In hopes that this mention may bring
the two together, | speak of one case
that fately came to my knowledge. y
young Swedish pianist, who graduated
from the conservatory OF Stockholm,
after six years study with high honors,
and came to this county To teach music;
but coming without knowledge of the
language, and, without influential
friends, has been unable to make more
than the bares living. She is a very
brilliant and finished performer, as can
say from acquaintance, and L can but
hope that her wish to find some place
where her musical services would secure
her home in any part of the country
may be realized.
BUSINESS.
Business continues as dull AZ it can
well be, and say business at all, and
there is no prospect of an improvement.
1t is not the hard times that is troubling
New York, the fact is, and it might as
well be faced, the city is losing IT'S trade,
and other cities are getting It, The job
bling business is goi,e, for the simple reii-
son that Chicago, Cincinnati, st. il4ouis
and Toledo can DO it a great deal better
philadelphia is better manufacturing
point, Baltimore is better grain point,
and Boston is taking back its old New
England trade There are one hundred
and forty stores to rent between the
Post Office and Fourteenth street, and
real estate has depseaiated nifty per cent.
at ieast. There Is no rush of merchants
to the city, and the hotels are empty
In the meantime the Western cities, and
the interior cities i'm the East, while not
prosperous, are at least comparatively
so, and are at lest paying their way
They are not losing il they are not max
ing. There never will be any one great
controlling business center, as was iond-
ly hoped by those interested i'll New
York, and it is well that there should
not be. Battar have a dozen. There
is no hepa Tor any revival here, and
new Workers acknowledge it.
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