National Republican., 1877-08-16

iOokeu hu important Ieature OF tnc WiuIeS~'
The utterances were not those of Mr.. Wolf as
au individual, but he spoke for the entire
Washington Schuetzcn Vercin. The address
was considered by the association, revised by
the executive committee and the president di-
rectcd to deliver II at the close Of the festival
Thus II appears that the Verein Is responsible,
and willing to be, for the address.
Daniel Jones, colorcd man 40 years of
axe, was brought to the First precinct Tues
day night on the charge Of assault and battery
on private Waterman named Mack. Before
the assault he dropIel into several clothing
stores, called for articles and walked of with
them without paying the preprictors. On ar
riving at the station he showed every symp-
tom OF insanity, tearing every stitch of cloth
ing from his body, and imagining that some
one had run away with his wife. He was
sent to police headquarters to be transported
from there to DIR, Nichols institution.
PRICES IN WASHINGTON.
WHAT ROBERTS THINKS ABOUT THE COST OF
LIVING.
EpIroR REPUBLICAN,: In the Star + be 18th
an article appeared signed J. l.. f., on the ex.
| tortionatc prices In Washington In the matter OF
food. have the interest and welfare OF the city
at heart. know its weak points and failings,
and do not like to hear it unnecessarily cen
sure'l. Some correspondents writing from here
make Il n matter ofrcligious duty to abuse wash
inyton anil sat 70 before the country in the very
worst light. They earn their bread and butter
here, and abuse the hand that gives 1t. II J.
l.. F. pays thirty-ive cents pound for porter
house steak, he Is an unsophisticatcd youth,
who is evidently some ones victim, and the
immense cost Of his living must be laid to his
good nature and full purse rather than the
high price of things in Washington"
l don't want 10 interfere with your adver-
| tising columns or advertise any ono free, but
| can say from personal knowledge that on the
corner OF Eleventh and streets the best por-
ter-housc steaks can bo bought for eighteen
cents pound, and am confident that 1t Is
| the average price. Aud for tea, coffee and
sugar, they arc staple commodities, the prices
of which are governed by the money market
and are inst the same in one city as another.
The same quality of coffee that is sold In New
York for twenty-five cents pound can be had
hers for the same price, but you can't buy
| roilne worth fnrty cents for twenty-five here
any more than in any other city, though some
| reoplc seem TO think " ought to he done, just
Gs thny want to heard for sixteen dollars n
month. aud expect Grail on toast for lunch,
and champagne supper served in their rooms.
| There are cities where living is cheaper
than in Observation-Disclosures, for instance;
hrt the class of people are very different in
| the 'wo cities. The one Is strictly business
| community, one half in business for them
| selves, the other half working for them at
s'nsll salaries. while here in Washington al
,n"st the whole population are Oh n salary, and
| muHh better one than could he hal "' =
| where. One rau live cheaper in Baltimore or
rhilsdsl,hia, hut they get less money TO live
On. New Smk Is constantly boing held up
| against Wellington shInt prices. Let any
%" go th"re ond undertake to live on 500 per
| month and see if they can live as comfortably,
chursi" their children and move In as good a
orrle nr socioty rs they can here. They will
i G,I 4, hat kax ait b.r ha,ro IN Iva in nnnrt.
mants in tenement house, and TO dwell in a
| New York tenement honse would make even
q Univnrsalist change his religious ideas, or sc
nnt in tho suburbs, some two or three hours
rrie from place Of busiurss.
raor,c come here and sit down on the Gov
erninant, get moro pay than they ever earned
/ IN sll their lives before, and yet never say a
good word for tho city. II they want any
thing they sonj away for it-make all theil
money hare and use II for the benefit OF out.
sija people and places When thoir money |.
low, however, " Is here they ask for trust
aud not from those who have had the benefit
or their cash. One thing buyers forget-thai
the das'rrs have TO paw cash for their good
ana then soil to customers OIL thirty days
credit: and In many instances the thirty day,
,angthcn out until Judgment day begins 4
loom MP in the dim distance, and If Httl
moro iF 'harge.i than in soruc other places Il
is inst as well tn romamher the ascoinmoda
| tirn, Rnp Ia'I We ave HUt living III
any other place. Rents are too high here, ant
there are mt enough small houses in suitable
r.ighborhnAis aud at reasonable tents, still
in The last five years, we have improved iI
10 many things that | hope to SEE this evi
| raine,li,rl.
]. !. =. gives public wall over Washing
to-, hoar'lnp-honSr. Well. theie is q good
d.,l to wall about when one gets on that sub
j,rt was thrown out o short time since oil
The "old aharitis Of the average boarding
h"nse. Ny Sunarinss were such that my erie
lcicd over in poetry. As NJ one pays 70
poetry, II don't w,tts It o.ten,l III give 1t +
YOU for nothing
~ would not boari always, ask not to stay,
Nhsre liver amer hvc' Is poged ~ my wes.
IN. encs ~ cnj s,Insa thar shaved a. us here,
Are enough ini Mes woes, AID TO take from dead
a.. fear"
This price Of poetical brilliancy had tn
effect to make nv old !anhluly take me int
har domestic heart and table, so l have no
Grish.h Il. an thinking cf writing scric
~ essays on hosr5ing-houScs, those who keeI
them and those " no 1--we IN them.
ROBERTS.