, 1879-08-03


OF the specification, and calculated to mislead
the general public as to the real 1acts 10 the
case, should now, in order to let themselves
down as gently IS possible from heir prepos-
ferrous assumptions, recommend a IL ti.el ;e.ae enp
should be torn down." and built according to
thc Observation-Disclosures Stone ktng IDEA OIL
pcrmanence! Equally absurd Is the recon-
mepdation that the spaces lett IN the 0uttress*s
to lessen the weight should now be filed with
Now, Mr. Editor, IS 4 taxpayer, and as q
bnilder and expert, protest against any such
procedure. .-, .
above anything except hypercritlcisnl, and OIL
this his Honor the Mayor does not neeu to DC
told, He has had large experience 1n buildings
OF mis- own, and knows for himself that there Is
no valid Erouud Of complaint against the con~
tractors.
It may not be generally known that the hack
| hone of the firm Of ThomlinsnD, Reed d Go. is
| Mcssrs, Mortimer l. Tapper, long and well
| known as among the leading and most rellaolc
| builders. They have met with the most un1ea-
| souab!e and even malignant opposlt1on from
| the drst engineered, as it is believed. oy the
! Lemout Stone Ring, aud lurthered and helped
in every way by the eight-bour men among the
| stone-cutters.
tion was put stop to, that the contractors may
| finish a work in every way czcditable to them
selves and tile city! 70 the "Raze the Rub
bish party would say, Hs,,ds OF! The build
| iug Is 4 noble specimen Of what Chicago Dnlio-
crs can do. aud, If it escape the vandal hands
of Democratic bummcrs, it is "buiIt for the
ages,' md will stand with the Pyramids, for
| ever! q. 3. CARrEh'
| Burning Cities as Il Cure for Hard Times.
| To the Editor of Tie Tribune
| CHICAGO, Aug al find In the editorial col
umns of to-day's TRIBUNE the following e1-
tract from the report OF the proceedings OF the
Congressional Committee, with comments
thereon:
"The great fire of 1871 had it's effect upon the
H1 think it has been benefit as WHOLE othf
Ir, Cowefll-stDo understand you to say tha
your city has been benefited BY the fir fire?"
NJ shinI III t. So SRI we nave 0e''e
Mr.. Cowgirl. Would you recommend. as as on on
Of the remedies Tor tue eys You complain o1' 'o
e 3hh he ts,eh i tbg hat the
would be better than the evils now complained OF.
Ny answer to Mr.. Cowgil's last question wa
inaccurately reported By The TRIBUNE repre-
: sentative as to amount to total fabrication. y
. the four other daily papers which reported til
| nrocecdngs not one of them but what gave
directly contrary version TO that 1epoFaeu D
| THE TRIBUNE. ,
I,sfeatt Of the answer ADORE reported rcDllet
| in substance, and as nearly rs can 40" re1nen'
me with the argument that our hard :imes hav
been caused BY toycTproduction possibly tia
| world he the only logical remedy that could b.
! apptied,-because 1t would destroy such prs
= tended |oyerproduction.' .-..
r Mr.. Cowgill's question involved such gros
absurdity that, instead of answering 1t directly
g ! knowing that he belonged to that school
l philosophers who have Systematically an
/. Dcrsistentlv ascribed our hard times to "ove
z production; - and other equally absurd causes,
q considered it favorable opportunity to llu
;, trate the fallacY Of the 'oyerproductlon thcot
Il by TuE TRIBUNE, ,-and am Convinced that a
3 present at the time, except THE TRIBUNE re
it porter, understood the question and aucwer I
have here stated it.
/ do not recommend, and never did, an al
p1ication OF the torch as q remedy for the nal
times. It would be as cruel and unwise as &C
n ting rid Of tramps by putting strychnlne III the
~ bread. Sincerely yours, =. r. NORTON
- Notwithstanding the above disavowa1 III
- wire drawn explanation, we do not see that n
- Norton has mended matters essentially.
- nCnicago has been benefited as whole BY t
- ing burnt up" why would not other cities al
y. ~ be benefited by being destroyed by fire!
~ =, would ceKtanly afford "poor mcn'' fine tim
IS in rebuilding them. The "oVerproduction
is which Mr.. Cowgirl believes causes panics,
not the overproduction OF property, but
y dcbts. Plupging into debt, buying real estate a
~ merchandise on time and ut 1lood-tide pric
IT getting other peoples property in possessi
and not being able'to pay for it,-thfs Is vt
breeds papics aud bankruptcies. That is
sort Of s'oyerproduction that makes all
o. trouble, and burning cities is not remedy
I | it.-Ep.l
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