The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-01-28


tCorrespondence Of the Atlanta Constit4tlon.l'
NEW YORK, January 2i.-All the bows
have had turn at the ccnsll,-so III take
one!
To begin With. Chicago "takes the cake ="
for growth among all the cities. It's growth
in industries and business has been even
more remarkable than its incT easing pOpula-
ton. | am hardly astOnished at ChicagO's
growth. but am astOnished at.the compare
five Iethargy shown bv -. Louis. II has been
the theory OF railroad-men that there were
10 be but three great cities in America in
the first sense OF the wOrd-yiZ., New
York, st. Louis, and San Francisco. And
yet we see st. Louis dropping out OF lis
place as the fourth city in America, which
Chicago takes-and even having to drop
behind prim conservative Boston, which
takes the fifth place, and barely holding
the SIKH place. 1t. Lonis seems to have
been fairly prosperous during the past ten
years, and her poor showing for 1880 su@-
gesis the suspicion that she was Overrlted
in 1S70--and now suffers by comparison.
Chicago. though, has cot the " call " on all
the Northwest, and her people declare that
she will hustle up TO the second place in
the next ten years, and after that will try
conclusions with New IoIk Itself.
PHILADELPHIA
is the lir,t American city for many reasons.
In the first place, it Is the home OF more
Amer leans than any other city. The pOpu.
latiOn OF New York has 40 per cent. OF
foreign element. Philadelphia has only -
per cent. Therefore while there are $40 900
Americans in New York, there are GSi 900
Americans in Philadelphia. While New
York, with 35G, 900 more inhabitants. is crib
bed within ~ square miles, Philadelphia has
$50 square miles. The population OF New
York is punched I'm splOlchCs, the wards
ranging from sos inhabitants TO ljS GOO. In
Philadelphia the smallest ward has over
10 600 people, while the largest has less
than 10000, the disposition being orderly
and dccOrOus. In some OF The wards OF
New York the lcnement-hOuses are packed
20 densely that there isn't grive-rOom in the
hou>C-lOt> for the human beings living in
the stories above. PhIladclphia is the IA
YOrite clty OF the negroes, 1t having ID per
cent. more cOorcd citizens than New York,
OF 81 900 in all New York is the gateway
OF The continent more than ever, and Phila-
delphia confirms its prominence rs an
American city OF American people living in
their own homes.
BOSTON IS THE RICHEST CITY,
population considered, and without boa>ing
Of many miuonaires at that. II is the city
OF conservative method and moderate for
tunes, with total property valuation Of
SG39 100000. or about $40 per c0pHa, and a
city tax Of i per cent. san Francisco has
hardly filed the prOmiS OF her earIy growth,
and Baltimore has dropped below Boston,
"A No nrl nj ha nj nj n
to San Francisco, herself dropping TO the
tenth.
COLONEL M'CLURE's LETTERS.
Colonel Mcclure, whose letters on south
ern affairs 10 his paper-'be Philadelphia
TimeS-arc still the topic Of discussion, told
me a queer thing the other night He said
IN old Philadelphia negro came to him and
thanked him for the letter in which he said
that the negroes bad better treatment and
more general admission To offices in the
South than in the North. "The only
places" said the negro. " that Penn
sylyania holds open 10 the colOred man
are the Jail. the poOr-hOuSc, and the
lunalic asylum" Even IN Mississippi, the
State in which the negroes are said TO
be worse treated than elsewhere. Colonel
Mcclure said he found they bad vastly bet
laborin9 professions aud general pursuits OF
life, than i'm Pennsylvania. The testimony
that Colonel Mcclure bears Is tardy, but
frank and manly. The INVESTIGATION OF
few more McClure's and Jhe printing Of
their testimony will secure justice TO the
South, and show that a people brave enough
10 make Stand-up fight for four years
against odds Of three TO one, and all the
material adyapta.es, is entirely too brave
TO maltreat helpless and affection
ate race. That there have been Occa-
>iona Outr1ges upon negroes by brutal
whites in the passionate days OF recOn>truc-
ton no one denies. But the South can
challenge the closest Investigation into her
general treatment OF those black people con-
tided to her care, and the effects Of that
treatment as shown in the condition OF the
LegroeS, and we may feel sure that the ver-
diet will be 10 her everlasting honor ~
cbiyaric and intelligent people.
/ may note, by the way, that the CORE
spOndent Ci the London Times has made up
q letter on The conclusions reached by Colo
mel Mcclure, which will be printed in the
"ThunderCr," and cannot fail 10 be OF bene-
fl; 10 southern interests.
SOME QUEER INDUSTRIES IN NEW YORK.
III IuNtSllSHtlOus VI iut ttu.uS ii' II
have led to some queer developments in the
manufactures OF New York and adjoining
cities. The largest single industry IN New
York is that OF custOm-made clothes. The
making OF paper patterns employs hun
dreds OF hands, and ten large houses being
engaged in 1t, use tons OF paper. There
are factories for making dried blood, the
dummies that mllliners use 10 show dresses
on, theatrical armor, and Jews harps. The
use OF adulteratrng substances is getting to
be general. "Castile soap" is made Of
grease and terra alba, or white earth,
and which earth is used largely In
candy-making. Glucose, which Is corn
starch, is used heavily by the sugar
refners. There is firm engaged in
making honey and h0ney-cOmb. The
honey comb i. made by machinery OF paraf-
fine wax, and is an exact imitation d the
regular thing, except that the bees fashion
their cells OF walls only l-l25lh OF an inch
wide, while human artiiicers have not yet
become that deft. The cells are filled with
glucose, which Is the sweet syrup OF CON-
mon corn. and looks and tastes like honey.
The cells, once filed, are closed by smear
ing a hot iron plate over the wax tops, and
the product Is sold as the "best clover
honey" IL is In great demand, and out.
sells the regular honey. Gallons and gal
Ions OF the best tomato catsup are made
from the tOmato-skins which are purchased
from the great ,omato.canning establish
ments. III. w. q.
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