The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-08-17
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4 The long rows of rod houscs, With
marble tiinmings sanl white pAnsIsd
sAaststs neasly proyisssd With bolts (shs
upper-story shutters being carefully
painted green or slate). typify ontwardly
and materially the Quaker influence,
though there are rniy innovations Of
brown stone, green stone, colored mar
bic and variegated tiles in the later
dwellings,. It is significant that Phila-
delphia should be Arst in 80 many
things. The former mint was the first
building put up by Federal authority in
any part Of the United States. The old
est type foundry in the country is sti !
carried on here, and the oldest daily pa
per appears every morning with re-
newed youth. OF the thousands Of na-
tionai banks organized since the begin
ming OF the civil war, the earliest to be
incorporated was in Philadelphia, and SO
too the Union League Of this city was
the primary organization Of its kind.
Henry G. Carey was the originator Of
the book-trade sales. The first house
built in the colony was the Penn house.
in Letitia court, which remains standing
to this day. The establishment OF turn
pixies and the development Of public
hospitals are other matters in which
Philadelphia was in advance. 1t can
boast likewise in the Baldwin locomotive
works an establishment which began,
in the earliest days Of American railroad
building, with the painful manufacture
of single locomotive. and has kept
pace with the march OF that industry
until now it turns out 800 locomotives
year.. and employs 5000 workmen.
On every side We are led back to the
day Of beginnings. The largest indus
trial establishments, like the works Just
named, the Diston Saw Company, or the
huge Dobson carpet mill, of wide celeb
rity, have grown up within . genera
tion's time from small foundations. Old
houses are carefully preserved, some
times with the interior furnishings Of
their Revolutionary prime, and even
when historic buildings are disturbed,
the old associations cling 10 their sue
cessors. This constant recurrence ol
the past in the Philadelphia Of to-day is
in keeping with q conservatism charac-
teristic of the place, manifested in vari-
GUS ways, and commonly explained by
the Quaker origin Of the city. But that
quality is really due to other causes.
The main fact about Philadelphia, dif-
ferencing it from our other large GEN.
ters, is that it rests its importance on
the power to produce tangible things Of
solid usefulness. It adds value. Some
commerce there il, and there are banks
and bankers welding extensive none
tary influence; but the greater number
of inhabitAnts, both humble and con-
spicuous, are interested in manufactur-
ing. The mass Of the people work hard
for q living at the business Of making
something which their labor renders
valuable. Gaining money in this way,
they appreciate it, worth, become sav-
ing, and invest their savings in useful
property. Where space is plenty, where
rents are low, and building associations
are ready to lend money, it becomes the
habit among salaried men, mechanics
and all persons Of small means to 90
quire or hire q separate house, and this
multiplication of homes increases the
proportion Of responsible and cautious
citizens with high average Of intelli-
gence. may instance carrier ON one
Of the morning papers, who still contin-
ues his rounds, though he is also bot
anist Of good repute, and member oa
the Academy Of Natural Sciences
George Parsoss Lathrop, in Harper's
Magazine. s*