The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-12-22
THE NEW RICH IN NEW YORK.
a Condition OF Thir@s Which May Lead 10
a Cont .cf 90 Glasses.

a Condition OF Thio.s Which May Lead 10
Conflict 90 Glasses.
Joe Howard in Philadelphia Press.
There is no doubt about II that Nov York
| is divided into TWO great classes me very rIch
| and the very poor, and the midlling class OF
reputable, Industrious fair-tO-,iu ucoui. ara
gradually disappearing, going up in the scale
! OF worldly wealth or down into poverty and
embarrassment Ii seems uUIuestO"eu tla,
| between these classes exists, and is rapidly
growing, under intentional lust"ru- and
nurtunng OF evil men, distinct, pronounced
malignant hatred The sncers at Mr. Van
derbllJ in the public press meet the apprOba-
ton OF hundreds OF thousands of people
Why? He is not 4 bad man. although he
never does any good TO men who are SEN
stive as to what other people should do with
their money, lie appears hoggish but while
as the representative OF corporate seltishness
Mr. Vanderbilt stands supreme, per
Sc, he is an easy-soing we'll
enough kind OF person, not good
( looking not educated, in no sense refined,
but on the other hand, not easily disposed
But should be very sorry to be in ME
Fanderbilts boots if such times as We had
here in 1868 should be repeated, and Mr. Van
derbilt is type OF thOusands-I use the term
adyisedly-who are rich beyond their auces-
tors dreams OF avarice. There are men here
worth ten and twenty millions of dollars of
Y
living in magnificent house, whose lite is as
quiet as that of a minister's should be, who
has given away not less than three millions
OF dollars in five years, whose beneiactons
prior to her death will reach not less than
seven million dollars, VINO has in her home
paintings, statuary, diamonds, precious
stones, exquisite specimens OF gold and sill
yer, with costly works OF every imaginable
art, an inside estimate OF which is a million
and half and she is not as rich as many of
her neighbors by several million dollars
There are men here who twenty years ago
sold clothes on Chatham street who to-day live
at an annual expense OF hundred thousand
dollars, who wear jewels upon their person
costing in reasonable stores $4,000.
Come with me in Madis0n-avenue car
any day, rain or shine, between the hours Of
10 o'clock in the morning and Is or o'clock
in the afternoon, and will find you car after
car closely packed it'll ladies in whose ears
are diamonds worth from $500 to s., 900 each.
on whose ungloved hands, red and fluffy,
sparkle fortunes Walk with me from Stew
arts old store, at the corner of Ninth street
and Broadway, TO rhirtieth street and Broad
way any day. do not mean Sundays hoii-
days, or special occasions. but all times and
| will show you on block after block women
in sealSkn circulars down to their heels
worth from $500 to 81 900 each, with dia-
m0nd earrings and with diamond finger
rings, and other precious stones as well,
carving IN their hands dainty pocketOookS
stuffed with money. They represent the
new rich with which New York is filling IN.
On that same street at the same time | can
show You men to whom 4 dollar would be
fortune, whose trousers torn auH dis
graceful in their tatters, are held
their pinched waists by rope or
or pins, whose stockingless feet shuttle
the pavement in shoes so ragged that4
dare not lift them from the pavement, Il
faces are freckled, whose beard is long:
Struggling as is their hair, while thelr3
dening hands taper at the nails like CT
How long before those claws will taste:
the newly rich? Make no mistake abQp
the feeling is born, the feeling is EGSing,
and the feeling sooner or later will break
forth. Only last night l walked through
Fourteenth street, on which there are but
few residences left, and in front OF one, lead
ing from the door TO the curbstOne was a
canopy, under which charmngly -attired la
dies, accompanied by their escorts went
from their carriage TO the open door through
which Hoods of light and sounds of music
came. | stood with the croWd--a big crowd
"a moment, and there was born this idea OF
an inevitable outbreak, unless something is
done and speedily done, to do away with
the prejudice which not only exists but is
Intentionally fostered against the very rich
by the very poor II would make you shud-
der to hear the way the women spoke
Envy, jealousy, malignant ferocity every
element needed was there All that is
wanted is a leader