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of Northern capitalists to raise the money for
o loan Of s., ,0O0 900 to the city OF Charleston
for the purpose Of rebuilding the iity' and i It
ty. to which unboundcd gratitude would give
additional strength. There are hundreds Of
capitalists who Invest money every day pa
ChilIs, Andrew Carnegie. and dozen others
easily named who are known to the world as
llarge-hearted philan thropists, would set the
ball TO rolling. few months would see the
thing accomplished. An opportunity rarely
occurs where sound business investment Is
| coincdent with the exercise of large and
noble beneflcence. Already such plan has
leve 1t would only need to be definitely for
mulatcd and pushed with some degree OF on.
crgy to be carried to happy conclusion.
The Time for Systematic Work.
New York Mail and Express
Now that the energetic and clear-headed
Mayor of Charleston has returned from Eu
rope and al rived In the city where he Is most
needed. we trust that the sagaclous sugges
and Courier, will be carried out, and that the
fully aroused sympathies of good people all
over the land will soon find practical direction
and systematic methods Of relief to work on
Evidently from his talk Mayor Courtenay
position, and means to do all that in him lies
TO put Charleston and her wants In relations
with the liberality and humanity Of the coun
All It needs is to be convinced OF an intelll
gent, responsible and wise management and
the money will flow Charlestonward by the
hundreds OF thousands.
ICharlestOn's Commerce ali Right,
Brooklyn Union.
Money is now needed in Charleston to pro-
vide shelter for the homeless people, and nc
subscription list was ever opened for wor
thier purpose. But go soon as the wants o
| the suffering are provided for the commercial
necessities of the Southern city will be sup
piled by the natural forces of trade. Indeed
the city will gain rather than lose by this lost
of houses, for better houses than those that
call the attention of the whole commercial
world to the advantages Of the prosperous
and growing cotton and rice mart and port o.
q rich agricultural country and advantageous
site for many kinds OF manufactures. tmay
| be too soon to speak with good grace OF the
commercial advantages OF calamity that hat
caused great suffering and loss OF iuapy lives
but that 1t will be n commercial advantage Is
as plain as the present suffering Is appalling
Philndelphia's Noble Ambition.
Philadelphia North american.
Charleston's loss has been very great, ant
the needs Of her people are urgent. PhilaCcl
phia must do her part towards satisfying
those needs; and she should do 1t ut once
| Her citizens have never yet failed TO rise II
such an occasion as the present, and there II
no danger that they will do less than sustnir
their reputation at this time. But we shoillt
like TO see them to do better than ever. A.
the calamity by which Charleston has beer
overtaken ia without o. parallel. so let the out
! flow OF substantial sympathy from this city
| be similarly out OF the ordinary. In nearly
every city OF importance along the Atlantic
coast Charleston relief funds have been start
cd. 1t would be pity If in this generous &C m
petition Philadelphia should have any place
except at or near the top. II she does hersel
justice she will lead all her sister cities In :ht
charitable work.
| Charlcston's Need fs Money.
| Philadelphia Press.
! The people OF Charleston are getting grad
| ually 50 far over the cemorulizatioD cuusct
by the earthquakes thnt they arc beginning
10 take an inventory or their needs and le
them be known. For their immediate neces
stiles the money already contributed has ap
parcntly answered fairly we'll so far, though
more is needed. For g. people content TO sleeI
out of doors In this pleasant autumn weather
and with their food supply uninjured. very
little help goes great way. But for rebuildin.
the shattered city and replacing the destroyed
property Charleston will need, as Chicago re
quired after her great fire. n large amount q
borrowed capital. In what she asks as gra
tuity Charleston tests the generosity OF thu
| country, and IL will not fall her. When j
I Il
own credit to The test. We hope 1t also vii
prove equal 10 the demand.
Tenfold Worse than Fire.
Ncw York Times.
| II Charleston had been visited by fire al
destructive rs the earthquake great part o
the loss would have been b rne by the stock
holders of insurance companies living in 9th
er parts OF the country or In foreign countries
| With the money derived from them th'
rebuild their city, and 1t would have been re
built with foreign capital. The capital re
quircd now is probably not to be had In Char
| lesion itself. Ii 1t does not come from abroad
vate persons, or IN n general lonn undertaken
| by syndicate of capitalists, 1t is hard to se'
how the city is to be rebuilt, and 1t is certain
that it will be much more hum pered and Grip
pied than If it's houses had been consumed By
fire instead of being shaken and shattered by
an. earthquake.
Nothing Sectional In an Earthquake
NeO Orleans Pcaylne.
The movement for the substantial relief o
| the Charleston sufferers should command
universal support and sympathy. There i
| nothing sectional In an earthquake Its visl
tations cannot be prevented or confined Il
limits. 1t Is subject 10 no restraints which
| human foresight has been able to suggest o
human ingenuity 10 devise, and that 1t did no
visit some other place instead of Charleston
| Is due to no superior advantages Of location
nor mt erits of surroundings. An earthquake
can MS easily overth row London, Paris or New
York az 1t has done Naples, Lisbon or Caracca
| in the not very distant past or Charleston ir
the immediate present. Subscriptions shoult
come from the cities OF Europe as we'll O!
from those Of America, for all are Interested
Nome can tell whose time 1t will be next.
CharIestOn's Pluck.
Hartford Times,
IindOmltabe resolution and enterprise, in tbi
the latest and worst of their extraordinary sc
ries OF mistortunes, which is well fitted To ex
cite general adm iration. In the midst of the
city's wreck and ruin, aud ere yet the earth
Quake shocks have ended or the broken walls
have ceased to fall, the voice Of the local pres!
emphatically proclaims one thing that ever
| the earthquake has not broken, and that II
the unconQuerable wi and enterprise of thu
ment, which was itself put In type by com
positors who stood ready ut an instants warn
| Ing to drop their "stickS' and rash or leal
from the shaking building, on the recurrence
of shocks that had not yet ceased, the NetD
and Courier sounded the reassuring noto o
confidence, determination and good cheer.
The Right Kind Of Sympathy.
| Springfield, M1ss., Republican.
| Civilization has made no provision yet fo
spreading the burden Of such calamity as
serious earthquake. For the most part II ha!
10 rest where It falls. Something can be done
by proffering aid and charitable relief to the
poorer classes at Charleston, but much more
by extending liberal credits to her merchant:
and proflcring ready capital at low rate o
interest to her men of enterprise so aS 10 cna