Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-02-19

WANTS TO SELL OUT.-A real estste
speut here showed two letters to repre-
s.utatige of the asz3ite Gently which WV
lily portray the opinion held OF this city By
r.5ple living in other ! calities The CORE.
,,audent owns property here which, like that
o.. many others, has become unprotuctlye
ana which he is DESTROYS of disposing OF III
rrler TO evade further taxation insurance,
He is willing to do 50. he says, at loss
an the original value Of $4,000. He com
aims bitterly OF the high rate OF city taza-
lion and tho apprehension felt lest taxes viii
,.,tj.l further increased in the near future,
o3ether with the general stagnatiop OF bust
,g.s aud asserts positively that capital is bcs
jny kept out of our midst by the existing or
De, of things, which is too patent to those
whose al is here and who realize the shrink
42e IN values He seems TO think proper
re.renchmeut could bring about different
.ts,. %. things in Alexandria. The trouble
90 this city, however, is not solely due to the
"a, rate. As il Is higher in some other cities
Ba, ,hey have the business to justify 1t 1t
{, the General torpor which is gradually St
r.as over the city that has placed 1t in
partial eclipse. and which is compelling PEG
Die 10 relinquish business here and others to
leave altogether in order to get to plAcs S
wh.rc tho whtels of tradee have 70 I'M
pelmeuts. This accounts for the number Of
M.e houses in Alexandria. 1t Is sad fact
,l4; more houses are for rent and sale IN this
cty 3. present than ever before in its history.
while what were at one time the mansions Of
tie om.ent are either becoming tenement
houses or ale being given up TO splders.whlch
spread their nets in them uum0lested. adj
7ef.e rgisation in the shape of all sorts q
devices bl which people sre enab ed to CV dc
i.e Aymeut of their debts and the crushing
olt OF sources from which money Is put IN
rlal5u because they happen TO be regard
3I.4u Questionable by class OF people who are
egct annoying others in oXpatisting on what
they e,.slrue into misdemeanors. The Ell
a.tMcut into aw of the ideas of zeslotj some
otwAom are calculated to start reform move
uc:s D heaven. will eventually beggar any
l0nmguty, and the effects of such thought
less procedures are too apparent in our midst
today. The question is pertinent one ::
WHO is 20 pay taxes on The uDproductive
l'ope,.y in this city if this regime is TO con-
,uUe The attempt to live on sentiment has
ssns..y allied ever since the creation of the
Woit People cannot appesse Their hunger
90 tue theories of i.ouociest5 and reformers
when thrown out of work and when the wolf
pce'mE in at the door The ugly picture
seems destined to grow still more gloomy VI
u the good sense Of the people resumes the
throne sud the practical conclusion is reached
'aA; community is composed of divers spe-
cmers of the genus homo, embracing all tastes
SUD uchnsuOns, and that the circulation OF
money IN city is the great desderatum,
which should endeavor to bling about
lac picture is g gloomy one, but it cannot be
hidden and is destined to stare at US for some
line, OF until confidence is restored and leg.
.'A.ou conducted pro bono publico, and not
4 ID tle interests of individuals born with SIM
&c less and they erroneous ones, nor pam
1e'ag 20 the rawlings of newspapers Of other
"oes winch have sdei greatly in clogging
W. .hanneIs Of prosperity by impertinent
Interference with our affairs and by giving
'-' city 81 uueuyisble notoriety.