The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-05-14
CHICAGO WILL GO FISHING.
H1r-DAY PICTURE OF THE mi
CITY'S HUSTLING SONS.

unnkera, Lawyer ana buAineAa Men Who
Dc.ert Their ohices and Line the Piers
to catch Herring, Perch and B%ullhsads-
Illusions Concerning C~hicaEo's shipping.
cu,cIeo. May l2.-Chicago may be A town
49,, Ia ali hustle. but IL ia a fact that a man
lining here from New York has to walk SLOWLY
=. ords- to keep from running over tho
n.onle on tho streets. Also IL is true that
i, has nm apparent leisure class of from
r,o N twenty thousand. the number de-
..rdlno upon whether the fab are hitting
~ not. on q warm cloudy morning. when a
.,ronr wind Ia blowing of shore and the
v,,ar line In consequence has receded ten feet.
oOO O citizens will be found along the lake.
,r",t ensnaring perch. herring and bullbeads
On the other hand. II the day Is sunshiny. with
.b,,, enle bowling In from the unsalted sea
And the spray from the whiteoaps landing far
~, On the park drives-a typical Chicago dav-
tho leisure class will be reduced to 5000
These people are not tramps, not even
honest workmen out for a holiday. The
tramp cannot get a fishing line and bait
AMI the honest workman has time Tor fishing
only on sundays. They are solid. respecta-
bic. wcll-to-do business and professional
men. who have simply taken the time from
their Office work. Looking at them one Is
tempted to say that they have not such o
lot Of commercial worry upon their shoulders
after all. 1t Is certain that the spectacle OF
10000 New York city business men dangling
their legs OH tho piers OF the East River or the
Battery would be accounted remarkable. A
Kansas City man. who came here once for a
brief yista. describes Chicago as q big. spread
out, noisy. dirty. windy blum.
In that own" he saws. the merchants
load up the wagons with empty barrels and
drive them about the streets TO delude visitors
into the belief that they are doing business"
This is not true. Tn barrels are driven
about the streets all right. but there Is always
something in them. The town does make a
bluff. however. in that it does not do more than
1.-THE of the business 1t pretends to do. though
its volume OF Is. OF course. large. 1t
isa notable feature OF the place that a pur-
chaser has not only to hunt the man from
whom lie wishes to buy. but also to chase him
toa standstill atterward in order to get the
goods within a reasonable time. One who
starts out to print a magazine. for instance.
will seek the printers. the engravers and the
paper men. give his orders and show the
money. Then for twenty-five days he will
be forced to camp on the trail OF one or the
other OF them to get the things for which he
has contracted. This savors little OF the ruth
less competition OF which Chicago men talk
and not at all OF the hustle about which they
pirate still more. There are many things going
10 prove thae III the hdt'er OF speed ana re-
source Chicago. for all its fuss. is a century be-
hind an Eastern city OF halt its size. In New
York. for example. as all men know. a banker.
a broker or n lawyer will be at his office by 10
o'clock or half past 10 O'Clock in the morning.
He is through with the toll OF the day by
3 T. NJ. or. at the latest. 4 p. NJ. He
has been engaged five hours. taking out
III hour for luncheon. In that time he
has got through a vast amount OF labor
and he has tho remainder OF the afternoon and
Ill the evening for his private affairs. In Chi
tago men OF the same occupation will get to
WORK al .''oor O IN inc morning Ihey VIII
ue'o'e n,teeh minutes ooa luheneon: ooited as
lhouEh they were iamishlns, ana VIII CLOSE up
'he 'aooro i 'he Gay "a. o''o or 1. NJ not a
minute sooner IN ten hours thev VIII nave ac-
comp.isheu no more than the New lorder IN
n'e' II 80 much. lhis ID "neh they are must
ing "heh they are not hustiinG they
are out on the lakefront after the herringi
There are worse ways OF spending the time.
1'aman can't sell any wheat while squatted
on the Government pier waiting fo- a bite. he
can't impoverlsh an unlucky Spectator by
buying from him. II he can't plead a will case