The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-11-09
THAT CRITICISM OF CHICAGO.
John Foster Fraser of England Makes an
Explanation of His Article.
VIM, RUSH, HUSTLE, CLEARHEADNESs
Mark the Business Men Of the American Metropolis,
He Says, Though They Haze Not Much
Sympathy About Them.
fSneclal 10 The Posi-

London, November S.--John Foster Fraser. special
parliamentary descriptive writer for the Yorkshire
Post who recently reported to have published a
very scathing criticism Of Chicago communicates to
1.-THE correspondent correction of what he alleges to
have been distortion Of his views Whatever der
rogatory statements he did make he says constituted
but the minor part of his impressions hvesixths Of
which were honest appropriations OF Chicago business
capacity AS regards the fierce criticism which he has
encountered he wishes to say that it has been unfair
He asserts that English manufacturers and newspa-
pers have been indignant his opinion Of Chi
cago is good compared to his impressions of relative
conditions in England
Chicago" says Mr. Fraser as complex city.
Alone to praise it would be to shut ones eyes to many
hdeous characteristics alone to condemn it would be
to ignore the fact that while its merchants are un-
sentimental they far-seeing and their business is
conducted with cleaner eye and steader purpose
than anywhere else in the world. ] was chiefly i'm
pressed with the vim, hustle rush and clearheaded-
ness of the Chicago business man. It is true there
seemed to my mind TO be too pagan thirst for
wealth, not for the sake of the refinement It brings,
but merely to crafty the desire for acquisition
While the Chicago man may not be able to discuss
literature or the highest aspects of life he is the
eenest and most alert man on the face Of the earth
He certainly does not get much fun out of being on
the earth but he does know his business through and
through and can look all around it. Chicago manu-
acturers away ahead of their transatlantic rivals
Comparing Chicago and Manchester workingmen-the
best Industrial types of both countriesI should saw
the American works harder and more but pays
considerably higher for necessities The workman.
ship of British aborers is slower but better than
that of his American cousin. If the of the two
clues kept BANK accounts think the Englishman
would be better off at the end of the year.
Chicago newspapers have marvellous enterprise and
push They however. strain too much after effect.
They exhaust their vocabulary on a trolley accident
and when they deal with a big railway smash can
| practically say nothing The readiness and wit
! of the Chicago newspapemen filed me with fullest
admiration If | wanted to make my son journalist
! would send him to Chicago where he would be
/ g1Iaot anita f,r3c,
American l would send him to England 10 learn
restraint of language and sense OF proportion
1t is true that much in Chicago filled me with
ahhorrence State street on Sunday night is one of
/ the most abominable sights anywhere in the world
unless 1t is Port Said saw boys visiting anatomical
museums that made me sick to look upon 1t almost
makes me sick to recollect them have been in tbir
tyfour countries and IN every capital in the world
! AS plain, unsentimental man may say have seen
most Things IN those places, but saw ANYTHING
SO disgusting ass What wRs}ppeny displayed on the
main streets of Chicago.Ysls