The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-02-13
VALUATIONS IN
NEW YORK CITY
Figures So Astounding As to
Almost Take Ones
Breath Away.

has just issued its report dealing with
the assessment valuations of the land
of New York City, and so astounding
are the figures they almost take ones
breath away. The valuation for 1907
is $500. 100000 larger than it was for
1906, while the total valuation of the
city now reaches the enormous sum
of S5,S00,000,0 200. Oh shades of Man
haitian who bartered the whole island
away for-but | must proceed These
figures are so staggerinsiy large that
it is indeed hard for the layman to ap-
preciate their full significance, but
when we consider that the estimated
value of all the property-in the United
States, including farms, mines, rail
roads and everything else is s110,000,-
000, 900, it is more than One-twentieth
of the whole. The land wealth, there
fore, of New York City is greater than
the entire wealth of many states put
together, and is equal to the entire
wealth OF one territorial quarter OF the
whole country. But comparisons with
foreign countries afford results even
more startling 1t is equal to all the
wealth Of continental Australia, of
Belgium or of scattered Canada, which
spreads, as the Canadians proudly
boast, from the Atlantic TO the Pacific
1t is % per cent more than the entire
wealth of Holland, or of Spain, or of
Sweden ard Norway combined, and
double that of Switzerland, or it is
one-third that of Italy, one-fourth that
of Austro-Hungary, one-ffth that of
10 md 1T
Great Britain and Ireland, One-seventh
and improving
For Starving Family.
Alois Hoffman, a baker, who lives
/ in cellar in east SSth street, having
travelled all over the city looking for
work, and being unsuccessful, could
not see his wife and children starve
before his eyes. At his wits end TO
get them food he put the following adj
vertisement in a New YORK paper:
Starving family wish any work to
do for winter; clothing and shoes
wanted; landlord will put them on the
street; l will give my skin and blood
before they go homeless Janitresg,
112 East SSth St"
He declares that as last resort he
will sell his skin for grating pur-
poses, and his life's blood for the pur-
pose of experiment. for money to keep
his wife and children alive. Surely
such self-sacrifce deserves success.
During the trial of a police Captain
for failing to suppress policy and
handbook gambling some remarkable
evidence was given in Jersey City a
fOuv ChnUinU tho nUIIu nf
gambling among the poorer classes.
For the defense of the captain gro
Ger was called and swore that very
few bets were made in the district
charged because he had very few bad
debts during the year. Questioned by
the prosecuting attorney as to what
bad debts had to do with gambling
the witness said: why | guess none
of my customers played the races so
they had the money to spend" A
pawnbrOker for the defence made the
following statement: 81 can tell by
the falling of of my business that
there is no betting. When there is
gambling on horses in the neighbOr
hood business is good. When there
isn't people don't pawn so many
/ things and business is bad"
freaks Union"
The freaks Union" has been very
successfully inaugurated and its mem
berShip now numbers eighty-two. while
applications for membership are com
ing from every quarter of the country
Morris, the Elastic Skin Man." who
is at present showing on 14th ST, is
one of the men most interested in the
Union, for it was by him and Billy
Wells. the "Hard-headed Man,
Charlie Trip, the "Armless Wonder
and Duck Spout the ''Three-eyed
prodigy" the movement was first start
| ed. Morris feels the position of the
! human prodigies" keenly. He
thinks that the managers have nc
right to call them freaks" but should
do them the courtesy of referring to
them as human prodigies," He also
complains that the life Of so-called
freaks is a thoroughly lonesome one
for if they associated with the public
they would lose their value as ex'
hibits The latest additions to the
Freaks Union" are two fat ladies, a
circasian beauty probably from East
oath ST., a legless and armless won.
der, a eowheaded woman, a dog-faced
man. a human eel and white negro
| In connection with the new union
which we all hope will be successful
| it would be well 10 mention that there
is only one organization in the world
where prodigies are admitted without
question. and that is the Benevolent
Order of Tigers. This order has been
! incorporated under the laws of Con
necticut and it does a great deal OF
good. The new organization will i'm
mediately make a demand for better
salaries on the managers.
The campaign against cocaine and
other perniciouS drugs has not com
menced one minute too soon for IL is
calculated that there are no less than
! s.. 900 TO 100 600 "'iendS" in this city
! The new law providing penalties ii
cases where the drug is sold by any
person without the prescription OF Z
physician is not in the least drastic
! for the tariff in the drug is so profit
able and such an enormous quantity
Of it is sold. that the average drug
gist who deals in it is perfectly vii
| ling 10 be fined a small sum occasion
ally. Organized labor has rallied Il
the aid of the fight against the drug
and $4,000 latoring men have endorsed