New-York tribune., 1908-01-26
.YOR'S COMFORTER.

If any of the wOuld-be competitors OF New
York think that being metropolis Is a condl-
tion of unmixed JOY let them be diSiluSloheH
To cities to men come responsibilities Win
.reatness-in fact, like municipal debts. they
seem TO have a tendency TO increase IN geo
metrical ratio. while wealth and population
nroceed only arithmetically. Not only must a
metropolis pay the penalty of its greatness by
possessing a Tammany and a water problem
and dock problem. a tenement house problem
and 4 transit problem. with hose scandals and
scandals in the office OF the Borough President
thrown in for good measure. but it must he the
little black man and bear tie burden cf every
thing that may 20 wrong in the country gen
orally.
When there is a panic on it VIII always be
found bv consulting the wiseacres from the
North and the South AID the West that me
wicked New Yorker is ut the bottom Of il. If
some official half way across the country from
UoI,oken pro.eS false to his trust and wrecks
n few banks or trust companies, New York.
through It's naughty Wall Street. is 10 he
blamed. If railroad rates are too high or IN
road service is too poor In any Of the du'lHin%
provinces il is all because some SCullPSS stock
or bond holder on Manhattan Island wants more
dividends And even when prosperity sweeps
through the states and the farmers buy autono
bjlps with the proceeds of their wheat crop
so full that il has to be taken TO him in
wheeIbarrow. there IS jealousy throughout the
length and breadth Of the land because New
York NAV be getting more than its share.
AnnreciatinC the fact that other parts of the
country are having their own troubles in con
nection with the unemployed, this city doeSn
expect much sympathy. but it does seem that
The Omaha World-Herad" is rubbing it in
when speaking Of New Yorks uninvited guests
.,gaI ham ig tSn
purpose of the city to discourage so far rs pos
she from remaining it stridently inquiries
why shouldn't they 90 to New York; Then it
adds:
There is a deal Of suffering in this country,
evidently: hundreds upon hundreds of thousands
of men are out of work Where shall they go
but to New York the richest city in the coun-
rrv 4 city so opulent that one of its citizens
could and did give away more than fOrty-tWo
millions of dollars in charity during this present
year and never missed a dollar OF that vast
Why shouldn't they go to New York? 1t is
New York that has sucked their blood and torn
al their Vitas. II is New York that brought on
them the calamity that makes them unable
longer to support themselves and their families;
unable longer to help still further to initiate New
Yo~k's swollen fortunes. They the victims,
the sorry product. the unlOvey effect that New
York has caused.
.I-ninvited guests" does The Tribune call
them? And SO. forsooth. the ghost OF Ban
quo uEinvited guest
New York has its faults. even as Omaha. and
its faults are greater than those of Omaha
because its size and power are greater. IT is
the penalty of greatness that it arOuseS envy
and criticism. II is part of the price pay
for our pre-eminence. We shall pndeayOr 10
deal humanely with uninvited guests and
such contributions out-of-town friends
find ii convenient to make through our financial
district TO the prosperity of the city will be
cheerfully received If by being held up as a
horrible example" New York shall deter other
aspiring municipalities from entering the metro
politan class, possibly its Wall Street and Fifth
avenue will not have existed in vain In the
mean time. doubtless, The World Herald -yill