The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1922-03-11

New York. contrary to its reputa-
ton for cold-blooded sagacity, Ia one
OF the simplest. meekest and most
gullible Of towns. For all its bland
, airs OF sophisticaffon, II Ia as easily
impressed by display as any savage
chieftain. and It IL constantly fall
ing" for all sorts OF hokus-pokus that
would scarcely deceive a child.
1t is estimated that 40 per cent OF
all the questionable stock aoated in
this country during the past five
years has been purchased by New
Yorker. 1t is well known that they
| contribute more every year to fake
| charities than the citizens of any 9TH
| err metropolis; that they support the
most extensive army of frauds and
beggars, and that they pay the high
es prices for the most abominabie
service.
The New Yorker likes to boast
about his city's superior cultural ad-
v~antages, but he carefully ignores all
disparaging features. Thus, he fails
to tell you how he rides back and
forth to work like a packed sardine
in order to help the transit companE
les economize on trains; or how his
children are getting only three hours
schooling daily because there is not
sufficient space in the schools to ac-
commodate them for full time. He
makes no mention of the battered
condition of the pavements or of the
large black rivers that flow down the
cutters in inclement weather and
render the street crossings uncross-
able, even with the condescending
permission of a policeman. Presum-
ably, he pays taxes for and has a
vote concerning the upkeep of these
things, but he does not cen to mind
IL they are neglected.
New York needs a Declaration of
Independence" said an indignant
property owner recently, but 1t new
or will be declared. It's too good
natured. And to think that In the
middle west where l come from they
call this a hard town! They ought
to live in 1t for awhile. Why, it's the
easiest town on earth. 1t will sub
NIT to every imposition that's foisted
upon 1t, and smile encouragingly at
its oppressors."
BUCKET SHOPS AND BOOBs
1t is here in this wise and worldly
borough of Manhattan that the buck
et-shop fiourishes, annually robbing
the public of millions. 1t is here that
the fake promoter receives the most
cordial welcome. During the war
this was especially marked, and a
great revival Of stock fiotations oc-
Cured in which. according to one f.
~nancial expert, gopher holes in the
west were capitalized as oil wells,
and a name on a map became a ship
yard" The results of these gorgeous
but fictitious wartime enterprises are
now beginning to appear in the whole
sale collapse of bucket-shops in Wall
street and in the great food of COM
plants that is sweeping into the New
York district attorneys office. !.
The New Yorker likes to pretend
that, while plenty of wolves may ex-
list in New York, the sheep upon
which they prey all dwell west Of the
Hudson and south of the Battery,
But the police records show that the
biggest ~sheepfold is right here within
the city's boundaries, and contains
many persons who are themselves
supposed to possess unusual business
ability. si'S'
"Only the other day." declared a
police official, I'VE had the case of q
the Grand Central terminal from q
clever promoter. Honest! The guy
owns three restaurants here, and he's
lived in New York for over ten years
but that didn't help him. He paid
$1340 for the terminal"
PARADISE OF PANHANDLERS
While beggars have always reaped
a rich harvest here, 1t took the wal
and the a drive to accustom New
Workers to solicitations for funds on
every street corner. During the whole
length of the war, New York never
had any difficulty In going oyer the
top with its contributions, whether
the campaign happened to be a legiti-
mate n or not. Undoubtedly, the
majority of them were, but they
brought in their wake the inevitable
host Of swindlers. For awhile any
body with a fictitious business card, a
guarded money box and a pathetic
plea for the starving Patagonians or
P~ersians, could raise enough money
to keep himself in luxury. for a couple
of years. Even to-day these unofh-
cial appeals are often successful.
The other night. for example, a
tall hroad-shouldered figure in amaz-
ing feminine garb, appeared in an
elevated waiting room with a small