Show THE OF or WEALTH th lie bleb dragging the great Ko to itula ruin joe toe howard ju the philadelphia TiM walk up fifth avenue and stroll down madison avenue what do do you sec see lioums IIo usei nonsense palaces unique in design unlike anything seen or heard card of in in all the world are these hugo huge piles of granite and of brick well what of it A great dealt deall first of all I believe we are living in an era of ex prosperity pru everybody is making money or losing it everybody in trade is doing well professional men nien ara especially fortunate stock gamblers and railroad sharks coin fortunia for tunca yearly yearl the men we meet lu office and park tho the men we encounter professionally or socially the men we see in the theater or church arc are casby in their finances all alf thing stend upward upwards and with tins this upil upward rd tendency gu go our pecuniary rockets far up tip towards the very zenith of prosperity pros parity they touch handle and retain enormous possessions poss possessions they become carel car clefa of others they arc are selfish eel fali inconsiderate brutal to them ni the golden dollar is s the index of power jower their fast horses arc are stabled in luxury and their stables outshine physically the houses of their neighbors the great stables of mr vand vanderbilt arbil t erected with marvelous impudence and utter disregard of a neighborhoods preferences on oil M madison a dison avenue are marvels ot of comfort and pictures ric pictures tures of elegance the cl cheapest horse lonc owned bythe by alie son ison is better cared for than his father or his mother were at his time tinie of life I fe the flat boot of the old commodore and find the barroom bar room offis of his faithful helpmeet would form a curious background for a picture of what these stables en on Madison Avenue would be the forefront little by little these rich men coalesce coalesce and become corporate banded together they are akin to omnipotence ble meantime antime while they are becoming in g akin to omnipotence what are t the li other fedle people doing I what other people the b common people oh ohl bless cm era they are sinking fast we are all so prosperous that when prices go up we dont care eare our incomes increase increase at the same time so its all right but salaries dont go up on tho the contrary in in many cases they are reduced wages dont go up neither does the tho pay for a lays days work look at our illustrated papers what subject so po popular ular as t the he ridicule of gould vanderbilt rander vanderbilt bilt and their workers coworkers co graphic ha has mutton chops as familiar to new york readers aa as tweeds were I remember tweed saying saying once I dont care what tb fysal but I do wish they print those pictures everybody ece sees the pictures even tho the poor devils who cant afford a penny enny pa paper er can read the eloquent lines in the e graphic in puck and in judge just as certain as fate these pictures arc are the signs of the times there is a growing feeling here that under tho the present system the rich are getting richer fast and the poor are getting poorer fast if our wealthy men bourd could be induced to do good with their money this feeling of hostility might be averted perhaps but what do they do one spends fortunes in fast horses and consorts all his idle time hours daily with stable men hostlers hustlers host lers and jockeys races off orf the road every afternoon and exhibits every day of his life another emulates his example others sock the dissolute of both sexes not one of them has done or is doing one dollars worth for the people or the city added to this are the outrages perpetrated pet rated daily some the result criminal negligence some the normal outcome of disregard of the rights of others and all the natural result of tho the beelin feeling of security born bom in reliance on the e potency of wealth will trouble come not to caybut it will come this the first year of the human race men of today to day are very much like the men of yesterday fortunately bately nature has a little something to todo do with us yet death steps step in now and then and removes an irritant that maker makes things easy for a while e especially in in accumulations divided up and scattered wise men note these signs signs of the times they arc are significant and should not be disregarded that those moro more interested will tare care I dont believe our california friends found it convenient to pack their larea lares and and bring them from san francisco to new york why because they have baye strained the patience of their fell cays to tho the ver very last we have hosts of just sue such i very hue our coroners juries arc are becoming bolder heretofore chitu inal neg negligence gence was an act of divine providence I have no idea that vanderbilt will be tried for manslaughter just yet nevertheless the verdict of the coroners jury imputes to the management of this road criminal negligence the waiter boy and the telegraph operator expected to perform tho the dells deli cato and onerous duties of four men were also prosecuted and I dare say any they will te be tried in due course |