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Peinen to Ask
fhatHylanEed
Market Abuses
.... t_
legislative League Members
Hear Tribune Reporter's \
Story of Wrongs Suffered :
by 15,000 Push-cart Menj
$av ?4sk Governors Aid
It Jay Racusin Says Relief
From Petty Political
O-ars Is Being Delayed
' Tre street market situation was i
ktrrti op by '-'"' ?^gis-ative Loague of |
?U York ht ? meeting in the Hotel
'^.,. yesterday. After a full discus- ,
STof the subject by members and .'
! .. conversant with the conditions, i
??'?' ThOB.? Slack, president of the !
SUniMtior, *?" empowered to ap-,
Cf-t ? cetnmittee to ?-all upon Mayor;
H-5,n and re-?iiost a correction of the '
??5 undo- whic; the 15,000 push-!
cart peidler? of the city are now. de-;
ch-ed to be laboring.
M J?y Racusin, a member of the :
Tribune staff? wno madc nn **P?te of
the conditions as set 3orth recently
in a series of articles, recounted some
of the abuses said still to exist in the
Bronx Rnd East Side street markets
and madc suggestions for theiu eHtni.- ,
nation. Mr. Racusin referre?! to the
u'pe sums of money that he believed
have gone into the pockets of certain I
jiupen-i?ors or their agents through :
collections of $1 a week from hundreds. .
ef peddlers who have no permits and !
for which there has been only the j
rarest kind of accounting.
He referred to the various pretenses
under which the supervisors cr their
agents, according to the pedalers, ex
iract money ?rtm the venders and how, ;
because of these abuses, the 15.000 ;
venders ?re hard driven to make a liv?
ing for their families.
The writer said it was honed that ?
the appointment <-f supervisors froni :
the ?civil service lists, us provided by '
low, would have some healthy effect
upon conditions, but, inasmuch as the
oxamination of applicants fur these
jobs would be delayed for months,
little help could be expected this year
except through official pressure. As it
is. Mr. Racuain pointed out, the pro*
ent job holders in the street market
are in the main political hangers-on
and are practically wars in their do?
mains, doing with the peddler as they
wish.
Now that the Board of Estimate,
through its appropriation, has elimi?
nated much of the mythical cost of the
conduct of these street markets, the
reporter said, it would only be logical
if the $ 1 fee now collected from .the
peddler was reduced by half. The ?1
weekly tax was a real burden to the
peddler, he added, and should be cut to
50 cents a week.
"There is no reason why the City
should make any money frcm the
pushcart tradesman, whose only excuse
for being is thnt ho can supply food
?tu?T-* cheaply to the poor tenement
dweller1* of the city," said Mr. Raeusin.
He suggested further that if no as?
sistance was forthcoming from the
Mayor or other city officials an appeal
i'?** relief should be made to the Gov?
ernor.
1 ho question was also discussed r1
length l>y Mrs. ,T. Hedges Crowell, flrs;
vice-president of the league Mrs. Re
gira Demarest, fourth vice-president;
Mrs. Josephine Smart, Mrs. Madge Mr
Intyre, Mr?. Eve ritt Hamilton ant
others*. Mrs. Hamilton moved thnt th?
matter be placed before Mayor Hylai
for consideration, which the leagu
voted unanimously to do. Mrs. Slac!
nnnounced that a representative com
mittee would call unon the Mayo
within a few days., "If what has bee
said is true," remarked Mrs. SlacV
"then the Mayor should be aj*ked to d
something about it."
The meeting also henrd a discu3slo
of ""'The Work of Congress During th
Last Summer," by Mrs. Everitt Han
i?ton. and "The Judiciary and the Pe<
pic," by Professor Leslie J. Tompkin
Buffalo Mayor Still Raidin
BUFFALO, Oct. B.?Mayor Trank 3
Schwab supplemented his recent una
tended raid on disorderly houses t
seising, in a series of raids on so
drink places and cigar stands, to-da
gambling devices of the slot machis
variety.
"I am going to clean up this tow
from stem to stern," Mayor Schwab d
clared. "Some of the policemen a
not. on the square. I am not going
let them put anything over on me.
, OR FORMAL OR INFOR
iU MAL OCCASIONS the Gidkng
wTt??e?* Salon is resplendent with Dainty
Frocks ?that are Youthful, Lovely and
At trac tice I y Priced.
Gay colored velvets
make quaint Moyen
Age frocks with tight
waist and billowy
skirts, 870, S85and up
Soft chiffons are
fashioned into slim
frocks that glitter with
a bit of crystal embroi?
dery or are trimmet!
with a -fevv flowers,
$65, $S? iisihup. *
Crepes, tafVetas and
brocades are draped
into many girlish niodJ
els for all social occa?
sions, $65, $70 and up.
Day Frocks, Two and Three Piece Suits, Sport
Frocks of imported fabrics', Hats and Furs mod?
erately priced complete the Autumn Collection
assembled for the. Younger Set.
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With the same foresighted vision that had led his pred?
ecessors to establish the first bank on Broadway, John
Quentin Jones, fourth president of the Chemical Bank
dreamed of a wonder city that would result from the
union of New York, Brooklyn and the surrounding
communities.
His interest stood the city in good stead years later
when, because of the state of New York's municipal
finances, the merger was threatened with indefinite
postponement.
Then, Mr. Jones, as head of a strong bankers' associa?
tion, provided the means for maintaining public credit
and thus bring the consolidation to a speedy realisation.
and Now
Greater New York, with an area of 327 square miles
testifies to the success of Mr. Jones, his associates in
the Chemical Bank and the others who fougbt for the
amalgamation.
The policy of the Chemical National Bank?yesterday
?today?-always?is to aid in the development of the
city?by the furthering, not of speculation, but of com?
merce; by furnishing assistance, not to promoters and
so-called "financiers," but to individual merchants,
business men and city builders.
Seeking New Business on Our Record
the
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