The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-08-31


YoRK.-The exposure which we made In an arsi
Gle IN Sundays HERALD of the fraudulent prac-
tees of socalled employ ment offices has had. we
perceive, the effect Of opening the eyes Of those
who are usually the victims of such practices
Ooe Of these victims writes to us describing the
'rrpidssion which our article caused 10 "Clerk
Registry Office" and expressing his belief that
the HERALD will lose the advertising patronage
Ut that and similar establishments He says that
toe exposure produced q union of sympathy
among all the victims Of that particular Office
and that they proposed to sign aud have pub
ter declares for his own part, that although his
Dame has been registered for q month on the
books of the employment Office In question, he
has not bad place, or tue chance of place,
notwithstanding the fact that the Office had al.
verttsed largely In tue interim for persons to ill
exactly such positions a. this individual ana
others humbugged like him were looking foe.
Another communication, from Spanish geo.
teman who fell among thieves In tue guise of
managers Of bogus school institute, endorses
all we have said in regard to tue mode Of opera
lions practised by these gentry.
These are veri6cstions from one side of the
statements made In the article 10 question. Auo-
ther veri6cation of them comes rom tue prias,-
pal of one OF these employrssua cfaoes, who ss.
serts that his establishmsns b the only one In
New York conducted a honorable principles,
Ard he, therefore, does MT like to be clAssed
with thieves and swndlers. Well, as there
are some forty or fifay establishments of the lat
ter class, it is easy to comprehend what an i'm
nense number Of poor people are being con-
stantly victimized by them. These communities
tons we publish elsewhere, together with
statement of facts collected by one Of our re-
porteJs In connection with the business of intel
iigence Offices.
There is no doubt but that an intelligence Of
fee, fairly and honestly conducted, might be
made of great service both to employers and
employed. There may probably be few such
Offices in the city. But we state the conviction
Of all having any knowledge Of their general
working, when we affirm that nine out of every
ten of them are managed by unprincipled men,
who cheat the unfortunate applicants, first out
of their dollars as registration fees and then out
of their time. Besides, it is a well known fact
that the better class of servants are never, or
very rarely, to be obtained at these employment
oicee; nor do the better class Of employers often
60 to them for help, except indeed, to those Off
ces that bear about them the character of being
charitable institutions They resort to the
cheaper and simpler plan of advertising in the
HERALD or Of answering advertisements that
appear in our columns.
There is also some ground for the belief that
not lew of those employment offices for females
are in the interest Of the keepers of disreputaoe
houses, and are used for the purpose Of debauch
ing innocent girls Of course, 1t must be pre-
sumed that wherever the Mayor has good reason
to believe that such is the character Of an Office
he revokes the license and breaks up the esta-
blishnent. We do not know, however, whether
hedoes go or not. Instances Of the dispensatton
of summary justice are rather rare in New York
Our correspondents on the subject express the
belief that the exposures which we have made Of
these licensed swindling shops will have a good
effect, and will result in breaking up many of
them. While those establishments that are
fairly conducted have nothing to fear, but much
to gain from these exposures, we shall be very
glad to know that the duty which legally de-
wolves upon our criminal authorities has been.
in their failure to act, effectively performed by
the HERALD.