New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-10-26
SUGGESTIONS FOR THE SE1SON.

SUGGESTIONS FOR THE SE-fSON.
Wintry weather will soon he upon us. The
army of men who walk orr streets seeking
employment and not finding it, never was
larger. Their prospects rarely if ever were
worse. I'm very few trades is there sufficient
business to keep the wOrkmen now employed
busy through the Winter. An increase OF work
during that season, especially after Che holt
days. may be dismissed from the list of proba-
bilties. The numbers of the unemployed dur
ing January and February are therefore
more likely to augment than diminish.
These people may be starved in the city, but
neither the prospect nor the process will starve
them out. Many of them have now sufficient
means to carry them across the Alleghenes
before the cold weather sets in; and such a
move might cave them, but they will not make
1t. They will spend their last dollar here,
buoyed up by empty hopes, every hour that
passes reducing their chances Of escape. The
condition of trade in the cities of the West is
described as giving better opportunities OF en-
ploymcnt than here throughout Ncw-England
the state of affairs is probably AZ bad rs In
this city. Quite recently the sheriff OF large
town in Massachusetts found his aocOmmo-
datons for prisoners insufficient. lie tele-
graphed all over the State to find room for the
excess, but in vain. From all the prisons
Deniientiaries, and reformatorics, similar replies
came back "All full here" "Filled up with
cramps awe are doubled up already"
When workshops are empty, prisons are full
In regard to this city. the prospect needs to
be looked squarely in the face. The attempts
at crime, under the pressure of poverty, VIII
certainly increase. Greater vigilance on the
part of our police will he absolutely necessary
Mayor Wickham, we hope, will do something
to reform the police soon after the election
Even now, however, it is quite practicable TO
put the force on a much higher plane OF cfii-
cheney. Crimes against the person will prob
ably keep pace with crimes against property.
Street robberies with violence are best pre-
vented by prompt and severe punishment in
the first cases brought before our courts. The
crime of gairotng was thus actually stamped
out Il fow years ago in this city and also III
London For those who would rather starve
than steal, our charities will be taxed to the
utmost. Let us bear in mind that he who
gives employment to his fellow man is more
truly liberal than he who gives money.
In fact, a very considerable relief could he
afforded to at least some of the unemployed,
| if people who have litds spare means would
take the subject into consideration. There is
no better time in the year than the Fall ana
Winter to have the house and the garden
fences painted the work wears longer and
looks brighter than if done in the heat of SUM
luer Plumbing might best be Oyerhauled be-
fore cold weather sets in and the house is
overfowed from a iroSt-crackcd pipe. If the
carpenter is called in now, and doors are re-
hung, cracks stopped. and weather strips
tackled down, there will be less chance of II
doctors bill. Leaky roofs certainly need atten-
ton before snow falls. The garden and
courtyard can be put in order now, 40
that they may look snug and trim all Winter,
and brighten the early Spring with clocus and
hyacinth. Labor for all such purposes never
was cheaper in this city than at the present
moment :. simply a. q matter OF economy, this
il "a good time to invest in it, There Is another
class of labor, however, equally in distress,
that cannot thus be helped. Our streets swarm
with clerks out of situation" Statistics
show that there are more suicides IN proper
ton to numbers among clerks than with any
other class. Employers might reflect on that
/ fact before reducing their clerical force to II
minimum. The banks, too, could help i'll the
good work if they would aid especially the
small, honest dealers. They have not gilt
edged paper to offer for discount but their
small notes of two or three hundred dollars
are AS likely to be paid in the long run, with
little helping, as those of richer men.
bank with its vaults full of such paper is In
far better condition than one that lends its
thousands to the gamblers of Wall-st., to be
staked Oh the turn of Fortunes wheel.