The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-04-14
MUNICIPAL REFORM.

LECTURE LAST NIGHT By JACKSON S. SCHULTZ
BEFORE THE MUNICIPAL REFORM AssocLA-
TON, IN NO. 43 WEST WASHINGTON SQUARE.
Al the rooms OF the Municipal Reform AssocIa-
ton. No. AZ West Washington square. south, Mr..
Jackson s. schultz delivered q lecture last
night, on the interesting subject OF the "Econs
omies OF LABOR and Servlce.n General Lloyd
Aspinwal was in the chair, and In few opposite
remarks introduced the lecturer who. In sub
stance, said that when New Workers went
asleep In 1864 the city owed bur $50 900, and
when they awoEe Ia 1870 the Indebtedness
was Sis, 100000, and now our city government
costs about ss4.ooo,ooo annually. The annual IN
terest on the clty's debt cannot be less tnan
50, oCo, 900 TO Slo0oo.oOo o year. The LABOR
expenditure alone sums up TO $4,000
every twelve months. The city 10 oppressed
by large salaries or numerous judges, VINO
receive rom $4,000 10 $4,000 year;
Jet tine court calendars are crowded with cases,
and any one concerned In litigation understands
how important IL Is TO have this motion tried IN
that court ana the other application made before
certain judges. II wa9 shown that all our public
ofices are crowded with hign salaried onlcials
VINO render no equivalent for the immense
amount OF money expended on them. IL Is pre-
posterous to pay bookKeepers connected with the
municipality $1,000 70 81, 0co year. 1t Is noto
rious fact that In commercial establishments the
best bookkeepers can be had Tor $4,000 year,
but about the City Hall men are paid not Tor tneii
brains so much az for political influence. Tina
Eight Hour law Is one OF the most remarkable
enactments ever passed By the Legislature oil am
civilized people. In the senate Mr. George ii.
Andrews characterized the Eight Hour law as one
MADE FOR THE DEMAGoGUEs.
man could now be indicted FOR working his
men more than eight hours. II people are to
only ali NJ tak al ~ AM v-6vm
per cent from their labor, then laoorers ought TO
receive wages Tor eight hours work only the
lecturer had driven on the Boulevard and over
twenty 1--we per cent OF the laborers at q stand
stiu. they are incompetent, narparous suck.
ers.n who came out from every gin mill In the city;
from places where they got TOO much ain for their
meney. The properties OF gentlemen on tue
BouIevards would not now, II sold, pay the assess.
ments upon them. A conflict would arise between
the authorities and property ownero: Tor II MINT
be SHOWN that the work done on pubic improve.
ments oy ',tallors aud Dummersv employed could
be accomplished for less than nalf OF tne enormous
sum or So, 600 600, now charged against these
improvements. The system tnat Keeps 1000
pAupers unemployed during the winter must
very fne improve ments; they had II cheap Dy EN-
ploylng pauper ana prison labor, wnicn we waste.
some people thought prisoners ougnt not TO WORK.
Tnls IL the idea OF demagogues only. The time
Will soon come when we snall be compelled u
utilize PRISON and poorLouse labor. We want all
sIoners Tnis IDEA may be unpopular now, bat
We snail have to come 10 II, however. Another
reason Is that manufacturing Interests are taking
hight 10 Jersey and Connecticut because tGere
taxation Is lower and labor cheaper. Tns TACT y
that trades unions and ngn wages given py tue
municipality render II Impossible for private en-
rus LABOR MARKET
There are from these causes 10 10 100 factories
closed IN New YORK, and our snIpbuilding inter-
ests have completely deserted Us. IL u tue labor
question That makes times dull. We must nave .
lar days work for lalr Gays labor or we are losL
AZ We 20 on with immense cock aud oLner Inn
provemeuts the cts Will soon be ike Charleston
not worth the amount VI assessments lcvied upon
cent cocks that are being constructed by nigh
Lrlced municipal labor Will rot. For these reasons
Brooklyn anu otner cities are thriving &C tue ex
pense vi New York.
TRADES UNIONS
have the right 20 JON among themselves In order
~ get the best possDe price Tor honest labor; out
wneu men 90 so far as TO prohibit the employ nt
oil more tnnn given numDer OF apprentices IL oe-
comes oppression. such schemes oi monopoly
nave the seeds oil death In them. The power VI me
gtevedores and Others must be pulled down. There
II no need ior the police or militia to interfere; bus
he 1.-THE lecturerl would break thetr heads,
''snooT THEN DOWN.
aud then we shall nave done WITH all these trades
unions and labor strikes together. IL was pro-
among tie people 5000 900, but this preposte Gus
proposition dlu not pass. Yet we are now g.vlng
oat every winter, IN TWENTY-FIVE cent ana
nifty cent pieces, $4,000 every year. Inc taxes
on city property now equal mortgage value 81
twenty-five per cent per AMMAN. There seem u
Dc a. many once holders now about the CiJ
Hall and ns large an expense a. IN tue aays o
Tweed. Some twenty scruDOers had been die
missed, aud this Ia the only reform experlenced
since tue Kings reign ceased. ,..
the door Tor tue purpose OF contr0verting some y
MIR. Schultz's statement, IN 30 lar a. his depart
tnanks VAS tsausrod to tue speaker 81 the evsa.
ina. Tue attendance was sinai IA eoneeaHeaee %
! tns severity o. tae wsatnsrs