Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-10-06

D MuAt IiAbI lut NuDiAO ohoAA teg ANA W
newspaper il wants.
Ii would not be an unexpected rev
olution If the newsboy, who for
miserable pittance has for years bee
trudging the route Of well to d
dealer, to-day determined to take u
the route himself, were equipped iron
the Herald Office with full supply 0
all the dailies, given a news stand
and, from being the underpaid, over
worked servant, suddenly found him
self an independent well paid dealer
readily earning a dollar where before
he had barely earned a dime.
But the neWsmen not alone want To
be bosses" Of the newspaper bust
ness; they declare that they are also
F"b sses" Of the streets, and that il
the puor at their door-if the widow,
or orphan, or cripple, or needy crea-
ture-dare gladly to pick up the profit
they refuse and try to start a little
paper business for themselves, they
will drive them and their stands from
the public streets, decoy their Gus
toners from them and boycott" the
dealer who supplies them.
Will they2 Let as see. The Her
aid proposes to have something to say
about that. 1t will stand by these
people against the newspaper bosses,
and it is OF the opinion that it can be
an able protector. The bosses" de-
clare that they will boycott" any one
outside their ring who attempts to
earn living in the business and sell
the papers at published prices. Very
we'll. Now, this is what the Herald
will do.
Were we to accede to the newsdeal-
ers imperious demand we would ems
tirely unnecessarily lose a very large
sum; we prefer to spend it in helping
poor, deserving people by organizing a
service Of our oWn, and all the expense
Of establishing which shall be ours,
all the profits from which shall be
theirs.
Any deserving persons who wish to
may apply at the Herald office, par
ticularly those whom the newspaper
bosses" could otherwise more
easily injure-such as widows with
young children, middle aged
women in Strengthened circumstances,
men who are cripples and unable to do
hard work, orphan girls out Of em>
ployment. These shall be set up" in
the newspaper business-given papers
TO sell aud provided with good, sub
stantial stands at convenient points
throughout the city, on which shall be
placed, not only the Herald. but every
daily paper published in New York,
and which shall be sold at published
prices.
1t is not necessary for these poor
people to bring money to the Herald
to pay for the various daily papers; a
good character and an earnest inten-
ton TO deal honestly by the public is
all the Herald asks, and it will buy for
them at Wholesale rates an abundance
Of papers to keep their stands well
supplied, and will give them all the
profits which are allowed by the vari.
GUS dailies to Wholesale dealers. Full
details in connection with this matter
will be found elsewhere in to,day't
Herald,
To organize this service, to see thai
it is carried out promptly and vigor
ously to the benefit Of the poor anC
the convenience of the public, the
Herald has selected Mr.. George Il
Williams and put him in charge o
the arrangements.
Mr.. Williams is a gentleman WHIT
has organized and carried into sue
cessful operation numerous charities
for the aid Of the deserving poor in
this aud other cities. 1t was under
Mr.. Williams direction and personal
supervision that the Poor Children
Excursion" were given in the summers
Of 1923 40, when from the hot and
sweltering streets Of New York dur.
ing those years he took one hundred
and three thousand boys and girls
upon the bay and river, gave them &
day Of enjoyment and returned theu
to their homes W ithout loss or acct,
dent to one Of this multitude of little
ones. 1t was Mr.. Williams who, when
the floods devastated the valley Of the
Ohio last spring, carried with prompt
ness and distributed with impartiality
among the stricken people the fund fol
the Ohio sufferers which had been
subscribed through the Herald by the
people at large. We feel that in put.
ting him in charge Of this praiseworthy
object we have put the right man in
the right place, and that in taking
this course we are not only doing a
good action, but are protecting our
selves from the avaricious dictations
Of the "eighty-per> cent-proft news
dealers"