Evening journal., 1889-01-05
TO HELP YOUNG MEN.
Nhe maryland stats Y. NJ. c. A. viii
Probably Organize an Association I'm
This City.


The Maryland State ". NJ. q. WIN
Probably Organize An Association ia
This city.
The meeting to consider the advisab;i,ty
of organizing Y NJ G. A, in this cit,,
was held in West Church last niob+
Between fifty and seventy-five Dersons :
were present.. Charles Baird called ths
meeting TO order aud called Rev. William
p Swartz of Central Church to the chair
TO preside. Mr. Swartz introduced w 81
Wayte, general secretary Of the state
organization comprising Maryland, West
Virginia and the District Of Columbia
who addressed the meeting.
Mr.. Wayte stated that there was no
organization In Delaware and the state
Was not connected In any way with anv
state organization. II is the only state
not so connected. The organization Of
various states was described and the
method OF organization in towns and
cities. The Importance of interesting
business men in the work was spoken of
at length. Mr.. Wayte spoke of the i'm
portance of athletics and gymnasiums as
an attraction to young men. OF the g. 900
members Of the Baltimore Association
300 were drawn in by the gymnasium and
LOO were not members OF any church.
The rooms were made home-like and the
social feature of the association given
particular attention. In educational
work there were classes in all practical
branches. The spiritual work now was
Tor men only The speaker explained
now practical work In training young
men for religious work was
done. The women, he said, were formed
INTO an auxiliary association and attended
to the furnishing of the rooms.
After finishing his address Mr. Wayte
asked Tor questions on the work In an
swering these the following facts were
brought out. In Wheeling. w. Va
which has population Of 81, 900. the ex-
penses OF the association are so. 500
year. The membership fees pay abont
one-h half of this Fees are graded accor
ding to the privileges. At an expense OF
VI, 600 an association with an instructor
and well equipped gymnasium. a general
secretary, reception room, etc. can be
maintained The Y. nj. G. A. assisted and
encouraged young peoples associations in
churches. Wilmington Is the largest city
IN the Middle States without all associa.
tion.
Remarks were made by Joseph PYLE.
who advocated an independent organi. |
zation. w. X. Crosby who advocated
the plan proposed. Thomas McCorkle
ana Il. +. Bush, Jr., also spoke. Job u.
jackson thought there was surplus of |
organizations, but he would favor and |
support the right kind OF an association. |
Letters from the Revs w. l.. McEwan |
and A. N. keigwin were read, advocating |
the plan proposed
A paper was adopted requesting the /
executive committee of MARYLAND
west Virginia and the District of Column |
Dia 70 incorporate Delaware as part Of
their working field and asking the com.
mittees attention to the necessity of /
making an organization in this city at the
earliest opportunity About forty names
were signed to his paper. Among than
are Charles Baird. J. r. McLear Thomas
hcCorkle. L. p. Bush, Jr.. Charles 3
Rowland. w. X. Crosby and Joseph pyle
The work Of organization will take
long time, but when once established the
association will be on such a firm basis
that failure will be almost impossible.
Statistical Info mntIon Absut sh....
Editor F. w. Norcross, Of the Shoe and
Leather Reporter OF New York, was NEXT
introduced as the representative OF the
oldest trade paper Of the United States.
After alluding to the great benefit TO be
obtained by these trade talks. and the
fact that the topic for discussion was one
OK which volumes could be written Mr.
Norcross called attention TO a few
statistics. In 1874 there were manu-.
featured In this commonwealth 20
DOO,OOO pairs of shoes by as. 900 hands
averaging II pairs each In 1855. "A. 600.
wv pairs by 1000 hands, averaging /
'5-lOO pair. This was before the time OF
machinery and the sewing machine was
ust coming into use. In 1865 there were
8, ,OOO, 600 pairs made lby $1,000 hands
averaging two pairs day, and this was
With the Southern market off on account
y the war In 1875 the output was 52..
W., 900 pairs made by 49, 900 hands .
There were then full sets Of machines
'nd the average rose to 4-18 pairs Der
nan. In 1880 there were rs, 900. 600 pairs
mace by 90, 600 persons, and there were
oOO factories in Massachusetts,. In
$50 the amount Of shoes made was
Z, 900, 600 pairs by 81, 900 hands and the {
yerage was 2-3 per man. There are \
bout l6O, 900, 900 pairs Of shoes made 1
nnually IN the United States, and of =
hese 100, 900, 600 pairs are made IN New l
About 100, 900, 600 pairs repre- j
snt the amount on hand Ia the trade. II
he shoe Jobbing business, according to \
he speaker, was a great success having a
lcreased about five fold in thirty years.
MS was fully abreast of the increase in
lanufacture-Baltimore Herald. I