The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-05-04
That Was the Watchword
of the NeWSdea1erS at
Last Nights Meeting.
THEY ARE MOVING ON TO VICTORY
The Blanket Sheet Combine of New
York Will Be Resisted in Its In
Yasion of Jersey City.
destroy Monopoly
"Down with the Trust"

destroy Monopoly"
''Down with the Trust"
This advice was printed on the
circulars posted on the walls OF
Stier's Hall last evening. And, from the
sentiments of the dealers, before, during
and after the meeting, it appeared that
Newsdealers' and Booksellers Union, No.
1, of Jersey City, would "be in at the
death" of the great New York newspaper
combine.
President Fackert occupied the chair
and made a spirited address, calling upon
all those present to settle down to genu-
inc hard work-that the great newspaper
trust might understand that the news
men are in earnest He concluded by
prophesying success all along the line.
'"rhe people are against these giant
combines and trusts" !" said he, land If we
but clearly explain to them our position
in this fight, they will support our move
ment and we viii surely win"
Mr.. Fackert then introduced the follow
ing resolution, which was unanimously
adopted
Resolved, That Newsdealers' and Booksellers
Union No. /, of Jersey City, calls upon The JER-
sEY City NEWS and Evening Journal to publish
extract from an antitrust newspaper-Ihe
Star.
Messrs. Ramsey and Brooks supported
the resolution in speeches in which they
praised THE JERSEY CITY NEWS for its
championship of the cause of the news
dealers. 1t was adopted unanimously.
Then on motion of Mr.. Merriman the fol
lowing was adopted as the pledge Of the
| union
The undersigned practical newsdealers, here
with enroll themselves as members OF the News
lfararf nf
City, to try to protect themselves against bad
systems, oppressive publishers, transportation
companies wholesale news companies, slow pay
ers and deadbeats, and to reduce losses TO
minimum. The undersigned pledge themselves
| TO attend meetings as much as possible. Until
they withdraw from the union or are rejected as
members they promise to pay promptly their
dues of fifteen cents a month to the treas
| urer, and to strictly execute the decisions and
presenting the newsdealers and booksellers Of
New York, Brooklyn, Jersey City, Hoboken and
suburbs.
| Delegate Borden reported progress from
the Central Council
THE KNIGHTS ARE WITH THEM.
| The names of a dozen new members
were then handed in, which aroused the
| enthusiasm of those present, and it was
heightened when Secretary Ramsey read
| the following communication from Poca-
| hontas Association, No. l, Knights OF
Labor
1 II. 6FG8AQeN(.
| DEAR SIR:-By instructions received from
| Pocahontas Association, transmit the following
| to your attention.
| Pocahontas Association, No. /, of Hudson
| county, in regular session assembled, has unani
mously concluded to abstain from purchasing any
of the Trust papers uutil such time as the publish
ers of such papers shall recognize the necessity of
either reducing the price to that paid prior to the
increase or till the carriers be allowed reason
able part of the additional charge. Fraternaly
| yours, PocAHoNTAs ASSOCIATION, No. /.
| After the applause which had greeted
| the reading OF the letter had subsidized
President Fackert appointed the follow
ing Missionary Committee:-Mess
Bath, Brooks, Ramsey, Merriman and
| Borden. The duty of the committee is to
search up all who do not belong to the
union and endeavor by all honorable
means to get them to join.
| Secretary Ramsay then made rafting
speech in which he scored the Trust"
with no sighting hand and showed how
the newsdealers had been made the dupes
of the greedy publishers of New York.
| He was followed by Messrs. Brooks,
Merriman, Fackert and Borden, and they
all urged united action and requested
each newsdealer present to bring some
delinquent to the meeting next Friday
evening. twill be private meeting and
the delegates to the Central Council will
unfold there to their brethren the plan of
campaign adopted by that body.
PREsENTMENT OF THE CASE.
The accompanying extract, which is
| published at the request of the newsdeal-
ers, is q clear exposition of the cause of
the fight
They avowedly propose Cthe Trust) at the end
| of this month, il the present movement is sue
cessful to advance the price of the daily issues
one cent all around. Let us see what the conse-
quence of such movement will be to all con-
cerned
|. TO THE RETAIL NEwSDEALER-His
capital to be invested will be increased, on an
| average of the paper just twenty-five per cent.
| No mercantile business in New York city could
or would respond to this sudden demand if there
was to be no return in interest on the adj
ditional investment. The increase in labor to the
newsdealers, on an average of the combine" T"
| papers, will be about forty per cent! No labor
organization in the country would submit to such
| tax without remuneration. Net result to the
| retail dealer:-Increased capital one-fourth; in
creased labor, nearly onehaf; increased profit, 0!
III. TO THE WHOLESALE DEALER.-The
machinery of distribution in this city is supplied
by the wholesale dealers and news companies.
| They have hitherto received a commission of
commission of twenty-five per cent on Sunday,
but no additional advance on the other issues.
They are to get none on the advance of the price
of the daily issues, unless by way of compromise,
to which they must assent or accept COM
pulsory reduction to the original commission.
| Ill, TO THE PUBLIC.-One cent increase in
the price of paper is not generally thought of
seriously by the readers Of paper, But the
aggregate cost to the public which will be wholly
a profit to the combine for boodlen papers win
be over 81, 5000 600. Taking the circulation of the
six combine papers at their own sworn figures,
| and calculating ON the one cent advance, the fol
lowing astounding table shows how the public
xv.