The evening world., 1894-10-10
The Copeland Medical Institute,
Is West 24th S., New York,
Near -adison Square.
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dreds who We're not in any way entitled
To receive tnem. These fraudulent nat
means of dummies in some instances
and by buying up old papers of re-
turning entrants in others, the whole
system being under the control of
few men. Who worked 1t as a profitable
source Of income and to their political
advantage. The Evening World"
mad" ii so hot for this organized gang
of c'rruptioni>ts that their operations
Wer" suspended, and several arrests fol-
lowed and indictments found against
y" Vito. one Of the ringlcaders In the
pending against him.
No. G. .Another abuse of long stand
re W1ich va thoroughly, shown up
Mo"ll,' was the padIouc system, which
1t was ropullrl% supposed had gone out
or OF eNis 'rnra years ago. Upon invcstisa-
ig@inE in almost its original vigor, and
That IT was in force in the case of CON
tractors not only for private companies
ami corporations, but for the depart
inenis or the city government as well.
In IN" case Of the Department of Parks,
the rt-INcaning Department, ard the
l,nerarlment of Public Works, it was
been in the habit of making up their
payr9ils, charging the city so much per
day f0r Their laborers, while they were
actually paying their men much
smaller SUM. In many instances where
the contractors charged the city $3.50
. day for the men employed bY them
on public works, they We're only paying
/ the iniquitous practices of the padrones
created CONSERVATION among them. The
matter was carried into the courts. sew
cral arrests were made, and fines We're
! imposod, as a result Of the crusade
whtch " The Evening World" inaugu-
rated.
No. Tho wo"k Of "Thc Evening
World" Free Food Commission, which
stood for = month and y day between
. the poor, the helnless, the unemployed
and Starvation, was not the smallest of
. the achievements OF "A great newspaper,
backed by confident readers. From Feb.
. TO aiarcn TO- while the metropolis was
experiencing the most severe weather
of tn" season, and storms of snow and
s!eet came daily to chill the marrow
The Evening World" distributed huge
ninEeta hn OF t@oIi liz trGs r aS TIE air to all
sion, 90 Murray street. The represent Ia
uEeS of tho!I poor families came from
ali parts Of the metropolitan district
/ with letters rom their clergymen. They
. Went away laden with the material for
! many square, nourishing meals, and
25SodO hunsry people were fed. They
Hobok"n and Jersey City, as well as
New York: 1t was great charity, and
IL was an rhHritNi and the hands of
those of a host OF great-hcarted men.
More than 5.0O1 bushels Of potatoes were
given away; more than 25,U1O cabba ges;
. more lhIh tHOu pounds ~ meat, more
than 10 tons Of fresh fish, and other
things in proportion. The cost of ali
this to these poor people, had they been
Obliged TO buy il in the market would
l have been more than $4,000! The police
I of New York and Brooklyn had by a
systematic census, found ll3,OOO men
. and women unemployed i'm the two
cities, and The Evening World" Free
Food Commission set about relieving
them til Snring opcned and work was
resumed. That il accomplished its pur-
pose. ,Quarter-milliOn grateful people
Will acclaim.
/ In concluding this history of the re-
/ ma!kaby SuCGl sStul career of THE
/ that many other important achieve
. m'Eis nave been unreC1rdcd, in defer
cAce 10 t"c rule, OF seven" No men
/ ton has been made of the green paper
issued ola St PaWick's Day, the blue
on Memorial Day, and the red, white
and blue on the Fourth of July. Yet
they are ell original with THE Evening
! World" and are wen known to its read
ers Then there We're Sunday extras
on the assassination of President Car
not, of France; the Chicago strike, and
the burning of the Brooklyn Tabernacle,
The release OF Joe Militci from the
custody Of chlldren's society, the eX-
poSurG OF poolro3ms existing in the city
! and their speedy closure, will g down
into his tory as examples of the doctrines
| adopted At birth and rSidly adhered to
| above a., a newspaper; beyond ALL the
| peoples friend