New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-12-27
AFFAIRS IN BROOKLYN.

HOW THE CITY'S STREETS ARE I1TTERED
crpc11.ps AND uANDHILLs FREELY DISrRIBC-
TED AND THEN FLUNG TO THE GROUND
II the streets OF Brooklyn ever 10 be kept ifee
rom waste papers-and the placing on the sue
walks of a large number OF waste-papeE poAes'
az described in The Tribune last Sunday would
Indicate that such n hope is cherished in the OF
ocial mind-it would seem to be necessary TO put q
sion to the distributing OF handouts ana c"c"'"''
in public places This Is perhaps the cheapeSt way
OF ADVERTISING for circulars can be stru'h oh ~
The thousand at a very small cost; IL Is proo"o's
also the least useful. Not one person in ten OF
those to whom the bills are offered or INTO "noso
hands they are thrust gives them any serious AZ.
,entjon: and probably no; one in a hundred carries
them home for careful examination Inc s'e"'
majority drop them upon the Sidewalk vi III Wv
street the moment after receiving then'' o-'e"
without so much as a glance TO learn what 'hey
are about II follows that the street In the Ncl"-
itv OF a distributor OF handbills speedily pe'o"''
covered with waste paper
4 GOOD illustration OF that sort o! thing was iu'-
nished in Fultonst. one day last weeh' J" ~
middle OF the shopping district. "h'ch "''
crowded in the afternoon. stood man. or a ooS
handing out circulars TO all who passed u ono
refused 10 stretch out his or her hand 10 'aNe 'ie
proffered paper Il was Il possible. thrust lh'o arm
or nufY or In some way brought INTO personal
contact with those passing. AS is always the '"N''
moe, n. the handbjlls were dropped soon as re-
ceiyed or a moment later. and In consequence
the street for several rods was Uttered win loose
paners Had the wind been blowing they "oud
have been widely scattered. Within a ROD or TWO
q. the distributor stood OF the new galvanized
iron boxes for the reception OF waste papers out
no one paid any heed 10 II. Had all the 'lf'ulNS
been dropped into Il. it would have been H'ei
several times-more than once even II 'n'! ""'
been pressed down tightly
distribution OF handbills in this way should not
he prohibited? They do little II any good Ih"y
are unoues tionaby "A serious nuisance II Is fu'cS
within the mower of the Aldermen 10 pass an OF
dnance forbiddinc the distribution o. mem. III
any one found engaged in this Hork InlGh' fcdulN
TO advertise. let them distribute their circulars
inside their shops forward them by post OF Icit
them at peoples houses. In either case th"Y Wo",
be more likely to be examined than IN me case "i
persons walking quickly along N" street
O., course it is only small shopkeepcrs who tax"
This method OF bringing their wares 10 puDh' q,
ten;on. Men engaged in business on a large s'di'
do their advertising Through legtlmat" 'nH'h'lS
out on the street certain in the vast majority
Of cases 10 be thrown down at the FIRST convenient
opportunity i, -
The time has no, yet for enforcing In our
where one who throws even the smallest scrap OF
paper in the street is liable 10 arrest fubhc
opinion would support nothing o. the Kind mere
Tlut surely IL would be perfectly legitimate 10 70
move the temptation do this thing by
making II Impossible that papers OF all sorts Shoul1
be thrust upon those who do not want them ana
who are almost compelled therefore 10 dro. mem
forthwith. Such ordinance as Is proposed nlgh'
be enforced with ease and IL would contribute IN
a measurable degree toward insurng the cleanli-
OF the city.