The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-09-23

At least 1000 owners of signs. f-,,.
stand keepers and bootblacks encroacbaS
upon the public domain to an extent SvbjcS
the police thought justified an asses
ment of S25 year, making S25, 600 mr.
annum. PCT
sALooN-KEEPERs PAID MILLIONS
To wind up the list it is necessary 10 mn.
some estimate on the amount paid h.,
salOOn-keepers. There are abont , ~
saloon-keepers in New York. and ar I 49,
one-half of them violated the law-anS
paid Tor 1t. Among them must be in
cluded not only violators of the l a -
and Sunday laws, but those who eoI5
liquor wholly without license. and thu
who Kept concert halls at which varions
wrong doings were tolerated PriooS
ranged from the thousands down To ~
low hundreds, doubtless. 1t is unouestior
ably fair TO put the number at 3.5O0 an
the price at $500 year each, thus gettin-
total Of 81 75O, 900 per a1num.
THE GRAND TOTAL.
From all these figures the following IA
BILE is made up:
Houses of prostitution ...........S3st55o I6o
tIfeen goods. ......--......... "a 81
Sdn 54oIs ----'.--- --..--..---.-- .....-. Pom
Merchants. ......-.... ......... s0oo09CC
Peddlers. .......-.-..... ....... ~ ~ ~
Signs, fruit stands bootblacks .. o 5sS9
l.
Grand total .........-. .............S IS. 458 e0o
WHAT THIS AMOUNT MEANS.
This, of itself, is larger every year
than the full Indebtedness of the stats.
of Vermont, Delaware, West Virginia
Florida, North Dakota. Montana, Two,
ming, New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada
Utah. Idaho, Washington or Oregon T.
almost equals each year the debt of Nav
n
Colorado. -
That gives an idea of what the blood
money levied yearly by the New York No.
lice amounts to. Now let US get a gllmpsa
OF the total for the thirty years duriny
which this system is known 10 have bee5
in vogue.
S100,0OO,Oo0 IN THIRTY YEARS.
Suppose that thirty years ago the blac,.
mail amounted to only 10per cent. of what
1t did last year, and that its growth since
then has been uniform. The figures then
would run, approximately like this: l86S.
$500, 200; 1854, Sis, 900; 1865, 1920, 900 1864
81, OS5 coo; 1867, s., $50, 600; 1865, 81 ak 000
1869, S1,580,000; 1870, 81, 745. 900; 1871, ST..
10000; 1872, 81, 075, 900; 1873, 81. 240.OOO.
1874, 81, 4O5, 600; 1875, 81, SIC, 900; 1876. 80
135, 900; 1877 $2,910,000: 1873, So. O75 oO0.
1879, SO, 100000; 1880. SO, 205, 600; 1881, 81,
$4,000; 1882, 50, 545, GOO; 1888, So. 710.0O0.
1854, $3.50, 0OO; 1888, "a, 040, 900; 1886, s..
2O5, 900; 1887, S4,3 600; 1883, s., 900;
1883, S4,710,0OO; 1890, S4,S75, 200; 1891, S..
O3O,OOO; 1892, S., 1875, 600; 1893, S., $50 COO.
1894, 1895, 600. The enormous total Of
this amazing array of figures is little less
than the inconceivable sum of 500. OOO.000.
or, exactly S97, $500
The bonded debt of New York state
alone equals this great figure; it is larger
than the combined debt of all the western
states 1t is doubtful if in the history OF
America any one family has really owned
property aggregating in value this stu
pendous And yet it represents only what
the police of New York city have de-
manded and received as brides to induce
them to break their oaths of Office and
prostitute instead of protect the city.
Truly, New York has reason to hide
her head from shame.
EDWARD MARSHALL.