New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-08-01
yOrS To THE PrBLTC UELFARE.


When, cotton. iron and many other things
which are produced In vast quantities III the
Tu,f,d States are az wonderfully low ngurrS
They are almost abSurdly cheap. Clothing Oi
good quality can be- bought la any part VI the
country M prices far below those which were
Maid q few years ago. The general fall in prices
hos been tremendous But New Workers get no
,h.,p.r rent, I'm small houses and In apartments
of moderate size than they got III the huSh
n,nc. ~ high prices and universal prosperity
TIN, ulsgovcrnlncnf ~ Tammany Hall is largely
r.sn,usihle for his II public-Splrlted citizens
instead of greedy. grlspng Tammahy POI"
t,cinns had filled Ill the municipal offices from
fh, time when Hugh j. Grant ilrSt b''iline
Mavor. an efficient AMI satisfactory system oil
genuine rapid transit would have h,Fh ia opera
tlon before thIs Such system Would ehho'c
p,~,,lr ~ Scnuiy means 10 live cOihi"r'apN
within The city limits at much less cost IMAM al
ur,,cn'. The corrupt and Infamous bargain De-
tween Tammamy Hall and the Manhattan mo
uop,ly has delayed rapid transit Tor ycArs. for
fhf, aGlic'l.n me- people o' Ibis community nave
Tammaly iiall 10 thank.
Ia order - driudr the taxpayers TImmany
has s',adftsuy pursued the policy Of keeping
the TAX rate down 10y increasing M" valuations
~ real estate 10 m cNcc~-iv" and indei"nsible
extent Ilich valuations Of course. mean hlEh
rents. and rents Ia This city for small houses
and Apartments Of moderate Size are 'XorDl'ant-
IL high Tammany valuations have been raised
heyond vii reason aud al dcccncy, and lam
many is IN great measure I'm fault for IN" mex
rlsally high rents Tor modest homes Ia ihlS
metropolis.
The. people II New York are compelled To pay
excessive prices for Gls. coal and lee. No on"
can DENY that the gaS companies can make III
ihcs,. DAYS very large profits with gas NJ 81 per
loo feet ImporiAn, discoveries and invrn-
lions In recent years have chrapcn'I me m"kIhS
OF "a. 10 n remarkable extent. III" Legislature
next winter ought - .rlucr The price OF gas 10
81 per 1000 feet. our ice companies are not
satisfied with reasonable profits. ANA ih''r
charges ar. cx0rbrant. But the anthracite coal
comuaulc~ nrr far worse enemies To- pubic COM
fort aud public welfare ihnn are The lee com
panl,s The anthracite coal combination Is ~
Mcr,lcss ana rIpaclons a trust ~ the sugar
Trust Itself All these combinations IN plihd"r
the people. 10 create and retain monopoly III
important articles Of consumption. ana To cA-
tort enormous profits from suffering conSnIn'rS'
ought 10 be broken up No truly patriotic chi
zen can afford 10 have his name linked win any
II these ravruouS trusts Tamnmny Is triSt
FOR public plumber And so are the Sugar lriN''
thr Anthracite Coal Trust. the Gas Trust ana
MI other trusts The anthracite coal cOinbina-
tion and the gas companies in this city dlsclaiin
the name Of trust. and their managers declare
that they are not lawbrcIkcrs. 1t Is said IN De
half of the coal companies that the old Coal
Trust was dissolved II may have been IN
name but thc old combination exists to-day IN
practical operation and effect. as rapacious, rs
raypnous. rs cold and mcrciless AZ the Sugar
Trust and rs Tammany Hall. And nothing can
be more evil and injurious than the Sugar
Trust and Tammany