The sun., 1896-08-19
MAYOR PINGREES VIEWS.
NEW YoRk NEEDS MORE STREET
CARS AND CHEAPER FARES.

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He Thinks Ills Town. Detroit, Is Ahead Of
ts In This-Thc soil, Etc says. 1sn't
supporting People Ms It should, aud the .
Farmer Must Have Moro Protection.
" don't know anything except the shoe
business, and | dent know very much about
that Still, I've been in IL tlirty.ono years,
and ought To- know u little something about
it,"
So spnl.o Mayor plngrco OF Detroit, who
came to New York on Monday and started
for Boston yesterday afternoon.
VI started In business when | was about
." years old he went on. II had SiGO, my
partner had about 81 900. We uidn't know
anything about tho shoe business. Now, the
point ] want TO reach is this; With all my
thirty-ono years of experience in tho busi-
ness, IL l wanted TO start in tho shoe bust.
ness over again. what could do with 81 1902
What could do with l4,0Oo, or with S146,-
600? would need million, at the least, to
attempt to do now what did then, and the
thirty.ono years OF experience don't count.
II is to this state Of affairs that the strength
OF tho discontented feeling in the West Is
due. a few men control everything nova
days; there's no show for tho young man.
Tho trusts and tho corporations are tho poo.
pie l light. and that's why I--why tho peo-
plo support me. Tho free silver people toll
them that FREQ silver will help them out.
They will fight. fight like wildcats, for
free silver until they have Glvon It a trial.
II silver doesn't do what It's advocate. prom
ise they'll throw It over and try something
else. And they'll keep on trying until they
get some help somewhere.
Tho soil Is the source OF all wealth, and II
isn't supporting people as II should. Now,
Liverpool sets the price for ail our farm prod
fa IN n IN rnrr
retition with India and Russia and oil starva-
tion; There isn't an American living in it
gets 20 cents day out OF it. He shouldn't
bc forced TO compete with tho dirty heathcn.
t!on and he wants more money, He wants
some of the money that tho sharks Of Wall
street are shtng II h WIZ st each other for ,o
sl,ze it. You don't keen your eyes on ri, the
country can't pull together until things arc
evencd up. Our farms are mortgaEed and they
and coal is Sl.25 more than It was year ago.
We burn corn; We have got TO have a market
and we want to be protected. Either the
other industries have got to come down to the
farmer or the farmer must be raised up to
blaas any man for making all the money he
can, but for Gods sake lot him give some one
Mayor Pinsrue switched o~ hero and began
his pet subjects. New J 1ork Is away behind
the times in street carr" ho said. This
prejudice against trolley cars Is all an all.
mcnt that Detroit has passed through and
gotten we'll of. They don't kill people ont
our way. In Brooklyn hey do, YOU say?
That is because the corIorations don't care
n damn whether they kill any body or not 50
long as they can collect five-ccnt fares. Make
them carel jump on them, by Harry. and
hurt them n little! Then they wont Kill
people so much. Now the street car iran
chises ought to pay all the taxes for the city
of New York. Refuse a franchise until they
agree TO put the fare down TO two cents.
Every time you ride YOU save three cents.
There's your years taxes In month almost:
The road will be repaid by the increased
number OF passengers.
New York has too many crowded spots.
More street car lines would break them up.
The Health Board, with the police back q! II.
has full pnwcr To drive tho people out Of the
crowded districts, and make them give up
crawling together like lot OF water bugs.
Then your trolley lines. with tSo-cent fares,
take them away out to purcr air and cheaper.
better homes, where they can live like Chris
tians.'