The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-11
WORK FOR ALL WORKERS.
~rW TORN CITY NETER HAD SO
FEW IDLE MEN.
,rr..t Railroad Bniiafns ana street t-pr"re-
-.nts Enptsy al Ar,y 90 LabprerS at
.,oA wage HuiIdinz Traaes $50 Oth%r
p-,.r.meats % skilI-d Labor an Busy.

...u HroIoy an Array 81 Labarerp at
g. -naiIdinz Trases ssd Oth%r
p-r.rtmeats % skiII~a Labor an Busy.
Her. il 4 cold fact. There are fewer idle work
-.-,sn m The city to-day than there have been
!. ,av time in years past. There IS more work
:, ., avery where. This applies not only to Ine
,-,t,s vii b employ only skilled labor. bat TO
~ .ss enterprises where labor OF any sort Is re
a, vi. There are to-day fewer idle day Ia
bors.s liam at almost any time IN the history
Of .ae c1-y.
rse superintendent for one Of the largest
,r,,5yers Of ,aonr in the city said to TIE SrS
r.Urr-er yesterday:
.~~r,,-,, * no reason Why ANY honest man who
a r..L.n. 20 work should be out OF employment
=, .,, ..5r u Ssw York to-day. OF course
,,sra are shittless men and men who won't
,,r,S wheu they have the chance, and there Are
8sonrsst ones who don't get the chance. but
m, percentages is small. They have none but
thsnl selves 20 blame
Prosperity isn't the exclusive property By =
s,p., shot u the farmers who have wheat 20
..r. wnLe there has been no great increase in
~, wages u Any class OF labor. the average
v,se paid to-day is a. high as it ever was and
the average cost OF living Is lower than 1t ever
was, II nearly all those trades where the
,nvss we're reduced during the inortinnteiy
hA-. -.ulh5 ne Cb1 NlAtS AZ <N
,prs me 1-.5 oe January last. In those trades
,nsra tals has noe been done It is only i Iues-
.n,n d a short time when it viii De done. The
,noio~ers say his and The employee believe IL.
The reports OF the various trades unions n
Nav YORK show an increase in the number OK
men employed to-day over u year ago OK aear'y
IS per ,snt. The heads ot various trades
uaIun. wao have been Asked 90 estimate the
number Of unemployed say that or labor OF all
classes there L. less than ) per cent. u1eni-
rioSsi to-day against trom 80 per cent. TO SO
per lene. enc geac ago.
rhe .npruv snsrt IN the condition Of the LII
oor,.s men began shortly Alter the Inst cleo
..yu. vien BryllIsm was beaten Since the
TN, IT. vencrU Began there has been q steady
x-iStn. Just A. The moment there Is Il special
hvou n the ll<hLAeG la0Cr mar &eE IN the city.
owing % ne change q motive power On several
Of he street railroads controlled by the Metro
pul.Lan r-A,rluu Company and the Thru Ave-
nue EAl-uaI Company. The traction curu-
S Sr6ss s : S : and On N M1disen U avsnG Ta md n
this WORK Acne Elera arr more than 900 men
.no,nve,I. VSJras 4. Crirnnins. who mas the
curE-acrs for me work On the lower eui u the
line. employs more than 1000 men. There are
eu1aSei IN other labor OF a simIIA- nature IN
yle clLv A. the present time more than j.OOO
men. 81 .lat N tbs Industry Aauns 10 per cent
al lie tlD.Gup ClEu wcu we're mem piO-at \
Tsa- iso A. employett now; These men ace .cr
tie must part unsklllec A6ursrS. But they
AZ men u more intelligence than ne 1rilna-y
~unsk..iet -ahurer And tasy 10 me WORK THAI tt
1-ei % DE- NECESSARY 90 hire skilled IRON vorScrs
10 10. They get better wages man the orit-
mar l~nskllief laburers.
Next 10 The cailroai companies IN the matter
or new employment The best employer NJ pres
ant s -hs:cirT, through he contractors who are
DOING tte work AID 1uS oF tae DepNEtment Or
pu0.aC y 1rss. There - more street improve
menG going IN II lie present Llms than l5 any
PREVIOUS TINE n the history ur the city. sew
era. Cluusalt uen Ire Employed n ChIs WORK
But these Jw0 sources u employment might
be ciaS-erf A. extraordinary. II - n the stable
businesses That me Improvement i permanent
and = u MARKET there. II ne Quilting trades
Q .a-yrr percentage or men A-e employed to-day
than N years. There - rnC what Gould De
called \ buLIIls boom. QUIZ there II \ steady
:ncr-a,e II the NUMBER gf buildings hat ARE
helng out ~. This oeSan On L -arg4 scale dur
tng -ae larrf times. when building museriaI WA
90 rneap r1aG The men win money could nOC
at7ri - 1eSlect The opportunity " investing.
ana hey p4, money INTO he drst Of the oIE
cer-ati modern buildings dE5ed with III the mod
er1 cuIvenIencss 20 the ofd buildings Lras
they lad had ID ouC ~ with. and the new build
mrs took me tenants.
The owners Of me old buildings cuuIctn'. let
their vacant offices. anu i. order 70 maze heir
pruperfT pay an rn.nne they iht co tear Iown
their nd buildings And put up new ones. Build
ing ias been SuIng ~ ever since II = <-eaE rar..
AMI IL ne men IN me huILtIng --ade VINO have
heeu Wiling % work hHve had employment Or
they aaTf { now. The cCN repOrrer vas IL
formed " 4 member u The Mechanics and
Traders Ercnalge yesterday. wan IN liulselr
. large Employer N labor, mat he had nOG LAID
of A single man SINCE The LAST election and that
NC AZ" LIt TA Lb&S --AAaLaA W AADLS I1tLl
than ar -mDlUyett then. lie said Lat The SAME
was I-Ie II many other men N The building
E1Ge hat ne anew or
We are auG DOCKING for men," he said.
Them % 10 scarcity Ut men IN the building
trades n The cit- out there ara 10 it-e men
atne- 20 speak al The supply ami the de-
mani aoout oala1ce; which IL exactly what we
want
Another thing that helps the building
trades II this Tis LegislaCure passed a Law a
Esa- a4D providing that hereafter buildings
!nollf anC cpver more dian > per cent or the
lOTa N Whit r1Rr nrn Tfr-f- ma rba nLs
law 10 per cent. cOuId De covered When -hs
hill WIS 1assetl here vas a great rIah 70 ME
plans WIZ the BuLfiIug Department lnGer rue
AID Jaw Plans lied before LGa new -aW vent inrn
ettIt we're nGC ateccet; " L Eund-etis upon
nlafreIt5 1t pals Ters t.s7i VIA he Ending
Department ~ men VINO we're not :enfy 20
ou.f AMI naf III Intention Of building. BuS
contractors hunted ont he men Eln nAG inns
me ling lnC 4clvaC them a0w ADVANTAGEOUS
u vas ~ lUL-t AZ ne crescent Zme. lad induced
Item 70 JuIld- ~ here Ara practically 40 IN
employed men II ne building -raGtes now.
~ N The clothing yr1Ges. The prosperity Of
The taEners 4nc -he wnrx-ngnen throughout the
enunr-y .nah tt rnem % 1uy N 1heir Deal mer,
nerchanLs CAme % New YORK for their stock.
The demand tnr 8arnsnts Increased here and
II tLII Keeps 10. Tia manufacturers IN The
eigthinS AMI he allied .r1des nave aai a success-
III season and Ara entering Iuon another. They
s' ne PROPORTION ot persons ordinarily an
gael N he trlGe nnw unemployed In Almost
tndnIrs-ima!- There IL work for every person
VINO VII Forx and VIM IL capable.
!le -ltIrOads snplGY uure men now than
they I'D L Year aga u suite 1T The TACT that che
sumner season u heavy travel IL aImosr az an
emit. Eley reuTl-a extra neip 20 handle the
mulGr-; larrpase N rhe freight mat ~ offered
% lhsn. TIE cepCr-A ot nearly III the -aIl.
rnat cnmpHaIas chow Z-pRE Increase N me
frslghL .:lIic. aaf Almost every ton or Increase
MEANS mora anIplOyu enC-
More lrn IRE employed to-day in the ~.
Enns Wholesale houses than we're Employed A
Year lSn. inquiry shows that many " these
houses employ more men than they have ever
em1lnvad nsrnFe- This IA because II the IN.
cr1l--r 1ur-ness tIe 10 me 3r1spsriCy through.
art ne 'oL.ltry. The retail YJores, Zoo, are am,
plnrlng more men lnf women.
" ! 80 in lsartv every trade and every bust
nes7 There - work a plenty for All wao VII
WORK.