Evening star., 1897-01-14

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New York people to buy the Sunday
papers, and think how numerous the news
stands are-at all the elevated stations,
before the barber shops, cigar stores at
all hotels, which are so thickly scattered
in every neighborhood. one has not to
walk more than a square in any direction
without finding a newsstand.
"one wealthy newspaper owner in New
York furnishes a red table free of charge
to all storekeepers who will sell his paper,
and the consequel ce is that mo matter
which way you look you see these red ta-
bles out on the sidewalks not OH week
days only, but on Sundays. zoo even In
residential neighborhoods. Red i'tables all
over the city, on Sunday, IN residential
Leighborhoods! Would that please here?
syncrasies Of the Washington people, par
ticularly Of our women here who, rich or
poor, are all dainty in their apparel, as
far as they are able, and don't like to show
themselves in the streets looking like slat-
terms. Women in the tenement 'neighbor-
hoods OF New York don't care "a pin how
they look. Such women would walk out to
a newsstand looking like frighis; but a
busy housewife in Washington. who Is not
all dressed up, will only stick her head out
Of the door and buy a paper, when she
hears the boys cry. II you suppress the
cry she has to go without her paper, for
scription at the office for the paper to he
delivered, as the erich people, do. Should
the street delivery be suppressed some som
Of the newspaper delivery business, and
possibly we may see a price prOhibitiHe to
the poor placed upon the Sunday news
paper, which is now the cheapest and most
astounding compendium Of popular art and
information the world ever saw. ~
Il ask you not to prevent that boys buy
ing the shoes for his little sister, not to
prevent his filling the cupboard for his
mother, nor replenfshing her coal scuttle
en- wintry days; not to hinder that other
boy from cleaning a little precious learning
from the newspapers he is selling; not to
make one law for the poor and another for
the rich, as between the poor people buy
ing the Sunday newspaper at their doors
and the rich people ordering its delivery
monthly by subscription"
Mr.. VOLTS Indorsement.
Mr.. Wolf said he indorsed every word
that Mrs. Logan said. The Commissioners
were the government to whom the people
have to look for protection. The issuance
of the order was not In line with their
wishes or did it subserve' their best inter
ests. He wanted it understood that no
member of the committee desired to in
fringe upon the rights of others. The en-
forcement of the order would result in an
other trust, and this country was already
too heavily burdened with trusts. It would
drive from the streets a number of hard
working, honest boys, and they would be
stranded upon life's highway. He believed
If the people who had brought about this
Objectionable order would only investigate
1t and see the misery its enforcement would
produce he was certain they would stand
by the committee in its effort to have the
order revoked. If 7:3O was too early for
some people to get up, or be disturbed, why,
regulate the sale Of newspapers by limiting
the crying Of them on SUNDAYS between
q ho
that the people wanted, and they did not
get In until and 10 O'clock If the order
stands 1t will result in greater nuisance
to the people than the crying df newspapers
did to the few who objected The news
boys would ring the door bells, and being
ignorant of the fact that a householder had
been served, the ringing would be kept up
all day. He had great confidence in the
District Commissioners, but was free to saw
that this order had been issued without
giving to the subject the consideration It
demanded. He closed by appealing to the
commissioners for restoration Of the
newsboys' rights.
Others Heard.
Mrs. Bell Brown and Mrs. NJ. D. Lincoln
also spoke in favor Of a modification Of
the order. Then came DR.. Purvis. and he
made a strong plea for the newsboys. He
started IN by criticising the methods adopt
ed by the advocates of the order. It was
the duty of the Commissioners to admin
lister the laws for the benefit OF the poor
as well as for the rich. It,;was an easy
matter to favor the rich. He had keen for
years trying to find some way to amelio-
rate the condition of his race. To instill
into his people the knowledgaIoff the bene-
m fits to be derived from good citizenship.
There was large number Of people In
Washington, many Of them dependent. To
take away from the poor newsboys their
source Of revenue would be to- continue the
record that Washington had fgained of
being the city with the largest criminal
record in proportion to, it's population. He
criticised in this connection one, of the Po-
lice Court judges for having fined small
huckster, who had been engaged in the
business for years without having license,
an and ". who D., was not REQUIRED So have one.
the people they would laugh It out Of court
Mr.. L. M. Saunders closed the speech
making with strong appeal for the news
boys.
Embexxiine e,har~ea.