The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-09

nothing more than cause the different. cities
e, get up and hustle, it would have done a good
thing. Every ono knows tho condition In
Tho assSciation has indorsod the Anti
scalping bill before Congress, and will try to
Washington t1sS nNS With the hrs'i associ alton : e Counsel r.
James D. Dill, to appear before tho House and
s sSmIlSti s%nl IN ,nSS nm Mc cvd KITE wishes ,hs, t Miii or Pr.
crease the trade and mmer of New. York
ut homo and abroad; We are now getting, up
York and. tho surrounding country rs no city
has ever boon pictured. There is not one limo
100000. The first edition will consist OF $780,.
900. copies, and will he issued In March or early
in Ma s;n The proofs are coming In now. 4
credit rating. How many such are therei Ex.
tiopss for this book from every interest that
VIII 10 benefited: and the money Is coming in
country merchant see the book they'll be any.
ious 70 visit New York, 100. 80 look out for tho
crowds next summer. Tho idea Of this book
men told us last summer that they were drawn
here by our descriptive circulars.
feet on Leonard street. with u frontage Of 20
feet on broadway. We havo them divided Into
a sIEsTo5ooTms f Too T General nor ccSn,lns w TSop' ,S Ssa
magazines, and almost everything they would
find in a regular mercantile club. Tho parti.
lions and fittings are Of expensive material.
and no money has boen spared TO mako tho
incnbers arc not allowed in tho reception or
club room for visiting members, because. we
wish to avoid even tho appearance OF soliciting
of any kind are allowed to appear in any Of
IA now Administration had come into power
after the hardest fought political campaign
since the war. The new Administration had
t sSeI ti@ Slestee T SSrsse pTon,Isc uRRo od not a eTSo sen fu 81 Hsa.
through no fault of the administrator itself,
but It was hard work 10 make the country IN
dcrstand that. Congress was working. over. the
tariff. the financial markets were disturbed.
capital was still timit and scarcely. any one
tho shaken confidence and. to unloosc the mil
lions upon millions OF idle capital; Tho Mer-
needed. nsI pmt f. Shoulder sn% TOT to tho Wheel and tho
result was most cncourng!ns:
Probably never in tho history of the United
States has the action of any ono body OF men
in the last few months. Circumstances havo
ray, without, overstopping, the bounds, that tho
work done ty New York city has been pro-
fion of Trade e. SS't tbo ToS SnT,h ih tn Else g' that has u been
done in recent times In the United States.
I'm it's work the association has not been self
ish. Its policy is not n narrow one. IL seeks
the benefit OF the entire country, knowing full
well that ono portion cannot prosper at the ex;
e Ps@pEi OF ,n %%9!asF, has as f been Sve one o0@ Of is "I aims rs.
When Philadelp hia and Baltimore objected to
Joint TrafHe and Trunk lines, the Merchants
Association at once said to the officials Of the
railways. Give to Philadelphia and Baltimore
what they want, we will not object We are
perfectly willing that every city shall have the
privileges for which we ask, but we arc deter
mined that no city shall get privileges which
we do not get, too.
TT Merchants Association has come to
stay. It's resident membership now numbers
moro than 200. 1t proposes to go right along
the lines it has laid down, and It will never
cease. fighting until 1t has accomplished one OF
two things, the shutting off Of all reductions in
passenger fares to everybody or the granting of
such reductions to merchants when they want to
visit trade centres for business purposes