The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-05-10

Richmond county than in that part of
Queens which includes Long Island
City, and which was consolidated with
New York on Jan. !. but the differences
are not great. a clear majority of h
male inhabitants of voting age of New
York are foreign born. as the last ma
tional census showed: New York, ma
tive white male. 170.e97, foreign white
male 266. 747: Kings, native white male
lis, 1872. foreign white male 11f,4I6;
Richmond. native white male S.2i5. for
eign white male $500: Queens twhole
county,. native white male. 1888, for
eign white male 16, 1893. One curious
result of the consolidation or the three
cities is that the present city admins
tration is, more largely perhaps than
any of its predecessors in recent years,
under the direction of native-born citl-
zens. while the representatives OF
''cosmopolitan New York" are few and
far between. Mayor Van Wyck is a
New York boy. born and reared in TINS
city. and dating Jack his local ances-
try to 1850. Comptroller Coler is "A ma
tive of Champaign, Ill. Borough Presi-
dent Peters. the district attorney or
New York county; Colonei Gardner
Borough President Grout of Brooklyn,
and the executive heads of depart
ments generally are native-porn ofl-
Gals.
For many years, German shoemak-
ers had "A practical monopoly of the
cobbling trade of the town. some oi
the more inventive and progressive
adding to their revenues considerably
by the making of shoes To order. "a
business now very nearly extinct. but
of recent years Italian cobblers have
superseded them. Only in plays
operas does a cObbler regale his neigh
bors with songs and stories. distribut-
ing money among them. and having a
" 4. h. 40 49, an nj nnhl
lords and high-born ladies. Here
abouts the cobble of actual life Is a
hard-working who mends boots
and shoes in "a cellar, and draws ms
patronage from those to whom sharp
economy is a necessity. The ltalian
| cobblers have driven out the Germans,
because they work cheaper and prefer
to work by themselves, away from the
| tyranny of a union" whereas the
Germans are attracted by the shops
and factories, at which much OF the
repairing, especially of fine shoes, Is
now done. The Italian BARRIERS, also.
owe much of their success TO the same
| prediction, their Individual efforts
not being hampered by BARRIERS
unions"
The local tradition in New York tina
the scandinavian inhabitants of the
city are to be found generally along
the water 'front.' is not supported by
facts. The truth of the matter ls tnal
the total transient river front popula-
ton of New York-sailors, canalboat
men, steamship stokers, ship cooks ana
Observation-Disclosures mo- amount
collectively to more than 5000 or t,oOU
persons. all told. In the month OF
February. 1895. an accurate census was
made of these residents In what are
now the boroughs of anhat and
the Bronx, and hey were shown 10
amount collectively at that time 70
4.423. i'm a total population OF very
nearly 1000. 900. The water front popu-
lation of the borough of Brooklyn
never large, has not Increased since
consolidation, and the present total III
all the boroughs is probably not fal
from $500. But there are i'm the whole
of New York more than $4,000 Scandl'
nayians. and i'm the New York harbol
the Scandinavians are chiefly To ID
found i'm the district of the town De
tween Twenty-third and Thirty-fourt
streets, on the east side. There arr
two Swedish churches i'm this neigh
borhood, a Swedish branch of the SAL
walton army, and five intelligence OF
fees. making a speciality of supplying
to employers Scandinavian domestl
servants or gardeners or coachmen
The scandinavian inhabitants Of New
York are tranquil and unobtruslVe
and two-thirds of their number are u
be found on the Brooklyn side OF tn
bridge.