Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1898-12-15
OUR NEW YORK LETTER.
Not Representing Divinity Chinese
Laundry Trust Havemeyer's
Double Plays.



Especial Correspondence.l
Unlike some of our police court Off
sials, Magistrate Meade does not pose as
u humorist but there are at times caus-
tic wit and an epigrammatic force in his
remarks which carry more conviction
to the hearts of those whom he repri
mands than such smart sarcasm az is
often hurled from the judicial bench.
Well dressed and having an air of
wornout responsibility, threadsare de-
cency and honesty sadly trayed at the
edges, man was arraigned before Mag
istrate Meade in the Yorkville police
court on Saturday, charged with intoxi
cation.
"Why, you were before me yesterday
on similar charge, and | permitted
you TO go with reprimand, said the
magistrate. "Now, the officer says that
he found you only few hours later ly-
ing helplessly drunk on the sidewalk.
What is your excuse this timer
With downcast eyes the slave of drink
mumbled something about having a
wife and family to support. Then, as if
seized with sudden inspiration, he
raised his head and said
Your honor, there is just one thing
more l would like to say; one thing
would like you to remember. F"
Clearing his throat and striking
dramatic attitude, the man acclaimed
in husky tones the we'll known lines:
1T is human TO err Forgiveness is
divine.
The magistrate looked the fellow in
the face a moment, then quietly said:
Five dollars And let me tell you,
sir, TO err as you do is inhuman. 1t is
brutal. am not here to represent the
divinity Go to prison for five days.
Then 60 to your wife and family for
forgiveness.
A Chinese Laundry Trust.
A trust of Chinese iaundrymen is the
latest. 1t is called the Dop Song Kong
Sow, and il has its tentacles wrapped
around more than 1000 Chinese laun.
drymen in Greater New York.
Gradually the movement to amalga-
mate the Chinese laundrymen is spread
ing, and the organization in this city is
practically the home of a commission
that has branches in every large city in
the country.
On the books of the state of New York
the Dop Song Kong Sow is called the
Greater New York American Laundry
association.
1t was incorporated in January, 1898,
but not until within the last month has
any active work been done by its off,
GERS.
Now there is great hustling at the
headquarters, % Mott street, on the top
floor, and expert Chinese scriveners are
busy every day placing the names of
new memb ers in a large book.
Last month the price of washing and
ironing shirt was raised by every
member of the trust to 10 cents, and fees
for polishing collars and cuffs were like
wise increased.
Then the Hebrew Laundrymen 8 asso-
citation started laundry war, but Lowee
Sing has arranged conference with the
Hebrew Laundrymen association and
hopes to come to an agreement.
IdNchlCycI OOuOAO AaJSs
1.-The sugar deal is puzzling Wall
street." said man well posted on mat
tiers of the street THAT is one of the
missions of the sugar deal. 1t is always
puzzling Wall street. This time the
question is whether Mr.. Havemeyer and
his associates are going to start the mar
ket up from par or from some point be-
L. N.,.t
about which Wall street would like in
formation is whether the fight between
the sugar trust and the ArbuckleD oesh.
er com Animation is genuine or a mere
bluff organized for the purpose of de-
ceiving the public as to the true intent
of the men behind the scenes. The sug-
ar trust is the only one of the great in
dustrials which runs along with unbro-
ken success in both speculative and COM
mercial channels. The men whose gen
Jus has effected other industrial combi-
nations and who have tried to work
Wall street as well as carry on legiti
mate business have sooner or later been
obliged to give up one or the other.
"Mr. Havemeyer seems TO be equal to
both. He goes along year after year
adding to his millions, and it is lean
and hungry season with him when he
is not able to build a skyscraper ON
Broadway or on some other great down
town thoroughfare. The margin of
profit from the sales of actual sugar has
been meager for some time, and he feels
the need of swelling his bank account
IN some other way. He therefore turns
naturally to Wall street, and killing
is at hand.
He Hypnotized the Sailor.
A Bellevue surgeon the other day sub
dued a maniacal sailor after five police
men had wrestled with him in vain.
The doctor told the policemen to release
the powerful man, and as they did so
he caught the patients eye. The strong
man stopped in the middle of the street
and eyed the doctor in wonder. His eye
lost its fire, and he followed the doc
tor S movements to ct " The doctor