The sun., 1900-12-16

Tor the privilege n conducting the place.
] run across many Jswi.h women IN ptison
and n they ,cll wo "ns and all, th., they have
of plying their trade both In houses and on
me estteet IN fact q i' impossible for them
the police share u their gains WV
" Il a porniar thing to say hat the immi-
Grants who 80 INTO This great East eide ds-
Wi't w suth lnfge numbers ara corrupt Irg
the cily No. Inst l' not Tho ,oso Il i lh"
conditions that I have dcscrlbod that ato
mnderminire ihe .mofnls of tho Immigrants
Inc majority of them are honest, respectable
peol 10 But when one ernb fks In M honest
ous.ness and w. arrested on some light rre-
,et, such a4 thc violation of n city ordi.
nlhce, and ."cs that his n"inlh hofF arc doirg
thc same. thing but arc not mulra'cd. he
nnsks WI. , Then hey tell him and. q course,
and is. lot alone from that tine mo or nv II "a
pay fnr everything no matter whether It
Is ias,imatc or lllcgItiratc. and the result
yllest Kind These tlirgs arc naun'cd in
the faces OF Young and old and venture 10
sav ti,at never was house OF worship ha-
strsse' 1850 as mas been our synagogue in Allen
The ncor orthodox Jews will not work
m, m SrtSrdasy or s because I. ls their sabbath
principal day ,,fhey do on that day M The busi- bust
ns,s me- 81 q three other DAYS And II they do not
for violating the sabbath by selling Ice
pedahng articles ot clothing and foodstu1s
wiaH'on wh,le al, ar2unt them saloons cre, doing
dt dw99 9,,e y"ars ago ] ,ransatcd the pcclaratiop
Il any wonder that thev ridieIIc American
institutions' Let mo tell YOU thai the re-
formers who CRY, out AGAINST. the sale of tho
and congested district make a great mis-
take. They do not understand The husi-
ness done is legitimate one, but he ladies
come from uptown and crv ont against this
transaction Of business on sunday Don't
,nen ,rs see that they are simply Swing 70 Tam
poor jew must do his business on sunday
lie cannot vote for those who would stop IT,
Ahd so you IND him supporter. Of the very
blood
I mentioned at Cooper Union tho other
pointed bv the police 10 cole, mo raan~v rom
ali his associates for tho privilege Of keeping
a stand and transact < legitimate bust
bis ON pocket. was called for regularly
b. the ward man. That man 4, dead now.
80 80 l viii give his name. Il was Goldberg
where knew him He came 10 mo here az 4
occurred SIS for him to start him n bust.
ness lie opened a herring stand. lie had
to paw $27 cash in advance for a months rent
OF piecs Of sideWalk on EsseX street and 81
9 nonth 70 tho police Tor the privilege OF
In tie pen itentiarv there are SEQ prisoners
To-Day. Eighty OF them are Jews In tie
We We. knoute TIE propo'ton IS even more favor
able TO the Jews But the result Of the cor
ruptton Is 10 be found III the juvenile asylum-.
where there are many young Jews Hey
aro arrested in the beginning for ball playing
away. for such innocent amusement-. they .
lose fear Of arrest and the result Is evident
Ihe poor boys cannot stay In the houses, !
where they are crowded bey yond belief They |
would die If they did not spen 4 most NJ their !
lives on the street They must exercise or
the congestion in which they live would !
XII them. And If they do the most harmless !
things they are arrested and sent TO inSt- (
During the war tho dew boys in d certain ?
part Of the lower East Side became imhund h
with martial spirit and decided to have a .
war, IN ar open lot they built a great fort
we're formed. and tha storming Ct the fort .
rsss was attempted ono day by tho invading ,
army. some OF tho boys threw stones. but .
IS far as know no damage was done The /
we're arrested and sent to tho CCtholic Pro-
ectorv where they are now
In all this lower Fast Side region there IL
hardly tenement Improved 70 the law SAYS
II reople who shall live in n room. and the
principal evils come from the overcrowdsd
quarters. Secrets of life that should bH
Unknown TO them are revealed 10 children
hem down. the obscenity and filth Of the
debauch thcm beyond belief
The solving OF the social evil is n great task. !
'ut do not hesitate to say that II II is allo wed
uch proportions that youth will be- demora-
"if YOU would make tho imniorant a good
itizen there should be an abolition II the
\ a cosmopolitan C!tv. Respectable places
horld he Ec0t oreu seven d,vs IN the week,
ives should he closed 3si davs in the year
i've us non-partisan mass meetings all the
ear around instead Of inst before elections
nd have all tho free lectures on one sub ect
-munlciral government