La Junta tribune., 1900-11-03
GREAT IS TAMMANY AND
CROKER is ITS PROPHET. i

ON ths East Side. any higherf Ars
homes fer the unfortunate and fallen.
the absolute weary Of this world, over
crowded.
All these are proper questions, asDs-
cially a Tammany Hall has become
supreme in state ~ well a. local PEI
ltea, and because It's leaders are an
bilious. The questions demand fair
and truthful anSwerH- Let these an
swess be set forth here.
East Side Death Rats lnereasing.
Take the death rate inst Ever stAes
the beginning Of Mayor Strong's ad-
miAistration the New York city death
rate has been going down, swiftly In
the days of the Strong regime, very
slowly In the days Of resumed Tam
many rule. Good pavements and fair
strsst-cleaning have done It But that
b the condition for the entire city. o.
rather the boroughs Of Manhattan and
the Bronx, the "old city" But how
about the East Side? How about the
Seventh. Tenth and Seventeenth wards,
where the great tencment-house popu-
lation lvesf Here are some figures
from the Health Board records, records
now under the complete control OF
Tammany HILL The total tenemsat-
according the census Of the sanitary
squad q &.kllce in 1893, the first year
Of the Van wyck adminIstratien. was
s2. $50 The number Of deaths In that
ward during the year was l,3SS. The
death rate on the basis Of the tsne-
meat-house population was 1857 In 4
thousand.
What do We see here? An increase
in the death rate of the Seventh ward.
on the only available figures under
public control. Of 2.21 per cent: an In
crease in the Tenth ward of 2.35 per
cent: nm increase In the Seventeenth
ward Of 1-39 per cent In Tammany
rule costing flesh and blood? The
death rate has gone down In the entire
city In the last five years. and these
Health Board figures based on eati-
mates from the police census estab-
llsh II: 1895. 23.11: 1895. 21.52: 1897.
1888; 1898. 1918; 1899. 1855. The ac-
tual death rate In these years. as
based upon the recent federal census
returns, was: 1895, q. 10: 1896, 21.S4:
1897. zoos: 1893. 2O.46; 1899, 1851.
Nearly one per cent difference exists
between the Tammany estimates for
1859 and the actual result. A difference
of one per cent In the death-rate In n
population Of 100000 means 1000
deaths. In a population Of 1900. 600,
that of Manhattan and the Bronx, II
means 1900 deaths. Such II the Jug
glery with the city's health returns,
and such is the record of Tammany
very small reduction In
the death rate OF the city as whole,
compared with the Strong adminintra-
tion, and a very decided increase in the
death rate In the thickly crowded dis
tricts OF the East Side. Notice, II you
will. that the population Of the three
wards on the East Side. according to
these official figures. is falling OF. Is
II because. az Mayor Gilroy. who 10 no
longer power In Tammany Hall, COM
planned, the city administration is max
ing New York city, particularly the
East Side, the home of the poor, 4
most expensive place 10 which to liver
Increase In Juveaiie Crime.
Take another phase OF Tammany
rule. There has been an increase in
juvenile crime This can be proved.
Statistics on this subject are dificuit
to obtain, but they can be reached.
When the new city charter went into
effect provision was made for bureau
OF statistics to cover all such data as
would be suggested by death-rate in
quiries. by speculations as to the in
crease or decrease OF crime, or the In
crease or decrease In burdens OF any
kind for the municipality. Never has
Mayor Van Wyck consented to equip
the bureau properly. Schedules Of In
Quiries Into city Affairs must be ap-
proved by him. Every time when ap-
preached about II he has put the mat
ter on. The consequence IL that the
bureau has to publish statistics Of port
commerce and the like. 1t can get no
money to make = thorough study OF
the city's Affairs, such as Is done In
many of the cities OF the Old World.
Now, It In q matter OF common gossip
that there are more trials for embezzle-
ment and robbery In the courts than
ever before. Accurate statistics regard.
ing the matter. In the present crude
conditions Of city record keeping. would
require q tremendous amount OF
searching. Still, know OF q private
record that Will show that the number
Of arrests OF youths In this city for
robbery has increased enormously.
Would you see the eject OF Tam
many upon the children Of the East
Side? Go past scores Of the '.cider -.
looms" and see the inmates. wretched
creatures. swarminR to the doors on Z
warm night to solicit trade or to get Z
breath OF fresh air, and then watch the
children stare at them In sullen won.
der. know OF q public school within
100 feet OF which there were four Of
these places recently. Do you want
your children exposed to such In
auences? Does even the average Tam.
many man want his children exposed
to these influences? No. Why. then, dc
they exist7 Some one II making money
out Of Il. TAmmany dare not ahui
down on this kind OF tribute and nj
low other kinds to exist. Well do re.
member going into '.cider saloon'' tust
o6 the upper end Of the Bowery h
Rathering material for this article. Ia
nanne was '-The MaIne.- A doses
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