The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-11-12
THINGS ABOUT THE LATE w, L.
 STRONG.

THINGS ABOUT THE LATE w, L.
 STRONG.
 (Which has the best chance to suc-
 ceed, MT. Mayor-the boy reared in the
 country or the boy reared in the city?''
 q don't think the locality has much
 to do with it." was the reply. The man
 ner of the boys rearing often has more
 The country boy has, as rule, had the
 advantage of having been made to
 work. He is usually poor boy, and
 his nerve and muscle have usually
 been developed by adversity. This may
 be the case with the city boy, but in
 many instances his early life has been
 too easy. His parents have hampered
 him. He does not know the value of a
 dollar until he learns it by experience
 after he has gone into business, and in
 this way he starts in behind the horny
 handed son of the country The coun- try boys life has tended to the develop
 ment of snlf-reliance in him, and he
 comes here with the determination to tstand alone"
 This remark of Mayor Strong may be lforcibly illustrated by story of his IOWH SGll-I6ilduC6, It WAS uuIllS HIS first years in New York. He had been
 in the employ of one of the leading
 merchants here for some time, when a disagreement arose between him and the merchant about a certain matter.
 In the discussion which followed, Strong thought he was not properly
 treated, and as a result there were hot
 words between the two. At last the employer told Mir. Strong that he did
 not believe that he could work any longer for him.
 1 Thereupon young Strong took up his hat and left. He was out of place for a few days. The first man to whom he applied for work asked him for refer ences. Young Strong at once gave him the name of the man who had just dis missed him. Said he: q could refer | you to fifty men who know me, each of whom, I doubt not, would say a good | thing for me. But what you want is the name Of some one have worked | for, and that man can tell you all about my Worl1''
 The result was that the man went to his former employer and asked as to Strong, and was told in reply that Strong was a very good man, but hard to get along with. Said his employer: "If you can manage him, he is worth all that you can pay him, but as for me, he told me when he left that he would not work for me again for $10- 009 minute' This answer strange to say, pleased the man. He gave Strong the place and never had reason to re- gret it.
 MT. Mayor. want to ask you If you think a mans life is safe in any part of New York at any hour of the night? Many people of the country are afraid of this city"
 q believe" replied the mayor, that life and property are as safe here as in any place in the world. There is no more danger of a man being robbed or killed in any part of New York than there is in the wilds of the west, or, in fact, in any country village. Of course robberies occur everywhere, and the man who acts the fool and does not mind his own business who gets drunk | and goes into bad places, is liable to | get into trouble in any city or anywhere | else It is the same in New York, but | not more so than in other places"
 There is one thing that Mayor Strong | has kept before him during his term, | and that is that the mayor of a great | city like this ought to pay especial at | tention to the complaints of the poor. | He said not long ago: T am here to ! look out for the poor people; the rich 1 will take care of themselves" He does look out for the poor. l don't think he | would like to have if told. but l know | that very little of his salary goes Into i his own pockets. He is always giving to one charity or to another. Every | morning when he comes to his office he has a lot of $1 and $2 notes with him. These he places in the drawer at his right hand, and when women come in with their tales woe which the city can't remedy he gives them a dollar or so apiece to ease the refusal he has to make.
 He watches the streets of the poor parts of the city, and sees that the tenement-houses of such quarters are more carefully inspected than those of other parts. Not long ago poor wom- an came into the mayors office and took her seat on one of the sofas. She waited several hours until the other and bolder callers who pushed their way before her had been disposed of, and then timidly came to Mayor 5trong's desk. She drew a small bot -le of a blue chalk-like mixture from under her shawl and said: "Mr. May DO, I have brought you little bottle of milk to show you what the dairies are selling to the poor people of this town. bought this bottle in a grocery as l came here. It is what we have to use 'or food for our babies, and we cannot get anything better" The mayor asked he woman to leave the bottle and he would attend to it. He sent for the lealth officer, The officer said that the milk was undoubtedly bad, but that hey had not enough inspectors to en- orce the law.
 How many more do you want? asked Mayor Strong. I've need fifty or sixty" was the re- ,ly Well, get them, and make them pay .ttention to the poor" said the mayor. , 7his was done, and the mayor saw that | he laws were carried out. He saw that i he fines were paid to the full extent, na SbnIV4d LhH uliIhmAu thai thAV .