The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1901-07-17


THE EDWIN L. SMART CO..
$50 Nassau Street New YORK CITY.
Rooms 611-612 Telephone 22S9 John.
E. Lewis .........L........:. -f;uitor
EDWIN L. smart Publisher
II. Lansing Carey. ...:: Associate MT
G. A Parker ........ New Jersey Mgr.
The official organ is printed in New
York City by New York City labor and
carted from the printing establishment IN
carts owned by New Workers. All the
money that can be possibly made in any
way from the Official organ goes to
New Workers, but at the top of each page
of advertising matter paid by local mer-
chants to New Yorkers appear the words
nJerset City merchants advocating
patronage of home institutions and in
dustries."
Al careful scrutiny of the paper fails to
reveal any reason why the Jersey Guy
merchants official organ should have been
printed in New York. There are numerous
printing offices in Jersey City, any one OIL
which could have printed the paper me
paper is nothing more than an advertising
circular made up of sixteen pages There
are two pages of reading matter which
! was written and the rest of the reading
matter is what is known in the business
as ..plate' The advertisements range
from full page by Clothier Bernstein to
ten lines by Morris Perlman 1t is worth
noting that the majority of the advertis-
ers whose interest in Jersey City's busi-
ness interests have led them to pour dol
lars into the Golfers of the New Yorks
are very rarely advertisers in any local
paper.
To get a diagram explaining how Home
Trade was furthered by having the Off
cial organ of the League printed by New
Workers News" reporter saw Clothier
bernstein, who was one of the prime
movers of the Home Market League.
When Mr. Bernstein saw the reporter
approach with copy of 1.-THE National
Single Line Store in his hand he WINGED
visibly.
Now that is a mistake he said.
'sWhen that paper was gotten up first
we supposed it was to be printed in Jer-
sey City. A man whom I don't know, but
who used TO come in for ads told me so
When I saw that it was printed in New
York refused to give another ad-"
Have other merchants taken any ac-
tion in the matter?" he was asked
Eyes, they say they will not advertise
any more That is all l know about the
matter.
The reporter then sought G. A. Parker,
the New Jersey Manager" It was
| learned that he had done some business
with few printers here. He was, these
| printers said, sort of free lance adver-
Using solicitor whose office was in his
hat. Finally his home was located on
York street and there the reporter Went
Mrs. Parker was at home and she ex-
| planned that her husband was out and she
| could not tell where he could be found
| She said Mr.. Parker was Interested in the
aNational Single-Line Store" but she
| could give no more information
How the Home Market League came to
be mixed up with the Single Line Store,
puzzles everybody. In the League are
Jersey City merchants, both department
I and single line storekeepers. The paper
"The National Single-Line Store, was
originally the official organ of the small
storekeepers who desired to wage war on
department stores. They backed the
paper in an effort to obtain legislation
against department. stores.