New-York tribune., 1902-04-12
ANOTHER STRIKING EXAMPLE,

p c Rtngwalt Of the Legal Aid Society, had
another striking example of the wholesome e1-
feet Of The Tribunes stand in the matter 1
had an ORDER he said, lin the case OF 1ltei-
baunl against Mayors, TO show cause why a
Judgment should not be vacated because lhe
summons had not been served. When the case
was called this morning il was marked setueo'
which means that the whole thing was hnalIy
sisnosed of and the case could not be brought
I'D again Then in the Fourth and Firth DIS
trict courts noticed another strange thing'
Instead of sending out marshals or trying any
games that we have grown used TO, the install
lnent dealers went out themselves and brought
in the debtors, and. instead Of an inquest pelng
necessary there were the defendants nesting
under the wings Of the instalment dealers
Think what change that is; You may say Tor
me that I did start in this matter against
the narshals directly. ] found the situation in
instalrlent cases intolerable, and / discovered
upon investigation that the fault lay largely
with some few city marshals. Against the great
body I have no complaint 10 make"
reaher- Hunter the new head worker of the
University Settlement who succeeds James b
Reynolds yesterday expressed much interest and
hearty approval OF The Tribunes position He
said:
OF course / am not familiar with the condi-
tions in this city. but ] fancy they cannot be
widely different from those in Chicago The
mode of operation, the intlmldatlng OF the
poor man N no has bought furniture or other
goods at an extortionate price and, after pay
ing more than il is worth. fails 10 meet a pay
ment is the same everywhere. The inStaiment
ne 1ple NAV keep inside the letter of the law but
they certainly 90 work great harm. The stories
of the rnarsnals' conniVance that The Tribune
has printed are exceedingly interesting, and
point out the difficulties Of the situation.
Personally. / believe that the final solution
Of the affair lies in the licensing Of the install
rrent dealers. That may seem radical remedy
10 propose. The reasons ! favor this remedy
fwofold-frst. the license fee would keep many
-'shyster" dealers out of the business; second, il
would provide commission which could super
wise the instalment dealers. and in case Of
abuses and frequent complaints could revoke
the license and prevent the dealers from con-
tinuing their outrageous practices. A restraint
like this ia about the only way / can to get
at the dealers Try you may by legislation
TO reach them. YOU viii fail But put them
under some such power that. place
sponsible men over them. and You would meet
the situation squarely You may say for
that the University Settlement is ready assist
in any effort like the present one. which has
for its aim the checking and correcting of
abuses such exist at present
LIGHT ON MARSHALS' METHODS
Another case which throws light on the meth
DDS of the marshals has been received by the
Legal Aid Society. This is the case of Patrick
Hughes, poor Irshman whose wife bought
furniture from an instalrnent dealer
Three weeks later. when the instalment dealer
came for the first payment, Hughes WAS sick
in bed. He told the dealer that he would pay as
soon as he could get back to work, This seemed