New-York tribune., 1902-12-10
P4DDYSM4RKET ABUSES
Woman's Municipal League to In
Uestigate Neat Sold at s. Side
7cak Markets. =

Good. honest discomfort is a sure sign of civic
health" said Thomas A. Fulton. secretary of the
Citizens Union in his address before the Woman s
Municipal League yesterday afternoon. I'm glad
OF every criticism that this administration gets.
And in the great fight were going to make next
fall I'll tell you what you leaguers do You
II that each district is represented by clean
men-men that will talk little, think much and
vote straight. You can go the clearcut, upright
business men of the different districts. who
have kept out of politics because politics was so
rotten. You say to them This city has served
you well: you've made your livings here in this
locality; it's your turn to serve the locality
and the city. It's your turn to stand mudslinging
If mudslinging there must be-
I'VE need clean. untrammelled. unmortgaged
stuff as aldermen and assemblymen, and you
women can be the power behind the throne IN
work like this. Now I'm not here a politician
TO run down some other faction. but to
state facts as see them. We have a fight before
and you can help us In my estimation Tam
1ranyites are the American Bourbons-they learn
nothing. forget nothing. forgive nothing. do moth
ing.
This administration hasn't furnished many
fireworks for the public during its ten months of
work, but the public hasn't taken much trouble TO
find the plain facts. For instance hotel
keeper not a mile from this spot has lately been
made TO pay up some thousands Of his water rent
that had been due for many years. He had
een naTn MS Wafr taxes And another man
had taken out his water meter and sawed off nine
pay 90 cents of every dollar due from him But he
was a good henchman. as were also the inspectors
that passed him by.
1T is these small things which count but which
the public hears Of II is the small things.
such your drinking fountains new breathing
places in crowded sections, comfort stations, puo-
lie baths and the thousand and one things that
make for the convenience and pleasure OF the rank
file. that viii count in next falls elections.
Mr.. Fulton suggested that city officials, assem-
blymen and councilmen be invited to address the
league. that the organization personally visit
various civic departments. such as that of Chari-
IieS and Corrections. and for themselves the
changes that had been made under the present ad-
lninistration.
a representative of the Benchmen's Association
of Retail Butchers addressed the meeting in behalf
of the "Paddy's Market abuses on the upper
West Side. "Decayed meats he said. ARE cheInl-
callv treated to counteract odor and outer dis
coloration and hawked the street corners on
Saturday nights. The shoppers Of that locality are
after something cheap and here they get 1T Re-
sulting illness is ascribed to a mysterious froN-
dence or anything rather than the nice tehder
broilers for quarter that they haa @ Iop
SUNDAYS dinner The police say the matter IS one
for the Health Department and the health DeI,die e
ment refers your complaints TO Its inspector
These are paid from 1920 TO 81 goo year 9 ana 70
nv positive knowledge not one Of them mas enteIsu
our shop for the last seven years. For ora an n eno
Health Departnent knows. we might nave Dtel
selling spoiled meat all that time" connltIee
was appointed investigate the condltlohs re-
ported