The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-03-20
The Newsboy Problem.

We print to-day letter from mother
who tells OF the great assistance rendered
to her by three OF her sons who were
newsboys, one OF whom started out in
the business even at five years Of age.
Instead Of having been injured by the
employment, either morally or physi-
cally, she says it developed in them
qualities which have been Of great as
sistance to them since reaching man
hood-self-relianoe, courage, punctuality
and perseverance.
1t was a hard school into which they
entered; and. undoubtedly, very many
Of the children who 90 through it succumb
under its rough training; but many others
besides the boys OF this fortunate mother
have been strengthened by 1t to endure
the blows Of adversely and TO hold their
own in the competition Of life. The late
SINCLAIR ToUsEY, the founder Of the
vast organization for the sale of papers,
magazines and books, known as the
American News Company, started out as
newspaper carrier in New York, in 1885.
He was then lad OF IS years Of age and
cannot therefore be put in the class Of
little newsboys whom a bill introduced
into the Legislature is designed 10 pro-
tect; but he was young enough to have
been ruined II he had yielded to the
temptations which surround the calling.
Doubtless, many Of his contemporaries
among the newspaper vendors fell by
the way, but there were associated with
him in the founding Of the American
News Company men who began as he
did in selling newspapers on the streets
as boys, and in the gigantic development
OF the enterprise they remained long
after his death and some OF them still
remain as foremost examples OF business
ability and moral elevation. Mr. ToUsEy.
we may say dentally and pertinently.
vas one Of the inoorporators Of the So
ciety for the Prevention Of Cruelty TO
Children. in 1875.
II il not easy TO decide In what school
Of experience q boy gets his best train
ing for the hattie Of life. The intrinsic
quality 81 the boy. which he seis by in
beri,anoe, 10 really the decisive element.
and IL may carry him safely through
either the rough experience II poverty
and neglec, or the temptations Of a lux
urious surrounding In his childhood or
heoanse of its weakness Of Isrversity
n may bring him TO moral disaster
whether he 10 early thrown an the streets
o. hls childhood 10 guarded ln the tender
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