New-York tribune., 1903-07-24
LABOR GRAFT" BEAT An
Mr. Rand Says Walking Delegot,,
Collected 900 Fines

Assistant District Attorney William n p,
jr, in speaking on Business Graft las, -,
before the convention Of the Furniture 49,
ton of America. at the Murray Hiu E~,..
summed up the walking delegate "Ersrf~ =
scathins terms
He also condemned the employers Nh, -.
paid graft TO the walking delegate ana -
not complained to the District Attorrev ~.
the recent suspension OF building operations
There Is no use crying about some noo...
paid Dock Commissioner trying 70 feather II.
own nest by leasing dock or grating =,
contract when we find all around US the r.,
sentatives Of businesss firms asking syvba, !,
there In It for me-? said Mr. Rand. The mo-,,
guilt OF private salesman who betrays his A.,
ployer is the same moral guilt as that OF a nub
lie servant who betrays the public to sven H.,
own purse. The District Attorney. with an N.
great power. Is unable to crush comua-.,,I
crimes. and 1t Is with difficulty he succeed, 4
securing punishment In small percentag. !,
ordinary criminal cases About thirty our !,
every panel OF one hundred statesmen sur,
moned for jury duty act as trial Jurors. ana
perhaps all but four OF these are as bad "a n.
offenders, and would do the same things than.
selves if they got the chance That "a nh
there is a miscarriage of justice in cases n
which the guilt is perfectly plain Commsr-,,l
crimes can be checked by businesss ostracsn,
I've have become familiar recently with i.
form OF grating which makes the imposition
of tax of S1OO month for the running OF dis
orderly houses like common garden stuff II
Devery. Diamond and HerIihy had only knov,
the big graft there was in the walking dsl.-
gate business clamps and chains would m,
have kept them in the Police Department n
was not paltry sums but lump sums Of $4,000.
which the Sam Joneses. the ex-jailbirds ard
deserters from the army. posing as leaders OF
the workingnen. demanded. And the employers
found it to theiF- interest TO pay the asses
ments.' and the walking delegates grew rich
while the mechanic and his family suffered
These delegates were SO bold that they told
the contractors to mark the money and take Il
to Jerome and they wouldn't care ag. be-
cause they had hundred lawyers behind them
better than the cigarette hend'; and the con
tractors were afraid to complain to the District
Attorney. But when two hundred thousand
workmen go on strike then they come down
town and do what decent and honest man
would have done IN the first instance. These
late complaints may be OF no avail but Mr.
Jerome is going TO stamp out that miserable
form OF grating before he gets through with
it."
1t was the beginning OF the first convention Of
the furniture men. To-day furniture sxpos-
tion for the trade only win be opened AT the
Grand Central Palace. The convention VIII con
tinue to July %. and the sessions VIII be lad
evenings at the hotel. Last nights sessieaE
attended by about two hundred delegates I'm
all parts of the United States. President WI
lam L. Shearer. OF Boston. called the eonvsntisn
to order
In the absence of Mayor Low. Prssidsnt
Fornes OF the Board OF Aldermen welcomed the
delegates to the city.
Congressman william c. Lowering. Of ths
Massachusetts, District discussed 'sPract.al
Methods OF Extending Our Export Trade"
For my own part he said. Il have been
protectiOnist all my life. but believe the prin
ciple Of protection best conserved by meeting
the question promptly and revising some Ot
the glaring inequalities that are to-day shutting
US out from the markets or the world. II our
legislators are wise they will not anita genize the
great growing sentiment in favor OF tariff re-
vision, whether it come under what is known
the Iowa idea or that older and country
wide demand that has been forcing itself upon
the attention OF the party leaders for the last
few years.
Nothing less than liberal drawback Law
enacted at the next session Of Congress VIII
save the protective tariff from a fearful on
slaught, il not utter demolition The only way
TO hold the friends OF protection together Is g
the recognition OF the material interests Of our
great and expanding industries They need ana
must have every possible outlet IN the markets
Of the world for their products"
Resolutions were adopted that II Is the sense
Of this association that legislation 10 relieve
manufacturing interests from the present pro-
hibitory tax on alcohol should be promptly en-
acted by Congress-. and that the laws relating .
the payment OF draw back on exported arJlctsa Oh
domestic manufacture should be amended As
provided for in the Lowering bill The secretary
was instructed to forward copies OF the rssola-
ton 70 Senator Aldrich and Congressman
Serene z Payne.