New-York tribune., 1909-07-25
NEW YORK'S CHAMPION
Points Upon Which Mr. Blacks Up
prOUaL of City Is Based.

William Harnan Black has recently founded
organization called the Association for New York,
which has for its aim the protection OF the fair
name OF New York from the alleged slanderous
attacks Of newspapers. magazines and individuals
who according TO Mr. Black 'defame without
knowing whereof they speak" As The Tribune
has from time TO time felt compelled TO say rather
severe things about the sad misgovernment OF this
municipality, a reporter sent 70 Mr. Black last
week with an invitation for the clty's self-con-
stituted champion 70 set forth his reasons why
New York should be praised rather than criticised.
Here is his response
The advantages that New York has over other
cities are so manifold that it is difficult cata-
logue them all under any head. Important II
not most important. among these advantages IS the
city's great population. which from 1904 10 1903
increased l5l7 per cent while the population of
Boston increased in this time but ass per cent.
Among this population are all kinds and classes,
yet these get, from the bootblack TO the bank
clerk, higher wages than in any other city in the
country. A policeman here gets a third much
more salary than a policeman in Atlanta. the
most progressive city in the South, while in London
a head bookkeeper gets the wages which pay
an office telephone operator in New York, and
good stenographer may be hired for 81 80 a week
in the chief city of Great Britain.
ANY number of comparisons may be shown to
prove the high wages that men receive in New York
compared with other cities. end for the poor man
there IS no city in the world like this. Here he not
he has seadier work. diversion. gets the best
education for his children and the best municipal
advantages for himself and his entire family. II
he has some small capital. there is plenty Of op-
portunity 20 invest it 10 good advantage in New
York. for money circulates more rapidly here than
I'm anv other city. with the result that local in
vestments pay
There is every argument. too why man Of
wealth should also live in New York Here is
every comfort that man can desire. every luxury
that can be obtained for money. Again comes the
chance to invest on a larger scale, well as the
chance To get the fun worth Of ones money when
spending IT, and whether the rich man be inter-
ested in art music, education or benevolence, no.
where can he find better opportunity to further
this interest than in New York.
Again. II a man wants TO get anywhere in the
city OF in the world. what better centre is there
than New York? Look at our wonderful traction
service overhead, the surface and Underground
while our cab service is daily growing toward enc
OF the most perfect systems Of its kind IN the
world As railroad centre New York hasn't an
equal so far as general comforts and conveniences
60 and II a man wants 10 travel by water he can
go 10 Singapore with little trouble as II taxes 10
20 to Jersey City. Everything Is ready for him
here and ali he has TO do is 70 pick up telephone
or call a messenger. and almost anything VIII DC
done for him with dispatch
From the standpoint Of oil around security too
New York holds her own with any other city.
Think of nearly g. 900 year to keep the healthy
100000 spent in keeping the streets clean
More than this is spent to guard from hre the
property that men have their money Invested IN
and the homes in which their dear ones live ana
10 protect them from the riotous hand of man
within and from foes without many more millions
than these others added together are spent
These things wise appreciate, and they feel
that New York City is safe enough place in which
10 invest their money and spend their time. The
faith have had in New York has caused It's
assessed values in real estate to increase from
3403 per cent, and tse cost or con-
demnation proceedings from 1903 to 1903 inclusive
is little per cent OF the value of the prop
erty acquired.
These facts. with others which start
ling In their truth and which will be backed up
bv actual figures, intend to show soon az
the figures which have already prepared are put
into form so that they may be readily understood
and think that, with pamphlets postals and gen.
eral advertising, convince the public that
New York is worth boosting for what New York
Itself contains and is"