New-York tribune., 1911-11-30
Mayor Tells East Side Club Per-
SeCution Is Thing of Past.
SORRY PARKS ARE SCARCE
Says if Fire Burned Down Whole
Section This Defect Would
Be Remedied.

They introduced MAYOR Gaynor as the
man who had stopped the petty police per
sccution known as the graft Of Grand
street" last night at a dinner in his honor
arranged by the East Side Club. and the
Mayor in his speech. returned to com
rliments of the season with the remark
that down on the East Side they had "a
philosopher 10 every square foot"
William Lustgarten. president OF the club
explained that the club was made mp OF the
East Side business men who had united
10 support him in the Mayoraltv campaign
OF 1870. and he made 1t plain to the MAYOR
that his hosts We're proud OF the fact that
they were the Jewish business men of
Grand street and vicinity
SO the Mayor took his cue from that and
praised the East Side and the Jew who
lives there and sneered At the reformers
who. in his words. tried to exploit poverty
and ignorance as II they were the only
products Of the great East Side
lie changed from tha. vein, however. 70
offer sincere praise 10 the Educational Al
HanCc and bodies that were trying 10 re-
Iieye the congestion by persuading the JeT
10 20 out 10 the farm Ne said the fear or
persecution which had kept the Jew from
agricultural pursuits in the past was q
great mistake. but mistake n IN" past
PARK Commissioner Stoyer-"old Grandpa
Stovcr,'' the Alavor called him during the
course of his address-was another Of the
guests. and among others present were
Lawson Purdy. president OF the Tax Board
John j. Murphy. Tenement House Commis-
sorer and Julius hamburger, Shcrf-el"ci.
The sight Of old Grandpa St"ver and
the unfortunate congestion which he noted
on his way 10 the dinner which was slNeh
in Lorhor's restaurant In Grand street. re-
minded the Mayor of parks and park spaces.
and he veEtured the opinion that II tn"
East side were DESTROYED - nrc the city
would reserve far greater park spaces than
II had az present in that section.
And that might happen no added
chcerfully at has happened in many
other cities But ! noticed that when the
Williamsburg Bridge was finished many
Of the people from this congesteq East Side
wer' over TO Brownsvilc-in fact so many
of them that the bridge was nicknamed
the Jewish Passover
Now. why didn't these reformers who
are so sclicitous about YOU 20 over there
o. brownsville and see to il that park
snaces were reserved over there They're
awf MS good. but their most amiable trait
d. u.at they can't stand 10 have any one
but themselves think OF any good thing
As usual the Mayor devoted some p0r-
ticn Of his time 10 a dcnunciation OF the
newspapers ending with the declaration
thar ne didn't care what those newspapers
which print pictures Of naked slugeers
and nasty advertisements in their sheets
said about him.
lie spoke Of his recent trip over a part
Of the East side when tho street cleaners
strike was on. though tho Mayor didn't
refer TO II as a strike. He called IT the
mutiuv against the city government"
When he took car rides about the city.
added the Mayor. referring TO the courtesy
shown him. no had noticed that when nc
had Ia stand Il was always an East slider
who gave up his scat for him.
Another thing I've noticed said the
Mavor "and that Is that your women
here manage % live within the incomes of
their husbauds-which isn't the case all
over the city" he added after "a slight
pause.
That brought HIM 20 the subject Of tho
high cost OF living and after discussing
the clements of economies he pointed out
H. them that their chief object was 10 get
high price for what they sold. and 50
tuey must expect TO pay a high pric" for
What they bought Without taking either
sid, ~ the question the Mayor put forth
n. idca that the articles on which the cost
was high were the articles sold 10 the CON
sumor Iy the farmers. and not by the
trusts
us fashionable 10 denouncc tho busi-
ness interests" me- said. but 7 have no
sympathy with that Don't deuouncc high
prices too much you're all trying to get
high prices. aren't you? Just pat that in
your hats
Going back to the chairman's introdlc-
tion and the matter Of "the graft OF Grand
street" the Mayor reviewed his police
policies and deprecated the newspaper ac-
counts OF "crime waves
"Thc police are to deal with criminals
and not with decent Ieople.' was his SEN
timent. ne said. and that provoked az
much applause as anything he said during
his address
"Now and then they lave to 90 mp 10
some theatre to prevent the argument over
some play becoming too violent he ADDED.
hut that can't be helped
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