The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-11-30
GAYNOR TO The EAST SIDERS
TtLkS ON CONGESTION man
i'RI(ES iND OTHER THINGS.
says Fast side Folks Have Bccn Patron
Urd FOOLISH, -Fn,ors Going to
Farms Thinks High Prices Not an
E,n. Especially when You're selling.

Mayor Gavnor went over on the East /
Side last night to make a speech to William /
Iustrartcn's Fast Side club The club .
had dinner at Iorber's restaurant, OH |
Grand street. and when the Mayor got |
ready to speak the members showed ,
that they were glad To see him. The .
club. composed of single takers and .
others. listened to a talk on congestion, !
rcformers, newspapers, the theory of
high prices. monopolies, lot Of good .
economies. hut not a word on single .
taxes. Nevertheless they clappcd the .
Mayor. said That's right" every little
while and Checrcd twelve times
At the table mp in front on the Grand .
street side of Lorher's Hall. be-id" the .
Mayor and President Lust garton. were |
Lawson Purdy, Tax Comm iss oncr. eN-
Coroner Julius Hamburger newly elected !
Sheriff. John J Murphy. Tenement House 4.
Commissioner. and Park Commissioner
Charles B Slower whom the Mayor re-
ferred TO later on as "uld Grandpa Stover.'
When Mr.. Stovcr'S time came to speak
he had nothing tn say about his now
qualification. but he did say that he won
dered why Mr. Gaynor had kept him in
Office 80 long.
Mr. Stoycr spoke without reserve of
his own administration and then an
nounCed that he intended to put a double
row of Lomhardv poplars along Delaney
street from the Bowcry to Williamsburg
Bridge and there would be gardens too
which Fast Side school children would
weed and water.
The Mayor was received with shouts
of delight He said:
\ great many people Of the city think
that the East side i afflicted with nothing
but poverty and ignorance They exploit
that one thing And. oh dear mo. they
come down here 20 help YOU. Well. there
i, some poverty here. but not 50 much as
some people would have us believe. |
don't see much sign OF poverty around
here tonight llauEhtrrl. either ON the
tables or ON those who ~it az the tables.
You are a pretty prosperous looking lot,
To tell the truth. You have not got my
sympathy ON account of your poverty.
can tell you that
Really there is "A philosopher to every
-guar" foot down here. Applause and
laughter leave that 10 l|aroudc,- at one
end of the table and old Grandpa Stover
over her" since | mentioned BarOudcs-
may ds We'll say that appointed him over
again to the Board of Education. some
Of the new -paper~ who's" proprtctorS ar"
So much better than YOU and | mean who
thnh they are said that the appointment
wa. So tad when mad" II three weeks ago
that thought would bulletin Il again
to-day 50 aS To uSkc them see thar was
not frightened 10y anything they had said
about Barondo->
There was a meeting down here the other
night somewhere ny the Educational Alliance
to adyu,at" that YOU go ont on the farms
| see no reason why that should not he the
, case. There l. a reason and has been
reason for centuries why the lew has not
been q farmer or a land owner. but THAI
. reason no longer exists in this country Of
old th" Jews wcr" al agricultural people
pure and -imul" That l. nearly all ther"
- IN the Old Testament 50 far as their oCCu-
B patluns are concerned. and know OF no
reason Why that should not come to pass
again
/ certainly greatly sympathIlc with the
movement that would distribute some of
the people here throughout the country
IN place of leaving them here ia this con-
ge-ted condition. Let them 90 To- the
farms suppose you all realize that We
II have "A very large number ui redierS
and what ar" called pu~hcart Ieopi" here
Some OF them arc licensed and ! am bound
20 sdy some of them are not. laughter
Nhl" We all sympathIlr with every body
B irving to earn his living. We can all see how
. much better II would b. for most of the
people of that kind il they were settled in
4 tn" country and wheI" agriculture j.
q I have noticed here IN the last fifteen
wears that there has been an exodus from
III" last side. \ large number of propl"
here went over th" Williamsburg Bridge
I - many indeed that they palL'i l. q Jewish
PASSOVER hcli"ve-. ana they went to u
part ut tn" CITY which We call over there
Browns vile and ~" last census OF their
population rhrtr that ! heard Of was liO.-
600 hey ar" approaching 700 con people.
/ Md y has always been strange TO me that
these TciOrmer~ who are 80 soil, ,ilou~ about
Won down ter" ana about NOur having
PARKS and 80 on never went over ther"
when this rSOdu~ occurred and took good
care that spaces we're reserved there IA
that new place tor parks. IAppiaus".i
walked through here when the mutiuv
AGAINST the city government was on a few
weeks ago. went through IN" block,
here and ! was told. "Oh. don't 20 Nou
certainty VIII b" assaulted But | said
III Will b" assaulted then. But think
! viii not be- assaulted % knew something
ahout the last Sid" and ! walked through
block after block All SORTS of people
s'or"h"cp"rs WORKERS, poor IcOple, rich
people but saw nothing hu' the highest
respect for the Mayor OF the city.
\ on so TO markets here and YOU ought
to have more markets | acknowledge
that Maybe it is high time that We should
begin to inquire what articles are high
1t is a matter which have thought about
considerably.
II has been fashionable for some to de-
nounce the business interests of the country.
never had any sympathy with II what
ever, and never expect to have. II prices
are high and they are only normally high
We have no grievance whatever. II the
things that We pay the farmers for are
high - much the better for the farmer
i all have got TO say about H. ILauGhter.
lie has had pretty hard time OF il for
more than twenty-five wears, and am glad
that he l. getting little show now
, high price, are not always an evil. Don't
get too much excited about high prices.
on are all trying to get high prices. aren't
Won? Just put that IL the crown of your
nat and carry II around with YOU for IA
month or two. think what We MOS, lear
and dislike are low price,
SO you people that sent delogatIrns up To
the city Hall tn get the Mayor into trouble
, hy talking about the hlEh prices and trusts
and monopolies think II over lutte before
YOU come up again, viii YOU | guess YOU
all want high prices. every one of Won.
You don't want to pay high prices llaugh-
teri
suppose the chief cause of the advance in