New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-21
BRONX GIVES mitchell
BOROUGH-W|DE OVATION
Fusion Candidate Says He'll Put
Murphy "0ut of Business"
in Two Weeks.
FLAWS M'CALL ABOUT PARKS
Wants Physical Care Of Stu
dents in Public Schools-As-
serts Health Department
Has Been Lax.

John Purroy Mitchell made a tour
The Bronx last night. speaking at thres
halls. where he told large and enthusi-
astic audiences that two weeks from to-
day his party would put Charles F. MUIR
ply "out OF business" and keep him "out
OF business for many a day."
Talking OF economy" said Mr.. Mitchell.
"there'll be a riot Of economy II Mr.. Nc
Call is eected-for the Murphy con-
tractors"
Mr.. Mitchell was half an hour late at
the first place OF meeting. the Star Ca
sine, at 10th street and Lexington ave- /
nue., but when he got there three thou
sand persons got to their feet and cheered
him until their chairman asked them to
stop.
Mr.. Mccall has talked a good deal
about the receivership brand of economy
that he would apply TO New York II he
were Mayor" said Mr.. Mitchell. We
have learned that we may expect an auc-
ton sale OF our parks. Next, I suppose,
would come our Fairgrounds and our hos |
pitfalls. Perhaps Mr.. Mccall feels that. !
to avoid the bankruptcy that his fevered
Imagination has conjured up. we will yeti
have to sell our schools for they bring
in no revenue to the city, no grist 20 the
Tammany contractor-mill. There - Al
kind OF economy OF which Mr. Mccall APP
pears to know nothing and care less
Mr.. Mitchell then told about the way
In which the Health Department mas
lately been run. He said:
In the last six months. forced by the
pressure of outside opinion and the pre-
sentation OF facts gathered by private
hands, the Health Department has
brought action against some of the big
men,, and every one Of the large packers
and many large manufacturers prose-
cuted has been fined heavily. But why
did Il take the Health Department until
the eleventh hour OF the administration
10 find out that these big men were vio-
lating the law?
What was the result? The testimony.
largely gathered and presented to thel
court as the result OF private interest
and zeal in a good cause proved so over
whelming that the packers were found
guilty and fined $500. or ninety days in
jail.
II tell you emphatically that, II l am
elected Mayor, | shall see TO 1t that tho
Health Department of the city OF New
York will do, with all the vigor and power
II possesses, that which has been so faint
heartedly done by the Health Department
| in the last six months The powerful food
prisoners of New York City will be made
TO feel that ii Is just as dangerous to
break the pure food laws Of the State and
city as It is to commit deliberate theft or
| murder.
THE other duty Of the city that means
nothing to Tammany contractors, and
which. therefore, Mr.. Mccall doesn't un-
derstand, is the duty to protect and Inn
prove the health OF the children in our
public schools. Is it or is It not the duty
Of the city to preserve the young people
OF the city from physical degeneration and
its accompanying evils?
81 believe that the city should prompt
ly inaugurate a comprehensive programme
for the scientific, adequate and frequent
inspection of all school children for the
purpose OF curing the diseased and pro-
tecting their classmates against contaml-
nation; for every year that we postpone
this work we are mortgaging the future
with race OF physical and mental weak
lings. for whom our healthy and capable
descendants will have to provide hos
pitfalls, almshouses and prisons.
when | am elected Mayor" concluded
Mr.. Mitchell. 81 propose to devote some
OF the savings that l shall effect by cut
ting out Tammany waste and Tammany
graft, to the protection Of the health OF
this community"