New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-12-13
Tells the Civic Federation
Political Pull Won't
Help Workers.
SQUARE DEAL TO
CITY EMPLOYEES
Annual Session Ends with Dinner
at AstOr-Hammond for
More Regulation.

tlNlC federatlOn AT It's dniudi uihhSi IN
the Hotel Aston last night that the main
efforts OF the coming administrator
would be directed toward basing the sal
aries OF city employees on service, rather
than on political pull, and getting an ade-
quate return for money expended. he
was cheered loudly as he came In during
the speech of Frank p. Walsh, chairman
OF. President Wilson's Industrial Reia-
tions Commission, and took his seat az a
table with Vincent Aston and Samuei
Gompers.
II come 10 you tonight" said MT.
Mitchell, "as the result Of species OF
civic federation I'm this city-a federation
of honesty and efficiency in city govern
ment banded together against those forces
Of corruption and inefficiency, so efficient
" represented I'm the past by Tammany
Hall The four years just past have laid
the foundation for the next four years
but on the side of efficient business gov
eminent we have only been able to Gre
ate the machinery which We are going 10
use in the next four years.
City Like Private Business.
MANY OF those great problems or capi-
tai and labor to which this federation
gives its attention are not found In the
same form in city government as In pri-
vate employment, but the fundamental
fact on which they are all based Is pres
ent-the fundamental problem or giving
10 employees a just compensation for their
services and 10 the city full and ade-
quate return for It's money. The last
Board Of Estimate began salary standard
ization, which was more misunderstood
than anything II undertook
"The next administration will try to
carry out its policy in this regard. II
we do this we'll not only do justice TO
New York employees. but many man
who has found himself passed over be-
cause others had friends At court VIII
get the compensation denied him In the
past, and there will he others who VIII
have their salaries reduced, to he more
commensurate with the value OF the SER
vices which they render 10 the COM
munity.'
Seth Low. toastmaster, said that he
had wondered while listening To an arsu-
mrnt HnOlI Eul DllNfN III NAi' ''f"' '''N''N
stores during the afternoon whether IL
might not be necessary soon TO demand
equal treatment OF all small and large
buyers AT the source OF supply. as II had
already been necessary To prevent the
railroads from giving discriminatory
rates to the large shipper.
Miss Maude We,more, its chairman de-
clared that the National civic Federation
gave women the greatest opportunity Tor
doing good which the country had ever
known.
The very real interest which Mrs
Woodrow Wilson has shown I'm our
work" said Miss Wetmore. can only be
appreciated by those who have striven TO
make the women's department what IL is
to-day. Mrs. Wilson. as did Mrs. Iait
before her has consented to act as nom
orary chairman OF our department,
Mr. walsh. I'm discussing the work
which his commission would do. asserted
that Il would pay particular attention 10
the threatened abridgment In this couh-
try OF the right OF free speech and OF "a
free press. other speakers were Samuel
Gompers and Professor Talcott Williams
~ the Columbia School Of journalism.
Among those present were Mr.. and Mrs.
August Belmont. Mr.. and Mrs. Francis
~ Eird. Mr.. and Mrs James 5. Cush-
man. Mrs. Arthur VI. Dodge. Mr.. and Mrs.
John Hayes Hammond. Mrs. j. Borden
Hartman. Mr.. and Mrs. Timothy Healy.
Charles ID. Hilles. James NJ Lynch. Mr..
and Mrs. Marcus NJ. Marks. Miss Maude
y Miner. Frank 4. Munsey. George W.
porl,ns DIR. Albert Shaw. Francis l,ynde
s,.tson Miss Ida NJ. Tarbell. William X.
Wilcox and Mr.. and Mrs. Beekman VIM
throp.
Would Extend Supervision.
Al meeting i'm the afternoon John
uays Hammond said lie was In favor
of avoiding an attempt 10 "unscram-
BILE eggs" by authorizing the govern
ment TO supervise trusts In the MAX
ing. Government regulation. Mr. Ham
mond said. should begin with the pro-
moter. Certain classes of corporations
doing an interstate business. he SAID
should come under n federal incorporation
law In these classes he would Include
those which are benefciaries OF pro-
tective tariff and those which are "eX-
hausting the natural resources or the